Piggy Banked

Got a green piggy bank sometime last year, and started to toss my change in it at the end of the day. Opened it up this last weekend, and emptied it out. Being lazy, I went to the grocery store, and waltzed up to the Coinstar with the loot for it to count. Reading the display, I found out that it charges nearly 10% for the conversion of coin to paper money. Yikes! *BUT* if I were to have my coin transformed into a gift card, the fee would be waived. Being the almost smart guy that I am, I figured this would be the way to go. Coins went in, and at the end of the process, I had some $24+ on a receipt for an Amazon.com gift card. I got on my computer, put the code into my account, and began to browse the store. You know where this is going, right? Yes, a short time later (and about $7 more), there were two books ordered. At least the shipping was free. Books are here, and added to the 'to read when I have spare time' pile.