Little Things that make me happy...

I love a good bargain, and nothing is better than free!

Parking near the beach is hard enough to find, but FREE parking? Happy Holidays to you too, Manhattan Beach!

Susie Cakes gives all App holders a giant piece of free cake on the month around your birthday. It took 3 days to eat this and OMG was it good.

Hamburger fixin's, already pre-cut, on the day you decide to fire up the grill - for 20 cents? Thank you, Ralphs grocery store!

Ambergris Caye, Belize 2014 - After a full day of scuba diving, we got back to the resort too late; the restaurant was closed, and we were famished. The chef at Las Terrazas, a diver himself, whipped up lobster tails on risotto, salad and another dish, and sent it over to our room...at no charge!

What’s better than bacon? FREE BACON! The very expensive Bristol Farms has 12 days of free offers every December. On one of the days (Dec 2019) the offer was buy a grocery item of $5 or more, get a free pack of bacon. We happily munched on our free bacon on New Year’s Day, 2020.

Starbucks also did a Pop-Up party during the days between Christmas and New Years, so we went to the one on Rosecrans and Ocean Gate. It was limited to between 1-2pm and only at certain stores, so we got our drinks before going to the Arclight movie theater to see “Ford vs Ferrari”. The line was a little long but moved quickly and it was a happy atmosphere.