My birthday is Saturday. I started to get freebies on July 1 from companies.

Above picture was from my aunt’s house on July 4th, when we had a joint birthday party with a cousin, and also for the 4th- taken with an iPhone inside, so it’s blurry- sorry! Wait, look at the cake- it’s Soni’s Boston Cream Pie with CHOCOLATE on top- YUMMMM!
I went through my inbox tonight to write down some of them that I thought were good and to share with you. I have seen some other lists previously, but it was a fun exercise to do.
Baskin-Robbins Free Scoop
https://www.baskinrobbins.com/BDayClub/RegisterInfo1.aspx
Local Jewelry Store- Poppie Design- receive $20.00 off your next purchase of Poppie Design Jewelry
http://www.poppiedesigninc.com/default.aspx
Cold Stone- Free Ice Cream
http://www.coldstonecreamery.com/birthday/birthday_club.aspx
Sanrio- Enjoy this FREE Hello Kitty Plush with your next purchase over $35*
http://www.sanrio.com/promotions/100420_happybirthday
Texas Roadhouse- Free Appetizer
http://www.texasroadhouse.com/
Smoothie King- Free 20oz. when you buy a 20 oz.
http://www.smoothieking.com/about/cards.php
Fazoli’s- Free Dessert
http://fazolis.fbmta.com/members/UpdateProfile.aspx?Action=Subscribe&InputSource=W
Macaroni Grill- Free Chocolate Cake
http://www.romanos.com/Home/Home.aspx
Moe’s- Free Entree
http://www.moes.com/
Victoria Secret- Not sure if just email list or from credit card list, but I got $10 off
http://www.victoriassecret.com/home
One of the bloggers that I follow, Shey B, makes camera strap covers. They are very cute!

And handmade, so somewhat expensive- but considering they are handmade, it just takes a lot of time to make them.
I saw this tutorial from Skip to my Lou the other day, and I want to try to make one sometime.
I have been bookmarking a lot of things that I want to make when 1) summer school is over and 2) after the entries for the state fair are due.
I haven’t made anything since the pillow- and I still need to hand stitch the bottom closed!!
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Tagged camera, sew, tutorial
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I’m taking an Entrepreneurship class (officially known as Venture Growth Management) as an elective for my MBA degree this summer. Only 2 more classes left after this- yay!!

Part of our assignments are to watch particular episodes of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. We are watching the British version, which I think is even better than the American version.
I was doing some research and came across 2 blog postings about it.
10 things you can learn from Gordon Ramsay about running a business- #1 is about being simple. Ramsay has said that in EVERY episode! I think all of these 10 things can apply to anyone running any type of business- not just a restaurant.
5 Lessons Learned From Gordon Ramsay- I liked #5, Passion! Constant trying and learning!
Photo Info: Food icture was taken in Spring of 2009 in Krakow, Poland.