Freebies and free stuff

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]

There’s been a rash of bands releasing free singles and entire albums lately and I would just like to voice my opinion of this being “awesome.” The latest to come out is a free Nine Inch Nails song as well as four other songs from various bands. I haven’t listened to any of the music yet, but who knows, one of them might end up replacing my all time favorite song, which is the “I Love You” song from Barney! I mean, wait, not that. No, seriously, I meant to say something cool and manly!

Aw crap.

[via I can't remember]

EDIT: This is no longer available.

You know, when this free Pup-Peroni dog snacks freebie from Wal Mart dies later on today, do you think we could just drive to our local Wal Mart and demand a sample? I have no shame; I’d print out a copy of the webpage, wander around the store until I found an employee that would okay giving me a free sample, and then I’d realize I just spent two hours getting a $3.50 product for free.

You know, on second though, maybe it’s not really worth it

[via Cara]

With summer finally arriving and school being out, now is when a lot of kids get their tonsils taken out. I never actually had mine removed, but I remember making fun of my little brothers when they had theirs removed years ago during the summer. In hindsight, I don’t know what I was making fun of, but at the time I was just looking for an excuse to torment a sibling in distress.

If you know of somebody about to have their tonsils removed, why not print out this pdf form for a free Dreyers Tonsillectomy care pack? It contains goodies to help speed them on their way to a tasty and timely recovery, including a gift certificate for one free box (6 or 12 bars) of DREYER’S Fruit Bars with real fruit and Vitamin C, a crayon set, a coloring/activity book, a fruit bar key chain and a lime rubber bracelet.

[via Moose]

EDIT: This freebie is no longer available.

Bell Rock Growers is giving away some free Pet Green treats for…that’s right, you guessed it, your pet. I’d be a little worried if I saw a site giving away pet treats for humans. I mean, sure, we’ve all eaten a handful of dog chow at one point in our life just to see why our pets loved it so much, but that’s it.

What? You never did that? Oh….yeah….me neither. I’m just saying, I like, heard of somebody who did that. Of course I wouldn’t eat dog food though! *gulp*

[via Denise]

It’s summer time, which means your kids are mere days away from being home for 10 weeks straight and driving your crazy. What’s a parent to do? Make them get a hobby, like recycling, by using this free child’s guide to recycling coloring book. The website’s a bit disorienting, but you can sign up for one via the folder in the top right corner and then they’ll e-mail you a link to download and print out the coloring “book.”

You can then test it to see if your kid learns anything by one simple method. Let them color it and then see if they want to recycle it when they’re done! It’s fun for them, gives you a little free time, and is good for the environment.

EDIT: Looks to be dead.

Whenever I talk about art, I sound like an absolute idiot.

“Oh yeah, I really like the, uh, the colors. And look at the swirls! Those are really…swirly…and stuff.”

Maybe if I sign up for a free Decorative Arts magazine subscription, I can read up on the latest art trends and at least sound as if I’ve taken a basic art class somewhere along the line.

I’ve started collecting a fair amount for free stickers lately, but I don’t post too many of them on here because a lot come from small Mom & Pop type places that run out fairly quickly. This free Forever Bluegrass sticker’s website says they want them to be shown all over the world, so here ya go!

As for mine, I’ll probably stick it on one of my many coolers. I can barely open half of them because they’re covered in so many stickers. There’s probably a few stranded beverages trapped in one or two of them, just waiting for me to rediscover them and enjoy their tasty goodness.

EDIT: This Walmart freebie is no longer available.

I’ve come to believe that whenever Wal Mart opens up a new freebie offer, like they have with this free Pantene Pro-V Expressions, that we need some sort of alert system for people to learn about it before it dies. I say we just use the Emergency Broadcast System, because ever since I was a little boy, I’ve waited for it to go off and NOT be a test.

The only way this can happen without a massive national disaster is if we commander it in the name of Freebies. Come on, who would complain about this? People would see it going off, think aliens are zombies were attacking us, and then feel relieved and overcome with joy that it’s only a freebie alert. There’s gotta be some way we can make this happen.

[via Cara]

If you participated or are interested in the results of the May 2008 contest, please click the “more” link below and read all about it. Thanks to everybody who participated and I hope everybody had fun!

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Why does the logo for this free Vaseline Men from Wal Mart have a giant fist behind the products? Is it trying to punch them off the screen? Is it meant to signify strength and manliness? Whatever they were going for, I think they failed, because now I’m worried that if I use this product somebody will punch me in the face. Way to go, Vaseline!

[via the forums that are now totally awesome / up and running.]

P.S. Anybody know how to fix a water heater, dishwasher, ice machine, air conditioner, or sliding glass door? Apparently my house is under that impression that I’m handy with a toolbox, which is wrong in about 9 trillion different ways.