Back in the Game. . .

I have been "out of the loop" since we went to the beach. It seems like every time we go on a trip I get behind in blogging. I will do my best to get back in the game this week with listing BOGO's and other finds.

Several samples that I requested via afreebieempire.com arrived in the mail this past week. I love this site because the owner really searches out the "free" samples. I signed-up for the newsletter and will typically receive between one and three e-mails a day with each e-mail listing the freebies that are available. I have checked out numerous freebie sites and have found this one to be the one that works best for me.

A few of the items I received this week were:

Kellogg's All Bran Strawberry Medley (and 2 coupons for $2.00 off)
Kellogg's All Bran Fiber Drink Mix
Kellogg's All Bran Fiber Bar
Bodycology Coconut Lime Hand Soap, Lotion, and Spray
Aveeno Nourish + Volume Shampoo and Conditioner (and $1.00 off coupon)
Cottonelle Toilet Tissue (coupon also included)
Cottonelle Flushable Wipe (coupon also included)
Gain Fabric Softener
Mr. Clean coupon
Nature's Source coupon
Silk Soymilk coupon
OFF! coupons
Tylenol coupon
Miralax coupon
Pledge coupon

I also received a ROAK (random act of kindness) envelope from a member of the coupon train I am part of. It contained 36 coupons. Then, today I received a promotional coupon from Oriental Trading for $20 off a $75 or more order. We order from there often so that may come in handy.

Good week as far as coupons and samples go!!

More FREE sample information

I shared in a previous post that I get many of my coupons from requesting FREE samples online. In that post I told you that one of my favorite sites is A Freebie Empire. I like the site because the owner does the homework for me. I don't have to go to a bunch of other sample sites because I receive the A Freebie Empire Newsletter everyday. There are a wide variety of samples made readily available to me this way. And as I said before, more times than not once a sample arrives there is usually a coupon or coupons in the package also.

For instance, this week I received a FREE Schick Intuition razor and cartridge in the mail, along with a coupon for $2.00 off my next Intuition purchase. Pretty cool considering the price of those razors!

Another great place to get FREE samples is on the Wal-Mart website. However, you can save yourself the trouble just by signing up for the A Freebie Empire newsletter since many of the Wal-Mart samples are included in the newsletter. I do occassionally check the Wal-Mart site since there are also other offers like trial offers, etc.

I am looking into another sample site but I will have to do a little more research on it before I can explain it to you.

One more thing: I usually don't sign-up for a sample if it is asking for my phone number OR as bad as this may sound, I will sometimes enter the ever-popular 555-555-5555 number. Sometimes it won't take that number so I change the first set of 5's to my area code--usually works...don't judge me please...

Have fun sampling,
Tara