I made $436.80 today, just by going to work.

Today I wasn't even scheduled to work.  

I did my boss a favor by working half his shift because his wife scheduled family photos without his knowledge.  Being the good Dad he is, he had to go suffer through them heh. 

So I go into work today at 2:00pm.   I clock in and my store manager walks up to me and says:

"Heather I have something for you upstairs, if you would like to come get it now."

Usually this means I have a write up paper waiting on me for something I may or may not have done.  So in my usually cheeky manner I smile a big grin and say "Only if it's pretty!" 

Usually I get a big frowny face for my snark but he started laughing.  This is highly odd.  Mr. Manager doesn't laugh.  I develop the fear and go up stairs.

He hands me an evelope and I eye with suspicion.  Is it an evelope of anthrax?

So I ask . . "what's  this?" with an eyebrow raise and a glare at the evelope as if it were a giant stinky beetle.  

"A gift card!" Mr. Manager replies in a happy voice.

Yeah it's a $300.00 giftcard.   Everyone gets one because the Union signed the new contract without hassle.  They probably sold us up the river. . . but $300.00 is $300.00 and I'm part time and get screwn anyway by the contract. 

I can use said giftcard for instore and fuel purchases.  This makes me happy. A lot of happy.

Then I go out to my box.  An office girl calls me and says "Hey did you know you have a check up here?" (Up here = office)

"No.  No I did not. I get direct deposit."
"Oh well you have one up here for retro pay, they don't put retro pay in as direct deposit."
"Really!?" (Said like a five year old girl finding out she's getting a pony)
"Yeah Really.  It's 136.80"
"Are you serious? If you're lying to me I'm going to cry"
"No it's really here. Pick it up when you get off"

So I did in fact have the check.  It was a real check, apparently they shorted me some hours somewhere in July and just added them.   So it's my money. .. but it's suprise money.  I like suprise money.  It may not seem a lot to some people on here but I about had a stroke over it.   When you're a broke college student, finding a dollar is cause for weeping.

So. . . just by the sheer act of taking an extra shift today, I made almost $500.00.   I think this qualfies me as a Gather Money Correspondant now. Gather you may contact me with the details of my appointment at your earliest convenience. :0)
One of my magic money bills.   I hardly have real paper money (I like my debit card) so I feel special having the real thing right now LOL. Photo taken with my Panasonic Lumix dmc fz8, about a half hour ago.