Freebies and free stuff

I love it when companys host coupons on their own sites, kind of like how this free Pulled Pork Slider from White Castle coupon is set up. It takes almost zero effort to confirm that it’s real, which leaves me with plenty of time to train my pet monkey. I bought him a while back in the hopes of letting him run HIF for a while. So far it’s only taken me four weeks to teach him how to put on pants, which is three weeks faster than I learned as a kid!

The coupon is valid through June 30th, so I guess we’re on the honor system here to only print it once. Okay, maybe twice. Fine, fine, 27 times, but that’s it!

[thanks to everybody who emailed me about this.]

Here’s another good freebie that I wanted to get in before our daily newsletter was sent out. On Wednesday, April 29th from 11am-2pm, Domino’s Pizza is giving away free Bread Bowl Pasta orders for pickup. I suggest calling your local Domino’s and making sure they’re participating, because this strikes me as one of those offers where only half of the stores join in on the fun.

Speaking of our free newsletter, we also have a popular RSS feed you can sign up for. I do my best to make getting freebies as easy as possible, although now that I look at the numbers, I see that not many people have signed up for our Carrier Pigeon notification method.

Wednesday, April 29th, marks two important events for me, so I can’t forget it at all, no sirree.

First off, its my wife’s and my anniversary. After two years of marriage she still puts up with me and all of my shenanigans. How about that one?

And how will we be celebrating, seeing I have the day off from work? Well, that evening after whatever nice dinner we’ll be having, I know we’ll be heading out to the second important event: $.31 scoop night at Baskin Robbins from 5p-10p. Suffice to say that its not as important as the first important event, but still: a small single scoop ice cream from them for just over a quarter? Not bad, I say, not bad at all!

Hey, what can I say, after these years? I’m still a cheap date!

[via the forums]

EDIT: This is no longer available.

If you missed out last Tuesday, the free Nature’s Source Cleaner offer is back. They’ve only got 10,000 samples again, so act quickly. In fact, I’m not even going to waste time trying to think of a joke so that as many of you can sign up for this as possible. You’re welcome.

Wait, are you thanking me for posting this quickly or for not making a joke?

EDIT: Apparently this is not just a California-only based restaurant. Be sure to check out the store locator to see if they have a joint near you!

I don’t normally post regional freebies, but this El Pollo Loco freebie is too good to pass up. For today (Tuesday, April 28) only until 8pm, they are giving away a Taste the Fire Offer, which consists of one flame-grilled leg and one flame-grilled thigh, two tortillas (choice of flour or corn) and fresh salsa. Toss in a water and that’s a whole meal!

From the looks of it, they only have locations in California, so eat well West Coasters and consider this your early Flag Day gift.

Barnes & Noble have a sweet program set up for kids in grades 1 through 6 this summer where if they read eight books, they can receive a free book. If there’s one thing I know kids absolutely love to do over the summer, it’s read!

1. Kids read any eight (8) books of their own choosing.
2. Kids use the Summer Reading Journal to tell us their favorite part of each book. A parent/guardian signs the journal when it’s complete. You can also get a Spanish-language Reading Journal.
3. Children bring their completed Reading Journal to a Barnes & Noble store between May 26th & September 7th, 2009.
4. We’ll give them a coupon for a FREE book! They choose from a list of exceptional paperback titles.

It’s win-win for everybody involved, as it’ll get your children to read a little over the summer while also helping you avoid the continuous “I’m bored, I’m bored, I’m bored” barrage.

EDIT: We’ve exhausted their monthly supply, however they should have some more come May 1st.

Are there different degrees of gray hair? I always thought you either had gray hair or you didn’t, but now this free Clairol Advanced Gray Solution is making me think there are shades of gray I’m not aware of. Either I’m over thinking this or there’s a massive conspiracy to shield the truth from me and I think we all know which way I’m going with this. Hold on a second…*rummages through desk*…ah-ha! Here’s my favorite tinfoil hat!

I personally went with the Light Golden Chestnut option, but only because it sounds delicious.

I haven’t tested this free personal Hallmark card but only because I want to actually want to take my time to think of something nice to send to my mom. The right-hand side of the site says that if you use the code CARD4MOM, both the card and stamp are free. My only concern is that I’ll mess up the card somehow. If there’s one thing I learned from last year’s debacle, it’s that mom’s don’t like it when you give them a card that says “Hey mom, could you send me $50 please?”

The offer is valid through May 4th and the find print says if you order by May 1st, delivery should be made before Mother’s Day.

Spring time must be a popular time to quit smoking. Just a few days ago we had the free Nicoderm offer and now if you watch a short video, you can receive a free Nicorette starter pack*. It almost makes me want to take up smoking just so I can take advantage of these freebies!

*Here’s a secondary link to try. Nicorette keeps changing the link.

EDIT: This offer is no longer available.

Sign up for Pillsbury’s newsletter and receive around $5 in exclusive printable coupons every time they send out an issue (which I believe is once a week?) I’m a horrendous cook (ladies, pretend you didn’t hear that!) and so their biscuits are a lifesaver for me in that even I can’t ruin them. I’m pretty sure had I not discovered them in college, I wouldn’t have made it past the age of 20.

Some of the current coupons include $1/any two Pillsbury Cookie Dough, $0.50/any two Pillsbury Grand Biscuits, and $1/and two Yoplait Kids Yogurt.