Reminder: FREE candy bar from Mars today

As part of their Real Chocolate Relief Act promotion, Mars is giving away coupons for a FREE candy bar to the first 250,000 people who sign up here each Friday through September 25. The contest will open later this morning at 9:00 EDT. Limit 1 coupon per email address per Friday. Limit 4 coupons per household during the promotion period. Allow 6 weeks for delivery.

Please note: You only have five minutes to enter your information once the screen is up, or you forfeit your coupon. Not sure why this is.

Freebie Roundup - 7/3

*** NEW this week

Free Samples:

*** Aquafresh Extreme Clean (will let you print 2 coupons)

Aveeno Nourish+ hair care

Carefree liners

Degree Men Absolute Protection

Dove heat defense therapy or intense damage therapy

Dunkin’ Donuts coffee sample (only original blend is currently in stock)

Emeril's original essence

*** Enfamil A.R.

*** Eucerin Aquaphor lotion

Greenies pet treats

Huggies Pure and Natural diapers (includes coupons)

Kotex Ultra Thin Overnight with wings

*** Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker

Mighty Leaf Tea (from Kroger)

NicoDerm CQ (Non-medicated patch and $7 coupon)

OB Tampons (includes cute travel case)

Poise sample kit

*** Playtex Gentle Glide

Playtex Sport tampons

Prilosec OTC

Rachael Ray Nutrish dog food

Stayfree overnight ultra thin pads

Sun Crystals

Tide Total Care

True Lemon, True Lime, and True Orange

Vaseline Aloe Fresh lotion (for Costco members)

Samples currently available from Walmart

Free magazine subscriptions:

Business Week (1 year)

Forbes (1 year)

Golf Digest (1 year)

Tennis (1 year)

Other freebies:

CVS Photo: 50 FREE 4x6 prints when you register and link your ExtraCare card

*** Enfamil Breast Feeding Support Kit

Mars candy bar (You must be one of the first 250,000 to sign up every Friday. Limit 4 per household over the promotion period.)

Mighty Dog Nation Citizenship Kit (This link will re-direct you to another post to find out how you can snag a FREE toy, dog tag, coupons and more.)

Nursery Water bag tag (They give away 100 each day, and there's a counter that tells you how many are left.)

Sippy cup or water bottle from Juicy Juice

Kmart Super Doubles are back July 5!

Another Kmart double coupon event will be starting soon! This promotion will be 7/5-7/11 at select stores. You can check out your local ad here or email help@customerservice.kmart.com to find out if your store is participating. You may want to keep in mind that some stores might run this promotion 7/8-7/14 instead of the dates listed above. (This has been the case at my local store during past promotions.)

Some details:

• Includes manufacturer's coupons up to $2
• Does not include Kmart store coupons
• Does not include Kmart pharmacy store coupons
• Does not include copies of manufacturer's coupons
• Limit of 10 coupons per customer per day
• You may only use 4 of them same coupon

I also saw on DealSeekingMom that you must spend at least $25 on grocery or drugstore items before coupons. I'm not exactly sure what they mean by this, but I've emailed customer service to find out. I'll keep you posted!

FREE Chiquita Bites coupon available

Chiquita has released a new coupon for a FREE Chiquita Bites single pack or $1 off a multi/family pack. Coupons expire July 30. Don't forget to hit your back button to print two.

P&G Brand Sampler - FREE samples and coupons

I always look forward to checking out new offers from the P&G Brand Sampler. P&G offers various samples and coupons at the beginning of each month. You pick and choose which offers you want, and P&G mails them to you within 4-6 weeks. It's completely FREE to sign up. All you need to do is go here.

Samples and coupons available for July:

• Metamucil Clear & Natural
• Metamucil Pink Lemonade
• Charmin Freshmates travel pack
• Tide Stain Release - $1.50
• Tide with a touch of Downy - $1
• Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal - $7
• PUR - $5 off any faucet mount, pitcher or dispenser, $2 off any 2-ct. refill pack or flavor cartridge
• Iams premium cat food - amount not specified

Some of my recent deals

Yesterday, I was out doing a little shopping and found some pretty good deals. Here's what all I came across:

At Walmart:

DiGiorno Flatbread Melt - $2.50

- Used coupon for FREE DiGiorno Flatbread Melt (special promotion)

= FREE

Marie Callender's Pasta al Dente meal - $2 (rollback price)

- Used $1 coupon from June All You

= $1

2 pints of Starbucks ice cream - $2.50

- Used $1.50 printable coupon (no longer available)

You can still get a $1 coupon here or at coupons.com

= $1 each (I've been dying to try these since they came out!)

Oreo Cakesters - $2 (rollback price)

- Used $1 coupon from insert

= $1

4 Velveeta Shells and Cheese cups - $.98 each

- Used coupon for 2 FREE cups

- Used BOGO coupon

= 4/$98 ($.24 each)

(Both coupons were from Kraft First Taste.)

Reach toothbrushes - $2

- Used $2 printable coupon from coupons.com

= $0

At Target:

Reach dental floss - $1.02

- Used $1 printable coupon from coupons.com

(These $1 and $2 coupons are awesome!)

= $.02

Gillette shampoo and body wash - $1.70 (clearance price)

- Used $1 coupons from insert

= $.70 each

Reminder: Coupons.com updated today!

Don't forget that coupons.com updated today. That means that old coupons have been reset and new ones have been added.

Be sure to print more of the $1 and $2 Listerine coupons. If you read the fine print, these will also work on Reach toothbrushes and Reach floss. This means FREE or really cheap products!

Are you on the a-list? Sign up now!

If you haven't joined Aerie's a-list yet, it's not too late! You have to sign up in person at an Aerie store, but you can go here for more information in the meantime. (There's also a 15% off coupon available!)

After you sign up, you'll receive a FREE gift one Thursday every month (no purchase necessary) and a FREE gift during your birthday month (a cute lip gloss palette).

This month's gift is a 4-oz. shimmer mist in one of four scents (retail value: $7.50).

Previous gifts:

June - floral sticky notepad (retail value: $12.50)

May - f.i.t. workout towel with elastic hair tie (retail value: $12.50)

April - 2 oz. bottle of Abigail body mist (retail value $7.50)

March - summer tote bag (retail value $15.50)

Online Community - Vocalpoint

Vocalpoint is one of my favorite sites/online communities. This site is packed with information and tips, recipes, product reviews, and some really awesome coupons. Vocalpoint also offers opportunities to test out and review new products.

As with other online communities similar to this one, they do expect you to share your opinion and review any products they send you to test out. (The review surveys are always easy to complete, and it's fun to see what everyone else thought.)

There's no fee to sign up, but you do have to qualify to become a member. (I believe anyone who is female, 18 or older, and willing to share their opinions will qualify.) To see if you qualify, just fill out this short questionnaire.

(If you saw my 6/22 mail call, you might have seen a Bounce dryer bar. Vocalpoint sent this to me for FREE to test out and review!)

Other cool programs you might want to check out:

- BzzAgent

- Kraft First Taste

- SheSpeaks

Good Cause: Give $1 to the Skin Cancer Foundation for FREE

Good Cause: Jergens Glow in the Dark Campaign

When you pledge to give up bad tanning habits for good, Jergens will donate $1 to the Skin Cancer Foundation. Jergens will donate $1 for every pledge made up to $20,000.

Want to see other good causes I've highlighted in the past? Just click here. There are lots of ways you can donate and help others for FREE!