Freebies and free stuff

How is it that every time I put my glasses on at night I find that they’re smudged with finger prints? This is of course a rhetorical question as I’m already at peace with the fact that I’ll never know the answer. I once launched an investigation to see which of my roommates were secretly running into the bathroom and smearing their hands all over my glasses, but all I discovered was 48 hours of boring video footage and the fact that I have too much time on my hands. Oh well, I’ll just take these free Bausch lens cleaning tissues and file this mystery in my box of cold cases.

If you have a Valero near you, then put on your favorite college sports team attire and drop in today only for a free 32oz fountain drink courtesy of Dr. Pepper. I’m not sure if you can only get Dr. Pepper or if you can go for any other drink, but since I don’t have a Valero near me, I don’t get to find out.

Who wants to live on the edge, try to get a free fountain coke, and then report your experience in the comments?! Come on, spice up your life a little and be daring. Before you know it, you’ll be taking an extra minute long lunch break at work and staying up past your bedtime while eating cookies in bed. I can already feel my heart racing just at the thought of all this! Phew, I need to go find a paper bag to breath into.

EDIT: This is no longer available.

This is actually a pretty cool freebie where Billboard will donate two free songs to any soldier for each person who wishes to do so. You unfortunately can’t designate which soldier gets the tunes, but it’s still a small and easy gesture that might help out in some minuscule way. We’re pretty good at Hiffing big freebies, now let’s see how many free songs we can donate to those who truly deserve them!

[via Meri and Matador Pulse]

EDIT: Looks like this offer is no longer available.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas last week, because I certainly did. I had a house full of friends and family, so I did the unthinkable and closed my laptop for a few days. My hands literally tried to resist as I ordered them to perform the task, but they finally relented when I promised to soon fill them with freshly baked cookies. It was a risky plan, especially since I ended up eating about 9 million cookies, but I think it was totally worth it. Plus there’s a free pedometer offer out there that I can put to good use burning off the recently added pounds! Oh, who am I kidding, I’ll probably only wear it as I walk back and forth from the kitchen getting more leftover goodies.

And yes, we’re back to a regular posting schedule now! More freebies will be coming today.

Boy oh boy, where has all of the time gone. I know that Goob’s got a house full of family and me? Well, I’ve just been playing video games with my wife all weekend. But even with all of the running around to get this or that frozen pizza, my feet hurt from being elevated up on pillows all night till 4am while my wife and I slaughter the demons in Norrath…

So maybe this free sample of Kerasal foot creme will be welcome. When I get it, kicking my feet up will be just a little more relaxing…

And when the holidays end and we get a little more back to normal, you’ll see us a little more often. Shaynon’s freebie year in review is coming tomorrow… Happy holidays, folks.

[via the forums]

If I saw a product called XyliMelt and had to guess what it was, free dry mouth relief medication tablets would probably come in at #529. I’m still not even convinced that’s what this product does – their tagline is “Relief That Sticks.” Really? When I have a dry mouth, I can’t really say that sticky products have ever helped to cure it.

[via Free Samples Direct]

EDIT: They’ve since changed this offer to a printable copy of the booklet.

I know without a shadow of a doubt that I’ll put this free crock pot soup recipes booklet to good use. Is there any greater invention for those of us lacking culinary skills? If I hadn’t received a crock pot a few years ago as a gift, I probably wouldn’t have made it this far in life. Authorities would have probably found me crumpled on my kitchen floor and gnawing on some old socks.

Too bad I don’t have this free Don Francisco’s coffee on hand for tomorrow morning. Every year my siblings want to shoot out of bed at the crack of dawn and start opening presents while I’m always mumbling “come on, just 5 more minutes!” Even on Christmas, sleep tops my list of Things That Should Be Done Prior To Noon.

[via Motherhood Moment]

As 2008 draws to a close, it’s nice to look back at some of the awesome freebies that were offered during the year. I’ll be making a post closer to New Years recapping some of the great freebies I got (we’re even chatting about it on the forums), but in the mean time I’ve got a question for ya. Do you think you’re the biggest freebie addict out there?

I ask because friend of the site Alyssa is holding a Freebie Idol 2008 and is looking for freebie addicts! She’s looking for whoever thinks they are the biggest freebie addict to do anything creative: sing a song about freebies, write a poem, review a sample you have received, take a photo of all of your freebies, or anything else you can think of! Submissions are open until December 31 and prizes will be handed out soon thereafter.

So if you’re snowed in up north or need a little break from all the friends and family that might be swarming around your house right now, get a little creative and have some fun with this! I know I’ll certainly be entering.

EDIT: Looks like we Hiffed it!

I have no freaking idea how this post magically vanished. Blame the gremlins.

m not sure if anybody else is a little creeped out by this free C’elle water bottle, but they should be. The survey is about storing blood cells from a baby’s umbilical cord and then they juuuust happen to give away an object that holds liquid?