
And the winners are… Paula Hafner and Carol F! Congrats! For Mother’s Day I never expect gifts, but they are a nice gesture and pick-me-up. I love gifts that help me be a better mom such as cookware and eco-friendly cleaning products, gifts that help me remember myself such as spa products or a shirt. Western Union with Wakefield Research conducted a survey on shopping for Mother’s Day gifts with some interesting results. On Finding The Perfect Mother’s Day Gift It’s not so easy to find mom that perfect Mother’s Day gift. 52% of Americans report their top gripe for [...]
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And the winner is Dawn (mightynaynay), congrats! When I graduated from High School, I didn’t have cool graduation announcements. My mother was the announcement, lol! It’s amazing how many cool products and services there are for graduates that are becoming increasingly popular today. Shutterfly offers a line of graduation announcements that are perfect for the child or adult graduate, each unique and fun, sure to fit their personalities! The announcements above? Love them! Win a $50 Shutterfly Gift Card! To Enter Let me know what you’d purchase from Shutterfly with your $50 gift card… if you won! Extra Entries Leave [...]
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And the winner is… Elizabeth K.! Congrats! Zulily. Have you heard of them? They’re awesome! Zulily, if you don’t know, is a private shopping site that offers designer/boutique brands for mom, baby, and kiddo up to 60-70% off! For boys it seems you have to be there at the right time because often times, there’s tons more for the girlies than the little men. I’m telling you, if I had a girl, I’d be buying up some stuff!!! Browsing their selection today, I came across these cute items for Jay. Love ‘em! Oh, and somewhere inbetween babbling about Zulily, I [...]
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Winner: Susan Randle So how many of you have yet to do your taxes? Raise your hands. Let everybody see you. Shame on you! Just kidding. Greg actually completed our taxes last night, so we were tardy to the tax party too. The folks at Fellowes provided me with some tips to prevent identity theft during tax season. Check them out and continue reading to find out why I had to shred my Paypal debit card. There may be an awesome giveaway waiting for you too . (…)Read the rest of Identity Theft Hits Home. #Win A Fellowes Paper Shredder. [...]
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And the winner is… Brittany Doerfler! Congrats! As a Ralph Lauren Mombassador, I had the opportunity to create a custom polo shirt for Jayden. The design process was super easy and the options were laid out in selection and check boxes. As I customized his polo, I was able to preview the changes (not pictured). This feature came in handy when trying to decide which font to use. Spring colors are shown in photo. I chose to design a red polo, monogrammed in white (York font), with a pony on the right hem. It came out lovely! Jayden has few [...]
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Congrats to the winners! 1. janie 2. Jessi 3. shelly aka allysmama 4. Mary Williams 5. ANGEL JACKLYN 6. Sue Trader 7. Theresa 8. mott 9. Stacy 10. Ani I’m excited to share that I am working with Kodak Gallery as guest judge of their Share The Love Valentine’s Day Contest where users will create Valentine themed projects for a chance to win up to $300 in prizes!!! Phase one of the contest will be a Photo Card contest and phase two will be a Photo Book contest. The Photo Card contest will run until February 1st and the Photo [...]
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Boogie got so many compliments on his rugby sweater and beanie, I thought I’d share where I got them. Remember this post from February? I dug up the order confirmation from The Children’s Place. I only paid $4.24 for that sweater! There are a few listed on Ebay in those colors as well as other…
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This Thanksgiving we are doing something new. We are having Thanksgiving dinner at our house. It’s exciting because it’s our first time hosting a gathering and we’re breaking out of a routine. Each Thanksgiving my mother gives something at her house and Greg’s grandmother gives something at hers. Since Greg, Boogie, and I are a…
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