Fabulous Freebies 2011
Here at Kiplinger, we believe you can have the best of both worlds: that you can live frugally and live well.
To prove that point, we're back with our fifth annual list of fabulous freebies. We found 31 categories of quality goods and services -- from free financial services to free entertainment, no useless junk allowed! -- that you would happily pay money for, except you don't have to.
Welcome to the land of the freebies, the home of the savers. . .
culinary skills
bike maintenance, backpacking, camp cooking
yoga
computers, chess, knitting
language
draw
golf
IHOP
Rita's
Ben & Jerry's
Pretzelmaker
Cinnabon
Starbucks
Haagen-Dazs
Krispy Kreme
TCBY
Chick-Fil-A
free food on your birthday
public library
iCloud
Google Music Beta
Amazon Cloud
LensCrafters
Hulu.com
Crackle.com
TV networks' Web sites
InsideRedbox.com.
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free outdoor movies
free family films
Giant Eagle, Meijer, Publix, Schnucks
Wegmans
Price Chopper
ShopRite
University of Pennsylvania's online books page
War and Peace, Moby Dick
Little Women
Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, iTunes.com
Kobo.com
public library
Small Business Administration
pick up your order
match your contributions
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