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Birthday Goodies

I celebrated my 49th birthday this month, can you believe it? I used to fret each year that I got older, but with all of the wonderful changes that have happened already this year, I’m looking forward to many more new birthday adventures right here in Arizona!

I mentioned on Instagram a couple of weeks ago that I’ve found so many great birthday deals or freebies on my favorite brands, restaurants and stores, simply by signing up on their official sites or joining their loyalty programs. Here’s a list of one’s I was able to partake in during the month of May. Hopefully you’ll find something you like and celebrate your birthday all month long!

TORY BURCH

This birthday deal was by far my favorite and gets first mention: These are the coveted Miller Sandals that I’ve always wanted. It’s not that I didn’t just want to pay for them outright, but more so that I’m always looking for that great deal, and it happened in the month of my birthday! This lovely pair of tortoise shell printed patent Miller Sandals were already on sale, but the purchase was made sweeter with an additional birthday gift certificate of $50 off any purchase over $100! So these lovelies went from $198, down to $139, and was knocked down to just $89. Happy birthday to me!

LE MADELIENE

This is a deal that can only be used east of California, as Le Madeleine is located more in the Mid-West. I signed up for their rewards program, using their app and scanning it at every visit. Just for signing up, I’ve already received a free lemon madeleine, free butter croissant and a free pastry of my choice on my birthday! I chose the Strawberry Napoleon (pictured next to my mom’s Key Lime Cheesecake), and lunch was complete!

YOGURTLAND

My son and I got to enjoy this treat because if you sign up for Yogurtland Real Rewards, you get a free 3oz yogurt just for signing up and another free 3oz yogurt on your birthday. The treats for you and your favorite person!

CVS

I have had a CVS ExtraCare Card for years and have always taken advantage of their wonderful discounts and free bucks. But I didn’t know that they had birthday rewards until one showed up on my app: a free bottle of nail polish!

MADEWELL

Like the Tory Burch birthday certificate, Madewell offered their own $25 one for joining their loyalty program called Madewell Insider! I bought these sneaks, plus a cute checked shirt. With both on sale, I paid a mere $15 for the remainder of my birthday order!

ADDITIONAL DEALS

Here are a few more deals that I received. If it’s your birthday, have a great one, cheers!

IHOP: Join My iHop to get free birthday pancakes

Boba Tea Company: Sign up for “Sucker” Rewards for $10 off for your birthday

IKEA: Join the IKEA Family a $15 coupon and free meal with dessert during the month of your birthday

Top photo taken by Susan of Styles Revealed; all other photos taken by moi

Happy 5th Birthday Dominic!

Lego boyToday is the 5th birthday of our fantastically awesome son, Dominic.  We have a small celebration at home planned with immediate family and a Spongebob Squarepants cake.  This weekend, we’re planning a day at Legoland with his cousin, Mei-Lin, weather permitting.  The contingency plan is a day at the mall with lunch at John’s Incredible Pizza Company followed by “The Lego Movie” (which will be the second time for everyone). As you can tell, Lego is definitely the theme, and Dominic just can’t get enough.  You can follow our adventures on Instagram to see where the weekend takes us.

Happy Birthday Dominic, we love you very much!

IMG_1322One of the many Lego sets we have built with Dominic in the last three years (both in San Diego, and in Las Vegas).  This one is from “The Lego Movie”.

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Weekend in Pictures: Celebrations

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There have been quite a few celebrations in the month of March and beginning of April.  I did actually intend to post about these seperately, but they just came up so quickly that the photos started to pile up.  I finally grabbed sometime over the weekend to put together some collages of past weekend events.  Here are the events pictured:  1. The opening of the new PlaySpace at Plaza Bonita Mall at the beginning of March; 2. My sister’s 40th birthday celebration at Chuck E. Cheese; 3. Our family’s annual Easter picnic; 4. My brother-in-law’s birthday get together at Famous Dave’s in Vista.

PlaySpace March 2013 Collage 1

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Rholnnas birthday 2013 collage 2

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Easter 2013 Collage 1

Easter 2013 Collage 2

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Happy 4th Birthday Dominic!

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It’s so hard to believe that another year has come and gone, and our precious boy is now four years old today.  With all the craziness right now in our lives and just starting my new job, we decided to keep it very low-key this year and celebrated this past weekend with my sister’s family at John’s Incredible Pizza Co. at Plaza Bonita Mall.   We started the afternoon with food and cake, and ended it with daddy winning 500 tickets!   Unfortunately, grandma couldn’t make it in from Las Vegas as was originally scheduled this weekend, so we’re going to celebrate again in March.  I’m pretty sure Dominic won’t mind!

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With our handsome little man!

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My sister’s family with the celebrant.  Check out the cool Spider-Man cake!

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In the midst of lunching.

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Singing to the birthday boy; check out Nana getting into it (on the far right)!

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Princess poses!

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Concentration is the key to winning.

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Daddy won 500 tickets!

Weekend in Pictures: Images From a Birthday Party

Excited about his new bike from Daddy (he got a matching helmet, too!)

Here are a few images from Dominic’s birthday party last month.  It was such a beautiful day at the park, which is unusual for February.  Now that he’s three, he completely understands that this was his party, to celebrate all things about him.  And when you’re that age, isn’t that all that matters?  Hope you had a great weekend!

Playing with his new InnoTab from Grandma (he calls it his iPad).  He takes it everywhere!

Happy Birthday Mei-Lin!

This post is dedicated to my niece Mei-Lin who turns 5 today. She is as dramatic as she is beautiful. One of her older cousins asked her during Thanksgiving if she has any ugly poses. She responded, “I only have pretty poses!” A girl who takes after her auntie. Her party theme this year will be The Beatles. Yes, you read that right (she can sing all the lyrics to “Yellow Submarine”).

Happy Birthday to my pretty little princess!