Dress Like a Cow on Friday and Get Free Food at Chick-fil-A

Is a cowbell appropriate attire to wear to a restaurant? How about cow ears? Or black and white spots?

It is the right thing to wear if it is Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-A restaurants. This Friday is Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-A in , Annapolis, Waugh Chapel and nationwide at other locations.

Now, don't let this dress-up-like-a-cow-idea go in one ear and out the "udder." Cow Appreciation Day is a day where customers who dress in full cow attire get a free meal (entree, fries and a drink). Those dressed in partial cow attire get a free entree.

Dressing head to hoof is known as "full cow" attire. Dressing partially—a stupid "moooove" if you ask me—is just a shirt or a hat or scarf or something. It is up to the manager at each restaurant to judge customers for fully or partially attired cow.

Last year, several hundred cow-clad guests went to the Edgewater franchise and got their full meal—or some part of it—for free. 

Dressing in full cow attire will get you a free breakfast, lunch or dinner. Kids can get a kid's meal. A breakfast meal includes a breakfast entrée (chicken biscuit; Chick-n-Minis™ (three-count); chicken or sausage burrito; chicken, egg and cheese bagel; or bacon, egg and cheese biscuit; hash browns and small beverage. Lunch or dinner meal includes an entrée (sandwich, Cool Wrap®, Nuggets, chicken salad sandwich or Chick-n-Strips™), medium Waffle Potato Fries™ and medium beverage.

Some cow dressing ideas from Chick-fil-A:

1. Start with items that you already have at home–cow-printed accessories stashed in your closet will work perfectly. Hats, vests, scarves, neckties, pants, shoes, pajamas–just abut any cow-spotted item will work. Just make sure you're covered head to toe.
2. Wear white, and then just add spots. Throw on a white T-shirt with white pants (even sweatpants) and stick on your spots using black contact paper. If contact paper is not easily accessible, you can cut spots out of construction paper and tape them to your shirt and pants. If nothing else, you can grab an old white T-shirt and color black spots all over it with a magic marker–and you'll still get a free entrée.
3. Go to your local paint or hardware store and get a white painter's hat and overalls. And then decorate yourself with spots made out of contact or construction paper.
4. Not feeling too creative and want an easy costume? Search the Internet for "cow costumes" and you will be flooded with full-body costumes available for purchase. (And hey, you'll be set for Halloween, too).