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Gift Card Balances December 2025

December 13th, 2025 at 04:12 pm

RESTAURANTS:

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$100 Seasons 52

$ 50 Cracker Barrel (small balance left)

$ 20 x 1 Jamba Juice (Just found this one, from 2018!!  Before I was tracking?)

$ 15 x 1 Jamba Juice

$ 10 x 1 Jamba Juice

 

REGIFT:

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$ 25 DoorDash

$ 50 Car Wash 

$100 Trader Joes

 

Note: Edited over time to remove used gift cards. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I think we've got most of the birthday/Christmas haul. 

In the past this was more keeping track of credit card rewards.  But at this point in time, it's just gifts.  It's still helpful to keep track of.

We don't use DoorDash (the cost is ridiculous; is moot because we don't do takeout or eat out much) and while I could probably find use for a small Trader Joe's gift card it's too out of the way to figure out how to get through $100.  

MM(22) likes shopping at Trader Joe's so it will be a nice Christmas gift for him.  I just googled and it's 4-miles from his college home.  So it makes a lot of sense why he would frequent that store, now that he has a car.

I will give the DoorDash gift card to my assistant.  I was going to buy her a Starbucks gift card, otherwise. 

Note to self:  I need to ask for Noah's Bagels gift card next year.  I only recently discovered this chain.  The bagels are some of the best food I have ever eaten in my life.  So it's a nice gift card.  The one standing wish list item I have is jamba juice, because like heck I am paying $8 for a smoothie.  But it's a nice treat during hot summer months.  Anyway, the weather is super wonky right now (cold) and I also discovered $2 hot cocoa at this bagel shop.  This is keeping me sane, because I am not a coffee drinker.  Though for the most part I'd probably more use a bagel gift card for bagels.  & I am not opposed to spending $2 on a drink.  In either case, I discovered a new food place.  A very economical food place, in the grand scheme of things.

Posted in Just Thinking | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Gift Card Balances December 2025”

  1. rob62521 Says:
    December 14th, 2025 at 06:02 pm 1765735379
    1765735379

    Good plan on regifting the cards you don't use and someone else can. I've not heard of Noah's Bagels. If we are out and about somewhere that has one, I'll remember you recommended them.

    Good deal on the $2 cocoa!

  2. PatientSaver Says:
    December 14th, 2025 at 10:07 pm 1765750051
    1765750051

    I have been wanting to get over to Trader Joe's before Christmas as they always have a lot of fun holiday items not found in other supermarkets, but just the thought of the mob scene there tempers that thought. Maybe tomorrow, a Monday. I think a lot of people take the week before Xmas off, so if I'm going to do it, it needs to be this week.

  3. MonkeyMama Says:
    December 15th, 2025 at 05:27 am 1765776424
    1765776424

    I did look it up because my in-laws are really the only people we get gift cards from (other than work). & I thought Noah's might be more local and not in their city. But it's a California chain. Looks like they are only here.

  4. Tabs Says:
    December 16th, 2025 at 03:59 am 1765857574
    1765857574

    I really do like Trader Joe's overall good quality and sometimes rare selections, but me personally anyway, I find they are also not that cheap. For me anyway, going to Trader Joe's is more like a special treat, generally only if I can think of something very specific that I want.

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