anything for a free meal

If you know André and I, you know we'll do just about anything for a good deal. So when we get the chance to eat for free, we're all over it.

Last week was Chic-Fil-A day. For some reason we've never taken advantage of this before, but we've decided it's now a tradition. We whipped up some quick cow costumes and each scored a free meal (even Rhett). Free waffle fries and delicious chicken? Of course!

We gave our headbands to some people as we were leaving to share the free chicken love

Rhett was more into his chicken nuggets than the cow. But the girl on the right? She loved the cow and followed him around the entire time we ate.

This weekend a Cafe Rio opened up close to us. Mormons love Cafe Rio (the place was crawling with BYU gear and modest shorts), and we're no exception. To celebrate they were giving away free meals, and I may have accidentally signed us up for 6 free meals. So we went on Thursday to try something new on the menu and brought friends with us on Friday to go with the classic (pork salad!). We love Cafe Rio, but now we're a little Cafe Rio-ed out. But who knew their horchata was so heavenly?

It's dangerous that this place is only 15 minutes away now.

they say it's your birthday

Andre's birthday was nearly two weeks ago, but better late than never, right?

I'm no longer a cradle robber, now that my dear husband has joined the 23 club! We had lots of fun celebrating Andre's birthday, including decorating the apartment, going on a picnic dinner, a Brazilian feast at Tucano's and dinner and cake with friends. Happy birthday to Andre!

Birthday boy on a picnic

He even wore the birthday crown I made him. What a guy!

And of course, it would be Andre's special day if he didn't take advantage of the birthday clubs. He got free ice cream at Coldstone and Baskin Robins and free lunch at Noodles and Company plus a free Redbox. Plus we took advantage of the buy-one, get one free meals at Tucano's and Red Robin.

king of the freebies

One of Andre's new favorite hobbies and stress relievers is finding freebies and good deals. He is quite the champ and it is always an adventure at our mailbox. He orders so many things that we forget about them and its like Christmas when they arrive 6-8 weeks later!

Here's a sample of the loot--he's been on a roll lately!

 And that's not even all of it.

what can we say--we are poor newlyweds who are easily pleased, even if that happiness comes in the form of a laundry detergent sample!