What Was Lost Was Found

About eight months ago I received a gift card for local booksellers in the Bay Area as part the holiday bonus my employers gave to the staff. I promptly lost it.

I searched many places where I keep my plastic and many others where I might have put it for safe-keeping. Never did I think to look in the place where I happened to look today.

I pay my bills electronically for the most part. Most are automatic payments to my debit card or my Visa. The one check I write a month is for rent. So a book of checks might last me a long time. It just so happened I wrote September's rent on the last check in my current book today. I removed the stub from my checkbook cover only to see the back of a plastic card hidden beneath it. I wrestled it out and flipped it over.

It was the booksellers gift card from last December. I hope it's still valid! Now, whatever shall I buy?