Monday, December 13, 2010

CSN Stores Giveaway

The recent CSN Stores Giveaway on Seattle Simplicity has been completed. I want to thank everybody who entered. There were over 25 valid entries on my post. The winner has been notified by Email, and will receive a $45 gift certificate good for any purchase at CSN Stores.

I hope that new readers will continue to visit my blog. For those who did not win, I encourage you to check back for new giveaway contests in the future.

Saturday, December 04, 2010

How I Simplify Retirement Planning

I am a big fan of Vanguard funds. I was first attracted to their low fees and index-fund approach. As I started researching what kind of asset allocation to use for my IRA, I was thrilled to discover Vanguard target retirement funds. Vanguard has created retirement funds that are comprised of an assortment of their index funds, properly allocated based on your target retirement date. The asset allocation within the fund is adjusted for you as you near your retirement date. You never have to rebalance your money.

If you are interested in learning more about the Vanguard target retirement funds, visit the Vanguard website and review the prospectus.

Friday, November 12, 2010

$45 Giveaway from CSN Stores

The people at CSN Stores have provided me a $45 gift certificate to give away to one of my lucky blog readers. CSN operates numerous websites that offer a variety of products ranging from shoes, furniture, and cookware to briefcases. I was recently shopping for a suitcase on one of their sites. But to be honest, I haven't gotten around to buying it yet. I would be interested in knowing if any of my readers can share their experiences with CSN Stores.

Anyway, I have decided to hold a random drawing for the gift certificate. You can have up to three chances to win the prize:

1) Any reader can enter by posting a comment below.
2) For an additional entry, web site owners can link to this post, to let other know about this contest.
3) Lastly, my fellow bloggers can add Seattle Simplicity to your blogroll (must be accessible from blog's main page) for one more entry in the drawing.

There is one more step. Since Blogger does not automatically collect contact information, you will need to send me an Email message letting me know that you posted a comment, created a link to my post, and/or added Seattle Simplicity to your blogroll. (My E-mail address is in the sidebar of my blog.)

The drawing is limited to US residents. The certificate will be in the form of a promo code, and does does not cover any shipping costs. The code can be used on any product from any one of the CSN Stores. A winner will be randomly picked from among the qualified entries received by December 10, 2010. I will contact the winner by Email. Good luck to everyone who enters!