A few months before my 40th birthday I decided to sign up for every birthday coupon I could find. Red Robin, Bennihana, Houlihans, Baskin Robins, Culvers, Cold Stone Creamery, JC Penney, Sephora, Vera Bradley, Victoria Secret, a local greenhouse, Aveda, DSW, Ruby Tuesdays, Qdoba, TGIF, etc...
Most of these birthday coupons come by email but a few come in the mail. Do I use them all? Nope. A few I throw away (especially if they are only good for 2 weeks and I don't get there) but who cares? So I put the coupon in the recycle bag. No biggie. Most are good for the whole month though so I can work it into my schedule.
I have a method to my madness. I sort them by location and use. Victoria Secret is at the same mall as Vera Bradley, Aveda and Sephora so I will make my rounds and use them all at once. I am not sure about the freebies at Aveda (I have not been there before) but I figured I could put the travel size in my overnight bag, give it to a friend or donate to the local shelter (always looking for travel size personal hygiene items).
Last Thursday I went to Houlihans for dinner. Tom has praise team on Thursdays so I knew I had time to just take my time and enjoy. I asked the waitress how the birthday coupon worked and she said that I could order anything and if it was over $15 I would pay the difference. She mentioned that Thursdays were surf and turf so if I ordered any of the steaks it came with a 5 ounce lobster tail, asparagus and my choice of potato. I got the 9 ounce steak so I paid the $3 difference and tipped on the full price of the meal. I usually don't eat out by myself but I enjoyed the experience. I felt like a food critic. Taking my time and enjoying each bite. It was nice to take some time for me.
Tom and I went to Red Robin yesterday and I had my birthday burger. We don't go out often but since we were only paying for his we decided to make it a date. It was a late lunch/early dinner, then church (he was worship leader this weekend) then home to veg out a little. I started and finished a fun crochet scarf.
I am really looking forward to Bennihani. If you only sign up for one, this is the one. I will be going one night after work and am really looking forward to it. Thirty dollars for the birthday person. I have not been before but am pretty sure it will be awesome.
So go online and sign up for birthday coupons. Just google free birthday coupon or go to your favorite store and fill in the birthday field.
-18 pounds since starting
+91 days
46 days to Graduation, 136 days to 21st birthday and 274 to Leah's birthday
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