Yesterday's Publix, CVS and Target trips...

Good Afternoon FFH's!

I had a pretty good day out in the stores yesterday getting free stuff.  I went earlier in the day to Publix to grab a few deals before the new ad started today.  I also ran to CVS with my daughter before church and we hit Target on the way home from church.

To start with I went to Publix.  I used the coupon I mentioned getting in the mail the other day from Oscar Mayer for up to a $9 value!  I searched and could not find anything close to $9...even bacon!  So I opted to use it on the Beef hot dogs that were on sale BOGO (buy one get one free).  By doing this I was able to get two packs of hot dogs for FREE that had a retail value of over $10!  (only one pack is pictured because we ate the other pack for dinner last night lol!).

I also had a free coupon from International Delights FB page.  I've been carrying it around since I got it, but was never able to find the product.  Finally a friend told me in our Publix they kept it hidden by the iced tea and lemonade next to the deli, instead of in the dairy case by the coffee creamers where you'd expect to find it.

I got the Belvita Biscuits for free using a coupon for a free box when you buy Gevalia coffee.  The coffee was on sale at Publix for $6.99.  I happen to have a $1 off Gevalia MQ and a Target Gevalia for $1.75.  Since I now switched to K-cups, I was able to get the Gevalia coffee for my neighbor who loves it at a great price, plus get my Belvita's free!


Finally  I was most excited about the 3 free Starbuck's Refresher's.  My coupons for a free one had expired 5/19.  When I first got them I went in to Publix and couldn't find them.  I grabbed the manager to help me find them and he couldn't either.  So yesterday I found the same manager and said, "do you remember a few weeks back helping me try to find the refresher's"?  And he did, and I told him well, now you have them and the coupons have expired.  Without hesitation he said no problem and signed off on my coupons so...3 free refreshers!


Next stop was CVS.  I picked up another Colgate 360 toothbrush free when the Red Coupon Machine spit me out a $1 off any toothbrush making it free after ECB's.  I also got an unadvertised deal on Crest Complete toothpaste that I found out about from someone on a FB page I follow (thanks Joanne!).  The 2.7 oz. size was included in the $3 ECB when you buy one deal, but wasn't marked on the shelf (may be a computer glitch...not sure).  But it cost around $2.79 (depending on your CVS), and you get $3 ECB back making it a .21 MM (money maker).  So I did it twice (it was limit 2 ECB deals per card).

Last stop of the night was Target.  I had a few of the $10 Food Saver Coupons from the 5/13 SS (Smart Source coupon insert in the newspaper).  The FreshSaver 2 count containers that work with the hand held Food Saver device are $9.99 at Target, making them free with the coupon.  Yes I know the coupon says Food Saver "appliance", but I guess these are considered an appliance because I heard it worked for these...and sure enough it does!  I got one set the other night, and two more last night.  I have one more coupon left if they get any more in before it expires.  You can also use it to get a hand held Food Saver if you missed it last time for $9.99 at Walmart or Target (I think they are about $19.99).

I also picked up some Tena liners (they are for incontinence but you can use them like regular panty liners too).  I had gotten a $7 off coupon for ANY Tena product mailed to me from a coupon offer I filled out online awhile ago.  The liners were $5 and change, so with the coupon they were free.  Now Target doesn't allow overages on coupons, so they adjusted it down.  I guess if I were smart I would have taken my coupon to Walmart where I could have used the almost $2 overage...but I didn't have to go to Walmart, and didn't want to make a special trip just for that.  I also picked up a free dental floss (.97 with $1 coupon).

Well, that's it for my shopping excursions yesterday.  I'm pretty happy with my free stuff!  I hope you are getting these deals too!!!  I'd love to hear about what you get for free.  Please share in the comments section so we can all share in the excitement!

Barb  

My Free CVS haul...

Good Evening FFH's!

I just couldn't wait until tomorrow to share my CVS freebies with you...

I ended up getting a surprise from the red coupon machine when I scanned my card today.  First it spit me out 2 $5 ECB's (Extra Care Bucks...CVS money).  These were from Beauty Club.  

Every time your total purchases in beauty (anything like shampoo, female products, makeup, skin care etc.), totals $50 you get a $5 ECB.  The nice thing is that it keeps track for you on your Extra Care Red Card, so you don't have to.  You can do it in one shopping trip or take several months.  It will tell you on the bottom of your receipt how much more you need to reach your next $5 reward.  

Another nice thing about this program is they go by the price prior to coupons.  So all the beauty items I end up getting either really cheap or even free...count towards my $50!  So technically you can get $5 back on free items!

 I was able to get the Hershey candy bar deal that CVS was offering last week that I missed.  I had gone in and asked the manager if they had any of the Hershey Air bars left and he said no.  I asked for a rain check, but forgot to get it after I checked out.  He was nice enough to honor it anyway!  So I got an awesome deal!  Better then I would have even got last week.  The Hershey bars were on sale for $1.19 or if you buy 2 or more they are $1.  The cashier took off 2 x $1.19 for the Buy 2 get 1 free deal from last week.  So since I bought six bars I got 2 free.  Then I had 2 coupons for a free Hershey Air bar when you bought a regular Hershey bar.  So 3 more free bars.  And the last one less the extra .18 cost me .62.  So I paid .62 for one and got 5 FREE!


I also got 2 Snickers bars free.  I had a coupon for .75 off 2 and there was an ECB deal for .75 on one.  So I bought 2 and got .75 off from the coupon and .75 back in ECB which made both FREE!

I got a Colgate 360 toothbrush for free.  They are on sale for $2.99 and you get a $2 ECB back which makes it $.99.  The red coupon machine spit me out a $1 off any toothbrush which I used to make it totally free!

The Mitchum deodorant ended up in the picture by accident.  I forgot it wasn't free after the $1 off coupon but ended up being .99.  Oops! I guess with the crest and and .01 toothbrush and Depends overages it really only cost .76 (But if you consider I had $10 in free money from beauty club...it really was free lol!).

I got a pack of Depends (yes to donate) because they were free after ECB.  They were $3.99 and I got $2 in ECB and I had a $2 coupon.

Finally I got the Crest Mouthwash which was on sale for $5.79 with a $3 ECB making it $2.79.  I then used a $3 off Crest mouthwash coupon I received from an online offer making it a .21 MM (money maker). 

Oh, and I got another surprise from LesserEvil Snacks...I was one of 5 people randomly selected on a post today to win a FREE LE logo T-Shirt!  I'll post a pic when I get it.

Barb

 

I'm Back!!! Lot's to tell you...

Helllllooooo FFH's (Fellow Freebie Hunters):

  I missed sharing my freebies with you all the past few days.  As some of you may know, I was away at a homeschool convention at an awesome hotel up in the Orlando area.  Right before I left and while I was gone I got some really cool free stuff I want to show you.  I'm going to combine it all into one big blog post.  

I also was able to attend a couponing workshop given by "Christi the Coupon Coach".   She gave me some great ideas to help streamline my couponing to make it take less time and save me just as much money.  If you click her link above it will go to her Facebook page.  If you leave her a hello, tell her Barbs Free For All sent you!  


OK...on to the FREE STUFF!

While I was away, I received a coupon (not pictured), in the mail for a free Oscar Meyer product up to $9!!!  It was a giveaway they had a couple of weeks ago where you had to have 10 people click your link in an hour (I posted about it on my blog at the time).  I hope some of you got in on this great deal!

I also received three sample bags of LesserEvil Snacks (my new favorite snacks by the way) came  which I won on several of their daily contests on their Facebook page.  Unfortunately for me...they were history by the time I got home on Sat. night!

I did however make my daughter PROMISE not to open the big box that arrived from LesserEvil until I got home.  This was a prize I won in a larger contest they had.  I won 12 full sized bags of assorted snacks for FREE!

They had 3 each of Sea Salt, Veggie, Sour Cream & Onion and Cheddar Cheese (my favorite!).  They have all natural ingredients and no artificial colors or nasty things you can't pronounce.  A great healthier alternative to chips.   THANKS LesserEvil Snacks!

Yesterday a friend popped over and I ran to Target with her on an un-planned shopping trip.  I only had some of my coupons with me, but I still got some great deals!  The totally FREE items I got were Reach Dental Floss which was .97 and I had a $1 off coupon making it free.  I had 4, but gave one to my friend.  My favorite thing of the trip were the FreshSaver vacuum storage containers.  If you've been following my blog, you know I got some handheld Foodsaver devices for free awhile back when Target ran a $10 coupon at the same time there was a MQ (manufacturer coupon) for $10, making the $19.99 device free!  Well now there was a $10 off coupon in paper a week ago for a FoodSaver appliance, and it works on the containers too!  They were $9.99 so ended up totally FREE!  They only had one box at that Target, so I may try another Target on the way to church tomorrow night and see if they have any in stock.

Above is what came in the mail today...except for the reusable BPA free coffee cup I got before I left on my trip at Old Navy for free using my SNAP 5 prize from playing the Old Navy Snap Appy on my Iphone.  Try it...it's free and fun, and you can win things like free flip-flops, $5 off coupons and other dollar off coupons.  You get about 10 spins a day.

In the mail today I got my Vaseline full sized hand and body lotion that I won by filling out their form and being one of the first 1000 people!  I got my rebate checks for Kellogg's also.  About a month ago they had a $10 gas card promotion if you sent in 10 UPC from selected cereals.  I had sent one set of 10 in and had another almost ready to go before they end date when they abruptly cancelled the promotion due to overwhelming response.  If course I was upset and wrote an email to them.  I guess I wasn't along and they let people that got returned forms send them again.  I also enclosed the other I had ready figuring they could only say no.  Well not only did I get $10 for each, but for some reason (I think to cover postage I had to send twice) they gave me 2 checks for $11!  When I combine the great deals I had gotten on the cereal to begin with, and this rebate, my cereal was about free...for like 20 boxes!

I got my hubby a free sample of some kind of miracle grow Expand n' Grow soil enhancer that came with a $3 off coupon!  I also got a sample of a pain reliever called Flanax.

Not sure this can be considered totally free...because we did pay for it, but our local Hoffman's Chocolates is closing (sniff, sniff....WHAAAAA!) on May 31st.  Until they do, everything in the store is 50% off.  I made the mistake of telling my hubby that!  We did a family run to the candy store and I won't even tell you what he spent!  But 1/2 of it was FREE!  Not a bad deal on really good chocolate!  (the weight I gained was free too!).

Oscar Meyer Product (up to $9) coupon...FREE!
3 small and 12 large bags LesserEvil Snacks...FREE!
3 Reach Floss...FREE!
1 2-pack FoodSaver containers...FREE!
A reusable travel coffee cup from Old Navy...FREE!
Vaseline lotion...FREE!
Miracle Grow Expand 'n Grow sample (plus $3 coupon)...FREE!
Flanax sample...FREE!
$22 in Kellogg's Rebates...FREE!
1/2 of our Hoffman's Chocolates...FREE!

I feel very blessed!

Hope you all had a great week of freebies this Memorial Day weekend, and let's remember and thank all the men and women who allow us to live FREE in this country!

Barb 

 

We won a prize from Dr. Oz & and LesserEvil Snacks! Plus more free stuff!

Hello Fellow Freebie Hunters (FFH's)!  Sorry it's been a few days since I posted.  I just wasn't getting anything much in the way of free stuff, so didn't want to bore you with a bunch of posts with one or two items.  I decided to save them up for a few days and post all at once.

I got an organic Cascadian Farms peanut butter chip granola bar from signing up for a free sample promotion on Facebook.

Got two sample tea bags in various flavors from Now Real Tea, again by signing up for the sample on Facebook via a link from one of the pages I listed for you in a previous blog post.

I received two feminine product samples (plus $1 off and .50 off coupons) from Carefree & Stayfree. via a free sample promotion I was alerted to from one of the freebie pages on my list.

I got a sample booklet from Gucci for the new Flora line.  It contains scent samples for all three fragrances.  I like the pink one..."Gorgeous Gardenia" the best...but in general I'm not a big floral person.

Received a Whey Protein Isolate Cookies & Creme sample from Now.

Finally the 5 bottles of hand soap I purchased at Bed Bath and Beyond.  They were $1 each, but I needed another item that was $10, and altogether my $15 qualified me to use a $5 off $15 coupon so the soaps were FREE!  If you don't already receive BB&B coupons in the mail...go to their website and sign up.  They take their expired coupons too so save them up!  I saved a total of $22 in all for my order using a combination of $5 off on $15 and 20% off coupons.

Cascadian Farms bar...FREE!
2- Now Real Tea bags...FREE!
2 - Carefree/Stayfree samples (plus coupons)...FREE!
Gucci 3 pack sample fragrances...FREE!
Now Whey Protein Isolate...FREE!
5 Bed Bath & Beyond pump hand soaps...FREE!

I also won some free snacks from LesserEvil snacks on their Facebook page.  They have contests all the time...go visit them and tell them I sent you!  I've gotten a couple of their samples before...and if you haven't checked them out yet...they are awesome!  They have good natural ingredients and are a much healthier option then standard chips and snacks.

And finally...my daughter and I entered the Dr. Oz big prize giveaway a couple of weeks ago.  The instructions were kind of sketchy, so we thought you could enter for an item in each time slot.  We later found out that only the first item you win counts.  So my darling daughter got her perfume (that is suppose to help you loose weight by curbing cravings by the way...neat!), but I could have possibly won one of the much more expensive prizes I tried for.  

But you know what...I am very thankful we won anything, and I'm happy for my daughter because I know she really wanted this.

Congrats Steph!!!

  
Well, that about catches you up to date on my free stuff!  Hopefully there will be more to come tomorrow.

Barb

Lotion and Tostitos and Baron...OH MY!

Good Evening FFH's!


Well, today I have 3 types of freebies I received:


1)  The freebies I got via stacking coupons with sales at Publix or just using free item coupons.


2)  The free samples that came in my mailbox today.


3)  The email surprise freebie I got notified about today.


Let's start with my Publix trip.  I got some really great deals today.  I saved over $122 and only paid $50 and change oop (out of pocket).  But I will only share the things I got free in keeping with my blog theme.

 I had a coupon for a free Red Baron brand item (which I mentioned in a previous post) that my daughter won by entering a code off a previous box.  I had so many frozen pizzas from other deals and when Publix recently had their organic pizza on sale (we love the Greenwise Spinach Feta and Veggie pizzas!) that I had no more room until now.  

I had the free Frito Lay coupon from the call to the company about the watery salsa (also in a previous post) so I tried to get as close to full value as I could.  It said up to $4.29 and the Tostitos Naturals Blue Corn chips were $3.99.  

The two Hallmark Cards were free because I purchased three cards (I didn't show the one I paid for), and used a Buy one Hallmark item get one free (from tear pad of coupons in card dept.) Publix store coupon.  I also had a buy 3 Hallmark Cards get 1 free coupon from Redbook Mag. (my mom subscribes).  So since one was Publilx and one Manufacturer (MQ) I could use both which meant I only paid for one of the 3!  So Father's day cards for me and the kids...CHECK!

Finally the Nutrogena Naturals Face bar was not only FREE...but FREE+.  I wasn't sure it would work with the coupon...but the coupon just said face cleanser...well...soap, for face, cleanses...see where I'm going here lol!  I had a MQ for $3.50 off from the Smart Source newspaper insert from 4/15/12.  Then I had a Target coupon from the Target coupon booklet I got in my free makeup bag sampler a couple of weeks ago.  Combine it gave me a MM (money maker) of .27 and that's after tax!

Not pictured, I also had a free coupon from my Coke rewards points for a free Dasani 20oz. water which I picked up at check out.

Now for my mailbox goodies!  Nothing amazing...actually I have gotten both these samples before.  Usually they only allow one per household, but sometimes different sources offer the same sample.  So somehow I got another Metamucil sample and another Gevalia sample (plus coupons!).

Finally I got a surprise in my email box when I got home from church tonight.  It was a confirmation email from the people at Vaseline telling me I was one of the first 1000 entries last night for their product giveaway!  I was shocked because I never win those things with my slow computer!!!  So I will be receiving a full size tube of one of the varieties below...FREE!

  
Red Baron Pizza...FREE!
Dasani 20oz. water...FREE!
Tostitos Naturals Blue Chips...FREE!
Nutrogena cleansing bar...FREE!
2 Hallmark cards...FREE!
Gevalia coffee sample...FREE!
Metamucil sample...FREE!
Soon to arrive...Vaseline total moisture lotion...FREE!

So I have to say this has been an awesome freebie day!  Hope yours was too.

Barb 

  

1 + 1 = 2...FREE Items today!

Good Evening FFH's,

Today I received 2 free things in the mail!  

I got a sample of Metamucil fiber supplement (which personally I won't use because it contains artificial sweeteners), but I can pass it along to someone who does.

I also received my wrist band from Athena water for breast cancer awareness.  


Metamucil sample...FREE!
Athena pink wrist band...FREE!

O.K., so it wasn't an earth shattering day in the world of freebies...but it was better then a mailbox full of bills like yesterday!  Remember, keep a positive outlook.

On the up side...I got through all my piles of paperwork today, and organized my coupons.  I also..."MAY" have won a free tube of Vaseline hand cream if I was one of the first 1000 to enter.  They said we will get an email within 24 hours if we won.  I'll let you know tomorrow.

Nite!

Barb 

 

No free samples...but free stuff...YES!

Hi FFH's (Fellow Freebie Hunters),

Well, the mail was not good to me today.  Bills, Bills and more BILLS!

I wasn't even going to post, because I really didn't have anything FREE to share.  No free samples today, I hadn't gotten anything free shopping (I did get some great bargains...), and No free prizes.

Then it hit me!  I had gotten lots of things free today!  And each one was a blessing!

 The air I breathed in and out all day was...FREE!
The good advice I got from a dear friend via email, was...FREE!
The Godly wisdom I got from reading my Bible this morning was...FREE!
The rain that watered our lawn today was...FREE!
The fun morning out bargain shopping with a new friend today was...FREE!  (well the fun time was free...the bargains cost a little bit lol!)
The yummy cup of hot apple cider I just sipped while typing on my computer was...FREE!
(yes it really was free...it was a free sample box I received from a giveaway awhile back)

You get the picture!

It's all about being content with what you have and where you are and who you're with...

(That advice was...FREE!)

Barb