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A $35 Lulu Gift Card Cost Me $34 & 3 Trips to the Mall

Is it a gift? Or an obligation? 3-inches later & we're good to go

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Rani Monson
Feb 13, 2026
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A $35 Lulu Gift Card Cost Me $34 & 3 Trips to the Mall
When a gift card becomes an obligation to spend more money

Some gifts just keep on giving…grief. While an unexpected gift card is always nice, I prefer they ones that are self-contained. In other words, you can use it, get something and it doesn’t require you to spend more money.

Take a $10 Starbuck’s gift card. That’s always more than the perfect amount.…

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