Shabby Apple - Giveaway

We are finally getting warmer and warmer (Raleigh had 80 degree weather days earlier this week...). With warm weather come thoughts of wearing dresses instead of jeans and jackets. And I am totally excited about that.

So enter in Shabby Apple - beautiful dresses that are vintage inspired, stylish and affordable for women and little girls. And not only cute dresses to wear, their fitness line is perfect for yoga or running.

Check out this perfect dress, the Azure Coast Dress:

It's the perfect faux-wrap styling that fits all body types. And cute little girls' dresses? Check out this one:

If you want to win the Azure Coast dress, just leave a comment on this post! I will pick a winner on Friday, March 11. Winners must be US residents. And be sure to hop onto Facebook and like Shabby Apple there, click here.

Good luck!

Turbo Tax - Giveaway!

As most everyone knows, I am accountant by trade. I now work for Ray's company, Dream Living Realty as their accountant and office manager. Best decision ever by the way. As an accountant, most people assume I can do taxes. Um, yea, no. Yes, I took the required tax classes in college, but that's it.

At work, we use a great Intuit product, Quickbooks, to manage all the accounting for Dream Living Realty. Another great Intuit product this time of year? TurboTax.

TurboTax 2010 is the #1-rated, best-selling tax software from Intuit. Below are some highlights of what's new this year:

Greater Ease and Accuracy: Automatically transfer essential tax information from last year's return and from hundreds of thousands of employers and financial institutions. Instantly transfer data and simply confirm it's correct.

Customized Guidance and Recommendations: Unique GPS feature provides additional guidance and recommendations, based on each customer's individual tax situation. TurboTax recommends the deductions and credits that will help customers get their maximum refund.

Better, Faster Answers: Customers have easy ways to get answers to their questions, when and how they need them, including instant answers from other TurboTax users and tax experts online via the TurboTax Live Community.

And I have three (3) TurboTax online codes to file your taxes for free this year. The codes are redeemable at TurboTax.com and good for one free federal + state preparation and e-file with TurboTax Premier Online 2010. The codes are only valid through the 2010 tax season.

So if you want one, leave a comment. I will post the winners on Monday, March 7th. Good luck!

Giveaways...

As most of you know, I write for a Working Moms Blog. Another great Working Moms collaborative blog is Working Moms Against Guilt. And they are doing giveaways this week...go check them out!



And while you are clicking around, go check out Lookit! today for a review on something we all love, Chocolate...

The Fall Y'all Bloggy Giveaway - Circle of Friends

You would think it was Christmas here with all the Giveaways...make sure you check out yesterday's post as well...

Shannon from Bloggy Giveaways is hosting a Blogging Giveaway Carnival. I was asked a few weeks ago to review products from Circle of Friends. These products are specially formulated for children's sensitive skin and are sodium lauryl/laureth sulfate free. With Audrey having eczema, we have to be extra careful with the products we use on her skin.

And these products are great. We have not had an flareups with her eczema since using the bubble bath and their special line for eczema, Little Docs body wash and cream. We also received the shampoo that has worked great on Ashley's thick hair and it smells great too.

And these would make great stocking stuffers.

And I am giving away the Abebi's Safari Detangler and the Susie Root Beer Round Up Shampoo.

So here is what you do:
- Head over to their site and look around. I really like the sudsy sponges.
- Leave a comment here letting me know you want to be entered.
- I will leave comments open until Sunday night, November 4th, at midnight, EST. I will draw a winner using Random.org and post the winner on Monday. I will ship anywhere.

Good luck and make sure you check Shannon's site for more giveaways!

BOB Giveaway!!

Most of my family, including my husband, will tell you I am a little bit psycho about TV and the amount of time my kids watch TV. Growing up, I didn't watch TV except for Saturday morning cartoons. I was either outside playing in the sandbox, torturing my brother, reading books, or playing in my room. My imagination was vivid. Luckily, Ashley has taken my imagination. She will play for HOURS with figurines and dollhouses and such. When we left Disney last Friday, I had spur of the moment bought her a little Minnie Mouse Polly Pocket thing. She literally played with that the ENTIRE drive home. Seriously.

So with TV, I don't want my kids to watch much of it. Ideally, I would like to regulate it to only an hour a day. They watch TV in the mornings prior to breakfast. I know Ray turns it off while they eat. On Saturday and Sundays, we are a little lax about it, but it doesn't stay on all morning.

When we get home from work and school, if Ray isn't home already, I let them watch one 30 minute show while I get dinner ready. And then it's not on again, not even for Ray and I to watch the news. Ashley hears everything, and I really don't want her watching stuff she isn't ready to hear. Ray and I can catch the news after they go to bed.

When I got an email asking to review BOB, I was estatic. I had read other reviews about the product and knew what it did.

How BOB works:
- Plug it into anything that has a screen (TV, computer).
- You can manage up to six "users" on it.
- You set limits, either daily or weekly or hourly, and when the limit is reached, BOB shuts the TV or computer off.

It's really that easy. Will I be using this device? Absolutely. Great product, and guess what? You can win one right here....just leave a comment (I will leave comments open until Friday, November 2) and you will be entered into a drawing to receive a BOB device for free. Good for U.S. residents only, and I will use random.org to generate the winner. And if you mention this giveaway on your blog, that would be greatly appreciated!

And for those who don't win, BOB is offering $10 off and free shipping through 12/31/07. Just use FamilyStory as the code at checkout.