Freebies + pennypinching daily

Oh, it looks as if I have been neglecting you all!  I have had a few auditions, etc. and the rest of the time I have gotten into freebie hunting.  I found RoboForm, which fills in the forms automatically, so I am getting/entering EVERYTHING - as well as exploring freebie sites.  I WILL win something eventually!

(Note - for non-computer contests, long ago I read that you should enter all the local contests, as they have better odds.  Now I always fill out the blanks at stores, and I have won small things that way...)

In the meantime, because I have been so diligent, I am now getting samples daily in the mail!  That's fun.  I have gotten skin care samples - a book on Scottish single malts for my brother - a mini Mr. Clean eraser, a sample of Cascade for the diswasher - and I can't remember the rest!  Also signing up for free magazines - and I got an Allure subscription for $5....

Lots of padded envelopes I can re-use, too.  Do you know that they cost $1 or more each? But they can be used over and over.

The best places to go for freebie seem to be:

• Mommysavesbig.com
• freestufftimes.com
• freakyfreddies
• twistedbranches.com

I also have been filling out surveys for dollarsurveys.com - which goes into my PayPal account - which in turn goes into my PayPal debit card, so I can use it more easily.

Waiting for my points to click in at MyPoints, so I can get my $10 Shell gas card....playing games with some funding that I don't know where it came from added points, too. I also click through their offers daily.  It adds up.  (From MyPoints I have already gotten a $25 Kohl's card, which I gave to my husband for his birthday - and a $10 Shell card.)

Amazon's mechanical turk has been lousy lately, so nothing there, but I am transferring what I have to my checking account - so I won't just spend it on books! (Although I did just get a music book with it - for $5 or so w/ shipping! - List price $14.95!)

Also downloaded FREE instruction books for the Anglo Concertina from concertina.com.  Trying to teach  myself the concertina with the extra buttons someone gave me.  I have to refurbish it first, tho - took it apart and tried to mend it - but I really have to replace the little rubber sleeves under the buttons.  I did that on my other concertina with aquarium tubing and it worked just fine.  THOSE instruments I can fix/maintain - but my poor digital horn sits in the closet because I don't know anything about capacitators!

I had a free movie screening of the Duchess - but my husband and I were feeling poorly, so we skipped it.  Darn.  I want to see that movie! Great costumes!  I love costume flicks.

Anyone see the Coco Chanel biopic on Lifetime?  A real chick flick!  I love those.  And again, great CLOTHES. I almost liked the old Chanel things more than the newer ones....

So that's it - I have been making pin money and getting freebies.

Looking at my penny jar and considering taking it to the local CoinStar, too. And I got a book from Amazon about an ancestor of the Churchills in the Stuart period - there are a series by the same author - but I am going to try to get the rest from the LIBRARY

See ya. And thanks for the comments - Please keep them coming!

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Free Stuff in the Air

Looking for the treasures in cyberspace!

Love your post. FYI - I post freebies and deals on my blog:

http://www.savingspotpourri.blogspot.com/

For things to do I found a link to a site to get FREE foreign language instruction.

I also sometimes run contests. Come and visit if you have time.

I loved that movie, too. She was pretty amazing, all in all.
Susan

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