Maybe it's Maybelline!

Do you have a favorite mascara? Well I do. For as long as I can remember I have loved and lived by Maybelline Great Lash and I know many others who share my affinity for the little pink tube. The other night I popped into Duane Reade (NYC drugstore chain for those of you not familiar) to pick up a tube. Unfortunately, since I have this weird thing about waiting in lines to purchase only one item (weird I know) I put the tube back and walked away empty handed, figuring my current mascara could last me a couple more weeks if i watered it down.

The next day at work, I got an email from a coworker (thank you Emilee) that said the Maybelline girls were doing a promotion on our block and giving away free tubes of Maybelline Mascara. Well of course I grabbed my purse and high-tailed it down stairs to snag a freebie. There were swarms of women in pink patrolling Madison Avenue handing out tubes to whoever walked by. I went over to get one when the Maybelline girls asked me if I did in fact have a used tube of Maybelline Great Lash with me, in which case I could get a free $15 gift card to Duane Reade! I thought quickly and remembered that since I had been running late for work that morning, I had brought my make-up with me, meaning YES! I was delighted as I walked away with my free tube of Maybelline and my $15 gift card, and as I headed back to the office, I actually ran into another Maybelline girl who was so nice that even though I told her I had already gotten my goods gave me another free tube, and another gift card! SO basically I made out like a bandit with about $40 worth of goods, I guess it was just my lucky day!