Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Best Day of the Year

 "It's just awesome. I just love that day." 

That's what Tim said after we got home from Nature Bin's Customer Appreciation Day. Nature's Bin is a small, independent grocery store around the corner from our house. They sell lots of organic, healthy food/products so they're a bit pricey but occasionally we shop there for specialty stuff. And on Customer Appreciation Day, they hand out a ton of free samples.

This is a day that we look forward to all year. Literally. We even write it on our calendar. It's all because of the free swag. And it's quality products - the kind of stuff we usually wouldn't buy because they're expensive. Sure the samples are in doll-size bottles, but again, free. Not to mention the fact that they have little bowls set up throughout the store of food products you can taste. Here's a visual of everything we picked up this year:


Ok, so looking at it now, not all that impressive. But when you write it out, it's pretty great, right?:

We got free samples of:

chapstick
dishwashing liquid
chips
popcorn
toothpaste
tea
kitchen utensils
burts bees lotion
vitamins
nail files
energy drinks
dog treats (we left those)
chocolate covered peanuts
sesame sticks
protein bars
granola bars
energy snacks
vanilla chai green tea raisins
cooking utensils (!) 
cookies
cider
apples
laundry detergent

Ugh, this post is making feel really ridiculous for getting so excited about a bunch of tiny samples. It's like getting excited over the free shampoo/conditioner in hotels. Well anyways, we like it ok. 

We're a simple folk, what can I say.



6 comments:

  1. Hey I am with you I love free quality stuff!

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  2. Yeah, that stuff can rack up pretty quickly. Getting all that for free is pretty impressive.

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  3. I would like to be notified of this day in the future, lol.

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    1. Will definitely inform you and you guys can come along! They usually hold it in September.

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  4. Are you kidding, that looks awesome. I would be stoked too!

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    1. You don't live that much further - you should come out next year!

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