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Sam’s Club Memorial Day Picnic Savings Giveaway

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It’s picnic season and Sam’s Club has you covered with LOTS of storewide savings, including a 10.00 temporary summer membership and picnic recipe ideas. Memorial Day unofficially kicks off Summer, most of the country is out of school so family get togethers, days at the pool and afternoon picnics become the daily norm. With all of the warm weather events to come, it can be hard to keep each summer soiree fresh and fun.  This year, Sam’s Club simplifies the party planning by providing easy recipes, great outdoor items and a special summer membership that offers ten weeks of savings for just $10. That makes your membership only 1.00 a week. You’ll save more than a dollar by shopping at Sam’s Club.

clip_image001Sam’s Club makes it easy to find all key entertaining essentials to spice up any outing without breaking the bank. This includes:

· Heinz® Picnic Pack ($7.98)
· K.C. Masterpiece® Barbecue Sauce ($5.87)
· Ball Park® Hotdogs ($6.78)
· Member’s Mark ® Mozzarella Garlic Chicken Sausage ($12.48)
· Stonemill® Kitchens Country Red Potato Salad ($5.18)
· Simply Lemonade® with Raspberry ($4.48)

Sign up for the special summer membership runs now and extends through June 5, 2011.

For a nice chocolaty picnic treat, try these chocolate covered pretzels, aka Star Spangled Sticks

Ingredients

2 cups chocolate chips
24 pretzel rods
Decorative sprinkles
Wax paper

Directions:

In a microwave safe bowl melt 2 cups of Ghirardelli chocolate chips at 20 second intervals, mixing with a rubber spatula until just melted.

Continue stirring until smooth. Let sit for a minute to thicken a bit, as it will coat more evenly.

Dip pretzel rod in chocolate and then coat with sprinkles. Place on wax paper to set. Continue until chocolate is used up.

Serve in an upright container such as a brightly colored bucket for easy grabbing. Wrap in wax paper for easy transport in your picnic basket.

Enter to Win:

A Sam’s Club picnic basket and a signed copy of Colleen Mullaney’s The Stylish Girl’s Guide to Fabulous Cocktails. 

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This giveaway ends June 6th. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

Disclosure – A product was provided to me free of charge by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the writing of this review; however, opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation

Which Photo Is the Best Picnic Photo?

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I’m going to enter another photo contest on Facebook and I’m not sure which photo to pick. I wasn’t given any rules other than to use the supplies that were sent to me on behalf of Walmart and Better Homes and Gardens. So with kids or without? With Food or without?

I also have to let you know that it’s been raining cats and dogs for two weeks so we had to have our picnic indoors.

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What would you vote for???

V8 V-Fusion Beach Picnic Giveaway

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imageI am awful at consuming my daily recommendation of fruit and vegetables. I am always on the go and just to busy, most the time I don’t even eat the right amounts of any food. My kids adore juice and I’m really picky about what they get to eat. I’m trying very hard to make sure they eat right even if I don’t.

V8 juices are one of my favorite types of juice. I love their original tomato juice blend and find that it is the perfect size serving. V8 Fusions, up until now came in a large bottle that you store in the refrigerator after you open them. Now, you can purchase single serve sizes. These 8-ounce cans are the perfect size just like the tomato juice blends they make. Why is it perfect this time?

The recommended daily amount of juice for kids in my children’s ages is 4 ounces. So, I can split one between the two of them and have one for myself. In each 8-ounce serving of V-Fusion you get a full serving of vegetables and a full serving of fruit. So get your fruit and veggies in the easy way.

V8 V-Fusion sent me an amazing picnic basket filled with goodies. The picnic basket is quite a treat because it is collapsible and holds quite a bit of stuff. The material is very easy to clean and the handles are quite sturdy. image

Save when you buy:

You can save 1.00. 1.00 off Coupon for V8 V-Fusion.

 

Enter to Win:

A V8 V-Fusion Beach Picnic Prize Pack. The Pack includes a collapsible picnic basket, 2 beach towels, a Frisbee, Meal Makeover cookbook, and 2 six packs of V8 V-Fusion juices.

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The contest will run until May 17th 11:59 pm Pacific. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.