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"OK, eating at restaurants isn&amp;amp;#8217;t the best money-saver, but here&amp;amp;#8217;s an easy (if slightly evil) way to get free dessert.Gah! Who styled that cupcake? Someone get Martha Stewart on the horn. Lots of restaurants will throw in a slice of cake on the house if you say it&amp;amp;#8217;s your birthday (or have someone from your table &amp;amp;#8220;sneak&amp;amp;#8221; over and tell them it is). Although your server could call your bluff (hello, mortifying), no one&amp;amp;#8217;s ever questioned me when I embarrass a friend with a flaming dessert and a rousing chorus of &amp;amp;#8220;Happy Birthday.&amp;amp;#8221; So assuming no one gets carded on their actual birthday, you&amp;amp;#8217;re probably not going to get carded if you fib and say it&amp;amp;#8217;s your birthday, right? I admit, I&amp;amp;#8217;d probably never try to pull this off. (If I have no qualms about forking over $100 for a fish tank, I&amp;amp;#8217;m not going to think twice about a $6 tiramisu.) But I know a few frugal (cough, &amp;amp;#8220;cheap&amp;amp;#8221;) folks who do stuff like this regularly. Do you? Savvy or Stupid: Would you lie and say it&amp;amp;#8217;s your b-day for free cake?(survey) When it&amp;amp;#8217;s your for-real birthday, here&amp;amp;#8217;s a list of restaurants that will give you free stuff. (If you don&amp;amp;#8217;t want to read the whole list, you should at least know you get a free birthday T-shirt from Hooters.) More questions to ponder: Do You Sneak Snacks Into the Movies? Would You Give Away a Baby You Couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t Afford to Keep? What Are Your Thoughts on Virtual Panhandling? Get Glamour Wherever You Go! Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Add us to your Google homepage Photo 1: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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