Monday, February 23, 2009

Free Kashi Frozen Entree

Do you like Kashi natural foods products? If so, you can get a coupon for a free frozen Kashi entree. The coupon is good through March 15, 2009 or while supplies last.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Join the Freelanta Community!

Be a founding member and join the Freelanta community! We're starting a new Google group where you can interact with other members, receive tips and e-mails from Freelanta and find out what is new to Freelanta. So join today, and of course. it's free! Click here to join.

Sunday Freebies

Mr. Clean is offering a free mini eraser. These are great for getting almost anything, including crayon marks, off walls and other surfaces.



The maker of Tide detergent is offering a sample of their new product called Tide TOTALCARE. It claims to keep the colors of clothes looking new for 30 washes or more.



Have a baby? Walmart is offering a free sample of Huggies Soft Skin baby wipes on their website.



One of the most trying times as a parent is potty training your child. Pampers has a free potty training kit which includes tips, stickers, a progess chart and a Dora and Diego trophy . Click here to get it.



Even older kids can have problems with bedwetting. Get a free sample of Underjams Night Wear here.



Hey, guys! Want a sample of some good shampoo? Aveda is offering a sample tube of their Pure-formance shampoo. Click here to get it.



Like granola? Try a free sample of Bare Naked Fruit and Nut granola.



The makers of Total cereal are offering a sample of Total Cranberry Crunch.



Wear contact lenses? Get a certificate for a free trial pair of Acuvue Oasys here.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Pet Freebies

TV food celebrity Rachel Ray has a new dog food line out called Nutrish, which the proceeds from go to animals in need. You can get a free sample bag by filling out the online request form here.



Thinking about getting a dog? Why not save a life and get something else in return for free? Pedigree Dog Food will give you free dog food for a month if you adopt a shelter dog. Just fill out the request form, attach a copy of your adoption certificate and your receipt for the adoption fee or shelter donation. Download the form here.



After you adopt that new dog, go to another of Pedigree's sites to enroll in their free Pedigree Puppy Program. It offers a subscription to Puppy Scoops e-newsletter, a downloadable puppy carew guide, $10 in coupons and a free gift when the pooch grows up.



Help keep your pet safe in case of an emergency at your home. The ASPCA is offering free pet rescue window stickers that alert emergency personell that you have a pet inside your home. You also get a free Animal Poison Control Center magnet to put on your refrigerator.



Purina is offering a free can of Mighty Dog dog food and coupons.



Keep your pet's breath fresh and their teeth clean with a free sample from Greenies. Good for either a dog or cat treat sample.



Cats love to eat grass, and their owners can get some cat grass for free. Send a self addressed envelope to Poopsiecat.com and they'll send you free sample pack of cat grass seeds.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Free Sam's Club Pass

Allstate Insurance is offering a free one day pass to Sam's Club, good through 3/31/09. Just click on the Sam's Club Special Offer icon in the middle of the page.

Friday Freebies

Publix Supermarkets has several clubs that might interest you, all of which offer some freebies.
The Publix Wine Guide, for those over 21, offers a free subscription to the Publix Grape (TM), a quarterly wine magazine as well as access to a site that answers all your questions about wine in simple English.
The Publix Baby Club is geared towards newborns to two year olds. Members receive Publix Baby Club (R) newsletters and coupons (all parents need these) that are timed to your child's growth. In addition, all first time parents also get a free copy of the American Academy of Pediatrics' "Caring for Your Baby and Young Child", which sells for $20 in stores.
For toddlers and pre-schoolers ages 2 to 4, there is Publix Preschool Pals. Here you get parenting information, a quarterly newsletter, an activity book for 2 year olds, and a CD ROM for 3 year olds full of educational activities and games. My own kids belonged to this and loved the games on the CD ROM.
For families of all ages there is the Publix FamilyStyle (R) magazine, which is published four times a year in february, May, August and November. This magazine has, according to Publix "the season's best parenting insights, kid-friendly recipes, time-saving tips, safety news, fitness facts, and more to help your family thrive everywhere life takes you, from the breakfast table to the classroom to the soccer field and back home."
Finally, and one of my personal favorites, is Upromise. While not a program by Publix, they are a member of this national program where you can help save for a child's college education simply by doing what you do everyday, shopping. All you do is register participating credit cards or store affinity cards. Everytime you make a purchase with that card at a participating company, restaraunt or store, such as Publix, a portion of that sale, from 1-5% depending on the purchase, is credited to your Upromise account. You can set up an interest earning 529 educational account for your savings to be deposited directly in to. Also, once an account is established you can have your freiends and relatives link their cards to your child's account to have the savings multiply even faster.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Thursday Freebies

Set your calendar for Tuesday, March 17th! At the Smyrna Market Village is Metro Atlanta's largest St. Patrick's Day festival. Among the happenings are live bands, a red-head contest, and other entertainment. Free admission, but ther are charges for food and the green beer.



If you love good Italian food, head to Provino's (seven metro Atlanta locations), but go on your birthday. Show them your I.D. and you get a free pasta specialty dinner. That's amore!



Beef O'Brady's restaraunts has "Team O'Brady's" you can join. Members get special offers, exclusive content and a free appetizer for joining.



California Pizza Kitchen has a program for kids 10 and under called CPKids. On their website are games and special menu information, including allergen information which many restaraunts do not have. Kids also receive a free CPKids meal during their birth month.



Longhorn Steakhouse has the Longhorn Lowdown. Sign up for email news and special offers and get a free appetizer.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Wednesday Freebies

If you don't mind sharing your email address with a company, there are some pretty good offers for free food and other goodies out there. Don't want to give out your personal email address for this,? Just sign up for an email account just for this purpose at any major ISP provider such as Google, Yahoo or AOL.

Bucca di Beppo, an Italian restaraunt chain with a location in the Northpoint area of Alpharetta, has a eClub you can sign up for. When you join, you get exclusive offers via email, a free birthday dessert and a treat on your anniversary.



Chick-fil-a restaraunts have long had a tradition of giving away free food, but there's a catch. If you are one of the first 100 customers in line at any of their store openings across the country, you'll receive a free Chick-fil-a meal once a week for a year. Lines, however, usually form more than 24 hours in advance of a store opening, so be prepared to wait. I have also heard reports of a "special" treat for anyone who waits in line with a cow costume on. They even have a future restaraunt openings link on their website to keep track of future openings. Alas, the closest opening to Atlanta through March is in Florida.



Chili's Bar & Grill also has an email club. When you join their you get a free chips and queso.



For ice cream lovers, Cold Stone Creamery, with multiple locations in metro Atlanta, has a birthday club. When you sign up for this you'll get free coupons, special offers and a coupon for a free ice cream cone on your birthday.



Dairy Queen has the Blizzard Fan Club. Members receive a buy one get one free Blizzard Treat coupon.



Orange Julius locations in area malls have the OJ Quench Club. Members get a special suprise every year of membership, special offers and contest information. On your birthday you get an email coupon for a free 20 ounce smoothie. Plus you also get a coupon for another free 20 ounce smoothie with purchase of another just for joining.



Like pizza? Papa John's offers ocassional free pizzas and breadsticks to those who sign up for their weekly e-newsletter.



Romano's Macaroni Grill has the Mac Pac. Members receive news, special offers and a birthday present.

Ruby Tuesday's club is called So Connected. Members get news of menu changes, e-mail alerst of happenings and a free birthday offer.

Members of Smokey Bones' Bones Club receive news of special events, special offers such as $1 beer nights, news of new menu items and a free gift for joining.

Finally, this isn't exactly a free offer, but it can still make you feel good. At participating Starbucks you can purchase a RED card. Part of the worldwide (PRODUCT)RED iniative, Starbuck will donate 5 cents to the Global fund to save lives in Africa every time you use the card.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Tuesday Freebies

Having a pet can be expensive, and keeping your pet healthy can be even more expensive. To try and help, Advantage Topical Solution by Bayer is sponsoring the Help Your Pet, Get to the Vet campaign. Every day until february 28th they are giving away 1,000 vouchers good for $20 of vetrinary care with 80 given away every hour between 9 AM - 9 PM Eastern. You must register on their site to download the voucher, and vet visits must be done by may 31st, 2009.

Celebrate National Pancake Day on February 24th at IHOP. Receive a free short stack of 3 pancakes by visiting any of their restaraunts. While the pancakes may be free, they are asking you make a contribution while there to the Children's Miracle Network.

Like coffee? Like Starbucks? Get a free sample of their new instant coffee here.

Crest has a new product called Whitestrips Advanced Seal. Get a free sample and a $7 off coupon here.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

More Fabulous Freebies

Two cool finds from the VALues blog at 11alive.com...Are you a Bank of America customer? If so, you can get free admission to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta History Center, and Atlanta Botanical Garden the first weekend of each month. All you need to do is show your ATM card and ID at the admissions desk. Looking for free makeup? There are a few places you can get some. Sephora stores are offerng a free 10 day supply of Bare Esentuals Mineral makeup and a free kabuki brush, You can also get the sample from Sephora.com, but a purchase is required through the website. Also, napoleonperdis.com is offering a free lipgloss if you sign up for their Glossy Posse promotion.

There's a cool site that focuses on Atlanta area coupons called ATLCoupons.com with categories for auto, food, entertainment, shops and services. One featured coupon is for Dog Days Doggie Daycare in Buckhead, where the first day is free for new customers.

Like Italian food? Join the Mad Italian's "Mad Birthday Club" and recieve an email coupon for a free dinner (up to a $10 value) on your birthday. And just for signing up you get another email coupon for a "buy one entree get one free". Locations in Alpharetta and Chamblee.

Free Samples

Walmart has several offers posted on their website for free samples this week. Among them are Maybelline Air Whipped Liquid makeup in 12 different shades, BeneFiber, Always Infinity femine pads, Nicoderm CQ, and Metamucil.

Proctor & Gamble is offering a free sample of it's new Pantene Expressions Shampoo with registration to their P&GbrandSampler club. In addition to getting the Pantene offer, membership also enables you to get future samples from P & G automatically.

Achy joints? Costco is offering a free 30 tablet sample of CosaminDS glucosamine & chondroitin.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Cheap Eats

In honor of their 75th anniversary, Steak 'n Shake restaraunts across the country are offering Steakburgers for only 75 cents which lasts through March 29th. In addition, Steak 'n Shake is now offering a "snack pack", consisting of a single Steakburger, small fries and regular coke for just $2.89. Four additional meals have also been added to their menu, each under $4. A family of four can easily eay here for under $20.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Things to Do

Masterminds Chess Club

Monday, February 9, 2009

Free Breakfeast This Week

For those of you close to an Ikea, here is your chance for a free meal. For four days this week, from Friday, february 13 to Monday, February 16, participating Ikeas nationwide are offereing a free breakfeast to their customers as part of their Seize the Days promotion. It is limited to one per customer and while supplies last.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Fabulous Freebies

OK, so money's tight. That doesn't mean that you still can't do things for next to nothing or even sometimes for free. Below are some examples of things that are out there.

Freebie #1

Free Credit Report
  • You may have seen those ads on TV that offer you a free credit report. What you may not know is that they are often come with strings such as enrollment in a credit monitoring program for an additional fee. What they don't bother telling you is that you can get a free credit report from each of the three major credit reporting agencies every 12 months with no strings attached.
  • Visit AnnualCreditReport.com to take advantage of this.

Freebie #2

Free Education

  • The Massachusetts Institue of Technolgy offers a program called Open Course Ware (OCR) where most of its course materials are avaiable for free, including lectures, video and notes. You can't earn credit or a degree through this program, but its a good way to learn something about just about everything MIT teaches.

Freebie #3

Free Ice Cream

  • There's not much anything better than ice cream, especially if it is for free. Once a year on "Free Cone Day", Ben & Jerry's gives away a free scoop to everyone as part of their anniversary celebration at participating stores. Last year it was held on April 29, so look for it around that date. If you see something about this in your email, just know it's not a hoax and enjoy!

Freebie #4

Free Travel

  • Ever want to travel for free? You can if you organize and travel with a large group. Many tour operators offer free travel tickets to those who organize a group of 40 or more people. Also, most major cruise lines offer a similar program for those who organize groups of 15 or more. To do this, you just need to find a good travel agent who is willing to work with you as a "group leader". This can be a great opportunity if you are organizing a family or class reunion .

Freebie #5

Free Groceries

  • While you are probably aware that you can save money on groceries by using coupons, did you know that you can actually get free groceries? Sometimes you might have to take advantage of buy one get one free offers, but not always. There are several very good grocery cost saving websites available including CouponMom and GetGroceriesFree.com which were started by real moms. They scour the internet and hundreds of store advertisements for the best deals, help compile shopping lists and even tell you what coupon to use and when for the best available deals.
  • the largest grocery store chain in the country, Kroger, even has some pretty cool ways for you to save. If you have a Kroger rewards card, you can automatically link your card to offers avaiable online. When you check out using your card, the coupons are applied. No clipping! They are also offering coupons for download to your cell phone via text messages.
  • For even more savings, check out CoolSavings and Coupons.com where you can download hundres more offers.

Freebie #6

Product Samples

  • There are literally hundreds of sites available where you can get free product samples from companies, but you must register your name and email address on most. Products available range from everything from lipstick to candy to baby products to cleaners. For example, most cosmetics makers offer freebies through third party partners. Just enter freebie or sample and the name of the product you are looking for in your favorite seach engine's URL bar. You are usually limited to 1 per household every 8 weeks, though.
  • For samples of feminine products go directly to the manufacture's website such as Platex.

Freebie #7

Free TV and Movies

  • Who says you have to belong to Blockbuster or NetFlicks to get movies, or even subscribe to cable or satellite to watch TV? There are now several ways to watch your favorite programs for free.
  • YouTube offers more than just viewer created videos thesedays. there are now "channels" created and mantained by music artists, major studios and even the even Pope Benedict has a channel officially maintained by the Vatican.
  • One of the best sites currently available is Hulu, where you can watch full length episodes of shows like 24, Family Guy, 30 Rock and The Office. the only catch, aside from registering for an account is that, like real TV, you have to watch commercials. But hey, it free!

Freebie #8

Free Massage

  • Want to pamper yourself? Try a massage, then, and there is no need to spend up to $100 on this. Many massage scholls offers free massages for those who are willing to let their students practice on. Just look for massage schools in your area to call and inquire.
  • Also, local day spas may offer a free or reduced rate "introductory" massage to new clients. All you have to do is ask.

Freebie #9

Free Music Downloads

  • You don't have to pay for free music, even with Apple's iTunes store. Visit sites such as YourFreeMusicDownloads.com, FreeMusicDownloadSpot.com or Sprialfrog.com to take advantage of this where you can find many original artists, including up and coming unsigned artists. All that is required is registration.
  • Even subscription services such as Napster, eMusic and iTunes offer free music if you are a member. for example, iTunes offers a Free on iTunes section that usally has several free downloadable songs and videos each week. Just click and enjoy.

Freebie #10

Free Books

  • The library is not the only place these days where you can find free books. There is now a way that you can clear out those unwated, previously readd books you have and get somethng you want. All you have to do is join an online book exchange such as PaperBack Swap or Title Trader. After you register, you get credit for each book you list available for trade or send to another member. You use these credits to get the books you want that are posted as available from other members. Your only cost is postage, which usually runs less than $2 when you use MediaMail through the U.S. Postal Service, which is way cheaper than the cost of buying a new book at the store.