Did You Receive a Surprise in the Mail?!

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So if you have been following Hip2Save since August, you may have gotten or will be getting a nice mailbox surprise this week! Yep, there I am above looking very HIP, showing off the freebies that I received from the FREE Sun Care Kit offer I posted back on August 28th. It never ceases to amaze me how many freebies show up on my doorstep that I’ve long forgotten about it.

What about you? Any great mailbox surprises?! 😀

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  1. Kathleen

    LOL! That picture is awesome Collin!

  2. Amanda

    Hehe, I got the same one and I had 100% forgotten about it. I ran around my house wearing that silly looking hat.

  3. Jenny

    I never received mine. 🙁

  4. Julie Sutton's Avon Store

    HA! I sure did and I also forgot about it. The hat is the best part. lol 🙂

  5. Dawn

    My UPS says I’m getting something today that weighs about a pound—-I wonder if it’s the same thing? lol…..guess I”ll save it till next summer! 🙂

  6. May

    I had it sent to my Dad as a surprise. He said the hat will be awesome for when he goes fishing.

  7. tonja

    I didnt get that one today but I did get the Twinings tea sample packs.

  8. Rachel

    I received a baking caboodle from ID. I had problems with the giveaway, as did many. They offered to send us coupons, mine never were mailed out. I contacted them again and they sent me a caboodle. I think that is pretty awesome!

  9. Danielle

    I got it too!! sadly the lotion leaked alllll over the hat, so I can’t wear it. I might try and wash it and see if it works!

  10. Vanessa

    lol. I received it. My son loves putting the hat on backwards and playing peekaboo!

    • Hilary

      Mine does too! It’s pretty funny 🙂

  11. Nana

    You look very pretty on the pic. ^_^

  12. Amanda

    Did you get a email from UPS saying you have a package but were not sure what it was. I received an email yesterday that I have a 3 lb package being shipped by UPS and will have tomorrow but doesnt say from where or who. So Im not sure if I won a prize from the awesome deals / contests you post.

  13. Katherine Davidson

    I didn’t get the sun care stuff, but I got 2 of the Bic Hybrid 4 razors today with extra cartridges. NICE!!!!

  14. Carlene

    Yes I did! To my surprise I received Pink Cookware Set w/ $30 P&G Purchase.
    What fun!

    • Maha

      No way! I JUST emailed Collin about this to ask her if she has heard if anyone has received this. How funny! I’ll be at my waiting at my doorstep then! Lol. I actually live like 10 minutes from the address we sent the form to. Fingers crossed it will be coming soon!!

  15. Maha

    Yup! I got mine yesterday along with the BIC razor I signed up for a while back, a tea sample, and a Scotch Brite disinfecting wipe. And today I got some Ovaltine samples, coffee sample, and another (like my fifth one) Tampax Radiance sample. Weehoooo!!!

  16. Erin

    i received this recently, too! i thought since it had been so long that it wasn’t coming, so i no longer expected it. it was a pleasant surprise!

  17. Nikki

    Pretty sure I signed up for it maybe I will get it this week!

  18. Mika

    I didn’t get the kit. I received an email from them saying that they ran out. 🙁

    • michelle

      i got that email also.

  19. Sarah

    I got mine on Saturday! Completely forgot about it!

  20. Kathryn

    Did’nt get it yet, but I remember signing up for it. Totally forgot about it

  21. Renee

    Collin you look so cute in your sun hat! 🙂 I love checking my mailbox, it’s always full of surprises… yesterday I got a Maybelline eye shadow in Turquoise from Allure’s August giveaways. So Fun!

    • Danielle

      those allure giveaways kill me! haha great job!

      • Ashley57

        I know, I love those! I have gotten three things from the August giveaway so far.

        • Danielle

          I am NEVER quick enough! So jealous! lol, but in a good way 🙂

  22. txhrc4

    You look totally hip Collin! 😉

  23. Rebecca

    I didn’t get this but yesterday I got The Amazing Spiderman game for PS3 from some Carl’s Jr game I played over the summer. I had no idea I had even won anything until it showed up in the mail yesterday. Perfect to put under the tree for my son for Christmas!

  24. Alea

    I signed up for the kit, but never got it! 🙁

  25. Janet

    I got a $5.00 off Millstone coupon on bag of coffee or box of K-Cups, which was very nice. But also got a damaged box of sample K-Cups (with post office apology) – my fav blueberry flavor tore open and coffee all over the place. 🙁 Also got a $14.00 off Tena underwear coupon …LOL. I like your mail day a little better… ; )

    • Shellie H

      If you won’t use the Tena coupon, would you mind mailing it to me? I’d be happy to mail some high-value coupons to you in return. 🙂 let me know if you want to swap, and what types of coupons you would like! shellbelle1229 at yahoo dot com.

  26. Noel

    got mine yesterday and had also totally forgotten about it, the hat was hot 🙂 I put the sunscreen and chapstick back for next summer!

  27. Ashley

    I had the craziest mail day today- there was ONE thing in my mailbox! Just a Lighting magazine. I just found it nuts because I have a ton of Christmas present on their way and usually my mailbox is stuffed to begin with. I was surprised that the mailman didn’t need to come to my door and when I went out to get the mail that one thing looked so lonely, lol! Nice break for the mailman, maybe now he thinks I’m normal :p

    • Maha

      OMG I totally know what you mean! I have one of those small mailboxes that the door comes down forwards and the little rungs at the bottom to put more mail in there (I hope that makes sense). Anyways, it’s always overflowing and I always think that my mailman thinks I’m nuts haha!!

      • Ashley

        Haha! Yes, I’m always a little ashamed when he comes to my door. I’m sure he thinks I’m a shopaholic or something. Oh well!

        • Krista

          haha! I feel the same way! I recently moved and got a new mailman and I am sure they wonder what the heck I am ordering all the time! My new UPS driver pry thinks I am crazy too!

          • Maha

            My UPS man is a grumpy old man so if I bother him I don’t mind… hehehe… is that bad?? 🙂

    • Dealzgurl

      At this point, it’s embarassing when UPS and Fedex stop in front of my door. I know my neighbors think I’m a shopaholic. No way to really them that I get a lot of free stuff that the companies pay money to ship! I started my Christmas shopping really early this year though so I’ve had a steady stream of delivery trucks for the past couple of months. Glad I’m not the only one!

      • Jennifer

        Oh, yes, I had to pick up (another) package from my apartment office, and the guy at the front desk already had it ready! He said he saw me coming and recognized me because I get so many packages. I felt like saying, “Most of them are free! I don’t have an online shopping addiction!”

  28. Joy

    My mailbox was jammed with freebies today! I got the Scotch Brite wipe, the P & G sampler (with samples of floss, toothpaste, Pampers sensitive wipes, wild berry Prilosec), Aveeno nourishing shampoo and conditioner, Folgers vanilla biscotti coffee sample and Nivea for Men body wash. Yay! Mailman must have loved me today.

  29. Tarri

    I signed up for it, never received an email and no surprise either. 🙁

  30. adrienne

    Nope. They cancelled my order. This seems to happen to me a lot!

  31. Jill

    I got it too! My husband laughed when I sported the hat!

  32. Lory

    Oh, yes yes!! I too have gotten quite a few surprises in the mail this last MONTH!! I have been collecting them all for ‘gifting ‘ at Christmas (I’m hoping to have enough to make a few baskets) Colin, if it weren’t for your all your posts’ I Never would have been able to get any of them, Thank you!!

  33. stacy

    Shape mag yesterday 🙂

    • Leslie

      I got two issues of Shape yesterday too! Nov and Dec issue, yay!

  34. Cannielle

    I haven’t gotten anything last week, has any one gotten the Facebook Tshirt yet? Not that I care about it, I think a lots my freebies never came.

    • Maha

      I got the “THIT” t-shirt last week.

      • Carol

        Yea, I got that “THIT” t-shirt too, my husband says I better not wear it out in public. It looks like #hit at first glance!

        • Maha

          That’s actually how my nephew says it (he has one of those cute baby lisps. Hehe. I only wear it around the house… for that exact reason 🙂

  35. Nikki

    I got mine yesterday!
    The booklet that came with the sunscreen is an eye-opener for folks still on the fence about tanning salons & getting fried @ the beach. I get so mad when I see a teen girl walk into a local tanning salon-I wish to heck they’d shut those places down. Skin cancer is no laughing matter.

    • Jenny

      I whole-heartedly agree. I live in Florida and see people “baking” in the sun all day long. People look like really old leather when they get older – it’s disgusting! We even have tanning salons here. For what reason I just don’t know. Crazy!!

  36. darla

    I recieved an email months back telling me I wasnt getting mine….

  37. Melissa

    I got the CowBoom foam cow this past week as well as the Aveeno shampoo and conditioner sample.

    • lmwynn

      My kitty kidnapped my foam cow and tore its head off LOL

      • Ashley

        My 1 year old bit the nose off, much to my 2 year old’s dismay!

      • Danielle

        hahahahahahah. I laughed so hard at this! my kitty or my dog would do the SAME thing

  38. Whittnee

    I recieved that yesterday and like everyone else completely forgot about it i just figured it was one of those giveaways that you sign up for and either they just didnt send them or i didnt make it in time lol..yesterday I also recieved my salad bowl that I won from the Almond Accents giveaway and my 10 movies I ordered(which was $22 but got for free with my Jingit Account)….Todays mail??…… MY COW FROM COWBOOM!!!! its so cute!!! Thanks again Collin for everything!

  39. cher

    Thanks for the reminder. I did sign up but never rec’d anything-Is this the sun safe bag? Never came. Maybe soon. I have a few plastic boxes for samples but the good size stuff is the best.

  40. jennifer

    I got mine, too! This will be great for me, I have been battling basal cell skin cancer for the past 12 years!

  41. Cheryl W.

    Got mines last week! Thanks!

  42. marilynn

    I too remember signing up, but have not gotten it yet. My parents are getting up
    in years now, and I always sign my mom up for these things too. Hope she got it!
    I live out of state, and don’t get to go home often, but I saw once how important the mailman is to them every day, and wanted to help make it worth their while to look!
    Mom has complained about all of the “junk” she gets from time to time, but seeing
    the look on their faces and watching them up open that “junk” has made it worthwhile to me to be a secret shipper for them! lol Mom has said more than once..”I sure don’t know why I get all this stuff…”

    • Jennifer

      Marilynn, that is too funny (and very sweet of you to do that for them!).

  43. meg

    I got $20 Target giftcard from the Halloween FB game! Didn’t even realize I had won!Also some Betty Crocker boxed potatoes and six lacrosse balls I got for less than $1 each. my boys can lose lax balls like crazy so whenever I get an egift card or coupon code from a lax website we buy more !

  44. pam

    I got a HUGE bottle of eucerin lotion today!

  45. Teri

    I got this last week, the hubby was like, what on earth is it, and I had no clue. Then when I opened it, my 23 month old son ran around looking like a madman with the hat on him!

  46. brenda

    I got mine and I also forgot about it.

  47. Sara

    I got my free make up case from Playtex a few weeks ago. I signed up for that around Memorial Day I think. I haven’t gotten much lately though.

  48. Valerie

    I got an email saying that there wasn’t any left and that my order was cancelled. It sucks, but oh well. Maybe next time.

  49. Dealzgurl

    I got this freebie too and apparently ordered one for my bestie, LOL!

  50. Merideth

    I remember signing up for this one. Maybe mine will come this week. Today I got a Folgers coffee sample, yesterday I got the Cow Boom cow. Last week I got my Smashbox lip plumping gloss, Betty Crocker Shake & Pour brownie mix, maxi pads and a little pouch, and probably some more stuff that I’m forgetting. Oh, the Lighting magazine. My poor mail lady!

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