Making Cents Of It All

Happy National Donut Day. Today I will be going to my local Duck Donuts for a free cinnamon donut. They were kind enough to send me an email to remind me. There is no coupon needed. I know lots of other places are doing some kind of deal today, some of them you need to make a purchase to get the free donut so just check out the details.  Here are the freebies that I have gotten this week. I have been using up my free birthday coupons.  My son and I went to IHOP one morning that he wasn't working. I used my free stack of pancakes coupon and drank water. I did pay for my son's meal though.  I went to Panera and and got a cinnamon bun as my free pastry. They are so good. Since my son works there, I am allowed a free drink. I snacked on this while I ran lots of errands.  My son and I hit up Dunkin Donuts on our way home from Lowes one afternoon. He helped me pick up mulch. We shared  a large caramel frozen coffee.  I had...

We have been picking strawberries everyday. They have been used in milkshakes, steel cut oats, on pancakes and eaten fresh. We love having them. Hubby and I think we found an are to plant more.  I received lots of wonderful gifts for my birthday. Everyone was very generous. OD sent me a box of cookies since I didn't get to see her. They are so good. I also got a dehydrator(I have been wanting one for a while), a book, chocolate, nuts, malt mix and gift cards.  One of my sisters came over on my birthday and treated us all to lunch. We had a great time. We brought all of the leftovers home of course and enjoyed them later. My sister recently moved. She has always used my BJ's card. There isn't a BJ's near where she lives so she got a Costco card. You can get a second card so she asked me if I wanted it. We went with YD after lunch to get it.  All I needed was milk. This is what we brought home. My sister insisted on paying. She kept asking YD d...

It was my birthday this week. I love freebies(who doesn't)so I thought I would tell you about all of the freebies I was sent. All of these are free to sign up so if you are in the USA you can get them all. You do have to put in your birthday to get them. I was emailed all of the freebies. IHOP  you get a free stack of pancakes. Dunkin Donuts  you get any size free drink. Panera  you get a free pastry Carvel  you get a free small cone Baskin Robbins  you get a free cup or cone. Starbucks  you get a free drink Sephora  you have a choice of a sampler set Tanger Outlets  I received 2 $10 off coupons to select stores I know a lot of restaurants will give you a free desert on your birthday when you buy an entree. You just need to show your ID. I will be picking up all of my freebies this week since they all have a quick expiration date.  Do you know of any other birthday freebies that I could sign up for? 

Youngest Daughter had her Senior Banquet this week. She got a free ticket since she is a class officer($90). She also got to bring home a centerpiece. Isn't it pretty. She had a great time and wore a dress and shoes that she already owned. She looked beautiful. Carvel sent me a coupon for a free cone for my birthday. Free ice cream is my favorite. I also received a gift card from for sister and a check from my parents. Now to decide what I am using them for. I have several other free coupons to use this week.  I started picking strawberries from the garden.  Over the weekend we went to my sister's new house in Connecticut. Look at that view. Hubby BBQ for us and we had a great time.  My sister sent us home with some leftover cookies and half a watermelon. She also sent us home with some other goodies that she had.  I went to Stop & Shop. I used more of the gift cards that I won a few weeks ago. I bought a bunch...

Hubby and I celebrated our 26 wedding anniversary this week. He took the day off and we went to our favorite restaurant for lunch. They started doing a lunch special for $19 a person M-F 11-2:30 so we went during that time. You get an appetizer and a main dish.  Hubby got his favorite appetizer, Black pepper bacon. It is $18 on the menu by itself. I did steal a taste.  He then got the baby spinach salad with grilled salmon as his meal. He loved it.  I got the wedge salad to start off with. Yummy! My main meal was the french dip with a side of duck fat fries. I shared the fries with Hubby because he loves them. I brought half of my sandwich home and ate it the next day for lunch.  We were stuffed so we didn't order dessert. When the waiter brought the bill he surprised us with a trio of gelato. The chocolate was the best gelato I have ever had. They make them all in house. I though it was very sweet of them. We had to eat them,...