Being Thrifty

Sorry this is late this week.  I was a bit under the weather the last couple of days and was away from the computer yesterday.  I’ve got a varied list for you this week.

Food freebies

Receive a free pouch of Bertolli’s Premium microwavable pasta sauce.

Paper freebies

Free holiday cards from Hallmark.  Click on pricing details for each card, then request free sample link.  Limit 10 sample requests per person.

Patriotic bumper sticker with the saying “One Person, One Vote”

2009 is rapidly approaching.  Keep track of the days with a free calendar from wildlifegifts.com

Health & Beauty freebies

Here’s an interesting one.  Get a free sample of weird fragrances such as Burning Rubber, Magazine Pages, or Hot Cookies.

Try a sample of Myo-Breathe theraputic muscle recovery cream. Made from natural essential oil blends.

Trying to quit smoking?  Get a Nicorette White Ice gum 20-count starter pack from Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart is also offering a free sample of Jergens Daily Naturals Moisturizer.

Miscellaneous freebies

Digilake offers rotating promotional items.  This time they are offering a promotional coffee cup.

It’s been 50 years since the Ty-rap cable tie was born.  To celebrate, they are giving away a sample pack of 5 Ty-rap cable ties.

These are not affiliate links.  Limit one per freebie per household.  Offers were available at the time of this posting.  Offers available in the United States only unless otherwise listed.

The 7^th Annual World’s Largest Ice Cream Social is being held at participating Cold Stone Creamery locations on Thursday, September 25.  The event will be from 5:00 – 8:00pm local time.

The event is being held to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.  In exchange for the free ice cream treat, Cold Stone Creamery requests donations to local Make-A-Wish Foundation chapters.  A donation is not required to receive the free ice cream.

Customers will receive a free 3 ounce Make-A-Wish ice cream creation.  There are two creations to choose from, Emily’s creation or Jack’s creation.  Emily’s creation is Nutter Butter ice cream, yellow cake pieces, Kit Kat candy bits and white chocolate chips.  Jack’s creation is marshmallow ice cream, Oreo cookie bits, chocolate chips and fudge. Both creations sound yummy!

Limit one free ice cream per customer at participating Cold Stone Creamery locations.

So, last week I blogged about Wedgie-Free Wednesdays from Hanes.  Well, they are true to their word.  I guess I won in the drawing that took place on September 11.  I got a pair of Hanes bikini panties in the mail yesterday.  I was rather excited to see the package.  I plan to enter again and see if I can win more.  Remember, you can enter once per week until the end of the contest on December 30.  Just go to Wedgie-Free Wednesdays and register to win one of the 500 pair they are giving away each week.  Getting that package in the mail is a nice surprise!

Happy Friday!  I’ve got quite a varied list of freebies for you today.  I hope you’ll find something useful.

Food Freebies

Get a free Kashi Oatmeal Dark Chocolate cookie, then join Kashi’s “Steal A Cookie” game to try for even more free cookies.

Try a sample of Bear Naked Fruit & Nut Granola.

Would you rather have peanuts instead of granola?  Then maybe you should try a free sample pack of Nutsalicious peanuts.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with a free sample of Gimbal’s Gourmet Jelly Beans.

Freebies for Women

Are you engaged or know someone who is?  Get 1 free issue of Bridal Guide Magazine.

Here are a couple of perfume sample offers, Secret Obsession from Calvin Klein and Scents of Nature 100% natural perfume

For longer hair, here’s a free Real Control comb from Redken

How about 4 free hair elastics from Goody?

Freebies for Men

Join the Tough Team and receive free 1 ounce sample of Gorilla Glue

Open those beer bottles with a free promotional bottle opener from Bottle Strong USA

Freebies for kids

Join the What’s Hot For Tots Crayon Crew and get two free crayons and a fun activity coloring book.

Get a free sample of Huggies Supreme Gentle Care and Natural Fit Diapers from Wal-Mart

Office/School Freebies

Here’s a free 4-color pen from Mivodesign.  Limit two per household.

Got a cell phone?  Then you need this free cell phone strap from Ringtonehall.

Back up important documents from your computer on this free promotional USB drive.This offer is currently only available in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Miscellaneous Freebies

Bam!  Get a free sample of Crest Whitening Expressions toothpaste from Wal-Mart

Here’s a free reusable Hand Tote and $1 coupon from Nature’s Bounty

Get a free promotional refrigerator magnet to keep your refrigerator from looking bare.This offer is currently only available in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Offers were still available/links were active at the time of this post.  These are not affiliate links.  Offers good only in the United States unless otherwise noted.  One per offer per household unless otherwise noted.  Offers available while supplies last.

Be sure to check back next week for more free offers!

Hanes is sponsoring a Wedgie-Free Wednesdays contest.  Through December 30, you can enter their weekly sweepstakes drawing to win a pair of Hanes panties.

The weekly contest is open for registration each week from Wednesday at 12:01am eastern time through Tuesday at 11:59pm eastern time.  The weekly drawing is held every Thursday.

To enter the Wedgie-Free Wednesday sweepstakes, fill out the form at their website with your name, mailing address, email address and panty preference.  You can choose bikini sizes 4-9, briefs sizes 5-10, or hipsters sizes 5-10.

There are 500 winners each week.  You can enter each week, but only one entry per week.

Get a free 20 ounce Coffee or Mo’cucchino smoothie at participating Smoothie King locations on Thursday, September 18 only.  The free drink offer is part of the Smoothie King Morning Wake-up event to promote their new line of beverages.  The free drinks are available until 10:30am on September 18.

Smoothie King was voted the #1 Juice Bar franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine.  Started in 1973 by Steve Kuhnow, Smoothie King now has over 500 locations in 32 states, along with 25 locations in Seoul, South Korea.

Coffee smoothies are available in Caramel, Mochas and Vanilla flavors and are made with coffee and protein added.  Mo’cucchinos are also available in Caramel, Mocha and Vanilla flavors.  They are made with coffee, ice cream and protein.  Energy enhancers can be added to either drink.

Limit one free Coffee or Mo’cucchino per customer at participating Smoothie King locations only.  Check out the Smoothie King website for a list of locations.

Besides the new Coffee and Mo’cucchino lines, Smoothie King also offers 6 other categories: Stay Healthy, Trim Down, Get Energy, Build Up, Snack Right and Indulge.  All categories are available in a variety of flavors.  Kid Kups are also available.

Seems the freebie market has bounced back some after last week’s slim pickings.   Hope you can find something you can use.

Food Freebies

There are a couple of different Betty Crocker offers that I came across for today.  You have to sign up for newletters to receive the freebies.

Get a free sample of Betty Crocker Warm Delights Minis when you sign up for the Betty Crocker newsletter.

Sign up for the Dinner Made Easy newsletter and get a free sample of Betty Crocker Potatoes.

Freebies for Parents and Children

Are you a parent?  Get a free 2 year subscription to Parents Magazine.

Does your child wet the bed?  Get them nighttime protection that doesn’t look like nighttime protection.  Try Goodnites Sleep Boxers for boys and Sleep Shorts for girls.  This freebie is from Wal-Mart.  I’ve always had good luck getting the freebies offered by Wal-Mart.

Freebies for Women

Here’s a couple of feminine hygiene freebies:

A free sample of Carefree Pantiliners, and a free sample of Always Infinity pads, powerfully absorbent for heavy days.

Miscellaneous Freebies

Enter the Dress to the 7s Sweepstakes and get a sample of Tide Total Care detergent

Have Sebastian bring you a sample of Airborne Original Immune Support formula.  Who’s Sebastian, you ask?  Some guy on a white horse.

Get free address labels from Paralyzed Veterans of America.  These are kind of cute.  They have mailboxes and birds on them.

Here’s a different offer.  If you’ve got a guitar ~ acoustic, electric or bass ~ you can request free guitar strings from LaBella.   Must be over 13 to request the guitar strings.

For your home or office, here’s a correction pen from Ringtonica

Get a sample of The Healing Formula wound and skin care formula for the treatment of pressure sores.

All offers were available at the time of this posting.  These are not affiliate links.  Offers good only in the United States unless otherwise noted.  Limit one per household per offer.

Welcome to the September 5 edition of Friday Freebies.  The list is rather light today; I didn’t find too many offers that I haven’t already posted.

Hopefully there’s something here that appeals to you.

Are you a dog owner?  Do you worry about your dog getting lost?  If so, sign up for a free dog ID tag.  Once you receive the tag, return to the site and register it in the database.  Then, if your dog gets lost, the person who finds it can enter the tag number, and you’ll receive an email with the location of your dog.

Request a packet of herb seeds today and they will be mailed to you in the spring.

Got curly hair?  Then you need a sample of Redken Fresh Curls Curl Refiner.

These are really cute. Register at winktoys.com and receive a free bittywinks plush clip-on toy in your choice of colors.  Registration is so you can shop at their site in the future.

Get a free subscription to Hooah Magazine from the National Guard. The magazine is dedicated to celebrating and supporting America’s youth. 

I can personally recommend this one.  It’s a free 0.5 ounce sample of OxyFresh toothpaste.  I haven’t received my freebie yet; however, I used to buy OxyFresh toothpaste and mouth rinse through my dentist.  It’s the best toothpaste I’ve ever used.  I’m thrilled that it’s available to consumers now.  There’s also a product for pets. Enter name and address in comment box to get your free sample.

All offers were available at the time of this posting.  Offers available while supplies last.  Offers available in United States only unless otherwise noted.  Limit one per offer per household.