Money Matters: Earn and Save

In case any of you are interested in signing up to get your hands on your own free stuff when your birthday rolls around (or checking what I'm missing here and sending me some recommendations!), here's a list of most of the decent birthday deals companies sent me this year just for signing up to their free loyalty programs: 🔺️Note that my birthday was 5/8, and the expiration dates given corresponded to that. Your deals will correspind to YOUR birthday. •A&W (root beer float, expiration: 6/7) •Arby's (shake & curly fries with purchase, expiration: ~7/7) •Auntie Anne's (pretzel, expiration: 5/15) •Baskin Robbins (scoop, expiration: 5/18) •Bennihana ($30 (dine-in), expiration: 6/2) •Buffalo Wild Wings (6-piece wings, expiration: ?) •Cane's (drink, expiration: 5/9) •Cinnabon (coffee, expiration: 5/15) •Circle k ($2, expiration: ~6/6) •CVS (hand sanitizer, tweezers, or eye mask, expiration 5/31) •Del taco (shake, expiration: ?) •Denny's (Grand Sl...

I rarely pay full price for gas. These are some ways I fill up for less, some of which can be combined for ultimate double-dipping: -Get Upside. If you're interested: Join GetUpside to save money when you fill up. Give it a try if you have to get gas -- every dollar counts right now! Use this link or enter my promo code VCTTY to get an extra $7 cash back on your first purchase:  https://upside.app.link/VCTTY -Gas Buddy. If you're interested: Get $5 in free gas on your first fill-up and at least 5c/gal off every fuel purchase. Join Pay with GasBuddy for free and use the following code: WC5NMBX  Sign up here: https://cutt.ly/MrIqsf4 -Free loyalty programs, e.g., Shell's Fuel Rewards program (at least 5 cents off per gallon), Maverik's Nitro Card (2 or 6 cents of per gallon, depending on how you pay), Smith's/Kroger fuel center's program (at least 3 cents off per gallon), etc. -Cash back credit cards — especially ones that give higher cash back for fuel purchases. ...