Freebies!

I'm spending a little time tonight signing up for free samples. Two of my favorite places to find these are Reddit.com/r/freebies and Slickdeals.net. The awesome thing about this is if I sign up for say, 10 different samples of various things today, I'll forget about it and in 4-8 weeks when they start arriving it will be like Christmas over and over again.

Occasionally I'll try my luck on the sweepstakes and contests. I've won some pretty cool swag in the past! My loot has consisted of a free stuffed animal from an Animal Planet daily contest, some personalized undies from #barenecessities that I used to pay homage to my #WoW days (Exhibit A), and my big boy prize was a round trip ticket to anywhere in the US from Southwest Airlines during an eBay holiday promotional game. I rarely remember to chain-enter contests and I'm kind of kicking myself for not making it a weekly or at least monthly activity. I could be cruising the streets of Whitehall, Ohio in a 2015 Mustang or just come back from an island getaway!

We've planned a trip to #Costco tomorrow where we'll sign up for a membership. It seems like buying certain things in bulk will help us save money in the long run. I know this is totally not new information and a trick people have been using for years, but for some reason I always thought places like Costco and Sam's Club were for families with like 40 kids. I never really considered it for us as a childless couple.

Also, apparently Sunday is free samples day at Costco? And I hear that there are so many samples you can make a meal out of it. And to top it off, if you show proof that you downloaded their app, #InsomniaCookies is offering a free cookie until 3am September 29th. Tomorrow is September 28th. Guess who's getting some free cookies tomorrow? MAN do I love free.