Want to win a Kindle Fire? Well guess what? I’ve teamed up with Adventures of a Couponista, I Heart the Mart, Deal Seeking Mom, Budget Savvy Diva, Cuckoo for Coupon Deals, I Heart Publix, Wild for Wags, Hey- It’s Free!, and Coupon Mamacita to give away 2 (yes TWO) Kindle Fires!! These sleek tablets rival the iPad 2 and are more compact so they travel so much easier! Make sure to check out the Android Appstore on Amazon each day to snap up the “Free Android App of the Day” so you can fill up your FREE Kindle with some FREE content! Entry is quick and easy – simply “like” the sponsor facebook pages using the nifty buttons below and then fill out then entry form! Easy peasy! For your minimal efforts, you might just be rewarded with your very own Kindle Fire! Giveaway starts on Feb 1st at 9am EST and goes through Feb 8th at 11:59pm EST. Good luck!!

Don’t forget to “Share” this giveaway with your friends!!

Thanks so much for taking a look at my video and playing along! Thank you also to everyone for taking the time to enter the giveaway! I will be doing a bunch of little giveaways like this every week until Christmas. I want to try and help you with Christmas presents or just a little something for yourself!

The winner of the $49 in Peeled Snacks is…..

Katie!!

Thanks for the tour of your new website! I love it! My favorite posts are the ones for Amazon. Thanks for finding such awesome deals!

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I told you I was trying a new giveaway system through FB to see how it went. I think that is goes really well and is easy to use. It is great for me as far as the rules and regulations I have to follow for the state of Texas to be in compliance with our laws regarding giveaways. I know some of you don’t have or like FB, so I try and alternate the way that I do giveaways. The larger giveaways have to be done with a method and form to enter.

** The giveaway that ended Friday night, 4 winners were chosen. Only 1 was verified! Thats means the others had non working email addresses or were otherwise unable to be contacted!

• Susan W. was the winner was verified!

I have 3 more to giveaway though! So lets do this again, and only for 3 days to make it fast and give you time to use all the coupons that will be in there!

The easiest way to win is to make sure to click the SHARE button when you enter, this way if any of your friends enter and they win, you win also!

I am giving away loaded coupon binders! If you already have one you will still want to enter as I am sure you would want what is inside! You will get a zippered binder, insert pages, dividers, coupons, All You magazine, store policies, my coupon book and handouts, + a few surprises!

I posted yesterday about how I organize my coupon binder, you can also watch a little video HERE where I explain it also. If you want to win one for yourself or to give away to someone you can enter HERE.

** Don’t forget to share this with your friends, if they enter and win, that means you win one also for referring them!

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Remember those Target inserts from last weeks paper. The ones that we can’t figure out who and why got them? Well, reader Cassandra W. has some extra!

Cassandra W. was nice enough to offer some to MyLitter readers, so lets do a giveaway! It will be a quick one as we need to get them in the mail to you so you can use them.

4 winners will win 2 Target inserts each.

Giveaway ends Friday at Noon. Just leave a comment and let us know how HOT is has been this week for you and where you are located! Thats it. That easy!

Thanks Cassandra!!

This past weekend we went to the Skinny Cow Perfect Cup event downtown Houston. I am so impressed with companies that really invest in the consumers how are ultimately the ones who buy their products. Many do not care or do anything, even refuse to send out coupons.

Skinny Cow put on a great event, they had, food, free ice cream, free candy bars, free t-shirt, free bra fitting, free bra, wine, door prizes and a great swag bag. This event was free to the public. Skinny Cow also gives back to the community by providing clothing, training and confidence to women who are interviewing and out of work.

Since we were already half way to the beach we decided to just make it a day, take the family and go to the beach. If you can only imagine how silly poor Paul and the kids looked at a bra fitting event. My poor family, they are good sports!

After we made it out of the Skinny Cow event, 10 lbs heavier from all the ice cream, we headed down to Galveston for pizza and swimming. My husband had a mortgage office in Galveston a few years ago, (before both hurricanes!) and we spent a lot of time down there. We found the best pizza place EVER. It is a total hole in the wall called Gino’s, they make the best pizza and have an awesome thick crust.

The best part is that while you are waiting for your pizza, the kids get mini balls of dough to play with and pretend to make their own pizza. Or in the case of the 1 year old, lets play “how much dough can I eat before my parents can dig it out of my mouth”!

Sitting on the beach at Galveston I realized that I have failed my children. All they have really needed in life to make them happy is a spoon and some sand.

Forget the fancy educational toys and the nice electronics. Just give them wet salty sand.

I have also failed my 7th child. My kids are all brilliant and above average in just about everything. Just ask me They learn quickly and never have to be told or taught something twice.

I saw something this weekend that shook me as a parent and made me reconsider my parenting abilities.

My 13 month old spends about 90% of her awake hours thinking this one thought:

“Can this fit in my mouth?”

Nothing escapes the taste test from this child.

As we sat down on the sand she quickly, before I could stop her, shoved a handful of salty wet sand in her mouth. She was mad! I quickly washed her off and rinsed out her mouth and told her, “no, yucky!” We went back to play. As soon as she sat down, she stuck another hand full of sand in her mouth, and was weirdly surprised that it tasted bad, as if she had not done the very same thing minutes ago. I washed her off again, and as I was sticking my sandals on, she shoved another hand full in her mouth.

I stared making excuses for her, was she hungry, lacking a mineral in her diet or just deciding if she liked the texture of wet or dry sand?  Who knows? But for 4 hours and 30 minutes of the 4 hours and 35 minutes we were there, the child continued to try and eat sand and then get mad that it tasted nasty.

I found myself hoping that she stayed cute, as I do not see a college education in her future.

Oh, I am totally kidding, she is a completely normal 13 month old and will grow out of it! We are still hoping the 14 year old will stop eating sand, at least by the time he goes to college!

Congratulations if you have made it this far! You deserve to have a chance to win a bra! One reader will win a certificate to Macy’s for a Olga brand bra from Skinny Cow. All you need to do is leave a comment letting us if your children have ever eaten anything weird. If you do not have kids, what is something that your parents said you ate as a child?!

** This giveaway is from me, I am giving you my voucher I got on Saturday. You need to have a Macy’s to redeem it though. All these comments and opinions are my own. Skinny Cow could care less if I mentioned them or not, I was just impressed with their event! Gino’s could also care less about me or my blog, they just have good pizza and I wanted to let you know!

** Giveaway ends Wednesday night at 9pm. My kids will pick a winner from a hat, or if we can’t find one, I will use random.org. Good Luck!

I really wish I has some for everyone! Thank you again to Vikki for sending them to me in the first place! The 4 winners of the Sierra Mist coupons (picked by Random.org) are:

Margaret - margaretmeyer13

Vanessa - Vanjax

Debbie - mama_d7

Jessica - jessicameganfernandez

Please email me at mylitter @ mac.com with your snail mail address so I cna get them in the mail asap! Thanks!

O.K. So many more people were willing to do this then I thought! You guys are AWESOME! We picked 10 winners instead of 5….

This is what to do:

Email me your snail mail address and I will get this in the mail asap. Go shopping and send me your pictures and what you spent total. I will post them throughout the week of June 20th and that first week of July. Don’t forget to let us know where you want to donate the items to, for example maybe you did all baby items for the pregnancy assistance center in your area, or maybe you did all pet supplies for the humane society. Good Luck!

kellyjean

Nancy (shai_butterfly_of_freedom)

Heather (heather.minster)

Philene (grani1)

Heather (Beadandelion)

Tara (TARABELLOMY)

Amber (ambercooper38)

Arlene (ms.discoverytoys)

Cindy (cindy_4947)

Donna (donnalineman)

Shoot me an email (mylitter @ mac.com) and get started!

We have some winners to announce!

Please email me to claim your prize and when you do I will need your snail mail address so I can send them out!

Winners of the FREE Ovaltine:

hisangelonly05@

kerriekg@

skhusher@

khountz@

j_kvanlue@

Winners of the Agoo Leggings:

tccsreading@

and Heather… I don’t have your email, but you have 4 kids, does that narrow the Heathers down?!

Today is the last day to sign up for the giveaway’s! All giveaways close tonight at 9pm!

Make sure to COME BACK Monday to EACH blog to see if you have won!

If you want to go back and enter my giveaways here is the list:

Great Wolf Lodge overnight

Love Letterings 4 winners

2 Winners to SpoonerZ $50 each!

$50 Gift Certificate to Jasmere

LilLuxe 2 $50 Winners

6 Winners $50 to Agoo Apparel

Mabels Labels 2 Winners!

Mega Size Coupon Holders 2 Winners

Check out the other giveaway’s on my friends blogs!

Bargain Blessings

2 $50 OtterBox Certifcates

2 $50 Little One Books Bundles

4 $25 happy Hooks Crochet Certificates

4 $50 Jasmere Certificates

I Heart Saving Money

Fun Family Night In

Flip Ultra Camera

$100 Jasmere Voucher

M550 Kodak Digital Camera

The Frugal Find

$50 Cold Stone Creamery Gift Card

$50 Hub Gift Card

$50 Buca Di Beppo Gift Card

$50 AMC Theater Gift Card

Oral-B Professional Care 3000 Toothbrush ($100 Value)

Kodak Easyshare M580 Digital Camera ($199 Value)

Logitech Alert 750i Master Video Security System ($300 Value)

This is the very last of the Giveaway’s. I hope you had as much fun as I have! All Giveaways will end Friday night at 9pm. Check back Monday the 8th on all the sites to see the winners!

If you are not familiar with Jasmere you should be! Every day they have a killer deal at low prices. However, when you place an order, you are guaranteed in on that day’s offer, but your credit card is not immediately charged. As more people place their order the price goes down, so once the deal has ended, you end up with the lowest price possible. Really neat idea! You can sign up with Jasmere HERE.

1 Lucky reader will win a $50 credit to Jasmere.

To enter leave a comment letting us know if you are a member at Jasmere and what your plans for the weekend are?!

For additional entries Follow me on Facebook!

Run over and enter to win at these other fabulous blogs!

www.iheartsavingmoney.com ~ M550 Kodak Digital Camera
www.thefrugalfind.com~ City Deals $100 Gift Card
www.bargainblessings.com ~ Four $25 to Jasmere
thethriftycouple.com ~ Amazon Kindle Wi-Fi $139 Value
www.wildforwags.com ~ $100 Amazon Gift Certificate
www.couponingtodusney.com ~ 2 Cansolidators from Shelf Reliance

I shop on Etsy way too much! In a former life, before I had this many kids I even sold things on Etsy. I love supporting Moms and Women who work at home and I LOVE handmade things. That being said my very FAVORITE shop on Etsy is Spooner Z. I met her almost 2 years ago when I bought a bracelet and I have shopped there many times since!

Rachelle, is AWESOME to work with! She can do anything you ask! Including fitting (at the time) 6 kids names on a spot for 1/2 of that!

Spooner Z makes jewelry out of…. you guessed it spoons and forks and other utensils!

This fork necklace is one she made me last year. I wear it to work and the kids love it!

I also give the keychains as coaches and team Mom gifts every year!

This bracelet above it the newest one she made me. I LOVE it, in fact I am wearing it today!

2 LUCKY winners will win a piece of your choice!! Go HERE to Spooner Z’s site and take a look around. To Enter to win, tell us what piece you would want! For additional entries follow me on Facebook!

www.iheartsavingmoney.com ~ Family Night In ($50 Kroger gift card, 3 month Nexflix Card & Games)
www.thefrugalfind.com~ Oral B professional Care 3000 ( $100)
www.bargainblessings.com ~ Four $25 Gift Certificates to Happy Hooks Crochet
thethriftycouple.com ~ $50 Golf Hub and $50 Cold Stone
www.wildforwags.com ~ $100 Jasmere Gift Certificate
www.couponingtodusney.com ~ TBA

Love Letterings has offered to give 4 of my readers a $25 credit to their online store!

I was given an item from them earlier this year as a gift from a friend. It was so thoughtful, and looks AWESOME in my house, I love it. I also have another one that I just got a few weeks ago. I put it on my girls bathroom mirror, so that every morning and night when they are getting ready they are reminded that they are a Child of God.

They are super easy to install and are removable. Plus, they have a ton of ideas in their site!

Love Letterings^® sells high quality, decorative vinyl for your home or office. Love Letterings^® vinyl looks hand-painted, is easy to apply and is removable. Let Love Letterings^® help you create the perfect atmosphere in your home.

Share the love with someone you care for. Love Letterings^® is the perfect gift for bridal showers, wedding receptions, baby showers, birthdays, new home purchases, graduations,…..the possibilities are endless.

To enter to win leave a comment letting us know if you have used or tried vinyl lettering before! Is this a gift for you, or for someone else?!

Now, go on over to some of my favorite blogs and enter their giveaway’s!

www.thefrugalfind.com~ KODAK EASYSHARE M580 Digital Camera ($199 Value)
www.iheartsavingmoney.com ~ Flip Video Camera!
www.bargainblessings.com ~ Two Little Ones Books Gift Bundles ($50 Value Each)
thethriftycouple.com ~ $50 AMC Theaters and $50 Coldstone gift cards
www.wildforwags.com ~ $50 Gift Certificate to Dunkin Donuts & a Picnic Tote
www.couponingtodusney.com ~ Mabels Labels!

I am soooo excited to get started and kick off the Holiday Shopping season! A few of my very favorite blogging friends and I, are helping YOU get a kick start on your gifts also! Today starts 4 days of HUGE giveaways! Make sure to visit each blog and put your name in to win!

Today here on MyLitter I have 3 different giveaway’s…

This post is for my first giveaway!

1 Night Stay PLUS Water Park Tickets for a family of 4 to Great Wolf Lodge!

You might remember our trip in May. WE HAD A BLAST! I love this place! It is truly a resort, they take care of you in every way. Great Wolf Lodge has given an overnight stay for your family at the Grapevine TX location. This is located outside of Dallas TX.

Always check their deals page and get on the email list so you can get the heads up on specials. We are making this a family tradition we had such a good time.

To enter, leave a comment letting us know if you have been to a Great Wolf Lodge before. For additional entries become a fan on Facebook.

Now, go on over and enter to win the rest of the Holiday Giveaway’s!

www.thefrugalfind.com ~ Logitech Alert 750i ($299 Value) Digital Home video surveillance system!

www.iheartsavingmoney.com ~ -$100 Jasmere Gift Certificate

www.bargainblessings.com ~ Two $50 OtterBox Gift Certificates
OtterBox offers mobile device protective cases that top the leaderboard for quality and durability.

thethriftycouple.com ~ $50 Jasmere Gift Certificate and a $50 Agoo Children’s Apparel Gift Certificate.

www.wildforwags.com ~ $50 Gift Certificate to T.G.I.Friday’s & a Picnic Tote

www.couponingtodisney.com ~ 4 $25 gift certificates to Love Letterings!

When I do a giveaway I usually write ALL the names out, and put them in a bucket. Then the kids fight over who gets to draw a name. Or, my “informer” child lets me know exactly whose turn it is because she has a photographic memory and know’s which children have drawn before and how many times. It was the 2 year olds turn this time. He pulled the name “JEN” so I had to go back and make sure there were not multiples and if there were to see which one it was. I about peed my pants laughing when I read the winners comment!

Jen:

Date night… really people do those? 5 kids under 8… This is funny, last date night was to a wedding, in March of last year… 9 months later baby #5 was born… maybe THAT is why we haven’t gone and any lately??

Congrats Jen! Email me and I can get it in the mail to you! Your story is TOTALLY the story of my life! Congrats on the #5!

Wanchai Ferry and Macaroni Grill through MyBlogSpark have provided a prize pack, information and additional prize pack to give away to you!  I am just getting you guys ready for the giveaways next week!

My husband and I have really been ships passing lately. We were asked to do a date night and given a gift card to purchase additional items for dinner…. and I didn’t do it, and didn’t do it…. UNTIL last night! We had a date night with the kids and I made dinner for the first time in 5 days I made both the Macaroni Grill and The Wanchai Ferry, both were very popular with the 13 to 2 age group! I served them with grilled chicken, salad and french bread.

Would you like to win a date night package?? Included are one Wanchai Ferry dry dinner kit, one Macaroni Grill dry dinner kit, and a $25 Visa gift card that you can use to create a magical date night at home.

To enter to win, tell us about your last date night? For more entries Follow on Facebook or Twitter! Giveaway ends Thursday night after I put the kids in bed!

As promised, the kids picked 4 winners to get a coupon for a free can of Ovaltine!

Melissa B.
Amanda C.
Christopher ( yes we have a man that reads my blog
Sloan

Email me your snail mail address and I will get them in the mail to you! Also, I will have 8 more to give away PLUS a HUGE gift basket from Nestle with all kinds of stuff in it! Stay tuned for those giveaways!

Starting next Monday, 6 other bloggers and myself are having a week of giveaway’s with over $3000 in prizes! Make sure to check back to enter to win!

http://www.MyLitter.com
http://www.TheFrugalFind.com
http://www.BargainBlessings.com
http://TheThriftyCouple.com
http://www.IHeartSavingmoney.com
http://www.CouponingToDisney.com
http://www.WildForWags.com

Go to the official Facebook page to make sure you keep up with all the giveaways!

I am so excited to give you a heads up to a week of AWESOME giveaways! I have teamed up with 6 other amazing bloggers to give you almost $3000 worth of giveaway’s! We are kicking off the Holiday shopping season by offering you a week of “Win it before you buy it” gifts you can either keep for yourself or giveaway as gifts! These are the blogs I am working with:

www.The Frugal Find.com
www.BargainBlessings.com
TheThriftyCouple.com
www.IHeartSavingmoney.com
www.CouponingToDisney.com
www.WildForWags.com

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When I was asked by Libman to review their new mop I was thrilled. I have new laminate floors, you can read why HERE, and so far I have not really found a good way to clean them.

The mop was just the right size for me, some are too small and feel really flimsy. I really liked the removable container that you can fill with your own cleaner. For my floors I just used hot water and a little bit of soap, I mean a really little bit. The cleaning pad is a microfiber pad that is removable so you can toss it into the wash. The mop maneuvers really well and I was able to clean my floor for the first time! It has a little trigger to spray the cleaner ahead of you and it sprayed the right amount. I was worried that it would spray too much on my floor and I would be drying ti up after me but that wasn’t the case. Overall I was very pleased with the mop and had I tried it at a friends house I probably would have bought one.

Libman has offered to give one of my readers a new mop also!
To enter the giveaway let us know what you use now to clean your floors?
For additional entires, follow me on Facebook or Twitter.

Giveaway closes in 24 hours!

*I am a Mom Bloggers Club Reviewer and was not compensated for this post. I was provided with a Libman Freedom Spray Mop free of charge by the Libman Company for review and with one to giveaway to a reader.

When we were asked to review this children’s book we were all over it! Obviously, I could supply the children part and fortunately my children love to read!

This is a darling book about two dogs Penny and Rio who have to work together with the help of another dog and mouse to figure out the mystery of the doghouse. My three older children ages 7, 9, and 12 were able to read this one their own and the 9 year old read it to the littler kids a few times. They all really enjoyed it and I loved the emphasis on working together and family in this book.

This book is written by Jennifer Swanson, you can see a trailer for the book HERE and also read a few excerpts from the book. Jennifer has won several awards for this series including 2 Mom’s choice awards! This is the second book in the series, my kids are anxious to read the first book, I have a feeling someone will be getting it for Christmas!

Penny and Rio will be available on Ripple Reader a web based audio player. Adults use it to make personalized audio recordings of children’s picture books. Children use it to listen to these custom recordings over and over. You can also ask your school to carry this book. This is a great feature for Grandparents and Parents in the Military or who are away for extended amounts of time.

Jennifer is giving one of my readers a signed copy and a personal message to your child written inside the book today! This would make a great stocking stuffer!

To enter leave a comment telling us what your favorite children’s book is…

For additional entires subscribe to my site, tweet, blog or facebook about it! OR ask your library to carry this book! Good Luck! Ends Thursday about 3pm, when my kids get home to draw a name!

Thanks to www.MommyPR.com for this great giveaway!