The Monday night before his birthday we watched the NCAA Championship basketball game with Rich and their friend Reed. They came over and were our first friends to hang out in the house :) Right at midnight Sam wanted to open his presents (the friends were gone). His main gift were handmade cornhole bags to go along with the cornhole game set we're going to make for this summer (Sam likes to have projects to do with me). This gift has a very dramatic story along with it... long story short... I went to Cal-Ranch to buy corn feed (that goes inside of the bags). They sold me 'spoiled' corn. How did I find this out you ask? I brought the corn in the house and it was COVERED with black bugs. I almost died. Luckily Judy was around and I very calmly told her we had a situation. She helped me dispose of the bugs, and then I freaked out, making her check me for the critters. UGH! My skin still crawls thinking about it. Cal-Ranch refunded me my money and gave me fresh corn feed for free.
The theme of this birthday was all things free. A month or two before his birthday Sam signed up for every birthday club and free gimmick he could think of. At the end of this post I'll list everywhere we went for free these past 10 days.
Tuesday on Sam's bday we got lunch at Noodles and Co (free) then we went to the mall and got him a free shirt from Gap (with a giftcard we had) and then I let him pick a treat and he got Cinnabon. Before he had to go in to work we picked up a dozen cupcakes to take to the boys he works with, they really loved that.
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| He requested a 'creeper' photo with the cupcakes, birthday boys get what they want... |
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| 26 looks good on you Sam |
Tuesday- Free entree from Noodles and Co
Wednesday- Free meal at Benihana
Friday- Free burger from Red Robin, free ice cream from Baskin Robbins and free fro-yo from Menchies
Monday- Free 'Big BBQ' sandwich from Dickies, free curly fries and potato patty from Arby's (Tax Day), free cream-slush from Sonic (and yes, we brought the sandwich and slushy into the Arby's to eat with the free fries, we're shameless)
Wednesday- Free single servings of a Surf and Turf entree at Panda Express (also Tax Day related), free corndog from Wienerschnitzel, free sundae from Culvers, free fro-yo from Red Mango, free I-HOP meal for a midnight snack
I'm sure I've forgotten something, and he still has a few coupons that don't expire yet. And no we haven't gained 20 pounds!
