Obsession

I love finding discounts and freebies too much. Some might almost consider it an obsession. Nothing makes me grumpier than paying full price. I dedicated my old email for junk emails that I plan on checking just enough to get my birthday coupons and other freebies I can’t do without. I turned 24 on this Tuesday (the 24th—Golden Birthday).

Below is a list of 24 freebies (or coupons) that I received for my birthday:

1. Spaghetti Warehouse- Free entree AND sundae (no purchase necessary)
2. Mad Mex – Free burrito coupon (no purchase necessary)
3. Noodles & Co - Free entree (no purchase necessary)
4. Panera - Free pastry or sweet (no purchase necessary)
5. Sonic – Free medium tator tots (no purchase necessary)
6. The Pita Pit - Free pita (no purchase necessary)
7. Bucca di Beppo-Free appetizer (no purchase necessary)
8. CVS Pharmacy- $3 off (no minimum purchase)
9. DSW – $5 off coupon (no minimum purchase)
10. Polo Ralph Lauren in Tanger Outlets- $15 off (no minimum purchase--doesn't expire until 2/2012!)
11. Tanger Outlets - $10 off any store in mall (no minimum purchase)
12. Shabby Apple - $10 off purchase
13. Bravo- Buy one entrée, get one free
14. Carabba’s – Buy one entree, get one free
15. Dairy Queen – Buy one get one free Blizzard
16. Cold Stone – Buy one, get one free
17. Wendys - $1 off combo meal
18. Arbys- Free 12 oz shake (with any purchase)
19. Applebees - Free dessert w/ entree
20. Logans Roadhouse- Free Nutter Butter Fudgeslide with any entree
21. Chili's- Free brownie sundae (with entree)
22. Texas Roadhouse - Free appetizer with purchase of entree
23. O'Charleys - $5 off $20 purchase
24. The Melting Pot-Free chocolate fondue when you buy 2 entrees and a cheese fondue (LAME-O)

Hoaxes (were supposed to send me a coupon—but it never came)
Papa Murphy’s- Free container of cookie dough
MCL Catering– Free cookie (no purchase necessary)

So, I had a great birthday. No seriously, these coupons (along with everyone else who was nice to me) made my day. I haven’t redeemed them all yet. Let's face it-- I won’t redeem them all—-that would be a lot of eating out, but it was still fun. I think half of the people reading this email now are thinking “What a waste of time and email space,” and the other half are signing themselves up with their junk emails too.

Special K

I don't usually eat things that are considered to be weight loss foods-that whole fad just isn't my thing. However, I LOVE Special K Red Berries Cereal. In my defense, I loved them before I knew they were supposed to be part of a diet program. A while back, I ate enough cereal to get a free 10-minute workout video.

One night in December I decided to do a Hip Hop Workout. I was using my 2 pound weights for extra toning (ok, they probably don't do much, but it is all I have). One of the moves was a punch with your left hand to the right side of your body in front of you. I was getting into the hip hop and all and punched myself (hard) in the face, weight and all. In slow motion I probably looked like Rocky with spit flying from my mouth. I punched my jaw closed and ended up hearing this bad sound and biting my tongue hard.

Three months later...

I went to the dentist and she asked what I had done to my tongue. She said it looked like it had really taken a beating. I told her about the self-abuse incident in December and she said that I was really lucky I didn't do more damage to my teeth based on the amount of damage I did to my tongue. I hate it when you do something that causes a lot of pain but you don't have anything to "show for it," so I'm glad this one got me some sympathy-cuz it hurt.

No-I'm not starting to blog

but like most of you I'm sick of the wreath.