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18 Government Freebies

Did you know that there are thousands of government freebies that are available to most Americans? Many go unused because people don’t know about them. We’re highlighting 18 government freebies that could help most people.

1. Savvy Shopping Guide: The 2009 Consumer Action Handbook is packed with handy tips and tricks for the savvy shopper. You’ll find information on preventing identity theft, understanding credit, filing a consumer complaint, filing for bankruptcy, finding a lawyer and much more. Up to 10 copies for free.

2. FHA Home Loan Insurance Refund: You may be entitled to an insurance refund if you ever took out an FHA home loan. In the past, FHA loan borrowers were required to pay a set amount of insurance premiums up-front, no matter how long they planned on living in a house. You’re entitled to a refund if your insurance was terminated when a) you sold your home, b) you paid off your mortgage early, c) you refinanced your mortgage into a non-FHA loan.

3. “Recipes and Tips for Healthy, Thrifty Meals”: Forget those crash diets, expensive programs and diet books. ThisPDF guide will help you lose weight the healthy and thrifty way. All recipes are simple to prepare and don’t require a load of ingredients.

25 Retailers with Free Gift Wrapping

One of the best parts about shopping online is you can opt to have presents gift wrapped before shipping. Some merchants will even toss in a card for free. No muss, no fuss and no trying to find the end of the tape roll.

Even better than paying up to $8 for gift wrapping are the following 25 merchants who offer this service for free during the holidays.

1. Tiffanys - Jewelry
Free gift wrapping on all purchases. Wrapping includes a blue box with your choice of a red or white ribbon.

2. What She Buys – Clothing, accessories, and shoes
Free gift wrapping is offered on all purchases. During the Christmas season the wrapping paper is silver with a burgundy ribbon.

3. Travel Smith – Clothing and accessories
Free gift wrapping on select items.

12 Steps to Furnishing Your Office for Free on Craigslist

Entrepreneurship is at an all-time high, thanks to lay-offs and under-employment across the country. Many people tired of hunting for a job have decided it’s easier to start their own business than find a job. The Small Business Administration counted 26.8 million small business in the U.S. in 2006 and that figure continues to rise.

Many of these businesses are started on a shoestring, often from home offices. Often, office furniture and gear doesn’t figure into start-up costs, so why not furnish your office for free or nearly free?

Few people realize that CraigsList.com — a centralized free network of online classified ads — has a “Free” section for a wide variety of items. In addition to free kittens and couches, you’ll often find ads offering free or incredibly cheap office furniture and equipment, albeit with a few dents and scratches. The advantage of free stuff is that you can toss it when your budget allows for upgrades.

Shopping Craigslist requires some skill, and time so Mr. Freestuff has created a step-by-step lesson to help furnish your new office.

1. Go to Craigslist.com. There is no charge to consumers to use any portion of the site. This includes placing ads, replying to ads or just searching and browsing.

2. Click on your state and select the city or region closest to you. Many smaller cities now have their own sites.

3. You don’t need a user ID to read and reply to ads but will need an ID if you decide to place a “Wanted” ad.

Top 10 Black Friday Freebies

Black Friday traditionally is the day shoppers spend more money than any other day of the year. Wouldn’t it be divine if it was the day you received the most free stuff? Merchants are pulling out the freebie stops to get us into their stores, so why not take advantage of it and pick up some extra gifts for free?

To help you out, we’ve compiled a list of the Top 10 Black Friday freebies.

1. Ace Hardware offers a free 38-piece ratcheting screwdriver set, after rebate. This has to be one of the top-10 gifts guys like to receive, so get it for free.

2. Babies R Us is giving away a Summer Infant Audio Monitor with every purchase of a Handheld Color Video Monitor. Two gifts for the price of one!

3. Kmart is offering a free Xbox 360 Halo 3 ODST with every purchase of an Xbox 360 Elite Bundle. Have you tried Halo yet? This is so worth it.

4. Ikea is providing free breakfast and coffee Until 10:30 a.m on Black Friday. It’s a great place to browse anyway, so start your day at Ikea with a free jolt of caffeine.

5. Meijer hypermarkets will give you two Buy-ray movies and two video games with each PS3 120GB Slim Console purchase. As the guy on the commercial says: “Niiiiice!”

10 Tips to Host a Freebie Baby Shower

Baby showers are about much more than the gifts. They’re a way to let the expectant couple know their friends and family love them. It’s also an opportunity to provide reassurance that everything will be fine and they’ll be great parents.

Many couples going on their second child, however, are hesitant to be the focus of yet another shower, particularly if the children will be close in age. So how about organizing a Free Baby Stuff Shower?

Each guest would search the Internet for baby freebies and plug in the new mother’s address to receive three, five or whatever number of freebies the host has predetermined. Guests also might bring coupons for newborn items. Virtual guests also can weigh in by emailing information about their gifts.

Having guests deal with the paperwork will save the parents a ton of time and avoiding the embarrassment of accepting higher-ticket gifts. It also would allow them to sample a variety of new products and enjoy opening their mailbox to something other than bills.

Here are a few ideas to get the ball rolling:

1. Diapers: One of the biggest expenses parents face is diapers: Should they go with the more expensive name-brands or the cheaper store-brand diapers? Samples can help them make that decision.

2. Formula: Baby formula is so expensive. It’s discouraging to buy a new formula and find it doesn’t suit a new infants needs and tastes. There are plenty of baby-formula freebies, so why not take advantage of them?

3. Wipes: Every diaper change requires a wipe or five, but every baby is sensitive to different wipes. Let the new parents experiment with different wipe samples.

51 Web Sites with Free Coloring Pages

Coloring pages are fun for children of all ages, and especially beneficial for developing a broad range of skills. Children who learn color concepts at a young age tend to acquire and use knowledge more efficiently and effectively.

Other important skills children can learn/develop through coloring are picture comprehension and hand-eye coordination.

Listed below are 50 websites where you can get free coloring pages:

1. Activity Village

This site allows you to find all different types of images along with highlighting the newest additions to the coloring site.

2. AHC arts & crafts

The coloring pages on this site are listed alphabetically making it easy to find what ever you may be looking for.

3. The Best Kids Book Site
Here you can sort through the coloring pages either by alphabetical order or by category type making finding your ideal image easy.

21 Canadian Restaurants where Kids Eat Free

We were pleasantly surprised with the positive response we had to our 101 Restaurants where Kid’s Eat Free in the United States blog post that we decided to make a version for Canada. We are currently at 19 restaurants in Canada where kids eat free. If you know of any others please let us know.

As always, please verify with the restaurant that they are participating in the kids eat free offer before going.

101 Restaurants where Kids Eat Free

Why pay for something when you can have it for free? Below is a list of 101 restaurants where kids eat for free! Please contact the restaurant location you will be visiting before to insure that they are still offering the kids eat free promotion or that your local branch of a chain restaurant is participating.

Do you know of other restaurants where kids eat free? Let us know by commenting below.

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