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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

BOGO rose lip balm for Mom, with free karma.

I'm a big fan of Peace Keeper's 73% organic lip balm, which has a tingly mint flavor. I really like their natural nail polish too, especially when they periodically offer BOGO deals. Plus, they give all their after-tax distributable profits to women's health advocacy and human-rights issues, and their products are slave-labor-free, fair-waged, no-animal-testing, and they offer vegan products. You don't even have to try to rationalize a beauty spree here - it justifies itself!

Just in time for Mother's Day, you can try their new "Perfect As Is" lip balm, which is 75% organic and is made with natural rose flavor, stevia, and a bunch of natural oils. The lip balm is .25 oz, which is almost twice as big as your standard lip-balm tube, and with promo code MomPK09 it's a BOGO offer. Plus, when you order three, you get free shipping, so throw one of their Eco-Sensual lip balms in your cart and you're good to go (I think that's cheaper than shipping would be, anyway).

If you're stumped for a pretty, karmically sound Mother's Day gift, look no further!


Free 5-lb. Cinco de Mayo burrito at Taco del Mar.

Buenos dias, gluttons... are you up to Taco del Mar's 5-lb burrito challenge? If you can choke one down in half an hour or less, it's FREE. No word on how much it costs when you finally whimper, "No mas!" and collapse face-down in bean mush, though.


Free KFC meal, courtesy of... Oprah?

OK, I don't really understand why this is called the "Oprah Winfrey Show" coupon, but whatevs. KFC's latest gambit in promoting their "un-fried" grilled chicken is an offer for a two-piece free meal, which includes two pieces of grilled chicken, two sides, and a biscuit.

There's some interesting fine print here, which I don't really get either. You can download and print this coupon from 9am CDT 5/5/09 to 9:59pm CDT 5/6/09 only, but you can use it from 5/5/09 to 5/19/09, excluding 5/10/09. Why not 5/10? Who knows?* You can print the coupon four times, but only use it once per person at participating locations.

Sounds like a fustercluck just waiting to happen (Bawk-AWWKK!!), but maybe this will be better organized than other recent free-food giveaways.

*Oh, right, Mother's Day. Stay classy, KFC.



Four-course dinner for two, $39 at PF Chang's.

Scoff if you will, but I don't mind PF Chang's. I know it's a huge chain and I know it's not authentic, but I've always enjoyed their food (especially the crispy honey shrimp, mmmm) and it's good for groups, even with picky eaters and veggies.

Now you can get a four-course meal for two for $39.99. You choose two cups of soup, one starter, two entrees, and two mini-desserts from the prix fixe menu. Yes, you can get their famous chicken lettuce wraps, and yes, my beloved honey shrimp are included, as is the yummy Dali Chicken. I think I might be talking myself into dinner here!

Free Arby's iced tea on National Beverage Day.

I might finally have a reason to go to Arby's... tomorrow is apparently National Beverage Day (and although the idea of a holiday devoted to beverages pleases me, I'm pretty sure it's just a lame marketing stunt) and you can get a free iced FruiTea at Arby's just by going in and asking for one.

There's passion fruit, mandarin peach, diet peach, and diet blackberry, which all sound tasty. On the downside, you have to go in and say the words, "I'm parched, FruiTea me," which I'm not sure I'll be able to do.


Monday, May 4, 2009

Clinique Bonus Time... now with customizable gift!

I love Clinique Bonus Time as much as the next girl, but I admit that it's a bit of a mixed bag. Sometimes it's full of stuff I'll actually use, and sometimes I poke through it and think, "Gaahh, I guess these are going in the next beauty swap." If I had a nickel for every Clinique black mascara I've acquired, I'd have... enough to buy my next Bonus Time qualifying purchase.

Well, no more! Order from Clinique.com and you can pick the contents of your Bonus Time gift. Start with a choice of one of two springy green bags, and then the website leads you through the process of choosing 7 different kinds of samples from various categories. By the time you're finished, you'll have a beauty kit full of hand-picked items that are just what you wanted! The downside is you have to pay for shipping... but they're offering free shipping with a $40 purchase, another great excuse to spend even more.




Free True Shimmer Chapstick.

Walgreens is giving away 10,000 free True Shimmer Chapsticks, and one of them could be for you! Sign up with your email address, and they'll notify winners via email - I assume they'll email you a coupon that you can print and take to the store.

They're also giving away a bag of Revlon products worth $100, so you could totally score here.


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