48-Hour Giveaway: Five custom-made items from Marie-Madeline Studio

Do you love pretty and feminine things or know someone who does? Well, you're going to want to jump on this wonderful giveaway then!

A few years ago, a woman contacted me and said that she and her daughters were starting a sewing business called Marie-Madeline Studio and could they send me one of their aprons? I didn't need to think twice about that offer as I love aprons.

I had no idea how much I was going to fall in love with their products as soon as my apron came in the mail! Seriously, I was giddy with excitement at the beautiful apron they sent to me--and I'm not usually one who gets too excited about products.

Since then, Marie-Madeline Studio has sent our family a number of their wonderful products and every single time, I've been impressed with the high-quality of their work and their meticulous attention to detail. In an age of cheaply-made clothing, their products stand head and shoulders above the rest.

Marie-Madeline Studios offers a large selection of ready-made clothing, handbags, and aprons plus custom-made items, beautiful fabric, and sewing patterns.

This week, I'm so thrilled to be giving away five custom-made items to readers here. The winners will get to choose from the following four custom-made items:

Custom Tessa Bloomers

Custom Ladies' StreetFair Skirt

Custom Chic Sisters Apron

Custom Gracie Skirt

Five winners will have the opportunity to work directly with Mare-Madeline Studio to choose your size and fabric specifications for one item shown above. You can keep it for yourself or your daughter, or give it away as a special Christmas gift.

To enter to win of the custom items shown above, just leave a comment on this post (click here to do that) in the next 48 hours and you'll be entered to win. Once the 48 hours is up, I'll close the comments to this post and randomly choose 5 winners and post their names on my blog.

Want to sign up for more Marie-Madeline Studio giveaways? Be sure to stop by their blog as they are offering a giveaway every week until Christmas. In addition, they are having a different special sale each week. And, if you want to place an order through their site, you can get free shipping on any US order over $50 when you use coupon code CHRISTMAS09 at checkout.

Stolen Moments Menu-Planning Subscription Winners

The winners of the year-long subscriptions to Stolen Moment's Menu Planning are:

Lisa (lisaperhala@)
Annie (reynoldsfour@)
Christina (christinaburrell@)

If you didn't in and you'd like to try out this great service, Kate is offering special pricing to my readers through December 1, 2009. Just go here and type in the password moneysavingmom to see all the details. You can get a basic menu plan for as low as $5 per month or a complete menu plan for as low as $10 per month!

Weekend Giveaway: 3 Year-Long Subscriptions to Stolen Moments Menu Planning Service

Kate, from Stolen Moments Cooking, recently offered to let me try out her personalized menu planning service. I was a little bit leery of how it would work for someone like me. I rarely follow recipes or directions and so following a menu plan that someone else made up for me? I really didn't think it would work. But I was pleasantly surprised at how helpful this service was--even for an out-of-the-box, non-systematical person like me!

Here are a few things I liked about Stolen Moments Menu Planning:

First off, Kate doesn't just send you a generic menu for the month. Oh no! You fill out a survey and then she custom creates a menu tailored to your family's likes and dislikes--and it's all factored in with your grocery budget, too. I was impressed with her ability to take the survey I filled out and put together a great menu within our weekly grocery budget which also considered our family's food preferences. It sort of felt like I was royalty or something to have someone else planning customized menus for our family!

Secondly, while I didn't follow the menu exactly (you know that would pretty much be impossible for me to do, don't you?), having a full month's worth of menus all mapped out for me gave me a great springboard of ideas and inspiration to work from. As a busy mom of three little ones, it definitely saved me time and mental energy to have a list already made out to work from.

Thirdly, Kate had a lot of unique ideas woven throughout the menu to help you speed up your efficiency in the kitchen. For instance, she suggested I bake extras of certain items and stick them in the freezer for a later date. One of my favorite ideas was her recipe for Homemade Uncrustables (just make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, cut out with a biscuit cutter, crimp the edges together with a fork, and freeze). It's such a simple thing, but something I'd never thought to do before. What a fun and economical way to have lunch-on-the-go all made up and at-the-ready in the freezer!

I believe strongly that one of the easiest ways to save money on your grocery bill is to have a menu plan and to follow the plan. It will eliminate dozens of unnecessary purchases and store-runs throughout the month which will invariably save you dozens--if not hundreds!--of dollars.

If you want to plan menus but feel hurried and harried as it is and would rather pay a little bit to have someone do the work for you, I'd definitely recommend that you check out Stolen Moments Menu Planning. The small amount of money it costs each month, could definitely save you more than ten times the actual cost of the service.

Kate is offering a special deal just for my readers if you're wanting to check out her menu-planning service. Just go here and type in the password moneysavingmom to see all the details. You can get a basic menu plan for as low as $5 per month or a complete menu plan for as low as $10 per month!

This might be a great idea for a Christmas gift, too!

Would you like to win a year-long subscription to the Stolen Moments Menu Planning Service? I'm giving away a year-long subscription to three different winners this weekend. Just click here to leave a comment on this post this weekend and you'll be entered to win!

Giveaways Galore

Are you giving something away on your blog this week or have you found a great giveaway elsewhere on the web? If so, post your link below and let all the readers here know so they can get in on the action! Your giveaway must be family-friendly and no-strings-attached. In addition, to make it easy to navigate, your link must go directly to your giveaway post. Links going to the homepage of your blog or any other part of your blog besides the direct link to your giveaway post will be deleted.

Giveaways Galore

Are you giving something away on your blog this week or have you found a great giveaway elsewhere on the web? If so, post your link below and let all the readers here know so they can get in on the action! Your giveaway must be family-friendly and no-strings-attached. In addition, to make it easy to navigate, your link must go directly to your giveaway post. Links going to the homepage of your blog or any other part of your blog besides the direct link to your giveaway post will be deleted.

24-Hour Giveaway: Clorox Toilet Wand (3 winners)

Clorox asked me if I'd be willing to do a review and a giveaway of their new Toilet Wand. As you all know, I'm always up for trying something new--especially if it's free!--so I said I'd be glad to do it.

Honestly? I was under-impressed. The Toilet Wand retails for $9.98 and comes with a base, wand, and six disposable cleaning heads. I thought perhaps each cleaning head would last for more than one cleaning. Surely, I thought.

But nope, each refill is meant for one cleaning. You know me, I tried to stretch it out to clean both toilets in our home. I found that it was possible, but there wasn't much cleaning solution left in the cleaning head by the time I got to the second toilet.

I usually clean toilets the old-fashioned way--with a rag and some Basic H. It takes a bit more effort, but it probably costs me $0.002 per cleaning as opposed to the $0.50 to $1 (depending upon the sale and coupon you might use!) to use the Clorox Toilet Wand. So my blunt opinion of the Clorox Toilet Wand is that they are very over-priced.

In addition, the Clorox Toilet Wand product is not environmentally-friendly. Unlike my usual method of using Basic H concentrate in a refillable bottle and a rag that I wash, the Toilet Wand refills are thrown out after each use.

However, I didn't hate the product. In fact, I thought the Clorox Toilet Wand cleaned very well and was super easy to use. I'd even go so far as to recommend it if you had some very stubborn stains on your toilet or if you are a germ-a-phobic and don't want to touch your toilet in order to clean it. The Clorox Toilet Wand is guaranteed to kill 99.9% of germs so if you're willing to spend more money to save time and effort to ensure your toilet is super clean, this might be the way for you to go.

I'm guessing that there will be some great deals out on this product in the next few months so if you're able to get it for free or almost-free, definitely consider trying it out. There's a $5/1 coupon here which would help to further sweeten any deals you're able to find.

If you're interested in trying out this product (and seeing if you agree or disagree with my opinion!), I'm giving three away today. Just leave a comment on this post within the next 24 hours and you'll be entered to win.

Giveaway Winners--finally!

I f-i-n-a-l-l-y had a chance to sit down and get all of the giveaway winners chosen and notified. Thank you for your patience with me. It's been a long week with very sick children, doctor's visits, doling out medicine and drinks, and praying they didn't get any worse.

All that to say, my computer time has been limited this week. I had lots of little 5-minute windows of time to update my blog here and there, but not a big block of time to get all the giveaway winner details taken care of so that I could post them for you.

But everyone is seeming to be on the mend now--gratefully! The fevers are down here and spirits are up. Here's to hoping we have survived the Most Miserable Flu of 2009! (I'm just hoping that Silas and I don't come down with it next week!)

And while the girls slept in this morning, I had a chance to get all of the winners picked and notified. So without further ado, here they are:

The winners of the five Entertainment Books are:

Rochelle (hostetlers00@)
Robin (rcswope@)
Amanda (ftwrthdavis@)
Mary (draftsman1987@)
Noah (reddahlias@)

The winners of the 3-pack of True North Snacks are:

Margaret (mbkeegan@)
Alice (mail@)
Amy (babyamy1234@)
Janice (janhamm@)
Carrie (parisummer@)

The winners of the Girl Gourmet Cake Bakery and Candy Factory are:

Lisa (crimmomx5@)
Rebecca (elireeves@)

The winners of the five Save-A-Lot $25 Gift Cards are:

Amy (amyjmiller1@)
Lori (lori.campbell@)
Anita (aterpstra@)
Becky (wilson_wis@)
Jen (momof2girlygirls@)

The winners of the pack of Pond's Facial Towelettes are:

Jennifer (robertsjl@)
Cindi (clu925@)
Melissa (missa3707@)
Lindy (time4mom2@)
Michelle (couponmichelle@)
Kristie (kristiehaynes@)
Katie (ktknoll@)
Ann (gnuoya@)
Traci (camfoth@)
Kristy (tkcrowl@)
Amy (casmith_13@)
Arianna (ariannamconti@)
Emily (ebbcoupons@)
Heather (Hookshell@)
Rhonda (full10house@)
Kursten (byrnesix@)
Rebecca (rebeccaannec@)
Christina (christinatruelove@)
Effie (effieloren@)
Kristen (pkgolson@)

The winners of the Bugaloo Leather Soft-Soled Shoes are:

Chi (chisukha@)
Brianna (bri_star@)
Jen (jenhovious@)
Lisa (lisar79@)
Shelly (shellygaston@)

And the winners of the Dove Nutrium Body Wash Set are:

Christie (rfkcrk@)
Chris (cwalden@)
Melissa (mbpind@)

Whew! That's a lot of winners! I hope you were one of them. If not, though, don't worry because I have plenty more giveaways coming up in the future!

If your name and email address were listed above, you should have received an email from me with further details on claiming your prize. If you didn't receive this email, please email me.

The Frugal Girls Giveaway Extravaganza

The Frugal Girls are running a Giveaway Extravaganza this month and will have all sorts of fun giveaways you can enter. Go check it out here.

And speaking of giveaways, the winners of all the giveaways last week will be posted here tomorrow. Stay tuned!

24-Hour Giveaway: Five 2010 Entertainment Books

The 2010 Entertainment Books are hot off the press and I have five copies to give away today!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Entertainment Books, these are coupon books packed with money-saving coupons for your local community. There are coupons for local restaurants, shops, attractions, and much more.

In our book, my favorite coupons are the Auntie Anne's pretzel coupons, the 30% off dry cleaning coupons, the coupons for my favorite bakery, the coupons for a local children's resale clothing shop, and the restaurant coupons. The majority of the restaurant coupons are buy one menu item, get one free--which works out to be a very inexpensive dinner out for us when we go out on our weekly date.

Each book will vary some since your area has different restaurants, shops, and attractions. However, you will likely find a number of coupons which will be right up your alley. If you are looking for a way to save money while still enjoying an occasional family treat or outing, the Entertainment Book is a superb way to do that. These also make excellent gifts for those friends and family!

And what could be better than getting this book stuffed with coupons for free? I'm giving away five Entertainment Books today--for city of the winners' choice.

To enter to win one of the 5 Entertainment Books I'm giving away, just leave a comment on this post within the next 24 hours. Five winners will be randomly drawn from all the entrants and posted shortly after the giveaway ends. Comments will be closed on this post when the giveaway has ended.

The 2010 Entertainment Books are hot off the press and I have five copies to give away today!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Entertainment Books, these are coupon books packed with money-saving coupons for your local community. There are coupons for local restaurants, shops, attractions, and much more.

In our book, my favorite coupons are the Auntie Anne's pretzel coupons, the 30% off dry cleaning coupons, the coupons for my favorite bakery, the coupons for a local children's resale clothing shop, and the restaurant coupons. The majority of the restaurant coupons are buy one menu item, get one free--which works out to be a very inexpensive dinner out for us when we go out on our weekly date.

Each book will vary some since your area has different restaurants, shops, and attractions. However, you will likely find a number of coupons which will be right up your alley. If you are looking for a way to save money while still enjoying an occasional family treat or outing, the Entertainment Book is a superb way to do that. These also make excellent gifts for those friends and family!

And what could be better than getting this book stuffed with coupons for free? I'm giving away five Entertainment Books today--for city of the winners' choice.

To enter to win one of the 5 Entertainment Books I'm giving away, just leave a comment on this post within the next 24 hours. Five winners will be randomly drawn from all the entrants and posted shortly after the giveaway ends. Comments will be closed on this post when the giveaway has ended.

24-Hour Giveaway: 3 bags of True North All-Natural Snacks to 5 winners

Have you tried the True North 100% Natural Snacks? They have a variety of flavors and kinds available on the market--all which are made with wholesome and natural ingredients.

I am always impressed when I see a company producing products which are more than just junk. And the ingredient list on the True North products is a great testament to the fact that it's possible to create a product which is free from artificial flavoring and High Fructose Corn Syrup but which is still tasty.

Frito-Lay sent our family a bag of each of their newest flavors to try. We shared the Apple Cinnamon variety with our friends and they enjoyed them. My husband and I both thought the Citrus Burst had a little bit too much of a unique taste for our liking, but the Almond Cranberry snacks were delicious. In fact, I'm pretty sure I ate at least 2-3 servings in one setting. Oops! But at least it was 100% natural, right?

If you are interested in trying these snacks, you can download a $1/1 coupon here and pair it with a sale (they've been plentiful lately!). Or, you can sign up below to win three free bags, courtesy of Frito-Lay!

To enter to win one of the 5 three-bag True North gift bags, just leave a comment on this post within the next 24 hours. Five winners will be randomly drawn from all the entrants and posted shortly after the giveaway ends. Comments will be closed on this post when the giveaway has ended.

24-Hour Giveaway: Girl Gourmet Cake Bakery and Candy Factory

If you have a little girl in your life who loves to do baking or crafts, this giveaway is definitely for you!

When Girl Gourmet contacted me about sending me samples of their Cake Bakery and Candy Factory products and running a giveaway, I could have squealed! You see, when I was a little girl, there were these cake oven things out (I don't even recall the name--yes I'm getting old!) and I thought they were the coolest things in existence.

So I was incredibly eager for my girls to get to the Girl Gourmet Cake Bakery as I fondly recalled my childhood experiences with the little cake oven. I was quite sure my girls would love these, too, as they both enjoy baking.

And I was totally right; they were quite enthralled! They spent hours--I kid you not!--just going through all the contents of the box and talking about how they were going to make their cake. Then, when we were on vacation to Bull Shoals Lake this Summer, we brought the Cake Factory and they got to make a cake with their cousin Cadence. I wish you could have seen how thrilled they were with their finished product! (I'd share pictures, but they turned out all blurry!)

Would you like to make some cakes or edible candy with your daughter or niece or another special little girl? I'm giving away a Girl Gourmet Cake Bakery and a Girl Gourmet Candy Factory today. Sign up to win this giveaway and you just might be able to do so--for free!

To enter to win either the Cake Bakery or the Candy Factory, just leave a comment on this post within the next 24 hours. Two winners will be randomly drawn from all the entrants and posted shortly after the giveaway ends. Comments will be closed on this post when the giveaway has ended.

24-Hour Giveaway: 5 $25 Save-A-Lot gift cards

Do you ever struggle to figure out what to feed your children for lunch? Whether you are packing lunches or making lunches at home, Save-A-Lot, one of the nation's leading value chains, has put together a month of lunch ideas to help you out. See the month of lunch ideas here.

Each of these lunches is an average of only $1 per person. So now you have no excuse to come up with economical lunches! Just print out this list and keep it handy for making your menu plans. They even have a template you can use to make your own list of lunches for the month on plus some great tips and ideas here.

Save-A-Lot isn't just giving you sanity-saving lunch tips, though, they are also giving away 5 $25 gift cards to blog readers here. That should make your lunch food budget go quite a bit further!

To enter to win one of the 5 $25 gift cards to Save-A-Lot, just leave a comment on this post within the next 24 hours. Please only enter this contest if you have a Save-A-Lot store in your area. Five winners will be randomly drawn from all the entrants and posted shortly after the giveaway ends. Comments will be closed on this post when the giveaway has ended.

24-Hour Giveaway: 20 packages of Pond's Wet Cleansing Towelettes

Pond's recently asked me if I'd participate in their Superior Clean Challenge. I'm always game to try new things--especially when they are free!--so I agreed to do so. They sent me a package of their Wet Cleansing Towelettes and a package of their Olay Facial Wipes to test out and see if I noticed a difference.

I've already confessed to you that I normally use soap instead of shaving cream, so I might as well also tell you that I usually use soap and a wash cloth to scrub my face. Yes, I know, I'm sure that makes me about as frugal as it gets, but I'm just not one to fork out money on "fancy-schmancy" stuff when a simple solution will do. So using real make-up removing wipes was a treat.

I didn't notice a huge difference between the Pond's wipes and the Olay wipes except that the Pond's wipes were much thicker than the Olay wipes and thus, they did seem to do a better job of cleaning. I think they could easily be cut in half and you could only use half of one to extend the number of uses you could get out of a package. (Yes, I'm frugal to a fault, aren't I?!)

Would you like to try Pond's Wet Cleansing Towelettes yourself? Well, 20 readers are going to win a free package today!

To enter to win one of the 20 packages of Pond's Towelettes, just leave a comment on this post within the next 24 hours. Twenty winners will be randomly drawn from all the entrants and posted shortly after the giveaway ends. Comments will be closed on this post when the giveaway has ended.

24-Hour Giveaway: Five pairs of Bugaloo soft sole leather toddler shoes

Do you know a little child in your life who could use some cute new shoes? Well this giveaway is for you!

Bugaloo is giving away five pairs of their adorable soft sole leather shoes on my blog today--and, if you're a winner, you get to choose the size and the kind!

Bugaloo shoes are handcrafted from high-quality materials and come in a variety of fun colors and designs. They are feet-friendly and machine-washable which makes them a huge plus for busy moms!

But the best thing about Bugaloos is that every single pair is only $14.99. And, when you order three pairs, you get free shipping--even if you live in Canada. You'll be hard-pressed to find a better deal on high-quality leather-soled toddler shoes. What's more is that 5% of each purchase from Bugaloo is donated to International Justice Mission.

To enter to win one of five pair of Bugaloo shoes, just leave a comment on this post within the next 24 hours. Five winners will be randomly drawn from all the entrants and posted shortly after the giveaway ends. Comments will be closed on this post when the giveaway has ended.

24-Hour Giveaway: Set of three Dove Nutrium Moisture Body Washes to three readers

Dove has recently released a new nourishing body wash with Nutrium Moisture--a breakthrough formula of soybean oil and natural lipids that nourishes your skin ten layers deep. It is designed to repair and maintain your skin's protective layer during cleansing instead of damaging the skin's outer layer as some other body washes on the market do.

Dove sent me a few of these to try and I really liked them. My favorite was the Gentle Exfoliating variety. Not only did it clean well and leave your skin feeling refreshed, but it provided an opportunity to try and explain what "exfoliation" means to my four-year-old!

I was washing her and using some of the body wash and she immediately noticed the "little blue balls" as she called them in the body wash. "What are those blue balls, Mama?" she asked. That simple question was a perfect lead-in for a fascinating discussion on the layers of skin, how your skin gets dirty, and how you need to exfoliate it to keep it clean and healthy. Hey, I'm all for multi-tasking so if I can teach a "homeschool lesson" while giving baths to my girls, I'll take it!

Want to have the perfect hands-on object to explain exfoliation to your youngsters or would you just like to try Dove's Nutrium Moisture Body Wash yourself? Well, here's your chance! Today, three readers will win a set of three Dove Nutrium Moisture Body Washes: Gentle Exfoliating, Deep Moisture, Sensitive Skin.

To enter to win one of these 3 sets of Dove Body Washes, just leave a comment on this post within the next 24 hours. Three winners will be randomly drawn from all the entrants and posted shortly after the giveaway ends. Comments will be closed on this post when the giveaway has ended.

Giveaway Day!

photo by plindberg

It's my 28th birthday today and I'm so grateful to Lord for the years He has given me on this earth! I am also thankful for all the wonderful people in my life who bring me so much blessing and encouragement each and every day. My blog readers are certainly among that group and today I wanted to show appreciation and gratitude to you all for what you mean to me by hosting a big Giveaway Day!

All throughout today, I'll be posting fun 24-Hour Giveaways. You can enter every single one of them if you like. There will be hundreds of dollars worth of prizes given away and close to 50 winners. Let the fun begin!

(By the way, I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to each and every one of you who read here, who send kind notes, who inspire me with your money-saving ideas, who share great coupons and deals, who cheer for us, and who encourage us when we've struggled. I am truly convinced that I have the best blog readers in existence! Thank you for being you!)

Giveaways Galore

Are you giving something away on your blog this week or have you found a great giveaway elsewhere on the web? If so, post your link below and let all the readers here know so they can get in on the action! Your giveaway must be family-friendly and no-strings-attached. In addition, to make it easy to navigate, your link must go directly to your giveaway post. Links going to the homepage of your blog or any other part of your blog besides the direct link to your giveaway post will be deleted.

Giveaways Galore

Well, apparently, a lot of you could use free diapers seeing as there were over 4000 entries into the Luvs diaper giveaway! I wish I could give away 3 months of diapers to everyone, but I only had four 3-month supplies to give away and those are going to:

Stahli Claassen (claassenclan@)
Kristi (kkey26@)
Karen Ogden (homegrownslc@)
Savanna (savanna3e@)

Each of you should have received an email from me with further details. If you didn't receive this email, please contact me.

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Are you giving something away on your blog this week or have you found a great giveaway elsewhere on the web? If so, post your link below and let all the readers here know so they can get in on the action! Your giveaway must be family-friendly and no-strings-attached. In addition, to make it easy to navigate, your link must go directly to your giveaway post. Links going to the homepage of your blog or any other part of your blog besides the direct link to your giveaway post will be deleted.

24-Hour Giveaway: 3-month supply of Luvs diapers to 4 winners!

Remember the $5/1 Luvs coupon which was available for a limited time last year? Well I have great news: Luvs is bringing the $5/1 coupon offer back! The sign-up page will be up tomorrow morning and I'll let you know as soon as it goes live so you all can sign up for this great offer while it is available.

You'll want to be sure you're signed-up with the Luvs Network here so that tomorrow morning you can log in and get your coupon easily. When you sign up, you'll also get a free $1/1 coupon, too.

While the $5/1 coupon offer is great news, the best news is that Luvs is offering an even sweeter deal to my readers here: they are giving away a 3-month's supply of diapers to 4 winners here! Plus, they are throwing in a free diaper bag, too.

All you have to do to enter to win is just leave a comment on this post. Yep, it's that simple. I'll have the comments open for the next 24 hours and then I'll randomly choose four winners from everyone who comments.

Giveaways Galore

Thank you to everyone who helped with the Facebook page launch. The 15 randomly-chosen winners of the All You subscriptions are:

Misty (misty_aubry@)
Lisa (LDE28@)
Simone (Knutschfleck70@)
Maureen (maureenbwalters@)
Karen (kpuleski@gmail.com)
Sarah (Carrotopper@)
3PrincesesMomma (momma@)
Amber (amatarelli@)
Sarah (mnsaguirre@)
Candy (frugalcandy@)
Nancy (nloughran1@)
Julie (julie@)
Melissa (writer257@)
Brooke (cougarcheer22@)
Heather (heather_sheffield@)

Each of you should have received an email from me with further details. If you didn't receive this email and were one of the winners, please email me.

If you didn't win and are looking for a way to purchase a subscription inexpensively, the best price I've seen right now is $13.68 for a year's subscription. Kingdom First Mom shares how you can get it at that price here.

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Are you giving something away on your blog this week or have you found a great giveaway elsewhere on the web? If so, post your link below and let all the readers here know so they can get in on the action! Your giveaway must be family-friendly and no-strings-attached. In addition, to make it easy to navigate, your link must go directly to your giveaway post. Links going to the homepage of your blog or any other part of your blog besides the direct link to your giveaway post will be deleted.

$250 Cash Giveaway from CouponMom.com

My friend, Stephanie Nelson, who is the founder of CouponMom.com and who has been a huge inspiration to me when it comes to using coupons and cutting your grocery bill, is hosting a $250 cash giveaway this week. To enter, you just have to type in your name and email address here.

48-Hour Giveaway: Become a fan or subscribe and be entered to win one of 15 subscriptions to All You magazine

  

My 2-year-old, Kaitlynn, when we were feeding the ducks last week. Photo by Kaycee Lochner.

I've have a long to-do list of blogging ideas and very little time to do them because I've been busy doing much more important things--like reading stories to my little ones, working on our homeschool lessons, playing with play dough outside with the girls, feeding the ducks with my girls (see photo above), cuddling my little almost 4-month-old (can you believe Silas is almost 4 months old?!), and spending time with my husband. This season of life when my little children are all little is very short and I want to cherish each moment--even if that means that my to-do lists often lie untouched for weeks at a time.

However, there are those little moments every now and then when I'm able to accomplish some of the things on my non-essential to-do lists and today was one such day. We took the day off of our normal homeschool schedule and I ended up accomplishing a lot more than I was expecting! I wanted to tell you about some of the blogging-related things I accomplished:

First off, I made up a page on Facebook for MoneySavingMom. I've had a group on there for some time, but there was no way for me to update the group page with the most recent posts here. So I created a brand-new page and I'd love to have you become a fan.

When you do so, you'll receive all the latest posts and hottest freebie offers, bargains, and printable coupons straight into your friend feed. Sometimes, there are deals which are posted here that only last for an hour or two, so if you're on Facebook rather frequently, this will ensure you don't miss any of these deals. Plus, I'll likely share some links there which don't make it onto the blog.

Secondly, I've set up my Twitter feed to share all the latest posts here as soon as they are posted. Just like the Facebook feed, this Twitter feed will be updated in real-time with all the most recent posts and by following me there, it'll ensure you don't miss anything here.

Finally, did you know you can easily subscribe to this blog's feed through a feed reader or by email? If you have friends who you think might enjoy taking advantage of some of the deals here but who aren't really into reading or checking blogs, subscribing to the daily email newsletter is perfect for them. Once a day, they'll receive an email with all of the posts from the past 24 hours formatted into an easy-to-read email newsletter. To sign up, just enter your email address (or your friend's email address--with their permission!) on the righthand sidebar.

Now, I'd love to have you sign up as a fan on Facebook, or as a follower on Twitter, or as a feed or email subscriber just because. But I thought it'd be fun to give you a little extra incentive to do so but running a 48-hour giveaway for 15 one-year subscriptions to All You magazine--a magazine chock-full of great coupons.

There are four different ways to enter to win one of these 15 one-year subscriptions. Pick whichever is best for you--or pick all four, if you like!

::First way to enter: Become a fan of the brand-new Money Saving Mom page on Facebook. Click here to sign up as a fan. Once you sign up as a fan, just leave a comment here letting me know you have done so and you'll receive one entry into the 48-Hour Giveaway.

::Second way to enter: Follow me on Twitter. Click here to follow me on Twitter. Once you have followed me, just leave a comment on this post letting me know you have done so and you'll receive one entry into the 48-Hour Giveaway. If you are already a follower, leave a comment here stating that and you'll be entered, too.

::Third way to enter: Subscribe by email. Just enter your email address in the box on the righthand side and confirm your subscription. Once you have done this just leave a comment on this post letting me know you have subscribed and you'll receive one entry into the 48-Hour Giveaway. If you are already a subscriber, leave a comment here stating that and you'll be entered, too!

::Fourth way to enter: Sign up for updates through a Feedreader. Go here and choose the feed reader of your choice and then subscribe. Once you have done this just leave a comment here letting me know you have subscribed and you'll receive one entry into the 48-Hour Giveaway. If you are already a subscriber, leave a comment stating that and you'll be entered, too!

This giveaway will be open for the next 48 hours. After that, I will close the comments and randomly choose 15 winners to receive the one-year subscriptions to All You magazine.

Giveaways Galore

The winner of the $30 Kroger gift card is:

Gabe (gabrielle.ahearn@)

And the 100 winners of the Acai juice are being notified today via email. Since the list of winners is so long, I won't be posting it. But your coupon for your free bottle will be shipped to you within 4-6 weeks if you were among the 100 winners.

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Are you giving something away on your blog this week or have you found a great giveaway elsewhere on the web? If so, post your link below and let all the readers here know so they can get in on the action!

Your giveaway must be family-friendly and no-strings-attached. In addition, to make it easy to navigate, your link must go directly to your giveaway post. Links going to the homepage of your blog or any other part of your blog besides the direct link to your giveaway post will be deleted.

24-Hour Giveaway: 100 free bottles of Genesis Today Acai Berry Juice

I have a fun giveaway to share with you today--one in which you have a really great chance of winning because there are 100 winners! Yes, that's right! I'm giving away a coupon for a free 10 oz. bottle of Genesis Today Acai Berry Juice to 100 different winners.

When I was contacted by All You magazine to see if I'd like to try some Genesis Today Acai Berry Juice and feature a giveaway, I wasn't sure what I'd think of it. But I read that it was 100% pure and 100% juice so I was anxious to try it out.

My case of juice arrived and I admit I was at first not too impressed with the look of the juice. It appeared rather thick and dark and I couldn't imagine that it'd taste very good.

However, I was pleasantly surprised after trying it to find it was delicious. But even more than that, I was surprised to read just how nutrient-rich it is.

Each 8 oz. serving of Genesis Today Acai Berry Juice (sold only at Wal-Mart) contains 100% or more of the recommended servings of seven different vitamins. And it has 1000% of the recommended serving of Vitamin B12 which gives you a great natural boost of energy. So yes, this juice really packs a punch when it comes to nutrition!

The label talks about it providing energy and healthy skin and nails. It also mentions helping with weight control. I didn't think much about any of these things--until I drank it faithfully every morning for breakfast for a week.

At the end of the week, I weighed myself and my eyeballs could hardly believe what they saw: I had lost three pounds in one week! I thought maybe it was a fluke thing, but no, the weight hasn't come back, instead, the scales have continued to drop bit by bit each day.

As I've mentioned before, I had a little weight left on from my recent pregnancy and despite portion control and exercise, the scales have refused to budge. But as soon as I started drinking the Genesis Today Acai Berry Juice, the weight is coming off--without any extra work or change in my diet.

I have no idea whether or not it is truly a result of drinking this juice, but I can't come up with anything else I've done differently, so I think this juice is obviously doing something and I'm totally excited to see the scales moving in the right direction again! Only a few more pounds and I'll be back to my pre-pregnancy weight!

Would you like to win a coupon for a free 10 oz. bottle of the Genesis Today Acai Berry Juice? If so, please send an email in the next 24 hours with your full name and mailing address to momoflittles @ gmail.com (remove spaces).* I will randomly choose 100 winners from everyone who emails in and will notify you within 2 days if you were one of the 100 winners of this contest.

*In order to make it easier for me to collect your mailing address, I am requesting that you email it in when you enter this contest. However I can assure you that your address will not be sold or distributed in any way and will only be used to send a free coupon to you if you are one of the winners.

Giveaways Galore

The winners of last week's Famous Footwear $25 gift card giveaway are:

Goldie (lalitha_a_v@)
Bridget (ob81404@)
Amber (amber_browne@)
Samantha (samanthawitt@)
Amanda (amandac1030@)

Details on claiming your prizes have been emailed to you. If you failed to receive this email, please contact me.
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Are you giving something away on your blog this week or have you found a great giveaway elsewhere on the web? If so, post your link below and let all the readers here know so they can get in on the action!

Your giveaway must be family-friendly and no-strings-attached. In addition, to make it easy to navigate, your link must go directly to your giveaway post. Links going to the homepage of your blog or any other part of your blog besides the direct link to your giveaway post will be deleted.