Happy Birthday!

 

Today is Ben's third birthday.  We had a nice party over the weekend, had a great time hanging out yesterday, got his picture on the TV today to celebrate, and he bounced down the hall to his classroom this morning with his bag of mini muffins to share with his classmates.  Special dinner plans this evening to finish off the celebration.  Ah to be three again....

To celebrate, I wanted to find a nice giveaway to my readers to celebrate one of the best days of my life.  Turns out, I was able to combine a birthday celebration with one of Ben's favorite places to eat.

Free Food, Yum!

So I haven't already given up on this new blog resurgence.  Yesterday we hosted Ben's 3rd birthday party, which we had to scramble and rearrange when Anna's great-aunt passed last Sunday.  So it's been a crazy week, but everything went off great yesterday with the party and everyone had a blast.

I wanted to make sure to remind everyone that today is one of my favorite giveaway days of the year.  FREE RITA'S DAY.  To celebrate the first day of spring, all Rita's are giving away a free regular sized ice in your favorite flavors, while supplies last.  We felt that 'while supplies last' pinch a few years ago when we showed up in the evening and they had only 3-4 flavors left in stock.  So I would advice not waiting until close to 9pm to get your ice.

Also, tomorrow is FREE* Pancake Day at Perkins.  I had to add the * because while the short stack is free, Perkins is asking their customers to donate to the Give Kids the World charity in exchange for their free breakfast.  So unless you're completely heartless and able to ignore the request to donate to help cheer up some sick kids, it's not really FREE.  But still seems like an excellent cause and a good deal on some breakfast.

Free 1-2-3 Collections Binder from the Food Network.

 

Sign up for a FREE binder from the Food Network.  This is great as we were just going through our recipes and had tons of pages just floating around and talked about needing to organize them.

Free Hot 12oz Drink at 7-11

7-11 has this really really odd game where the prize at the end is a free drink from 7-11. It's a good prize and only takes 5-10 minutes, but it's a weird little game.

Free Macy's Gift Card

Chevy is running a deal where when you test drive a new Chevy Equinox you'll get a $50 gift card to Macy's. Details located here.

Local Dealers listed on the website as participating.

Faulker Chevrolet
Cevrolet 21
Diechman-Walker Chevrolet
Brown-Daub Chevrolet
Scott Chevrolet

I would imagine there is a bit of a pressure sales pitch with this "Free Gift Card" but if you're the type to wait out a time share agent perhaps this is an easy $50.

Free/Cheap Baby Wipes

Having a baby means needing to constantly been within reach of something to wipe your child clean. We've discovered that small packages of "flushable wipes" are great convenient packages to toss in a diaper bag to use as wipes, particularly when they are free. Target released a Target Coupon for $1/1 off one Up & Up diaper or wipe product. Use this coupon on the 48ct refill pack of Up & Up Flushable wipes that sell for approximately $0.98 to get them free. Coupon expires 12/5.

Chick-fil-A Gift Card and Calendar Deal

Chick-fil-A is having a promotion where if you purchase a $20 Gift Card you get a 2010 calendar filled with freebie coupons for next year. Details can be found here.

It looks like these are the coupons they are advertising, although I haven't purchased one yet.

January: FREE chicken biscuit or small bowl of chicken soup
February: FREE large Sprite
March: FREE chicken strips (3 ct)
April: FREE medium lemonade
May: FREE small milkshake
June: FREE Dansani water and FREE small fruit cup
July: FREE chicken salad sandwich
August: FREE large Coke Zero
September: FREE chicken sandwich
October: FREE large Coke
November: FREE large Diet Coke
December: FREE 3 ct chicken minis or large waffle fries

Free Veggie Tales DVD

Sorry for the long layoff. Illness, personal chaos, work chaos all added up to a turbulent early November. So now we hope things calm down and go forward from here. I apologize to any readers who may have been looking to me for updates this month, but I hope to try and make it up soon.

So here is an offer from Big Idea, the company behind Veggietales. The DVD is free (just pay $2.99 shipping) when you sign up for their email newsletter. This is one of our family's favorite TV series, and hope you can take advantage of this offer and enjoy the Veggies as well.

Free Black Jack Taco from Taco Bell 10/31

To celebrate Halloween Taco Bell is giving away a free Black Jack Taco from 6pm-Midnight on 10/31. Anyone try these yet? are they any good?

Free Eagles Tote Bag from RiteAid

Other than the fact that it's free, I'm not sure why anyone would want an Eagles tote the way the team is playing these days, but if you're going to spend $30 at Rite Aid by the end of the year.

For the Mommas has the details and lists of participating stores, but it appears our area is included.

Eating out Deals

There are some pretty good deals for some resturant food out there right now

Domino’s Pizza is celebrating customer appreciation this week (10/18-10/25). They are offering one lage one topping extra cheese pizza for $5.99 each for carryout customers. - Details at Common Sense With Money.

KFC is once again giving away a piece of their grilled chicken this Monday October 26 - Details at the Consumerist

Also on Monday the 26 Buca di Beppo is celebrating World Pasta Day with a free spaghetti dish and free pasta sauce to take home with an entree purchase. - Details at For the Mommas

And finally Active Military and Veterans eat FREE (from limited menu) at Applebees on November 11 - Details at Moms Need to Know

What's better than Free/Cheap food? When it's delivered to your door, that's what.

So a few months ago I heard about a deal where the first 500,000 people who hadn't used Schwan's food service would get $10.00 off a purchase with no minimum. I decided to get a large tub (1 gallon) of ice cream that was priced at $9.99. I figured that free ice cream would be great, and if it wasn't great I'd always eat chocolate ice cream and I wouldn't force the family to finish it. Well it was great and is long gone (except for the tub. Ben loves playing with the plastic tub), but the deal is still apparently going on. Head on over to Schwan's website and give it a try. Promotion ends at the end of October.

PS - For what it's worth, the ice cream was pretty good.

Free Potatoes!

We love the Betty Crocker Potatoes. They are one of our favorite sides to go with our meals, and so easy to make. So suffice to say when I saw this promo I had to sign up instantly. Yummy.

TODAY ONLY - Free Film Development at Walgreens

So I haven't had or used a film camera since our honeymoon, but I know people still love the format (or just have rolls laying around that need to be developed), so this is the deal for you!

Print the coupon here (may have also been in Sunday's ad or the ad they have sitting out when you enter the store), and get the film developed for free.

Hurry, offer is only good today (9/16)

Freebies Freebies Everywhere

So many Freebies today, I'll just put them all in one post:

Free Sample of Total

Quiznos Buy Sandwich and drink, get sandwich free

Sign up for Beachnut's mailing list, get 4 jars free

Free sample of Sun Crystals

Enter to win Free Meals from Lean Cuisine

Nearly Free 8x10 Photo from Wal-Mart

So if you make a purchase from Wal-Mart's 1 hour photo (says they start at $0.15), then they'll email you a coupon or code to get the free 8x10. Seems pretty straightforward. Not as good as some other "free 8x10" deals this summer, but pretty good if you need one cheap.

While you're there, here are some other deals to be found, thanks to BeCentsAble

Two more Freebies

Two More Freebies have been spotted.

Buy one Waffle, Get one FREE at Waffle House (or here if that doesn't work). Doesn't expire until the end of the year either!

Free Carvel Oreo Lil' Rounder on 9/24 from 3pm-7pm.

I recommend calling before you head out to confirm participation to avoid any disappointments. But sounds like a fun afternoon to me.

Free Honey Nut Cheerios Sample and Coupon

There is a new sample of Honey Nut Cheerios and a $1/1 coupon here. Check it out, sometimes these things go quick...

Free Redbox Rental

So I've yet to get around to trying Redbox myself. I'm waiting for one with Blu-ray discs to show up around here (I hear Wal-Marts will carry them).

But if you use and enjoy Rebox and want a free rental today, try code T46T3Q7.

Happy Labor Day from Redbox, I suppose..

Free Chicken Sandwich at Chick fil-A on 9/7

You read correctly, Free Sandwich at Chick fil-A tomorrow just for wearing something from your favorite sports team. I love a Free lunch. Expect a line and it's probably best to call ahead to confirm participation since many of these "free food" deals have ended up being busts at the local level with so many people looking for easy free stuff these days. Enjoy!