Freebies and free stuff

EDIT: Be sure to check out the comments and leave your opinion on this freebie. Have you signed up for it in the past? What’d you get if anything?

I’m not too sure what all goes into planning for a new child to come into this world, nor am I sure that I could handle it. I have trouble remembering how to put on my own pants. Remember Goob, it’s feet first and zipper in the back! Or is it zipper in the front? Ugh, not again… Thus, if I ever found myself expecting a baby, I’d sign up for some free baby stuff, (WHICH WOULD BE AWESOME if it wasn’t spam – check out the comments) which is for expecting mothers and fathers who have had a child within the past 11 months or are expecting one in the next 9 months.

I didn’t sign up for this (since I’m not expecting and don’t want to “waste” a freebie on me), so I’m not too sure what all you’ll get in this, but they promise a whole lot. But even if it’s simply a booklet of coupons or some diaper samples, it helps, right? If anybody qualifies and signs up for this, let us know what you get via the comments!

EDIT: Aaaaaaand, it’s dead.

Not only can you get some free Pledge Multi Surface Spray & Wipes, but I’m pretty sure they’ll send you a few coupons as well. This is great for me, because I haven’t cleaned my desk since Clinton was in office. I wouldn’t be surprised if a new breed of intelligent life has grown out of all the dust on my desk. Too bad they’re about to get wiped away in 6 to 8 weeks! Let’s just hope they don’t invent any laser weapons by then and attack me.

[via Moose]

EDIT: I’m getting e-mails saying Toys R Us isn’t accepting this coupon now. Has anybody managed to get this to work for them?

You know those weekends where so much happens that it feels like you crammed 10 days worth of stuff into two? Yeah, that’s what I just went through. It feels like it should be Friday already and yet it’s Monday? Doh. I think I’ll go to Toys R Us and use this coupon to get a free Thomas The Tank Engine toy. Then I’ll play with it all day while trying to figure out how much money I recently spent, how I ended up with a goat in my truck, and why the heck was I at the airport at 3am?

On second thought, these are probably mysteries that are better left unsolved. I’m not sure I want to actually remember any of that. Oh, and the coupon expires July 5th, 2008 so hurry up!

[via Froggie]

I wrote about this free Ultra XCID antacid last March, but the link back then is now dead and this is a new one, so…yeah. I actually just reread that previous post I wrote and it’s kinda funny. Not too long, a few quick jokes, a crazy tangent that doesn’t make sense. It’s the complete opposite of this post, which is bland, doesn’t have a single joke, and basically serves no point after the first sentence. But now you’ve already read this far, you’re not going to stop until you finish, and heck if I’m gonna apologize. Sucker!

[via Free Samples Direct]

Start Sampling is giving away a free coupon booklet worth over $31 that I can’t help but feel like I’ve posted on here before. But I just scanned through the coupons section and didn’t see it, so maybe my memory is incorrect yet again. I fear that by the time I’m 70, I’ll honestly “remember” riding on dinosaurs as a kid and a time where humans had wings.

Oh, about the coupons though. The coupons are for products from Iams, Febreze, Dawn, Cascade, and more. Who knows what the actual coupons are for, but let’s all sign up find out together!

EDIT: All gone!

Okay, go to the webpage for this free Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Renew and look at the main photo for it. Now, I’m no licensed medical professional or photo expert, but I still feel confident in saying that if you take a photo of yourself and it shows that you’re gray and while with invisible black dots under normal conditions, well…I’m not sure what you need is a freebie. If that were me, I’d be making an appointment with my doctor and when the receptionist asked why I was coming in, I’d tell her it’s because I’m turning into a space mutant.

EDIT: This is now dead because apparently the makers of it no longer want our odors to be gone.

Quick, name something that smells worse than cat urine. BEEEEP, time’s up and you failed because that was a trick question. You can’t possibly name a worse smelling aroma and yet it seems that far too many households out there are plagued by it. Enter this free Odor-b-gone sample. Heck, I’m not even going to sign up for it, but instead discreetly have a few samples sent to select neighbors of mine. Maybe then they’ll get the hint!

I received an e-mail from Diane this week offering to give away some of her free Luxurious Mineral™ makeup. Simply go to her site and e-mail her via the “contact” link with your home address and she’ll send you a free sample of the makeup. I wish I could say more about the makeup, but I have to be honest, my knowledge in this area stops right after the fact that lipstick goes on your lips.

I learned that lesson the hard way as a kid after I once (true story) at an entire tube of my mom’s lipstick after thinking it was a lollipop. I’ve still yet to figure out why I didn’t stop eating it after I realized it didn’t taste like a lollipop though.

Happy Day Everyone. Hope your Memorial Day was awesome! ( I know I’m late with that sorry!)

Welcome to the latest freebie review, Emergen-C Pink Lemonade. (Goob edit: see link below for info on still getting a free sample!) This freebie was posted back on April 29th. I signed up for it then, they said it would take 4 weeks and I got mine on May 27th. Just about a month, a freebie that was actually on time! This was a Wal–Mart freebie and it came in the standard white Wal-Mart envelope and included 2 packets of the pink stuff. If you don’t know what Emergen-C is, well it’s a great little energy boost of B vitamins and electrolytes and stuff. It claims to be a “Super Energy Booster” on the front of the packet. I have had the tangerine kind before but this was going to be a challenge. Something pink that looks like pepto bismol….

Okay, so the directions say to use 4-6 oz of water, got it… Opening the packet, the powder is white with a light pink tint.…smells like lemonade. Into the water, its turning pink, smells good. It reminds me of the color of crystal light pink lemonade. On the packet it says “Fizzy” but it didn’t fizz much. Tasting it, it seems very weak. It really doesn’t have any taste to me. It tastes like watered down lemonade. Now I have never had this flavor but I know the tangerine kind was really powerful. This is disappointing. I finished it and I feel more sick then boosted. I know that it leaves your mouth feeling dry, well it did to me anyway. It also has a very sweet nasty aftertaste.

You may like this, I would say give it a try… as my mother used to say, “how do you know you don’t like it unless you try it”.

As always you can find this and every other kind of Emergen-C at your local Wal-Mart. The flavors including the Lemonade are, Raspberry, Tropical, Tangerine, Lemon Lime, and Super Orange. There is also a joint health brand in Tangerine, and a lite kind. Priced at Wal-Mart, it’s a box or 36 packets for 7.99$. I personally wouldn’t buy these, but that is just me.

The free samples from Wal-Mart are over with but not to worry, I have you covered. On their site there is a form where you can send a sample to a friend and yourself. Click the “SHARE THE GOOD” bubble and just fill out the form and make sure you check the little box on the bottom right and your all set!

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Heck to the yes, I love these free MultiGrain Cheerios. I’m actually a huge all around Cheerios fan, from the regular to the honey nut to those weird yogurt burst ones. These are really good with some ice cold milk though. Now if only I could get some milk for free.

As a matter of fact, that reminds of some classic Goob dialogue from my college days. I was living with my good friend Fellner and late one night we were both in the kitchen:

Goob: Awe man, we’re out of milk. We really need to get a cow.
Fellner: THAT’S your solution?!
Goob: You got a better idea?
Fellner: ……

[via Froggie]