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Previous Update - March 22, 2006

March 22, 2006 - File That One Under "Oops!" Today, I received what has to be my favorite letter, hands down. I haven't stopped laughing since I read it... Safeway (#15) sent back a nice, polite response to my inquiry for Costco frozen vegetable lasagna and/or dried Shitake mushrooms. I didn't get any freebies, but I'm not considering this one a rejection, either... Why not, you ask (or don't ask). Because Safeway was nice enough to politely tell me that they are Dominick's, not Costco. Now, I assure you... Bitch-slapping Dominick's by writing a Costco fan letter to them was not my intent! In fact, I shop at both places. How I managed to get Safeway's/Dominicks' address in my search for a Costco address, however, is beyond me. Anyway, for a day with no freebies, I'm still having a pretty good time! Freebies Summary Who? What? approx. $ Fellowes Four cans of compressed air $32.00 Carma Labs One jar of Carmex $1.29 Stash Tea Nine teabags $1.80 White Castle 19 burgers, 2 breakfast sandwiches, 2 orders of Chicken Rings $12.37 Airborne One free tube of Airborne $5.99 Reynolds Two 50-cent coupons $1.00 S.C. Johnson One free ($3 max.) Skintimate coupon $3.00 Church & Dwight Two $1 Arm & Hammer coupons $2.00 Pfizer Three 50-cent Purell coupons $1.50 Pepsi Pepsi pen, pencil, stickers, and gift catalog N/A Biotene Free samples of gum, toothpaste, and mouthwash N/A Burt's Bees Free stick of Burt's Bees $1.87 Dunkin Donuts Book of five $1 gift checks $5.00 Mercedes Benz Mercedes keychain $30.00 Eden Foods Pasta, tea, soymilk $9.54 Chicken of the Sea Two $2 coupons, one 25-cent coupon $4.25 Sanford Four pens $5.00 Gatorade (aka Pepsi) Three 60-cent coupons for Propel $1.80 Nestle Two coupons for Nestle candy $1.00 Max and Erma's A hat and travel cup $15.00 Dairy Queen Three $1 gift certificates $3.00 Del Monte Five coupons for dog snacks $5.25 Celestial Seasonings Three sample teabags, three coupons $5.60 Boston Market 33% of $50 coupon book $16.67 Campbell's Four 50-cent coupons $2.00 Energizer Three $1 coupons $3.00 Frito Lay Two 55-cent coupons $1.10 Nylabone A "Double Action Chew" with "Minty Fresh Center" (wolf size) $9.33 28 companies $180.36 Safeway (Dominick's, not Costco)