Seattle #TweetDrive 2010 Almost Wordless Wednesday

December 14, 2010 By Momstart 17 Comments

I LOVE using my influence on-line to make a difference in my community. Last week we had a tweet up in Seattle and I helped gather swag, donations and door prizes. The event was the Seattle Tweet Drive. I posted in detail about the Seattle Tweetdrive a few weeks ago when I started looking for sponsors and I’m so happy with all the companies that supported us. See the full list below! We had a great turnout and Look at what we did for the charity Treehouse! I’m exhausted and extremely behind on my blog posts, but I feel great because it was all for a really great cause. Club Sur donated the space, My Seattle Night Out organized the event, and local bands and entertainers donated their time and efforts for all of us to have a great time! We gathered around 333 toys total! Tweet Drive is going on nationally in many different locations, check Tweet Drive 2010 to find a location next to you.

Special thanks to Channellock (100 bottle openers)

Special thanks to DKNY Be Delicious (over 100 bottles of DKNY Be Delicious Perfume, towels, and awesome swag bags)

Special thanks to Zhu Zhu Pets (104 Zhu Zhu Pets donated)

Special Thanks to Klutz (10 books donated)

Special Thanks to Energizer (40 iPod to go chargers donated)

Special Thanks to Soft Lips (100 packages of lipgloss)

Special Thanks to Build a Bear (5 bears donated)

Special Thanks to Hasbro (for their continued support of Mom Start and donation of 5 large toys)

Special Thanks to TJ Maxx and Marshalls (50.00 Door Prize)

Special Thanks to Hexbug Nano (3 habitats donated)

Special Thanks to Clean and Green Pet Cleaner (100 Free Product Coupons)

Special Thanks to Blue Bunny (door prize)

Special Thanks to Success Rice (door prize)

Special Thanks to Voskos Greek Yogurt (100 Free Product coupons)

Special Thanks to Sesame Street PBS (2 Wii games for door prize)

Special Thanks to Sid The Science Kid (100 notepads)

Special Thanks to Conair (door prize gift basket)

I hope to do a single post for every company because you all deserve a huge thanks!!

Filed Under: charity, personal, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: Be Delicious, blue bunny, Build-A-Bear, channellock, charity, clean and Green, conair, dkny, donation, Energizer, Hasbro, Hexbug nano, klutz, Marshalls, PBS, Sesame Street, Sid the Science Kid, soft lips, swag, TJMaxx, tweetdrive, Voskos, Wordless Wednesday, Zhu Zhu Pets

Find Your Secret Santa, White Elephant, and Christmas Gift at TJMaxx and Marshalls

December 14, 2010 By Momstart 5 Comments

It is the season of giving and Holiday parties. There is something else to do at every turn, but you don’t have to break the bank to impress your co-workers or friends. You can find the perfect gift at TJMaxx and Marshalls and for a discounted price. I had the privilege of visiting with TJMaxx and Marshalls at the TJX headquarters in Boston almost two years ago. We went over their product lines and I was quite impressed to find that most of what they carried is name brand merchandise at a low low price, so low that most of the brands don’t want TJ Maxx to advertise that they carry them there. So it’s a secret, and a fun shopping experience. The hunt is on to find perfect gifts that anyone and everyone will love!

I was able to participate in a Secret Santa surprise with two other bloggers, one sent me a gift and I sent a different blogger a gift. I had a great time going into TJ Maxx and looking for something for my friend. I found something that I really thought would be a great gift, they were bunny slippers and they were adorable. They were such a good price that I thought, well, I’ll have to pick out three more things if everything is this good a deal, and guess what, I ended up putting the bunny slippers back and getting a total of four items. Two shirts, a scarf, and some of my favorite makeup, Clinique in hopes that she would like it as well.

But what I received was the perfect gift for me.

One I received a set of gloves

Two I received cute laptop bag.

I’ve been looking for a laptop bag that is cute like this one, I’m always using a backpack and feel like I stick out like a sore thumb. The gloves are cashmere and are so soft originally 60.00 marked down to 29.99. I’ve been using them since I received them and have to keep the dog at bay because she keeps trying to bit them. And I love them too much for her to turn them into shreds. Then the laptop bag was 19.99 and originally 45.00. So when your thinking of that perfect gift or getting a white elephant gift and you need to stay under a certain amount, look no further than TJ Maxx or Marshalls.

Thank you to TJMaxx and Marshalls for including me in the Secret Santa exchange this year. They provided me with a gift card to purchase a gift for another blogger and paid for the shipping to send the gift to that blogger.

Filed Under: 2010 Gift Guide, personal Tagged With: clinique, Marshalls, secret santa, TJMaxx, TJX, white elephant

TJ Maxx and Marshalls Children’s Costumes are very affordable #giveaway

October 2, 2009 By Momstart 696 Comments

I know I’ve written about going to Boston a few times but I’m very grateful for TJX (Marshalls and TJ Maxx) for inviting me to their Mom Bloggers Event. I also want to share all that fun with you. While I was there, I purchased a Halloween costume for my daughter for 15.00. It is a purple fairy costume that came with a So I know that they start very low. I’m not sure how high they go but I know that TJMaxx and Marshalls are excellent at keeping costs down because of how they purchase their high quality materials.

Just an FYI…

They do purchase in season designer clothing, purses, accessories, and retail items.

They purchase the same stuff you can find at Macy’s, Gucci, and Guess for much less and share the discounts with us.

They have less than 15 percent that is defective, and by defective I mean, a manufactured defect that is not detectable to the naked eye. The manufacturer just decided it was slightly less than perfect.

Since Halloween is a ton of fun for me I asked if I could host a giveaway. I know you can find one and still have money left over; and rumor is that if you wait until the day of Halloween, that they go on SUPER DUPER clearance on that day; instead of the day after. I know that was the longest run on sentence in the history of Mom Start.

Enter to Win:

25.00 to Marshalls

To Enter:

Tell me about your greatest shopping find at a Marshalls or TJ Maxx.

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Is it Really Monday? Marshalls Rescue Gift Card #giveaway

June 29, 2009 By MomStart 621 Comments

Today was one of those days where I can’t wait for it to be over. I’m so tired and my head is spinning from everything that needs to be done, minus the dishes because my husband came home and did them. There are toys everywhere and I feel like every time I clean them up one of my two children will just dump the bin. So today, I didn’t even try.

I think the last straw was the poop on the carpet. We had a bath, cleaned up the carpet, and I just want to pretend none of it happened and it’s only Monday. What a way to start out the week. At least my DH got home just in time for me because I was so tired I was going to put the kids down to bed after bath time regardless of what time it was.

I went to Marshalls today because they were sponsoring a Father’s Day Post that hasn’t been done yet. Can you tell that Father’s Day has come and gone and I’m behind. Well, there is so much to choose from there that I couldn’t decide to get with the 25.00 they gave me. I picked up socks and two outfits and this and that and my kids were screaming at me the whole time. I couldn’t concentrate on what to purchase. I really wanted to get myself a cute outfit. My husband had told me to get myself something. He was able to get all of his clothing and everything he needed for Father’s Day at a different store. I saw something that caught my eye but my daughter had a complete melt down at the exact same time so finding it in my size was impossible. I had to drag my daughter out of the store, actually I carried her out because I felt like we were making a scene as it was.

So what can I do to make it up to Marshalls? They were trying to rescue my Father’s Day gift and I was trying to treat myself. Marshalls I thank you for the 25.00 and to show my appreciation I’m going to give it away on my blog. You’ll get more advertising this way. (wink wink)

To Enter:

Tell me how to shop with two children in a store like Marshalls? Two toddlers?

Extra Entries:

None Bloggers get and extra entry for every e-mail they send out linking to this giveaway cc louise@looksblue.com (be sure to leave a comment for every person you e-mail, for example if you e-mail 10 different people leave 10 different comments)

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Blog about the giveaway include a link to me for five extra entries
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Add my button to your blog/blog roll
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Leave a comment for every entry and the giveaway ends July 20th.

The contest will run until Monday July 20th 11:59 pm Pacific. The winner will be selected by www.random.org.

Filed Under: giveaway, personal Tagged With: discount clothing store, Marshalls