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Saturday, July 9, 2011

What We Do For Free Things, Sometimes!

 

      I've found all kinds of ways to get free or cheap meals and I'm always looking around for more.  There is Restaurant.com, Groupon,  and Living Social to get a few good meals.  Then there are the coupons you get in the mail.  This was the first time I've had to dress in a costume for food, unless you count getting candy at Halloween.


     So, I know I must have seen some of you at Chick-Fil-A yesterday early evening.  If you weren't there you missed out on a chance for a free meal.  I think it was well worth it,  although I say that now since I didn't see anyone I knew, and hopefully no one I knew saw me.   
   
    We were just going to wear the nose and ears that Chick-Fil-A provides online.  Then I found out that you had to dress head to hoof for a free meal, otherwise you only get a sandwich.  I dug through my closet, but I had only one white skirt.  So, I found an old sheet to make an emergency fast food costume, a pair of pants, using some jogging pants for my pattern.  I didn't even bother with elastic, instead using a large safety pin.  Just to be on the safe side since I've had my pants fall down before,  I wore shorts and a tank underneath.  I mean, it's not like I wanted anyone to see me in that either, but I thought it was better than one of my other undergarments.  I glued scraps of cloth on since pinning didn't work very well. 


   My daughter opted for a white skirt, t shirt and the nose and ears.  She still received the entire meal.  For Aiden he wore an outgrown white dress shirt and some hand me down pants about ten sizes too big.  With some rolling on the pant legs, it all worked fine.  He got the six piece kids meal, plus they handed out cupcakes.



Yep, we all did look a bit silly, and driving across town really worried me.  What if we got into an accident? 


  
     The cow waited in the front for everyone to do their picture opportunities.  Okay, so we did it too.  I mean, I was wearing the
dorkiest outfit, could it get any worse?  I felt sorry for the poor cow, found out it was a girl and she was wearing an ice pack on her back.  She should be paid double time at least for doing that. 
    There were quite a few families that were dressed up and it was fun to see so many different costume ideas.  I had no idea so many people put so much effort into these costumes.  There is also an online costume contest. 
 
      Will I do it again?  Probably, since it wasn't all that much to do the costume and it saved us about $20 dollars.  Plus Aiden had enough of his chicken nugget meal for lunch the next day, and I had most of my order of fries for a snack. 
 


      What about you?  Did you get the free meal?  Will you ever do this to get a free meal?
What are some of the things you do to find free or cheap meals?  Share your ideas!