I am blog obsessed! March Wins

Continuing my blog obsessed journey, here are my March wins. Many thanks to the blog site owners and their sponsors. Just my little tiny blog site requires a lot of work, so I can only imagine how much work is involved in a fully functioning review and giveaway site. The work put into each site-- the reviews, pictures, graphics, communication with sponsors is very much appreciated by me and all the equally obsessed readers out there!

March Wins
3/2 "The Survivors Club" by Ben Sherwood from Let's Give it Away. In my enthuism to try and win this book, I ended up winning from two different sites. But I did pass the book on to an avid reader to enjoy.

3/2 Horizon Chocolate Milk Giveaway from Save Your Money Mama. This prize included $1 off coupons and two coupons for a 1/2 gallon of Horizon Chocolate Milk. I redeemed all coupons and let me tell you Horizon Chocolate Milk is the best, before giving Horizon a try I was buying store brand but not anymore!

3/4 My Lip Stuff Lip Balms from Simply Living on a Budget. I am not a lipstick person, maybe I'll wear lip gloss occasionally. However I usually have 2 or 3 different kinds of lip balm around that I use a lot. Flavors I received were Chocolate Almond, Doublemint, Bavarian Cream, Cinnamon Frosting, Candy Hearts, and Sex on the Beach. Check out My Lip Stuff, they have over 500 flavors.


3/5 Leakey Photograph Choice from Mint Green With Envy. A lot of brilliant photos to choose from but we ended up with the Black and White Lily. Its gorgeous and hangs in our bathroom. See the pic on the left.

3/11 Carolina Pad Prize Pack from Our Ordinary Life. I received an assortment of Carolina pad items including a notebook, folder, change purse, mini file expander, etc. Carolina pad has so many fun designs for school supplies.

3/11 Seventh Generation Free and Clear Prize Pack from the Groschen Goblins. This fabulous prize pack included Auto Dish pacs, Liquid Dish soap, All Purpose Cleaner, Bathroom cleaner, 2X Ultra Free and Clear Laundry Detergent, Glass & Surface Cleaner, Paper Towels, and a Seventh Generation reusable tote bag. I have been wanting to try Seventh Generation products so I was excited for this win. The cleaners don't smell like cleaners, free and clear just as the name says!

3/13 A scarf from the Affordable Scarves website, won from a Fairy Blog Mother. I choose this one Isee pic on right) and I love it. With all the different colors in the small print, I can wear it with just about any outfit. Affordable Scarves has a number of really cute scarves and they are yes, they are affordable, hence the name.

3/13 "Corked" by Kathryn Borel from Mama's Money Savers. I just finished this book a few weeks ago, though it wasn't for me, I always enjoy trying new authors.

3/14 Ozone Socks won from Sugar Pop Ribbons. I always loved fun socks, forget the boring white ones. Just to give you a rough idea of what's in my sock drawer- my craziest pair of socks are individual toed pink socks with purple monkeys that say, "Like I care."

3/15 The Fantastic Mr Fox DVD won from Tiara's Tantrums. My sister and I wanted to see this movie when it came but never got a chance. We plan on watching it together, we always loved Ronald Dahl books growing up.

3/16 Exuviance Heel Cream won from Trying to Stay Calm. Supposed to work wonders on those hard heels! Fun blog site too, right now there's a Casio camera giveaway I'm in.

3/17 Lucky Land's End Twitter Contest Party, my first twitter try and win! I was extremely fortunate to win a beautiful cashmere wrap. First of all I have never been lucky enough to own anything Land's End, second I've never owned anything cashmere. It is an unbelievably soft and beautiful, I love it!

3/18 The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg won at Park Avenue Princess. This was a really cute book, fast read too, perfect if you need something light to read at the beach.

3/19 Gold N Hot Triple Barrel Waver from The Fabulous Won- perfect when I'm sick of my boring straight hair!

3/19 Dick's Sporting Goods $50 Gift Card from Sage and Savvy. My husband was happy about this one, most of my giveaway wins are for us females or kids. Now he can use this and get something for himself.

3/19 Baby Bunch Banquet from Is it Naptime Yet? Perfect timing for a friend's baby shower. Everyone thought the banquet was so neat and asked me where I got it at. I didn't exactly fess up to winning it but I told them the website address.

3/20 Bebe Dulce Relaxation Pillow from Feisty Frugal and Fabulous. I keep forgetting I have this, the next time I ache or I am stressed it can be heated or cooled for relief and relaxation.

3/20 Human Nature Autographed CD from Momma in Flip Flops. Cool that it was autographed!

3/20 Kroger $25 gift card from Mommy Memorandum. Kroger is right down the road from me and is my usual weekly grocery store. This gift card was really helpful considering I have been trying to lower my food budget.

3/21 Earthworks lotion and soap from Familylicious. I choose Japanese Flower for my scent, it smells wonderful!

3/21 Babyjorn Babysitter Balance from Jolly Mom. Either going to save this for whenever my husband and I decide to have a baby or someone is getting a really nice baby shower gift.

3/22 Disney Family Prize Pack from The Not-so Blog's Experimental Mommy- came with a Bath and Body Works candle, eye mask, tweezer and nail file set, and a small bathroom travel bag- all very handy!

3/24 Orglamix 3 eyeshades from Tales of a Sweeper, just for fun I picked a dark blue, pretty pink, and a shiney white.

3/26 $25 Kroger gift card from Mama Dweeb- YES let's reduce that grocery bill please!

3/29 Priya Skirt Bamboosa from A Mom's Impression- I choose a really cute red color. The skirt is so comfortable too!

3/30 Ecosmart Safe Plant and Garden Pack from Tiaras and Tantrums- perfect for my garden. I've already made good use of it with the ant hills in my yard.

3/31 Dick's Sporting Goods $50 Gift card from Second Time Around- I was lucky enough to win 2, which made my husband double happy.

3/31 The Princess and the Frog DVD from Barbee Love. I was so happy to win this, I missed it when it was in the theaters.

Also managed to win a few jars of salsa, Papa Johns Pizza from Coke, and Allure products from national sweepstakes/instant wins.

JC Penny's Giveaway

Ending 7/10 at My Silly Monkeys is an awesome giveaway for a $150 JC Penny's gift card in celebration of Father's Day. I know its a bit late, but better late than never. To enter, go to the JC Penny's site and look at their mens' apparral, comment back with what items you'd like to get for the man in your life. After that take advantage of those extra entries, including tweets every 4 hours.

Wow Amazon $100 Giveaway

Wow another Amazon giveaway and its for a $100. This giveaway is part of a Thank You present to the readers from the Couture Nerd blog site. Super generous isn't it, especially considering this blog site already sponsors wonderful giveaways for make-up, clothes, shoes, purses, gift cards, etc... from great name brands like Marc Jacobs, Sephora, Nordstrom's, and Tarte.

Ending 7/27 at Couture Nerd is your chance to take part in this great giveaway for a $100 Amazon gift card. To enter, leave a comment with what you would buy with the gift card. I'm sure you are all sick of me telling you, but I'm still trying to get the Twilight hard backed series from Amazon... maybe this giveaway will be my lucky chance. A bunch of different ways to earn extra entries, including 4 tweets a day! Thank you Couture Nerd!

$100 from KartMe

KartMe is a great online tool that helps all of us out there with those endless lists- stuff to buy, wishlists, recipes to try, etc... Its a pretty handy tool for those of us who need the extra organizational skills. As part of the KartMe promotion a number of blog sites are offering lucky participants out there a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card!

Ending 7/6 at Real Mom Real Views is a great giveaway for a $100 as part of their KartMe promotion. To enter, simply put items in the cart created for "Summer Fun for the Kids" and leave a comment with the url address. Take advantage of those extra entries, also this blogsite is having a giveaway for a $25 Visa gift card as well, so check it out.

Ending 7/27 at Trying to Stay Calm is a great blogsite offering one lucky winner a $100 Amazon gift card just for trying out the KartMe online application. To enter, find a recipe and paste in the link to your kart and create a profile. This blogsite offers a number of ways to earn extra entries and has great giveaways to check out.

$25 Visa Gift Card Giveaway

Ending 7/5 at Real Mom Real Views is a giveaway for a $25 Visa gift card. Visa gift cards would be great to win because you can use them everywhere for anything. To enter this fabulous giveaway, simply become a public follower of Mommy's Sweet Things. Mommy's Sweet Things also has giveaways you can enter. Between the giveaways and the chance to win $25 Visa gift caeds is a win-win.

$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 7/9 at Outnumbered 3 to 1 is a giveaway for 5 winners to each win a $10 Cold Stone Creamery gift card. To enter simply leave a comment with your favorite creation or something you learned about the company.

And if that wasn't exciting enough... ending 7/9 at Eighty MPH is another giveaway for 5 winners to each receive a $10 Cold Stone Creamery gift card. Both blog sites are having a special summer event called "Step Into Summer" and each have the same or similar giveaways. Be sure to enter both sites to double your chances of winning!

ATG Gift Card

ATG Stores is an online store that sells anything from furnture, bathroom fixtures, outdoor decor, rugs, nursery items, etc... basically anything any home could use! With great selection and prices, its a great site to add for anyone's shopping needs.

Ending 7/17 at Survey Junkie is a great giveway for a $100 gift card. To enter, leave a comment with what you would spend your ATG gift card on, then take advantage of all the extra entries you can. There doesn't seem to be a daily tweet, which is kind of a relief, I do too many of those!

Oreck Halo Flash Vac System Giveaway

Nice another Oreck Halo giveaway, this one is for the impressive Oreck Halo Flash Vac System. If I won this, I would never ever complain about vacuuming again!


For your chance to enter, go to Two of a Kind, working on a Full House and enter their Oreck giveaway by commenting on another Oreck product you like. This site ALWAYS has great giveaways, in fact right now, there is a giveaway for a Keurig coffee maker, Delta Kitchen or Bathroom faucet, and a $100 Borders gift card giveaway.

Step Into Summer Blog Party

Jolly Mom and Go Graham Go are co hosting a Step Into Summer blog event. I'm exciting to see what giveaways these two lovely sites will have. Event starts June 21st and we can't wait. Summer has always been a special time for me. I used to spend most summers in Florida where I spent a lot of time with my grandparents going to the beach, looking for shells, boat riding, swimming in the pool, playing cards, and spending lots of time with my relatives. I think that's the saddest part of my being all grown up, no more carefree summer vacations, but I am so lucky to have experienced those special times.

$100 GC Winner's Choice!

As always, My Life with Rats and More continues to be so generous to her lucky readers and fans. Ending 7/10, My Life with Rats will give one reader a $100 gift card, winner's choice. To enter, simply become an email subscriber, chances are you already are an email subscriber anyways. Lots of other interesting giveaways available on her site, and each giveaway you enter, earns you 2 comments for the $100 Giveaway.

$150 JC Penny's Gift Card Giveaway

Ending 6/24 at Blomni is a giveaway for a $150 gift card to JC Penny's in honor of Father's Day. To enter, simply take a look at the men's section of JC Penny's and comment back with 2 items you would like to get as a gift for Father's Day. Blomni also has other great Father's Day giveaways such as a Channellock tool set, car care kit, and a sansbug tent. Any one of these would make a great bonus gift on Father's Day!

Ending 6/27 at Simply Being Mommy is a another giveaway for a $150 gift card to JC Penny. With Father's Day fast approaching this would make a great gift, or you can use it to buy quite a few nice Father's Day gifts. To enter, simply tell Simply why you think your father deserves this gift card. Lots of chances to earn extra entries and a bunch of other great giveaways on this site. In fact this site always has great giveaways so keep it bookmarked and sign up for updates!

Dominos GC Giveaways

Seriously is there anybody out there who doesn't like pizza? As part of Domino's Taste Bud Bounty Hunter 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.

Ending 6/25 at Eighty MPH Mom is a giveaway for a $20 Domino's gift card. To enter, leave a comment with your favorite pizza toppings. This blog site has always been a favorite of mine. Not only does it have a wide variety of great giveaways ALWAYS but they are pretty winnable too. Right now there is a giveaway for a Hayneedle Bistro set, Gillette Razors, and Duvet Cover from Sleep Bamboo.

Ending 6/25 at The Speedy Gourmet is another great giveaway for a $20 Domino's gift card. What's really cool is this is another site owned by Eighty MPH Mom from above. So she has two great Domino's giveaways going on at the same time. Double the chances for her lucky readers! To enter leave a comment with your favorite pizza toppings. This blogsite has a number of yummy recipes to check out!

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, 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 Mama's Money Savers 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 take a look at their other products. Then leave a comment with another cool Oreck product you would like to own. Lots of other giveaways on this site, including a Grill Daddy and Nature's Valley/Sam's club gift card giveaway.

Nautica Prize Pack Giveaway

Anyone need a great prize pack for the man or dad in your life? I love blog giveaways but you have to admit, most are geared towards women or children. Anytime I see one for a man--whether it be tools, shoes, clothes, or gift certificates--I jump on it just for the chance to say, "Guess what I won for you."

In this case its a fabulous Nautica prize pack with a ARV of $300. The prize pack includes a silk tie, polo t-shirt, and either sunglasses OR a watch all packaged in a chic navy and white beach tote bag (I can use the tote!).Ending 6/12 at Jolly Mom is a giveaway for the above Nautica Prize Pack. To enter describe your Father's Day plans in your comment. While at Jolly Mom also check out her other great giveaways including a Hungry Jack prize pack, V-8 prize pack, and the new Alice in the Wonderland movie.

Ending 6/13 at The Fashionable Housewife is a giveaway for a Nautica Prize Pack as described above. This prize pack is in honor of Father's Day, to enter describe one thing that reminds you of your dad or a trait you inherited from you Dad. After the mandatory entry and the extra entries, check out the other giveaways on this site. They include a $75 Gift Card to Jockey and a $100 gift certificate to Shopbop.

Ending 6/17 at The Mommy Files is a Nautica giveaway as described above. To enter simply describe one word that reminds you of your dad or a trait you inherited from you Dad. Afterwards, there's extra entries to take advantage of, including 5 for blogging.

Cottonelle and Target GC Giveaway

Cottonelle asked the answer that apparently bugs a lot of people, should the tiolet roll be over or under? Personally I never notice, and it doesn't bother me either way. But to better answer this question, Cottonelle held a "roll poll" with over holding the majority. A couple of months ago, a number of blog sites had giveaways for Cottonelle tiolet paper with a $50 Walmart gift card. Recently not only have the Cottonelle/Walmart giveaways popped up, but there is also a Cottonelle Target gift card giveaway.

Ending 6/30 at A Mom's Impression is a giveaway for a 24 pack of Cottonelle and a $50 Target gift card. Leave a comment with whether or not you are an "Over" or "Under" family. Also on her blogsite is a giveaway for a $30 Kroger gift card, a $50 Walmart card with Aquafresh products, and a $20 Amazon gift card.

$100 Border's Gift Card Giveaway

Attention all book lovers out there, you can win one of two $100 gift cards to Borders! I'm already starting a list in my head of what I would buy if I won this. I love Borders too, if you sign up for their email newsletters they send email you coupons, sometimes as much as 25% off, and new book releases.

Borders is sponsoring this giveaway in relation to their Double Dog Dare you campaign to encourage children to continue reading during their long summer break. As an incentive, Borders will give a free book just for reading 10 books of their choice until August 26th.

Ending 6/24 at Mommy Mandy is a fabulous giveaway for 2 winners, each winning a $100 Borders gift card. Imagine all the fabulous books you can get for your kids and yourself, especially if you sign up for Border's newsletter for coupons and specials. To enter, comment back with what book your child is reading now or wants to read. Also on her blog site is a great giveaways for Sears tools and a Hapari swimsuit gift certificate.

Ending 7/1 at Our Ordinary Life is a giveaway for $100 Borders gift cards. This giveaway will have 2 lucky winners. Leave a comment with a reading tip and what your favorite children's book is then on to the extra entries. This blog site also has a giveaway for a basket of Hershey chocolate products!

Ending 7/1 at Mom Start is a giveaway for a $100 Borders gift card, best of all there will be 2 winners. To enter, tell MomStart how you encourage your children to read. Take advantage of those daily entries to increase your chances!

Ending 7/2 at Look What Mom Found... And Dad too is a giveaway for 2 winners, each receiving a $100 Border's gift card. To enter leave a comment of a favorite children's book you would like to pass on to future generations. Also check out the other current giveaways on their site (on the right side). Right now they also have a giveaway for New Balance shoes and a $25 Amazon gift card (more book possibilities).

Ending 7/2 at Two of a Kind, Working on a Full House, is a giveaway for 2 winners to each win a $100 Borders gift card. To be eligible for the giveaway, leave a comment with a summer reading tip or a children's book you like (I said anything Ronald Dahl and Anne of Green Gables). Then take advantage of all the extra entries and other giveaways on the blog site, including a Keurig coffee maker and Wilton Bakeware.

Ending 7/2 at Jolly Mom is a giveaway for 2 lucky winners out there to each win a $100 Gift Borders Card. That's exciting! To enter, simply comment back with your best reading tip to encourage kids to read. This giveaway is part of the "Step Into Summer" event, so keep on top of this blog site for more fantastic giveaways.

Ending 7/5 at Go Graham Go is a giveaway for a $100 gift card to Borders. To enter, leave a comment with how you encourage kids to read and also what books you loved to read when you were a child. Lots of ways to earn extra entries and a bunch of different giveaways going on right now as well. I just discovered this site as part of the "Step Into Summer" Event co-hosted by Jolly Mom.

$50 Visa Gift Card

Starting a new blog is hard, especially when you are trying to increase the number of follower's and email subscribers. It is always nice when you have a fellow blogger introducing you to their own follower's with either a review and/or a giveaway.

In this case, ending 6/12 at The Bragging Mommy is a giveaway for a $50 Visa gift card. In order to enter, one must become a follower of another great blog site called Mommy's Sweet Things. After that, there's lots of ways to put in for extra entries.

I love coming across new blog sites with different reviews and more giveaways to enter. So its a win-win for all of us!

Apple iPod Giveaway

Considering when I do work out, I still use my old arm band radio, I could really use an Apple iPod to get with the times. Unexpected Bliss' Kick off Summer event, includes a giveaway for an Apple iPod 8GB. This giveaway ends 6/16 so hurry in to join the giveaway. Also on her blog site is a giveaway for 2 winners to each win a $100 Target gift card and a digital camera. Winning any of the three would be amazing!

$100 Target Gift Card Giveaways

Ending 6/14 at Unexpected Bliss is a great giveaway for a $100 Target gift card, and best of all there will be 2 winners, each receiving a gift card. To enter simply leave a comment about your best summer. Unexpected Bliss is having a Kick-off Summer event and besides this card, she is also giving away a digital camera. I wonder what other goodies are in store for her readers during this great event.

Cottonelle $50 Walmart GC Giveaway

Cottonelle asked the answer that apparently bugs a lot of people, should the tiolet roll be over or under? Personally I never notice, and it doesn't bother me either way. But to better answer this question, Cottonelle held a "roll poll" with over holding the majority. A couple of months ago, a number of blog sites had giveaways for Cottonelle tiolet paper with a $50 Walmart gift card. Well this very generous giveaway has returned to a few more blog sites!

Ending 6/11 at Mama Makes Money is a giveaway for a $50 Walmart gift card and a 24 pack of Cottonelle. I would have been happy with the chance to win a 24 pack of tiolet paper, the Walmart card is such a great bonus. To enter simply leave a comment with whether or not you are an over or an under and check out the fun facts on the Cottonelle Roll Poll website. Also on her blog site is a giveaway for a $20 Domino's gift card. What more could you ask for!

Ending 6/16 at The Fairy Blog Mother is a giveaway for a $50 Walmart gift card and a 24 pack of Cottonelle tiolet paper. To enter simply tell the Fairy are you over or under then take advantage of all the extra entries. Also on her blog site is a giveaway for a $20 Domino's gift card and an Oriental Woman's watch. Be sure to also enter the Cottonelle Walmart giveaway at Mama Makes Money, it earns you an extra entry!

Canon Digital Camera Giveaway

At the Kick-Off Summer Giveaway Event there are a number of wonderful giveaways to celebrate the summer season. To start off the event, ending 6/9 at Unexpected Bliss is a giveaway for a Canon PowerShot A3100IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera. To enter, simply tell Bliss what your exciting summer plans are and then give the extra entries a try. This blogsite will have several more giveaways to celebrate the summer season so keep on the look out!

$25 Amazon Gift Card

Anytime I see an Amazon gift card giveaway, I get excited. Amazon is probably my favorite website (besides the blogsites of course). I used to spend hours looking over different books and reading their reviews. I still have the same goal I've had for the past several months now. Win one of these and finally buy the Twilight series, still have not read them and my sister thinks it is an absolute travesty.

Ending 6/15 at Simply Stacie is a giveaway for a $25 Amazon gift card. Lots of ways to earn extra entries including a daily tweet and a ton of giveaway events going on for the summer, each with wonderful giveaways. Definitely worth checking out...

Ending 6/24 at Look What Mom Found...And Dad Too is a giveaway for a $25 Amazon gift card to check out this great new site called Deal Moon. This helpful website showcases all the great deals and is continuously updating. Just the time savings alone is great. To enter, simply tweet or post a facebook status urging others to check out Deal Moon. Also on the blog site is a giveaway for New Balance shoes!

Kroger $30 GC Giveaway

Kroger together with General Mills and NBC's hit show, "The Biggest Loser" have joined together for the "Pound for Pound" challenge. Participants are asked to make pledges about how many pounds they will lose. For each pound, the campaign will donate $0.14 to your local Feeding America food bank. Great cause right! To encourage participants a number of blog sites are hosing $30 Kroger gift card giveaways.

Ending 6/14 at Simply Being Mommy is a giveaway for a $30 Kroger gift card as part of the Pound for Pound challenge. To enter the giveaway, simply make a pledge and leave a comment that you entered the pledge. If you don't have any weight to lose, you can leave a comment about how you plan to spread the word about this beneficial program. Lots of ways to earn extra entries and this blog has a bunch of great giveaways.

Ending 6/15 at A Mom's Impression is a giveaway for a $30 Kroger gift card. To enter, simply make a pledge. Lots of ways to earn extra entries including a daily tweet. Always check out this blog site for other great giveaways, in the past I've won a skirt and a $20 Dick's Sporting Goods card from this blog.

Ending 6/24 at Review Retreat is a $30 Kroger gift card giveaway. To enter, make a pledge at the Pound for Pound challenge and comment back with the amount of pounds you pledges to lose. Lots of ways to earn extra entries and a whole big list of current giveaways.

Ending 6/25 at Night Owl Mama is a giveaway for a Kroger gift card in the amount of $30. To enter, answer how many pounds you pledge to lose. With all the extra entries available and a whole list of current giveaways, this site has a lot to offer.

Ending 6/29 at The B Keeps Us Honest also has a giveaway for a $30 Kroger gift card. To enter, make a pledge and leave a comment with which organization your pledge went to. The B is one of my favorite blog sites. New giveaways every few days and such variety of wonderful giveaways.

Ending 7/2 at Piece of Me is a giveaway for a $30 Kroger gift card for participating in the Pound for Pound challenge. To enter, leave a comment with how much weight you pledged to lose. Also on this great blog site are giveaways for DownEast Basics, Cafe Press, and a Novica $50 gift card.