God bless surveys!

Things have been seeming a little tight lately (tight when the American economy is in such wonderful shape? No kidding) but in the last few weeks I've gotten $48 in survey money! I'm very excited.
3 from pinecone, 20 from Lightspeed and 25 from American Consumer Opinion.
I love that I do surveys, but don't keep track of how much I should be getting, that way it is a surprise and I'm not disappointed when something doesn't show up.
I think that I will either use it to go out to lunch while Josh and I are away for his big test, or put it in savings...probably lunch. Or even 2 lunches.

Free stuff!

I arrived home yesterday and discovered that I had several surprises waiting for me!
The best? Josh gave me an early birthday present of new RAM for my laptop! How fun! I-tunes used to take forever to load, not it pops right up! My goodness! I love it. (I'm sure you couldn't tell).
Now I have an updated hard drive (110 GB) and more RAM. My semi-ancient (at least for computers)laptop is being modernized.
Oooh, now to the mail. I got a $20 check from Lightspeed surveys! I don't remember what I did to earn it, but I love it. Lightspeed and Pine Cone are the only survey places I've actually gotten rewards from, so they are officially my favorites.
Also, I signed up for PSsst recently and got a yummy sample! I was hoping for the Chicken Marsala (one of my favorites) but am still excited to get

Email me if you want a coupon. :-}
Also in the mail, Spanish Kabob Skewers! Free, free, free. I love free.
I also got my free Kashi cookie which I can't wait to try!
Okay, enough about my free stuff, what is your favorite free item you've received lately?

Something New

So, while reading all of the free stuff blogs I read, I came across the following deal,posted by My Good Cents "if you Open a ShareBuilder account and make one trade you can receive a free $50 by using code 50GO28. Click on “I am responding to a promotion” when you open your account."
So...I did it. I already have an ING Direct account (they own ShareBuilder) and the Josh has a ShareBuilder account. Plus it worked for the author of My Good Cents, so I thought I'd give it a try.
This Tuesday, I will be the proud owner of 1 stock of Revlon. It was a company I actually recognized. It was kind of confusing to figure out which plan I needed and how to make it only cost $4.00 (plus the dollar for the stock) but it was kind of fun. You have to keep the account for 90 days and it takes 4 weeks to qualify for the money, but hey, free money is good.

Walgreen Fun

Okay, I know I don't save as much as some people, but I had a lot of fun at Walgreen's yesterday! Here is what I got:
12: Mitchum Gel 2.25 Ounces: 2 for $3.79 (normally 3.99 each at walgreen's, 2.69? each at walmart).
1: 11.5 ounce Folger Hazelnut coffee: 3.99 (normally 5 something)
1: container of large Dixie plates: 1.99 (normally 3.79)
1: Excedrin Migraine, 24 pills for 1.00, (normally 5 something)
3: Colgate Wave toothbrushes for .99 each (normally 2.99)
4: toilet bowl inserts for 2/$1.00 (normally .99 each)
I had a coupon for $10.00 off your purchase of $30 or more. That brings my savings to 9.76 in coupons, 3.00 in Walgreen's money, and 30.14 in advertised savings, making my savings total: 42.90, my purchase total 24.20. That's a good deal, even just for the deodorant. I almost feel like I got everything else free!
I know, its a bit odd to buy so much deodorant, but it was a good deal. :-}

Free Stuff

Okay, so I'm addicted to free stuff. Its very fun!
You can get a free name plate, bookmark or key chain here:
http://www.cengraving.com/s/free
Too fun!