Freebies and free stuff

Wow, does anyone else have insanely hot weather all of a sudden? It’s so muggy that my hair is venturing into the neighbor’s yard. No wait, that’s the crazy lady’s mangy dog. Still, it is drastically warmer out. I won’t complain too much, though…this type of weather gives me more justification to eat ice cream twice a day. (Yes, I may have had a sundae for brunch).

Groceries:

Post: Save $2.00 on new Honey Bunches of Oats with Pecans

General Mills: Save $1.00 on 2 General Mills cereals

Chef’s Requested: $1.00 off Chef’s Requested filets

Cattlemen’s: Save 50 cents on Cattlemen’s BBQ Sauce. Must register.

Chobani: Register to receive a coupon for 50cents off Chobani Greek yogurt

Pop-Tarts: Take 55 cents off new blueberry muffin Pop-Tarts

FiberPlus: Take 75 cents off Kellogg’s FiberPlus granola bars

Health & Beauty:

L’Oreal: Save up to $9 on selected L’Oreal makeup and hair products

Degree for Women: Take $1.00 off Degree for Women fragrance

Degree for Men: Take $1.00 off Degree for Men

Pull-Ups: Save $2.00 on Pull-Ups training pants. Must register.

Neosporin: Save up to $3.00 on Neosporin ointments

Dining:

Wendy’s: Play the Twisted Frosty Twist and Win game for an instant $1.00 off coupon (not to mention the $10,000 sweepstakes!)

It’s technically not Monday anymore, but I’m still awake (why?!) and finishing up this week’s school supply deals. As always, I probably missed a few, so if you know of any good sales or discounts going on, chime away in the comments.

$0.01 – $0.20 Items
$0.01 – Spiral one-subject notebooks, 70 sheet (limit 3)
$0.05 – 12″ ruler (limit 3)
$0.10 – Dixon #2 pencils, 10 pack (limit 3)
$0.20 – Crayola crayons, 24 pack (limit 3)

Staples has a $5/$50 coupon in their weekly ad, so make sure to pick up a copy if you’re going to do some heavy shopping.

$0.00 Items!
Casio handheld label maker, free after $15 rebate (limit 1)
Staples Slim-line pencil sharpener, free after $10 rebate (limit 1)
Handy-lines dry-erase makers, 3 pack and free after $3.99 rebate (limit 1)
Norton Internet Security 2009, free after $40 & $20 rebates

$0.01 Items!
Staples wire-bound notebooks, 70 sheet (limit 6)

$0.00 Items!
Free Tug backpacks with a $10 puchase (limit 2)
Also, if you buy the Crayola Conical Tip Markers for $1.99, you can get a free pack of 24 Crayola crayons.

$0.01 – $0.49 Items
$0.05 – Office Depot School Grade portfolios (limit 5)
$0.25 – Scissors, 2 pack (limit 3)
$0.40 – Office Depot acrylic ruler
$0.49 – Scholastic Glue Stick

$0.50 – $0.99 Items
$0.50 – Wilson Jones binders (limit 5)
$0.75 – Paper Mate pink pearl erasers, 3 pack
$0.99 – Office Depot Value notebook paper, 150 pack
$0.99 – Office Depot Value mechanical pencils, 6 pack

Usually we like to test the freeibes before we post them. That way, well, we have an idea of how it reacts and how many are available and that its not dead yet.

Unfortunately, this free Burt’s Bees Natural Acne Solutions sample goes live on August 10th. Does that mean midnight EST? Noon? I couldn’t tell you. But I can tell you that its still technically available, just not available to request until the 10th. And that because we know it goes live on August 10th, it’ll soon be good. Oh, and I can also tell you that you’re reading about this here now and you should have already clicked.

Still reading? GO! CLICK!

EDIT: Sorry to take so long to edit this one, folks. The address has changed once this freebie went live: http://www.startsampling.com/sm/100916
But now? It definitely works. I would have updated this earlier if I didn’t have work today…

Here’s another offer we’ve already posted on HIF in the form of a free Scrubbing Bubbles Shower Caddy. When I posted it in late April, it died within a week or so, but it appears to be back up and running now.

Don’t be fooled by the name, however, as this freebie does not come with an actual caddy. When I asked for advice on which shampoo I should use, it didn’t provide a single helpful insight. And don’t even get me started about when I asked it put my 9 iron away!

EDIT: Adam just alerted me that he posted this a few week back. How did I miss that?

Adam posted this free Total Blueberry Pomegranate cereal back in January, but they’ve begun advertising it yet again, so have at it. Bonus points goes to General Mills because they didn’t prohibit me from signing up again this time around. If only every freebie would let me sing up multiple times!

Be sure to select “no thank you” on the second page when asked if you want to sign up for the GM newsletters. Unless you do want to sign up for them, however. If that’s the case, ticking the no option would be a pretty silly thing to do.

A long while back, Goob told me that part of my job requirements for writing for HIF including excessive drinking before posting. Needless to say after a few beers and some NCAA 2007 on my PS2–playing as my alma mater, the UCF Knights–and I think I’m in the mood for a snack. Something like this free Somersault snack sample. Alas, it’ll take 7-10 days, and I don’t have enough beers to get me through till it’ll arrive. I might just have to stop drinking and sober up…

I’ll listen to and play almost anything musically. Seriously. If my statement there wasn’t evidence enough, I just filled in on bass guitar for a vocal group that was playing Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, and a ton of classic fun dancing songs like “The Twist” and “Locomotion.” Yup. The grunge/indie songwriter me sat in on bass guitar.

But what I’m finding even cooler than that is this free Celtic music sampler. I’ll listen to anything. Really. Especially because all I have stuck in my head now is Jonas Brother’s “Play My Music”…

EDIT: These are no longer available.

These free Nutland Crunch samples look pretty darn tasty. I’m a big fan of snacking on peanuts and such because they give me an excuse to have a cold beer. Other excuses include nothing good being on TV, running out of milk, and the rare event when the current day ends in “day.”

The previous free taco offer must have been a success, because there’s yet another two free Jack in the Box tacos offer coming up on Tuesday, August 11. This is pretty bad news for me as tacos are my Kryptonite. As soon as a plate of them are placed in front of me, all extraneous brain functions shut down and my sole goal in life becomes to consume the wonders that are meat and cheese stuffed in a tortilla.

My greatest fear is that one day I’ll have to choose between a million dollars and a lifetime supply of tacos. How many tacos can a million dollars even buy? It surely can’t be a lifetimes worth, right?

[via the forums]

The previous coupon booklet that I posted last week is now showing up as “sold out” for some people, so enter this free $35 coupon booklet! This one looks rather new to me as I don’t remember seeing this color scheme or the “refresh your nest for less” tagline before. As luck would have it, that’s the exact same secret code phrase my gang in high school used. I was the only member though and I guess it wasn’t so much a gang as it was me wearing a leather jacket and aviator glasses while trying to look cool.

Okay, fine, you caught me. I still wear the glasses. And jacket. Including right now. It’s not my fault this room is so cold!