June 18: Microsoft HUP

I recently came across this very cool benefit offered by my employer to all Bank associates. It's the Microsoft Home Use Program. Basically, what it does is enable me to purchase Microsoft Office 2010, the Professional Plus version, for the low, low price of 9.99 (handling charges, whatever that means) for use on our home computer. Actually, the timing of this discovery was impeccable as our trial version of Office that came with our laptop just expired and we were planning on investing the money into the Home and Student version anyway. Today, I ordered the software, and it arrived in the quick and easy format of an immediate download; took about 10 minutes to complete and now we are able to run Office again from our home laptop - not to mention save about $140 in the process. Needless to say, today was one of those days when I really liked my job a whole lot!