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New Love 2 Love Fragrance Exclusively at Walmart & Fantasy Flyaway Date-Cation Giveaway #Love2Love

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I received samples and compensation for sharing this giveaway with you guys. My opinions are my own.

Walmart is a great place to go for pretty much anything. It’s a great way to find some awesome treasures at a fantastically low price. And I’ve even found that they have exclusive items. I recently received the entire line of the Love 2 Love Fragrance line that is exclusive to Walmart at an amazing price. It was the best smelling box that has ever been delivered to my house. I opened up the box and had to smell each one individually. They are all really great in different ways. I think my favorite though is the Fresh Rose and Peach fragrance followed quickly by the Freesia and Violet Petals. Freesia is one of my favorite scents and I love how the Freesia is combined with Violet Petals, it’s a great combination. It’s hard to say that the Orange Blossom & White Musk is third because it’s really a great scent too. I have always loved the musk scent and orange is such a refreshing scent. My daughter judges on color so of course it’s purple first then pink.

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For a limited time, you can enter an exciting sweepstakes opportunity on the Love 2 Love brand engagement page on Walmart.com.

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The grand Prize is a Fantasy Flyaway Date-cation trip for two to Hawaii! Simply create a dream date, share your card, and be entered for a chance to win this romantic seven-night trip for two, worth $8,000.

There are also Weekly Prizes such as $100 date night packs! Four date night packs will be given out weekly. To enter click through to the Love 2 Love page, create your Dream Date, share your card, and be entered for a chance to win!

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I created my vacation, I would take a trip to London and ride bikes around the town and also take starry eyed walks with my husband. He once lived in London so it would be so awesome to go with him.

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I’m giving away a $25 Gift card to Walmart, all you have to do is use the code below.

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Let’s Talk California Vacation Twitter Party #TMOM #VisitCA

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I’m all about parties and vacations and my family loves to go to California. We love to take road trips to San Francisco and then on to LA. We’ve even driven down the scenic Highway 101 where it takes you through the redwood forest.  The Redwood National Forests protect almost half of the remaining old growth, coastal redwood forests in the world, and is home to one of the tallest trees on Earth. Experiencing the nine stops of the Avenue of the Giants is a must. I wish my photos weren’t in storage because I would bore you with the tons and tons of photos I have.

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And because of my blog, I actually feel like LA is my second home. So let’s talk California.

 

Twitter party from 9-10 pm EST Monday, July 22, 201

Who to Follow: @travelingmoms @kimorlando @cindyrichards @debmomof3 @ramblingstump@alittlebiteof @barblikos @maryheston @momstart @momfluential @mimitravelz

Hashtag to Use #TMOM #VisitCA

Prizes:

Grand prize: $200 Visa Giftcard

3 California swag bags

To be eligible, you must:

1. RSVP by leaving your Twitter handle in the Rafflecopter widget below – NOT in the comments. (If you aren’t on Twitter, it’s easy—and free—to sign up. Go to www.twitter.com to see how)

2. Have at least one tweet on the party from 9-10 pm EDT on July 22.

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Wild Florida – A Great Theme Park Break for Your Kissimmee Vacation

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Wild Florida – A Great Theme Park Break for Your Kissimmee Vacation

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After a few days of being surrounded by people and shuffling through lines, you might be ready for a break from the theme parks in Orlando. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE theme parks and thrill rides. I’m also a huge fan of seeing the wild side of things which is exactly what Wild Florida is all about.

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Wild Florida is an wildlife park where you can experience amazing air boat rides through the head waters of the Everglades. Wild Florida was actually my first air boat ride, and I absolutely LOVED it! An air boat gives you the chance to put yourself out in the middle of the Florida swamp land. There is no better way to see the wild side of Florida than from the seat of a boat in the middle of the swamp! What does it look like when you’re riding on an air boat? I was able to grab a little video so I could share it with you! (It’s definitely a little loud, so you might want to adjust your volume.) Keep in mind, it’s some buzzing around in the boat and then stops along the way when your guide spots some cool wildlife!

 

In addition to AMAZING air boat tours through gorgeous Florida wildlife, Wild Florida has a great wildlife park: home for exotic animals, birds, and tortoises. I was extremely impressed with the clean and friendly feel of the wildlife park. All of the animals seemed loved and well cared for. I even saw an animal that was new to me! Have you ever heard of a Zonkey? You also have to make sure you check out some of the young alligators that you can even hold!

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Once you have seen the animals, you can take a walk through the “Hawk Swamp.” This platform walk through the wetlands lets you have an up close look at life in the Everglades. I actually learned about “cypress knees.” Cypress knees are the unusual root system growth that occurs with Cypress trees growing in the swamps. Some think this is a way for the tree roots to gain extra oxygen since they are usually submerged in water. Others think this is more of a structure for support and stabilization. Either way, it just goes to show that there is so much for anyone to learn from our friends at Wild Florida.

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As if the day at Wild Florida wasn’t exciting enough, they were able to cap off the day with a delicious meal. Sometimes you worry that at parks the food won’t really seem very fresh. With great meat options, my rib lunch was delicious!

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If you’re going to be in the Orlando area, I strongly encourage you to check out Wild Florida. It is a place I would love to go back to with my family.

Experience Kissimmee brought me to Florida to experience Kissimmee in person. All opinions are my own, and no compensation was received.

About Ashley – Ashley is a mom, wife, sister, daughter, friend, and former teacher working to navigate through the mysterious world of Mommyia. Read more about her adventures at Momicles and follow her@Momicles2010.

Top 10 Caribbean Destinations

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I’m going to be taking a trip to the Caribbean in November and I thought it would be fun to do some research on it and share what I find. First off, I found this list in my e-mail history of the top 10 Caribbean locations from last spring, they all look so beautiful. Second it’s going to be a cruise and I’m nervous and excited at the same time. I love the beach!!

The top 10 Caribbean destinations:

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SAVE San Antonio Vacation Experience

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of SAVE for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

I love San Antonio, it just happens to be one of my favorite cities in the state of Texas. It may even be my favorite city. The attractions and memories I have from visiting there when I was a little girl and then again when I was in high school stand out in my mind as some very fun visits.Alamo04.jpg

I’ve visited the Alamo and loved it. I mean the battle of the Alamo is such a sad event to think about except that it was the turning point in the war. I love the river walk, in fact if you go there this summer as a vacation you have to go visit the river walk. It’s a fantastic attraction that’s just relaxing and fun.arneson-river-theater.jpg

If I was to plan a vacation to San Antonio right now I would want to save money on the entire itinerary and SAVE – San Antonio Vacation Experience is just the place to find all of those savings. I would want to save on the hotel, save on our family visit to the Alamo, go to the huge mall they have. That's another thing I remember from when I was younger, the mall is like floor upon floor upon floor. I've never seen such a large mall. I'd love to take the kids to Sea Wolrd, that's a place I went to with my grandparents who would not let me go on roller coasters (mostly because they didn't want to). I would also want to take my kids to Schlitterbahn. Schlitterbahn is an amazing water park. I can't actually remember if I went there or not. I'm pretty sure that I did go there and I was in a tube going around the lazy river for a very long time.SchlitterbahnCongoRiver.jpg

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Not only can you save on all of those attactions I mentioned above but you can also find Limited Time Offers full of fun. Having a family can get very expensive buying everyone a ticket so it's wonderful to find a site where you can find deals and plan your vacation at the same time. I love the list of activities to do in August. The Botanical gardens and the Restaraunt week sound like ways to have a great time too.

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World Harbors Capture Your Adventures Fantasy Vacation Sweepstakes

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Many of our neighbors are going on vacation this summer, some leave tomorrow, a few already went and others are making plans to leave later this summer. Us, we’re stuck here for the entire summer because vacations are expensive and we’re saving money. Of course, I’m always open to the option of winning a free family vacation aren’t you?

Our last exotic vacation was a visit to my mother’s house. She lives really close to Destin and I love how pretty it is there and so do the kids. To me, a beach, sand, sun and ocean = exotic vacation!!!

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World Harbors is hosting a Fantasy Vacation Sweepstakes, Capture your Adventures. Want to win a Fantasy vacation? Then just Like World Harbors on Facebook for a chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to somewhere really exotic. World Harbors will be the one to select the exotic vacation but all the expenses are paid. If that wasn’t enough, they are also sending a video camera along with you so you can capture all of your family fun memories.

Where would you like to go as an exotic vacation?

 

World Harbors provided compensation for this post. All opinions are my own.