Here's an idea. Why not ask your friends or family members to pay for your utility bills for the monthly cycle covered by your birthday? Somebody can pay for any one of the following as they choose: the cable, water, electricity, gas, etc. And you can also ask one of them to give you a full tank of gas in the car too. I know I would love to have THOSE for a birthday gift. It's a month of bills I won't have to worry about