Freebies and free stuff

Tiny Prints is offering a free Valentine’s Day card for today only (it expires at midnight PST). After liking them on Facebook, you’ll be given a code for a free custom card. As with their previous promotions, shipping is free as long as you send it to your own home. If you try to mail it elsewhere, you’ll be charged $0.44.

I plan on sending myself a card and then acting surprised when it arrives. The only danger is that I’ll forget doing so and thus believe I’ve actually got a secret admirer.

The free MLK Day promotional items offer is back. I take it the holiday is fast approaching? I used to be far more knowledgable about federal holidays when I was in school.

The items you can order for free include:

• MLK Day Posters
• MLK Day Fact Sheet
• bookmarks
• stickers
• door hangers

I still have my door hangers from last year.

This might be a little tricky for some, so here’s what you do. Check the items you want, then add them to your cart. Click your cart near the top middle of the screen and start the checkout process. It’ll ask you to register a free account and then once you do so, you’ll be taken back to the registration screen. Turns out that doubles as the login screen. Login to your account and just hit submit.

Or if you don’t celebrate Christmas, Merry Last Sunday Night of 2011!

I hope every Hiffer out there had a great day / weekend. I know I did. Heck, I still am. This past year has been crazy and I know I’m dangerously close to becoming a broken record, but y’all and HIF were a huge part of it and I’ll forever be thankful.

But enough of my ramblings. Go grab a relaxing drink, curl up on the couch, and enjoy the rest of your evening. Freebies will resume tomorrow? Tuesday? Probably Tuesday.

Today is Free Shipping Day where everybody gets a free tapdancing penguin. Okay, maybe not, but I wanted to make sure you were actually reading this instead of going straight to the links. Free Shipping Day is just that – a day where over 2,500 stores offer free shipping with the guarantee that your purchase arrives before Christmas.

And remember to go through your Ebates or Big Crumbs accounts to get cash back on any purchases you make!

EDIT: It doesn’t seem to let us select an option to pick these up in the store, however Staples have in-store kiosks. So you could go to Staples, make the card there, and then have them print out while you wait.

So if you happened to miss our post card offer for Staples and still need some sort of holiday card? Might I suggest this coupon for 20 free 5×7 Staples photo cards that expires on November 19th? If you pick it up in store, the only thing you’re out is postage for 20 family members.

Unless you ship them all C.O.D., that is. Oh come on, admit it, you know there’s that one uncle you want to try that on…

Tomorrow is Veterans Day and I’m happy to say there are a ton of offers available. To be honest, I couldn’t even begin to cover to them, but The Military Wallet seems to have done the best job. As such, I’m just going to cover the food freebies that I’ve been able to verify. Check out their site for a full list of offers tomorrow.

Unless otherwise noted, these offers are available on Friday, November 11, for all veterans and active duty military personnel who can provide proof of military service. So sorry to anybody who thinks playing Call of Duty all day long qualifies them for a freebie. These guys and gals deserve them way more than us.

7-Eleven – Stop in to get a free small Slurpee between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Applebee’s – Free Signature Entree all day long.

Chili’s – Any lunch combo is free from 11am – 5pm.

Famous Dave’s – Each store is different (check out their site to see what yours is offering), but most are giving away a free Two Meat Salute. I give that Two Sausages Up. Wait … I was referring to my thumbs!

Golden Corral – This year’s Military Appreciation Monday “thank you” dinner is on Monday, November 14 from 5pm – 9pm. It’s open to anyone who has ever served in the U.S. Military and no ID is required.

Hooters – They’re giving away 10 free wings, but a drink purchase is required.

Krispy Kreme – SOME locations are giving away free doughnuts. I’ve found a lot of regional news stations reporting this, but I can’t find anything official from Krispy Kreme, so it’s not a nationwide thing.

McCormick’s and Schmick’s – They’ll hold a Veterans Appreciation Event on Sunday, November 13 and only veterans get a free meal. Space is limited, but you can make a reservation.

Olive Garden – Six different entrees will be given away all day long.

Outback Steakhouse – Get a free Bloomin’ Onion and Coke now through Friday.

Shoney’s – Heroes can receive a free breakfast or lunch buffet with the purchase of a regularly priced buffet.

Subway – Again, there’s no official corporate offer since all Subways are franchises, but Subway’s official Twitter feed confirmed that many locations are offering a 6″ sub. They also say it’d be smart to call ahead to your local store to see if they’re participating. And do you know what I say?! Nothing. I can’t really add to this.

Texas Roadhouse – They have ten different dinner entrees to choose from.

T.G.I. Friday’s – They’re giving away a BOGO dinner on Friday night.

Tim Hortons – They’re giving out free Star Spangled Vanilla Dip donuts adorned with star-shaped sprinkles. Because everybody knows regular sprinkles are for chumps.

Uno Chicago Grill – Get 19.43% off any purchase. Why such an odd number? Well, as Uno explains it, that’s the year Uno was born! So … I still don’t really get it.

EDIT: This is no longer available.

The free Tiny Prints Halloween greeting card offer is back for today only. Like last time, you get free shipping if you send it to your own house, but it costs $.44 to ship anywhere else. Also like last time, I can’t avoid cards with puns. I went with the Happy Owloween card.

Oh, it might help if I gave you the coupon code. It’s AUTUMN11. The code didn’t work for me until I signed into my account, so you’ll want to do that or make one first.

EDIT: This is no longer available.

For today only, you can get a code on Facebook for a free TinyPrints Halloween greeting card with free shipping if you have it sent to your own house. If you try to ship it elsewhere, you’ll have to pay $.44 for a stamp. That’s always perplexed me. Why is it free to ship something to my house but not others?

While we’re on the subject, since when did Halloween greeting cards become a thing? Not that I’m complaining. I was an instant convert as soon as I saw the “Have a Corny Halloween” card.

The free TinyPrints Father’s Day card offer from last week has been extended until Monday at 3:00pm EST. If you’re not in the market for a Father’s Day card, why not think outside the box and get something for the next holiday. I was going to get a birthday card for one of my siblings, but I figured I’d need a “Dear Neighbor, sorry I accidentally beat up your garbage can during a 3am sleep-karate battle” card sooner.

Code FREEFD is for a free card and free shipping as long as you send it to yourself. If you ship it to a different address than your own, it’ll cost $0.44.

The free TinyPrints offer that some of you found on their Facebook page has been extended to all members. Now through June 13, you can get a free TinyPrints Father’s Day card by using code FREEFD. This offer is for a free card and free shipping to yourself and the best part is that, contrary to their name, the print on the cards is large and of high quality. I can finally stop making home made cards with crayons now.