With Tax Day right around the corner, here's a list of freebies and discounts to help you ease the pain or celebrate a refund.

So far this year, there's free McDonald's coffee, free Cinnabon cinnamon rolls and free Arby's french fries, along with discounts from Bruegger's Bagels, Sonic and Boston Market.

It's Bruegger's birthday, but customers are the ones getting the gifts.

Stop in before 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb.7, and you'll receive a free bagel and cream cheese of your choice.

All you need is a coupon.

A friendly reminder about Bruegger's free coffee on Wednesday.

Here's a freebie to mark on your calendar:

Bruegger's Bagels is giving away free cups of coffee to everyone on Wednesday, Nov. 14.

Free Coffee Day, an annual event, runs from opening until 2 p.m.

While the coffee is free, customers will be encouraged to donate to the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Canisters to collect spare change will be near the registers.

Last year, more than $30,000 was collected on Free Coffee Day.

Now through Sept. 22, you've got the chance to do a good deed and get a deal on Bruegger's bagels.

For a $3 donation, you'll receive a booklet with nine coupons valued at about $20, including two coupons for freebies with no purchase required.

Your $3 donation goes to Share Our Strength's anti-hunger campaign, "Dine Out For No Kid Hungry."

Here's a list of the coupons in the booklet:

You folks sure love your Bruegger's bagels.

Nearly 100 of you entered to win a Big Bagel Bundle I had up for grabs.

But, alas, I could only pick one winner:

This giveaway is now closed. Watch for the winner to be announced Saturday, Sept. 1.

It's giveaway time on Centsible Saver and this week I've got a coupon for a completely free "Big Bagel Bundle" from Bruegger's to send to a reader.

That means you'll be bringing home a dozen bagels and two tubs of cream cheese. All free.

All you have to do is leave me a comment or question below and you'll be entered to win.

While we're talking Bruegger's bagels, did you know you can score a guaranteed freebie by joining Bruegger's e-club? Newcomers who sign up get a coupon for a free bagel with cream cheese emailed to them.

My bagel bundle giveaway closes at noon Friday, Aug. 31. I'll choose one reader at random to win and I'll post the name on Saturday.

Please, please be sure your N&O registration is up to date with a current email address so I can contact you if you win. I've had a few winners lately whose emails bounced back as invalid so I had to pick new winners.

Good luck, everybody!

Here's your reminder that Thursday, June 21, is Free Iced Coffee Day at Bruegger's.

Head over to the Bruegger's bagels Facebook page to print your coupon. It's valid for a free16-oz. cup Thursday only.

While you're on the Facebook page, consider becoming a fan. Your click will count as a donation to the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Bruegger's has pledged to give a dollar for every click, up to $10,000.

Here's one last friendly reminder about my coupon class, which is coming up this Saturday in downtown Apex.

You have until Friday to sign up.

And let me just say, if you've been on the fence about attending, maybe the perks will sway you.

Not only will you leave the half-day class with all the coupon know-how to save 50 percent or more on your grocery bill, but you'll walk away with some mighty nice freebies.

Everyone who attends will receive the 2012 Attractions coupon book, which is loaded with coupons for restaurants and local attractions and entertainment spots.

I've also got lots of things I'll be giving away as door prizes, including a $25 gift card to The Container Store, movie passes, grocery gift cards, free McDonald's iced coffee drink coupons, cookbooks, children's books, full-size samples of a new line of natural food products, and coupons for free Bruegger's bagels.

For those of you who choose to attend the optional coupon swap afterward at the Bruegger's in Apex, I'll also be giving away more Bruegger's coupons for free bagels.

Here are all the details:

Registration for my Saturday, June 16, coupon workshop, which was previously limited to N&O subsribers, is now open to everyone.

Not only will you learn how to save 50 percent or more on your grocery bill, but you'll also leave with a reusable shopping tote filled with freebies, including a 2012 Attractions coupon book for each class member.

After class, you'll have the option of meeting at Bruegger's to swap coupons with me and other class members.

Here are all the details:

Head over to the Bruegger's bagels Facebook page and you're one click away from donating $1 to the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Click once more and you've got yourself a free iced coffee drink on June 21.