Does California owe you money?

Sometimes if you're owed money by a corporation but they can't find you or something (not sure why), the state of CA inherits the money and holds it for a while.

This site: http://scoweb.sco.ca.gov/UCP/ will tell you if you are owed any money.

By searching for my last name and first initial, I found that the state of CA owed me $0.33! woohoo!

BTW, this can be done in any state. There's a portal here: http://unclaimed.org/

20% off Eastbay Gift Cards

Now through 12/19/2009, you can buy gift cards from Eastbay and apply coupon code: IPEB9HC2 to save 20%.

The great thing about these gift cards is that you can later use them when Eastbay has their 30% off Friends and Family sale which gives you an overall discount of almost 50% off.

To squeeze even more out of this deal, if you are a member of fatwallet.com, you can earn fatcash (6%) by going through them to get to the Eastbay site. And unless they've fixed it, when you redeem your giftcard, you can again go through fatwallet and you'll get another 6% (double dipping!)

Since shoes cost $40-50 even after discount, it's easy to spend $100-200 a shot (especially if you're placing an order for the whole family or with friends), so don't skimp on the gift card amount)