Kim’s Shopping Blog

What cool stuff did I get in the mail last week?

$25 Pizza Hut Gift Card (pizza is my favorite food) from my credit card’s reward system.  If your credit card isn’t offering you rewards for using it, switch!  Here are the best offers right now…
Chase Freedom Credit Card Receive Free $50 after you make your first purchase;
3% Cash Back in your top 3 everyday spending categories; 1% cash back for every $1 you spend on all other purchases; Receive an extra $50 each time you save and redeem $200 in rewards.
Amex Preferred Rewards Golf Card Free 10,000 Points after 1st purchase (redeemable for $100 gift card)

Free Dove Go Fresh Deodorant (no longer available).
Please note that by the time I receive these freebies, many of them become unavailable to request.  Therefore, I suggest checking out our site often for the latest, greatest deals and freebies!

Walmart Freebies
Old Spice Body Wash
Free Sample Tena Serenity

Free Book from Billy Graham
I received ‘The Holy Spirit’ by Billy Graham ($14.99 retail), but the selection changes monthly. This month’s free book is ‘10 Things You Should Know about God and Life’ by Greg Laurie ($11.95 retail value).

I also received a $20 rebate check from iolo Technologies, and a thank you card from one of the Steal The Style Free Stuff Friday Giveaway winners. This week you can enter to win Shine To Go Shoe Polish!  More Sweepstakes to Enter Online.

Tomorrow is my baby’s 10th birthday!  She’s the big double digits. We are headed to my aunt and uncle’s lake house near Omaha tomorrow to spend a day on the water.

Have a great week!

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I’m feeling a bit under the weather today, so decided not to make a video for this edition.  For one, I don’t have that much energy, and two, I wanted to spare you my bleak appearance.  So between my trips to the bathroom (I hate vomiting) and nursing my stitched up wrist (read about my mishap here), I’ll still keep you up to date on the cool stuff I got in the mail this last week.

Free Sample Playtex Personal Cleansing Cloths from Walmart
Free Sample Aveeno Positively Ageless Lifting & Firming Night Cream + $1.50 off Coupon
Free Sample Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Care
I took a picture of these last two samples packaging (as if I didn’t have anything better to do, but) because the models look strikingly like the same person from their eyebrows to their laugh lines.  The only difference in the makeup and lighting.  And I don’t think Aveeno and Garnier are from the same manufacturer?

I got more Free Address Labels and a Personalized Notepad from March of Dimes - after donating to them, they send me these packages practically every month.

I received my iolo Technologies $10 rebate and a few Free Catalogs…
Free Get Organized Catalog (cool stuff)
Free American Girl Catalogue (my girls like this one)
Free SkinStore Catalog

I also received what seemed like a massive amount of bills this past week!  One of my daughters, Macy, is quite the socialite and went way over her cell phone minutes to the tune of $200. Plus the medical bills never seem to end, and likely won’t anytime soon as Mallory needs her teeth fixed.

Mallory has been doing a lot of babysitting this summer and saved enough money to buy herself a new Polaroid 8.0 MP Digital Camera (in purple), and loves it!  I wish Miss Macy would start babysitting more to pay her cell phone bill!

Have a good week!  I hope mine gets better!

Tags:   aveeno · free catalogs · garnier · iolo · macy · mallory · march of dimes · playtex · polaroid · teeth No Comments.

Here’s a recap of all the cool free stuff I got in the mail last week…

Free Sample Multi-Grain Cheerios from Walmart
My daughter, Tatym, asked me to buy some of these, which surprised me as she is more of a sugar-cereal (ie Lucky Charms, Trix) eater, so I asked her why.  She said she needed to lower her cholestrol.  She is nine…  I’ll let her try the sample and see if she wants me to buy this kind now.

Free Sample of Pup-Peroni Real Meat Dog Treats from Walmart
Now I don’t personally own a dog (I have a dog-a-phobia), but I have a friend that does that doesn’t have the internet, so I requested this for her.

Free Sample Aveeno Positively Ageless Lifting & Firming Night Cream
I wonder if this works as well as Bliss Thinny Thin Chin?  Guess I’ll find out.

Free ‘Best of’ Music CD from Zantac OTC (8 choices)
Use a UPC code from Zantac OTC or 1 of these 4 UPC codes.
681421031035
312547684101
312547686655
681421032018
Choose from Willie Nelson (I picked and received this one); Ray Charles; Teddy Pendergrast; Marvin Gaye; Juice Newton; Robert Goulet; Glenn Miller; or Aaron Neville.

Famous Footwear Rewards Coupon - Sign up for the Famous Footwear’s Rewards Program for free to get your own coupons!  Plus right now, Famous Footwear is offering Buy One Pair, Get the 2nd Pair 1/2 Price! Plus FREE Shipping!

Menards Rebate Check - You can print off Menards Rebates online, and then submit them all in one envelope!

ShopKo Rebate Check - No current Super Combo Rebate is available.  The site says the next program period will begin October 10, 2008.

Can you believe I went to Omaha last week (for Mallory’s dentist appointment) and didn’t buy anything?!  Yeah, me either.  Ok, we bought some Cinnabons, but those don’t count because they are consumable and long gone.

I did buy a new “sensor” microwave just in time for my brother’s birthday party.  Read about the whole ordeal here.

And that’s it for this week’s edition, Happy Shopping!

Tags:   aveeno · cheerios · cinnabon · famous footwear · menards · omaha · pup-peroni · sensor microwave · shopko · willie nelson · zantac 2 Comments

I rarely got any freebies in the mail this last week, so I have decided to wait until next Monday to make a new edition of Mailbox Monday.  Don’t miss me too much

I have also been crazy busy with the end of the month and end of the quarter bookwork stuff that I needed to finish since I’ll be gone all day tomorrow with my daughter for a doctor’s appointment in Omaha.  And I have to shop while in Omaha!

On the first Wednesday of every month, I have a SCORE meeting and a Kiwanis board meeting, plus I am having a 30th birthday party for my brother at my house on Thursday night, so that means I need to clean!  Cleaning is not my forte!

Needless to say it’ll be a busy, busy week!  Come July 4th, I’ll probably want to stay in and sleep!

I did jump on the Twitter bandwagon, so if any of you use twitter, you can follow me here!

Feel free to friend me up on Facebook - I’ll play you in Chess and/or PackRat!  Plus ShoppingBookmarks has it’s own Facebook App so you’ll see the hottest deals online easier!

And thanks for your patience - the new site is coming along nicely - and will be worth the wait!

“See” you soon!

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Free Sample Nature Made Multi Complete Liguid Softgel Vitamin (no longer available)
Free Sample Vaseline MEN Fast Absorbing Body & Face Lotion (no longer available)
Current Walmart Freebies (act fast on these!)

Free Emmy TV Campaign Buttons (they sent me one of each of them)

FREE Native American Address Labels & Rawhide dreamcatcher keychain

Free Keychain from SmokerService.com Code: LNM5964

Free Book: Steps to Christ (Jesus) by Ellen White

Free Accu-Chek Aviva System with Multiclix lancing device

Coupons for Free 12-packs of Coca-Cola products from MyCokeRewards.com

Free Catalogs
Free Home Decorators Collection Printed Catalog
Brylane Home - Save more by ordering online! Current coupons:
$15 off $80 Code: BHWEBSAVINGS exp 6/30
30% off one item Code: BHDISCOUNT exp 7/03
Free Patchwork Throw ($29.99 value) w/ANY order!! Code: BHFREETHROW exp 6/30

Free Shirt Friday - Pingo.com

Book: Hero of the Underground by Jason Peter My son will review this book on our HuskersEtc.com blog after reading it.

Here’s hoping your mailbox overfloweth with good stuff as well!

Tags:   accu-check · free address labels · free catalogs · free keychain · hero of the underground · jason peter · Mailbox Monday · pingo.com No Comments.