I have been a member of Crowdtap (which is a place you get to share your opinions and sometimes even get to sample awesome items) for quite a while now. I love all the different things I get to discuss, review and try out through them. My favorite things though are always the Old Navy sample and share programs. If chosen, you get a coupon for a free item for yourself and a free item for a friend. I have been lucky enough to do quite a few sample and share projects. I reviewed Old Navy Jeans, Old Navy Outerwear/coats, and Old Navy Shorts. Recently I was chosen to also get an Old Navy dress!! (And as I was typing this review, I just got an email saying I get to Sample and Share Active Wear soon as well!!)

Today I want to tell you about the Dress sample and share! I took my daughter with me to go shopping for my dress. She tried on dresses too. We had a great time. I was actually hoping to get a maxi sweater dress like this one from OldNavy.com:


But, as you may recall, I have recently moved to Arizona. It is still hot here. There is no need for a maxi sweater dress here, and when I went to the store, they did not actually have any (which was ok since it would be far too hot here anyway). So, when they did not have what I had liked online, I just started grabbing different dresses and trying them on. Here are some of the ones I tried on:



So, I really liked all these ones, but in the end I went with this one:

I just thought it was a fantastic dress and in a different color than I have in my closet right now! I wore it to church on Sunday and got SO many compliments! I knew then I had chosen wisely. I was tempted to buy my daughter the same dress since we look so cute together in the matching dresses:

BUT she was not fond of matching her mommy. I liked this dress she tried on as well:

But the dress SHE liked the best (and bought) was this one:

All in all I had a great experience going to Old Navy and trying on all the dresses. I thought there was a lot to choose from (though there were not long dresses). I liked what I got and if you are looking for a super cute dress at an affordable price, check out your local Old Navy store or go check out OldNavy.com dresses right from your computer!

If you also want the chance to become a Crowd Tapper so you can sign up for future sampling events, please join through my referral link here and we can start tappin together! :)

***By way of Disclosure, I was given a coupon for me to get a free ON Dress, as well as a free coupon for a friend. Thanks CrowdTap and Old Navy for this fun experience and these free dresses for me and my friend!!***

Wow! I got a fun little flyer in my mail today! Apparently, Tomorrow, Thursday August 16th is Customer Appreciation Day at Paradise Bakery.

For those that cannot see the picture (ok, so no one can see the picture since it won't work-I will try to add it later), it says that if you go in tomorrow, you can enjoy a free cup of coffee all day and sample some of their menu items as well. From 7-9am sample Bagels and Breakfast items, 11am-2pm sample salads, Sandwiches, & Panini (though Panini are not available at mall cafes), and from 2-4pm Low-Fat Fruit Smoothies.

(If you were lucky enough to get this same flyer-make sure to check out the back of it for a sweet coupon!!!) Guess I know where Kindle, Everest and I will be for our field trip tomorrow...

I am about to turn 33. Wow...I remember when my dad turned 30, and that doesnlt even seem that long ago. I guess time really does fly when you're having fun!! Last year I posted the following list of Birthday Freebies I got.  I thought it was worth revisiting and reminding you of all the free stuff you can sign up for so you will be ready to watch the birthday freebies start rolling in as well!

Here is what I got last year:

• FREE $30 gift certificate for a Birthday dinner from Benihana
• FREE bowl of Noodles from Noodles and Co.
• 10 FREE wings from Hooters
• $10 Free Game Play at Dave and Buster's
• A FREE Creation from Cold Stone
• A FREE Drink from Caribou Coffee
• FREE birthday Burger from Ruby Tuesday
• FREE 1/3 lb Burger (or entree or equal value) from Fuddruckers
• FREE Gourmet Burger of my choice from Red Robin
• FREE Ice Cream Cone from Maggie Moo's
• FREE one scoop Sundae from Culver's
• FREE dessert at Buffalo Wild Wings
• FREE 16 oz Julius from Orange Julius
• FREE SEPHORA COLLECTION Beautiful Eyes Kit featuring: Lash Plumper Volumizing Mascara in Black, Nano Eyeliner in Silver Green, Colorful Mono Eyeshadow in Aspen Summit from Sephora
• FREE Dessert in one email and Free cookie with purchase of adult entree in another email at Fazoli's
• FREE Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity or menu item of equal or lesser value at IHOP
• FREE Grand Slam at Denny's
• FREE cookie at Brueggers
• FREE brownie Sundae from Chili's
• Birthday Surprise from Famous Dave's (what you get depends on the code in your email. My code is B08 and I called them and found out that is a free appetizer-excluding the sampler)
• Free Mini, 12 or 16 oz Blizzard when you buy a 16 oz Blizzard at Dairy Queen
• Free 12 oz Shake with any purchase at Arby's
• Free Appetizer with the purchase of an entree at Lone Star
• Buy one Pretzel Item, Get one Free at Auntie Anne's
• Buy on Entree, get one free at Fox & Hound
• Free Mousse cake with purchase of regular size sandwich at Gandolfo's
• Free Dessert with entree purchase at TGIFriday's
• $3 off any Ice Cream Cake from Baskin Robbins
• $10 off purchase of $20 or more at Mimi's Cafe
• In snail mail I got a coupon from Lofthouse cookies for a FREE package of any package of Lofthouse frosted cookies

This year so far I have gotten:

• A Sephora birthday surprise
• A Procter and Gamble coupon booklet
• A coupon from Chicken of the Sea
• A trip to Disney World with the family from my husband!! :)

This is a sweet little sample! I am excited about it!! You can get a free sample of Juice Beauty. Just click here to sign up!

Thanks Free Samples 2 Fill Up Your Mailbox.

I am super excited to have discovered this new site! I LOVE to read (in all my spare time LOL). And now I will get to read and review books for free thanks to Book Sneeze. If you are a blogger that would like to read and review books they send you for free, you should go to their site and sign up. It only took me a day to get approved and I just picked my first book, Couples Who Pray.

It looks REALLY interesting. Read what it is about here.

FYI, it appears the books here are all faith based in some way. Just so you know before you sign up!

Right now you can sign up to receive a FREE PAIR OF GLASSES, lenses included, through coastalcontacts.com.  This is for Utah Residents only.  The first 1,000 people will receive this offer, so hurry over.  Simply go here and enter your email address.  On December 2, you will get an email telling you how to obtain your free glasses from coastalcontacts.com.  You must have a valid prescription ready to submit on December 2 to get the free glasses.  There is a limit of one per household and you will have to pay shipping-shipping is approximately $8.00-not bad for a pair of glasses!!  :)  Go enter now. 

Thanks Utah Deal Diva

I missed this free sample last time it was up and was bummed! So, I am glad to tell you that you can again score a sample of Shout Color Catcher if you go here and fill out the form. I am super excited to try this out!!!

This is so lazy of me, but I wanted to tell you about a whole bunch of freebies I have seen the last day or so, then I got an email from one of the blogs I really like that has most of them included in a new post. So rather that write out all the new freebies and find all the links, let me just refer you to this post at Cuckoo for Coupon Deals to check out the freebies. And check out the rest of her blog while you are there. It is one of the deals blogs I recently discovered and really like!

My 32nd Birthday is next Monday, September 13. (I was pleasantly surprised to learn from my husband yesterday that I am only turning 32 as I was for some reason under the impression I was turning 33.) I signed up for a lot of online email clubs and things, and boy have I been raking in the birthday surprises! I wanted to let you know all the great birthday stuff I have gotten in email and snail mail. I will try to include links with each one so you can also go sign up to get birthday freebies when your big day come around! (FYI-I would just go sign up for them now even if your birthday is next August and then just watch your inbox fill with surprises when it comes near your birthday).

Here is what I have received so far:

• FREE $30 gift certificate for a Birthday dinner from Benihana (Now I just have to find an excuse to go visit Utah this month...)
• FREE bowl of Noodles from Noodles and Co.
• 10 FREE wings from Hooters
• $10 Free Game Play at Dave and Buster's
• A FREE Creation from Cold Stone
• A FREE Drink from Caribou Coffee
• FREE birthday Burger from Ruby Tuesday
• FREE 1/3 lb Burger (or entree or equal value) from Fuddruckers
• FREE Gourmet Burger of my choice from Red Robin
• FREE Ice Cream Cone from Maggie Moo's
• FREE one scoop Sundae from Culver's
• FREE dessert at Buffalo Wild Wings
• FREE 16 oz Julius from Orange Julius
• FREE SEPHORA COLLECTION Beautiful Eyes Kit featuring: Lash Plumper Volumizing Mascara in Black, Nano Eyeliner in Silver Green, Colorful Mono Eyeshadow in Aspen Summit from Sephora
• FREE Dessert in one email and Free cookie with purchase of adult entree in another email at Fazoli's
• FREE Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity or menu item of equal or lesser value at IHOP
• FREE Grand Slam at Denny's
• FREE cookie at Brueggers
• FREE brownie Sundae from Chili's
• Birthday Surprise from Famous Dave's (what you get depends on the code in your email. My code is B08 and I called them and found out that is a free appetizer-excluding the sampler)
• Free Mini, 12 or 16 oz Blizzard when you buy a 16 oz Blizzard at Dairy Queen
• Free 12 oz Shake with any purchase at Arby's
• Free Appetizer with the purchase of an entree at Lone Star
• Buy one Pretzel Item, Get one Free at Auntie Anne's
• Buy on Entree, get one free at Fox & Hound
• Free Mousse cake with purchase of regular size sandwich at Gandolfo's
• Free Dessert with entree purchase at TGIFriday's
• $3 off any Ice Cream Cake from Baskin Robbins
• $10 off purchase of $20 or more at Mimi's Cafe
• In snail mail I got a coupon from Lofthouse cookies for a FREE package of any package of Lofthouse frosted cookies

WOW, that is quite the list when I look at it like that! Most of them give me a few weeks to redeem them though you have to watch because a few (like Caribou Coffee and Denny's) have to be right ON your birthday! Looks like I better get on the ball to get all my free birthday stuff-I already stopped by the mall today and for Auntie Anne's Pretzels and a Strawberry Orange Julius! YUMMY!!

What other free birthday stuff is out there that I missed?  Let me know!! Thanks!

This looks like a blast!! Apparently the Trolley Square construction is finally over in Salt Lake, and to celebrate, Trolley Square is having a TON of cheap and FREE grand re-opening events tomorrow, Saturday August 21.

A few of my favorites:
*9 am to 4 pm- Fun activities for the kids featuring Munchkin Radio and a bounce house
*3 pm free cake on the west plaza while supplies last
*4 pm to 9 pm All Events photo booth - FREE pictures with family and friends
*9:30 pm FIREWORKS

You will want to check out the full list of activities as I have only hit the tip of the iceberg here. Check it out on the Trolley Square website here.

Thanks Freebies 2 Deals.

If you have a birthday coming up (or if you have a birthday at all) you should check out this fantastic post by Penny Pinchin Mom. It has a list of places to sign up for excellent birthday surprises! My birthday is coming up in September and I am just going to go down the list and sign up to get som great birthday freebies!! Thanks for the great post Penny Pinchin Mom

Sheridan's Lattes & Frozen Custard is oprning a new store in Omaha at 2615 S 180th (next to Target) this week. To celebrate their grand opening they have a couple fun offers this week.

First, from Wednesday July 7-Friday July 9th, Buy 1 Dessert, Get one Free (of Equal or lesser value)!!!

Second, from Saturday July 10-Sunday July 11, FREE cones for Kids!!!! And BOGO hot dogs!

I LOVE Grand Openings!! We will be stopping by!

I just wanted to put together a list of the Father's Day Freebies I am aware of around Omaha. If you have more to add to my list, please leave a comment and let me know. Here's what I have:

• Culver's Millard location is giving dad's a free 1 Scoop Sundae on Father's Day.
• Dad's can eat a free buffet (with purchase of a buffet) on Father's Day (This Sunday June 20th) at Valentino's.
• If you are signed up for Noodles and Company e-newsletter, you should have gotten an email that you can print out and take dad in this weekend for a FREE BOWL of noodles, soup, or salad. (Offer cannot be combined with other offers. One offer per person. Duplication of the offer is prohibited. Offer valid June 18 through June 20, 2010 at participating locations only.) See offer online here.
• Dad's get a free dessert of their choice at Jerico's on Father's Day (it does say to reserve early)

While I was putting together my list above, I found a great Father's Day Freebie Post on Free Sample Freak that you should check out here.

I also just found another GREAT list of Father's Day Restaurant deals on Smart Couponing that you shoul check out here.

Here is the big long list of all the other fun stuff (ie freebies) I got in the mail over the past week while I was gone. They are all pictured above:

•  P&G Sampler box including samples of Tide, Bounce, Cascade, and Pantene.
• NeilMed Neti Pot
• FREE Lipstick for sharing my goal from Walgreens and Revlon
• Sahale Snacks Southwest Cashews for my husband and Sahale Snacks Tuscan Almonds for me
• Zarbee's Children's Cough Syrup Sample
• Coupon for FREE Lofthouse cookies for my husband for his birthday this month
• Issue of Cosmopolitan from my FREE subscription
• Special K Protein Meal Bar (with 2 $1 off coupons)
• True Citrus sample pack (2 True Lemon, 1 True Lime, 1 True Orange, and a $1 off coupon)
• Travel information about Clay County, Missouri
• John Frieda Frizz-Ease collection samples
• $5 off at Tuesday Morning for being a Preferred Customer (ie signing up for their emails and mailings)
• Stopain sample plus $2 off coupon
• Secret Clinical Sample from Wal-Mart (It is pretty good sized for a sample-like a travel size)
• $2.28 Rebate check from Banquet
• Letter from Genesis Today explaining that they ran out of their FREE 64 oz Acai Berry bottles, but that they hoped this discount coupon for Goji Berry juice would be appreciated instead-then it had a coupon for a FREE 10 oz Goji Berry Juice! That is a company I like-if they run out of the original samples, they send you something else at least!! NICE!

So, what freebies have you been getting in your mail lately?! I would love to know if you are getting fun stuff as well!

Have you signed up for Kraft First Taste yet? If not, you really should! Check out what I got from them!

6 FREE coupons from Kraft First Taste for:

• Kool-Aid Fun Fizz Drink Drops (up to $2.49)
• Kraft Homestyle Deluxe Macaroni and Cheese Dinner (up to $3.99)
• DiGiorno Deep Dish Pizza (up to $3.30)
• Kraft 100 Calorie Packs Cheese Bites (up to $3.29)
• Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Shaved Meats (up to $4.50)
• Ritz Crackerfuls Filled Crackers (up to $3.49)

If you want to be in on the next freebie, go to Kraft First Taste and sign up!

WOW-I sure made out in my mailbox this week! Tuesday and Wednesday were huge mail days, and I finally got the chance to take couple pictures so I can tell you what I got. (It is in 2 pictures because I forgot to put like half the stuff in the first picture-it's been one of those days).

Above in picture 1 is the following:

• OK magazine (From my FREE subscription)
• Got2b Hairspray, coupons & samples to try out and share with friends, sent to me from BzzAgent. (I will be blogging about this later when I get the chance to try it out and get some pictures for you! If you are interested in becoming a BzzAgent, please email me and I will be happy to send you a referral email-my email is beckeesdeals@gmail.com)
• 2 FREE Butterfinger coupons
• A Digiorno's coupon for $4 off a Pizza and Breadsticks box. This was sent to me because I applied to host a Digiorno House Party, and although I was not chosen to host, they still wanted to give me the chance to try out the product! NICE!! I used that tonight and was able to get it for only $2.50!!
• Coupon for FREE Chavrie cheese
• 2 coupons for FREE BetterOats Oatmeal
• Dove Damage Therapy Sample
• 6 FREE coupons from Kraft First Taste for:

1. Kool-Aid Fun Fizz Drink Drops (up to $2.49)
2. Kraft Homestyle Deluxe Macaroni and Cheese Dinner (up to $3.99)
3. DiGiorno Deep Dish Pizza (up to $3.30)
4. Kraft 100 Calorie Packs Cheese Bites (up to $3.29)
5. Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Shaved Meats (up to $4.50)
6. Ritz Crackerfuls Filled Crackers (up to $3.49)

And in picture 2 is:

• Shirley J Universal Sauce Sample
• Dr Scholl's for Her Sample
• $10 "Fathers Day" Gift Card from Kohl's-what a great surprise!!
• Old Spice Odor Blocker Body Wash Sample from Walmart
• A Check from Shop at Home for $23.78 (I will be writing a whole seperate post about this as well, but basically if you shop online through them, you get money back and they send you a check whenever you hit $20 in your account. If you want to try it out, please sign up through my referral link here-I would REALLY appreciate it!)
• My latest Netflix movie! I LOVE Netflix!! Have you tried it out yet? If not, I can still get you a FULL MONTH FREE trial until June 15-see details here.

I suspect this will be a popular one and probably hard to get, but I SO want to try!! Be one of the first 50 people at Pac Sun on May 29th (that is Saturday FYI) you will receive a FREE gift bag. The gift bag may include music, clothes, headphones or even trips. Go here for more details.

Thanks Chicks Dig Deals.

Wow, Friday and Saturday were really nice mail days for me!! Check out the exciting things I got in the picture above! I know it is hard to tell what it all is, so let me tell you:

• My Kraft BBQ Summer Pack from Facebook came (really fast)! It contained the 2 Sundried tomato and basil Wheat Thins pictured above (and a third one that I promptly ate), a coupon for a FREE Bulls-Eye BBQ Sauce, a coupon for a FREE Oscar Meyer Hot Dog pack, and 3 free samples of Caramel Latte coffee mixes (not pictured as I gave them away since I do not drink coffee).
• One free Dr Scholl's For Her insole (yes-only one...weird freebie, but I guess they think you will love it so much you go out and buy the set!)
• FREE sample of Philosophy Miracle Worker.
• FREE sample of Kellogg's Fiber Plus bar to try and review from Viewpoints.
• FREE Covergirl ShineBlast Lipgloss from Harper's Bazaar for participating in the Covergirl Insider Program.
• Coupon for any FREE Sunsweet product (up to $5.50 value).
• A bonus sale for the new Hy-Vee location opening here in Omaha (I will wrote more about that in another post).
• THE BIGGEST, AWESOMEST SURPRISE IN MY MAILBOX (mostly because I did not sign up for this one):  a $5 gift card to Walmart (to be used at the newly remodeled L street location).  LOCALS READERS: WATCH your mail for your gift card-it looks like a Walmart ad at first glance, and you have to make sure to open it up to see that the gift card is inside!!

There are 3 new samples on Walmart's website right now:

• For a sample of  Dove Ultimate Beauty Care Deodorant, click here. 
• For a sample of  Secret Clinical Strength Deodorant, click here.
• For a sample of Old Spice Odor Blocker Body Wash, click here.

Thanks Mojo Savings.

I told you about the All You Magazine daily freebies. This link will take you to the May daily freebies calendar. You can go back through the calendar to see if there are any you have not signed up for yet!