Happy birthday to me, happy discount to you. Happy birthday, happy discount, happy all of it to you! It’s my birthday today and I am ready to celebrate in a good way. It’s pretty much turned into a tradition for me to have a sale on my birthday. I didn’t used to like my birthdays (getting older, bleh!) so to make my birthdays more memorable and meaningful I started doing RAOK’s (Random Acts of Kindness for you newbies) including offering random discounts on my product. This means that for today only you can find discounts on every single product on my website ranging from 20% off to 50% off. Holy cheap cake batman! The headbands and Whippy for Africa collections will be 20% off, dreamcatchers, yes dear and hello darling collections are all 30% off, Cookie Crumbs are 40% off and every single appliques is 50% off. NO promo codes necessary, but don’t dilly dally, cuz this deal is for today (Tuesday the 28th) only! Head on over to my shop to pick out your favorite cake for cheap!
And yeah, it’s my birthday so I am posting a big quirky picture of myself, just because I can and hopefully it makes you giggle a little. And just because I can I will also be out on an RAOK adventure with The Boss tomorrow. He took the day off, found a sitter, and with his Excel spreadsheet in hand (the poor guy is an accountant through and through) helped me plan out a whole day of awesomeness. When I turned 26 I did 26 RAOK’s all day for my birthday and it was the best birthday ever! This year my quest is 28 kind deeds to find that most awesome feeling you get when you help others. I am truly hoping that I can cause just a small ripple and that some of you who read this might be inspired to do some kind deeds to those around you. We all have our struggles and challenges, but I truly feel that when you put others needs above your own that is when we find true happiness. If I can inspire just a few of you to do something kind to someone around you, then I will call my birthday a success. I will post a follow up with all the juicy details of the day’s adventures, but for now please enjoy the discount from my shop and think of your own RAOK you can do for someone. For a bigger ripple, please FB and tweet and do whatever other social media you can to spread the word and tell us about the RAOK that you did or are planning to do. Who knows, maybe one of my RAOKs will be to give people who post about their RAOK some free Whippy Cake swag (hint, hint). Ok, it’s 2am and I guess I should get a little sleep for the big day tomorrow. I can’t wait to hear about your own RAOKs!
XOXO!
becki
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Happy Birthday, Becki! I read about your RAOK birthday when you turned 26 and LOVED the idea, and felt inspired to do the same on my birthday this last January. I had one of my sisters come with me and kept some of the acts completely anonymous (which was even more thrilling!!). It was such an incredible experience… it’s a birthday tradition now! Thanks for the inspiration; enjoy your day!!!
I was so inspired the last time you did this that I have planned out 25 ROAK that I plan on doing this December. I am so excited!!! My favorite ROAK standby is the old buying the meal of the person behind me in the drive through. It is so fun to see their faces when they pull up to the window as I drive away. It’s nothing world changing but it makes me feel to have put a smile on someone’s face. Can’t wait to see what you do:)
Oh, and Happy Birthday to you!!!!
Happy Birthday Becki! My next b’day in October I will be 58 (and you think you are old at 28 – ha! But I don’t mind being 58 at all. Just wondering how I can come up with 58 RAOK……that’s a lot of kindness and will take some real thinking if I do it. I will be exhausted!!!!! Great idea – I love it!
Happy birthday!!! I loved your RAOK post when you turned 26! It was one of those blog posts that you just don’t ever forget.
I too love to do RAOK. My latest, there was a cute little old couple in the grocery store. The hubby was holding their grocery list as she was picking out produce. He would write down the price and tally it up. I overheard him tell his wife that they only had xx amount of dollars left to get what was left on that long list of groceries. My thought was, “they just started, they aren’t even out of the produce section yet. How are they going to get the rest of the items on their list with xx amount of dollars?”
So, what did I do? I stalked, I followed them as they shopped, keeping my distance, sometimes shopping in a different aisle. What made it tough was when they sat down at the deli and enjoyed a cup of coffee.
I lost sight of them on several occasions. They didn’t shop like “normal” people do. Going from one aisle to the next. They were all over the place, going down the same aisle several times. The employess probably thought I was crazy.
2 hours later, they were finally checking out, I found one of those employees who thought I was crazy and handed her some cash and told her I wanted to pay for their groceries. I made sure to tell her I didn’t want them to know who was doing this RAOK. That employee was flabbergasted, asking me if I was sure I wanted to do that. Of, course I did, I just ensued in a 2 hour covert mission to bless them.
I didn’t watch as they were informed that someone had paid for their groceries. I went to finish my own grocery list. It was enough knowing that I got to be used by God and bless someone else. I cried and prayed all the way home that the little old couple would be blessed in every way imaginable, confident that my prayers where far more effective then the groceries I just payed for.
That is an absolutely beautiful thing you did- awe-mazing and so inpsiring!
Happy Birthday to you, and good things come to those who do “RAOK”. That’s you. And we will all be inspired by this to do “RAOK”, as well. I’m starting as soon as I leave the house. Thanks.
Happy birthday! I bookmarked your site from Pinterest a week or so ago, because I’m going to get my hair cut in a similar style (eeeek!/yay!), and I love your details on care, etc. I checked back today, because I’ve got the appointment tomorrow, and now you’re having a sale on marvelous things, too? On your birthday (which you share with my mom)? Too many beautiful coincidences today. Thanks for spreading the ROAKs!
Hey Becki,
I remember your 26th birthday well as I was one of the blessed recipients of your kindness…it still puts a smile on my face and continues to inspire me to do for others. Thank you so much again for bringing brightness into my world at a time when things were rather dark. And thanks for the reminder to pass that feeling along to others in need. Can’t wait to hear about your day!
♥Tami
Happy Birthday! I love how you spend your birthdays! You do in fact inspire all of us to reach out our hand a little more! This morning before work, I baked yummy chocolate chip cookies for my UPS driver! I had wrote down his birthday on my calendar, and although I’m a couple days early (His birthday is Friday!), he was so surprised and thankful for my delicious treat! He couldn’t stop smiling!
Looking forward to reading your post of all your travels today! XO!
Technically it’s not a RAOK, but I’ve been taking care of my sick family all day. It’s taken all I’ve got. Now I’m off to pick out some cake. I need a treat…
Happiest of birthdays! I love this idea for birthdays & any day… but I have a little one turning 6 on Friday & I am going to plan her day with her, full of RAOKs. Like picking what she wants for dinner & paying another table’s bill anonymously. One other that I love is donating through KIVA & letting the kids pick who gets the money as a reward for them.
happy birthday! you inspired me to take up your challenge and surprise some unsuspecting victim with a RAOK! he was a visually impaired classmate on campus. I helped him to write the info the professor had requested and made sure he had the proper papers to take with him at the end of class. it felt SO good to help someone I didn’t even know! it was a bit out of my comfort zone, but with your IG pics of what you were up to, it pushed me over the edge! i can’t wait to hear what your day entailed! ps. i ordered a couple of items from your shop. i can’t wait to wear them!
YOU are AWESOME. I love the Excel spreadsheet of power–we may have to adopt this at Christmas time.
And a very, very, VERY happy birthday! (Just sorry I missed the sale… *sniff*.)
Thank you so much! I would love to hear how it goes during Christmas!
You can still get in on the sale if you want. I probably won’t get around to taking the discounts of till tomorrow morning sometime
Thanks again
Happy Birthday!
I just love how you turn “your” day into a day for others, which in turn makes it an amazing day for you!
Yesterday I too spread your birthday RAOK. The mother of a little boy in a friends class shared with my friend that she struggles to provide food for her child. So I surprised my teacher friend with groceries and a bag of clothes for the little boy to take home. I pray that it made providing a wholesome dinner for at least a couple of days, easier for this mom. I cannot imagine how tough it must be for her.
Last Christmas, I bought several bicycles for the same teacher friend to anonymously give to parents of her students, so “Santa” could deliver on their wishes. After Christmas I happended to be talking to one of the little boys and he was telling me how much he loves riding his first bike and he just couldn’t believe Santa got him what he wanted this year. It was an amazing moment for me. I still cry about it(even right now)….
I cannot wait to continue my own Christmas and other, RAOK’s.
Thank you for your inspiration!
At Christmas, one of my good friends and I took the opportunity to use Christmas to teach our 5 year old daughters about RAOK. We hit our downtown area handing out small Tim Hortons (Canada’s version of Starbucks, lol) coffees to people that had lined the street wtg for a parade. Then it was on to candy canes for random strangers at the mall… Topped off with giftcards to a grocery store for all the workers at our local convenience store…. And if you can even believe it, while we were wtg in line to hand over the gift card, the guy in line ahead of me turned around and gave my daughter $20 “just because it’s Christmas”. Of course that got paid forward too!!
My bday is in a week…. Think I can turn fit 35 RAOK into a day?!? Thank you SOO much for the inspiration!!
I’m still waiting to hear about the grocery story ROAK!
God bless your husband! I’m always the one with the spreadsheet in my family!
I’ve been looking forward the the follow-up with the details of your birthday RAOK, I really enjoyed the last one. I may be missing it, but if not I hope you can share soon!