{"id":828,"date":"2018-10-15T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=828"},"modified":"2018-10-15T00:00:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T00:00:50","slug":"australian-birthday-rewards-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"Australian Birthday Rewards 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was recently my birthday, and I naturally celebrated with a bunch of free things for my birthday! My week went like this:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday:<\/strong> The Piano Guys concert!!! Not free, but it was amazing! We had prime seating three rows from the stage and I could watch what I wanted to watch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday:<\/strong> Birthday day! We had free <a href=\"https:\/\/elsocial.sanchurro.com\/\">Churros<\/a> (share plate for 2), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fergusonplarre.com.au\/about\/bakers-four-rewards-club\">Ferguson Plarre<\/a> and attempted to get a free Starbucks coffee, but our store no longer offers that. Churros were amazing! We hadn&#8217;t eaten them since my birthday last year. Fergusson Plair was really a bust, since they only gave me a voucher for $3 (that I had to print), and everything in the store is more expensive than that. So I spent $1.20 on getting a hazelnut donut. Mmmm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday:<\/strong> My actual birthday, celebrated with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boostjuice.com.au\/vibe\/\">Boost Juice<\/a>. I don&#8217;t think I have purchased a Boost for more than a year, but I did have a period I was drinking them every day as a food substitute. I blame the PhD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday:<\/strong> A full day of work&#8230; and my free 6 inch<a href=\"https:\/\/www.subway.com.au\/Eat-Fresh-Club\"> Subway<\/a> and 600ml drink. Note that Subway will only let you use it at your preferred store, but it is valid for 3 days before and after your birthday. I love Subway, and I ate quite a lot of it while we were in the US because it was one of the only &#8216;healthy&#8217; meal options available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday:<\/strong> Birthday cake! A trial run for the wedding cake *gulp*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday:\u00a0<\/strong>Pressie day with the family. Here&#8217;s to getting another rotating compost bin&#8230; I&#8217;ve actually run out of room of where to put them now that I have 3!<\/p>\n<p>After I <del>bragged about<\/del>\u00a0celebrated my birthday freebies with my workmates, one of them suggested a bunch more free things I could try for next year! So I&#8217;ve now signed up for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grilld.com.au\/newsletter\">Grill&#8217;d<\/a>\u00a0(free burrito)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kikki-k.com\/au\/register\">Kikki.K<\/a>\u00a0(a surprise???)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coldrock.com.au\/vip\/\">Cold Rock<\/a> (a free icecream, but they also limit you to your favourite store)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witchery.com.au\/witchery-rewards\">Witchery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also tried for Salsas, but they require you to already have a rewards card.<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it. Free food for a birthday, and next year more free food and maybe some gifts! Are there any birthday specials that you are signed up for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was recently my birthday, and I naturally celebrated with a bunch of free things for my birthday! My week went like this: Tuesday: The&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=828\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Australian Birthday Rewards 2018<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[17,67],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6nzXS-dm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19,"url":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=19","url_meta":{"origin":828,"position":0},"title":"What can I buy my 5 year old?","date":"May 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Let me start by saying that I've been trying to be more frugal and buying second hand things. 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