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Another fantastic door prize at the Tweetdrive is a free photo with Santa Claus At Macy’s.
PRESENTS
A VISIT TO SEE SANTA
AT THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE MACY’S STORE
Prize includes Family Photos with Santa for up to three kids and a Classic Children’s Holiday Book, “Yes, Virginia” based on the New York Sun’s famous “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” editorial from 1897.
I’m so excited to give you this giveaway.
Here it is, everyone! The PromotionalCodes.com Stocking Stuffer Giveaway Event, hosted by me, MomStart, Aubut Family and Mommies with Cents. Our lovely sponsor is PromotionalCodes.com. We’ve got more than $2,000 in prizes to give away in addition to sharing some holiday savings tips, so stay tuned all 12 days to increase your chances of winning and saving this holiday season!
Each host is featuring a unique set of giveaway prizes, ranging from beauty products and chocolate to tech-savvy gear and educational programs—there’s sure to be something on everyone’s list in our prize packages!
Stocking Stuffer Savings Tip: If you’re looking to save this holiday season, PromotionalCodes.com is your one-stop source. Here you’ll find both online and printable coupons and promotional codes from all your favorite brands, including Target, Macy’s, Home Depot and thousands more. Deals are organized by brand, category and shopping season, so you can skip the Sunday circular and the long lines—PromotionalCodes.com makes saving money simple and stress-free!
I’ll be giving away the following items:
HTC Rhyme
One of the hottest phones on the market this holiday season, the new HTC Rhyme features the latest in smart phone innovation—plus no contract attached from Wirefly.com, the Internet’s #1 Wireless Superstore.
· 3.7" Full Touch Screen
· Dual Cameras- 5MP Rear-facing Camera and A Front-facing Camera For Video Chat
· Mobile Hotspot That Connects Up To 5 WiFi-enabled Devices To The Internet
· Big Sound With SRS WOW HD Surround Sound and Cinematic Sound On Your Tangle-free Headphones
· Stream Content Wirelessly From Your Phone To Your DLNA-compatible TV Or Device
· Capture Video In 720p HD and Upload Directly To Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace
· Docking Station That Wirelessly Charges Your Phone Activates Dock Mode- Alarm Clock, Music Player
· A Stylish Charm Sits Outside Your Bag and Alerts You Of Calls and Messages
· Listen To Your Voicemail Messages In Any Order and Easily Manage Your Inbox Without Calling In
· Portrait Scene With Skin Beautification, Action Burst Continuous Shots, Slow Motion Video Recording
· HTC Watch Optimizes Video So You Can View Movies With Letter Boxes Or Borders
· Endomondo Fitness Uses GPS To Track Your Workouts, Challenge Friends, and Analyze Your Training
Retail value: $550
PromotionalCodes.com Stocking Stuffer offer: Choose from more than 15 smartphones and receive phone, activation and free shipping (through December 31) + receive a free 4 GB memory card with any cell phone purchase at WireFly through December 11, 2011.
This abundant and beautiful basket includes: 1 Box of assorted SQUARES chocolates, 1 Milk & Caramel Gift Box, 4 Filled Chocolate Bars (Milk& Caramel, Dark & Mint, Dark & Raspberry, Dark & Caramel), 3 Intense Dark Bars (60% Cacao Evening Dream, 72% Cacao Twilight Delight, 86% Cacao Midnight Reverie), 1 Sublime White Vanilla Dream Bar, 1 Hot Cocoa Gift Box, 1 Cable Car Tin filled with assorted SQUARES chocolates, 1 Bag of Dark & Mint SQUARES chocolates and 1 Box of Masterpiece Truffles. Divvy the basket up among loved ones, or keep it all for yourself—it’s your choice! Either way, you’ll be swooning in chocolaty goodness from one of the most renowned chocolate companies in America. Retail value: $129.95.
PromotionalCodes.com Stocking Stuffer offer: Receive 10% off plus free shipping on Ghirardelli purchases over $50 using coupon code at checkout: PROWIN10, through December 31, 2011.
A must-have for the glam girl in your life: beautifully-manicured, festive nails! This set comes packed inside a stylish black make-up bag and includes colors for every style: Sienna—a sophisticated and shimmery gold, Emilie—an alluring, statement-making forest green, Brooklyn—a ruby red with a hint of holiday sparkle and the Julep Essential Cuticle Oil, and all-natural blend of essential oils and vitamin E that hydrates and strengthens nails and cuticles, all while extending the life of your manicure. Retail value: $78.00
PromotionalCodes.com Stocking Stuffer offer: Receive 15% off holiday gifts by using code: PROWINNER at checkout through December 31,2011.
Look and feel your best with these rejuvenating products from online natural and organic day spa, Skin Care by Alana. Gift set includes:
302 eye firming serum – Improves dark circles and the look and feel around the eye area. Eye Firming Serum plumps, firms, smooths and adds texture to the skin with sustainable results.
302 Lightening Drops – Helps natural repair functions to restore skin damage from the environment and thereby reduce sensitivity to UV-A and UV-B. Clarifies, brightens skin pigmentation problems.
YoungBlood lip shine
iLike skin care- grapeseed cleansing milk A soothing, cleansing sensation for skin, ilike grapeseed cleansing milk will revive and reveal softer, smoother, and more hydrated skin. With softening Grapeseed Oil, brightening Vitamin C, and free-radical fighting Vitamin E, skin is purged of dirt, oil, and debris for a clearer, cleaner complexion.
Retail value: $50.
PromotionalCodes.com Stocking Stuffer offer: Receive 10% off orders of $125 or more by using the following coupon code at checkout: prowinner
Give the gift of safety this year and protect your loved ones—this TASER C2* is designed specifically with personal safety needs in mind. Using the same technology as proven law enforcement models, it offers power and protection in the palm of your hand. Complete with laser, lithium power magazine battery, live cartridges and training cartridges, a practice target and training manual—your loved one will be ready to defend herself if necessary. Must be 18+ to win this item; background check required for activation. Retail value: $399.99. Some cities and states have restrictions, see here for more information about your qualification: http://www.taser.com/resource-and-legal/legal-reference.
PromotionalCodes.com Stocking Stuffer offer: Receive $50 off when you purchase a Taser C2 package using coupon code: TASERFF at checkout through December 31,2011, plus free shipping on orders over $100, through December 31, 2011 using coupon: FREESHIP100.
Learn a new language this year with a complete edition software package. These programs are proven effective, and include lessons, games, immersion videos and stories to help improve your language proficiency. Available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Retail value: $179.95
PromotionalCodes.com Stocking Stuffer offer: Receive 15% off any order through December 31, 2011, with coupon code: surfmyads15.
Enter on the Rafflecopter below for your chance at these amazing prizes. And remember to enter the others as well for better chances at winning.
Good luck!
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* Tazer Gun prize requires background check before activation. Restricted from use in MA, RI, NY, NJ, MI, HI, District of Columbia and certain cities and countries. Full legal terms for Tazer Gun here: http://bit.ly/vI7WQv
This giveaway ends Dec 12th.
I LOVE my Microsoft Touch Mouse and you can have one too! All you have to do is show up to the Seattle TweetDrive. Bring a toy for admission and you could win this fabulous door prize.
The Microsoft Touch Mouse makes navigating a breeze. It’s so easy to use and I use it with my Windows 7 laptop. Discover how its elegant design quickly handles everyday on-screen actions like scrolling, minimizing/maximizing, and docking with easy-to-learn finger gestures. My favorite feature is making all of the windows on my screen minimize just by flicking my hand down. LOVE IT. It works with swipes, back and fourth and up and down all do different things. Microsoft’s proprietary BlueTrack™ Technology works on more surfaces than both optical and laser mice. It uses high-angle imaging optics to generate an accurate picture of the surface.
Of course there are many more features. It’s easy to install, you just plug it in and it works, the first thing you get to do is run through the tutorial and then you know how to use it. It works! Plug-And-Go Nano Transceiver – Leave the Nano Transceiver plugged in when you’re on the go, or stow it in the mouse System Requirements – Computer/Operating System – Requires Windows 7 Hard Drive – 100 MB Available USB port 2 AA alkaline batteries required (included).
Join Microsoft for The Windows 7 Tech Chat every week. Here are the topic chats and the possible prizes for the rest of the year.
Windows Holiday Celebration with Microsoft Store (Dec. 6th)
South West Airlines—Win two tickets to fly anywhere (Dec. 13th)
Holiday Recovery—your new PC questions answered (Dec. 27th)
Just follow #win7tech on Tuesdays at 12:00 PM Pacific!
As a Microsoft Windows 7 Champion, I asked them to make a donation and they sent me a mouse and one to give to charity.
I wanted to make a contribution to the door prizes for the Seattle Tweet Drive 2011. So I decided to donate something. The Epson Printer. It’s in the box, an open box, and we even have EXTRA INK. 
To win this all you have to do is show up, and you can even buy extra tickets for more chances to win.
Join us tomorrow at The Hard Rock! It’s all for Treehouse. Treehouse serves over 5,000 foster kids annually. All you need to do is bring a new toy for Treehouse or a suggested cash donation of $15.00.
Summer really did a great job bringing us an entire month of ways to give. Because of all those fabulous posts I’ve received quite a few extra charity mention requests. I really do love supporting charity, it’s a passon of mine, so I can’t post them all as much as I want to, but I’ll do what I can here and there. So for an extra to today’s charity idea, I bring you a few unique places to give.
Save the Bees!
Having recently announced their “Buy a Bottle – Save a Bee” campaign, an initiative established to help local beekeepers maintain and build new beehives in an effort to fight against Colony Collapse Disorder, Honeydrop is now thrilled to launch their holiday gifting charity initiative to help save the bees by gathering donations to benefit Honeybee Research at UC Davis. Since 2006, the honeybee population has been diminishing at an alarming rate, with nearly 30% of honeybees lost each year to a spectrum of causes, widely known as CCD.
Want to do your part to save the bees? Visit http://www.honeydrop.com/savethebees to donate. The first 100 people to donate $100 or more will receive a limited edition Honeydrop gift tote full of Honeydrop products and gear, an official “Save the Bees” certificate, and gifts from Honeydrop’s local beekeeping partners. 100% percent of this monetary gift (less PayPal fees) will be donated to UC Davis to support honeybee research.
Flowers for Good
Organic Bouquet, the largest online provider of eco-friendly and organic floral gifts, hosts a Flower’s for Good page, where the purchase of each bouquet donates a percentage of the price to that bouquet’s coinciding charity. Consumers have over 50 charities to choose from, from Amnesty International to Green America and the Breast Cancer Fund, providing a gift that will keep giving long after the flowers are gone.
Organic Bouquet flowers are organically grown and have been certified by third-party agencies, such as USDA, Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance. They are also a carbon neutral company, partnered with ClimateFund.org in a carbon offset program supporting re-forestation projects in Guatemala.
Project Linus
As Charles Schulz’s Linus character from the PEANUTS® comic strip was comforted by his blanket, Project Linus strives to do the same and more for children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. Since launching in late 1995, Project Linus has distributed blankets to over 4 million hospitals across the U.S., providing these children with a sense of security, warmth, and comfort during a difficult time.
Heal the Bay
A gift to Heal the Bay is the perfect way to show someone how important they are while at the same time making a significant difference in the Southern California coastal waters and watersheds, keeping them safe, healthy and clean. Through their website, Heal the Bay will send notification of your dedication gift along with your personal note to the person of your choosing.
Wow, can you believe this is the last day of November, it’s going to be a mad dash from now on as we approach Christmas. Don’t forget that you can give during this time too. You can donate time, toys money, it’s an endless list of what you can give in this Season of Giving. I hope you find someone to do something extra special for.
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Recycle Your Junk
This is my last post in November about giving. Next month I’ll be posting about going green. So today I’m combining the two months to discuss donating your unwanted treasures … or “recycling” them. This is more the philosophy: One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
Just because you’re done with a clothing item, toy, gadget, or other “junk” doesn’t mean it’s not valuable to someone. Clean out your house before Christmas and consider dividing your goods to benefit local charities, which is a win-win-win. Win, you can get a tax deduction (be sure to record what you give); win, other people get new-to-them treasures; win, your stuff isn’t sitting in a landfill.
Be sure you don’t really give places JUNK! No one wants JUNK!
About Summer:
Summer is very active in our Local MOMS Club chapter, she is the mother of two adorable active boys, and is always thinking of ways to help others. She is a friend, a wife, and always busy as all mommies are. She is very active on Facebook, addicted to Geocaching and very interested in organic and green living while cooking up a storm
It’s certainly the Holiday Season now and time to get something for everyone on your list, or to give a toy to someone in need. Back in September, I couldn’t get into the holiday spirit, but Time To Play was ready. I attended an outstanding event and I’ve mentioned it a few times here in there in different toy reviews. The Time To Play Holiday Toy Showcase is THE EVENT to attend if you review toys. They announced their top picks for toys this holiday season and all the brands showed us the whole kit and caboodle. I LOVED this event and hope more than anything that I get to go back next year. Here are my highlights and toys you need to consider:
At Time To Play you’ll find anything and everything toys. Buying advice, how long the toys last will the kids go back and play with them time and time again. You can watch the toys in action, and find out just about anything you wanted to know. It’s an amazing resource you should go and check out.
Time To Play Live Twitter Party Every Week.
As for Time to Play parties, we have two weekly initiatives:
· #TimetoPlayLive: a weekly Twitter game show where participants answer toy trivia for the chance to win prizes; every Wednesday 1 PM EST
· Time to Play with Jim and Chris: a live web television show on www.TimetoPlay.TV where Jim and Chris (and the occasional special guest) highlight what’s new in the toy world. Viewers can enter to win prizes by participating and answering questions in the chatroom; every Friday 12 PM EST
Types of Questions:
So let’s review, at Time To Play you can win toys, find toys, learn about toys. It’s your one stop for everything toys. If you need help finding the perfect gift for the little one in your life, be it, boy girl, daughter, son, niece nephew, or grandchild, Time To Play has the information you need to make the best toy decision.
Time To Play covered my travel and expenses to spend the day in New York for the Time To Play Holiday Showcase.
FedEx Office sent me two boxes to show me how wrapping up your packages is actually quite important. I shipped a large present to my family last year and then later found out that some things were broken, why? Because I put too much into the box and not enough padding. I went around the internet looking for shipping facts to include with FedEx Office’s facts and found this Holiday Shipping Infographic.
Everyone ships something during the holidays. So while you’re getting your packages ready you’ll want to avoid making these common mistakes when packing and shipping so your holiday gift arrives in perfect condition.
How do you do it right?
Check out these easy steps from FedEx Office that shoppers can use to make sure they’re great shippers, too.
FedEx Office sent us a broken mug and a well packaged mug in exchange for this post. LOL is disclosure always necessary?
I almost finished my Holiday Shopping all in one stop on my couch shopping the Sears Cyber Monday deals, and guess what you still have time to get your shopping done too. By using the RealJoy promotional code you can save all kinds of money at Sears that’s what I did last night.
Ok, so I actually had no idea what I was going to buy. My husband took the kids shopping last weekend while I worked all day. Then I realized I needed to do some shopping of my own and getting me out of the house is hard. I prefer on-line shopping. People at the holiday season drive me nuts. Which is one of the reasons I LOVE shopping on-line. I don’t have to fight for the item I want on sale.
Ok, so! I went to Sears.com. I started looking at the Cyber Monday deals and still wasn’t sure what I wanted to get the kids or my husband. As I was looking I found some VTech video games under the Sears Gift Idea suggestions by price. I wanted to get the kids. So two gifts down. Then as I was looking I saw some pajamas on sale. Zoe said she wanted some new pajamas so there was another item. I kept looking and remembered what my husband wanted for Christmas. I found 8 different things for my husband on-line and when I used the REALJOY promo code at checkout, ALL OF THEM WERE ON SALE. I was jumping up and down because I saved over $35.00 using that promo code PLUS, I got free shipping on everything for spending over $99.00. Sears is AWESOME because it’s more than tools and appliances, you can find all your needs at Sears! It really was hard to not get something for myself too.
I had the option to pick up my gifts in store or have them delivered for free. I chose free shipping but as you get closer to the holidays you might want to pick it up in the store. It’s quite easy and once you have your e-mail confirmation and then go to the store it will be ready in five minutes or less, guaranteed.
Don’t forget to enter on Sear’s Facebook Page for daily prizes like a $200.00 Sears Gift Card.
This is a compensated post as part of the Sears Holiday Blog Ambassador program I am part of.
