How does “free Starbucks” sound?
Surprise! I’m doing a birthday giveaway! In fact, I’m doing a whole week of birthday giveaways! I’m of the “i’ts better to give than to receive” camp.
Don’t get me wrong – I love receiving gifts, too!
But I really like giving them even more.
Why a week of birthday giveaways
Why am I giving someone free Starbucks and more?
Well…
I haven’t really celebrated my birthday in years. I married to someone who dislikes socializing when I was very young. We had a big fight early on because I wanted to throw myself a birthday get together at the bowling alley. He didn’t want me to. Then he critiqued everyone on my invite list. I kind of gave up after that. I shoved a big piece of myself to the side to make him more comfortable.
Then I became a mom and everything became all about my daughter. More pieces of myself got shoved to the side.
My birthday last year was awful. My sweet girl was in crisis. Our world was chaotic. I finally realized how extremely unhealthy and unhappy I was in my marriage. I spent my 40th birthday sobbing, feeling trapped, overwhelmed, lonely, deeply sad, scared and helpless…with little hope things would get better.
Two months after my 40th birthday, I walked away from a nearly 20 year marriage. I tore my life apart and have been working hard to rebuild it.
SO I’M CELEBRATING THIS YEAR!
My 41st birthday is February 7 and I’m doing seven days of giveaways! So pop on over here every single day from February 1 through my big day to enter to win. Each day will be a different prize. Yes, you can enter all! Share the posts on social media and invite your friends to Rambling Rach for more opportunities to win!
Birthday Giveaway Day 1: FREE STARBUCKS!
I spent weeks in the hospital with my daughter last February. She’s made an amazing recovery and is doing well now. The Starbucks in the hospital lobby was a lifeline during that time. That’s when I started ordering drinks with extra shots of espresso.
A friend and I have been meeting at the Starbucks in our Target for years. We sit, sip and chat in the cafe and then ramble around the store.
We’ve gotten to know the baristas well. One of the regular baristas is Karen. She remembers our drink orders and always makes them perfectly. We call it “made with love by Karen.”
She also serves up wisdom with your beverage.
She once told me not to worry about my ex-husband spreading lies about me. “There are two sides to every pancake,” she said. Anyone worth caring about would know that.
We met up at Target Starbucks after my divorce was granted. My friend told Karen I’d just come from court and was now a single lady.
We took our drinks to our usual table and were chit chatting when my friend got all teary and pointed at my cup.
I looked at it and then started crying myself.
Karen had written, “Oh, happy day” on my cup with a smiley face.
Made with love by Karen, indeed!
So in honor of Starbucks who has given me energy to make it through tough times, a place to sit with my friends and a barista to cheer me on I’m giving away a $10 Starbucks gift card today. Follow the instructions below to enter to win free Starbucks! Don’t forget to come back tomorrow!
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I love fellow aquarians!
I hope this is your best birthday ever!!
I like my coffee with sugar and milk.
Thank you!
I take my coffee to my husband, he is the coffee drinker of the family. His favorite is with cream.
No coffee, tea for me please! Light with 2 splenda
F,F,F
Venti with 3 shirts of sf caramel vanilla and fat free milk lol
I like flavored creamer in my coffee.
Black and bold.
With a small amount of half and half.
(Thanks for the giveaway!)
I like my coffee with cream and extra sugar.
I take my coffee with sugar and cream. I can’t do it no other way.
I like a basic cup of coffee with just creamer.
I don’t drink much coffee, but love the hot chocolate at Starbucks.
Hope you have a year filled with love and laughter! I take my coffee with cream and sugar!
I love mocha iced coffee!
I like my coffee with Hazelnut flavoring.
I take my coffee with Hazelnut flavoring.
I like dark roast bold coffee with stevia and with flavored creamer made out of almond or coconut milk
With just a splash of cream!! I also prefer taking the first mug in a quiet place!!!
I like a little vanilla creamer in my coffee.
I would not be able to get Starbucks without my spirit sister and coffeeholic bff valkyrie
I like my coffee with some caramel creamer and lots of sugar.
I love my coffee with a splash of cream. Love it! Thanks for the chance at this!
Cream&sugar
I take my coffee with sugar & milk.
I drink my coffee black, no sugar
french vanilla creamer
I love my coffee strong with 2 artificial sweeteners and flavored creamer.
I take it with cream and sugar.
I like it with flavored creamer but I actually love Starbucks peppermint hot chocolate the most
I like my coffee very hot and black.
I take my coffee with lots of milk and chocolate! So basically I like chocolate milk with a little coffee in it haha! 🙂
i like mine with vanilla creamer and some sugar
I am boring, I like it black.
I like my coffee black with no sugar
I like mine very light, lots of creamer added to my coffee.
I dont like Coffee, but good to give to a gift
I drink my coffee black!
I take my coffee with vanilla creamer and sugar,.
Just milk.
I love my coffee plain, just give it to me black!
I like it with extra sugar
I like my coffee with tons of creamer…50/50.
I’ll take a chai tea please.
Thanks for the contest.
I don’t drink coffee – I only drink tea, I put either milk or cream in it.
They say the milk/cream prevents tea and coffee from staining your teeth.
Just a little cream
I like iced coffee with lots of flavored creamer
I like French vanilla creamer in regular hot coffee. My favorite drink from Starbucks is the caramel frappuccino.
I like Carmel and chocolate flavors in my coffee!
Light and sweet
I like my coffee with different flavored creamers.
with milk and stevia
I like hazelnut creamer and sugar.
I like my coffee with splenda and half and half.
I like caramel creamer and sugar.
Black with cream and lots of sugar
I like my coffee with Hazelnut creamer
I take my coffee when flavored creamer. Thanks for this awesome sweep !!!
I like iced coffee with skim milk. Thanks for the giveaway!
I like French Vanilla.
I like my coffee with heavy whipping cream!
I like my coffee very sweet and creamy.
I prefer tea and I like it with sugar.
I like my coffee with stevia and half and half.
I do not drink coffee. I usually get Iced Tea with a few sugars.
I like my coffee with sugar and creamer.
I love iced coffee with cream and vanilla syrup.
I like my coffee flavored and with sugar.
I like mochas and coffee with french vanilla in it
Happy birthday! My order is always a venti skinny latte with caramel drizzle. 🙂
With tons of sugar and flavoring. By the way, when I turned 40, I was tired of never having anyone do anything for me. I started throwing myself dinner parties. This year will be my fourth annual dinner party.
An iced caramel latte with whipped cream.
No coffee for me but love hot tea and hot chocolate!