birthday freebies:

July 16, 2012


So Nick & I celebrated our birthdays last month, our birthdays are about a week apart which is nice because we get both of them out of the way ;) I'll be honest - I don't get super excited when my birthday rolls around each year and the fact that I'm getting older, does anyone? But anyway, this year I signed up for a couple mailing lists for companies that give birthday perks. I'm not a huge coupon person, but birthdays only comes once a year so why not get something for free on your birthday? I think it's really cool that companies even offer freebies for birthdays, don't you? I totally want to do that if I ever open a shop. Well, here are a few of them that Nick & I stopped at, along with links for you to sign up too!


First you can start your day off with breakfast at ihop
They give you a free meal (up to $10) I got the crepes, my favorite :)


Then you can stop for lunch or dinner at rubios for a free meal (up to $7)


For dessert, get a free scoop of ice cream from baskin robbins!


and buy 1 get 1 free pretzel at auntie anne's.


Last stop - free birthday gift from sephora, how generous!

The nice thing about these coupons are that they are good for a period about 1-2 weeks so you don't have to go on your actual birth-day. Some very extensive lists of birthday freebies can be found here and here :) If you have any to share, feel free to do so in the comments below!

32 hello's:

  1. Happy birthday to both of you!!

    I actually really love birthdays, but that might be because when I was younger we never celebrated them, so now that I'm older I get very excited :)

    Happy you too had a good birthday time.

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  2. danni, you and nick are so cute! happy happy belated birthdays to you both! love how you guys celebrated with birthday freebies. alex LOVES doing that too, especially with red robin :) btw, lovee your yellow cardigan in the ihop picture - i have it too! ;)

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  3. i am a birthday lover, a birthday celebrator. if you weren't born that day, you wouldn't exists! it's got to be celebrated!

    good freebie finds!

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  4. I LOVE sephora's birthday gift! i got the same lip balm set and obsessed with it. so good.

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  5. THANK YOU! My birthday is tomorrow and I"m planning to get all freebied out, but I didn't know where to go. Thank you!!!!

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  6. happy belated birthday! hubby's and mine are about a week apart too, next month :) thanks for the freebie tips!

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  7. I'm not sure if they still do it, but one of my favorite birthday freebies was a free cup of ice cream from my favorite place, Coldstone! You just sign up on their birthday list! I think they do a Buy one, get one free deal now for birthdays. :)

    neha
    neha made

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  8. I love my birthdays. I would never wish to be younger. That's one thing you can't change so why be sad about it? I've never understood it when people moan about getting older. Generally, for most, it's another healthy year well lived with friends and loved ones. Why turn that into a negative thing?

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  9. Happy Birthday!!! Do you know if Sephora will let you come in anytime during your birthday month???

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  10. thank you thank you! my birthday is next tuesday and i'm going to sign up for all of these birthday goodies!! xo

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  11. i love your denim skirt! where can i get one like yours?

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  12. I have a BDay coming up too! I know that Anthropologie sends a 15% off coupon to be used in your BDay month, and Starbucks sends you a free drink postcard (if you are a gold card member).
    Love your site!
    Happy birthday!

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  13. Love the tips and love a good deal. My birthday is in August so I'm signing up now to get in on the action. :)

    Happy belated birthday!

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  14. so many freebies. Btw, happy belated birthday.
    3lin

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  15. Great photos - it looks like so much fun..!

    Oh, & happy birthday too!

    FJM
    x

    http://flapjackmelody.blogspot.com

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  16. this is so awesome! my and my husband's birthdays are a week apart too, and coming up in about a month so, perfect timing - thanks for sharing!

    and happy belated birthdays to you two :)

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  17. i plan to do that this year for my birthday too! happy birthday!!! ;)

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  18. My favorite b/day freebie is an eyebrow shaping from the Benefit Brow Bar. And I've been hooked ever since! So excited to try some of yours!

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  19. I love doing this on my birthdays month! I make sure to always get my sephora gift, eat at sizzled for the buy one get one free and Benihana for the 30 dollar discount. Thanks for sharing the lists because now I now even more details to get for my birthday month! Happy birthdays!!

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  20. It's decided. I'm going to IHOP for crepes on my birthday. Thanks, and happy (late!) birthday to you both!

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  21. Ohmygosh that is such a fun idea to do on one's birthday! Totally need to source out some freebies around here in Perth!

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  22. I just had my birthday and when my coupons and freebies started rolling in, I was so excited. It reminded me of being a kid and getting a free pizza from Shakey's and a clown cone from Baskin Robbins. The Starbucks rewards card gives you a free drink and you earn points with it for other things, Anthropologie gives you a discount.

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  23. Love birthday freebies! I think it is cute how you two made little memories about them!

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  24. I don't know if you guys have Panera Bread out there, but I work at one. For those of you who have them, if you sign up for a MyPanera card (free but online registration required) you get a "free pastry or sweet" coupon on your birthday good for 60 days. :) The registration is just basic info like name, email address, and phone number. The only emails you get are to notify you of a new reward you've earned, and we never call you. The phone number is just in case you forget your card, we can look it up by the phone number and you still get credit for your visit.
    Wow, my managers would be so proud of all I've retained. ha ha.

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  25. This is perfect, it's my hubby's birthday this weekend and we didn't know IHOP had a Birthday freebee! Thanks for sharing.

    Another good Birthday Freebee that we are signed up for is a free burger at Red Robin :)

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  26. what a super fun idea! Happy (belated) Birthday to you both!

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  27. Happy birthday to you and your husband!

    I love Sephora's birthday gifts. :)

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  28. Great post! I had a birthday last month and got the Sephora freebie! Loved it! Also loved the fact that the cashier rang a bell and said "We've got a birthday" and then all of their employees on the floor said "happy birthday" at the same time. I thought it was really fun.

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  29. you're right, it's such a treat to receive discounts on your birthday. Yesterday I had a hot yoga class completely free and £10 off a massage! Not to mention the 'free' cake and flowers my boyfriend had waiting for me when I got home. It makes business sense too, I will be recommending both businesses to all my local friends and definitely going back!

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  30. I just signed all three of us up for numerous birthday deals...thanks for sharing about this! Mac wanted me to say "hello" and send belated birthday wishes too! :)

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  31. Such pretty photos!You look so cute!
    I feel so happy when birthday!

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  32. Rock on! Thanks not only for the link to the birthday freebie list I maintain, but for actually taking photos of all the freebies y'all received. Sometimes I wonder if anybody actually uses the list and scores any freebies during their special day - glad to see at least two people have =)

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