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Glade Expressions Happiair Tour Comes to Raleigh, NC

March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Heads up to all my readers in the Triangle area of NC. This weekend is time to party with Glade. The Glade Expressions Happiair is touring the country right now and will make a stop tomorrow (March 31, 2012) at The Streets at Southpoint.

Stop by between 10am – 6:30pm and look for the bright yellow truck.

You will be able to test out the products from the new Glade® Expressions™ Collection and meet with a fragrance consultant to help your signature scent. To extend the fun, there will be giveaways as well. By completing a “styleboard” on the Glade® Home Style Studio application, you will be entered to win weekly prizes of $200 and a grand prize of a real-life room makeover and a fragrance-inspired trip. Now that is sweet right?!

If you are not in the area this weekend, the fun is extended online at the Glade® Facebook page where you can discover home décor tools and tips from experts including long-standing Glade® partner, entertainment journalist and style guru, Giuliana Rancic.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Must-have addition to your spring wardrobe

March 28, 2012 By 1 Comment

Spring has arrived!

We have already started changing out wardrobes. It is so wonderful to see bright and new fresh colors come to light after all the winter colors that are not so bright. The girls enjoy changing wardrobes each season. It’s like Christmas all over in our house.

There is one piece that you need to add to your Spring wardrobe. Lands’ End sent me their best seller Fine Gauge Supima Crew Cardigan. I absolutely love this beautiful Spring piece. It is so versatile and I have already wore it with several different outfits. One day you can wear it with a dress and days later you can wear it with jeans. The transitions are flawless.

The soft feel, since it is made with premium Supima – America’s finest cotton, is a huge plus to me. The cardigan as you can see in the picture falls right at the hips which is just perfect for me. I can leave the cardigan unbuttoned or button only a couple of buttons. The cuteness factor is there either way. See how versatile the cardigan can be?

A perfect addition to your Spring wardrobe. It is always nice to purchase an item that can be used many different ways so you are not only wearing an item a couple times a season.

Lands’ End is having their Spring sale right now. You can save up to 30% off on select items and get free shipping with no minimum order. Use – Promotion Code SWIMHQ1 and PIN 2512. Happy Shopping!

Disclosure: Lands’ End provided the cardigan in order to facilitate this review. No other compensation was given. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

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Save BIG on your spring cleaning with Glade

March 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

We are all about saving money. The one thing that we can say with the economy downturn is that more and more people are becoming frugal. Our country needed this in a big way. We as a country were living above our means and needed our attitudes toward money adjusted.

Since we are all starting or in the midst of our spring cleaning, I wanted to bring to your attention great money-saving coupons from Glade®. As you all know, this month I have been sharing information on the new Limited Edition Spring Collection from Glade.

Here are three ways to save on Glade® air fresheners:

1. Try the Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection at your nearest Food Lion! Enhancing your home’s ambiance has never been easier or more affordable thanks to the digital coupon from Glade®. Purchase three Glade® products and instantly save $2!

2. Head over to Right@Home and print two coupons.

- Save $2.50 on any Glade® Expressions™ Oil Diffuser starter kit

- Save $1.25 on any Glade® Expressions™ Fragrance Mist starter kit

3. Check your local Sunday newspaper. The coupon inserts usually have Glade® coupons that you are able to cut and present to your local store.

Thanks to Glade® and Food Lion, all of these scents will have your house smelling fresh without breaking the bank. Now, that is a win-win solution.

Happy spring!

Disclosure: This post is in conjunction with a partnership with Glade®. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

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Lower your grocery bill with Food Lion + Giveaway!

March 25, 2012 By 49 Comments

We live by our budget each month. I check into our software daily to ensure we are not going over budget. Each week, I have a limit of $75 for our weekly groceries. Due to several factors in the economy, food prices are increasing at an alarming rate. We have to use coupons and purchase generic items in order to stay within our budget each week. I sit and do a weekly meal plan all the while ensuring we are staying away from high fructose corn syrup products. Is it easy? No, but it is definitely doable.

Thank goodness, Food Lion is helping us stay within our weekly budget. I have been a loyal Food Lion customer since I was a small child and would go shopping with my mom. Food Lion was also my first job. I was a cashier and got moved to Office Assistant very quickly during my high school days. So, naturally, I am going to give props since we go way back. It helps though with all the recent changes that Food Lion has went through in their stores.

Food Lion has lowered their prices all throughout their store. They have also added several food items under the brand name “My Essentials”

The My Essentials brand can be found on just about every food product that you can think of on the grocery shelves.

You may think since it is a generic brand, that the taste would be less than thrilling. This is actually the opposite. If you put the generic brand beside a regular brand, you would have a hard time telling the difference. My girls or hubby has yet to say a word about the food tasting different. I purchased all of the My Essentials items below this past week and none of the products have high fructose corn syrup. Huge score since you are receiving a healthier item minus the increased price.

Food Lion gave me a $150 gift card to do my shopping. I came out of the store with a total of $158 spent. The grocery trip fulfilled all our grocery needs for the next two weeks. I was one happy mom!

Overall, I am a very pleased customer. It did take me a while to shop because I was looking for the high fructose corn syrup in every product but I was able to come away with several My Essential items, several quality meats and lots of fresh produce. Take your time, remember your budget and keep your meal plan in your hand. You can shop for less at Food Lion.

When I came home from shopping, I actually whipped up an easy recipe for my Mom’s birthday using two items from the My Essentials brand. Check out this easy German Chocolate cake that is so moist. It got raving reviews from everyone at the party.

YOU can experience the new lower prices at Food Lion.

GIVEAWAY

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Disclosure: I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central for Food Lion. I received a gift card and product kit to facilitate my review. All opinions and thoughts are of my own.

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Decorate your home with Glade – WIN!

March 22, 2012 By 52 Comments

Let’s face the music — air fresheners can bring a wonderful aroma into our house, but the packaging isnot always the prettiest. Well Glade® must’ve heard us moms across the U.S. because the new Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection is adorable!

In fact, the new Polka Dot Petals™ candle released a wonderful aroma in our house this weekend.

I didn’t have to compromise my style with the dispenser. This made for a very happy mom. As I had that extra bounce in my step, my husband just looked at me. He said: “So, is it the smell or the decor that has made you so happy?” — HA! The sun was shining in the windows, the candle was burning, and I was in full spring cleaning mode. I am not the only one that gets in these modes, right?

The extra cheer could possibly be coming from the Glade® packaging design. The Limited Edition Spring Collection offers fresh, exhilarating fragrances that are complemented by vibrant packaging design. In each of the rooms, I have placed a premium room spray. The packaging screams “WELCOME, SPRING!”

My favorite room spray is the Polka Dots Petals™. My husband is really enjoying the Magic Meadow™. He is a carpenter, so it would be expected in my opinion.

You can see for yourself — the Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection home fragrance products look as good as they smell.

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One lucky fan is going to win a Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection gift pack.

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2 Glade® Candle 4 oz. Jars and 3 Glade® Premium Room Sprays

Gift pack includes 2 Glade® Candle 4 oz. Jars and 3 Glade® Premium Room Sprays

Don’t forget to visit your local Food Lion and pick up the new Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection before they run out!

Contest ends April 1, 2012 at 11:59pm ET. United States Only.

Disclosure: This post is in conjunction with a partnership with Glade®. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

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New Strawberry Shortcake DVD Coloring Contest

March 20, 2012 By 1 Comment

Spring gets sweeter with two new whimsical adventures. On our road trip this weekend, the girls were having fun with the new adventures. I love that a childhood favorite of mine is back just in time to be a favorite of my girls. Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Brick Road and Strawberry Shortcake: Bloomin’ Berry Garden, blossomed on DVD earlier this month from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

First, Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Brick Road follows Strawberry and her friends as they retell the classic “Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”  When a cyclone blows Strawberry to the strange land of Oz, she runs into trouble with the Wicked Witch and must journey to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard how to find her way back home.

Next, Strawberry Shortcake: Bloomin’ Berry Garden shows that it’s time for garden growing fun with Strawberry and her friends as they prepare for the Spring Flower Festival!  But when magical sparkles make the Berrykins grow tall and the girls shrink down small, they discover that even when they’re tiny, they can make a big difference.

There are not many shows left in today’s society that is good clean family fun. The girls have watched the DVDs over and over this past weekend and have enjoyed telling their favorite parts to me. I would love for  you to experience the fun with your kids as well.

COLORING CONTEST

1. Print this coloring sheet. Have your little one color to their delight.

2. Once the coloring sheet is finished, submit photos of your child’s beautifully colored sheets via Twitpic (or your fave twitter photo tool) to @onemomsworld and @FoxHomeEnt, using the hashtag #StrawberryShortcake.

3. Fox Entertainment will then choose five of their favorite submissions, and those readers’ entries will be re-tweeted from @FoxHomeEnt and each will win both new Strawberry Shortcake DVDs described above! Pretty cool right?

Let the coloring begin. I can’t wait to see the beautiful artwork!

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Our worst hotel experience this weekend!

March 20, 2012 By 3 Comments

As a traveling family, we have stayed in several hotels. I could honestly say, we never had a bad hotel experience before this past weekend. This past weekend put that statement through the window unfortunately.

Our precious M had a clogging competition in Gatlinburg, TN. We are huge fans of Pigeon Forge, TN and would occasionally visit Gatlinburg on our trips. I only had minimal experience with hotels in the Gatlinburg area. I wanted to keep our trip as frugal as we could so I put a bid in at Priceline’s “Name your own price.” Let me just state, I will never use this feature again. We have had success in the past, but this trip put a heavy dark cloud over the past successful trips.

We get to our hotel and realize, it does not look like the pictures online. Sigh #1. We get our keys and drive to our room across the road. Once we open the door, we realize we have one queen size bed for 2 adults and 3 kids. Sigh #2. I run across the road and explain I put in the Priceline instructions, that we needed two double beds. The associate gives us another room. The room looks decent with a smell. We will deal with the smell since we will only be in the room to sleep. As we went to sleep that night, I just felt weird in the room. It’s just all in my head, I was thinking. I finally go to sleep only to wake up to a scratching noise. Sigh #3. I lay there a minute and start praying that I am just hearing noises. Sure enough, the scratching continues and it is right beside me in the nightstand. There are mice in our hotel room. Sigh #4. It is almost 6am in the morning so I hurry and start packing all our things. We are getting out of this room ASAP. As I am packing our things, the smoke alarm goes off in our room. I hurry and swoop up L to carry her, M and her friend start running outside down the halls. As I am running to follow them, I realize we are the only people running in the hotel. Sigh #5. Our alarm was the only one going off. At this point, I just start laughing.

After we get our things packed and in the vehicle, we head across the street to have a talk with the front desk.

Associate: “Do you have a pet with you?”

Me: “Well, actually no we do not.”

Associate: “Why are you in our pet hotel then?”

Me: “Your clerk is the one that put us over there.”

Associate: “Let me go show you a room we have over on this side of the property.”

I go check out the room. It is a little more decent and it is by the creek. I proceed to get hubby and the girls. We begin unpacking our things once again. The girls open the door to see the creek. We have a nice view of a run down hotel and pool. Sigh #6 Someone is outdoors smoking on their balcony and it immediately sets off L with an asthma attack. Sigh #7. We are all just bewildered by this point. Hubby and I vow to never ever stay in Gatlinburg, TN again. We will stay in Pigeon Forge, TN where the hotels are not run down and provide clean and classy rooms. What an experience!

By the way, this hotel was the Sydney James Mountain Lodge. This was our worst hotel experience as a traveling family.

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How can I revitalize the style in my home?

March 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

We are heading into a new season that promises to bring happiness and a fresh start on life — spring.
Many households are starting their spring cleaning and revitalizing their homes. How can you raise the bar on the style in your home?

You can freshen and enhance your home décor and wardrobes – without breaking the bank – with the season’s must-have accessories, including the new Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection fragrances for the home. Studies do not have to tell us that a clean and fresh smelling house can put you in a positive mood. It is just a fact that I know in my own life. Try it for yourself. It is amazing how your mood can do a 360 in a matter of minutes.

Glade has two new fragrances this season:

• Magic Meadow™ – Revitalizing scents of fresh grass, morning dew and white jasmine
(packaging in green and yellow).

• Polka Dot Petals™ – An invigorating melody of honeysuckle, lily of the valley and pineapple (packaging in bright pink and yellow).

Both stylish and modern, the Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection fragrances will fill your home with bouquets of fresh aromas to prepare for the blossoming flowers brought about by the changing seasons. The fragrances work with my brain. I smell the fragrances, raise the windows and immediately I am ready to take on the day. It gives me a new form of energy and an overall happier mood. You know what the old saying is: “If mom is happy, then everyone is happy.” My husband can attest to this particular saying. If I am in a good mood then the kids are in a good mood since they feed off my mood.

Take time, head to the store, and purchase the new Glade® Spring Collection. You will feel better, your family will feel better and your house will be ready to take on the new style of spring.

Disclosure: This post is in conjunction with a partnership with Glade®. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

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Need a little pick me up?

March 12, 2012 By 2 Comments

Spring is just around the corner – or at least I think so? One day we are experiencing temperatures in the 60s and the very next day we have 4 inches of snow on the ground. Can you tolerate the huge difference in temperatures or do you just wish the temperatures would moderate? Fortunately, I have lived in the mountains my entire life so I can tolerate the weather moodiness.

I do have good news for those of you tired of all the ups and downs of the weather! Try the Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection, available at your nearest Food Lion! The new scents are Magic Meadows™ and Polka Dot Petals™. Enhancing your home’s ambiance has never been easier or more affordable.

Available in 4 oz. candle jars, premium room sprays, scented oil candles and PlugIns® Scented Oil refills, Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection fragrances are a must-have this spring! They are cost-effective and stylish.

In fact, last week, I was able to see some of the other new Glade® products while I was in Nashville at BlissDom and the new Glade® Expressions Oil Diffuser caught my eye first thing. I love how Glade® is taking fragrance to the next level with design. This new diffuser is so trendy and modern – it masks the traditional room fresheners. The design is so me. The décor is different and yet beautiful all at the same time. It brings life into a room while keeping a room smelling so fresh.

Does this not look like a design you would see on Pinterest? I will be pinning this design immediately. It brings great joy to see a company like Glade® reach into the mom market and produce such trendy designs that we all can enjoy this spring season.

Head to the store now to bring in a breath of fresh air to your home. It will have you in a better mood in no time.

Disclosure: This post is in conjunction with a partnership with Glade®. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

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Trick to hide your hair elastic: with a bangle!

February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The fashion world has just released a cool accessory that you are going to love so much. The girls and I are always needing a hair tie so like everyone else in the country, we usually wear the hair ties around our wrist. How cool would it be to wear an accessory that conceals the hair tie?

Karin Zanella created hairbanglez, giving you a chic way to carry your spare hair tie. Just slip the elastic over your hairbanglez bracelet, and wear it alone or combined with other bangles.

I love the style and size of the bracelet. I have been wearing it for the last week and no one has even noticed that the hair tie is in the bracelet. When I am sitting in class or at the store, I just casually remove the hair tie and put up my hair.

The secret is safe with me. Choose from two bangle sizes: Skinny ($16) and Classic ($20), both available at www.hairbanglez.com. I love wearing the classic size and M loves wearing the skinny size. Karin, you are a genius. I wish I had this fashion accessory years ago, but totally enjoying this new fashion piece now!

Disclosure: I was provided two bracelets in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

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