How I Turned Pocket Change into Groceries #NoFeeCoinstar #CBias

My little man and I went on a date today.

(Ain't we cute?)

 We went to the next town over (about 30 minutes away) and did a little shopping and ate some pizza. 

But what does that have to do with pocket change and groceries?

I'm all about coupons and deals, so whenever I have the opportunity to get a good deal, I'm on it!  Bi-Lo often has great sales that can be combined with coupons, but there is not one in our town.  However, I knew there was one in the town where we were going on our date.

I checked over the ad and saw a couple good deals that I wanted to pick up while we were in the area.

Since I'm all about pinching every penny (literally!), I was looking for a good way to use up the loose change that seems to collect in the console of the van.  I also have problems with the change compartment of my wallet bursting at the seams.

I had heard of Coinstar coin conversion before, but never really paid much attention to it.  I didn't figure the few coins from the van and my wallet would be enough to justify paying the conversion fee.

However, through my friends at Collective Bias, I discovered that I could convert my coins to a Bi-Lo gift card with no fee!

That was enough convincing for me to give it a try!  I scrounged up the coins out of the van and from my wallet and headed on over to Bi-Lo after we were finished shopping and eating.

We grabbed our bag of change and went inside to find the Coinstar machine. 

 

When we finished converting our coins we received a gift card with $10.83 on it.

We were thirsty after shopping, so we got some drinks.  I also picked up four boxes of Cheez-its for $1.67 each and a bottle of All detergent for $1.99.

My total was $12.03, so I only had to pay $1.20 after I used my gift card.  I got some good deals, and I got to use up all my loose change without having to pay a conversion fee!    


If you want to take a  more detailed look at my experience, you can flip through my Google+ album here.

Also, be sure you're following Coinstar on Facebook and Twitter and also Bi-Lo on Facebook and Twitter to make sure you're keeping up with the latest news and deals!

  
Disclosure: I have been paid (at Coinstar’s request) to try and blog about Coinstar's products/services as part of a Collective Bias shopper insights study. All opinions are my own.

Create a Special Meal with Bertolli Meal Soup

I was recently given the opportunity to create a special meal using Bertolli Meal Soup.  I decided to make a special weeknight meal for my family as a nice change from the usual quick-and-easy things that often tend to get thrown together.  However, even though our meal was very nice, it was still quick-and-easy!

Bertolli Meal Soup is a frozen soup. When you're ready to make dinner, all you need to do is dump it into a pot and let it heat up.  You don't have to pre-thaw it or anything.  It took me less than 10 minutes to have dinner on the table from the time I took the soup out of the freezer.  I used my bread machine to make some dough for garlic bread sticks.  It took me about 5 minutes to put the ingredients into the bread machine, and since I let the breadsticks bake at the same time the soup was heating, dinner took me a total of 15 minutes!
 

We chose to try the Roasted Chicken and Rotini Pasta variety of soup.  My husband and I both agreed that it was restaurant quality.  We thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to eat a delicious meal without having to leave our home or pay restaurant prices.

And I think the thing I enjoyed the most was how easy it was to clean up the mess!  Just about all I had to do was throw the empty soup bag into the trash can! 

Bertolli Meal Soup comes in four different varieties and is located in the freezer aisle of your grocery store. 
You can follow their Facebook.page or twitter account or visit their website at villabertolli.com to learn more.

If you'd like to make a special weeknight meal for your family, it doesn't have to be hard!  Here are 3 tips:
1. Spend a little extra.  The taste of Bertolli Meal Soup is delicious and tastes like you're eating at a restaurant.   But you get to be in your cozy home and don't have to do any prep work!
2. Add some special bread.  Look up a recipe online for bread machine rolls or garlic bread or purchase some pre-made ones.  Serve them in a basket to give a restaurant feel.
3. Dim the lighting.  You'll automatically feel a sense of calm and the meal will feel more fancy.  Add some candles to make the atmosphere even more special.


Disclosure: I received free products and compensation to write this post.  As always, my opinions are 100% my own.

Kindle Fire Giveaway!

I am so excited to bring you yet another giveaway for a Kindle Fire!  This giveaway is sponsored by BeeSavy.

BeeSavy is an online shopping site that offers cash back for your online purchases, daily deals, and coupon codes.  Plus. they have the best referral program I have seen anywhere!  When you get people to sign up for BeeSavy using your personal referral link, you'll earn 40% commission on all cash back that they earn for life!  Then, if they refer friends, you'll earn 10% commission on all of their referrals' earnings as well, up to 7 levels deep.  So, to put it in the long version: if you refer a friend, and they refer a friend, and they refer a friend, and they refer a friend, and they refer a friend, and they refer a friend, and they refer a friend, you'll still earn 10% commission on all the cash back that they earn!

 

The folks at BeeSavy are so sure you will love their services that they're offering a Kindle Fire to one winner.
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Book Review: The Money Saving Mom's Budget (5 People win a Copy!)

Crystal Paine, of MoneySavingMom.com released her very first book a couple days ago entitled The Money Saving Mom's Budget.

This book is perfect for families or individuals looking for financial help.  The language in which it is written is so simple and down-to-earth that anyone can understand it.  It is written for real people like you and me.  If you're looking for some numerical mumbo jumbo that sounds all fancy-shmancy, don't read this book.  If you're looking for something simple, easy-to-understand, and practical,  read this book!

Unsuspecting readers may confused to find that the second chapter is all about reducing clutter from your life.  If you're wondering how in the world that has anything to do with your finances, you need to read this post over at Amy's Finer Things.  I could completely relate.  Are you starting to understand why this book is so practical and down-to-earth?  Crystal addresses the real issues that need to be addressed regarding our finances.  She starts down at the very foundation of the house before she tries to put the shingles on the roof.

Thanks to great training from both my parents and my husband's, we have never had much of a problem managing our finances or staying out of debt.  But, we can all learn something new, and I found quite a few great little nuggets in this book.  (You know, like how keeping clutter out of the house can help reduce expenses.)  There are tons of little tidbits thrown in there on just about everything you can imagine, from how to save money on eyeglasses to how to save money on your groceries without using coupons to how to make your own homemade cleaners.  Tons, really.  So many that you just need to read the book.

Whether you've already got a good handle on your family's budget or whether this is all new to you, there is enough practical wisdom packed in those 224 pages for every single person who reads this book to learn something new.

One thing in particular that has helped our family is going on a cash budget.  As I mentioned before, we were already doing pretty well managing our finances and we honestly did not think there was anything else we could cut out.  We don't have a landline; we drive a fully-payed-for used car; we do everything that frugal people are supposed to do.  Why in the world should we have switched to a cash budget?  Amazingly, our already crushed-to-the-tiniest-size-possible grocery budget dropped even lower when we switched to spending cash only.  Our savings has increased when we thought there was no more money to squeeze from anywhere.  Crystal explains all the whys and the hows of the cash budget in The Money Saving Mom's Budget, and I guarantee that you will be forever grateful to yourself if you read it and put her advice into practice.

Hopefully I've given you enough reason to grab this book (at the reduced price of only $8.40 right now).  But I'll mention one final thing.  I've been reading MoneySavingMom.com for around 4 years, and I have seen that the contents of this book stem from principles that are lived out in Crystal's life every single day.  She's sharing her own experiences so that others can avoid the hard road of debt or ill-managed finances.  All this is given not in a know-it-all fashion, but in genuine care and concern for others.

You can order a copy of The Money Saving Mom's Budget from Amazon.com or pick it up at your local Barnes & Noble bookstore.

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Kindle Fire Giveaway!

I am so excited to bring you a giveaway for a Kindle Fire!  This giveaway is sponsored by BeeSavy.

BeeSavy is an online shopping site that offers cash back for your online purchases, daily deals, and coupon codes.  Plus. they have the best referral program I have seen anywhere!  When you get people to sign up for BeeSavy using your personal referral link, you'll earn 40% commission on all cash back that they earn for life!  Then, if they refer friends, you'll earn 10% commission on all of their referrals' earnings as well, up to 7 levels deep.  So, to put it in the long version: if you refer a friend, and they refer a friend, and they refer a friend, and they refer a friend, and they refer a friend, and they refer a friend, and they refer a friend, you'll still earn 10% commission on all the cash back that they earn!

 

The folks at BeeSavy are so sure you will love their services that they're offering a Kindle Fire to one winner.
There are plenty of simple tasks you can do to earn entries, and you can also earn unlimited extra entries for making purchases and referring friends!  Go ahead and sign up and enter away!
 
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*This giveaway is posted on The Deal Scoop, Practical Frugality, Money Saving Parent, Money Saving Madness, The Coupon Counselor, Saving in Akron, Fabulous Deals and Steals, Happy Deal - Happy Day, Shaina's Deals, and Fabulous Finds for Families.  You may only complete the entry form once regardless of which blog you used to complete the entry form.*      

Pediped Review and Giveaway

I have the hardest time finding shoes for my little girl.  She has really thick feet, and there are very few styles that I can get onto her feet.  I came across Pediped a while back, and I have been so happy with their shoes!  They have a lot of different options that work for my daughter's hard-to-buy-for feet.  These shoes are very comfortable and very high quality, and they have so many cute styles!  I highly recommend them! 

If you would like to give them a try, enter our giveaway!

One winner will receive a pair of Pediped Originals for either a boy or girl in the size of their choice.

To enter, just complete the form below.  If you can't see it, click "Read More."
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Try Silk in Your Cereal! {Giveaway}

I am a cereal girl.  Big time.  I eat it almost every day for breakfast, and often as a snack in between meals or before bed.  The folks from Silk asked me to try out any of their varieties of Silk in my cereal and see what I thought.  The truth is, I'd already tried it before they asked me!  I tried the vanilla flavored Silk Pure Almond with several types of cereal, and I think it's delicious as long as I eat it with the right kind of cereal.  Since it has a sweet vanilla taste, I think it goes better with a cereal that's plain tasting. 

According to a national taste test, most people prefer the taste of Silk Vanilla in their cereal over dairy milk.  Whether it be a variety of Silk Soymilk, Silk Light Soymilk, or Silk Pure Almond, you're bound to like it!  Silk also offers 50 percent more calcium than typical dairy milk.

The folks from Silk are challenging you to "Switch to Silk".  They're sure you'll like it too!

Giveaway:

One of my readers is going to have the chance to "Switch to Silk" for free!  The winner will receive a prize pack like the one pictured below, which includes a Silk cereal bowl, a Silk ChicoBag, and 2 coupons for free Silk products.

To enter, just follow the instructions on the form below.  (If you can't see it, click "Read More".)

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Zaycon Foods Review and Giveaway

I always try to find the best price possible on meat.  Once I've found the best price, I buy it in bulk, package it into meal portions, and freeze it.  When Zaycon Foods approached me about reviewing their fresh chicken, I was interested in finding out more.

Zaycon Foods was founded in 2009 to bring fresh meats and other products direct to consumers at wholesale prices.  They negotiate with local providers in various areas across the US, then provide you with fantastic savings on fresh meat!

I received a 40 lb. case of fresh boneless, skinless chicken breasts to review.  According to their website, their chicken is 100% natural with no added hormones, additives, or artificial ingredients.  It comes to the consumer directly from the processor and has never been frozen. 

The chicken breasts were very large. The bowl above is completely full.  I shredded up only 3 of the chicken breasts and had enough to make 4 batches of chicken enchiladas!  40 lbs. of chicken sure went a long way for our family!

Even if I had not had the opportunity to receive the chicken to review, I would have purchased it anyway!  A 40 lb. case is $65 - that makes it $1.63 per pound!  That's definitely well below my target price for boneless, skinless chicken breasts!  I am excited to see when Zaycon Foods will have another event in my area!

 Giveaway!  Win a 40 lb. case of boneless, skinless chicken breasts!

If you would like to win a 40 lb. case of boneless, skinless chicken breasts for yourself, just complete the form below.  You'll want to sign up for a Zaycon Foods account first, because the winner will receive the price of the case of chicken ($65) deposited into their account.  Plus, when you sign up for an account, you can make sure you get email notifications of when they are having an event in your area.

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Savvycents Wallet Review and Giveaway

Our family just recently switched to a cash-only budget.  (Hopefully I'll get around to posting our thoughts on that soon.)

But for now, I just want to talk about the Savvycents wallet.

When you're using a cash-only system, there are quite a few different categories of cash that must be kept separate.  I didn't want to use envelopes for a couple different reasons.  Number one, I was afraid I would lose them.  Number two, I figured they would get all torn up and ratty.  So I started looking around for a wallet that had different compartments for the different categories of money.  I also wanted something that could hold my coupons that I planned to use at the checkout.

I came across the Savvycents wallet, and it is EXACTLY what I was wanting.  There are 6 different compartments that I can use to keep different my different categories of cash separated.  The wallet comes with both pre-made and blank labels so that I can label each compartment to be exactly what I want.

I use a lot of coupons when I grocery shop, but I don't take a coupon binder into the store with me.  (With three little ones, the last thing I need to do is try to take yet another piece of luggage into the store!)  I pretty much know which coupons I'm going to be using ahead of time anyway, so I clip them all and put them into one of the compartments of my Savvycents wallet.  That way they're right there with my money when I check out instead of wadded up somewhere in the bottom of my purse.  The wallet is long enough where I don't have to fold them up.  I can just pull them all out, and they're nice and neat and ready to hand to the cashier. 
 

There are plenty of slots for my store cards, gift cards, etc. I also love the change compartment.  It is quite large, which makes it easy to dig around in there to find the right amount.  I used to have to dump change into my hand so I could find what I was looking for.

Buy it:

The Savvycents wallet can be purchased in black, pink, or red for $28.


Win it:


I also have the opportunity to give away a Savvycents wallet to one of my readers.  To enter, just fill out your name and email in the form below.  Do as few or as many of the extra entries as you'd like.  (If you can't see the form, click "Read More.")
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Freschetta Proud to Support Pink Giveaway

As many of you probably know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Freschetta is doing their best to help raise awareness and to support research with their Freschetta Proud to Support Pink Program.  Their goal is to donate $50,000 to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.  When  you purchase specially marked packages of Freschetta Pizzas and Artisan Pizza Crusts, you can enter the code printed on the box at www.proudtosupportpink.com.  Freschetta will donate $1 for each code entered.  You can also enter the code FRESCH11 to give a $1 donation with no purchase necessary.

Additionally, the site has a place where people can share their own breast cancer journey or the journey of a friend or loved one.  The stories will be displayed on the Proud to Support Pink website and on the Freschetta Facebook page.  I'd like to share the story of a dear lady who just recently passed away and left behind a husband and seven children.  Read her amazing final blog post here.

The Giveaway:

Freschetta is offering a prize pack to one of my readers that includes a coupon for  free Freschetta pizza and 2 pairs of Freschetta Proud to Support Pink Earphones - one for you to keep and one to share with a friend.

Enter using the form below.  (Click Read More if you can't see it.)

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Elonka Nichole Diaper Bag Review and Giveaway

If you're looking for a high quality hand made diaper bag, let me direct you to Elonka Nichole.  I received one of their hand made diaper bags to review, and it is absolutely beautiful!  I am so impressed with the quality of it too - it's not going to wear out any time soon!  The fabric is nice and thick, very obviously great quality, and the construction is sturdy.  There are several lovely options of fabric from which to choose, so you're bound to find one you love!  Pockets on both the inside and outside are a big help in keeping all the little odds and ends organized.  The strap is a comfortable length - not too long where it bangs against your leg, and it is fairly wide which is more comfortable to me than a skinny strap.  A GREAT feature about this bag, too, is that it is machine washable.  Sometimes when I think about where the diaper bag has been sitting I kind of get grossed out.  I feel much better knowing that I can put this baby in the wash and get all those germs off!

Buy it!

You can purchase this bag as well as several other beautiful baby items by visiting ElonkaNichole.com.


Win it!  

Elonka Nichole is generously offering a diaper bag as well as an Original Mimi blanket to one of my readers!  Together, this is a retail value of $115!

To enter, just complete the form below.  The only required entry is to fill out your name and email, but feel free to do as many of the other entries as you'd like.  Each thing you do will get your name in the hat another time!
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Kolcraft Preferred Position 2-in-1 Bassinet & Incline Sleeper {Review}

As many of you know, our family recently added baby number three to the mix.  We always keep our newborns in our bedroom until they are sleeping through the night regularly.  With our other two we used a pack and play with a bassinet attachment.  We live in a small house, however, and our room always seemed so crowded with that huge pack and play in there.  I have immensely enjoyed using Kolcraft's Preferred Position 2-in-1 Bassinet & Incline Sleeper with this baby.

There are SO many things that I love about this bassinet!  To keep the review simple and easy to read, I'm just going to write them all out as a list:

• The bottom can be adjusted to either rock or roll.  As you can see by the picture above, there are casters on the bottom so you can easily move it from place to place.  However, you can move the casters up so that it rests on the rocking bottom.  When baby is fussy you can start rocking him!
• Choose between letting baby sleep on the flat surface or inclined.  The incline is just an insert that clips on top and cradles baby almost like a hammock. Since he is buckled in he will not slide down.  It also has a soft head rest.
• A nice large basket underneath gives plenty of out-of-sight storage space for diapers, burp cloths, etc.
• Neutral colors mean I can use it for either a boy or girl if we have any more kids.
• Very easy to assemble - I did it all by myself with no help from hubby! :)
• It comes with a "Light Vibes" attachment that clips onto the side of the bassinet.  You can play soft music or nature sounds or even turn on vibration to help baby get to sleep.  It also has a dim light which is great for finding the pacifier in the dark.
• The volume of the music can be adjusted up or down.
• The speed of the vibration can be adjusted as well.
• Both the music and vibration turn off automatically after a few minutes.  I love the fact that I can turn them on at night and not have to worry about them staying on and running down the battery.

I have used pretty much every single feature on this bassinet.  I love it!  (I just hope the baby doesn't get so spoiled that he thinks he's going to get music, vibration, and rocking motion once he moves into a crib!)

The Preferred Position 2-in-1 Bassinet & Incline Sleeper is available to purchase at Babies R Us stores and the Babies R Us website.  At $139.99 I feel it is priced very reasonably considering all of the features it includes. 

Thanks to Kolcraft for providing the bassinet for us to review.  All opinions are 100% my own.

Pillsbury Sweet Moments Giveaway

As a stay-at-home mom of three small children, my days can be pretty hectic.  I love being home with my children, and spending time with them all day, every day.  But there are times when I just need a little time to slip away and enjoy some time to myself.  I try to get all three kids down for naps at the same time so I can have a few minutes of quiet.  (It doesn't always happen, but it's lovely when it does.)

For some reason, chocolate often ends up being a part of those quiet moments.  Pillsbury sent me a package that included coupons for 2 free coupons for Pillsbury Sweet Moments, a leather journal, a coffee mug, and a fleece blanket.  I'm enjoying using them for some time to myself (especially the chocolate!)

If you're not familiar with Pillsbury Sweet Moments, they are bite-sized flavored brownies covered in chocolate.  They come in flavors like Cocoa Fudge Escape and Cocoa Caramel Obsession as well as their two new flavors Caramel Brownie Cheesecake and Raspberry Brownie Cheesecake.  Who wouldn't love that?

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#NutritionPossible with Centrum ProNutrients Probiotic

I've struggled with some stomach pain ever since my little guy was born six weeks ago, so I thought that taking a probiotic would be perfect to help work out all the little bugs in my system.  Centrum has developed a new line of supplements called ProNutrients that are designed to work as supplements to your daily vitamin routine.  Since I have some prenatal vitamins left over, I've still been taking those every day.  Hopefully the probiotic will add a little more oomph and kick out any bad stuff that's hanging around in my system.

I headed out to Walmart a couple days ago in search of the Centrum ProNutrients probiotic.  (Of course, I made sure I printed off a coupon first!)

The probiotic comes in little packets as a flavorless powder.  It can be sprinkled on your food or mixed into a drink. 

You can take a look at my shopping trip below.

Have you ever used a probiotic?  How did it help you? 

If you've never tried a probiotic before, be sure to head over to the Centrum Facebook page for a $3 coupon!


This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias.  All opinions are 100% my own.

OxiClean Review

I have a 4 year old, a 2 year old, and a newborn in the house.  Let me tell you, stains are a regular part of our routine!  It seems like my 2 year old manages to get food everywhere except on her bib when she eats.  Occasionally I make my 4 year old still wear a bib when he eats, but he usually tells me "Mommy I will eat very carefully," and I relent.  I'm sure you can imagine how that usually ends up.  My newborn son isn't exactly a messy eater; it's after he eats that's the problem if you know what I mean. :)

I usually spray the stained clothes with a laundry pre-treater and throw them in the washer.  The chances of the stained item actually coming out clean are about 50/50.   I take all the clothes that are still stained and put them in a pile to let my husband figure out what to do with them.  He's got a lot more patience than I do and will try anything and everything to get stubborn stains out.  He's also a perfectionist, and is convinced that he sees stains that I can never see. 

I recently received a 3 lb tub of OxiClean® Versatile Stain Remover Powder and a 4-gallon soaking bin for review, so I waited for the next available opportunity to try it out.  I had my opportunity within just a couple hours.  (I told you stains are a regular part of life around here!)

I didn't take pictures because the stains were a result of my newborn's diaper blowout.  I didn't really think you wanted to see.  :)  But I'll tell you that his shirt, pants, and boppy cover were a nice shade of orange.  All I did was put them in the soaking bin along with the proper amount of OxiClean powder and let them sit until I was ready to do a load of laundry the next day.  I washed them like normal, and all three items came out pristine with not a hint of a stain.  No scrubbing was needed - the OxiClean did all the work!

I have since been adding the powder to the washing machine, and my husband has been impressed with how well the colors of our clothes have brightened up.  That's saying a lot because he's hard to impress!


OxiClean® Versatile Stain Remover Powder also works around the house on carpet and upholstery as well as hard surfaces.  Since it has worked so well for my laundry, I'm hopeful that it will do great on other household stains too!

I think my husband is glad that the OxiClean® Versatile Stain Remover Powder works so well too.  From now on I'll be throwing the stained laundry in the soaking bin and letting the OxiClean do its work.  No more piles of stained clothes for him to mess with!

I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of OxiClean and received OxiClean items to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.

Febreze Set & Refresh Review

I have been using Febreze Noticeables as my air freshener of choice for quite some time.  It is the only air freshener I have found where I actually...well...notice the scent.  We recently had our bathroom remodeled, and because of the location of the outlet I was no longer able to use the Febreze Noticeables in there.  Not long after that I found out about the new Febreze Set & Refresh. It doesn't have to be plugged in, but it doesn't require any batteries either.  I was eager to try it out in the bathroom as a replacement to the Febreze Noticeables.

Its small size made it easy to find a place to put it, and it wasn't dorky looking either.  (Honestly I hate the looks of those cone air fresheners.  No offense if you use them!) 

The only thing that was a little disappointing was the smell...or should I say the lack of it.  After using the Febreze Noticeables, where I was like "mmmm" every time I walked into the bathroom, the Set & Refresh was a let-down.  Neither my husband or I ever noticed any scent coming from the Set & Refresh, and that is in a very small bathroom with the door closed.  We could only smell it if we really thought about trying to smell it..  On the other hand, we never noticed any unpleasant odors either.  Before we started using the Set & Refresh, there were days when our noses told us that the trash had been sitting a little too long or it had been a couple days too long since I had cleaned the bathroom.

My conclusion is that if you want to keep your air fresh without any major scent, the Set & Refresh is perfect.  It would probably work great for someone who has allergies or is sensitive to strong smells.  If you're wanting a strong scent in the air, the Set & Refresh is probably not for you.  I do love the fact that you don't have to worry about taking up an outlet or paying for batteries, so I'll probably continue to use it to keep my bathroom fresh. 

I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Febreze and received a Set & Refresh unit plus refills to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.

Have You Tried Unilever's Newest Products?

I was really hoping to post this back in the summer, but with a new baby it just didn't end up happening.  If you live in the South like I do, ice cream season will still last quite a bit longer anyway!

I had the opportunity to try out some of the newest products from Unilever, which include Breyers Blasts, Mint Chocolate Chip Klondike bars, and Jolly Ranchers flavored Popsicles! Do I have you hungry yet?

There are so many flavors of Breyers Blasts!  Deciding among Chips Ahoy, Heath Bar, Mrs. Fields Mint Fudge Brownie, Oreo Cookies and Cream Mint, Oreo Cookies and Cream Chocolate, Snickers Caramel Swirl Chunk, Mrs. Fields Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough, Oreo Cookies and Cream, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Waffle Cone with Hershey's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, and Whoppers Original Malted Milk Balls was just about impossible!  

I finally opted for the Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough.  I loved the way the cookie dough was distributed in small chunks throughout the ice cream.  Each bite had the perfect amount of cookie dough in it rather than having some bites with hardly any and some bites with huge globs of it.  I will definitely be trying out some of those other flavors too!

Sadly, my local store did not carry the new Klondike Mint Chocolate Chip bars, so I will have to wait to try them out.  But seriously, Klondike? Mint Chocolate Chip?  How can they not be good?

Finally, we tried the new Jolly Rancher Awesome Twosome.  These wouldn't be my first choice (over the ice cream or Klondikes), but they are still a really yummy way to cool off on a hot day (and definitely fun for the kids.)  I think it's great that there are 20 in a pack.  That's a lot more than I would expect, so I felt like I was getting a good deal!


Want to find out more?  Visit the Breyers, Klondike, and Popsicle websites, follow them on Twitter (Breyers, Klondike, Popsicle), or check out the Breyers and Klondike Facebook pages! 


I received complimentary products to faciliate this review.  All opinions are 100% my own.

Kindle Giveaway Winner!

Out of 16,241 entries, our random number generator chose #15,688.  And the winner is...

Pat Mallett


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Lotus Home Cleaning System Review and Giveaway

I recently had the opportunity to try out a Lotus Home Cleaning System, and I was also given the opportunity to give one away to my readers!


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Back to School Giveaway: The Learning Parent, Frecklebox, Lovable Labels, and Lunchopolis ($190 Value!)

This giveaway is now closed.  The winner, chosen randomly by computer, is #685, Tabathia B.

I'm excited to introduce you to some wonderful school-related products and give away a prize pack to one of my readers!  One winner will receive all the following:

• A Character Concepts Basic Preschool Curriculum from The Learning Parent (Read my review here.)
• $25 gift card to Frecklebox
• Back to School Pack from Lovable Labels
• Lunchopolis Lunch Box  from Enviro Products

Together these prizes are valued at $190!


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