I'm not generally one to go fishing for the free trinkets that various Web sites or retailers give out -- today's list from A Momma and the Boys shows that a lot of the free stuff you can get your hands on is fairly useless and not worth giving up your personal information for, not to mention the fact that once they have your information, they will contact you ad nauseum and sell your name to other companies, too.

That said, Aquafresh is giving away free samples and I totally want one! Go to their home page and you can get a free sample of either their White Shine or Extreme Clean toothpastes (I have to mention that one of the Extreme Clean varieties is called "Empowermint" which is just one of the greatest names ever.)

I have always loved Aquafresh ever since it first appeared with its three-layered toothpaste, one layer for scrubbing, one layer for breath freshening, the third layer for... can't remember, but that promise of triple action to improve my teeth and perhaps even my social skills was too much to pass up, and I used Aquafresh faithfully for a long, long time before starting to question if it really was providing triple the effectiveness of other pastes. That woman on the Pearl Drops "tooth polish" commercial had very very nice teeth and I was tempted away from Aquafresh and only occassionally went back if I had an especially worthy coupon.

But now they have these Extreme Clean flavors and other varieties. I'm signing up. At worst I get some free toothpaste and never-ending coupons in the mail.

I'm going for it!