W.3rd St. Holiday Street Party: December 9th: The shops of West 3rd St. in West Hollywood will be offering great bargains & refreshments to create a holiday party atmosphere to shop in! Plan to find some pretty unique gifts in the many small shops, or just go to browse and dine at some of the yummy restaurants on 3rd (yes, they will have specials too)!

Holiday Walk on the Avenues: December 10th & 11th: Similar to the W. 3rd shopping party, the Melrose Village area of West Hollywood will also be throwing a party of their own! Even if you’re not looking to do much shopping, this sounds like a fun event to check out to get in the holiday spirit. There will be food trucks (duh), carolers, live entertainment, and refreshments for all!

Stila Warehouse Sale: December 11th: I’m a big fan of Stila Cosmetics but their stuff is just WAY too pricey for me. Luckily, the annual Stila warehouse sale is a great opportunity to stock up on some of your favorite quality make-up at crazy discounts (up to 80% off)! Sale starts at 8am but the line was a couple blocks long last year so get there early if you want the good stuff!

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Unique LA: December 11th & 12th: Check out LA’s ultimate independent design & gift show for a guaranteed way to get all your holiday shopping done in one swoop! And what’s more guaranteed is that your gifts will truly be one of a kind  and you’ll be supporting local independent designers. There will be hundreds of independent vendors to choose from! Admission is $10 but that includes free drinks (cocktails & soft drinks).

Renegade Craft Fair: December 11th & 12th: This free craft fair takes place at the LA State Historic Park and features indie-craft artists selling their goods. There will also be fun holiday themed craft workshops running throughout the day… from make your own mistletoe and ornaments to DIY shopping bags. Let’s hope the weather looks good for next weekend, because this outdoorsy event sounds like a great time!!

Celebrate “National Bundt Day” this Monday, November 15th at your local Nothing Bundt Cakes bakery. Visit one of their four Southern California locations any time on Monday with this coupon for your free bundlet (is that a fun way of saying mini bundt cake?).
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On Tuesday, November 16th, Jack in the Box will be offering 2 free classic tacos to consumers after 2pm! Find your nearest location (or 3) and head over. There is no purchase necessary to receive this offer but you are limited to 2 tacos per location. I highly recommend kidnapping a vegetarian friend and bringing them along for the ride so that you can double your taco freebies!

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And as if we needed more delicious freebies, Coldstone Creamery will also be running a special on Tuesday, November 16th from 5pm-8pm. Stop by your nearest Coldstone to try out a free sample of their yummy 8-layer cakes. Yes, 8 layers…that’s 3 layers of ice cream, 3 layers of cake, and 2 layers of mix-ins. So get some free cake!  (Thanks Tiffany!)

There is no purchase necessary to get your free cup of coffee, but you do have to get it during breakfast hours (6am-10:30am at most locations).

Pinkberry

Head to your nearest Pinkberry this Friday, March 12th between 5pm-9pm to take advantage of this awesome freebie. Find your nearest location here and make sure to call ahead to make sure they’re offering the free mini mangos!

I'm renting "The September Issue". What are you renting?

Thank God I got lazy last night and decided against my original plan to go to RedBox. Now I can get my rental for free…

Here is your code for a free rental: RBXLUV4U
The code expires at 9:59PST (3/1/10)

Don’t forget that you can register yourself with Redbox through their website and receive free rental codes via text every first Monday of the month. I’m usually weary of giving out my number to companies but they are really good about not bothering you with annoying/unnecessary text messages!

Auntie Anne’s invites you to join them for FREE PRETZEL DAY this Saturday February 20th from 10am-3pm.  You get your choice of original or cinnamon swirl (clearly the latter is the smarter choice here)!

Check out their website, where you can sign up for a text wake-up call on Saturday so that you don’t sleep through this delicious offer. Nothing like a cinnamon pretzel to cure that Saturday morning hangover, right?

I don’t anticipate many places not participating since they are making a huge deal out of the occasion, but juuust in case…call ahead!

LACMA

That’s right folks, this weekend (2/6-2/7) Bank of America account holders enjoy FREE museum admission! Just flash your BoA debit card and an ID at any participating museum and get in for just a smile! (note: smiling is not actually mandatory) So take your girl to the museum and tell her it’s an early Valentine’s Day present because “Someone as special as you shouldn’t have to wait”.

The Red Cross typically sees lower numbers of blood donors during the months of December and January so in an attempt to keep the supply matching the demand The Red Cross is offering two Free Clippers Tickets to anyone who donates blood to The Red Cross through January! There are plenty of places to donate but the Clippers are trying to make it easy by having a blood drive at the Staples Center tomorrow (1/4) from 12:30pm to 6:30pm. Can’t make it tomorrow? Well the Red Cross has 11 Donation Centers in Southern California where you can go and donate! The offer is only for certain home games so check your schedule and make a donation. Check out the Red Cross website for more info and the schedule of available games.

Note: There is a $5 ticketing fee per ticket and a limit of two tickets per donor. Also, Danit and I will be going to the January 10th game against the Miami Heat if anyone wants to carpool!