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Eenamaria – Bags, Totes, Clutches, Giveaway

February 4, 2009 By 191 Comments



One more giveaway and I’m taking a break, no no you say that isn’t right (from my daughter’s favorite book by Sandra Boynton) Keep those giveaway coming all day and night!!. I’ll try, I promise! I hate purses. I do not carry purses, or bags. I have a diaper bag and I carry it as a necessity. However, when and if I find a cute, sexy, or playful bag. I will carry it. I like clean fun edgy purses. I have three, well, now I have four thanks to eenamaria. I have one lavender purse that is quite cute. I have a blue metallic purse and I have a purple metallic purse identical in design to the blue one. Before we had a budget and the economy went South, my husband would tell me to get two, if I really liked something. I am all about COLOR. About Eenamaria:

Sarah Morgan is the creator and designer of eenamaria handbags, offering a fresh, edgy new collection that really makes a statement. Eenamaria offers every type of bag from small weekend clutches to large, functional travel totes that can fit all of your travel or business needs! And with bright colors and bold designs these bags are not only practical, but exciting and fun. The perfect gift or personal item for Valentine’s Day, or any day of the year!

Sarah Morgan has truly made herself someone to watch out for. Not only has she been nominated twice for the Fashion Group International’s ‘Rising Star Award’, but she will be airing her new line on QVC this February. With her placement on QVC Sarah hopes to share her new collection with women who are confident and strong women on-the-go. Sarah hopes to inspire and empower any woman who wears her bag – creating bold looks that represent an attitude and lifestyle that is full of passion and adventure just like me. My daughter feels the same way. I have to say as soon as she saw my bag she wanted it. I told her not it’s mommy’s bag. When I left it on the couch and walked in the kitchen to make dinner. She clibmed her little 2 year old self up on the couch got down from the couch with my clutch in her hands and put all of her puzzle pieces in it and carried it around. I had to take it back when she wasn’t paying attention and put it away where she couldn’t find it.




Sarah coined the phrase Urban Nomad for eenamaria as she thought it was the best way to describe her lifestyle. Her world consists of designing accessories, running her company, teaching children to ski in Wyndham in the winters, riding the waves on a surfboard in Rockaway in the summers and motorcycling around NYC to beat the traffic – weather permitting.

Be sure to watch the debut of her Spring Line on QVC on February 21st. I love her line. I found another site that has her designs on it for you to check out.

What you can win, I’m not entirely sure. I believe you will get the Girlfriend’s Best Friend the same bag I have. If all else fails, I’ll send you mine. It’s only been lightly used. I’m going to ask the sponsor tomorrow what it was that she wanted to give away. One way or another, one winner will get an urban eenamaria bag. One last comment. I want that bag, the one on the left. That is the Working it Bag, I also enjoy the All Night Clubber and the Working it Baby tote.

**************UPDATE******************

I know what the bag you are going to win is. That bag, the one I want, one of you will get that bag. WOW, you guys are lucky. This bag is one of the featured bags of her QVC special. Good Luck, I’m going to go call my mom and ask her to enter. Just Kidding, that wouldn’t be fair.

To Enter:

You must visit eenamaria and tell me what bag you like and the style/colors you like.

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Leave a comment for each entry and you must complete the first entry for the others to count. This giveaway ends February 28th 2009. You can enter every day by tweeting Leave me your twitter id so I can check. Good Luck

Filed Under: eenamaria, giveaway, purse review

Wordless Wednesday – Cooking

February 4, 2009 By 20 Comments

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Annie’s Costumes – Giveaway

February 3, 2009 By 159 Comments

What can I say, I love to dress up. I love Halloween and I love dressing up. If I could have a budget for dress up clothes it would have to be that of what a movie star makes. I would love to wear time pieces and dresses. Put me in a dress and I’m happy. While I was going around looking for sponsors for BloggersGive. I came across Annies Costumes.

About the company:

Since 1996, we have provided customers the most unique adult costumes,
children costumes and costume accessories that add detail and will make your
costume so memorable! We have thousands of costumes to choose from. Our child
costumes range from size newborn to teen. With every kind of costume from Care
Bears to Nickelodeon characters to Disney characters and, of course, those
classic costumes such as fairy princesses, pirates, witches and cowboys, we sell
children costumes they will play dress-up with all year! Our adult size costumes
range from petite up to 3XL. Adult selections include costumes from every period
in time from biblical to the futuristic fantasy realms, movie and television
characters and every costume style in between.

They wrote me back and would love to do some giveaways on my blog. I about hit the floor when I read my e-mail. Now, this first costume they are giving away is in support of Valentine’s day so I wanted to get it up fast. The giveaway will run quickly as well. But to be fair to the sponsor, it will run until Valentine’s day. So, you will have to use your fun new costume a little late.

Here it is: The Cupid Cutie Costume. Now, as embarrassing as this is to say, I’m thinking about getting one for myself. I love corsets, now this is priced at 43.95 (shoes not included). The corset alone is worth that much. Corsets are expensive and getting one as a set is really cool. I consider my site to be a mom site, but moms do deserve to be spoiled sometimes and if you like costumes, whatever kind you might like, then that’s ok. I shouldn’t be embarrassed and neither should you.

They sell Children’s Costumes, Adult Costumes, Pet Costumes, Stage & Theater Makeup,Candy, Party Games & Party Supplies, Props & Decorations, and Hats & Headpieces

About their costumes:

Our Child Costumes Include:· Newborn bunting costumes (animals, clowns,
Christmas, etc.)· Baby walker costumes (animals, cartoon characters and more!)·
Star Wars Movie Costumes, Masks and Light Sabers· Cheerleader, Princess, Fairy,
Snow White & Barbie Costumes – Great for dress Up!· Peter Pan & Never
Never Land Character Costumes· Scooby Doo and the Gang Costumes· Super Heroes:
Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Power Rangers, etc.·Riding Costumes: Your
costume makes it look like you are riding a horse, a car, a unicorn &
others.
Our Adult Costumes Include:· Deluxe Cleopatra, Marc Anthony and King
of Egypt costume· The entire Wizard of Oz collection of costumes· Super Heros
(Superman, Hulk, Wonder Woman, Batman, Spiderman, Batgirl, etc.)· Scooby Doo and
the Gang Costumes· Movie Character Costumes (Fantastic Four, Harry Potter,
X-Men· Renaissance & medieval garb as well as costumes for all periods in
history· Humorous party costumes “It’s Always More Fun in Costume!”· Sexy
ladies’ costumes in all styles: fairies, devils, witches and fairy tale
characters
With each costume, you can also choose to buy costume accessories
that turn your costume from the ordinary to the surreal. We have authentic
mustaches, derby hats, fantasy wings, costume shoes, boots, handbags and jewelry
that transform you and your costume from imagination into a fantastic reality.
Our costume accessories will be the final touches on whatever adult costume or
child costume YOU choose!

To enter this giveaway:

Visit Annies Costumes and pick out something you like. Come back here and tell me what that would be.

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Leave a comment for each entry and you must complete the first entry for the others to count this giveaway ends on February 14, 2009.

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Yanni Voices

February 3, 2009 By 1 Comment
I really don’t know what I’m doing for Valentine’s day. I have a few posts coming up that relate to Valentine’s Day. I have a feeling we’ll be doing our normal Saturday routine.
Then maybe for the evening my husband and I will have a date night after the kids go to bed. We will watch a movie and play games. We love to play games together. Most nights we go to our seperate computers so we try to carve time out of our schedules to play games together. I think lately, I’ve been the one to neglect him, so I need to be better about blogging a little less.

Thanks to the One2OneNetwork, I have been listening to Yanni Voices. I love it so much.

Here are the details of his project:

Yanni has been working collaboration with legendary producer Ric Wake, and they discovered and developed with four of the most extraordinary young voices in music today some really moving music. Two years in the making, Yanni returns to the global stage with a dazzling new tour. For the first time ever, Yanni re-interprets his classic compositions and debuts new music introducing show-stopping vocalists Nathan Pacheco, Chloe, Ender Thomas and Leslie Mills.
I really do enjoy listening to this music. I grew up listening to Yanni. My step mom and stepsister loved him. I don’t know what I thought at the time, but I had a feeling I would love this music and I do. I also think Yanni looks great for as old as he must be. You know, I still think of myself as a young whipper snapper and I’m a mother of two now. One day soon they’ll be calling me old. I hope you can forgive me Yanni. I just called you old. ;-)
You can check out these links to learn more about Yanni’s tour.

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Meal Plan Monday

February 2, 2009 By 1 Comment

Well it’s a new month and it’s Monday. We have to get ourselves in the kitchen to prepare those meals. What should we make this week. I just don’t have any idea. I have little motivation and the sales aren’t inspiring me. Hot Dogs are on sale so I guess we’ll start with those. For a very long list of others making Meal Plans visit orgjunkie.

Monday
French Toast
Tuesday
Hot Dogs
Wednesday
Chicken Enchiladas
Thursday
Left Overs
Friday
Pork Tenderloin
Saturday/Sunday
Left Overs/Sandwiches/Mac’n'cheese
Hot dogs, boxes of mac n cheese, buns, black olives, creamer, sour cream, eggs. That’s a good list.
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Sunday Saundering

February 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Ok, so I’m posting like crazy tonight. I have so much to post about, I suppose there are things I could skip right. I mean I did last week. I don’t always do a Sunday Saundering post but today I’m going to.

For today’s SS I’m posting about Sheffield. Sheffield is an on-line school. They started out in 1985 as a school for interior design. Since then they have extended their courses to include Feng Shui and Wedding and Event Planning. They are physically located in Manhattan which is known for it’s design legends. I’m not sure what people in this type of economy do. Maybe you want to pick up some new skills to get a different job, or just want something to do in your spare time as a SAHM. Me, I’m all about blogging and sharing information. I have my degree, in computer science and look where I am. I’m taking care of my kids and loving every minute of it.
You also know I love to share freebies, if you want to learn more about interior decorating you can download their free catalogue here. They are working on having the catalogue on-line for viewing. Their website sounds like they are very supportive. Your tuition includes everything you need to take their classes and your own advisor is reachable by phone or e-mail. Sounds like a possibility if I was interested in changing careers but I’m not right now.
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Wine Gift basket winner

February 2, 2009 By 1 Comment
I was able to pick two winners and one was from TheFreeShoppe.
Hi, I am a member of the freeshoppe. I saw the savorings at my grocery store yesterday and thought they looked yummy! I would love to try them.
Wendy

The other winner was selected by using random.org and the number was 150 and the winner was but, I had to pick the next person in line because there was no contact information.

peg42 Says : January 27, 2009 4:11 AM
I would love to see a saugage with mozzarella. Thanks so much.

I have e-mailed the winners and you have three days to contact me with your address.

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Personal Fruit Roll Ups – GIVE

February 2, 2009 By 86 Comments

If you come over to my site at any time you’ll see that I’m crazy about Bloggers Give. I have been contacting companies and reps and sponsors and bloggers. Yes , you. I’m coming to your blog to ask you to help Bloggers Give. Especially since Trisha has picked such a great charity, The Center for Courageous Kids.

I went up to My Blog Spark and asked them if we could work something out and we have a giveaway. One for me to give to my readers and one to give to Bloggers Give.

I must admit that creating personal Fruit Roll Ups is so easy. I thought it would be easier for me to go on and create them and have them shipped to BG headquarters than for someone to keep up with the code. Then I could also tell you how easy it is to create them.

You are confined to their design limitations, but they are so awesome. You can make all kinds of Fruit Roll ups. They would make an excellent party favor.

You pay 30.00 plus shipping and they come 30 to a box. So about a dollar a piece and you are giving each child that comes to the party a personal party favor.

Or send your kids to school with the coolest valentines. You can still get them before Valentine’s Day. There are over 400 graphics and quite a few different layouts. You can do more than just four squares. I just like simple things. You can do nine squares with three different pictures. Go Check it Out.

To Enter the Giveaway:

You must visit MyFruitRollups and come back here and tell me how you would design your Fruit Roll Ups.

For Extra Entries:
Since this is all about Bloggers Give. You need to go to Bloggers Give and leave a comment on any post, relating to the post, no spam please, and come back here and tell me you did so. You can do this as many times as you like, once per blog post on Bloggers Give.
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Contest Ends Feb 28th. Thank you for the donation MyBlogSpark.

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Sunday Savings

February 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment

This week I have to start off with the fact that there is a 10.00 off coupon in the paper at Safeway when you spend 50.00. I’m going to Safeway to buy diapers this week. I think they are on sale too. I just wish they carried the Huggies supreme in a size 6. I might even buy another paper to see about getting this coupon, or there might be some in the mail boxes down the street. I’ll have to go see about that before I buy another paper. There are a ton of coupons actually. There is a Mott’s coupon for 99 cents purchase price.

See More Safeway Savings at The Super Coupon Girl.

The round up for the week of where to find the great deals and freebies.

Now onto Albertsons for this week. Remember though, starting on Wednesday they will have a new sale going on.

I will use one of my 5.00 off of 50.00 from the Entertainment book when I go in this week. I haven’t made a list yet. I think the ad was very un-impressive as far as sales were concerned. I will get some more creamer. You can click on creamer to get the coupon for 1.00 off. You have to register for the site but it’s worth it. I always print out as many as I can and have to wait before I can print more out. I need to make a list so that I can also blog about my meal plan. Hmmm.

They are running a deal on General Mills cereal buy four boxes at 2 for 5 and get a free gallon of milk. We bought our milk at Costco this week because it was cheaper and my daughter has switched to fat free, without a fuss too. Every time you buy three boxes of general mills a coupon for 1.50 off of three will print out. This is called a catalina coupon. Some stores will let you combine a catalina with a manufacturers coupon. Some won’t.

Fred Meyer:
I briefly looked at the ad and didn’t see anything that would help me and their ad comes out on Sundays. Here is a deal The Super Coupon Girl did two weeks ago. You’ll have to keep up on her blog to find out how she saves this week coming up. I will buys some gas cards at Fred Meyer because I get points for them and points turn into cash at the end of every quarter.

Walgreens:
The add has some really great coupons that I am going to cut and use at Albertsons. Water for 4.49 which is now a good price. I really liked when water was 3.99. I can’t even find it at Target that cheap. There are a ton of freebies at Walgreens this week. The front page lists
Revlon Age Defying Spa Concealer or Foundation
Revlon Creme Lip Gloss
Garnier Fructis Wonder Waves Hair Care
Zucol ColdCare
ThermaCare
All are free after the Easy Super Saver Mail in Rebate. I found a money maker if my coupons haven’t expired. I have 4 dollar off coupons for Venus Razor products. If they still work then combine that with Register Rewards I can make some money. I’ll have to check my coupons. I got the coupons from Vocalpoint

You can check out Coupon Cravings
Later this week you will find more details from Walgreens at: Sisterly Savings, Keeping the Kingdom First and The “Cent”sible Sawyer and “Cents”able Mom.

Rite Aid:
Soy Joys are on sale 5 for 5.

CVS:
CVS is not local to where I am. I am jealous of those that live near one because making money at CVS seems to happen all the time. They also have a survey program where you can earn gift cards to spend in their stores. It is just too good to be true. So you can use Coupon Cravings, Keeping the Kingdom First and The “Cent”sible Sawyer and “Cents”able Mom.

Publix:
I don’t have a Publix either. I found some savings advice for you at the Coupon Saving Family

Target:
Now I looked through the Target ad and I don’t need anything. I’m stocked up on everything. I did notice that the clothing has gone to 75 percent off even though it isn’t advertised as such. I have Attention Target Shoppers in my RSS feeds in outlook so I saw that there is a place on-line that lists when stores are doing their deals. Here is Targets, but she did warn that they might switch it. It is called Deal Beacon. She also has a coupon match up for coupons and Target sales.

WalMart:
We don’t even get an ad for WalMart so you can go to Mommy Snacks for WalMart savings.

If you want to see someone who has the pharmacy stores planned out on a budget of 800.00 for the whole year (that also includes groceries) look at Justine’s Grocery Brags

The Coupon Clippers for the coupons you might be out of.

If you’re passionate about cooking and looking to save some money, sign-up for e-mails from Rachel Ray’s website. You’ll get an e-mail every Monday with 10 recipes that you can make for under $10.
If $10 a meal is still too steep for you, be sure to visit one of my favorite blogs, $5 Dinners. She has some great ideas for frugal meals the whole family can enjoy

Filed Under: coupons, Sunday Savings

Top Entrecard Droppers

February 1, 2009 By 1 Comment

I’m going to try and thank my top droppers with a little link love from now on. This is my second month in a row to say thank you. Here are the top droppers. Join Entrecard

Don’t forget to Enter my giveaway for entrecard points.

Parental Instincts
31
Scandinavian Ways – Winesworlds blog
31
Your Parenting Info
30
Windmill on the Hill
30
Mumsy
28
My Crazy Life With A Toddler
26
“Cents”able Momma
26
The Sewing Mom
23
Sky Yoga Studio
23
At Home In The Ozarks
20

I appreciate you!

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