Mother's Day $10 gift card giveaways at KFC.

In case you've gotten burned by the free Oprah chicken meal hoo-ha at KFC, you have another chance to make good before Mother's Day. Register here, and if you're one of the first 200 people at 9:00 am Eastern time, you'll get a $10 "gift check" to KFC. This is a daily giveaway through May 10, so set your Outlook reminders and sign up!

Free Mother's Day mystery gift at Avenue.

This is very mysterious. I don't know what Avenue is, but they're offering a coupon for a free Mother's Day mystery gift starting tomorrow, May 8, through May 10.

Oh, okay, it looks like it's a plus-size women's store, and you can find a store locator here. Seattleites, there are a couple scattered around the metro area, but not particularly conveniently - one at Alderwood, one in Renton, etc. These sundresses are pretty cute, but should I be bummed that the "plus size" model is thinner than me?

Free Almond Accents sample.

This one might be gone already, since it was open to the first 100 registrants (cheapskates!), but it might be worth a try anyway: free Almond Accents 3.75 oz sample bags. Available in Honey Roasted or Oven Roasted No Salt, unless the samples are already gone, in which case available flavors are bitter disappointment and salty tears.

Free strawberries at the grocery store.

Safeway shoppers, you may already know that you can go to their website and print coupons to take on your grocery runs. BUT did you see the coupon for free strawberries? Go to page 2 of the coupons and check it out. Apparently all you need is your Safeway club card and the coupon (though you will have to install a coupon printer, if you don't have it already).

They're also at Randalls, Vons, Dominicks, and Tom Thumb, so no matter what weirdly-named grocery store you have in your area, you should be able to cash in on this offer.

Free Chocolate Fridays from M&M.

Admit it, you could use some free chocolate, couldn't you? Well, Mars is here to help. Every Friday through September, starting at 6:00 am Eastern time (ouch), go to their Real Chocolate site to receive a coupon for a free Mars candy bar - your choice of Dove bars, M&Ms, Snickers, Milky Way, Twix, and more.

Also, if you scroll down, you'll get to see a fun rant about how THEY use REAL chocolate, unlike SOME OTHER CANDY MANUFACTURERS who use cheap, tacky ARTIFICIAL INGREDIENTS. Not sure who annoyed them so much *coughhershey'scough*, but clearly, we are the beneficiaries of their ire.

Buy 3 Hallmark cards, get free votive holders.

I happened to stop in at Bartell Drugs on my way to work this morning, and saw that Hallmark was having a promotion - buy three cards and get a set of two mosaic votive holders free. (That top tab that says "FREE" rips off.) It's intended for Mother's Day, but I just got three regular cards - including a couple of cheapo 99-cent ones - and it still counted!

$3 for 3 cards and 2 votive holders is a no-brainer. If you can't think of anyone who would like the votives, just throw them in your gift drawer for your next hostess-gift emergency. And if you ever receive these votive holders from me, forget you read this.

Tulle's spring sale, $3.99 and up.

I hadn't heard of Tulle until fairly recently, but I now own two cute coats from them - a ruffled iridescent dark blue raincoat and a short red cotton trench. They can be pretty pricey, but right now they've got a spring sale going for $3.99 and up. There's tops, jackets, dresses, leggings, you name it... but sizes run small (or I run fat), so you may want to order a size up. For $3.99, you're not going to want to go to the hassle of returning it, but then, for $3.99 you may not even care.