Free stuff: Get a 16-ounce vivanno today at your local bux for zero bucks

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Apparently, I can't deal unless I've given you at least one bit of Starbucks news per week, but this is kind of a freebie: if you're interested in trying the new banana-rific Vivanno without shelling out four bones, Starbucks will be giving away 16 oz. Grande Vivannos between the hours of 2:00-4:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoons for the next three weeks (July 29, August 5 & 12).

So, starting today, right about the time that you're heading into that post-lunch sugar slump, you can skip out and get a snack of either the Banana Chocolate or the Orange Mango Banana smoothies. The only catch is that you need a gym membership card OR a registered Starbucks card, which are just their gift cards, only you'll need to hop on the Interweb to marry yourself to the card officially. Of course, if you're a junkie, you probably already have a registered card, because it gets you free flavor shots in your morning joe, among other things.

Man, they really want to Big Brother you with those things, huh?

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