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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Facebook: Free bottle of Vitamin Water Connect.

Here's another Facebook offer, which I haven't taken advantage of myself because I'm not a big flavored-water drinker: become a Facebook fan of Vitamin Water and fill out the form, and you'll receive a coupon for a free bottle of their Connect beverage.

This freebie is good for the first 100,000, so you should have ample time to get on over there and get yours.


Borders: 30% off one item.

Come and get it! Your piping-hot, fresh Borders coupon of the week, this time for 30% off one item. Although really, with all the coupons they put out, we should all have completed our libraries and DVD collections by now.


Free biscuit and gravy from Waffle House.

Wow, I have to tip my hat to Waffle House for this piece of web art. It's like hopping in a time machine back to 1993 - giant bold sans-serif text, dancing animated four-leaf clovers and all!

But more importantly, it has a coupon at the bottom for a free biscuit and sausage gravy, so if you're lucky enough to live somewhere with a Waffle House, you can biscuit up for free through March 15.

Unless you use that time machine to take you back before the expiration date, that is...


Monday, March 1, 2010

Amazon: 1-year subscription to Entertainment Weekly, $10.

Amazon's magazine sale this week is pretty good: a year of Entertainment Weekly for just $10. It reminds me of the heady days of the online Xmas blowouts, when magazines were on sale left and right for $4 or $5. But this is still a considerable savings, and I'd say I easily get $10 worth of amusement out of my subscription, especially when passing it on to others to enjoy. It's more green AND less green at the same time, if you get my drift.


Recyclebank: Get coupons for free hippie stuff.

All right, maybe that's not the best way to sell this freebie... let me start over. Recyclebank is a website where you earn points by recycling, mailing in your electronic gadgets, and other "green" activities. Then you can use these points to buy gift cards, coupons for free household items, and more.

It's free to sign up, and if you do these steps, you'll have enough points for a couple of nice items. I got coupons (being sent in the mail) for a box of any Kashi cereal and a bottle of Seventh Generation dishwashing liquid, which are worth a few bucks each.

1. Sign up for RecycleBank
2. Join the eBay Green Team (just check the box and get 50 points)
3. Enter the code RECYCLEYOURMAGS

(Courtesy of Freebies4Mom.com)


Free Bounce dryer sheets sample.

Here's a sample offer from Sam's Club for Bounce dryer sheets (you don't need to be a member to get them). Now there's no excuse not to do your laundry... and by "your," I mean "mine." Seeing as I'm down to the sweatpants-and-company-T-shirt level of my closet this week, I could use a little help.


Free e.l.f. Fronch manicure kit from Warner's.

You know, Warner's, I don't know that I appreciate your narrow, constricting view of my femininity. Just because I'm female and wear a bra, that doesn't mean I go googly-eyed over free French manicure sets when you wave them in front of my face. I mean, I might... but not just because I'm a girl and girls love things that are pink and white and girly.

Free e.l.f. Fronch manicure kits when you sign up (and I'm assuming you're also agreeing to receive bra catalogs in your mailbox in perpetuity, so this could be a hilarious prank too).


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