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October was a slow month for me. I had intended to really ramp up my manufactured spending in time for a December trip to the Middle East, but found myself falling behind. Sometimes, days went by without me placing any…
My first day at Jungle Books went smoothly and I met some nice people…until the very end. On my way to a classroom, I passed a young man around 20 years old from Kabul, who muttered something unintelligible, yet clearly hostile, under…
By day two of my volunteering stint at Help Refugees, I got into a good rhythm. I woke up at 8:00 AM every morning, had a healthy breakfast at the hotel, then took the bus to the warehouse. Next, was…
I’ve been battling a cold for the past week and going to Walmart to liquidate gift cards has been really tough. I’ve been agonizing over my drop in manufactured spending until some good news came along. At least 20 of…
On my first day at the Help Refugees warehouse, I heard a great deal of chatter about Jungle Books. “Are you going to Jungle Books later?” practically every person I spoke to asked. Jungle Books served several noteworthy functions in the Calais…
Calais is a small town in Northern France that lies along the English Channel, an hour from London via Eurostar. The town houses the Calais Jungle refugee camp, home to over 9,000 refugees mostly from Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, and Eritrea. Only a handful…
Back in July, I spent a week volunteering with UK-based organization Help Refugees in Calais, France. Help Refugees has a large warehouse in Calais, where they sort and distribute food, clothing, and shelter for 9,000+ refugees. The refugees use the Calais…
After spending the night at the Hyatt Regency Charles de Gaulle, I took the shuttle back to the TGV train station at the airport. The shuttle drops you off really close to the station. If you’ve ever transited through Charles…
I realize my weekly manufactured spending posts are getting tedious to read. So, rather than repeating my Walmart trips in fascinating detail every week, I decided to write about how much manufactured spending I managed to do in a single…
These days I have a pretty simple manufactured spending routine, which consists of a two step process: 1. Ordering Visa gift cards from Giftcards.com. 2. Liquidating these gift cards on twice weekly trips to Walmart. Since I’ve found two ms-friendly…
