Free Hallmark card - they send it, they stamp it!

OK, just one more post before I head out the door. This is a pretty nifty little promotion by Hallmark - now you can create, customize, address, and send paper cards through their website. You choose from a set of templates, but you can delete out the schlocky sentiments they write in and create your own personal message. Best of all, the first one's free - even the stamp!

You do have to register with Hallmark.com (I was already registered for e-card purposes). Use promo code TRIAL at checkout and your 5x7 folded card will magically become FREE! I just sent an awesome Easter card and I don't care who knows it.

SPRING BREAK!!!

The HTN will be going on vacation, so you'll have to somehow struggle on without daily tips on free food, samples, beauty products, and more. I know it will be tough, but in the meantime you can console yourself by checking out Hey It's Free and Wise Bread, two excellent deal sites. Plus, there's the ever-popular Consumerist, where you can giggle gleefully as your fellow consumers stick it to The Man - and win!

Jeez, did I just talk myself out of a job? Happy spring break/Easter, everybody!

Free Aveda samples, and free $25 product on your b-day!

Aveda is for fancy hair, and now Aveda is for birthdays too. Get a free sample of Color Conserve Strengthening Treatment by going into any Aveda store and mentioning the Shape sample offer.

Then, sign up for the birthday club and get a free product valued at up to $25 on your next birthday! And "custom blended with the aroma of your choice," no less. Now that's fancy.

Free Cheeses of Wisconsin poster.

Do you know the 33 most popular cheese varieties from Wisconsin? Well, DO YOU? Of course you don't, and that's why you need this handy-dandy guide, which looks like it could either be a poster or (ideally) a laminated placard suitable for hanging on the wall.

"Contains cheese descriptions, cheese storage guidelines, buying tips, handling and cooking guidelines and tips on serving a Wisconsin Cheese Course."

I hope curds are on there somewhere...

Free Axe body spray sample.

Smelly men, trick women into being attracted to you anyway with a little help from Axe body spray. Sign up for a free sample and get ready to be trampled by desperate, bikini-clad models. Just like real life.

Free ring sizer.

Most of the time, the freebie offers I come across aren't things I was thinking about beforehand, but am happy to have for free. This particular offer, though, comes right on the heels of me telling someone how much I could use a ring sizer for my fat little fingers, as they appear to be changing sizes lately, hindering my online-shopping experience.

Unfortunately, the form won't process unless you agree to subscribe to the newsletter, but just give 'em a junk address and you're done. Never go in ignorance of your ring size again!

Free magically compressed tiny T-shirt.

When I was a kid, I was totally fascinated by these super-compressed dishtowels and t-shirts and whatnot that were super-scrunched down into impossibly tiny sizes, then shrink-wrapped into amusing novelty shapes.

Now you can get your own for free by going here and requesting one! I have no idea what CubeBix is, but you can always use another car-washing or laundry-day shirt, right? Plus, you get the novelty value of watching the tiny t-shirt slowly grow to an adult-sized garment. Cheap thrills!