Freebies and free stuff

EDIT: It appears there are more AMC theaters which aren’t participating in the Senior Day freebie but are instead only offering discounted tickets.

I tell ya, I’m gonna make a great old man one day. I love yelling at kids to get off my lawn, butterscotch candy immediately puts me in a better mood, and now I find out that there are free movies for people 60+ years old.

AMC theaters has designated Tuesdays as Senior Day, where participating locations will give free admission to anybody over the age of 60. In addition, they sell unlimited popcorn and soda for $5 on Monday through Thursday. And to top it offer, admission on Wednesdays is only $1 for family movies.

Don’t forget about the Regal Cinemas freebies we covered a while back or the fact that some movie chains have reward programs.

[via Linda and Bonnie - 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.

Don’t let the title fool you – Arby’s will give you a free roast beef sandwich today with a purchase of a drink, not just a pile of roast beef. That would just be weird. I keep forgetting to highlight these Arby’s deals each Wednesday even though I wrote about them back in May. Some might say I’m forgetful. To them I’d say…wait, what are we talking about again? Who the heck are you? Where am I?!

There’s yet another in-store freebie coming up – this Friday, June 19th, from 2-8pm you can get a free A&W Root Beer Float to celebrate A&W’s 90th anniversary. Personally, I think a better celebrations would be to give away 90 free root beer floats to each customer, but I’ll take whatever I can get.

Remember, the free Orange Julius Smoothie is this Friday as well!

Ooooooh boy! Cow Appreciate Day is right around the corner and long story short, I still have my homemade cow costume from last year. Hooray for free Chick-fil-A meals!

In order to get the full free Chick-fil-A meal, all you have to do is dress up like a cow. Don’t have as much free time to make your own costume? Then simply print out this free costume kit from Chick-fil-A’s own site and get a free entree.

I bet some of you are pretty creative though and you’ve got almost a month to prepare. Fingers crossed I get some interesting email / Flickr uploads of Hiffers in their full cow gear

EDIT: I initially forgot to mention this and it’s already in the title, but this freebie is only available on July 10th.

There’s another free Lowe’s Build & Grow clinic tomorrow from 10-11am where your kids can make a free putting green for father’s day. I’ve always said it’s never too early to introduce the little ones to arguably the most frustrating sports ever invented. It’s the perfect remedy for anybody suffering from low blood pressure and/or an inflated ego.

Oh … I mean have fun!

Remember when we first mentioned in late April that Office Depot was giving away 25 free resumes? Well, instead of expiring at the end of May, the offer is now valid until the end of 2009! You can also send off a few free faxes while you’re there, which is great news for anybody interested in becoming my personal assistant. The job description pretty much entails getting me coffee and helping me come up with barely passable jokes. A monkey could do the job, but stupid federal laws prohibit me from buying one.

[via the Savvy Shopper]

Apologies to my West Coast Hiffers, but this free Au Bon Pain ice coffee doesn’t do them much good as all ABP locations seem to be on the East Coast. This offer is available today only (June 3rd) and started 49 minutes ago. I assume it’s good through the end of today? Who knows, I make a lot of false assumptions. Like that time I figured all it took to fly was a homemade cape. Turns out all capes are good for are making a whooshing sound as you plummet towards a three week hospital stay.

This free 20oz. Orange Julius offer on June 19th is just over two weeks away, which means there’s absolutely no way I’ll remember it. I went to write a reminder on my calendar, but then I got distracted by the doorbell. It was Betty from next store and she wanted to know if I had a wrench she could borrow since her sink was flooding her kitchen. I went to grab one in the garage, but when I got out there, I saw my old, freakishly comfy futon. Long story short, I took a two hour nap, my neighbor hates me, and what’s this post about again?

Be sure to download and print the coupon off their site (no printing software required) as they say you’ll have to bring it in with you in order to get the freebie.

[via Rose - thanks!]

This Friday, June 5th, is National Donut Day and to celebrate, both Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts are giving away free donuts to each of their customers. As the KK press release says, you don’t have to do anything in order to get a free donut. However, DD is only giving away a donut with the purchase of any drink.

As luck would have it, I’ll be on a mini-road trip this Friday and thus will probably eat around a gazillion donuts. It sure was nice fitting into these shorts while it lasted!

You can get a free Friendly’s ice cream this Saturday, June 6th, from 12-5pm. And yes, the reason I am posting this now is a direct result of the HIF survey that so many of you have participated in over the past few days. I initially thought the “when should I post in-store freebies” question would end up around 50-50, but I think the current total is something like 80% of you said to post them as soon as I found them. So…hooray for Democracy!

And by now, surely you know to check your local joints to find out if they’re participating.

Head on over to your local Sonic between 8pm-midnight on Wednesday, June 3rd and you’ll walk away with a free root beer float. I guess I should actually say “drive away” for most people. Personally, I’ll be floating away in my zeppelin, which I’ve named Led. Sure, the maintenance and helium are quite expensive and it’s slow as Christmas, but those are small prices to pay for making a grand entrance when I finally get to where I’m going.

Make sure your local store is participating in the Root Beer Float night before showing up. Beware though, their store locator page has a giant, creepy eye on it that is sure to haunt your dreams. (scratch that, it looks like their background changes ever few hours. Count your blessings.)

So today, if you’re one of the first 100 customers today at Victoria’s Secret with this printed e-mail, apparently you get to walk away with a free pair of panties. Guess we should have posted this one yesterday so we could have started some lines earlier, eh folks? Sorry about that…

While there’s one down the mall from where I work? I don’t think I’ll be visiting… That would be a liiiiiiiiittle too hard to explain to the other members of management why I had to make a “detour” before work…

(And if you miss being one of the first 100 people, well, at least its a nice $10 off of $50 or more coupon.)

[via the forums]

Starting this weekend and running through July 5, you can attend free summer Bass Pro craft camps from noon-6pm. I’m kinda looking forward to making the fishing bobbers and lures because my current gear just isn’t cutting it anymore. Take it from me, dressing up as a giant fish and swimming around in a nearby lake doesn’t result in many caught fish. It does result in plenty of strange looks from nearby fishermen though. Too bad you can’t eat those.

As always, give your local store a call to make sure they’re participating before showing up.

Walmart is holding Free Ice Cream Day this Saturday (May 30) from 11am-4pm. I can’t wait that long though, so I’m currently hosting a Free Ice Cream for Lunch event. I have a feeling I’ll determine with hindsight that this wasn’t one of my brightest ideas ever. But darn if it isn’t delicious.