Freebies and free stuff

EDIT: Looks like these are no longer available.

I had to unexpectedly take my dog to the vet, so posts may be a bit slow today. She should be okay, but even better news is that she didn’t pee on me like last time! It’s really hard to act smooth after something like that, because you really only have two moves; either admit you’re bad at training your dog or pretend that’s exactly what you wanted her to do all along. Neither sounded appealing, so I whipped up Plan C: pretend it was me. In hindsight, I probably could have come up with something better.

And now for the slickest segue ever – free Avery label pads!

There’s something about me and office supplies, like this free Uniball Super Ink pen. The first, and only, thing I stole as a kid was a pack of pens. Not candy, not a video game, but pens. I don’t even know why I stole them! Just think, I might have become a life-long hardened criminal had I also grabbed those neon pencil erasers I had my eyes on.

They’re giving away 10,000 pens every day starting at noon CST, so set an alarm to remind yourself!

Also, I found this offer over the weekend and immediately saw a million red flags. I probably spent two hours total hunting down who exactly was behind it. However, Uniball’s official Twitter feed mentioned the offer this morning, so that’s enough to convince me it’s legit.

EDIT: These are no longer available.

Am I the only person tempted by these free Post-It durable tabs to test just how durable they really are? I guarantee you I’ll end up ripping mine within ten minutes. Sure, I’ll console myself by making a guttural roar and pretend to be a giant while doing so, but in the end I’m still out a freebie.

EDIT: Darn it, we killed that one fast!

Folks, I have a confession to make: I have an unhealthy addiction to office supplies. For some reason, I love surrounding myself with white out, pens, fancy staplers, and soon these free Smead SuperTab folders. I don’t even have any important papers to file! If my filing cabinet caught fire, I guarantee you I wouldn’t miss a single document.

Just for fun, I rummaged through it and the first folder I pulled out contained my tax returns from high school. Yep, I’m glad I kept these for over a decade! I’m sure one day I’ll need to know that in 1998, I made $452. Pheew. Crisis averted!

THANK GOODNESS! Every time I visit home, I bring along any Box Tops For Education I’ve recently collected. Yet every time I go to pack them, I notice that only a quarter made it in the Ziploc bag I use while the rest are scattered throughout my junk drawer. Heck, whenever I’m digging through my tupperware cabinet (which is underneath my junk drawer), I find five or six freaking box tops codes. I don’t even know how they get down there or what my siblings’ schools use these for, but now there’s a free collection bin that I can sign up for in exchange for joining their newsletter.

This free Subway Teacher’s Kit is only available for subway riders…wait, that doesn’t sound right…

Ah, yes, teachers can sign up for the free kit which comes with “tools they need to bring fitness and nutrition education into the classroom.” I haven’t been able to find out what exactly is in the kit, but then again I’m not a teacher. The state still won’t certify my license even though I teacher people how to get freebies every day!

EDIT: To get the wipes, you must be a teacher. They only have a certain number each day and today’s amount is exhausted now.

As a kid, I used to always wish I’d get sick so that I could stay home from school. What was the worst that could happen to me back then? Strep throat? Possibly a stomach bug? Now my siblings have to worry about freaking Swine Flu! Maybe these free Clorox Disinfecting Wipes for teachers will help keep them healthy and out of my hair for six hours a day.

While at the beach this summer, I could have used this free Ready to Read bookmark. After finishing a chapter, I wanted to go take a dip in the ocean but didn’t have a bookmark. I started to dog ear the page, but then came up the ingenious plan to make a bookmark! I grabbed a handful of sand, mashed it together tightly, and stuck it in the book.

Yeah, that didn’t work.

You’ll want to click “Online Order Form” at the bottom of the page and then simply enter your info. There are some extra fields on the form that aren’t necessary, so don’t fret.

The U.S. State Department is giving away free Diplomatic History videos and that sound you just heard was me screaming in excitement. Folks, I’m a history and international relations nerd, there’s just no way to hide it. I’m on vacation and what am I reading for pleasure? The Guns of August, a 550 page tome about the events leading up to and the first month of World War I. You know, just a little light reading about death and destruction.

In fact, it’s the type of books I read to my siblings for bedtime stories. I’m starting to understand why they have so many nightmares now…

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