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Birthday Freebies and Discounts: Denny’s – Day 4

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Birthday freebies and discounts - Day 4

Photograph Credit: Microsoft Images

Balloons, cake, and presents, oh my! Birthday celebrations offer opportunities for giggles, excitement, and anticipation.

To sweeten the birthday recipient’s experience, many businesses and organizations send their birthday wishes in the form of freebies and discounts.

During the month of April, I will begin sharing at least one birthday freebie or discount for food every day. Each post will highlight the organization, link to the website, and give any instructions for receiving your treat.

To receive a daily e-mail around 11:00 a.m. with the new posts of each day, subscribe to my free daily newsletter. In case you miss a post in our Birthday Freebies and Discounts series, I will provide the link to each day as the month progresses.

If you have received any of these freebies or discounts, then please share in the comments about your experiences as I love to learn from you. Now, let’s continue this birthday celebration!

Birthday freebies and discounts - Day 4

Photograph Credit: Denny’s

Day 4: Breakfast – Denny’s

Start or end your day with a FREE Grand Slam from Denny’s. Open all day and serving breakfast all day, Denny’s grants a FREE Grand Slam on your birthday. A Grand Slam consists of any four of the following:

    • 2 bacon strips
    • Buttermilk biscuit
    • 2 buttermilk pancakes
    • 2 eggs
    • English muffin
    • Grits
    • Hash browns
    • Oatmeal
    • 2 sausage links
    • 2 slices of toast
    • 2 turkey bacon strips

No registration, coupon, or promotion required. However, you might consider calling ahead to your local Denny’s to verify that a driver’s license is proof enough of your birthday. 🙂 For more savings options, sign up for Denny’s Rewards.

TIP: As a Denny’s Rewards member, you will receive special news via a newsletter sent to your e-mail account.

To keep your personal inbox clutter-free, choose a free e-mail account via Yahoo! or Gmail when signing up for all these freebies and discounts.

The Denny’s Rewards program is optional. You can participate in the birthday freebie without being a Denny’s Rewards member.

If you choose to sign up for Denny’s Rewards, the process should take between 1 and 2 minutes to complete a form with up to 16 fields and selecting a submit button. You will get communication from Denny’s delivered to your inbox with savings opportunities. Happy freebie gathering!

Question: What are your 4 Grand Slam option favorites?

Birthday Freebies and Discounts: Cinnabon – Day 3

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Birthday freebies and discounts - Day 3

Photograph Credit: Microsoft Images

Balloons, cake, and presents, oh my! Birthday celebrations offer opportunities for giggles, excitement, and anticipation.

To sweeten the birthday recipient’s experience, many businesses and organizations send their birthday wishes in the form of freebies and discounts.

During the month of April, I will begin sharing at least one birthday freebie or discount for food every day. Each post will highlight the organization, link to the website, and give any instructions for receiving your treat.

To receive a daily e-mail around 11:00 a.m. with the new posts of each day, subscribe to my free daily newsletter. In case you miss a post in our Birthday Freebies and Discounts series, I will provide the link to each day as the month progresses.

If you have received any of these freebies or discounts, then please share in the comments about your experiences as I love to learn from you. Now, let’s continue this birthday celebration!

Birthday freebies and discounts - Day 3

Photograph Credit: Cinnabon

Day 3: Breakfast – Cinnabon

Club Cinnabon is Cinnabon’s newsletter sent to club members via e-mail.

On your birthday, Cinnabon will send you a special present.

Since the offers are random, you never know what you will get until the surprise arrives in your inbox. 😉

TIP: As a Club Cinnabon member, you will receive special news via a newsletter sent to your e-mail account.

To keep your personal inbox clutter-free, choose a free e-mail account via Yahoo! or Gmail when signing up for all these freebies and discounts.

Another perk for Club Cinnabon members is an initial welcome coupon good for a FREE minibon cinnamon roll arriving via e-mail to your inbox. No purchase necessary! The coupon is only valid at participating bakeries.

As only certain locations honor these coupons, check with your local Cinnabon for their involvement with the new member and the birthday freebies.

Sign up for Club Cinnabon should take about 1 minute to complete a form with 7 fields and selecting a save button. Keep an eye on your e-mail for your welcome coupon, promotions, and your birthday gift. When you receive your FREE coupon, redeem at a participating Cinnabon location. Happy freebie gathering!

Question: Have you tried a Cinnabon variety? 

Birthday Freebies and Discounts: Bruegger’s – Day 2

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Birthday freebies and discounts - Day 2

Photograph Credit: Microsoft Images

Balloons, cake, and presents, oh my! Birthday celebrations offer opportunities for giggles, excitement, and anticipation.

To sweeten the birthday recipient’s experience, many businesses and organizations send their birthday wishes in the form of freebies and discounts.

During the month of April, I will begin sharing at least one birthday freebie or discount for food every day. Each post will highlight the organization, link to the website, and give any instructions for receiving your treat.

To receive a daily e-mail around 11:00 a.m. with the new posts of each day, subscribe to my free daily newsletter. In case you miss a post in our Birthday Freebies and Discounts series, I will provide the link to each day as the month progresses.

If you have received any of these freebies or discounts, then please share in the comments about your experiences as I love to learn from you. Now, let’s continue this birthday celebration!

Birthday freebies and discounts: Bruegger's - Day 2

Photograph Credit:
Bruegger’s

Day 2: Breakfast – Bruegger’s

Though not announced on their website or Facebook page, Bruegger’s sends eClub members a coupon for a FREE bagel with cream cheese for their birthday.

To receive your FREE bagel with cream cheese, you must be 13 years or older and a Bruegger’s eClub member. Check your e-mail account for sales and coupons given only to eClub members.

TIP: As a Bruegger’s eClub member, you will receive special news via a newsletter sent to your e-mail account.

To keep your personal inbox clutter-free, choose a free e-mail account via Yahoo! or Gmail when signing up for all these freebies and discounts.

As an eClub member, you will receive advanced notice of sales, promotions, and discounts. At any time you can unsubscribe from the e-mail notifications; however, you may not receive your FREE birthday coupon if you unsubscribe.

Sign up for the Bruegger’s eClub should take less than 2 minutes completing a form of 10 fields and selecting a save button. Keep an eye on your e-mail for coupons, promotions, and your birthday gift. When you receive your FREE coupon, redeem at your local Bruegger’s. Happy freebie gathering!

Question: What is your favorite Bruegger’s bagel flavor?

Birthday Freebies and Discounts: Bojangles’ – Day 1

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Birthday freebies and discounts - Day 1

Photograph Credit: Microsoft Images

Balloons, cake, and presents, oh my! Birthday celebrations offer opportunities for giggles, excitement, and anticipation.

To sweeten the birthday recipient’s experience, many businesses and organizations send their birthday wishes in the form of freebies and discounts.

During the month of April, I will begin sharing at least one birthday freebie or discount for food every day. Each post will highlight the organization, link to the website, and give any instructions for receiving your treat.

To receive a daily e-mail around 11:00 a.m. with the new posts of each day, subscribe to my free daily newsletter. In case you miss a post in our Birthday Freebies and Discounts series, I will provide the link to each day as the month progresses.

If you have received any of these freebies or discounts, then please share in the comments about your experiences as I love to learn from you. Now, let’s get this birthday celebration started!

Birthday Freebies and Discounts - Bojangles - Day 1

Photograph Credit: Bojangles

Day 1: Breakfast – Bojangles’

To receive the following perks, sign-up for the Bojangles’ e-club :

    • FREE Bojangles’ biscuit for your birthday!
    • FREE made-from-scratch biscuit sandwich reward for signing up. The coupon is sent via e-mail within 24-hours of joining.
    • FREE Bo-berry biscuit when you refer a friend to join the e-club.
    • FREE monthly and quarterly coupons via the newsletters.

TIP: As a Bojangles’ e-club member, you will receive special news via a newsletter sent to your e-mail account. To keep your personal inbox clutter-free, choose a free e-mail account via Yahoo! or Gmail when signing up for all these freebies and discounts.

My youngest daughter remembers a special breakfast we shared together at Bojangles’ using a promotional coupon. Every time we pass a Bojangles’ she shouts (since we haven’t mastered using our inside voice), “There’s the biscuit place!” Obviously, the chicken does not impress her as much as the biscuits. 😉

To test it out for yourself, sign up for the Bojangles’ e-club. The process should take less than 2 minutes completing a form of 7 fields and selecting a submit button. Once finished, check your e-mail tomorrow for your FREE signup reward, and redeem your coupon at your local Bojangles‘. Happy freebie gathering!

Question: What is your favorite Bojangles’ memory? 

Freebies4Mom.com: Finding Freebies

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When Paul brings the mail into the house each evening, I will gravitate to my kitchen counter to peruse the day’s delivery. Besides the usual advertisement, credit card invitation, and bill, I will usually find a free sample, magazine, or coupon.

Receiving the mail is no longer a burdensome task of viewing the bills. No way! Getting the mail has become a treat to see what free items have arrived today.

Locating the Freebies

Searching the Internet for all the free items would NOT be using time wisely. Spending my valuable time searching for freebies would detract from my top priority – educating and training my little ones.

Note: As all Mommy’s and Daddy’s know, educating and training children is a 24-hour/7 days a week responsibility. Though I do not homeschool my children academically, I am still teaching and nurturing them constantly.

Since our kids are only young once, choosing to spend time with them is using time wisely – even if it is playing the same game repeatedly or answering the same question. OK . . . off my soap box and back to the post. 🙂

In using time wisely, I look for ways to maximize my money, energy, and time. If I do not want to spend the time searching for freebies but want them, I need to find a reputable source to bring those freebie opportunities to me.

Heather Hernandez of Freebies 4 Mom fits the qualifications. Heather researches and posts on www.freebies4mom.com all the current free samples, coupons, and sweepstakes. Her web site is fabulous! I love the clean, organized design. With one freebie opportunity per post, I can quickly scan the offers to find my favorites.

Finding the Freebies

Photograph Credit: Freebies 4 Mom

Once you begin requesting freebies, you will find that the “hot” ones vanish quickly. No worries, more freebies will be available soon. If you don’t get one, then keep a lookout for another. To stay on top of all the freebies, Heather offers 3 ways to subscribe to her posts:

1. RSS Feed. By now you know this my favorite choice. I subscribe to freebies4mom in my Google reader. (If you need assistance setting up a reader, check out my RSS Feed Reader series.)

2. E-mail. To encourage e-mail readership, Heather randomly gives away $400 each month to one e-mail subscriber. If you prefer one e-mail each day with all the previous day’s post, then subscribe by e-mail (located across from her title in the header of her blog’s home page).

3. Facebook. I am in awe of Heather’s Facebook page. She has customized her page and has over 100,000 followers. (Way to go, Heather!) If you prefer to see her posts via Facebook, then go “like” her page. You will not be disappointed. In addition to the RSS Feed, I am also a Facebook follower so is Using Time Wisely. (Are you a follower of Using Time Wisely? If not, come “like” our page and interact with fellow readers.)

Choosing the Freebies

When you find a post for a freebie you want, click on the purple-colored words. The words in purple indicate an embedded link in her post. The link will take you to the registration page for the freebie. As you register for these freebies, remember to use your junk e-mail account. Usually you will be signing up for newsletters or correspondence from the gifting company.

For free Facebook offers, use your junk Facebook account. The company offering the freebie will want access to your friends. The junk Facebook account is empty, so they can view your account without invading your friends or your privacy.

Keep in mind, the company has an agenda. They want more newsletter readers, followers, or comments. To incise you to help them raise their numbers, the company offers freebies. Give them what they want through your junk e-mail and Facebook accounts, and the freebie will be yours.

Receiving the Freebies

Usually after your registration is complete, you will receive confirmation that your freebie will arrive within a time frame, e.g., 4-8 weeks. Just think, one day when you are going about your business, you will be surprised to find your freebie waiting for you in your mailbox. Cool, huh?

As you request freebies consistently, your mailbox will soon become, what Heather terms, your “freebox.” By requesting samples and freebies, you can try new items and replenish existing products without spending any money. In using time wisely, you can continue stretching your dollars by requesting freebies and enjoying the surprise in your “freebox.”

Question: Where do you find freebies? Please add your answer to the comments.