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Airport Meeting By Chance #ConnectingFlights #ad

November 20, 2012 by Momstart 9 Comments

I was sitting somewhere with my husband, I actually think it was in an airport and we were watching the TV overhead and a commercial came on. It was the Connecting Flights video and we thought at first it was a movie preview. My husband started saying, Louise, it’s your movie. We have to go see that, and I said yeah, it looks like a good movie to see together then we saw the ending and we both just cracked up for thinking it was going to be a movie. Ahhh, true love in an airport..Take a look at this video

I’m in airports all of the time. All of the time. I’m even writing this post while sitting in the airport. My kids are sitting with me and my husband is on the other end. And I find myself thinking of connecting with others in the airport. Most of the time I just stick to myself and work, flying and sitting in an airport without my family is usually the best time for me to get work done. However, I have met a few characters over the past few years. In one flight in particular I met a young man who wanted to become an intern at Disney. He wanted to start working in PR, so I explained to him what I do. I’m a blogger and I gave him one of my business cards. It was a by chance encounter where I could actually help him. I have connections at Disney and work with them and their PR from time to time. I left the ball in his court though and he never contacted me. Maybe he lost my card or maybe he didn’t believe me. Who knows but he made my flight to LA super duper short.

Of course the best traveling is with my kids.

This post is brought to you by Sears. I’m being compensated to help them promote the Connecting Flight campaign.

The Lands’ End Family + Friends 30% off & Free Shipping sale runs 9/27 – 10/2

September 26, 2012 by Momstart 4 Comments

The Lands’ End Family + Friends sale runs Thursday, September 27 through Tuesday, October 2 and offers 30% off site-wide plus free shipping with no minimum purchase. This is the time to stock up on any winter items you made need. I purchased 2 cardigans, 3 dresses, a coat for my son and a dress for my daughter and received free shipping. Want to see the break down of how my shopping experience went?

These are the items I ordered and I saved a lot of money using the Friends and Family discount!

The dresses came right before my trip to LA to go on the red carpet premiere of Frankenweenie. My original plan was to wear the green dress but at the last minute we were told that we had to wear black and white and out of the three dresses I purchased I didn’t pick a black or a white one.

However, I plan on wearing these dresses to church and on my other press trips that I plan to go on. The clothing from Lands’ End is excellent quality, always lasts a long time. Plus the fashionable options amaze me. To me their clothing is perfect because it’s so simple and elegant. It can easily be dressed up or dressed down. I’m a mom and it’s not practical for me to dress up every day but I still want to look cute and Lands’ End allows me that option.

My children also love the clothes from Lands’ End. I haven’t had a chance to get a picture of Zoe in her dress but when I showed it to her she was jumping up and down with glee.

Want to save yourself?

Use the Promo Name: FRIENDLY

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30% off plus free shipping.

When I purchased them some all of the dresses I chose were on sale so my savings were huge. You can check the sale tab on the Lands’ End website to find those kinds of extra savings because the Family and friends sale does work on top of the already on sale item.

I received a gift card and 30% off discount to purchase clothing for myself and my family.

Unusual Ways To Use Your Home Appliances #KenmoreSummit Appliance Giveaway

January 16, 2012 by Momstart 4 Comments

I’m going to be visiting the Kenmore Live studio in Chicago this week and they’ve tasked me to find the most unusual home appliance usage.

I’ve been wracking my brain for unusual ways to use home appliances. I feel like I’m really boring when it comes to unusual appliance usage. My microwave cooks food and heats water, my stove cooks food and bakes desserts, my washing machine and dryer take care of clothing. My refrigerator keeps food frozen and cold. So what is an unusual use for a home appliance and what do you consider home appliances to be? I forget how small a home appliance may be. Like the vacuum, popcorn popper and even the sewing machines do you consider those to be appliances?

I tried searching online for unusual ways to use household appliances and well one site was perverse and everything else was also very boring. So I don’t recommend doing a search like that. I asked my friends on Facebook and found some interesting uses for home appliances that I never would have even considered.

One interesting appliance usage I found was using a vacuum to clean a sink. I find that disgusting but if you’re drain is clogged and you don’t want to use drano I suppose that a very powerful vacuum will work.

Food dehydrator can be used to make crafts, make fire starters, and herbal tea. I had no idea a dehydrator could be used in so many different ways.

And Nathan Sweaney told me that a lot of hobbyists use a toaster oven to solder surface mount components on circuit boards. While Catherine Davis told me, “right after hubs and I got married we were broke as hell. he would make toast by placing bread right on the electric stove coils … it was weird” And Rachel Smallbeck Dapelo said, “not sure it’s unusual, but my uncle used to roast his coffee beans in air popcorn poppers.”

Then I suddenly remembered my friend doesn’t use her dishwasher for washing dishes. Her dishwasher is used for storage. I’ve asked her if we can create a video of her dishwasher and what’s inside. Now while we’re working on that you should also work on a video because Kenmore Appliances is offering a giveaway for an unusual home appliance usage.

What’s Your unusual Home Appliance Usage?

Enter to Win

100 Sears Gift Card
50 Sears Gift Card
25 Sears Gift Card

I will submit your videos to Kenmore.

To Enter:

You must create a video and share the video with me. Submissions must be Submitted by Wednesday, January 18 no later than 6pm CST. Format Accepted: Video entries are the only valid submissions. Uncompressed Quicktime files at 1920×1080 16:9 are preferred. Any uncompressed file would be best, and the bigger the format the better. Send me a link to your video and then If your video is chose I’ll give you upload directions to submit your video for further acceptance.

#1 Rule: No branding visible other than Kenmore. To avoid, simply cover other brand names with tape.

This giveaway ends Wednesday, January 18.All rules can be found under the updated giveaway rules.

You Still Have Time To Give The Gift Of Sears

December 21, 2011 by Momstart 4 Comments

Christmas is in how many days now? Three Shopping days left until Christmas and you’re probably frantic if your list isn’t complete yet. We went out to the mall last night and it was a mad house, not to mention the five boys that went running through the mall without any clothes on. Yeah, that really happened. So maybe you want to skip the malls all together and spare yourself the madness. Just buy a Sears egift card.

Why should you go with an egift card?

· eGift Cards are perfect for that person on your list who is tough to please
· Great stocking stuffer
· Can be delivered within an hour via email
· Can be delivered via email, printed, or mailed
· Buy the cards without leaving your computer
· Cards for any occasion and varied denominations

Or perhaps you like a little shopping madness.

When you head out to Sears to do your final shopping don’t forget your coupon book and you Shop Your Way Rewards. SYWR Members are rewarded with custom offers throughout the year based on their shopping. Plus, you’ll enjoy sale notifications and a dedicated customer service call center. The program is free – simply shop like you always do. When checking out in store, present your Member card, phone number or email address to an Associate for points credit. When checking out online, be sure to enter your Shop Your Way Rewards Member number and PIN, and your purchases will be automatically credited to your Member account.

Did you Vote On Your Sale in the People’s Pick?

Voting took place from Sunday –Tuesday which means you should see the final sales up from the last people’s pick. It was a really sweet deal Sears had. To make holiday shopping more enjoyable Sears’ People’s Pick online feature allowed customers to vote on which popular items should go on sale each week. Weekly through Dec. 24, 2011, you were able to vote for products within select categories every Sunday through Tuesday at Sears.com/pick, for incredible limited-time savings online and in-stores nationwide.

Like I said you still have time to shop Sears, you have time to shop Sears up to an hour before you go to your Christmas party with the egift card option. So consider Sears for your last minute holiday shopping. Merry Christmas everyone!

This is a compensated post as part of the Sears Holiday Ambassador program.

Sears Craftsman NEXTEC 12.0 Volt Right Angle Impact Driver

December 12, 2011 by Momstart 224 Comments

Craftsman Tools they last they work they are heavy duty. In Particular the Craftsman Right Angle Impact Driver is awesome. This is one of the tools I used back in March when I was in Chicago working with Craftsman. It’s powerful and quite easy to use.

NEXTEC 12.0 Volt Right Angle Impact Driver Compact and powerful, the right angle design is ideal for getting into tight spaces and handling the tough tasks that your everyday drill can’t reach or handle. This powerful impact driver delivers more torque and works faster than “full sized” 18 Volt drills. The innovative impact mechanism absorbs the twisting action associated with most other drills and applies it to the work piece so your hand doesn’t twist with the tool.

We’re going to be giving one of these away here at MomStart in Celebration of Green Monday. WOOT! Sears will be hosting huge deals today at Sears.com. Today and Tomorrow Tuesday (12/12 and 11/13) they will be having a huge Green Monday sale. The sale event will be comparable to “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” in terms of breadth of product offers as well as depth of deals.

These offers will also be available and are stackable:

1. Free Shipping – $99 threshold, use code: REALJOY (some exclusions apply)

2. Coupon Book – Must be a Shop Your Way Rewards Bonus Member

3. Save More Green Deals – available on the Hot Deals Page and on Sears.com 12/11 (4 p.m. CT)- 12/13 at 11:59 CT

4. Sears Card – 5% back when you use your Sears Card (some exclusions apply)

5. Shop Your Way Rewards – Earn points that can be redeemed later as cash to buy items at Sears (must be a member). Members also gain access to additional deals and other opportunities throughout the year.

This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to the winner, Stacey Sanchez.

All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

I’m a Sears Ambassador. This is not part of the compensated posts.

Shop Your Way & Don’t Forget Your Sears Coupon Book!

December 7, 2011 by Momstart 5 Comments

I’m a serious saver and always look for coupons. Even when I shop on-line I look everywhere for coupon codes to get some kind of discount when I’m shopping. Any money saved is money earned. So when you’re doing your holiday shopping at Sears don’t forget the Sears Coupon Book and the Shop Your Way Rewards.

The Shop Your Way Rewards is how Sears is recognizing their loyal customers by providing rewards and benefits. Members are rewarded with custom offers throughout the year based on their shopping. Plus, members will enjoy sale notifications and a dedicated customer service call center. The program is free and you simply shop like you always do. So it’s worth it to sign up for, free and a bonus.

When checking out in store, present your Membership card, phone number or email address to an Associate for points credit. When checking out online, be sure to enter your Shop Your Way Rewards Member number and PIN, and your purchases will be automatically credited to your Member account. Woo Hoo Easy!

You can sign up today by going to SYWR page on Sears.com, at your local Sears store, via mobile devise or via phone

Click "Join Now" on this site and complete the membership form. You’ll receive your Member number as soon as you click "submit." Print a copy of your confirmation so you can begin earning points right away by providing your Member number every time you make a purchase! You can also enroll by asking an Associate at a participating Sears, Kmart or the great indoors store for a Shop Your Way Rewards enrollment brochure. It takes just a few minutes to sign up and you can start earning points immediately.

What’s the benefit and difference in memberships?

All Base Members

Earn 10 points for every dollar spent on qualifying purchases
Earn and redeem points at Kmart, Sears, Lands’ End, the great indoors, Sears Auto Centers and mygofer
Earn points at Kmart Pharmacy and Sears Home Services
Return merchandise without a receipt
Redeem points immediately or save them for a special purchase
Receive text bonus offers (if mobile number provided)
Access a Member-only website to review purchases online, get credit for past purchases and manage account online

Bonus members get all of the above, plus:

Bonus points offers by email
Bonus points in store and online (example: 3X Points)
Exclusive offers when you reach VIP status
E-receipts (Sears or Kmart only)

Do Your coupons in the coupon book ever expire?
Yes, they expire every week but each Sunday or Monday there will be new offers online.
Week 1 – Nov 27
Week 2- Dec 4^th offers
Week 3 – Dec 11^th offers
Week 4 – Dec 18 offers
Please read all the disclaimers on the coupons for full details

This is part of the compensated campaign for Sears Holiday Ambassadors.

Sears Holiday Shopping Challenge

November 29, 2011 by Momstart 4 Comments

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.

Buy Online pick up in Store:

Click it. – Just look for items that are marked with “Store Pickup” when you search, browse or are on the Product Details page.
Find your nearest store. – Search by ZIP code.
Receive your confirmation. – Sears will email you when it’s ready.
Pick it up! – Bring your email confirmation, and receive your purchase in five minutes.

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.

Sears Black Friday Deals & HUGE Twitter Party Alert

November 24, 2011 by Momstart 4 Comments

The Sears Black Friday Sale is a 2 Day After Thanksgiving Doorbuster extravaganza with over 500 deals from 4 AM to 1 PM alone. Even more deals begin after 1PM be sure to check them all out. Here is just a sampling of doorbuster deals to be found.

Zenith 50 inch Plasma Screen 1080p – $499.99 (Reg: $699.99)

Sony wifi ready Blu-Ray Disc Player – $79.99 (Reg. $99.99)

Kenmore 3.5 C.U. Washer/Dryer – $469.99 each (Reg. $940.99)

Air Powered Hockey Table – $89.99 (Reg. $179.99)

Save 50% off Craftsman 309-pc. mechanic’s tool set with plenty of other tools under $30.00

60-70% off all fine jewelry

50-60% off all mattresses

50% off all watches

During Friday and Saturday you’ll be able to find all your Christmas décor needs because their entire Christmas Shop is 50% off. And you can find all gifts broken down by price, person or category in the Sears Gifting Vertical.

NOW for FUN!

If you’re a Twitter Buff like me you have to enter the Sears #BlackFriday Twitter Sweeps. Plus by following @Sears and @SearsDeals you find hourly deals and giveaways being tweeted out. The Black Friday Twitter Sweeps prizes are amazing check these out:

Cannon Egyptian Bath Towels:
Platinum Collection 800 thread count sheet set:
Express Jewelry Mirror:
Walnut Jewelry Amoire:
Pillow pets (Ladybug and Bumble Blee):
Presto Cool Touch Griddle:
Forever Lazy (L/XL only):
Proctor Silex deep fryer
Cozy Nights 3pc Comforter Set:
Hamilton Beach Panini Press
$100 Sears gift cards
$25 Sears gift cards provided by Consumer Electronics

The Black Friday twitter sweeps runs from 11/22 – 11/28 featuring Black Friday specials from Sears. There is no registration process, they will do a random draw after each entry period. You must tweet each day to be eligible for that day’s prize. See Sweepstakes page for more details.

Example Tweet:

“Hey @Sears I can’t wait to shop on #BlackFriday I want a Pillow Pet! http://bit.ly/svibg3”

For the rest of you I know Facebook is your game. On the Sear’s Facebook Page You’ll find the Shopping Challenge. This sweepstakes is designed to promote the Real Joy Guarantee and all the promises that go along with that. It’s an amazing guarantee including price matching and awesome satisfaction. Sear’s will have a new drawing each day for a $200 gift card, now through 12/24. You must enter each day to be eligible for that day’s prize

COUPONS

Also be sure to maximize your savings this holiday season with the Sears Coupon Book. Use them before they expire. The deals in the coupon book expire every week but each Sunday or Monday there will be new offers online.
Week 1 – Nov 27
Week 2- Dec 4^th offers
Week 3 – Dec 11^th offers
Week 4 – Dec 18 offers
Please read all the disclaimers on the coupons for full details

I will receive compensation for this post as part of the Sears Holiday Blog Ambassador program.

Sears Real Deal Coupon Book & Black Friday Event Start Early

November 21, 2011 by Momstart 9 Comments

Black Friday is the craziest shopping day of the year. It’s so crazy that getting me out of my house is almost impossible but Sears is trying to entice me with some early bird on-line shopping and their great diversity of selection. Sears has something for everyone on-line and in stores. I can shop for the whole family from tools, video games, and a big screen TV for dad and cosmetics, jewelry and shoes for mom. To save time on Black Friday do your shopping the day before. You have the opportunity to purchase items in the black Friday circular on-line a day before. Sears will offer customers more than 900 doorbuster deals and provide Shop Your Way Rewards Members with exclusive coupons and offers. You can already view the circulars on-line at searslocalad.com, which provides real deals in real-time from local Sears stores using frequent inventory updates and access to ads 24 hours a day.

When you buy something at Sears you should experience Real Joy! Sears has a very special holiday guarantee this year called the Real Joy Guarantee. This includes your satisfaction, the lowest price meaning they’ll match a competitor’s advertised price on the same items plus give you 10% of the difference. Also, if you can’t find the item you’re looking for in the store, Sears is going to ship it to you for free. When ordering on-line use the promo code RealJoy for free shipping. Plus on any on-line to store purchase, Buy on Sears.com and they guarantee it will be ready to pick up from the Merchandise Pickup center in 5 min, or you can get a $5 coupon. This Ready in 5 guarantee is also available for returns and exchanges. Start the return on Sears.com and complete your return in 5 minutes in store, or get a $5 coupon. I’m already starting to experience some joy with this Real Joy Guarantee. The Craftsman Hand Toll Lifetime Guarantee is also included. For more details on the Real Joy Guarantee visit Sears Real Joy.

When you go in to Sears on Black Friday be sure to pick up your Sears Real Deal Coupon Book (while supplies last of course). Each book has more than $3,000 worth of storewide savings that will be available throughout the holiday season. You can use the coupons starting Saturday November 26th the day after Black Friday. Each week after week 1, the savings will decrease since offers expire. $3000 savings is for the entire coupon book.

I will receive compensation for this post as part of the Sears Holiday Blog Ambassador program.

Sears Presents People’s Pick Your Own Sale

November 12, 2011 by Momstart 11 Comments

Everyone loves a good sale right, I know I do and right now I need a new dress, a glamorous dress to wear to the red carpet premier of War Horse in New York City with Stephen Spielberg. Ok, I’ll be lucky if I even get to meet him, but he will be there and I’ll be there and I’m going to see his amazing interpretation of the play War Horse. So I need the perfect dress because this is big. But not just any dress will do and it has to be the right price.

So if I could pick the dress I want and have it go on sale just in time for my event I would feel like I won the lottery. Well that’s kind of the idea behind Sears People’s Pick. Sears will have a list of popular items for us to vote what goes on sale next.

Everything is listed in a category, so the first thing you do is pick a category. Then you vote for what you want to go on sale. You can vote for products in the categories every Sunday through Tuesday. The categories are for him, Techie, Kids, Chef, Entertainer, Her, Teens, Trendsetters, Sports Fan, and DIY-er. So go pick your People’s Pick tomorrow, which happens to be Sunday in the category that meets your needs. Then the winning items will have incredible limited-time savings online and in stores nationwide.

Monica Woo, Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer at Sears says that, "The Sears People’s Pick feature allows our customer to win—by getting the most value for their money on the products they want." So it’s all about getting what you want this Holiday Season at a great value. I’m hoping that tomorrow when the voting starts they have some really fancy dresses or other fabulous shoes to vote on in the Trendsetters or Her category that I can purchase for my upcoming red carpet premiere of War Horse in New York December 4th.

I have been compensated to work with Sears over the next few weeks, but I’ve shopped at Sears for so many years, and will continue to shop there. My opinion is not swayed by compensation.