Freebies and free stuff

I’m running out the door to the airport and am a little…what’s the phrase…late? No, that’s not it. Super duper late. Yes! That’s what I’m looking for. So for today, instead of posts with flowing setups and weak punchlines, I’m going to throw as many freebies as I can at ya. Think of it as HIF’s version of the Lightning Round.

This free Kraft Smile savings booklet and calendar is actually a back to school promotion, to which I say…huh? Isn’t it July 2? Who in the world is heading back to school already? Beats me, but the allure of $55 worth of coupons spread out over the upcoming year is enough for me to sign up.

It’s been a while since I’ve done a coupon post, but I thought I’d whip one together since the freebies are a little slow today. (edit: Doh! Sorry for not getting this published by 3:00) As always, many more printable coupons can be found on HIF-approved coupon sites like Coupons.com and RedPlum.

Also, most of these are printable coupons. If you’re having trouble getting them to print, the coupon printing help post I made last month might be of some use.

Health & Beauty:

Degree: $1 off Degree Men Absolute Protection.

Pull-Ups: $3.00 off with this coupon. If you use IE as your browser, then use this link instead to print it.

Groceries:

Ben & Jerry: $1.00 off any two pints.

Betty Crocker: Looks like they’ve got some new coupons plus they’ve reset their printing count, so you can print out ones you’ve printed before in the past.

Bush’s Baked Beans: Unfortunately the HIF Coupons.com page doesn’t have this $1 off any two cans offer.

Chex Mix Bars: Save $0.60 with this coupon.

MetroMint: $0.55 off a brand of bottled water I’ve never heard of! They have a bunch of retailers near me though, so it’s through no fault of their own.

Nature Valley: Anybody try their Granola Nut Clusters before? I probably will now thanks to this $1.00 coupon.

Wishbone: Save $0.75 on any of their salad dressings.

Yoplait: Yet another Betty Crocker newsletter signup offer. This time if you sign up, they’ll send you free Yoplait Whips samples. I assume this is via a coupon though.

Dining:

Ben & Jerry: Not quite a coupon, but mention this offer and get a free BOGO sundae every Monday from now until Aug. 31.

Hardee’s: I have no idea what biscuit holes are, but you can get 6 of them for free with any breakfast combo purchase.

Jamba Juice: BOGO smoothie thru July 12.

Misc:

Purina: Here’s a $3.00 off coupon for their Yesterday’s News brand cat litter, 13.2 pounds or larger. It may become apparent that I don’t normally buy cat litter when I say – 13.2 pounds of it? Isn’t that a lot?!

Some of the coupons above were found on Freebies 4 Mom, Common Sense with Money, and The Freebie Blogger. Thanks!

Here’s a coupon for a free 10-day supply of Bare Escentuals from JCPenny. Not only that, but you’ll get a free baby buki brush as well. Don’t know what a buki brush is? Don’t worry, neither do I.

The fine print says that you’ll need to take this to any Sephora inside a JCPenny store. Here’s a search guide to see if your local store has one or not.

It’s gotten to the point where I don’t even need the reminder on my calendar for this free Mars chocolate candy coupon and hey, it only took two months! Way to go memory!

In addition, I recently found this incredibly cheesy yet amazing promotional video for the offer staring Neil Patrick Harris. The ending tagline alone is brilliant: “because helping each other, that’s what America loves most … that, and free stuff.” Yes we do, Mr. Stinson, yes we do.

Click here for the video

Did anyone else get tons of freebies/coupons in the mail today? My mailbox was full! I was so excited for all my free stuff that I accidentally threw away my TV bill and had to dig it out of the garbage. Not my most glamorous moment. Although it could have been worse…at least I realized the bill was gone before I took my garbage out to the dumpster! Hot weather and dumpster diving just don’t mix. And just in case I ruined anyone’s appetite talking about garbage, I’ll list the non-food coupons first this week:

Health & Beauty:

Bath & Body Works: Free signature travel item with any purchase, in-store or online (expires 7/1)

Aquafresh: Various coupons for Aquafresh toothpaste, toothbrushes, and whitening trays

Vaseline: $1 off Vaseline Clinical Therapy lotion

Skintimate: $1 off any Skintimate shave product

Listerine: $1 off Agent Cool Blue rinse

Groceries:

Coke: Blockbuster is sponsoring a BOGO 20oz coke in their stores

Ragu: $1 off 2 bottles of Ragu sauce

Sunny D: 55cents off Sunny D smoothies

Famous Amos: 55cents off Famous Amos cookies

Bagel Bites: $1 off 2 boxes of Bagel Bites

Bagel-fuls: $1 off Kraft Bagel-fuls (lots of bagel-y stuff today!)

Dining:

Papa Murphy’s: Get a BBQ Chicken DeLite pizza for just $7.99.

Misc:

Borders: Here’s a coupon that expires on 6/25 for a free Seattle’s Best Coffee

I’m getting a late jump on the freebies this morning, but thankfully the ol’ faithful free Mars chocolate candy coupon is back today. Unfortunately I’ve hit my four coupon limit, so now I’m sending them to random friends and family members. It’s my way of trying to get them to eat as much unhealthy food as I do.

EDIT: DiGiorno flipped their links around and now we can’t find the coupon on their site. So until we can find it again, this is dead.

I’ve started branching out to some new restaurants locally, mainly so I don’t have to do the dishes around the apartment. Its just more work that I don’t feel like doing, seeing I’ll just make food and make them dirty again. So the longer I can hold out, well, as long as I have a spoon, I guess I’m alright.

And that’s where this coupon for a free DiGiorno Flat Bread is so great! No plates needed, no silverware needed! Just rip open the box and make it on that! Now if only my cats will come closer so I can use them as napkins. I mean, they’re self cleaning, right?

I have to admit that I’ve never been to a White Castle. Sure, I saw the Harold and Kumar movie, and sure, I’ve eaten at a Krystals–which is essentially the same thing–but I know I’m missing out. As a matter of fact, when I was driving back from Chicago about a month ago, I passed a few and was so tempted, just so I could say that I did.

But, now that I’ll be heading back to Chicago in a week? I’ll be armed with quite a few of these free White Castle slider coupons. Sure, that means I’ll be pulling off for a lot of exits, but that’s a lot of free sliders, and I’m ready for them!

Since Goob provided everyone with some “fun” trivia in the last coupon post, I thought I’d give it a whirl this week. According to a recent e-mail I received, June is quite the eventful month. Let’s all take some time over the next few weeks to honor June as Turkey Lover’s Month, National Accordion Awareness Month, National Bathroom Reading Month, and Potty Training Awareness Month (you can multitask with those last two). Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go proclaim my love of turkey to my neighbors.

Groceries:

Filippo Berio: $1 off Filippo Berio olive oil

Ocean Spray: $1 off Ocean Spray Cranberry Pomegranate juice

Drumstick: $1 off 10-pack of Nestle Drumstick Lil’Drums cones

Heluva Good: Take 50 cents off Heluva good products

Batter Blaster: Take $1 off Batter Blaster pancake batter in a can

Fruit20: Take 55 cents off a 6-pack of Fruit20 or $1.00 of 2 18oz bottles of Fruit2O Essentials

Health & Beauty:

John Frieda: $1 off one Root Awakenings hair care product

Neosporin: $1 off Neosporin product

Tide: Take $1.50 off the new Tide Stain Release

Misc:

Borders: Get a free 12 oz Seattle’s Best drink at participating Borders stores (Hurry, expires 6/18!)

Boston Market: Take $3 of a purchase of $6 or more at Bostom Market restaurants

If you have trouble printing some of the Bricks coupons, make sure to check out Goob’s handy Online Coupon Printing Help post. Enjoy!

I’m officially renaming Friday to free Mars chocolate candy coupon Day. All those opposed? Excellent, the motion passes 1-0.

I sure can get a lot of things done whenever I’m the only person making decisions. Put somebody like me in charge and then we can finally get away with those annoyingly protracted “check and balance” procedures in the government.

If you register for Self magazine’s 2009 challenge, you will be given a printable coupon good for some free Crabtree & Evelyn hand cream. I’ve never heard of this brand before, but a few Hiffers sent this offer in to me (thanks!) and so I figured I should post it.

Make sure to mark that you don’t want to sign up for a magazine subscription. I mean, unless you want to. Between all the free magazines I post here and the free magazine section we already have, I don’t know why you’d want to start paying for a magazine though. But what do I know? Don’t think you have to listen to me. I don’t even listen to myself half the time. In fact, my brain is screaming at me not to pour this pot of scalding, hot coffee all over myself, but here goes!

AAAAH, that’s hot. Why didn’t I listen to myself? Stupid hindsight!

People have been sending me this link for free kids bowling at AMF for the past few weeks now, but I kept filing away the emails because I thought I’d already posted it. Whoops. Anyway, register on the site and you’ll get a pass that allows children under the age of 15 to get two free games of bowling every day before 5pm throughout the summer. You have to pay for shoe rentals, but some people emailing me said they’ve used the pass so many times already that they just went ahead and bought a pair of shoes.

Well I viewed that as a challenge and am now the proud owner of a bowling alley! All it cost me was every penny I had plus a loan that’s certain to cripple me for the next few decades, but I think it’s more than worth it. I probably won’t even get bored of bowling until August!

The freebies are a bit weak today, so I thought I’d take a stab at whipping together a random coupon post. It’s not nearly as good a post as the ones Jenna puts together, but I’m running short on time if I want to make the 3:00 newsletter deadline. Fun trivia, I was watching Jeopardy the other night and learned that the term deadline can be traced back to Civil War POW camps, where they would shoot people who crossed a “dead line.” Wait…what the heck was supposed to be fun about that trivia?

As always, there are 100 times more coupons like these available through sites like Coupons.com and SmartSource.

Groceries:
A-1 Steak Sauce: The good? You get a free printable $2 off coupon. The bad? You have to suffer through an autoplay video.
Hidden Valley: Save $1.50 on any two bottles of dressing. (printable)
Jello Pudding: Save $0.60 on any Jello pudding snack packs. (printable)

Around the House:
Tide: Save $1.50 on the new Tide Stain Release in-wash boosters.

Health & Beauty:
Advil, Centrum, ThermaCare, & More: There are a ton of coupons for Wyeth products here available. You have to take a short (1 to 5) question survey for some of them and the three that I signed up for are all printable, but you don’t need any software for them. This free $1 Advil coupon is an example of what you’ll get. *hint, wink, nudge*
Coppertone: $1 off any Coppertone product. (printable)
Johnson & Johnson: Buy 3 Johnson Baby products and use this coupon to save $3. (printable)

Clothing:
JCPenney: Use the code GR8DAD to save $10.00 on any order. Code expires 6/21.

And finally, it’s worth noting that Kmart is holding a Double Coupon week right now. They’ll only double up to 10 coupons per customer, per day, but it might still be worth the trip depending on what coupons you happen to have on hand (or print today!) If you happen to head their way, this free $5 off any $50 Kmart purchase coupon might come in handy.

Geez, the signup form for this free bottle of Country Bob’s Sauce coupon is quite thorough. 10 different fields just for your address! All they needed to do was ask which potted plant you keep the spare key under, directions to your bedroom, and voila – freebies delivered in bed.

Stop by your local T.G.I.Friday’s for a free entree with the purchase of another entree. This coupon can be used for lunch or dinner, and you can reprint and reuse the coupon as many times as you want (in separate visits) through June 22! They have some new sandwiches and salads that look pretty tasty!

Also, if you haven’t already signed up for T.G.I.Friday’s Give Me More Stripes rewards program, you should! Just for signing up, you’ll get a coupon for get a free dessert/appetizer and a “skip-the-line” pass entitling you to bypass other parties waiting to be seated. Members will also receive exclusive promotional offers and the chance to earn points for free food. But be warned of 2 things: 1. You can’t combine the free appetizer/dessert coupon with the BOGO entree coupon; 2. When using the “skip-the-line” pass, the waitstaff really frowns upon you insisting on your own dressing room and handing out autographs to all the other customers.