Bring On Lemons

I've been blessed these last few weeks - gorgeous weather and an opportunity to fill in as our church secretary and this means I am responsible for placing the SCRIP order. I'm no expert and I'll save you the lengthy story about exactly how SCRIP works. The short version is this: You buy or order gift cards through your church and the stores give a percentage back to the church. I've always shied away from doing this with my Starbucks card because I'm a Gold Card holder (and I accumulate points when I reload and use my Gold Card). As I was placing the SCRIP order this week, I came up with the following plan - which I now believe is my best PIF idea so far for 2014! Buy a $25 Starbucks gift card through the SCRIP program at church (7% or nearly 63 cents goes back to the church) Register the new $25 gift card into your Starbucks account Transfer the $25 balance from the new card onto your Gold Card Use your Gold Card to buy a drink or pay for the order of ...