Archive for the ‘Giveaways’ Category

Congratulations to Jackie for being chosen by Random.org as the winner!  Your coupons are on their way.

Typical mornings at my house are a greeted with the alarm going off and a rush to get dressed and out the door.  Rarely do we have time to stop and have a healthy breakfast.

Recently I was given an opportunity from MyBlogSpark & General Mills to review and blog about GM Cereals.  I received 4 VIP coupons in the mail and promptly went to the store I used 2 of them.  I chose Honey Nut Cheerios & Multi Grain Cheerios because these seemed to be the healthier options for my family.   One of the things my diet seems to lack is fiber.  If my diet is lacking then I am positive my other family members aren’t getting enough either.  Cheerios contains soluble fiber and Whole Grain Oats so it is also heart healthy which is a good thing for maintaining good cholesterol levels.   I also worry about the amount of sugar in the foods I and was pleased to learn that General Mills is reducing the amount of sugar in some of their cereals, especially those geared towards children.  As for the Cheerios, I found that they only have 1 gram of sugar per serving which was amazing since they taste so good!  My kids love the Honey Nut Cheerios and the Multigrain Cheerios and that pleased me since they contain less sugar per serving than their normal cereal choices.

General Mills & MyBlogSpark have helped me realize that there are quick and NUTRITIONAL alternatives to starting the day off in a rush!  Rather than sending my kids out the door with a potential 24 grams of sugar in hand, they can have a bowl or baggie of Honey Nut Cheerios with only 9 grams of sugar and many more vitamins & minerals that they need to get through the day!  We have taken this opportunity to change some not so good habits to some great lifelong great choices.  Cheerios are a great way to start  or even end the day .

I’m off to go grab some more GM cereals for us to try next week.  I’m thinking I will grab a box of Wheaties for my hubby…he will need them for that list of “honey do’s” I will be giving him this weekend.

If  you would like to win 2 free boxes of General Mills cereals for your family to try as well, just leave me a comment with some of your favorite quick & healthy alternatives to breakfast for your family. This is a mandatory entry.  You can also earn extra entries by following me on Facebook or Twitter or by blogging or tweeting about this giveaway and commenting me with a link for a total of 5 entries.  Giveaway will end on Friday, January 29th at 11:59pm.

Good luck to you and thank you to MyBlogSpark and General Mills!

As most of my readers & friends know, my children are all but grown ups and don’t do a whole lot of crawling around on the floors anymore but still, in a home with pets that do walk on the floors, it is always wise to be aware of the chemicals in cleaning products you are allowing them to walk all over!

Kelly over at Simple MomReviews is hosting a blog giveaway on her site and is giving away a Seventh Generation starter kit so you can have a safer environment for your babies (kids & pets)!  Click here for your chance to win!

The “Green” Grocery Bag giveaway will be ending in less than 1 week so be sure to get your entries in if you haven’t done so!  Click the link to be redirected to the blog post with the giveaway information.

CONGRATULATIONS to Erma H. (comment #81) for being chosen as the winner by Random.Org

My next giveaway that I am in the process of getting together for one lucky winner is a green “Grocery Store Bag”.  Green as in environmentally friendly.   Here is a picture of the bags but the one I have chosen for the winner is the one on the left – the larger one suitable for taking to the grocery store or drug store with you.  The smaller one is considered a “Drug Store Bag” but if you are anything like me, you get more good deals than the little bag will hold on your trips to CVS & Walgreens!  These bags are made by MixedBag Designs and I purchased this one from my daughter’s DECA (Sports Entertainment  & Marketing) fundraiser.  The bags dimensions are H18 x W14 x D9.

I would have loved to have been given more time so that the winner could chose which style he or she would have liked but unfortunately, her order has been turned in so I thought I would order the one I felt was most versatile.

This is an excerpt from the MixedBag Designs website:

“Night and day this sumptuous swirl is everyone’s favorite! Indulge your flirty side and don’t let this bag out of your sight.
Our fall bags are warm and bold. We call them our “happy” bags. They are recyclable and reusable. The four sizes (selected patterns) will meet your every need…or your “every bag” needs. Bold, adorable, afforable.”

I think it will be a great prize and something I would be proud to take with me on my shopping trips!  The bag will come to you filled with coupons, samples, full size products and more!  In my opinion, this will be a rather nice little goodie bag!!

If you are interested in winning this really neat bag and all of the fun surprises inside of it, you have 6 different ways to enter plus a way to get bonus entries.

1.) Go to MixedBag Designs and check out their other bags.  Then come back and tell me what you  would want if you were going to purchase something from them.
2.) Follow me on Twitter – my button is in the top right section of my site. Let me know your Twitter name so I can follow you back.
3.) Add me as a friend on FB and if you already are, fan my Networked Blog.  (The button is down the middle of the page on the right side) Leave your FB name in the comment please.
4.) Subscribe to my news feed.  Be sure when you do this, comment me with your email address so I will be able to verify you as a suscriber.
5.) Tweet about or post about this goodie bag giveaway on your blog or Facebook with a link back to this page.
6.)  Add a link to my site on your blogroll and I will do the same for yours.

BONUS: You can get a bonus entry for referring a friend.  If anyone one of your friends joins, subscribes, fans or follows me, just have them put your name or email address in the comments and I will throw in an extra entry for you.

Since I am unsure when the bag I have ordered will arrive, I am going to hold this contest for 2 weeks.  My tenative date for closing the giveaway is November 5th so you will have plenty of time to tell all of your friends to come enter!

If the bag arrives before Nov. 5th, I may close early depending on the amount of entries.  If I have not recieved the bag by November 5th, I will either extend it another week or if I have enough entries, pick the winner and ship it as soon as it arrives.  With school fundraisers, things take time sometimes.

I believe I have been pretty clear with the rules but just in case there is something I need to clarify, please click on the “Contact Me” button on the top of any of my pages and send me an email.

Thanks & Good Luck!

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