Giveaway: Del Mar Designs

When we purchased our house years ago, one of the first items on our "to-do" list was to overhaul the light fixtures that came with the house. Most of the basement lighting was that old-fashioned "bulb on a pole" lighting and the previous owners had a thing for cheap jelly-jar light fixtures in every hallway and closet.
As we've slowly worked our way through room remodels, we've always changed out the fixtures in the room; either adding a new globe fixture or a ceiling fan with lights.

The great people at Del Mar Designs asked if I'd like to host a giveaway for my readers. Established in 2003, Del Mar Designs quickly moved into the online lighting market and currently has over 3,000 fans and 25,000 lighting fixtures for customers to choose from.

Why choose Del Mar Designs? Besides their vast selection of brand name fans and fixtures like Hudson Valley, Kichler, and Casablanca; Del Mar Designs offers free shipping on most orders over $75 and those under, a very reasonable $8.00 flat rate shipping fee. They also offer free returns on all orders whether defective or damaged or you just plain don't like it.

Their site is simple to use and they provide easy filters so you can find just the right fixture, at just the right price. You can narrow selections by style, color, size and even which room it would look best in as well as brand and price. I really like the fact that Del Mar even tells you what wattage of bulb and how many are needed for each light fixture as well as a pictorial description of the height and length of the product.

Del Mar is offering one of you the chance to win one great ceiling fan; The Minka Aire DownTown Loft ceiling fan with light fixture that retails for $209.95. The Minka Aire fan comes in an oil-rubbed bronze finish with an integrated halogen light.

• Features: · 54" Blade Span · UL Indoor listed · Wall Control Included · 15.25" Height, Top to Bottom · Low Ceiling Kit Compatible

Use the easy Rafflecopter form to enter for your chance to win. The giveaway will end on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 12:01 am EST.  You can tweet daily for extra entries.  The giveaway is open to US residents within the 48 continental states.

Pssst...wanna win a Kindle?

Who doesn't like saving money? One of the best resources out there are great money-savvy blogs where you can get tips and tricks on investing, saving, and wiser ways to spend your hard-earned money. Stop by Realized Returns and check out the site and while you're at it, sign up as a reader and you just might win the Realized Returns Kindle giveaway where you can win a new Wi-Fi Kindle...for free! That would sure save you money!

Be quick, the deadline is January 31.

"Do Not Wait" Launches..with a giveaway

It's never to early to plan for your retirement. With only 10 short years left before I can start thinking about leaving the daily grind, the time has come to make sure my "golden years" are gold and not blue from lack of green! In honor of the new site launch Do Not Wait you have a chance at winning some great prizes like an Apple iPad 64gb WiFi worth $769.99, cash, an Amazon gift cards, books and even some great money-savvy subscriptions to help you on your way to yellow brick road of debt-free living.

There are several ways to enter; you can even ask your retirement planning questions as an entry. Deadline: October 31.

It's "Time" for a Giveaway at Atlas Signs

Stop by the Atlas Signs blog and comment for a shot at winning this Peace Sign Clock in the 2nd of 3 giveaways they're hosting for their followers. Then stop by their store and check out the incredible address signs they have for sale. I have quite a few favorites and this is one of them:


Pretty, no?

Giveaways around the Blogosphere for 9/19

The fine folks at Couple Money are giving you a chance at winning a brand new Toshiba Silver 15.6″ Satellite Laptop in honor of their first anniversary. This stellar laptop also comes with some extra goodies:

* Canon Pixma PIXMA MX320 All-in-One Home Office Printer with Fax
* Inland Pro 15.6″ Black Notebook Laptop Bag
* 4GB USB Flash Drive
and two great books:

* Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
* The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillbeau

How can you win, you ask. Simple, surf over and sign up for the Couple Money newsletter and leave a comment. There's extra entries available for tweeting, blogging or embracing Couple Money on Facebook. Deadline to enter: 9/26.


Then you can stop by Out of Debt Again -there's over $800 in prizes up for grabs including books, gift cards and even a Kindle! The giveaway deadline is 9/27.

Winners! Rubbermaid & Yoplait

Congratulations to Kerri69 the winner of the Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop!



and it's a Yoplait day for Cheryl F. {The Lucky Ladybug} who has won the Yoplait Splitz prize package from My Blog Spark.

Congratulations winners and thank everyone for entering!

**CLOSED**GIVEAWAY: Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop

Mopping floors is one of the chores I avoid. It used to mean grabbing the bucket, my cleaning solution and the old squeeze mop from the basement and dragging it all upstairs. The other day, my 14 year old daughter dropped an entire carton of eggs on the floor when she was making brownies. To clean it up, she grabbed the old mop and mopped the area where the damage was. The next day I was downstairs and kept thinking that someone left a bag of old garbage in the basement; it stunk! I finally located the source; the old mop's sponge head was rank. It was time to retire it anyway since I now own a Rubbermaid Reveal Mop sent to me courtesy of the great people at Rubbermaid. Adios stinky mop; there's a new mop in town!

Rubbermaid has reinvented the mop and designed it with you in mind. This new mop is designed to save you money and end your frustrations. There's no batteries or expensive refills to buy. The Reveal comes with a durable microfiber cleaning pad that's designed to be washed up to 100 times before you'll need to buy a new one. The refillable bottle uses your own cleaning solution. Just mix two tablespoons of your favorite cleaning solution with water in the refillable bottle, close the cap, and click it into the Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop. Concentrated cleaner, vinegar, borax, dishwashing liquid..just pick your poison!


You can use your Reveal on wood, laminate, tile, or vinyl. Our house is mostly hardwood floors and vinyl in the kitchen. The Reveal did a fantastic job on both and it dried faster too! You're not slopping a bunch of water on the floor as you clean and the microfiber pad actually seemed to clean my floor better than my old sponge mop ever did. You control the amount of spray you need; squeeze lightly for small jobs and lay on that trigger for power-mopping major messes. The pad attaches with super-strong velcro-like surface and it was simple to just pull it off and toss it in the washing machine after I was done. If you don't use all the cleaning solution, you can just remove the refillable bottle, squeeze the trigger to get any remaining solution out of the mop, and store the rest for another time. Simple!



You can purchase the Rubbermaid Reveal online, at Home Depot, Walmart and Target but Rubbermaid is going to give one of you reading this a Reveal free of charge.

Mandatory Entry:

1) Just tell me what you're currently using to clean your floors now; sponge mop? hand and knees? or something else? (1 entry, mandatory before any extra credit)


Extra Credit:

2) Follow my blog with Google Friend Connect (left sidebar) or take credit if you already do. (worth 1 entry)

3) Follow Rubbermaid on Twitter and tell me your twitter name. (worth 1 entry)

4) Like Rubbermaid on Facebook and tell me your Facebook name. (worth 1 entry)

5) Tweet the giveaway and leave me the link. (worth 2 entries-leave 2 comments each time. You can tweet daily).

Easy tweet you can use:

Win a Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop & discover easy, affordable floor cleaning http://bit.ly/b7Qmct #giveaway Ends 9/12


Rules:
US and Canadian residents only-Please note that Canadian winners might get charged C.O.D. Giveaway ends on September 12, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. Please leave me a way to contact you if your email address is not visible in your blogger profile. Winner will be contacted via email and will have 48 hours to respond with shipping information before there's a do-over.

I was provided with a Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop free from Rubbermaid to facilitate this review and given the opportunity to offer one free to my readers. Thanks Rubbermaid!

**CLOSED**GIVEAWAY: Yoplait Splitz Prize Package

Growing up my mother never purchased snacks for my sister and I. Rarely did cookies find their way into our cupboards and forget candy; one time my sister ate an entire package of chocolate Ex-Lax she found in the bathroom cupboard because she thought it was candy and my mother was hiding it. The only splurge my mother would buy was yogurt; she was a huge yogurt fan. I think if yogurt had a street team, my mother would have been Ambassador of Yogurt. Of course, when I was younger, yogurt didn't come in all those great flavors. We were lucky if vanilla made it into our Amana after my mother went shopping.

So my love of all things yogurt followed me to adulthood and I've passed that yogurt-yearning on to my children. My 14 year old daughter isn't happy unless she has a yogurt in her lunchbox. Thank to the folks at MyBlogSpark, we had the opportunity to sample the new Yoplait Splitz yogurt for free. Yoplait Splitz comes in three flavors: Rainbow Sherbet, Strawberry Banana Split, and Strawberry Sundae.

I picked up the 4-pack of Rainbow Sherbet. Yoplait Splitz claims it is the "yogurt that tastes like a sundae" and you know what? It does! Both my daughter and I loved the creamy taste and the Rainbow Sherbet reminded me of real sherbet. My daughter said tasted like pudding. According to Yoplait you can even freeze it, but we didn't make it that far..my daughter and I consumed all 4 in two days. I was glad that it was only 90 calories per cup since I've been trying to watch my weight. For my daughter, I was glad it's a good source of Calcium and Vitamin D since she rarely drinks milk from a glass.


Yoplait wants one of you to try it free too! I have a Yoplait Splitz prize package to giveaway to one of you. You'll get a coupon good for a free 4-pack of Yoplait Splitz in your choice of flavor, a roll-up fleece picnic blanket, and a awesome insulated tote bag. I really love that tote bag...it's large enough to pack my Pyrex bowl when I'm transporting my famous pasta salad to parties and keep it cool and help protect it from breaking.

Mandatory Entry:

1) Just tell me which of the three flavors of Yoplait Splitz you and your family would like to try. (1 entry, mandatory before any extra credit)

Extra Credit:

2) Follow my blog with Google Friend Connect (left sidebar) or take credit if you already do. (worth 1 entry)

3) Follow Yoplait on Twitter and tell me your twitter name. (worth 1 entry)

4) Like Yoplait on Facebook and tell me your Facebook name. (worth 1 entry)

5) Tweet the giveaway and leave me the link. (worth 2 entries-leave 2 comments each time. You can tweet daily).

Easy tweet you can use:

Get your yogurt on; win a Yoplait Splitz Picnic Prize Package http://bit.ly/bOYBB7 #myblogspark #giveaway Ends 9/12.

Rules:
US residents only. Giveaway ends on September 12, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. Please leave me a way to contact you if your email address is not visible in your blogger profile. Winner will be contacted via email and will have 48 hours to respond with shipping information before there's a do-over.

Many thanks to MyBlogSpark for providing me with a free coupon and picnic prize pack for my review and one to give away to my readers.

**CLOSED**Giveaway: Freschetta FlatBread Pizza

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Freschetta. All opinions are 100% mine.

We're a family of pizza lovers. For my husband, pizza is its own food group and if he doesn't have it at least once a week, he gets cranky. I recently received two complimentary coupons to try Freschetta FlatBread pizza. I picked up two of the Zesty Italian pizzas on my last grocery trip and I have to say, we're now fans. Zesty Italian has pepperoni, Genoa salami, Italian sausage and a blend of mozzerella and asiago cheese. The crust turned out thin and crispy for a much lighter taste than regular pizza; I didn't have that heavy feeling I sometimes get after eating rising-crust pizzas and I thought the lighter crust gave me the opportunity to really taste the toppings without that doughy flavor overpowering the seasonings. I thought it was a nice change from the store-bought pizza we normally buy and a far more economical and equally tasty meal as opposed to buying delivery pizza. I'm one of those people that loves the crust on a pizza the best; it's the crunch that gets me. Freschetta FlatBreads reminded me of pizza crust with all the flavor.

Freschetta FlatBreads also comes in three other varieties: Roasted Garlic & Spinach, Pepperoni, and Five-Cheese. They are the perfect snack, appetizer (would be great for parties) or a light meal.

You can also print out a $1.00 off coupon good for Freschetta pizza here. But two of you will do even better than that! Freschetta has generously given me three more coupons to giveaway to my readers so you can try Freschetta FlatBreads yourself! There will be two winners: one winner will get two free coupons and the other will get one free coupon. This giveaway will be quick since the coupons expire on 5/31/2010.

Mandatory Entry:

Just tell me which of the 4 varieties of Freschetta Flatbread pizza you want to try! (Zesty Italian, Five Cheese, Pepperoni, or Roasted Garlic & Spinach).

Extra Credit:

1) Follow my blog or take credit if you already do. (1 entry, leave 1 comment).

2) Follow Freschetta on Twitter (1 entry, leave 1 comment)

3) Follow Freschetta on Facebook (1 entry, leave 1 comment).

4) Tweet the giveway with the hashtag #Freschetta (1 entry, leave 1 comment).
Easy tweet you can use:

Quick giveaway: Freschetta FlatBread Pizza..flatbread pizza full of taste. Try it free http://bit.ly/cN9ua4 #Freschetta

US residents only. Giveaway will end Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. I'll notify the winners who will have 24 hours to respond with mailing address so I can get the coupons out to you quick.

Winner: Yoplait

Congratulations dddiva..I've sent you an email.

Psst...wanna win some gift cards?

BlogHer and Oxiclean gave some bloggers the opportunity to test drive Oxiclean on their toughest laundry stains. How did it fair? Find out yourself and comment for a shot at winning a $200 Visa gift card at each of their blogs!

1) Tuppence Reviews. Ends 4/30.

2) Princess Mikkimoto Reviews. Ends 4/30.

3) The Football Wife. Ends 4/30.

For the complete list of all blogs hosting OxiClean giveaways, check out the BlogHer Special Offers page.

***CLOSED***Giveaway: Yoplait YoPlus

We're not big fans of milk in our house; normally a gallon lasts us an entire week for the four of us. Unless that milk is spiked with chocolate, of course! In order to receive the health benefits of milk, we substitute with cheese, ice cream, puddings and yogurt. Yogurt happens to be one of my daughter's favorite snacks for after school and also a frequent visitor to her lunch bag.

MyBlogSpark recently sent me a coupon to try their new Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt. YoPlus is available in six delicious flavors including Strawberry, Vanilla, Cherry, Peach, Blackberry Pomegranate and Blueberry Acai.

YoPlus now provides three important health benefits in each four-oz. cup:

1) Antioxidant vitamins A and E (now with 20% of your recommended daily value)

2) A blend of probiotic cultures & fiber (three grams of fiber per 4-ounce serving) for digestive health

3) Calcium and vitamin D for bone health

If you are looking for all the great health benefits of YoPlus with even fewer calories, YoPlus Light is the perfect solution, with one third fewer calories than the original. YoPlus Light is available in three delicious flavors - Honey Vanilla, Strawberry Banana, and Key Lime - all with just 70 calories per cup.



My local grocery store didn't carry all the varieties of Yoplait YoPlus when I was there, so I chose Strawberry. My daughter was thrilled when I came home with yogurt because she's usually my reminder to buy some when she shops with me. Both my daughter and I tried it and we agree, the taste is great and the yogurt very rich and creamy. The cup size was just enough and perfect to fit in her lunch bag. I had hoped to try the Peach flavor, but that was one of the varieties not available at our grocery store. I'm planning to look for it the next time I shop.

If you're interested in trying YoPlait Yoplus today, there's a printable coupon for $1.00 off available here. You can save $1.00 on any flavor of Yoplait YoPlus, YoPlus Light or Yogurt Multipacks and it expires 5/11/2010. The coupon is restricted in LA, NV, ND and the Giant Eagle on Snow Road in my city who has a case of the red ass with internet coupons.

In addition, one of you will win a Yoplait YoPlus "Better for You" gift pack like I received from MyBlogSpark:



This cute gift pack comes with a coupon to try Yoplait YoPlus for free, an insulated lunch sack, pedometer, and an on-the-go lunch container with utensils.
*This coupon offer for a free 4-pack of Yoplait YoPlus yogurt is not valid in some states, including California, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, and Tennessee.


Mandatory Entry

Super simple..just tell me what flavor of Yoplait you'd love to try with your new coupon!

Extra Credit:

1) Follow my blog or take credit if you already do (left sidebar: 1 entry, leave one comment).

2) Tweet the giveaway, daily if you'd like. (1 entry, leave one daily comment with your tweet url).

Easy tweet you can use:
Yoplait YoPlus gift pack giveaway; win free yogurt and goodies. Ends 4/19. http://tiny.cc/yoyum

3) Follow me on Twitter (1 entry, leave one comment with your Twitter name).

US residents only. Giveaway ends on Monday, April 19, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. Winners will be drawn using the almighty Randomizer and notified by email. Please leave me a way to contact you if your email address is not visible in your blogger profile. Winners will have 48 hours to respond with mailing information before I pull a do-over and draw a new winner.



Disclosure: I received free product, information, and gift pack through MyBlogSpark and Yoplait for my review as well as the opportunity for one of my readers to win the same. The opinions expressed as solely my own and were not influenced by the sponsors.

Lincoln MKT Luxury..look who has a giveaway

Stop by Secret Agent Josephine and read her review of her test drive of the new Lincoln MKT and comment for a shot at winning a $500 Visa gift card. Deadline: 3/31.

By hook or by crook, I covet the Nook

Of all the various ereaders on the market now, it's the Barnes and Noble Nook that has stolen my heart. With its touch-screen display and the ability to share books with other Nookers, the Nook seems to have all the features I desire in an ereader at an affordable price. But what's even better would be a free Nook and The Greer 5 has one to give away right now. Stop by a leave a comment and you could be a new Nook owner. Deadline: 3/22.

For another chance to win a Nook, stop by Susan Heim on Parenting. Check out the great Nook covers Barnes and Noble has for the Nook and comment for your chance to win your own nook. Deadline: 3/31.

Winners: Horizon Organic Chocolate Milk

Congrats to cdzuiba and Cheryl F.

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Cheryl F. {The Lucky Ladybug} said... 31
Following @auntiethesis on Twitter and Tweeted the giveaway

I've emailed you both...thanks to everyone that entered.

Kick it into Overdrive with Sprint & BlogHer

Check out the latest gadget by Sprint, The Overdrive, a device that allows you to access the internet anywhere, anytime. Sprint and BlogHer gave these tiny pieces of technology to a group of bloggers who reviewed and posted their opinions. You can comment to win a $300 Visa card for yourself..enough to buy yourself a netbook and hook it up to Overdrive. Deadline: 3/31.

1) Life in Chicago Reviews.

Giveaway Goodies

Stop by Mocha Momma and read the review of the new Lincoln MKT and comment for a chance to win $500 courtesy of Lincoln and BlogHer. Deadline 3/19.

Suburban Scrawl Reviews and Stuff also has $500 to give away courtesy of Lincoln and Blogher. Deadline: 3/19.

Winners: Zevro Modern Solutions

The winners, in order drawn, for the Zevro Modern Solutions giveaway:

1) Jessica: Cereal Dispenser
2) Carolpie: Coffee Dispenser & Sugar 'N More Dispenser
3) Deb: Magnetic Spice Rack
4) Ky2Here: Ruby Series Storage Set

Congratulations winners..prizes being shipped this week.

***CLOSED***Giveaway: Horizon Organic Chocolate Milk

I'll be the first to admit, I used to have a bias toward anything "organic". To me, organic meant more money and I always associated the word with things that are "green"..like lettuce and alfalfa sprouts. Images of Birkenstock-wearing hippies danced through my head whenever someone would mention the dreaded "O" word. My grocery store had a whole separate section where they hid those "organic" freaks..a place I never ventured.

Times are changing and so has my opinion. Organic foods are no longer out of my price range and they're no longer segregated in their own hidden corner at my local grocery. Organic products are happily mingling with those regular products I normally buy and more often they're also finding their way into my grocery cart.

Horizon Dairy has been around since 1991. Horizon Organic products are produced without antibiotics, pesticides or cloning, from cows not given added growth hormones. In addition, Horizon helped to develop the National Organic Standards and the USDA Organic Seal; they're pioneers in the organic field. They take the Organic Standards of Care seriously and strive to make sure any foods they produce are the purest, safest and highest-quality organic milk and dairy products that consumers can purchase.



I recently had the opportunity to try Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk Plus DHA Omega-3. DHA Omega-3 is an important nutrient that helps support heart, brain and eye health. I have to admit, I was skeptical. Would it taste as good as the regular chocolate milk I usually buy?

Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk more than passed the taste-test with my daughter and son. Both of them are chocolate milk connoisseurs and neither one of them could tell the milk was lowfat. It was creamy and had a rich chocolate taste. Childhood obesity is such a prevalent topic today. Any time I can introduce something low fat into my children's diet that they enjoy makes me feel like I'm making strides in insuring their future good health. Couple that with the fact that I'm not introducing extra pesticides and unneeded chemicals makes me feel even better about buying Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk.

I was also surprised by the shelf-life. I purchased two half-gallons of Horizon Organic Chocolate Milk almost a week ago and the sell-by date on the one half-gallon that is left is March 31, 2010. No worries that my chocolate milk is going to go bad in a few weeks; the shelf-life is impressive for an organic product. I seriously doubt it will last that long; there's barely a glass left in the half gallon I still have in the refrigerator. The only reason it's survived the locusts is because it was hidden behind a pitcher of my Crystal Light.

Horizon Dairy is also going to give two of you the chance to try their Lowfat Chocolate Milk Plus DHA Omega-3, too.

Prize: Two readers will each win 4 coupons: two free half-gallons of chocolate milk and two more coupons for $1.00 off a half-gallon.

Mandatory Entry:

1) Stop by Horizon Dairy and take a look around their site. Let me know another Horizon Dairy product you'd also like to try. (1 entry, leave 1 comment).

Extra Credit:

2) Follow my blog (left sidebar), or take credit if you already do (1 entry, leave 1 comment).

3) Follow Horizon Dairy on Twitter. (2 entries, leave 2 comments with your Twitter name).

4) Follow me on Twitter and tweet the giveaway, can be done daily. (1 entry, leave 1 comment with your tweet url)

Easy tweet you can use:

Horizon Organic Chocolate Milk giveaway, win 2 free @horizondairy half-gallons & coupons. 2 winners. Ends 3/10. http://tiny.cc/nr11o

5) Follow Horizon Dairy on Facebook. (3 entries, leave 3 comments with your Facebook name).

6) Add my blog button (upper right sidebar) to your blog, or take credit if you already have it. (5 entries, leave 5 comments with your blog url).

US residents only. Giveaway ends on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST. Winners will be drawn using Random.org and notified by email. Please leave me a way to contact you if your email address is not visible in your blogger profile. Winners will have 48 hours to respond with shipping information before there's a do-over. Coupons will be shipped to the winners by Horizon, I'm just the middle-man.

Yummy Giveaway: Sony Reader

Stop by the Yummy Mummy on a Pink Park Bench and comment for a shot at winning a Sony Reader. If you could, tell her "shel" sent you and I get an additional entry. Deadline: 3/8.