New Trade in Penny #1's Path

     It took quite a while, but the Car Stereo Package was finally traded up.  Thank you so much, Fat Phil, for making the offer you did and for making the trade today.  It was great meeting you and everyone down at Rogue Tattoo and Piercing.  You guys have a great looking shop and with your experience and location, I can only imagine how busy things can be there.  
     For making this trade, Fat Phil will be receiving 2% of the profits for Penny #1 when we reach the end of the race.  It appears that Penny #1 is holding strong in the lead, but who knows what could happen, especially with new changes coming soon to the InCENTives to Trade.   But for now....check out the new item in The Penny "Trade-up" Race...........

Where did the days go?

    

     Where do I even begin?  So much time has past since the last trade and, unfortunately, there haven’t been many offers for any of the items in the race .  Because of the lack of offers and interest, I had kind of put the race on the “back burner”.  And although I still post the items on Kijiji every second week, I really found that the hustle and bustle of the holidays had sort of sucked me in. 

     From Thanksgiving and Halloween to Christmas and New Years, fun plans and good times have been had in the past few months.  Halloween was definitely a highlight for me, with carving the pumpkins and watching Farrah, my 21 month old daughter, going door to door and having a blast learning about this fun day.  As for the pumpkins, they weren’t so lucky, as I try to create a new and even more terrifying and bizarre pumpkin each year.  This is one of the creations this year...Stitches.

 

 

     November is a blur.  It seemed to fly by so fast with Christmas quickly approaching.  Although I usually find that time of the year to be one of the more stressful, it completely makes up for it once the holidays begin and the time spent with family and friends rekindles the fire in the hearts.  We also really enjoyed watching Farrah rip through her gifts and enjoy all of her new toys. 

 

 

     As for New Year’s Eve…..we decided this year to take it easy and ring in 2012 at home.  No big parties this year, just a nice and quiet evening with the wife and kid.  Loved it!!!  Very relaxing.

     Resolutions?  Anybody?  I would love to hear what yours are, if you’ve decided to make one this year.  Mine?  I really haven’t decided yet, but being more active with the blog should probably be one of them. 

     Anyways, I just wanted to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy 2012.  May it be a prosperous and wonderful year for everyone. 

Finally Traded The Printer

     Can you believe it?!?!  I have to admit, I was beginning to think that the Brand New Printer would never be traded.  Not only has it been an extremely long time since I had traded the Chronicles of Narnia Collector's DVD for the printer, but the last trade offer that had been arranged for the printer had a no-show at trade time.  I was starting to doubt

No Show = No Go

     I should start out by apologizing to the traders in Penny #2's path.  There was a trade arranged for Friday evening, but because of a no-show, the trade wasn't made.  Unfortunately, these things happen and it's something that is out of my control.  So, the Brand New Printer is back up for trade.  The Oh, Canada! Bonus still applies to the Mini Flip Camcorder and the Brand New Printer, plus, there will still be a T-Shirt draw once these 2 items have been traded.  

     If you're looking for a little extra from us here at PTAD, I invite you to check out my Review/Giveaway site @ ptadgiveaways.blogspot.com.  BudgetGadgets.com has provided me with an opportunity to review some of their gadgets and in turn keep them.  Instead of keeping them for myself, I'm hosting giveaway contests for the gadget that is being reviewed.  Our first review ends today (Sept.5/11), so get there fast to take a guess at how many pennies are in the bowl.  Super easy contests without the need to "Tweet" or "Like".  Our next review will be posted very soon, so be sure to check it out.  

     The start of September marks our first year of The Penny Race.  Started with just 3 little pennies, we've traded our way up to some great items....but is it the end?  I hope not.  An email will be sent out soon to each of the traders in the race to see if they would like to end the race or continue pushing on to see what new trades will come next.  Anything is possible in this adventure....so we'll see how each of the traders feel.