Thursday, July 29, 2010

Ellington Handbag Giveaway


Any sort of handbag giveaway and I'm there! Lucky for us purse addicts out there, The Fashionable Housewife has a giveaway for an Ellington Bella Tote Handbag worth $199. The above are just a few different colors you can pick up. This giveaway ends 8/15. To enter, go to the Ellington website and look at all the different handbags, leave a comment with your favorite one. After that go for all the extra entries. Afte all, there's a handbag at stake!

Also on this blog site is a giveaway for a $100 JC Penny's gift card and Perricone product giveaway.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

$50 Visa Gift Card

Ending 8/15 at Kelly's Lucky You is a $50 Visa gift card giveaway--as blog owner put it one size fits all- this card can be used anywhere for anything. This giveaway is celebrating another great blogsite--Rural Mom, which also has a number of great giveaways including a Kroger gift card. To enter visit the Rural Mom and leave a comment about what you liked about her site. Take advantages of those extra entries--after all, there's $50 bucks on the line!

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Scholastic Back To School Blog Tour

July is nearly over and soon school will be back. Summer certainly flew by, and I'm sure all the kids would agree as well. To get back in that school spirit, Scholastic is sponsoring a number of fabulous giveaways at 15 different blog sites and useful tools for parents out there such as back to school shopping tips. Also the newest edition of Scholastic Childrens Dictionary is now available.

First on the Scholastic blog list is (ending 8/6) Jolly Mom with a great giveaway for a $100 Old Navy Gift Card and a copy of the Scholastic Childrens' Dictionary. Great prize for back-to-school clothes shopping. With a wide selection of basics and trendy aparral at affordable prices, this gift card can take you pretty far. To enter, look over Jolly's Mom's clothes shopping tips and tell her what tip you find most useful. Remember those daily tweets!

Ending 8/9 at 1StopMom is a giveaway for a $100 gift certificate to Walmart and a copy of the Scholastic Childrens' Dictionary. Walmart has a great supply of school supplies and clothes at super affordable prices. This gift card could certainly take you far! To enter leave a back to school tip. Remember those daily tweets!

Ending 8/11 at The Mommy-Files is a giveaway for a $100 gift certificate to Zappos.com and a copy of the Scholastic Childrens' Dictionary. For those who don't know, Zappos has great clothes, shoes, and accessories for men, women, and children. This would be a great bonus for those back to school shopping needs! To enter, just leave a back to school tip you have. Keep checking out the giveaways not only on the Mommy-Files but the rest of the blog sites participating in the Scholastic Back to School Blog Tour.

Ending 8/12 at The Dirty Shirt is a giveaway for a $100 Target gift card and a copy of the Scholastic Childrens' Dictionary. To enter leave a comment about what back to school means to you. $100 at Target could buy lots of school supplies and clothes, so take advantage of those extra entries. It doesn't look like this site has a daily tweet option.

Ending 8/15 at Serendipity Mommy is a giveaway for a portable DVD player and a copy of the Scholastic Childres' Dictionary. To enter, leave a comment describing your favorite field trip or one you occupied with your child. A number of extra entries are available including tweeting four times a day. Also on this blog site are giveaways for $25 Walmart gift cards, Brugo mugs, and sunglasses from Sunglass Warehouse.

Ending 8/18 at MommyMandy is a giveaway for a $100 Visa gift card and a copy of the Scholastic Childrens' Dictionary. To enter, leave a comment about some healthy lunch box items you use for your child. After that, go for all the extra entries. Visa gift cards are great prizes to win, can be used everywhere for anything.

Ending 8/19 at Guessing All the Way is a giveaway for $100 Visa gift card and a copy of the Scholastic Childrens' Dictionary. The mandatory entry is to leave a comment with a tip you use to get your child(ren) on a back to school morning routine. Also, this site has a giveaway for a $25 iTunes gift card, Carolina Pad, and a $50 CSN gift code.

Ending 8/30 at The Divine Miss Mommy is a giveaway for a $100 Fandango gift card and a copy of the Scholastic Childrens' Dictionary. Fandango is a great website that sells the latest movie tickets. Instead of waiting in line, with a click of a button, you can be set to go. To enter, leave a comment about your favorite summer movie. Lots of ways to earn extra entries so go for it!

Ending 9/3 at Mom Knows it All is a giveaway for $100 Visa gift card and a copy of the Scholastic Childrens' Dictionary. To enter leave a comment with what question you would like to ask at the next Back to School Night. Several ways to earn extra entries, with one tweet, no daily tweeting here!

Ending 9/13 at 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires is a giveaway for $100 Visa gift card and a copy of the Scholastic Childrens' Dictionary. To enter, leave a comment about your favorite easy recipe dish. After that, tons of ways to earn extra entries including blogging, daily tweeting, and entries for entering other giveaways.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Domino's GC Giveaways

Seriously is there anybody out there who doesn't like pizza? As part of Domino's Show Us Your Pizza campaign, a number of blog sites are giving away $20 Domino's gift cards. Enough to feed the family for a night, though if I win I'd use mine on Tuesdays (Buy 1 Get 1 Free) to stretch the card out for an extra night. As an added bonus, consider uploading a Domino's pizza loving moment online and you have the chance to win $500!

Ending 7/31 at Let's Give It Away is a giveaway for a $20 Domino's Pizza gift card. To enter, go to www.showusyourpizza.com and watch the video. Leave a comment with something you learned from their website. Lots of chances to earn extra entries so hurry and start those daily tweets!

Ending 8/12 at Thanks Mail Carrier is a giveaway for a $20 Domino's Pizza gift card. To enter, leave a comment telling Mail Carrier how you like your pizza. Lots of chances to earn extra entries and best of all this blogsite is celebrating its anniversary by throwing a giveaway bash-- with an Amazon gift card, Delta showerhead, and lots more to come.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Oreck Platinum Pilot Giveaway


I know you are all sick of me talking about all my appliances and electronics being on the brick of breakdowns, but another month has passed and it is still the case. The elusive vacuum giveaways are still out of my grasp. Let's all hope I win one soon, maybe my 7th time will be my charm (?) so I can shut up about at least the vacuum. But I'll probably continue with the digital camera and laptop blog wishes.

Ending 6/29 at A Mom's Impression is a giveaway for a Oreck Platinum Pilot Vacuum. This is no ordinary vacuum, this is the high end deluxe Mercedes of vacuums. To enter simply go to the Oreck website and comment about something cool you learned about the Oreck Pilot or another great Oreck product. Lots of other giveaways on this site, including a Sleepjoy Memory Foam Mattress and $40 CSN gift card.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

$10 Cold Stone Creamery Giveaway

Cold Stone Creamery is so good, but at our house its considered a rare treat for a special occasion. But if I won one of these gift cards, that would be a special enough occasion on its own! With creations like Cheesecake Fantasy, The Pie That Loved Me, and Banana Caramel Crunch, seriously who can resist such treats.

Ending 7/31 at Eighty MPH Mom is a great giveaway for 5 winners to each win a $10 Cold Stone Creamery gift card to get their favorite Cold Stone Creation or a custom creation. Yum! To enter, leave a comment with your favorite Cold Stone Creation or one you want to try. This is part of Eighty MPH Mom's summer event, check out all the other great giveaways.

Ending 7/31 at Outnumbered 3 to 1 is a giveaway for a $10 Cold Stone Creamery gift card and best of all, there will be 5 winners. Outnumbered has partnered with Eighty MPH Mom (see above) to co host a summer giveaway event called Step Into Summer. I've been very impressed with all the great giveaways available on both blog sites.

Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

Anytime there's a Amazon gift card giveaway, I'm on it! Luckily I won one about 2 weeks ago from Look What Mom Found and Dad too and I finally bought the Twilight books! It only took um... like 6 months, but I got them and didn't have to pay for them. The way everyone raves and becomes obsessed fans, I'm sure it was worth the wait. Now that I've got the Twilight books, I have another Amazon wish list to win for-- a gift for my husband "Only Fools and Horses" DVD pack. Its some crazy show my husband watched when he was growing up in Ireland. Its his favorite and he really loves it.

Ending 7/22 at One Frugal Lady is a giveaway for an Amazon gift card in the amount of $25. To enter, simply become a follower of One Frugal Lady via google friend connect. I'm new to her blog site but I noticed a long list of other current giveaways I'm already interested in.

Ending 8/6 at Blommi is a giveaway for a $25 Amazon gift card sponsored by GiftZip, a great online gift certificate buying website. Gift Zip has several popular stores you can buy gift certificates from, such as Amazon, Home Depot, and Sears. To enter, simply look at all the store gift certificates choices and leave a comment with your favorite store. Lots of ways to earn extra entries!

Ending 8/12 at Thanks, Mail Carrier is a giveaway for a $50 Amazon gift card sponsored by GiftZip, a great online gift certificate buying website. Gift Zip has several popular stores you can buy gift certificates from, such as Amazon, Home Depot, and Sears. To enter, simply look at all the store gift certificates choices and leave a comment with your favorite store. Lots of ways to earn extra entries! Right now Thanks, Mail Carrier is hosting a special Anniversary Bash event, lots of great giveaways in store for us!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Ultimate Driving Kit Giveaway

Evenflo has a great website for parents titled "Are you a Savvy Parent?" with great tips and articles about car safety, car seats, how to keep organized and the kids happy and occupied during road trips. To promote this helpful site, Evenflo is also sponsoring a great giveaway for an Evenflo’s Ultimate Savvy Parent’s Car Kit ($100 value) that includes:
    • $25 Gas Gift Card, a little treat for mom and dad
    • Moist Wipes, for quick car clean up
    • Baby Mirror, to check out rear-facing baby while driving
    • Soft Book, to secure safety of passengers when thrown during tantrum
    • Kid/Parent Friendly CD, to inspire a family sign along
    • Car Dust buster, for hunting down cheerios between seats
    • Window Shade, to keep the hot summer sun out
    • Animal Crackers and a Snack Trap, to carve cravings
    • Car organizer, to keep it all arranged neatly!
Ending 7/19 at Mommy Mandy is a great Evenflo Ultimate Savvy Parent's Car Kit Giveaway. To enter, go to the Are you a Savvy site and comment back with something you learned. Lots of ways to earn those extra entries.

Ending 7/28 at Simply Being Mom is a giveaway for the awesome prize pack from Evenflo. To enter, go to the Are you Savvy site and leave a comment with something you learned or something you liked. Lots of ways to earn extra entries and this site has great giveaways.

Nestle Summer Block Party

Another awesome Nestle prize pack giveaway!

1 NESTLÉ® Drumstick® Heroes Summer Celebration Package (valued at approx. $300). complete with enough NESTLÉ® DRUMSTICK® Sundae Cones for a party of 50 pals! Plus, an assortment of coupons for the following FREE NESTLE PRODUCTS including:

JUICY JUICE®, OVALTINE®, EDY’S®/DREYER’S®, CARNATION® Breakfast Essentials, WONKA®, STOUFFER’S®, NESQUIK®, TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Cookie Dough, and TOLL HOUSE® Morsels.

Wow, its been a hot summer here in North Carolina, Nestle Drumsticks would be so good right now.

Ending 7/21 at Not-So Blog's Experimental Mommy is a giveaway for the above Nestle Prize Pack. To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment about which Nestle product you would bring to the block party. Tons of ways to earn extra entries including unlimted tweets and 10 entries for blogging. Yes, I wrote this blog post for pure selfish reasons, I want those 10 entries!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

$25 Subway Gift Card

Subway is sponsoring a number of giveaways to promote their partnership with Little League Baseball and hosting an event called Subways Baseball Designs Tour. This great promotion was kids from Little League create baseball designs and celebrities sign the baseballs. The baseballs are then auctioned off to raise money. To promote this special event, a number of blog sites are hosting giveaways for $25 Subway gift cards.

Ending 7/27 at Girls Gone Mom is a giveaway for a $25 Subway. Lots of extra entries, just fill out the form to enter your mandatory entry and extra entries, including a daily tweet.

$100 Giveaway

Enidng 8/15 My Life with Rats is hosting another giveaway for a $100 gift card, winners choice! Once again the blog site owner, Amanda is super generous with her gift card giveaways. Every month Amanda has a giveaway for a gift card of some kind. To enter, simply become an email subscriber. Chances are you alreay are and if you are not, why!

Monday, July 12, 2010

Chance to win a Beach Vacation!

I thought I had seen just about everything that can possibly be given out on these giveaway blog sites, from food to gift cards to electronics to clothes. But nothing has got me as excited as this giveaway! The giveaway is for a vacation---a North Carolina Beach vacation giveaway. I love it and its from one of my favorite blog sites, The B Keeps Us Honest. Man I could really use a vacation too!

Ending 7/30 at the B Keeps Us Honest is a giveaway for a 2 night stay at The Islander Inn AND a dinner for two at the Isle Restaurant . The Islander Inn is located at
Ocean Isle Beach, NC. To enter go to the Islander Inn's website and comment back with your favorite feature or something you learned about the Inn. Lots of ways to earn extra entries!


$35 Jiffy Lube Gift Card

While I hate spending money on groceries and other household stuff, for some reason I really resent spending money on car expenses. That's why it would be so great to win a $35 Jiffy Lube card, perfect for an oil change or state inspection time (oh has that already passed by?).

Ending 7/14 at Our Ordinary Life is a giveaway for a $35 Jiffy Lube gift card as part of their Motor Oil Matters promotion. To enter, simple go to the their website and comment back with something you learned. Also, on her blog site is a giveaway for a $100 Borders gift card for 2 winners.

Ending 7/16 at 24/7 Mom is a giveaway for a $35 Jiffy Lube gift card. To enter go to Jiffy Lube's Motor Oil Matter's website and leave a comment about something you learned. Keep checking back for more great giveaways.

More Crocs Giveaways

I admit, I used to be in the camp that thought Crocs were the ugliest things ever to touch feet. Everyone swore by how comfortable they were, but I could not be convinced to buy them. Even my husband wanted a pair but we never got one. Recently though, I feel my resolve crumbling...especially since Crocs have recently come out with a whole bunch of new styles that have me wondering if I should join the Crocs Camp. Check out these super cute croc styles! There's also a lot of different styles for men too, but I'm only interested in the women's (hey, I'm just being honest!)

Ending 6/29 Eighty MPH Mom is a giveaway for a pair of Crocs, winner's choice. To enter, go to the Crocs site and look around, then go backt o Eighty MPH and leave a comment about your favorite pair. Lots of ways to earn extra entries and a second chance of winning if you enter at Outnumbered 3 to 1 (see below for more information).

Ending 6/29 at Outnumbered 3 to 1 is a great giveaway for a lucky winner to win a pair of Crocs, winner's choice! To enter, simply have a look at the Crocs website, find your favorite pair, and leave a comment about it. Outnumbered has teamed up once again with Eighty MPH to host a Summer Event giveaway. Already I'm loving the giveaways! Can't wait to see what else these two have in store for us!

Ending 7/11 at Jolly Mom is a giveaway for the winner to choose any pair of Crocs. To enter, comment back with which pair you would choose if you win. This entry is harder than you think because there are so many great pairs to choose from. Jolly Mom has partnered with Go Graham Go for a great blog event called "Step Into Summer" with a bunch of amazing giveaways so check it out!

Ending 7/18 at Go Graham Go is a giveaway for the winner to choose any pair of Crocs. To enter, comment back with which pair you would choose if you win. This entry is harder than you think because there are so many great pairs to choose from. Go Graham Go has partnered with Jolly Mom for a great blog event called "Step Into Summer" with a bunch of amazing giveaways so check it out!

Ending 8/2 at Two of a Kind, Working on a Full House, is a giveaway for one winner to have a pair of Crocs Flip Shoes. To enter, go to the Crocs website and comment back with another pair you like. This blog site has always has great giveaways, including a Select Comfort Mattress Pad, Oreck vacuum, and a $25 TJ Maxx gift card.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Crocs You Giveaway


"You" is a Crocs' women's line which includes shoes that are a bit more dressier than casual wear. Best of all, the "You" line still maintains that comfortability Crocs are known for. See picture to the right!

Ending 7/18 at The Fashionable Housewife is a giveaway for a Crocs "You" Sandals valued at $89. To enter, take a look at the "You" line and comment back with which pair you would like to win. Afterwards take advantage of those extra entries, including a daily tweet and blogging (worth 10, hence the reason for this blog post).

Sunday, July 4, 2010

"The Magic Warble" By Victoria Simcox Giveaway


My other obsession besides blogs, are books. I love them! I probably have around 800 books and have only read about 1/2 of them, yet I still go to library book sales, thrift stores, the goodwill, yard sales, etc... hunting for more. And yes, when I see a blog giving away a book, 9 times out of 10 I enter the giveaway. In the case of the "The Magic Warble" by Victoria Simcox, not only is it a book, but it is a young adult fantasty book, which means I want it even more than normal.

Ending 7/9 at Heck of a Bunch is a giveaway for Victoria Simcox's book "The Magic Warble." To enter, leave a comment with who this book is for, in my case myself. Lots of ways to earn extra entries and so far there are not that many people entered. Chances are very good!

California Pizza Kitchen GC Giveaway

OMG, a $50 California Pizza Kitchen Giveaway! So excited, this is one of my family's favorite restuerants. My favorites are the Carne Asada pizza and Miso Shrimp Salad. They also tons of other great pasta, sandwich, soups, appetizers, and desserts to choose from.

Ending 7/18 at Guessing All the Way...Tales from a Clueless Mom is a giveaway for a $60 CPK gift card. To enter, simply become a google friend connect follower. I really like this blog site and have had good luck on it so far with the giveaways. About two weeks ago I won a sheet set sponsored by Shop Bedding.com.

Ending 7/25 at A Nut in a Nutshell is a giveaway for a $50 CPK gift card. To enter, simply look at the CPK menu and comment back with a menu item you would like to try. Lots of ways to earn extra entries and this blog site always has a great list of giveaways to enter, so check them out!

Friday, July 2, 2010

Bissell ProHeat Giveaway


Between my husband and my cats throwing up my carpet has been destoyed. Is there anything out there that can save it? Well from the sounds of the review given at What's That Smell, the Biseel ProHeat 2 X may be able to do wonders.

Ending 7/3 (tomorrow) is a giveaway for a Bissell ProHeat 2 X Carpet Cleaner at What's That Smell. To enter, go over to the Bissell site and take a look at the other products that they over. Leave a comment with another Bisell product your home could use. Get as many of those extra entries in, but hurry there's not that much time!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

$25 AMEX Giveaway

$25 American Gift Card- can be used just about anywhere for anything, talk about convenient! This great fun giveaway is part of the Electrolux's new campaign with Kelly Ripa. Each banana split created is a $1 donation to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. To help promote this worthy campaign, blog sites are hosting a $25 Amex card giveaway.

Ending 7/9 at "Deal"icious Mom is a giveaway for a $25 American Express Gift Card. To enter simply fill in your name and email address in the form on the post. Extra entries, including a daily tweet are available. Given the generosity of both the blog and sponsor, please make sure you stop by Kelly Confidential and create a split for the worth cause and a chance to win more great prizes.

Ending 7/26 at SAHM Reviews is a giveaway for a $25 American Express Gift card. To enter, make sure you are an email or RSS feed subscriber to SAHM Reviews blogsite, and create a banana split on Kelly Confidential . Lots of ways to earn extra entries including a daily tweet so hurry and join all the fun!

Ending 8/1 at No Time Mommy is a giveaway for a $25 American Express Gift Card. To enter, simply create a banana split at Kelly Confidential and leave a comment with what kind of toppings you put on yours. Lots of ways to earn extra entries!