Birthday offers and freebies

I celebrated a birthday this month.  Being a frugal blogger, I have signed up on a lot (a lot, I mean a lot) of mailing lists from various vendors.  These vendors have marketing departments who wisely see customer birthdays as outreach opportunities, resulting in an inbox full of birthday freebies from various vendors.  I know there are tons of birthday freebie lists floating all over the Internet, but most are impractical for me because they list the freebies at local restaurant chains, and since I keep kosher, I can't really indulge. And when I think about it, even if I didn't keep kosher, how many birthday meals can one person eat?

I came up with my own list this year, drawn completely from my inbox offers.  Some of these are sort of cheesy birthday "gifts" like 15% off or reduced shipping.  In my humble opinion, if you want to give a customer a gift, don't give her something that will just cost her more money.  

I do like the paper coupon gifts (Chicken of the Sea and Driscoll's), as they are rare to come by and I doubled them to get some free items.

I bolded the ones that I thought were generous and useful.  Those are the ones that I will almost certainly use or give away.  I plan on going on a little mall crawl this week to gather up my in-store freebies.

• Sharebuilder: one free Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) credit. Go to sharebuilder.com/sb/happybirthday and enter the promotion code BDAY13UA
• Delia's: $20 off $50 purchase with promo code DFAGIFT
• Kmart: $5 off $45 coupon
• Panera: free pastry (generous, but I can't eat, not kosher)
• Lancome: free shipping and a gift (mascara) with my $49 purchase via unique promo code
• Dunkin Donuts: free cup of coffee
• Disney Movie Rewards:  100 points
• Kellogg's Family Rewards:  100 point and a $0.70 coupon on Cheezit or Keeblers
• Origins: $10 off $25 order
• NineWest: 25% off any purchase
• Pillsbury: this free recipe booklet 
• Baskin Robbins: a free scoop (generous, but I wish it weren't in January!)
• Go Daddy: 33% off
• Jockey: 15% off and free shipping
• SuperJeweler: $5 gift certificate
• John Frieda:  a coupon for $1.50 off any JF product
• Rockport: 15% off with a unique code
• Blue Nile:  $10 off $50 purchase
• JetBlue:  $50 off any vacation package with promo code BDAY50
• CVS ExtraCare Beauty Club:  $3 off any purchase
• Betty Crocker: 20% off at the Betty Crocker store with promo code C82388, and this recipe booklet
• Godiva: $10 off any purchase greater than $10.
• House Party:  10% off any purchase from House Special with promo code HPBIRTHDAY01
• BC Outlet: $1.99 shipping on my $25 order with promo code BCJANBDAY
• Chicken of the Sea:  $0.50 coupon off any CotS item
• Shop Your Way Rewards: $10 off a $30 purchase
• BonTon: 20% off with promo code HPYBDAYJA13
• Dave and Busters: $10 Game Play
• CafePress: 30% off with promo code HAPPY13
• AutaWash: free car wash (local to Colorado)
• Office Max Maxperks: $10 off $50 purchase via unique promo code
• Organic Girl: $2 coupon
• Driscolls: $0.50 coupon for any berries (2 prints)
• World Market: 15% off furniture and decor, 10% off food
• Caribou Coffee: Free medium beverage
• Krispy Kreme: free doughnut and small coffee or soft drink
• Hanes: 20% off one item
• Swagbucks: 50 Swagbucks
• Starbucks: free beverage
• Sephora: free in-store mascara and highlighter

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