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Freebie Friday: October 9, 2009

Friday, October 9th, 2009

It is my favorite day of the week and hopefully yours too! Freebies 4 Mom is sharing their list of great freebies and I hope you will be able to cash in on all of the latest freebies of the week. If you want to stay current on all of the freebies, be sure to visit Freebies 4 Mom daily for all of the great deals and freebies on the web. Thank you, Heather, for all you do!

We have a lot of great stuff on our site this week too! We are giving away 75 loaves of Sara Lee bread, sharing all of the latest giveaways, showcasing how moms can make reading a priority in their lives, and our new favorite fall recipe….pumpkin pancakes!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Health & Beauty
Herbal Essences (Facebook Giveaway 75,000 bottles)
L’Oreal Everpure and Revitalift (under “My L’Oreal” and “Special Offers”)
Burt’s Bees Acne Solutions

Food
Que Rica Vida (General Mills magazine with coupons)

Entertainment
Home & Garden
Oust Gift Pack
2010 Women’s Health Calendar
aerie October Freebie (any Thursday)

Pets
Nutri-Dog Chews
Cesar Bistro Entree (every Saturday thru 10/10, limit 2 per person)

Upcoming Freebie Events:
Please call your local store or restaurant to confirm they are participating in these freebie events.

OCTOBER
Free Night of Theater (reserve your free pair of tickets)
10 – Lakeshore Learning Kid Crafts make a pumpkin puppet 11-3
10 – Cesar Bistro Entree Giveaway (first 1,500 to register)
10 – Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic make a ball toss 10-11
10 – Walgreens Neutrogena SaturDate with Beauty 10-5
12 – Spaghetti Warehouse free dinner for those named “Chris”
24 – Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic make a Frankenstring Magic Trick 10-11
31 – Michaels Halloween Event 10-2

An Apron Full of Giveaways 10.06.09

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Photo Credit: Flapper Girl, $35


Welcome to the Apron Full of Giveaways! This is my little link list where you can share your giveaways that you are running on your blogs or find great contests to enter!

Our giveaway ends today for the chance to win a $25 gift card to Bonefish Grill. The entries are low on this one which really increases your chances to win a fantastic little night away with your spouse. Remember, even if it isn’t something you could use, it would make a fantastic holiday gift for someone you love!

Our brand new giveaway this week is a HUGE one! I am giving away 75 loaves of Sara Lee bread. 3 lucky winners will get 25 coupons to be put towards free bread and I don’t want you to miss entering this one. Hurry over and enter today!

Below are the contest links to our contests and to yours! If you are hosting a contest please link it up below. Sorry, we aren’t giving away the aprons just showcasing them! Please put your site name and then what type of contest you are hosting. For example, “MomAdvice (Children’s Movies).”

Please let me know if you have any questions and good luck to each of you!

Freebie Friday: October 2, 2009

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Thanks so much for visiting us each week for our weekly Freebie Friday list provided by Freebies 4 Mom. Be sure to visit Heather’s site to discover how you can get a $10 rebate on Kellogg’s cereal, get Huggies reward points, and find new coupons for your next grocery trip.

On MomAdvice you can enter to win a Bonefish Grill Gift Card, score free birthday or holiday gifts doing your normal shopping, check out the latest round of giveaways, and fix yourself a big bowl of Creamy Pumpkin Pasta. I hope you will enjoy browsing around the site this week!

Health & Beauty

Aveeno Nourish hair care
Nature Made TripleFlex (Costco)
Kotex Overnight (All You Magazine)

Food

Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs (submit product review video)
Starbucks Free Drink on your Birthday
Great American Cookie free cookie (sign-up for emails)
Hunts Backyard Garden Fresh House Party

Entertainment

Upcoming Freebie Events:
Please call your local store or restaurant to confirm they are participating in these freebie events.

OCTOBER
Free Night of Theater (reserve your free pair of tickets)
1 – Mrs. Fields Free Cookie Day 11-1
2-5 – Starbucks Via Taste Challenge
3 – The Home Depot Kids Workshop make a firehouse bank 9-Noon
3 – Lakeshore Learning Kid Crafts make a catch the bead game 11-3
3 – Cesar Bistro Entree Giveaway (first 1,500 to register)
10 – Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic make a ball toss 10-11
10 – Walgreens Neutrogena SaturDate with Beauty 10-5
24 – Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic make a Frankenstring Magic Trick 10-11

An Apron Full of Giveaways 09.29.09

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Photo Credit: Cover That Thing Up, $20


Welcome to the Apron Full of Giveaways! This is my little link list where you can share your giveaways that you are running on your blogs or find great contests to enter!

Today we are offering our readers a chance to win a $25 gift card to Bonefish Grill. I don’t know about you, but I can always a night out with my husband, and one of these would be the perfect way to spend our time together. It is one of my favorite restaurants in our town so I hope one of you lucky readers win it!

Our contest ends this evening at 8PM for a GE A950 digital camera to capture all of those great family moments. We are making this one an easy entry by just telling us what it is you love on MomAdvice.com. When I can get a feel for what you enjoy here, it helps in developing great content for our site. A total win for us both!

Below are the contest links to our contests and to yours! If you are hosting a contest please link it up below. Sorry, we aren’t giving away the aprons just showcasing them! Please put your site name and then what type of contest you are hosting. For example, “MomAdvice (Children’s Movies).”

Please let me know if you have any questions and good luck to each of you!



Freebie Friday: September 25, 2009

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Happy Freebie Friday, everyone! Thank you so much for swinging by and thanks to Freebies 4 Mom for pulling together the best round-up of weekly freebies on the web! Heather was featured this week in The New York Times for her savvy coupon skills. We are so proud of her! Be sure to look at her welcome to new readers to see the best highlights on her site.

This week we are sharing 5 easy dinners you can create on busy weeknights, crafting up a few baby blanket patterns, and sharing the best pancake syrup in the world. Don’t forget to enter to win a GE Digital Camera this week and check out the entire list of contests on The Apron Full of Giveaways.

Food

Bear Naked Cereal
Kashi Honey Sunshine Cereal

Entertainment
Home & Garden

Freepeats Free Lifetime Membership in local forum (50+ cities) for free baby, kid, maternity stuff
Money Smart for Young Adults CD from FDIC
$10 off $10 at Lettering Delights (for Facebook fans)
Shutterfly House Party
Carnation 2009 Holiday Recipes

Pets

Cesar Bistro Entree (every Saturday thru 10/10, limit 2 per person)

Upcoming Freebie Events:
Please call your local store or restaurant to confirm they are participating in these freebie events.

SEPTEMBER
National Yoga Month one free week of yoga
Disney’s A Christmas Carol Train Tour nationwide free event

26 – Lakeshore Free Kids Craft – wacky wild bird 11-3pm
26 – Free Museum Day
26 – Lowes Build and Grow Kids Clinic make a fire truck 10-11am
26 – Geoffrey’s Birthday Party at Toyrs ‘R Us noon-3pm
28 – Smucker’s Uncrustables Giveaway to first 80,000 who register

OCTOBER
1 – Mrs. Fields Free Cookie Day 11-1
3 – The Home Depoot Kids Workshop make a firehouse bank 9-Noon

An Apron Full of Giveaways 09.22.09

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Photo Credit: Flapper Girl, $30

Welcome to the Apron Full of Giveaways! This is my little link list where you can share your giveaways that you are running on your blogs or find great contests to enter!

This week I am making up for my break and sharing two great giveaways with our readers. We are currently offering one lucky family a $40 gift card to Walmart to create a fun family night at home. This giveaway will be ending at 8PM tomorrow night so do not miss it!

We also have another brand new giveaway and are giving one lucky reader a GE A950 digital camera to capture all of those great family moments. This contest will be running through our regularly scheduled contest end time on Tuesday at 8PM.

Below are the contest links to our contests and to yours! If you are hosting a contest please link it up below. Sorry, we aren’t giving away the aprons just showcasing them! Please put your site name and then what type of contest you are hosting. For example, “MomAdvice (Children’s Movies).”

Please let me know if you have any questions and good luck to each of you!

Enter To Win a Family Night Giveaway Today!

Monday, September 21st, 2009


We talk a lot about frugal family nights and creative ways to spend time together which is why I am so excited about this giveaway!

Head over to The MotherLoot today and get your entry in for a $40 Walmart gift card to create a family night with your loved ones. Walmart is currently running a Family Moments campaign to encourage families to spend an affordable night together at home. The Family Moments website offers board game ideas and movies that can make your night complete.

Also, be sure to mark your calendar for Wednesday, September 23, so you can be a part of the first-ever National Family Game Night! On this day, Hasbro is encouraging families across America to spend an evening at home playing games together to reconnect and reenergize relationships.

This giveaway ends on Wednesday so be sure to get those entries in! I can’t wait to share this gift card with one of our readers!

Freebie Friday: September 18, 2009

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Happy Freebie Friday, everyone! As always, we could not pull this fantastic list together without the help of Freebies 4 Mom! Be sure to read Heather’s FAQ on free magazine trials and find out how you can save on Kraft & Nestle products this month!

While you are browsing through the freebie list, be sure to check the Apron Full of Giveaways link list for some great contests to enter! We love to share the giveaways with you so be sure to browse around!

I hope to offer great information every week, but I am really proud of the content this week. Dust off your slow cooker, find some new board games to play, check out a great movie this weekend, dive into a new project, or make a roast chicken on Sunday. Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

Health & Beauty

Huggies Little Movers (size 4 or 5)
Pampers Potty Training Kit
Flexitol Foot Cream

Food

Welch’s Harvest of Hope (click to donate juice)
Avocados from Mexico House Party
McDonald’s Free Burgers for Commuters
Pop Tarts Sprinklings Club
Total Pomegranate Blueberry Cereal
Honey Nut Cheerios
Emergen-C (Walmart)
T.G.I.Friday‘s Jack Daniels Burger (become a FB Fan of Woody)
Glory Foods House Party

Entertainment
Let’s Say Thanks (Xerox sends free cards to U.S. troops)
Free Movie Ticket (with purchase of any Spot Shot product)
Picture People Portrait Package (no sitting fees)
Six Flags Tickets (for active military)
Windows 7 Launch House Party

Home & Garden


Freepeats Free Lifetime Membership in local forum (50+ cities) for free baby, kid, maternity stuff
Staples PC Tuneup (through 9/19)
$10 off $10 Sears Junior Apparel
$10 off $10 The Great Indoors
CVS Advisor Panel (earn ExtraBucks for taking short surveys)
Annie’s 2010 Wall Calendar (with UPC code)
EPA Planet Protector’s Club Kit for kids
Pumpkin Carving Stencils

Pets

Hill’s Science Diet Simple Essentials Treats
Royal Canin Feline Health Nutrition

Cesar Bistro Entree (every Saturday thru 10/10, limit 2 per person)

Upcoming Freebie Events:
Please call your local store or restaurant to confirm they are participating in these freebie events.

SEPTEMBER
National Yoga Month one free week of yoga
Disney’s A Christmas Carol Train Tour nationwide free event
19 – Michaels American Girl crafts 10-2pm

19 – Lakeshore Free Kids Craft – under the sea pop-up collage 11-3pm
24 – Cold Stone Creamery Ice Cream Social 5-8pm
24 – The Home Depot Do-It-Herself Workshop kitchen updates 7:30pm
26 – Free Museum Day
26 – Lowes Build and Grow Kids Clinic make a fire truck 10-11am

OCTOBER
1 – Mrs. Fields Free Cookie Day 11-1
3 – The Home Depoot Kids Workshop make a firehouse bank 9-Noon

An Apron Full of Giveaways 09.15.09

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Photo Credit: Polly Danger, $35


Welcome to our Apron Full of Giveaways, where we round up all of the best giveaways on the web. This is the spot where you can share your blog contests or where you can find oodles of fun stuff to enter!

While you are browsing around, be sure to read our, “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” movie review and scroll to the bottom to find out how to score a free ticket to the show. I wouldn’t want you to miss this one! It has been one of the best kid’s movies that I have seen in a long time!

Below are the contest links-if you are hosting a contest please link it up below. Sorry, we aren’t giving away the aprons just showcasing them! Please put your site name and then what type of contest you are hosting. For example, “MomAdvice (Children’s Movies).”

Please let me know if you have any questions and good luck to each of you!

Freebie Friday: September 11, 2009

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Happy Freebie Friday, everyone! All the thanks in the world goes to Heather, from Freebies 4 Mom, for her wonderful site. We love Heather’s site and featured her among a list of our top bloggers moms should read. Be sure to read her post on how to join Nielsen Homescan Panel!

Our Apron Full of Giveaways is up with lots of great giveaways this week. Be sure to check it out!!

Health & Beauty

Curel Itch Defense Lotion
Kotex & FDS sample pack (Walmart)
Secret Clinical Strength (for Vocalpoint members)
Zyrtec (Walmart)

Food

T.G.I.Friday‘s Jack Daniels Burger (become a FB Fan of Woody)
Glory Foods House Party

Entertainment
Home & Garden

Freepeats Free Lifetime Membership in local forum (50+ cities) for free baby, kid, maternity stuff
Staples PC Tuneup (through 9/19)
Weil Baby House Party

Pets

Cesar Bistro Entree (every Saturday thru 10/10, limit 2 per person)

Upcoming Freebie Events:
Please call your local store or restaurant to confirm they are participating in these freebie events.

SEPTEMBER
National Yoga Month one free week of yoga
Disney’s A Christmas Carol Train Tour nationwide free event
12 – Lands’ End Shop at Sears free Pack Pal
12 – Lowes Build and Grow Kids Clinic make a drum 10-11am
12 – Thomas & Friends Playdate at Toys ‘R Us 11am-1pm
12 – Lakeshore Free Kids Craft – pencil holder pal 11-3 pm
15 – Ulta Free Mascara bring printout of Seventeen.com homepage
24 – The Home Depot Do-It-Herself Workshop kitchen updates 7:30pm
26 – Free Museum Day
26 – Lowes Build and Grow Kids Clinic make a fire truck 10-11am