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Freebie Friday: December 15, 2006

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Happy holidays and welcome to your dose of freebies for the week. I would like to begin with a couple of great letters I received this week and thank our tipsters for their great finds!

Woke up in the middle of the night with the tv going and on comes a freebie offer. It is is www.PurinaONEChallenge.com It’s an offer for a coupon for dog and/or cat food. Thought you could use it in the Friday Freebie column. I look forward to Fridays. Thanks for all the hard work.

Carol

Update from Carol:
Today I received my coupon booklet for the Purina One Challenge. Pretty fast service. I signed up for both cat and dog. So I got a coupon for both. They total approx $14. Great deal!

Carol

Dear Amy,

I think you have a lovely blog.

I took note of your citation of the “Where to Stop & Where to Go” free guide to bathrooms in the U.S. I’m a PR person in NYC, and I did the publicity for this nifty little guide written by Arthur Frommer with Novartis’ sponsorship (Novartis is my client).

I have two other freebies you might like to check out for your blog. I hope you like them –
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www.sleeplessmoms.com – This site, with a free downloadable brochure, features terrific tips to help moms sleep better, a sleep quiz, list of sleep resources, etc. It is sponsored by my client, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, with useful information about insomnia from actress Debi Mazar, a mom of two; and Dr. Suzanne Griffith, a psychiatrist and sleep disorders specialist. (Note: The site contains no information about Takeda’s medication for insomnia, Rozerem.)
· “Navigating Your Health Benefits For Dummies – This is a handy free guide to making sense of the complicated world of health insurance, written in a congenial and conversational style. My client is Aetna, which teamed up with the Financial Planning Association to create the guide (note: it contains no information about Aetna’s products). It can be ordered through this web site,
www.planforyourhealth.com, a fine resource in its own right. (I read your sobering article about going without health insurance.)

If you have questions about these two resources, don’t hesitate to ask. Many thanks for considering them and thanks for an excellent blog.

Cordial regards,

Amy

Hi Amy,

I don’t know if you count this as a freebie since you have to buy it first and then mail in the rebate – but you can get a full refund of your money so all you have to pay for is the stamp. Free

Banquet Drumsticks: http://www.conagrafoods.com/promotions/BQ_promo06/bbq_chickendrum.pdf Free Banquet

Crock Pot Meal: http://www.conagrafoods.com/promotions/BQ_promo06/crockpot.pdf Free

Banquet Wings: http://www.conagrafoods.com/promotions/BQ_promo06/bbq_chickenwings.pdf

These have made great have-on-hand meals for us and you can’t beat the price! 🙂 Have a great week!

Monica (The Homespun Heart)

Amy,

Another freebie…http://www.jiffymix.com/ (recipe book).

Have a great day!

Monica (The Homespun Heart)

And if that wasn’t enough freebies, here are a few others that made the cut for the week!

Get a free sample of sausage from DePizzo Sausage Company. This company has several flavors to choose from.

Sign up to receive a complimentary one year subscription to Old House Journal magazine. The form is lengthy, but you can click through and answer, “No” to all of the questions.

Sign up to receive a free subscription to For Her Information magazine. This is a quarterly publication.

Here is a reminder on a freebie that you can do this week with your kids (this appeared in a past edition)…Here is a fun freebie for the kids! You can call Santa every day, twelve days before Christmas, and he will have a new message each day for you. It is a toll-free number and would be something really fun to add to your Christmas Jar this year! The number is 1-800-972-6242.

AT&T; is offering free wireless access at their Wi-Fi locations nationwide (except at McDonalds).Use this code when you connect: WP96-gVMB-7N. This code expires on December 31, 2006.

Print out this coupon for twelve free tokens for Chuck E. Cheese restaurant.

Sign up to receive a free Family Tree Maker Magazine (only available in the U.S.).

Download (for FREE) TaxCut Basic Software from H&R; Block.

Sign up to receive a free sample of Dove Ultimate Clear Smooth Cashmere Deodorant.

Walmart has a new sample available of the new Soft & Dri Clear Glide Deodorant. Please allow up to four weeks for delivery.

Get a free subscription to CNET Digital Living Magazine.

Visit this site with your children. It has a free Santa Tracker, to track where he is located on Christmas Eve.

In select cities, you can sign up to receive a free bag of MountainKing Butter Red Potatoes.This freebie is available in these cities only: Indianapolis, IN Birmingham, AL Kansas City, MO St. Louis, MO Columbus, OH Phoenix, AZ Dallas, TX Houston, TX. Go to: http://www.mtnking.com/promo/mk_bg_1206.php and fill out form.

Get a free Always Have a Happy Period kit. It includes samples, note cards and other fun stuff.

The PR agency also asked that we share this contest with our readers.

Always.com is running an essay contest where they’re looking for inspiring women who prefer to turn negative feelings into positive ones. They want to hear from women who make it possible to have a happy period even when it sometimes feels impossible. Beginning 8:00 AM ET on 11/13/06, consumers will be able to visit: http://www.always.com/extras/freshface.jspand submit an essay with 1,000 words or less expressing in their own words how they embrace and brighten up those not-so-fun days during their period. Always.com will select 10 finalists and post their entries. The public will then be invited to vote on the ten entries beginning 2/12/07 through 3/5/07. All finalists will be awarded prize packages that include an assortment of Always products, money for college, and donations in their names to HERO, an awareness building and fundraising initiative of the United Nations Association (UNA-USA) dedicated to supporting children living in HIV/AIDS-affected communities in Africa.

For the teenager in your life (or in yourself!), you can download Ashlee Simpson’s album (almost in its entirety) for free on Last.fm.

On this particular website you can personalize a letter to Santa but, it shows you the option of getting a postmarked address for the letter with that special touch.

How about giving for free? Jeffrey Strain offers an amazing article on how you can give to charities without opening your wallet. This is a great read for those of us who want to help, but don’t have the funds to do it!

Cheers!

Freebie Friday: December 8, 2006

Friday, December 8th, 2006


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Welcome to Freebie Friday on the Mother Load! I hope that you will enjoy these freebies as much as I have enjoyed sharing them with all of you.

I did want to post an update to Jamie’s story, as I have received many emails on her requesting information on how her family is doing.

Jamie sent me an update and let me know that her family was able to get their electricity turned back on, some food for her family, and was able to get some clothing for her children, all through the Multi-Services organization (Thank you to the wonderful tipster who shared this with her. Good bless you!). She was, however, denied by many of the other services because her income was “too high” according to income qualifications. This makes me very, very sad as this woman is working very hard to support her family.

We have gotten many emails requesting Jamie’s contact information and many of our readers are offering to send her packages of food, toys for her children, and clothing. Jamie and her family greatly appreciate the assistance, although I do want to preface and say that Jamie NEVER asked for a handout, but only requested information on guiding her in the right direction. Jamie’s children’s sizes are size eight for her daughter (both bottoms and tops) and size eight in boys (both bottoms and tops). Jamie herself wears size 10/12 in bottoms and size large on top. Their local grocery stores are Price Cutters & Walmart. I am providing this information in case anyone wanted to help this family or had plans to donate some items to Goodwill and would like to donate them to Jamie instead. We have sent her a grocery card for this week and we are hoping that with the assistance of others that she will have a very Merry Christmas this year. Please email me privately at amy@momadvice.com if you would like to help this family.

I also contacted every media outlet, nonprofit organization, and church in her area and sent them letters pleading that they help her. Jamie completed an interview with her local paper yesterday on her struggles as a single mother and I am hoping that this type of publicity will not only make people aware of her struggle, but the struggles of many single mothers out there. If you are a single mother who is looking for some guidance, SingleMom.com is an awesome website full of great information. I have been providing articles for these ladies for a long time and they are the best resource for single moms on the internet.

Now on with our freebies for the week!

Get a free sample of Sunsilk Hair Care Products from Walmart. Please allow up to four weeks for delivery.

Get a free milkshake from Fuddruckers for joining their mailing list. No calorie counting book is included in this freebie so enjoy this freebie thoroughly!

Courtesy of About Freebies, they provided this great information…Costco has their cookbooks from 2002 – 2006 online with over 1,000 recipes. You may also be able to pick up a printed copy of the most recent version at your local Costco. Ask at the customer service counter. They also have a number of reference and catalog documents available online. All of these can be found on the Costco Connection page.

Pfizer is offering a free Mom Kit. Within the kit it contains information on how to take five minutes to better yourself as a mother and comes with free samples. In the kit you receive a Tucks Medicated Pads Box of 40, Desitin (1 oz size), Lubriderm Daily Moisture Lotion (1 oz size), a coupon or free Listerine (not to exceed $8.40 value), a coupon for free Pediacare (not to exceed $5.49). You will need to call during normal business hours and speak with a representative to get this sample. The telephone number is 1.800.223.0182. Press the teleprompt for, “Promotions.” They will ask if you are expecting or if you have a baby and your address. You will receive your sample within five to seven business days. Now if only they offered Tylenol PM so you could get through all of those nights where you can’t sleep. Then I think that this offer would be complete!

Hershey’s website has a free downloadable calendar and also offers free printable scrapbooking packs, which would be great to print out for your kids and to let them scrapbook with you! Heck, if you are really frugal, these can be your scrapbooking pages too. Just make sure you have a nice quality printer.

Purchase the US Weekly Magazine for December 11, and there is a coupon for Victoria’s Secret Beauty Rush Lip Gloss. It is free with no purchase necessary, and is a $7.00 value. You even get to choose from any of the 27 flavor/colors. It is on Page 43. Offer good till 12/24. Don’t forget to pick up some mistletoe!

Print out this buy one get one free coupon on Slurpees! Not a total freebie, but close!

Fill out the quick form and receive a Baby’s Dream Growth Chart. This offer is only good while supplies last so get this freebie quick! If you look to your left, they are also offering a free Nursery Guide and offering a Nursery Giveaway that you could sign up for. This is great for those mommies-to-be!

Get a free sample of the Homeschool Enrichment Magazine.

Here is a fun freebie for the kids! You can call Santa every day, twelve days before Christmas, and he will have a new message each day for you. It is a toll-free number and would be something really fun to add to your Christmas Jar this year! The number is 1-800-972-6242.

Here is a freebie for non-profit organizations. DreamHost offers a FREE Strictly Business plan to non-profit, charitable, organizations registered in the United States. This discount applies to a single Strictly Business hosting plan per non-profit, hosted within only one account, for US-based 501(c)(3) organizations. Account extras, add-ons, and domain registrations (other that any included with the plan) are not eligible for any discounts.

What little girl would not love a free printable Dora the Explorer Potty Training Chart for Christmas? Make sure to print this one out for loads of potty-training fun! It includes printable calendars and an award certificate of completion!

I am sure you have a lot of gray hairs now from completing all of that potty training. Why not cover them up for free with some free hair color? There are loads of colors to choose from. I am a “Drew” color- what is your shade? The free sample link is to the left on the page.

Best Buy is offering fourteen free downloadable holiday tracks on their website. Enjoy the holidays with some free music!

Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Every Post You Need for the Holiday Season

Thursday, December 7th, 2006


Since I have over two hundred posts, I thought I would pull together a list of posts that might help you during this holiday season.

Shipping:

Say No to Hand Cramps (when doing your holiday cards!)

Getting the Cheapest Shipping

Shopping:

Saving More on Christmas Shopping

Simon Mall Kidgits Program (since you have to be at the mall anyway!)

Sam’s Club Click N Pull (something worth checking out when you are battling long lines at the wholesale club)

Avoiding Holiday Debt

Thirteen Easy Ways to Save Your Family Money

Frugal Gift Ideas:

Restaurants.com Gift Certificates

Holiday Bling Without a Bling Budget

Weeding Through Your Child’s Artwork Creatively (use some of those art projects for gifts this year!)

Frugal Teacher Gifts

Frugal College Student Gifts

Simplifying Gift Giving

Giving the Gift of Magazines Frugally

Babes in Toyland

Recipes:

Homemade Microwave Popcorn & Caramel Corn

Pumpkin Spice Lattes

Aldi Fall/Winter Menu Planner

Traditions:

Schedule of Christmas Television Programs

Creating Holiday Traditions

Me Time

The Christmas Jar

Freebie Friday: December 1, 2006

Friday, December 1st, 2006
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It is Freebie Friday today and I am excited to share all of the latest freebies with you.

I didn’t get any tips this week, as I am sure everyone is preparing for their holidays, but I did receive a letter from a family that could really use your help. We have received so many great responses from all of you and I really appreciate it, as does Jamie and her family. If you have any tips or know of any resources for them, I would greatly appreciate your comments. Jamie has been checking the post and looking into all of your tips. Thank you all for your responses!

I would also like to let everyone know that, “The Christmas Jar” article has been posted. This article should give you some unique ideas for making the holidays special with your children. We also recently posted an article on Making Your Own Convenience Foods & Mixes and an article on Frugal Ways to Winterize Your Home. Be sure to check these out!

This Week’s Freebies:

AOL Video has decided to spread some holiday cheer by giving away over 30 free movie downloads for one day only on this Saturday. For the full scoop, visit TechCrunch to get all the info. Looks like there will be some holiday movies and some big budget blockbusters. Enjoy!

Claim a complimentary one year subscription to PC Magazine.

Get a free sample of Olay Definity. Limit one per household.

Order a free Herbal Expedition Kit. This includes a sample of herbal tea, two seed packets, and a cookbook from Celestial Seasonings. Please allow four to six weeks for delivery.

Visit an Estée Lauder counter and enjoy a complimentary iMatch™ makeover. During your consultation, the Estée Lauder foundation expert will ask you specific questions to determine your shade, your finish, your match. Simply mention O, The Oprah Magazine and you’ll get the royal treatment. You’ll receive a free 3-day supply of your ideal shade and formula, no purchase necessary. Available exclusively at your nearest Estée Lauder Counter. For more information, please visit this link.

Get a free bathroom guide on “Where to Stop & Where to Go.”This guide is intended for people who have an overactive bladder. I am sure mothers with toddlers have this issue too!

Get a free sample of Monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder-Gel. You will also receive a dollar off on your next purchase of this.

This PDF file contains a page full of coupons for free rentals from Hollywood Video.

Get a free sample of Luna Bars.

Claim a complimentary one year subscription to Log Homes Illustrated Magazine.

Get a free sample of Orville Redenbacher’s Smart Pop Popcorn. This freebie will go very fast- be sure to snatch your sample up! Please allow up to four weeks for delivery. If you don’t get this one, check my blog entry for how to make your own homemade version of microwave popcorn.

Claim a complimentary subscription to Psychology Today Magazine. This is for a full year’s worth of the magazine.

Get a free subscription to Culture & Travel Magazine.

Get a free four ounce sample of brown rice and some free recipes from Carolina & Mahatma Brown Rice company.

Receive a free sample of Planters Salted Peanuts for completing a short survey.

Happy Holidays!

Freebie Friday: November 24, 2006

Friday, November 24th, 2006

If you are not out braving the shoppers and finding the deals, you must be sitting in your comfy chair and enjoying your Freebie Friday this week! I am obviously not out shopping and instead spent the day compiling this list of great freebies for you. Please share our site with your friends and check back often, as my blog is updated a few times a week!

Let’s begin with our letters for the week!

www.AirborneHealth.com/Sample
We can all use a freebie to keep us healthy so here’s a free sample of Airborne On-The-Go.

I saw this in the Sunday paper’s coupon section.

Love your website! Keep up the great work!

Kristine

I also received a great letter from my sweet pal over at The Homespun Heart (an incredible blog that I gain a ton of inspiration from!)

Hi Amy!

My Mom sent me an article mentioning freebie websites, I have not checked these out, but wanted to pass them on to you:

www.pg.com
www.dentyne.com
www.walmart.com
www.purina.com (I saw this one on your list this week)
www.hallmark.com (free family calendar that you can download to your desktop) www.mymoney.gov (free financial guidance through an education kit posted by the federal gov’t)

Have a great weekend!

Monica

Sign up to receive a free subscription to Beautiful Woman Magazine. The box is on the right side of the page and you will go to the sign up form after entering in your email address for their online newsletter.

Receive a free calling card with ten minutes of free talk time on it from CallingCards.com. The calling card will be emailed to you upon completing the registration.

Print out a coupon for a free complimentary twelve ounce brewed coffee from Borders. This coupon is only good for today (11/24).

Sign up for a free sample of Swiffer Duster. This one is a repeat, but they are still offering this sample so I thought it was worth mention again to our new readers.

Sign up to receive a free Reach Access Daily Flosser sample pack. Please limit one free sample pack per household.

Sign up to receive a free Scrubbing Bubbles Shower Caddy and a five dollar coupon towards the purchase of their Automatic Shower Cleaner. This offer is good only while supplies last.

Xerox is offering everyone an opportunity to send a soldier in Iraq a thank you card for the holidays. The response has been wonderful to this freebie and they have already sent over five million thank you cards to the soldiers. You can pick your design and Xerox will have the thank you printed out and mailed to a soldier on your behalf. Please visit this site for more information.

Dairy Queen is offering a free ice cream cone on their site for children sixteen and younger.

Chick-Fil-A is offering a free breakfast on their website. Only select states are included (Offer available only to legal U.S. residents of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, WY (“Eligible States”) age 18 or older. Limit one (1) Breakfast Coupon and one (1) Milkshake Coupon per person, per e-mail address, per mailing address). They will mail you the coupon and also send you a coupon for a free Milkshake with the purchase of a water and a chicken sandwich. This is a GREAT freebie! Only the first million can take advantage of this one!

Google Checkout is offering to put ten dollars in your account (up until November 26th) and you can use that ten dollars towards a ten dollar purchase from their retailers. Basically, you are getting a freebie if you spend ten dollars!

This is not necessarily a freebie, but it is a great cash back rebate on a PayPal purchase. Receive free shipping when you make a purchase using your PayPal account from a participating merchant. Participating PayPal merchants will be displayed on the PayPal Holiday landing page starting 11/23/06. Offers may be limited to shipments within the 48 contiguous United States. See merchants’ websites for additional terms & conditions. Receive a $20 USD Cash Rebate by registering for this Cash Rebate offer on http://paypal.promotionexpert.com/holiday and purchasing items in a single online payment of $50 USD or more using your PayPal account. To qualify for this offer, purchases must meet the following requirements: 1. Purchases must be made on eBay.com, eBay.ca or on merchants’ sites in the US or Canada. 2. eBay.com and eBay.ca purchases must be made through the eBay checkout flow via the eBay website and must not be made through the PayPal send money tab. 3. Purchases must be made between 11/23/06 12:01 PST and 12/31/06 11:59 PST. The following transactions are excluded from this Cash Rebate offer: Send Money transactions, payments to Personal Accounts, eBay payments made to Personal accounts, donations, Text to Buy and payments for services. The Cash Rebate will be deposited into the participants’ PayPal accounts within 6 to 8 weeks after 12/31/06. Limit one registration and one $20 rebate per person and/or PayPal Account. Offer available for a limited time. Offer is limited to US and Canada registered users. PayPal conversion rates apply. PayPal account must be in good standing prior to and throughout the offer period to qualify.
This is a limited time offer, but Sno -Way is offering a free hat or gloves on their website. This is a great freebie so take advantage of it while you can!

Get free nail polish from Sally Hansen Nail Products. This is a special beauty promo that was also featured in the Vibe Vixen Magazine. To receive a free trial size of the nail polish, simply fill out the form and submit!

Freebie Friday: November 17, 2006

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Welcome to Freebie Friday! We will begin with a letter from one of our readers…

Hi Amy,

I’ve been checking out your blog for a few weeks now and LOVE it. I love your Freebie Fridays and am currently in the middle of a month of slow-cooker dinners, thanks to you! My family loves it.

Here’s a freebie I thought I’d pass along to you, it’s worth checking into: www.emusic.com is offering a free trial of 25 free songs that will work on any MP3 player, including the iPod. You just join and get the songs as part of your free trial, and if you cancel before the trial’s over, you don’t have to pay a thing and get to keep the 25 songs for FREE. Thanks for the great blog! As a stay-at-home mama, I’m loving the wealth of information on here.

Have a great week!

Lindsay

Many thanks to Lindsay for sharing her freebie find this week. If you would like to share a letter with us, just email me at amy@momadvice.com and we will share your freebies with our readers.

Register to receive a free bag of Purina One Dog or Cat food. There is a short questionnaire which will take between three and five minutes to complete. Please allow four to six weeks for your coupon for free dog or cat food to arrive. If you are already registered with Purina, this process takes about one minute to complete.

Claim a complimentary one year subscription to Antiques Magazine. This is a GREAT addition to any coffee table. Beautiful pictures and would make a lovely gift for someone special in your life. You can answer no to any of their offers, making this a truly free magazine subscription.

Claim a free one year subscription to Giant Magazine. This is a digital version, not the print version.

Get a free Choose to Know Bracelet, making women aware to have testing done to prevent them from cervical cancer.

Register to receive a free subscription to Global Finance Magazine.

Get a free sample of Feline Greenies for your cat. Please limit one per household.

Walmart is offering free samples of Viactiv Calcium Chews on their website. Please allow up to four weeks for delivery.

Register to receive a free 1GB USB Drive. The offer is really for a 512mb drive, but you can upgrade to a free 1GB USB drive if you provide email addresses for three of your friends. This offer does not ask for your email address so there are no worries about receiving any spam from this company. Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery.

Print your own holiday cards for free, with 23 templates to choose from, by using this free software from Post-It.

Get a coupon to receive a free beauty magazine from Sally Beauty Supply.

Freebie Friday: November 10, 2006

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Welcome to this week’s Freebie Friday, where I give you everything that I can for free! This is my favorite day of the week on my blog and I hope your family benefits from it as much as we have. My freebie drawer in our bathroom is literally overflowing with all of the items I have gotten. I will be prepared with shampoo, deodorant, coffee, & laundry detergent should a natural disaster strike in our area. These will also come in handy for some of my gifts and stocking stuffers this year.

I just wanted to thank everyone for their kind words and encouragement this week. It meant so much to me to know that you guys cared that much about the site & my blog. Sometimes I just need that ego boost and your comments have helped get my rear back in gear on the site. Thank you all- it has meant the world to me to know that what we are doing here has been beneficial to you & your family. Many blessings to each of you and I will continue to do my best over here in my corner of the web community.

I did want to mention, if you missed my post on Cozi, I suggest you read this blog entry because it is a great freebie that I think everyone should take advantage of. Free organizing software that is mommy friendly? Who could ask for more?

On with the freebies…

Get a free sample of Dove Shampoo for Lightened Hair. Please allow ten to twelve weeks for delivery.

Call to receive a free sample of Dove Shampoo. Call 1-800-DOVE-HAIR. Press 1 for English and then press 4 for sample kit. This sample is only going on for three days so DO NOT DELAY if you want this freebie!!

Request a sample from TeaChef and they will send you their new Cranberry tea. Should you qualify, they will send you a sample within a few days.

I have discussed this a couple of times before, but don’t forget to sign up with the Bausch & Lomb Wear & Care Program. You get tons of great freebies, including a new contact case for each month of the year. It is a great freebie and they are planning to discontinue to the program if interest doesn’t pick up. Take advantage of it while you can!

Print out this certificate and give it to your doctor for a free sample of Enfamil Formula. The samples are for Nutramigen, Enfamil Gentlease, and Enfamil A.R.

Receive a free custom photo card from Zazzle. Enter the coupon code GET1FREECARD upon checkout.

Get a free Hallmark Holiday Card. Click on the Free Sample link and then fill in the application. Your card should arrive within four weeks.

Participating St Louis & Metro East McDonald’s are having FREE Coffee Monday’s at McDonald’s. You can get a free coffee every Monday through December. For more details, please visit this link (you lucky people!)

Register to receive a free Kenmore Pur Water Bottle. This bottle retails for eight bucks! This bottle should be delivered within four to six weeks via ground shipping.

Sign up to receive an eighteen page booklet entitled, “Debt-free Holidays Handbook.” It includes tips for staying within your holiday budget, help in creating your shopping list, and help in identifying gift ideas. Please limit one per household.

Call 1-800-54AVENT to receive a coupon and free sample of their nursing pads.

Get $4 off of a Tyson Meal Kit for completing their quick survey.

Sign up to participate in the Deskjet 07 feedback program. This will give you the opportunity to test a new HP Printer. The beta program is an opportunity to evaluate and provide feedback on a pre-release version of a new Deskjet printer unit. This device will allow you to scan, copy and print documents and images. In addition, it will allow you to preview your photos and perform basic photo editing using the Photosmart Essentials software. Your commitment to actively use the products on a regular basis and provide comments and suggestions during the feedback program is critical to the success of the program. We recognize and appreciate your time in completing this profile and if you are accepted, you will be documenting your opinions of the tested product, reporting any technical issues you discover, offering suggestions on how the products could be improved in your environment, and discussing your experiences with the product team. You will be notified within two weeks if you have been accepted into the program.

GREAT coupons are now available at UPS. These coupons will deduct a portion of your total shipping charges on packages shipped through them. These coupons will definitely come in handy during the holiday season when you are strapped for cash and time.

Thank you for stopping by and feel free to browse through the archives of goodies!

Freebie Friday: November 3, 2006

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

I apologize for the delay on Freebie Friday. We have been enjoying some time together as a family since my husband was able to take some vacation time, so that has taken precedence over my blog this week. Better late than never! Please enjoy!

First is our letter for the week. This one comes from my sweet friend, Monica, who has a wonderful blog called The Homespun Heart. If you haven’t had a chance to visit her blog yet, I would highly recommend it. She is so creative and provides inspiration for me as I am neither crafty nor brilliant when it comes to decorating. Thank you, Monica!

Amy,

I just read about this in the Bi-Lo grocery ad for this week – they have started a thing called Sample Central. You can access it through their web site: http://www.bi-lo.com/ and then click the link that says Sample Central. You do have to have a Bonus Card number to log in and I don’t know what states have Bi-Lo, there are two by us so I have a card. Anyway, just thought I would pass the info on… Have a great day!

Monica

Send in your information and receive a coupon for a free Minute Maid Frozen Novelty purchase. Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery.

For New Yorkers only- Dunkin Donuts is offering free coffee in honor of the New York City Marathon on November 5th. Visit your Dunkin Donuts to receive a free small iced coffee from 10:10 am- 2:10 pm.

Starting on November 27th, Godiva Chocolates will be offering in-store samplings at their stores. For a complete list of dates for free samples, please visit this link.

Clorox is offering a free copy of What to Expect Guide to a Healthy Home, to help protect your family during the flu and cold seasons. Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery. In the meantime, they will give you an opportunity to download a free PDF version of this booklet.

Want some free accounting software? Microsoft is offering a free download of their Office Accounting Express software. This software is free with no strings attached. This is a good one so get it while you can!

Get a free sample of Pepcid Complete. Please allow four to six weeks for delivery.

Sign up to receive a free sample of Aquaphor Healing Ointment. Good only while supplies last

Sign up to get a free Glade PlugIns Scented oil refill coupon and a coupon good for $5 off new Glade PlugIns Scented Oil Show.

Get a free sample of Serenity by TENA.

Walmart is offering a free sample of Tide Simple Pleasures laundry detergent. Please allow four to six weeks for delivery.

This one goes quick…Get your free sample of Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick. Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery of your sample. Be sure to check the box if you would like a free sample of their fragrance to come with your lipstick sample.

Try a free sample of Gillette Fusion HydraSoothe After Shave Balm. Please allow four to six weeks for delivery.

Freebie Friday: October 27, 2006

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Welcome to Freebie Friday. It is an official day of free for my readers, so please enjoy our compiled list. First up, I want to share this week’s letter from one of our readers.

Hi there!

I love your blog and have lately been getting some of the freebies that you post. I thought you might like to know about one offer that I just received through email. For dog lovers…Greenies Treats. It’s an offer for a free greenies treat for your dog. Our dog loves them. After you get the freebie you can also print a coupon good for $3 off your next one at your local retailer.

Thanks for sharing your posts.

Best
Mira

Many thanks to Mira for sharing this wonderful freebie! I am sure the dog lovers will really appreciate this one!

If you have a freebie or a good deal that you would like to share with our blog, please email me at amy@momadvice.com and let us know what it is. We really love our reader letters!

This week’s freebies:

Register to receive a free sample of Claritin RediTabs. This sample will arrive in two to six weeks.

Get a free sample of NIVEA Body Smooth Sensations Lotion. Please allow four to six weeks for this sample to arrive.

Get a free subscription to Travel & Leisure Golf Magazine.

Get a free sample of Basis Soap. Please allow four to six weeks for this sample to arrive.

Receive a free subscription to Rangefinder Photo Magazine.

I am not endorsing Botox in any way, but they are offering a free copy of The Girlfriends Guide to Staying a Hot Mama, if you sign up for their email newsletters.

For a limited time the Coca-Cola Company is taking orders for the free 2007 Coca-Cola calendar. The Calendar starts shipping in November. U.S. Residents can call the toll-free number (1-800-438-2653) between 9:00 am and 7:00 pm Eastern time and request the free 2007 calendar.

Get a free 10 piece cosmetic bag when you register to receive emails from ULTA Cosmetics.

Meijer is offering FREE antibiotic prescriptions! Meijer is leading the industry to a new level of consumer cost savings and our new program covers the leading oral generic antibiotics with a special focus on the prescriptions most often filled for children. The following can be obtained for FREE (No insurance card required) at your Meijer pharmacy, with your doctor’s prescription: Amoxicillin Cephalexin SMZ-TMP Ciprofloxacin Ampicillin Penicillin VK Erythromycin. Prescription must be picked up at store in person. Maximum 14 day supply at normal dosage. List may be subject to change. Not valid with any other offer.

Register to receive a free sample of Noxzema Triple Clean Blackhead Cleanser. This sample should arrive within six to eight weeks.

Fill out the quick form to receive a free Gillette Fusion Shaving Gel sample.

Register to receive a free Gooseberry Patch Family Favorite Recipes Booklet.

Xerox is offering a free 2007 calendar just for filling out their form. It is showing that they are requiring a company name on their form. You should receive this calendar within seven to ten business days.

This one will go quick. Sam’s Club is offering a free travel sample of Cottonelle Flushable Wipes. You are not required to fill in a membership number, so anyone can apply for this freebie.

Good luck & may your mailbox be overloaded with goodies!

Freebie Friday: October 20, 2006

Friday, October 20th, 2006
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Welcome to this edition of Freebie Friday. This is where I give everything I can to you for free. Consider it a little treat to start your weekend off right. Each week I compile a list of freebies that you can partake of.

First up, this week’s letter comes from Annabel:

I have recently fallen in love with your website! I really enjoy all of your content and I have read articles in your archives and I just printed out all of the slow cooker recipes. I wanted to pass on a link for your freebie Friday:

http://www.redbox.com/

You can get a free rental by giving your email address for a free DVD rental! I really like the red box because it is so much cheaper than Blockbuster and I don’t have to wait for new releases at the library. You can check out a DVD at a kiosk (even place a DVD on hold online) and return it to any other location.They gave me a code word and I will enter the code into the kiosk.

I also saw that Showtime and HBO will be free to Dish network subscribers this weekend.

Thank you and keep up the great work!
Annabel

Thanks to Annabel for sharing this great freebie. I actually recently had rented a movie from a Redbox for the first time and it is awesome. If you are my buddy or you are local, they have a Redbox kiosk in Martin’s Supermarket now (both the South Bend & Granger locations).

Each kiosk holds over five hundred DVDs and they add new movies each Tuesday.
This month’s coupon code is BREAKROOM (I can’t reveal my sources, but I have an insider who hooks me up).

You can order your DVD online or just flip through a touch screen to see what is available. Next you swipe your card and then it spits the movie out like a vending machine. You take the movie and are charged one dollar per day (unless you use the above coupon code and then it will be FREE!)

To return the movie, you simply shove it back in the same slot that you took it from. Movies must be returned by 7PM, in order to only be charged one day…Unless you would like to keep it and pay more!!

I guess I had never realized that this was a nationwide thing. It appears that they are making their debut in McDonald’s (dinner & a movie!) and Smith’s Food & Drug as well as supermarkets.

Thanks again to Anabel for sharing this great info and thanks to Redbox for being so innovative. It is one of those moments where I am slapping myself on the forehead wondering why I hadn’t thought of that.

My next freebie comes from my sweet buddy, Beth, who is now residing in Ohio. She shared that Dale & Thomas Popcorn is free. You do have to pay shipping & handling on it, but it is still a great deal. You can order a two pack and only pay $2.95 per bag. The flavors are dreamy (chocolate, peanut butter, cinnamon) and it is one of Oprah’s favorite things! Beth suggests adding it to a gift basket to give someone a little something gourmet. Throw in a bag of cocoa & a mug and this would make a lovely treat!

Now for some more freebies:

Join LEGO Club today and receive 12 free issues of LEGO Magazine. Call 1.866.534.6258 (Mon-Fri 8-10PM or Sat-Sun 10-6PM). Give the operator this special code: EGG26. Offer is limited to one free membership per person. Please allow four to six weeks for the arrival of your first mailing.

Fill out this form to receive a free sample of Nourifusion for your skin.

Sign up to receive a free magazine and/or catalog request to Cross Country Stitching.

Get a complimentary one-year subscripiton to Horticulture Magazine. The survey is lengthy, but you can quickly select, “No Thanks” to every single offer.

Register for a free sample of the Healing Gardens Organics Wild Honey body lotion. You can expect this sample within four to six weeks.

Receive a free subscription to The Nest Magazine. This is a “mini-subscription” to their magazine and you will receive your first free issue in Spring 2007.

Get up to four Specialty Catalogs from Sears. This catalog offer includes their Wish Book, Room for Kids, Kitchens, & Power & Hand Tool Catalogs. You will receive your selections within two to three weeks.

Get your free coupons for up to $13 savings on Febreeze Products.

Register with BabyCenter and get a free subscription to their BabyCenter magazine. They offer health, beauty, fitness, & fashion tips tailored to your lifestyle.

Get a one year free subscription to Child Magazine. Quantities are limited on this one so make sure to sign up quick! You need to sign up with Start Sampling and then click no (unless you are interested) in the offers listed.

Get one Redbook magazine for free. Quantities are limited on this one too. You will also need to sign up with Start Sampling and then click no (unless you are interested) in the offers listed.

Sign up to get a free sample of PRIA Grain Essentials Orchard Apple Cinnamon Crisp bar. You can click “Skip” to the optional questions. You will receive this sample within six to eight weeks.

Sign up to receive a sample of Tasters Choice. They will send one to you for completing their short survey. This sample will arrive within six to eight weeks.

Nestle has a new Very Best Baking 2006 Holiday Magazine out. Simply fill out the form and wait to get this great freebie in the mail.

Get a free sample of Tampax Scented Pearl Tampons. You should receive this sample within six to eight weeks.

Hopefully this one will not be a dud by the time I post it because it is a great freebie. Get a free Travel Mug. You will need an 11-digit offer code (WMGOHO-2006). Your travel mug will arrive within six to eight weeks.

Sign up to receive a free subscription to Cruising World Magazine.

Get 20 free4x6 photos from Clark Color Labs.

Sign up to receive a free sample of Nicorette Fruit Chill Gum.