Freebies and free stuff

I love the badges of accreditation that companies slap on their site in order to show they’re legit. Most are garbage, but the important ones on the free Overtime pain relief lotion page check out.

But here’s the thing. Let’s pretend the valid VeriSign badge didn’t convince us to try this freebie. Would the Nation Pain Foundation badge push you over the edge? Did you even know the National Pain Foundation existed before now? What about the National Pain Awareness? Who starts all of these random groups and how do I get the ball rolling on my own National Freebies League? The NFL acronym is available, right? Also, when will I stop asking questions?

Christmas is this Saturday and I don’t know about you, but I’ll be ready to think about freebies again come Monday, December 27. Coincidentally enough, that’s exactly when we can all sign up for a free Chick-fil-A spicy chicken biscuit. The free biscuits will be given away from January 3-8, 2011 and heartburn should follow anywhere form the 4th through the 9th.

I can’t remember the last time I visited a Borders. After buying a Kindle, I don’t see a reason to go to the bookstore to read books anymore with my coffee, seeing I can do the same thing at home, and not have to change out of my boxers and monkey slippers.

But I guess for those who dare trek outside, there’s this free small coffee or tea at Borders coupon for now through December 25th with your Border’s Rewards membership. And seeing their membership program is free? I can use that extra money to buy some new monkey slippers–mine have holes in them.

After all day at work listening to Christmas music, its really nice for me to unwind to something completely off-kilter. Tonight, it was Just Jack’s Overtones, and usually its something wonky like that. But after finding these two free Christmas albums from Will Johns and Tramper Price (whomever they are), well, they’re just off-kilter enough for me to appreciate.

Not as off-kilter as Wesley Willis, but he’s pretty hard to match up to, mind you.

Rock over London, Rock on Chicago… Heinz Ketchup, try all 57 varieties… RIP buddy…

With all of the snow outside, I really could use a vacation. At least, if I could get some jogging in? It’d be kinda nice.

So I think I’ll just print this free coupon for a 2oz body lotion from Bath & Body Works this weekend so I can try out one of the fresh island scents. Its a start to a mental vacation, right?

Vocalpoint has a free Lowes coupon booklet with $46 worth of savings on cleaning supplies. I wasn’t able to sign up for this as it “isn’t available” in my area, but maybe a Hiffer or two will have better luck.

EDIT: There’s a limit on how many of these they give out each day. If you’re getting an “expired” message, then try getting it tomorrow.

Is there something wrong with Excedrin now? Why is Coupons.com giving away so many free Excedrin and Excedrine Migraine coupons lately? Should stockholders be worried? Is it nothing more than a placebo? And why the heck am I still on this computer?!

You’ll have to use the second link, then click “Health Care.” You’ll then see two Excedrin coupons each for a free bottle plus a $3.50/1 coupon to boot! After filling out each of the forms, I got a confirmation message saying my coupon was in the mail. However, the page refreshed with a “limit reached” message. So who knows if these will actually come or not.

RewardsGold is once again offering free Shape magazine subscriptions as well as free Muscle & Fitness magazine subscriptions. My brain is mush right now, so I’m about to offer myself a free scotch subscription followed by a free hour of lying on the couch reading.

The most frequent question I get is “Goob, how do you stay so fit and handsome?” To which I reply, “please, please, let’s just talk about freebies.” The second most frequent question pertains to Facebook freebies. In order to get most of them, you have to like a company and/or add their application to your profile. However, what happens after signing up? The company hopes you’ll move along on your merry way and forget all about unliking them / deleting the application, but I’m here to show an alternative. The way I see it, each and every Hiffer should be able to get Facebook freebies.

LAST UPDATED: 10-17-2011

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While laid up in bed a month ago, I vowed to get my Christmas shopping completed by the start of December. “No, to heck with that,” I said, “I’m gonna have it finished by Thanksgiving!”

I have three gifts bought so far.

Luckily for me and anybody else in the same boat, today is Free Shipping Day. Over 1,000 merchants have agreed to ship any purchases made today not only for free but with the guarantee that they’ll arrive by Christmas. And we’re not talking about MomAndPasCoolAwesomeHandmadeSoaps.com (I really hope that’s not a real company), but big retailers like:

• American Eagle
• Barnes & Noble – Code B4D4P3U saves 20% off any 1 item.
• Best Buy
• Borders
• Coldwater Creek – Save 40% with code AFLA977.
• Disney Store – Pajamas & plush animals are BOGO.
• NFL.com – Save 20% on Outlet items with code NFLSHIP.
• Shoes.com – Save 20% with code HOLIDAY20.

Another 733 stores are offering free shipping as well, but only on purchases with a minimum order. They include:

• Banana Republic – Free shipping (FS) with $50 purchase plus save 35% with code BR35PRE.
• Gap – FS with $50 purchase plus save 25% with code GAPSAVENOW.
• Kodak Gallery – FS with $30 purchase plus save 30% with code SHIP30.
• Kohl’s – FS with $50 purchase plus save 30% with code GIFTGIVING.
• Old Navy – FS with $50 purchase plus save 20% with code ONSAVE20.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to hunt for yet another Adventure Time t-shirt. For my brother. *looks around sheepishly*