I used to think Coinstar was so dumb. Why would you pay someone to count your change? Usually if you throw your change into the machine, they charge you a “coin-counting fee” so that you can get dollar bills in exchange for your coins. Well, they now have a special promotion where you can give them your change and get a gift card back without the fee. So…we jumped all over that on Saturday. Jes and I collected all of our loose change and ran over to the Albertson’s across the street. Out of one spaghetti jar filled with coins, we got back a $76 gift card for Amazon.com! Awesome!! Then we went home and bought stuff that we were already planning to buy…some lens filters, extra battery for my Canon, and a book for Jesse. Gotta love it!