I hope your hungry because this seems to be the week for food freebies. If your lucky enough to have a Rita's Italian Ice near you, stop by and get a free sample of their newest Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Ice Cream flavor. Carvel Ice Cream is hosting Customer Appreciation Day on Thursday, 9/20 from 3pm - 7pm and you can get a free Jr. Bonnet cone.

This next one is huge, Papa John's is giving away over 2 million pizzas! That's 120,000 free one topping each week until December 31st in a random drawing. Sign up for Papa Johns Rewards to be entered. If you're already a member you're already entered and don't have to do anything. The free pizza will be awarded in the form of a unique, one-time use promotion code emailed directly to the email address associated with the winner's papajohns.com account.

Get six free wings from Buffalo Wild Wings when you sign up for their newsletter. Your 6 free wings coupon gets emailed to you each year on the anniversary of your sign up date. Sign up by clicking on 'Extras" in the navigation bar then clicking "Buffalo Circle" on the drop down menu. Each week Quick Chek offers a printable coupon valid for a free item in their stores. This week you get a free ice cream sandwich, print yours under the 'Weekly Fan Coupon' tab.

Saturday, September 15th, stop by a Perkins Restaurant to get a free short stack at participating locations. No purchase is necessary, but a donation to 'Give Kids the World' is asked for in exchange for the freebie, but it's not required. This offer can be seen under the 'Free Short Stack' tab on their Facebook page. Get a free quinoa and arugula salad at California Pizza Kitchen with the printable coupon from their Facebook page. Click on the 'Dream Adventure' tab. The last of the free food freebies is a free glazed doughnut from Krispy Kreme on Wednesday, September 19th. It's their 'Talk Like a Pirate Day' so brush up on terms like; Ahoy Matey, Blow Me Down, Heave Ho, Landlubber and Sea Dog! to get your free doughnut. Here's a list of participating locations.

Free hair cuts for kids at JCPenney are coming back in November! Starting Sunday, November 4th kids K - 6th grade can get a free haircut EVERY SUNDAY!

BJ's Wholesale Club is offering a free 60 day membership. Print the free pass. The pass expires on 12/31/12. This would come in handy for November and December. You can print it now, but the countdown of your 60 days doesn't begin until you have it activated at the customer service desk. Call your local BJ's and ask if they accept the pass before going there. I've heard stories from people that some stores didn't honor it, because the store knew nothing about it. Even though the pass was from BJ's website. This happened occasionally with free passes that were offered last year.

If you need a new pair of eyeglasses you can get a pair for free from Coastal.com with this coupon. Offer for first time customers. Valid on eligible frames only and includes 1.5 index lenses. Lens upgrades and coatings available at extra cost. Shipping is not included.

You can get one of 10,000 Pureology Colour Stylist Lustrous Volumizer samples by filling in the form. This offer isn't for the first 10,000 that sign up. They are choosing the recipients of the freebie at random. Grab a Garnier Fall Flight sample from Target by filling in the form. Check to see if you can qualify for a free 3 Biore samples by answering a few questions.  The first 1,000 who sign up get a free Physicians Formula Lip Gloss, here's how: Get the secret word form their Facebook 9/18 at 2pm PST / 5pm EST. Fill in the form along with the secret word, if your one of the first 1,000 you get one. Offer under the 'Promotions' tab.

Old Navy is hosting a free kids safety event at their stores until September 16th. Kids get a free safety kit and get to meet local heroes.

Free CollageIt download! "CollageIt is an easy-to-use photo collage maker  for Mac OS X & Windows, which makes collage automatically. In a matter of seconds, this collage software can turn any ordinary photos into impressive  collages." After you make the collage you can print, share or email them.

Here's a freebie for your best friend, free Purina Dog Chow Active Life Sample at Walmart.  The freebie is on the second bubble of the scrolling banner. The bubbles are barely visible under the right corner of the pop up. The scrolling banner takes a few seconds to load over the Purina game island. There are a couple more freebies on the scrolling banner to if you want to check them out.


Jackie lives in Seattle, her blog is Free Hot Samples. Where there are hundreds of freebies and deals up for grabs.