Happy Monday morning :)

I may do another post later to share some of the fun things that happened in the VanderHouse this weekend, but for now, just wanted to plug one of my favorite websites, which happens to be celebrating its 3rd birthday today. If you haven't checked out Swagbucks before, now would be an excellent time to do so!

Swagbucks is a search engine (and SO much more) that allows you to earn Swabucks as you browse the web. As you collect these virtual "bucks," you can trade them in for tons of stuff, most notably Amazon gift cards and restaurant.com gift cards. Thus far, through Swagbucks we've gotten probably about 10 restaurant.com gift certificates and TONS of Amazon gift cards - which is now my go-to prize :) With the gift cards, I've gotten books, Jillian Michael's workout DVDs and a pair of boots from Amazon. I'm now stockpiling and saving for a new lens or something along those lines!

Anyways. Check out Swagbucks. If you sign up today (totally free), you'll earn 30 SBs just for registering. Plus, use the code HipBirthday at the time of registration to snag an extra 50 Swagbucks - only if you sign up today. That's 80 Swagbucks just for signing up!

In addition to searching (I recommend installing the toolbar and searching using it), you can also read their blog for codes, check out the Widget for codes (usually worth between 5 and 12 SBs), earn Swagbucks on your birthday, watch movies for Swagbucks, buy Groupons and earn Swagbucks, answer surveys for Swagbucks....There are lots of options. But today, they are releasing lots of codes worth127 Swagbucks, so sign up and start earning!!

Check it out! It makes days in front of the computer more exciting and web browsing a lot more rewarding :)