Day 194 - July 13

Snapshots of the newest 8x10's in our collection.  Clockwise from top left: Amalfi Coast in Italy, The pyramids in Egypt, Sunset from the 2nd place we stayed in Hawaii and Mykonos, Greece (With a lovely reflection of the kitchen lights).  Ritz had a "try our new online program free" sale, so we both took advantage of it. :)  Then I took advantage of JoAnn's 60% off frames sale.  We still don't have any doubles of frames.  There are a LOT of 8x10 black picture frames out there!

Day 192 - July 11

Today, we hit up 7-11 for a free slurpee.  They were tiny, but they were tasty.  And we were lucky enough to both get our favorite flavors!  (Cherry for me and Mtn Dew for him)

Day 172 - June 21

What I really wanted to be the picture today was us on the jetski, however, we took that with a waterproof camera so it'll be awhile before it's developed.

This box was on the porch when we got home.  I couldn't think of any free sample I had signed up for that would come in such a big box! 

I was amused to open it and find only that little tiny bottle that was a face cream sample. :)

Day 153 - June 2

WOW!!!!!

A couple months ago, I signed up on the House Party site to get emails about previewing new products.  They set up different party packs and you can apply to get one and review it.  At first, I signed up for each one.  There are (rather indepth) surveys with each application.  I suppose it makes sure people will really use the stuff.

The first one I really wanted was the Breyer's pack.  We all know I love ice cream.  But I didn't win.

Then this game night one showed up.  It said we'd get the newest version of Trivial Pursuit and "other fun things for a game party."

I was shocked today when the box came.  ALL OF THIS WAS IN THE BOX!  For FREE!

-Trivial Pursuit (This version isn't even in stores yet)
-Taboo (The original)
-CatchPhrase (The original)
-4 boxes of various flavors and styles of Triscuits
-2 boxes of various flavors of Wheat Thins (Lets not even talk about the 4 boxes I bought last weekend because I had coupons/sales/etc and they were a quarter each...)
-Bag of "Hershey's Pieces" candy
-Coupon for batteries for Taboo & CatchPhrase
-Pack of $5 off coupons for board games for everyone who comes.

I'm impressed.  I'll definitely sign up for more of these in the future.

Day 144 - May 24

It's funny, but I'm still not tired of coming home to free stuff every day. :)  I've never purchased Lever 2000, but this sample bar smells better than your average soap!

Day 133 - May 13

Look at everything I got in my mailbox today!  Most of it came from the Kraft Summer BBQ box.  Wheat thins, Vanilla Caramel latte, & coupons for free hot dogs and free bbq sauce.  Then some random cream and shampoo.  Freebies are fun.

Day 129 - May 9

I've gotten some deals lately, thanks to the new coupon strategies ... but this can go down in history as the first thing I "bought" for FREE!  I learned some lingo that helped - because the coupon was for a dollar and the thing was on sale for 99 cents.  The kid cashier said "can't do it, it's an error."  I politely said, "Oh could you just adjust it down to 99 cents?" And it worked.  And I got my free creamer. Excellent. :)  My dad doesn't use this stuff, so I didn't discover all the wonderful flavors until I was an adult.  I dislike hazelnut which is the most common flavor of flavored coffees, but I like caramel.  I've actually never tried chocolate caramel but I figured since it was free, it was worth a shot!