FREE Chip or Cookie and a Pop!

Now through 2/8/2012, Quiznos is offering a lunch coupon.  With the purchase of a salad or sub, get a FREE bag of chips or a cookie AND a regular fountain drink.  Some details apply.  Find the coupon here.  Thank, Quiznos!  What a way to kick off the weekend!

Happy Friday, everyone!

Free $25 Credit for American Express Users

Today is Thanksgiving!  Tomorrow is Black Friday.  And Saturday has recently been dubbed Small Business Saturday, with the idea of supporting small, local businesses throughout the United States.  American Express has teamed up with this effort.  If you register your American Express card following their Facebook link at http://www.facebook.com/SmallBusinessSaturday?sk=app_183558821725512, they will give you one $25 credit if you spend $25 at a participating small business.  FREE MONEY!

In addition to supporting local businesses, it's also time to come up with some "Made in the U.S.A." gift ideas.  How about a gift certificate for a local salon, barber, car detailer, lawn service, or cleaning service?  How about gifts from local artisans such as jewelry, pottery, soap, or hand-knit items?  And the ultimate "Made in the U.S.A." gift - CASH.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Free Kleenex for You and a Friend!

Kleenex Brand is at it again with their generous spirit.  Currently, they are offering to send a FREE Share Pack of Kleenex Tissue to your friend or family.  AND they will send you a FREE sample of new Kleenex Cool Touch Tissue.  Details are at https://www.kleenex.com/Softnessworthsharing.

The downside is that they expect you to share your email and the recipient's email.  Not all bad, since they sometimes put out neat offers like this one.  The upside is FREE Kleenex.  Put that extra pack in the car or your bag.  Thanks Kleenex for making the cold season a little more tolerable.

If you see a great deal, please be sure to let us know.
Happy Friday everyone!

Free Progresso Soup!

Cold weather is coming.  With it, who couldn't use a free can of soup?  Progresso Soup is offering a rebate on a can of Progresso Rich & Hearty Soup.  Buy the soup between 9/1/11 and 1/31/12 (a generous amount of time indeed) and mail rebate before 2/17/12.  Details here at http://progressosoup.com/DDGRebate.pdf.  Enjoy!

Museum of Science and Industry FREE

I can not speak highly enough of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.  It is an outstanding museum, and really one of the best in the whole world.  And the Museum of Science and Industry will be having MANY FREE DAYS in September.  Free days are September 6-9, 12-16, 19-23, and 26-30.  Basically, any weekday after Labor Day.  You can not beat this first class treat.

And speaking of treats, if you can't make it in September, October 31st is another MSI free day!  No trick!


More info at  http://msichicago.org/.

Earth Day Deals

With Earth Day approaching, there are lots of deals out there.
Here are some of my favorites:

Starbucks - bring in a reuseable mug and get a free tea or coffee on April 22.

Caribou Coffee - bring in your mug and get a free coffee of the day on April 22.  Get $.50 off every other day when you bring in your own mug.

Evos - is offering a free organic milkshake on April 22.

Kudos to Evos for their environment-friendly policies.  Evos offsets their energy usage with renewable wind energy, prints on recycled paper with vegetable-based inks (vs. petroleum inks), and uses biodegradable plastic bags among other earth-loving practices.

Disney is offering a reusable shopping bag when you bring in 5 plastic bags for recycling on April 22.

Isn't that bag cute?

Lowes is giving away 1 million trees on April 23.  Trees reduce toxins in the air, making our world healthier for all.  Can't use a tree yourself?  Donate it to a local park or neighbor.

The Sierra Club is giving away a trip for 2 to Vieques Island to one lucky winner.  To enter, take their pledge to do one small thing for our earth (and feel free to do many more).  

The National Parks are FREE April 16 - April 24.  Get out, enjoy our earth, and do something healthy for yourself.  Bonus points if you can bike to your park.

Happy Earth Day everyone!  If you hear of other great deals, feel free to let me know.

Hey Chicago, Free Caramel Popcorn Today

In celebration of National Caramel Popcorn Day, Garrett Popcorn is giving away free snack bags of Garrett's Caramel Crisp.  This special is today only at the Loop and River North locations.

Purchase a tin and Garrett's will donate $2 to Kernels for Kids, the Japan Earthquake Tsunami Relief fund.

Garrett Popcorn was voted one of Oprah's Favorite Things in 2010 - for good reason, the stuff is YUMMMMMMY!