AK Bargain Hunter Holiday Giveaway Bash: 5.00 Fred Meyer Giftcard!

Okay, so after swallowing my pride and admitting I was broke and calling out to people to sponsor giveaways or write guest posts I was hyped thinking of all the way cool stuff I could give away to you folks.

And then I heard a echoing silence back at me.

Soooo, I refuse to be discouraged by the lack of interest *holds finger aloft with purpose*.  I decided to spread myself outward and go to different folks that I love their site/products/services and just out and out asked them if they'd sponsor a giveaway on the blog.  I'm still waiting to hear back on that, but in the meantime I decided to kick the giveaway off myself with a not-as-great-as-I-would-have-liked type of giveaway, but you can be assured that it is heartfelt (as will be all the giveaways I sponsor myself here) and while it's not a huge amount of money, I hope that it will reach the hands of someone who can use it this holiday season as I know a LOT of people are strapped to the extreme this year.

And so, I am giving away a 5.00 Fred Meyer Giftcard.  For those of you reading from the Lower 48, this card can also be used at any Kroger affiliated store, so yes you can enter too (I mean a stamp is a stamp to mail it so why not :).

To enter this giveaway is simple.  Just respond to this post, and if you read this far (because I've been sort of excited and not read the fine print either *laugh*) tell us when and if your Christmas decorations are going up or if they are up yet :).

This giveaway will start today (Nov. 19th, 2011) and go till Nov. 26th, 2011.  At that point I'll pick a winner via Random.org and the winner will have four days to get back to me or I'll be forced to pick a new winner.  Please, if possible, leave your e-mail in the following format....

someone (at) somewhere (dot) com

To avoid spam bots picking you up and allow ME to have a way to get back to you if you win.

This contest is open to legal residents of the USA so go for it people (if they have Fred Meyer/Kroger affiliates in Canada, feel free to enter too...I'm just plain not sure about that :).

Enjoy!

Winner of the Bishop's Attic II Gift Certificate!

So, I'm just not even going to beat around the bush since I still have to announce the next giveaway here *laugh*.  The winner of the Bishop's Attic II gift certificate (courtesy of Random.org) is...

SugarKitties (rubyslippers@....)

You should have recieved an e-mail with further instructions to claim your prize.  Congrats!

Now onto the next giveway!

24 Hour Giveaway! 10.00 Gift Certificate, Bishop's Attic II...

"Hello, my name is Erika and I am a Bishop's Attic junkie"

Seriously, I've always loved shopping at used stores since I moved to Alaska and my mother-in-law introduced me to bargain shopping.  But, since moving to Palmer, I have to say (and this is totally unbiased) that after finding Bishop's Attic, I'm hooked on that used store.

Bishop's Attic, of all used stores, has the best selection of items, some awesome sales and their prices either stay competitive with other used stores, or (more so in my experience) beat them.

Now for nay sayers who say you can't get anything GOOD at used stores, I'd like to say that if you shop used stores often you can pick up BRAND NEW items still in the packaging and you can get them cheap.  Just in the last month I've gotten two pairs of brand new Gap jeans at Bishop's attic for 2.00 and some change...can't beat that.  And I got some brand new packaged Christmas gifts yesterday (pictures to come a little later when I get my table cleaned off) to add to the Christmas stockpile.

Bishop's Attic II, in Palmer, was the first business to get back to me about doing a giveaway to celebrate our one year birthday, so I thought it fair to give them first spot on the giveaway train =).

So, starting today, April 18th 8:47 am till tommorrow April 19th at 8:47 am, there will be a giveaway for a 10.00 Bishop's Attic II gift certificate.  The winner will be picked randomly (of course).

How to enter?  Just leave a comment after this post.  If possible PLEASE leave your e-mail so that I can get in contact with you quickly and to make the entire process go faster, but leave it in this format....

alaskanbargainhunter (at) gmail (dot) com

If you put it in that format you won't get hit by spam bots that cruise the internet looking for unsuspecting e-mails to spam :).  But, it is all up to you if you want spam or not.  If you do not wish to leave your e-mail, just please make sure you are around tommorrow to find out if you are a winner so that I can get your prize mailed off as quickly as possible.

If I fail to hear from the winner by 4/20 I will pick a new winner.

So, there you have it folks.  You have 24 hours to perform this mission, if you choose to accept it.  The hostess of this giveaway will now abandon her computer in search of coffee.  Good luck agents ;)

Sneak Peak of Upcoming Events...

And hey, great news!  I'm actually feeling human today!  Yes, believe it or not, that's big news to me *laugh*.

So, I promised a "sneak peak" into up and coming events this upcoming week.  I was going to just out and out announce this tommorrow, but I want to give people time to "prep their fingers" and prepare their computers *laugh*.  That and I was worried the "big news" would get buried under the weekly deals (as a lot of things seem to) and I wanted to make sure this got a "spotlight" on it.

So, what is the big news?  Wellllll as any obsessive compulsive fan of this blog would know (seriously, no I didn't even remember the specifics and had to look it up myself), tommorrow we turn ONE!  Wooooo!!!  *Pumps fist in air*  Yay!!!!!   It sure doesn't feel like a year has passed to tell the truth, but we made it already =).

To celebrate this momentous occasion, I went to local businesses in the area and put together not one day, not two, but a week's worth of giveaways for you (and we have got some very nice ones too :).  So, starting tommorrow there is going to be a week of giveaways.  Each giveaway will be 24 to 48 hours (well one will be 48 hours long and trust me when we get there you'll see why) and YES, if you're that lucky you can win multiple giveaways.  I think I figured out a good way to do things and to let people know if they won and what not, but I'll get into that tommorrow when I put everything into effect.

These giveaways are going to be for Alaskan's only (obviously since who else is going to need things like gift certificates and what not from our local businesses?), but trust me you're going to want to pop in your head to enter these.

And, no, I'm not getting anything out of this (unless you include me paying shipping, but that wouldn't make sense would it *laugh*).  I recieved 100% no compensation from any of these businesses.  I just went asking for stuff to give to you lucky people. 

So, in short, we're turning one tommorrow so LET'S PARTY!!!!

New Alaskan Bargain Hunter Giveaway:

Direct from my e-mail, how's this for an introduction...

"No matter how you slice it, the two newest dessert-inspired flavors from Yoplait Light can help curb those sweet cravings that can hit after lunch and dinner.

If you´re looking to side-step familiar decadent treats while keeping calorie counts in check, Yoplait Light and Yoplait Light Thick & Creamy can help. Now there are two new ways to outsmart temptations with Red Velvet Cake and Blueberry Pie, two new taste bud-tantalizing Yoplait yogurt flavors debuting in the dairy aisle this month (Yoplait Light offers 32 total delicious flavors).

With a smooth and creamy texture and 100 fat-free calories in each 6 oz. cup, Yoplait Light and Light Thick & Creamy can help keep you on track with your goals. In addition, each serving contains 20 percent of the recommended daily value of calcium and vitamin D. The classic sweet-inspired flavors, Yoplait Light Red Velvet Cake and Yoplait Light Thick & Creamy Blueberry Pie can help to help satisfy your cravings for dessert without the excessive calories."

Makes you hungry just reading it doesn't it?  With winter winding down (I hope) and spring coming soon, I'm sure a lot of you, like me are thinking about getting out, getting active this summer and maybe hoping to lose a few pounds while doing it.  To help you do this, Yoplait yogurt, through MyBlogSpark are going to help YOU fight temptation until we see the green grass again *laugh*.  Yoplait yogurt, through MyBlogSpark, were nice enough to give me and one of my lucky readers an "Outsmarting Temptation" gift pack.  The gift pack includes an insulated lunch tote, some travel utensils, a VIP coupon for a free Yoplait Light Yogurt (so you can try one of the new flavors...you only get one free yogurt by the way, even though the picture above shows two) and a food journal.

I got my kit in the mail yesterday and my daughter is in love with insulated lunch tote (looks like a purse *laugh*) and my son loves to play with the travel utensils.  One of these days I'll get to take a closer look at this kit (when my kids get tired of it), but I'll tell you what.  I thoroughly enjoyed my free yogurt I bought today with my Free VIP coupon!

Would you like a kit like the one above for your very own?  Well, to enter the contest is easy.  Today, March 11th through March 19th, just leave a comment after this post and tell us what new flavor of Yoplait (or heck older flavor of Yoplait) you'd get with your special VIP coupon.  Simple as that!

I'll pick a winner on March 20th at which point I'll either A) E-mail the winner (if they leave an e-mail) or announce the winner and you'll have to e-mail me ASAP so I can pass the information along to MyBlogSpark.  Per usual I'll pick a winner via the good old random method of Random.org.

If I fail to hear from the winner by March 21st, I'll pick a new winner.  This contest is open to all legal residents of the USA, so go for it people!  And good luck!

Winner of the Alaskan Bargain Hunter Giveaway!

See, I told you I'd be on top of this *laugh*.  Thanks to all those who participated!  I'm especially pleased with the turn out for such a short period of time giveaway!

And now, without further ado, the winner of the 25.00 Kroger giftcard is....

kim!

EDIT:  Kim J. is the winner of the contest.  I completely spaced that there were two Kims that joined.  Sorry for the confusion!  I e-mailed the winner and she got back to me and then I realzied there's another Kim on the list.

DOUBLE EDIT:  What the...darn it!  Blogger didn't post up my "I screwed up with two Kims post" until like five minutes ago!  ARRGGGGHHHHH!!!  I'm super sorry to the other Kim!  If you e-mail me your address I'll send a follow up prize as an apology!
Congrats, Kim!  Be sure to e-mail me your address, so that I can get the giftcard out to you pronto (and by the way MyBlogSpark overnighted my Kroger card yesterday and it came today!  How's that for service!  So, hopefully you'll get yours in time to shop this sale!).  Thanks to all those who participated, once again, and don't worry!  I'm going to post up a new giveaway (this one with a little bit longer time limit *laugh*) in a few hours.  So, be sure to join that one =).

And now, onto the rest of the day!

24 Hour Giveaway! 25.00 Kroger giftcard!

Spread the news like a forest fire people, if you want your friends and family to get in on this giveaway.  The time frame for this giveaway is TIGHT, so I'm going to try my darndest to get this card given away as quickly as possible (how tight?  They overnighted my 25.00 Kroger card...that's telling you how tight the time frame is).

Kroger and General Mills through My BlogSpark would like you to know about the Cartbuster Sales Event going on at the Kroger Family of stores through this Sunday, March 14th.  To help to promote this event, Kroger and General Mills through MyBlogSpark are providing me and one lucky reader a 25.00 Kroger card to shop this event (quickly *laugh*).  Here's some of the details taken from the e-mail MyBlogSpark sent me on the event...

"From now through March 14th, shop the Cart Buster Savings Event and find the hottest prices around on your favorite name-brand products in over 60 categories at the Kroger Family of Stores, which includes Kroger, Ralph´s, King Soopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith´s, Fry´s, QFC, Baker´s, Owen´s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Pay Less Super Markets and Scott´s Food & Pharmacy.

Here are just a few of the great brands participating in the event: Honey Nut Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Hamburger Helper, Yoplait, Progresso, Totino´s, Green Giant, Cascadian Farm, Tide, Charmin, Bounty, Pampers, Pantene, Crest, Iams, Febreze, Old Spice and many more! "
 
So from today, March 10th 4:00 pm through March 11th at 4:00 pm, you can enter this great giveaway for a 25.00 Kroger giftcard!  I'm sure, if you win, that your card will be overnighted, but since we ARE in Alaska and overnight means 2 days, I want to make sure that you'll get your card by Sunday.  So, sorry for the REALLY tight timeframe on the giveaway!  But, seriously, let's be nice to General Mills and Kroger...what's the point of advertising an event if you can't get your advertising to do what you want it to?  If they want you to have the 25.00 giftcard (should you win) by this Sunday than darn it I'm going to try to help them out =).
 
So, just be sure if you enter this that you'll be online when the winner is announced so that you can get me your e-mail ASAP, so that I can get it to MyBlogSpark pronto and hopefully you'll get your card really really fast.  If the winner (and shame on you if you don't answer my call for your address ;), fails to appear by March 12th, I'll pick another winner (the winner per usual will be chosen randomly via Random.org).
 
There are three ways to enter this contest!
 
1)  Leave a comment after this post saying what you'd "Bust Your Cart" with at this sales event if you should win the 25.00 giftcard.
 
2)  Become a Fan of The Alaskan Bargain Hunter on Facebook  If you are already a fan, please leave a separate post saying so.
 
3)  Follow the blog via Google Followers or via RSS feed.  If you do so please leave a separate comment saying so.

This giveaway is open to legal residents of the USA, so go for it!
 
Thanks for your understanding on the quick turn around on this giveaway and good luck to everyone!

Late but not forgotten...The Winner of the AK Bargain Hunter Giveaway!

Ha *points fingers at you all* YOU thought I had forgotten to get a winner for the Purex 3-in-1 Laundry sheets DIDN'T you?!?  Well *ahem* you would be right *laugh*.  I completely spaced what day it was until I was filling out paperwork for my son this morning and went "Huh...there was something else I had to do today" and it hit me when we were in the middle of shopping.  Whoops! 

My only excuse is that things have been super duper uber busy around here...to the point of insanely busy.  I'll have to take a picture of the thermostat guard my husband had to put on tonight...my son has discovered there are buttons on it and no matter how I barricaded it, he just thought it was a challenge to get through it.  I have had my house down to about 62 before I realized that something was wrong and had it up to as hot as 80 degrees before I was trying to figure out why it felt like a sauna in here.  Ahhh, children *laugh* they are never boring.  I've felt like I was part of the "National Thermostat Guard" the last week.

Bright side *points finger in air* tommorrow is the LAST running I have to do for a while (taking the kids to the dentist for their 6 month check up), so that'll be a LOAD off my mind (and work load period).  Because I forgot about their appointment I'm going to do a general "prep and defrost" day tommorrow and then doing my mass cooking and baking day on Wednesday (since I'm going to be baking bread and the LAST thing you want to do is take off in the middle of a rise and find out that you're delayed by a couple of hours or something).  So, another bright point to that this is that I'll be able to actually DO the weekly deals as well!  Yay!

And now that you are all ready to form a lynch mob to force me to share the results of Random.org's fine number generator thingie, without further ado...the winner of the Purex 3-in-1 Laundry sheets is....*Drum roll*...

Twinmom!

Please e-mail me ASAP (since you didn't leave me one that'll work when I reply to it...very odd...I will try again tommorrow though) and let me know your address, and prefferred scent of laundry sheet, so that I can mail off your laundry sheets to you.  Thanks to all that participated!

And stay tuned!  There's another giveaway coming up soon enough!

Winner of the "Alaskan Bargain Hunter" 50.00 giftcard giveaway!

Wow...I think that almost takes the prize as the longest subject line I've ever done *laugh*. 

First, I'd once again like to thank Fiber One and Safeway, through MyBlogSpark, for giving me the opportunity to host such an awesome giveaway! 

And now onto the part that you've all been waiting for.  I went to Random.org, put the numbers into the widget thingie annnnnnndddd the winner is....

mya2010!

You should be recieving an e-mail soon giving you instructions on what you need to do to claim your prize.  Congratulations!  Thanks to all those who participated!

72 Hour Giveaway: 50.00 Safeway giftcard!

Ooooooo...I'm doing something fancy this time around!  A 72 hour giveaway (as a way to reward you blog readers who actually do keep track of the blog on a regular basis and just because it's fun!).

Safeway and Fiber One Yogurt, through MyBlogSpark, were kind enough to mail me a coupon for a free VIP coupon for Fiber One Yogurt, so that I could try it and review it, and also a free 50.00 Safeway giftcard to help me to "stock up on Fiber One Yogurt".

I didn't do the later, but I did go to the store tonight and get my free thing of Fiber One Yogurt (remember, they are on sale through Feb. 9th at Carrs for 2/4.00!).  All I can safely say about the yogurt was that it tasted like yogurt.  You couldn't tell there was any added fiber to it at all.  The texture was very uh..."yogurty" (that's a word now you know ;) and it tasted just like plain ol' yogurt to me.  Even my daughter ate it and I swear that child has built in radar that says "this is good for you...don't eat it!!!".  So, I was happy with the experience.

Not only did Safeway and Fiber One, through MyBlogSpark, send me a 50.00 Safeway giftcard and the free VIP coupon, they were also nice enough to let me offer a giveaway for a 50.00 Safeway giftcard to one of my lucky blog readers!  So, this is going to be cool!

To enter the contest you can get entries 4 different ways...

1.  Leave a comment after this post (simple)

2.  Follow my blog (through Google Followers or via RSS feed).  Be sure to leave an extra comment saying you are a follower and how you follow the blog.

3.  Become a fan of the blog on Facebook  (ooooo...spiffy ;).  Leave a separate comment saying you are.

4.  Blog about the giveaway and leave a comment with the link to your blog post about the giveaway.

The giveaway will start today, February 5, 2010 and go through February 8th, 2010.  On February 9th, I'll choose a winner via Random.org and post up the winner.  The winner will then have till February 11th to get in contact with me with their mailing address (so I can forward said information onto MyBlogSpark), or I will pick a new winner. 

This contest is for all legal residents of the United States, so go to town people!  Enjoy and good luck!

New AK Bargain Hunter Giveaway!

And, my apologies to everyone, but this one is going to be SUPER DUPER long because I'm not going to be able to afford shipping costs this month or in February...but it'll be worth it for you to enter anyway!

So, who wants to try Purex Complete 3-in-1 Laundry sheets? Who loves them and wants a free container of them? Show of hands?

Starting today January 12th, 2010 and going through February 28, 2010 I will be giving away a free container of Purex Complete 3-in-1 Laundry sheets in "Clean" or "Tropical" scent. On March 1st I'll pick a winner via Random.org and post the winner, who will then have till March 3rd to get back to me with their mailing information or I'll pick a new winner.

I have tried these (on limited items since my son has eczema) and they are pretty darn cool things! They have your laundry detergent, fabric softener and anti-static agent all in one sheet (think Bounce Dryer Bar, but with an added step built in :). You just transfer it from the washer to the dryer with your laundry and just pick it out as you are folding said laundry to throw it away. Easy peazy! No more worrying about forgetting the fabric softener again!

So, anyhow, how do you enter? Easy! There are three ways to enter!

Just leave a comment after this post for one entry. Or, if the form doesn't work (since I've gotten complaints about that before on Blogger), just e-mail me via the e-mail link on the right hand side of the blog with your name/handle you want to use and I'll put you in the kiddie to win as well for one entry.

You can get an additional entry by becoming a follower of the blog (if you are please mention in a separate comment that you are a follower).

And you can get one more entry by subscribing to the blog via the RSS feed (either in a reader or over e-mail). If you already do this please mention in the comments section which one you do, so that you can get your third entry.

This contest is for Alaskans only (because those suckers are sort of heavy and I don't want to pay 20.00 to ship a 2.50 thing of laundry sheets. Sorry folks!), so go to town! Enjoy and have fun!

"New" winner to the Alaskan Bargain Hunter Giveaway...

Well, I waited until midnight last night, but never recieved an e-mail back from our previous winner (via special e-mail or reply to the e-mail I sent out the day I picked the winner), never got an acknowledgement on the blog about e-mailing me or anything, so I have to assume that the other winner missed out on the prize this time. Sorry to cindymotherof4!

So, I reimput everyone into the kiddy (I forgot to mention this last time, BUT if you ever have problems joining in the form on the blog just e-mail me with your information and stuff and I'll put you into the contest that way. 5 people ended up getting joined up for the contest this time around that way :). I then went to Random.org and imput the numbers and the new winner of the contest is...

Theresa (via e-mail)

I've e-mailed you to let you know you won and asked for your address. If I don't hear back from the winner (I put this in the e-mail too) by midnight January 12th, I'll pick yet another winner. Thanks, once again, to all those who participated!

Winner of the Alaskan Bargain Hunter Giveaway...

Well, after a grueling three minutes to go to Random.org and imput the numbers in, I now have a winner of the free cereal coupon!

And the winner is *drum roll*....

cindymotherof4!

Thanks to all others who participated! So, Cindy, please get me your addy ASAP and I'll mail off your coupon! Congrats!

Last Day to Enter Alaskan Bargain Hunter Giveaway!

Just wanted to give a "head's up" to anyone who might want free cereal, that the contest for said free coupon for free cereal ends Jan 6th (as in today), so if you want to enter, do so! Just click HERE for the details! Enjoy!

New Alaskan Bargain Hunter Giveaway!

The very nice people at "My Blog Spark" and "General Mills Cereal" were very kind enough to send me some coupons for free cereal to help and promote the "newer, cooler and healthier" cereals that General Mills is making. Here...I'm going to take this direct from my e-mail (since they get paid to say this stuff, so it's more eloquent than I could make it ;)...

"We´re excited to share some great news for cereal lovers. This week General Mills announced a commitment to further reduce sugar in cereals advertised to kids under 12 to single digit grams of sugar per serving. The company has already been reducing sugar in cereals while increasing key nutrients, such as calcium and vitamin D, and providing whole grain.

Did you know that ready-to-eat cereal eaters consume less fat, less cholesterol and more fiber than non-cereal eaters? Cereals also deliver important vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients, making cereal a top source of key nutrients in children´s diets.

Other cereal benefits:

*Ready-to-eat cereals, including presweetened cereals, account for only 5% of sugar in children´s diets.

*Ready-to-eat cereal is the No. 1 source of whole grains in a child´s diet today.

*More frequent cereal eaters tend to have healthier body weights and lower Body Mass Index measures.

Studies also demonstrate the benefits of eating breakfast. A 1998 study showed that children who eat breakfast tend to perform better at school. Compared to children who skip breakfast, children who eat breakfast score higher on tests, are less likely to miss class or be tardy, have fewer reported discipline problems, and make fewer trips to the office.

For more information about kids and cereals, please visit Cereal Health and Wellness.

Right now if you visit here you will find a $1 off coupon for one of four General Mills cereals."

Through this spark, I was not required to "share" as it were. All they asked is if I wanted to they wanted me to write a post about how they helped me bring breakfast back to the table and how much healthier the cereal is and stuff.

But, since I know money is tight for everyone, everywhere right now, I figured I'd be nice. I KNOW it's not a big giveaway, but considering my current financial "Crunch" this is something I can do and afford without wondering how I'm going to swing it. Starting today, Dec. 30th and going until January 6th, you can enter this contest for a free coupon for one free box of General Mills Cereal (up to 6.00, so that should buy you anything you want and it doesn't expire until Sept. 2010, so you have time to use it too...just a note though you can't use it on double packs or anything like that :).

I want to thank General Mills and "My Blog Spark" for sponsoring this giveaway and for sending me these awesome coupons! And trust me, I will be using mine very soon to get some cool, and free, breakfasts for me and my family this coming January!

To enter, just leave a comment after this post. On January 7th, I'll pick a winner via random.org and since the sucker only takes a stamp to send, I'll send it off ASAP as soon as I have an e-mail with your address in it. This giveaway is open to all legal residents of the US, so go for it! If I don't hear anything by January 9th, I'll pick a new winner.

Sorry I couldn't offer a more "substantial" giveaway for January, but hopefully after February, when I'm in better financial shape, I'll have more to offer you all.

Want to win a cookbook?

Okay, so I'm a cooking nerd! If you are a fan of "5.00 Dinners", a website where the idea is, oddly enough, doing dinners that cost 5.00 to make (up here it usually equates to a BIT more due to the standard of living). Right now there is a contest to win the "5.00 Dinner Mom Cookbook" and get this! The nice lady who runs the site is giving away 10 copies per DAY! So, chances of winning are actually increased from like next to nil!!! So, if you want to enter this contest (you can enter once per day too!), go...

HERE and enter! I know I did =).

Enjoy all!

Winner of the "Alaskan Bargain Hunter" giveaway!

Since I'm going to be spending most of my day offline today, I figured I'd better do this super quickly tonight so I don't have to worry about it in the "morning, morning". So, I went to Random.org, imputed the numbers into the little thingamajiggie and got a number. Soooooo, the winner of the full sized bottle of "Skin MD Natural" is...

Slightly Hippieish Mama!

Please e-mail your address as soon as you can (I'll fire off an e-mail as soon as I can get G-mail to pull up...well anything right now would be good) and I will pass the information along to the nice people at Skin MD so they can mail off your product.

Thanks to all those who participated!

24 Hours of Giveaways over at Money Saving Mom!

Money Saving Mom aka Crystal Paine is sponsoring 24 hours of giveaways this fine day! For your chance to enter numerous giveaways for things like a 50.00 Safeway giftcard, a 50.00 Wal-Mart giftcard, etc. just Head on over to Money Saving Mom and check out all the giveaways. You can enter all of the giveaways just by leaving a comment and there are other ways to get additional entries as well! I hope one of you guys win stuff!

Enjoy!

New Alaskan Bargain Hunter Giveaway!

I was going to announce this after the 10.00 challenge was up, buuuuuuttt I figure what the heck, let's do it a few days early!

Do you have dry skin (and in this state in winter, let alone other states, who doesn't)? Would you like to try a product that is getting rave reviews? I knew you would ;). This is where Skin MD, a new "smarter" (as I like to call it ;) moisturizer comes in. This stuff will protect your skin from the harsh day to day chemicals that your skin gets exposed to (from toys, crayons, carpet, among others listed) and will help to heal dry, cracked skin. Since I'm constantly doing dishes, as I'm sure a lot of you are, and running around in the nasty dry cold we're having this winter (and I'm sure since it's winter everywhere you all know what I'm talking about), I thought this would be a very appropriate giveaway. Here's the skinny on Skin MD, which is actually a "shielding lotion", that the company sent me (since they describe things so much better than I would)...

"A shielding lotion is unlike any other conventional, artificial moisturizers because it works with the skin to naturally moisturize and heal. Most conventional, artificial moisturizers only add moisture to the surface of the skin, but do little to repair the skin’s natural barrier against moisture robbing irritants. Continued use of artificial moisturizers can cause the skin to actually begin producing less of its own natural oils, thinking that the skin has enough moisture. This can cause skin to form a dependence on the moisturizer for hydration. Skin MD Natural breaks the dry skin cycle by working to help restore skin’s natural protective abilities by bonding to the outer layer of skin, strengthening skins natural barrier against toxins and irritants that can dry the skin, while locking in the skin’s natural oils.

Made in the US using high quality natural ingredients making it over 90% all natural. All ingredients are considered to be of food grade and are also on the FDA's most safe list. It is free of harmful fragrances, parabens, and colorants making it hypoallergenic. We don't participate in animal testing nor does the lotion contain any animal products."

I have personally seen this in action where people's skin gets addicted to a certain moisturizer and they literally can't stop using it or their skin will immediately dry out something horrible. I had a friend of mine whose doctor literally had to wean her off of a moisturizing lotion before it completely destroyed her skin. So, this product massively intrigued me. And since I'm one of those lucky people that have naturally sensitive skin (as well as my kids and my husband), I'm eager to try this product. And you should be to!

If you'd like to see more information about this product, not to mention rave reviews from mom's the world over, go HERE to read more.

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Food Stamp Challenge recap...

Ooopsie. I know I sort of slid the last couple of days on giving a recap on what I ate, but with Halloween and all...it's been super busy here.

Anyway, let's do that quick recap shall we?

The last couple of days I've had coffee for breakfast with Orange Rolls (mmmm...orange rolls). I'm doing my best to make those last. I love those things.

For lunches I had Kashi cereal one day (well today), PB & Honey yesterday and a boiled egg the day before (wasn't really hungry the last couple of days what can I say)

Dinners: So far I've consumed...

The Pasta with Pumpkin and Sausage which to put it quite honestly was ucky. I did not like this at all, but I ate it. It calls for spices and I put those in, and I put the sausage in just like they said and everything and it STILL came out tasting like nothing. Seriously. The taste was not there. So, I had really grody orange pasta with a bite of sausage here and there. I won't be making it again.

We had crab last night with "True Lemon" mixed with butter and I used the leftover crab tonight to make Crab Rolls instead of lobster rolls. Eh...it wasn't BAD, but wasn't great either. For one I didn't get to make my home made potato chips like I wanted because it was getting too late, so I settled with white rice instead (which makes the sandwich taste sort of bland). The pickles were EXCELLENT with it. I also missed the "crunch and tang" of the fresh scallions, but the frozen onions weren't BAD defrosted in it. The biggest thing was that the lobster in the traditional rolls is much meatier so you get big chunks of meat. With the crab...eh...it would work better with King Crabmeat for sure. Overall, it was a bit of a disappointment, but it wasn't BAD by any stretch of the imagination.

I did go shopping (since I'm on a new week and thus another 34.47 would be rolling in I'm not going to worry too much about totals). All I got for groceries this week was 1 half gallon of milk (.79 after 1.00/2 coupon from Organic Valley), 1 quart chocolate milk (.39 after same coupon as before...don't ask me why this was cheaper than I got it last time...I don't have a CLUE how these things are reduced sometimes) a loaf of Ororowheat bread (reduced to 1.47), 1 dozen eggs .99, 1 bunch of bannanas (.89 since I only got 2...my kids haven't been big on eating these lately), 1 thing of yogurt (.29 reduced...smoothies are looking awesome this week with the other two things of yogurt I have), 6 "string cheese" .60 at the Wasilla Reopening sale, 1 can of tomato soup .12 at same sale...and yeah that was about it. We'll see how the rest of my "two week challenge" goes here, but I'm thinking I'm going to make it just fine =).

And that is what I've had for food and shopping the last couple of days. I'm going to see if I can get my daughter to go to sleep for the night (darn daylight savings time making me tired), so I will say enjoy the evening!