Cheer up with Tax Day freebies and discounts

Free cupcakes. Cinnabon, the 25-year-old home of the cinnamon roll, is introducing cupcakes to its menu. To promote the new sweets, which are available in four flavors, mall-based locations of the bakery will be giving away bite-sized cupcakes between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Free ice cream. MaggieMoo's is offering samples of its new ice cream pizzas between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Check the sweet shop's Web site too see if your local MaggieMoo's is one of the 49 locations participating.

Free tacos. Visit the Seattle-based Taco Del Mar's Web site to print out a "Taxes suck, tacos don't" coupon for a free taco.

Free poultry. Buy one dinner plate at Boston Market and get a second one free with a coupon from the restaurant's Web site. Good Tax Day through Sunday.

Discount meal. Score 15% off your food purchasesatP.F. Chang's; dine-in or take-out.

$10.40 dinner. McCormick & Schmick's restaurants are celebrating the completion of 1040 forms with dinner entrees for $10.40 and drink specials. And on Friday, the restaurant is hosting Tax Preparer Appreciation Day--free dessert for accountants and other tax preparers. Diners on both days will also receive a $10.40 gift certificate.

50% off booze. Kick back at BLT restaurants with half-off cocktails, beer and wine.

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Tax-free groceries. Whole Foods (WFMI, Fortune 500) stores in the South -- 18 locations across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee -- are rewarding customers with a tax-free shopping day.

Free massage. Let a jet stream massage bed rub away stress-induced knots Tax Day through Sunday at participating HydroMassage locations. 

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