Here's how my birthday went down {in a nut shell}...
3 year old threw a tantrum and refused to get dressed for 30 minutes
During breakfast 2 year old choked and threw up
Running late...
Spent the day {the WHOLE day} at the MN Zoo for a home school special field trip {which was actually OK because the weather was beautiful and we were with some good friends}
Stopped for dinner at IKEA with the kids on the way home from the zoo because hubby had a work training into the night {who wanted to sit in traffic with a van full of kids for 45 minutes anyway?}
Really, it wasn't so bad and I did have a nice day. Of course if you had asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday I can't say that any of the above would have made my top 10 things to do on my birthday.
A couple of awesome things did happen though...I got a few Birthday Freebies & Deals {which is always nice...who doesn't like free stuff?}.
You can find websites, and pages among pages with list after list of birthday freebies, but I'm not one to travel all over the place to collect on a freebie {I tummy and thighs don't need me to collect on free desserts}.
Here were my favorite freebies & deals... {in no particular order}
Free Caribou coffee {OK, this was probably my favorite!} If you're ever looking to win me over, just bring me a Caribou coffee hot milk chocolate mocha - we'll be bff's for sure!
Deal: Kids ate FREE at IKEA! Dinner for us cost $5 and some odd cents, because kids eat free at IKEA on Tuesdays. Who knew? Clearly not me. I don't know if ALL Ikea stores offer this deal on Tuesdays, but the Minneapolis {Bloomington}, MN Ikea does.
Bonus...I got my new free Ikea catalog!
Free Gift from Sephora {I didn't even have to buy anything}.
Free Gift from AVEDA {technically I still have to go to the store and collect the gift/redeem my birthday offer - but I do have the offer}
$10 off from Shabby Apple Oh, I cannot wait to use this one!!! I adore their dresses and will definitely need at least one for the upcoming festivities of the season!
Who doesn't enjoy free stuff once in a while? ...especially when it is stuff you like and will use!
What are your favorite birthday freebies? Do you have any that I should know about or that you recommend for the future?
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