Borders: 33% off online, 40% off in store.

Borders has two coupons out, but it looks like they're feeling a little lonely, because they really want you to come and visit them in the store. Your choice of either 33% off any item online or 40% off when you go to the store.

I personally am pretty stoked about Jonathan Franzen's new book, which I keep hearing good things about, so I might have to go and get it... so I can add it to the teetering, untended pile of books to read at home, while I watch "Hoarders." Sigh.

Free iPhone/iPad games: Smash Fiesta and Mad O Ball 3D.

Here are a couple of free games for your iPhone or iPad, downloadable through iTunes:

• Smash Fiesta (like whack-a-mole with veggies, apparently)
• Mad O Ball 3D (some sort of rolling marble maze game)

I remember hearing about Smash Fiesta when it came out, and version 2.2 is free for a limited time only, so why not download it and see what the fuss is about?

El Pollo Loco: Coupons every day in September.

El Pollo Loco is celebrating their 30th anniversary with coupons for every day in September! Each coupon is good for one day only - the day on which it appears in the calendar - but it looks like you can print them all in advance and carry them around with you so you won't forget.  The deals all involve the number 30, so there are lots of 30-cent and $3 specials, and with this many coupons, there's got to be ONE there that you can use, right?

Today's special is a chicken tostada salad for $3.  Sounds good to me...

Facebook: Free Del Taco biscuit sandwich w/any purchase.

And here's another Facebook offer...  this one's for a free Del Taco biscuit sandwich. "Like" them on Facebook to print a coupon for a free Biscuit Sandwich with any purchase. Choose sausage or bacon with egg and cheese.

Actually, I suppose you could buy one of the biscuits and then get the other one free, so you really don't HAVE to choose between the two.  I'd probably just get a small coffee or whatever was cheapest, though.

Free Express lip gloss when you "like" them on Facebook.

I feel like it's been a while since we had some Facebook freebies, but there are a few floating around today. First up is Express, where you can get a free lip gloss when you "like" them on Facebook. Click the "like" tab, then click on the "new fans" tab again and fill out the form to receive your personalized coupon.

The coupon is good Sep. 8-10 only, so don't forget to cash yours in next week!

Free Waffle House waffle.

Waffle House runs coupons pretty regularly, but it's always for stuff like orange juice or biscuits or other, you know, non-waffle items. Finally, though, they have a coupon for what you'd expect them to have a coupon for: waffles!

I don't know why I care anyway, since there aren't any in Seattle, but I just want the best for you all, I guess.  Enjoy your waffles through September 17.

Free Starbucks breakfast sandwich when you sign up for Starbucks Rewards.

It just so happens that there's a Starbucks in the lobby of my office building, so this freebie will be quite easy for me to cash in on: get a coupon for a free artisanal breakfast sandwich when you sign up for Starbucks Rewards and register a Starbucks card. (You do have to have a Starbucks card for this offer, but fortunately I happen to have one that I was given.)

I've never really understood why they push the Starbucks card registering so much, though I suppose it has to do with monitoring sales trends and customizing promotional offers or whatever. But hey, free breakfast sandwich!  Let's focus on that.