Talk about freebies that you get from events, etc. HERE!!

Well I decided to make a thread about freebies you get at events, or in other kinds of ways, like samples in a store, or freebies from people on the street. (yes it happens all the time in big cities! )

So if you get freebies in these kinds of way, or any other that's not by mail, talk about it here!

im jealous already

I can't wait for the fair. I have stayed away for the last few years because I wanted to avoid the crowds. But after listening to Ismile going tot he things she goes to, I think at the beach, then I want to go and get promo stuff and . Yeah, senseless , but hey, some of it is pretty . Like pens and plastic pizza cutters, and you know....so, yeah, I am going this year and I will tell everyone what I get.

Okay so this has been an AMAZING week of in-person freebies for me!

On Wednesday I was at the farmer's market in the United Nations Plaza in SF, which is right outside my school. (It is only a farmer's market on Wednesdays.) So there was a guy pushing a cart-like thing FULL of SoyJoy bars. I grabbed like 5 or 6.. Hehehhee...

On Friday I went to "The Best of The East Bay Party" at the Oakland Meuseum. Freebie lover's event! There was a guy in an ape suit handing out free grapes.. .. a grape ape! I also got a reusable shopping bag,a pen, stickers, 2 buttons, post-its, and a really super adjustable measuring spoon from a spin-the-wheel game from a local restaurant. I also got a "buy local" magnet about buying local produce. NICE!!!

BUT, today I hit the super-mega jackpot of freebiedom! I always believed hard work is paid off, and I found today that is true. Today I voulnteered working the kitchen demo stage at the SF Chefs.Food.Wine event. This was a big to-do kind of event with a $150 admission price per person kind of thing. So I worked my butt off and at the end of the day I got some really things, and the only thing I was expecting to get out of it was the voulenteer t-shirt.

To I'll start with the little things and work my way up:
like 15 mini aveeno sunscreens,2 flower leis, 2 reusable totebags, a 6-pack of liter size Fiji Water, and 3 half liter bottles, a t-shirt, an apron, a loaf of bread shaped like a crab (not edible, but artisan bread.) Okay now this is where it starts to get really ... 4 Oval Ramekins (valued at 25+ $, Super Che'f dual Thermometer$99 retail, AND 8 Quart Covered Stockpot Minus the cover.. But I can always go buy a cover. This is a $160 stockpot!!

Moral of the story, HARD WORK PAYS OFF!! My good karma must have finally came back to me! Whoohoo!

Deedee wrote:SCORE!!!!!

Exactly! I think I have died and gone to freebie heaven!

OH I also forgot to mention my voulenteer manager told me to send a resume into the event staffing company she works for and to use her as a reference!! DOUBLE SCORE!!!!

Right ON!!! Good for you!

Deedee wrote:Right ON!!! Good for you!

Thank you, thank you. *takes a *

The stuff at the fair is only free if you didn't have to pay to get in.

WOW la.vie.............that's ! I'm jelous! Oh and next time there's a "freebie lovers event" in the Bay Area I better get the heads up!! OK!!

ya what she said!!! you lucky bum, im sooooooooo jealous!!!!!!! the closest this i have ever got to an in person freebie is costco or walmart.

Yeah my mom and I used go have "lunch" at costco

flameworker wrote:WOW la.vie.............that's ! I'm jelous! Oh and next time there's a "freebie lovers event" in the Bay Area I better get the heads up!! OK!!

You betcha! *salutes* I'm all over it.