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Avery School & Office Supply Giveaway

Karen Weideman — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:55:39 +0000

School has been in progress and hopefully everyone is used to their new schedules. We’re celebrating with a giveaway from Avery Dennison.

This giveaway includes great stuff like Hi-Liters, labels, GlueStics, binders, dividers,sheet protectors, Marks-a-Lot permanent markers, and t-shirt transfers. The gift basket has a retail value of over $50!

Avery recently partnered with Box Tops for Education. Now, when you purchase Avery school supplies for the new academic year you also receive Box Tops coupons to clip and return to your child’s school to be redeemed for cash. Each school then uses the cash at their discretion to purchase new supplies, fund programs, or buy much-needed equipment, computers, etc.

I know you’d like to win this great prize package from Avery. As usual, I have several ways for you to earn entries. Of course, the more times you enter, the higher your odds of winning. Here are your options:

1) Leave a comment with something other than “enter me”. Tell me about the school supplies you like or a housekeeping or saving money tip.

2) Tweet about this giveaway on twitter. There is an easy tweet button to your right. Be sure to leave your twitter name or status url in the comment box. You can earn 3 tweet entries per day.

3) Follow @thriftymommy on twitter.

4) Blog about this giveaway or mention it on some sort of forum. Leave a direct url so that I can easily find the info for your entry.

5) Give this post a thumbs up on Stumble Upon, Digg It, add a link on Facebook, or some other way of promoting the giveaway.

6) Add Keeping the Castle and/or Thrifty Mommy to your blogroll.

You can earn entries for each of these things that you do. Please leave a separate comment for each one. It just makes it easier for tallying entries and choosing a winner.

This contest ends Sunday, September 27, 2009. Winners will be contacted via email and will have 72 hours to respond.

Good luck everyone!

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Live Free for a Year Sweepstakes

Karen Weideman — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:09:49 +0000

Burlington Coat Factory is giving customers a chance to have their housing payments paid in-full for one year through their Live Free for Year sweepstakes. Burlington Coat Factory will pay up to $20,000 towards the winner’s principal and interest payments for a home mortgage or residential rent payments for one year.

The Live Free for a Year sweepstakes began on Monday, July 6th and closes at the end of business on Wednesday, September 9th. To enter, visit a Burlington Coat Factory store for an entry form or mail in a postcard to the address shown on the official rules page. No purchase is necessary to enter the contest.

If you’re like me, it would be very beneficial to win this contest. Having the mortgage payments made for a year would enable us to pay off debt and to pay additional principal on our house. We might even get to take a vacation!

“Money is tight for most consumers, and while Burlington Coat Factory offers budget-friendly prices that are easy on the wallet everyday, we wanted to do something special for one of our customers,” says Garry Graham, Burlington Coat Factory’s SVP of Marketing. “Through the Live Free for a Year sweepstakes, we will help one lucky customer in a very real and meaningful way.”

Good luck everyone!

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Lands’ End Summer Fun Giveaways

Karen Weideman — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:11:42 +0000

Recently, Lands’ End held a giveaway for their Facebook fans. It went so well that they have decided to have Summer Fun Giveaways each week all summer long!

To enter, you must first become a Lands’ End Facebook fan. Then enter by clicking a form that will be posted on the wall. The contest will be announced each Friday and contestants may enter once a day through midnight CST Sunday to win. There will be one winner each weekend who will be notified on Monday. Below are the prizes for each week.

July 17: Lighthouse Golf Bag and towel

July 24: Teak Adirondack Chair and pillow

August 7: Summer Fun Tote

August 14: Kids Flower Adirondack Chair

August 21: Denim Bean Bag

August 28: Luggage Set

I’d like to win some of these prizes for my house. Which prize do you like the most?

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Sale on GE Stainless Steel Appliances

Karen Weideman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:27:19 +0000

GE is having a sale on their stainless steel appliances. You can buy select GE Stainless Steel Appliances for the same price as their regular appliances until July 6, 2009 at participating retailers. For a limited time, select stainless steel appliances are the same price as white, black, or bisque. It’s like getting an upgrade for free!

To celebrate the sale, GE has created a funny “Strong as Steel” video. The exercise routine in the video uses GE kitchen appliances as workout equipment and features The Biggest Loser’s Alison Sweeney.

GE is also giving away a dream vacation. Visit the GE website for more information.

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$100 Lands’ End Giveaway at Thrifty Mommy

Karen Weideman — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:09:56 +0000

Thrifty Mommy is giving away $100 gift card for Lands’ End. To enter, you simply need to leave a comment telling which item from Lands’ End you would like to have or why you like their clothing. There are also additional entry possibilities available.

The contest ends Sunday, June 14, 2009. Good luck!

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Wisk Laundry HE Detergent Giveaway

Karen Weideman — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:02:57 +0000

Now there is a great online resource to learn more about High Efficiency (H∙E) detergents and washing machines. Thanks to Wisk, you can visit LaundryHE.com which will provide helpful tips from experts on how to improve your laundry experience. Did you know . . . more suds and bubbles does not mean cleaner clothes? It means more residue and build up on your clothes. This is the kind of helpful information you will find at the Wisk H∙E site.

If you’re interested in trying Wisk HE, you can download a $2 coupon from the laundryhe.com site. Simply click on the site and at the top toolbar, choose Try Wisk HE.

And now for the giveaway! One person can win a bottle of the Wisk HE detergent. There are several ways to enter the contest. Pick any of the options below. Just remember to leave a comment for each one you’ve completed.

1) Leave a comment.

2) Follow @thriftymommy on twitter.

3) Add Keeping the Castle and/or Thrifty Mommy to your blogroll. You can earn a separate entry for each.

4) Tweet about the giveaway. You can earn up to three tweet entries per day. Be sure to leave a status link here or to include @thriftymommy in your tweet.

This contest ends May 24 and is available only to those with a U.S. address. The winner will be contacted via email and will have 72 hours to respond.

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Bright Green Giveaway at Thrifty Mommy

Karen Weideman — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:25:47 +0000

Just in time for Earth Day, I’m giving away some Earth friendly products at Thrifty Mommy. Included in the giveaway is an attractive reusable canvas bag and some coupons for Bright Green cleaning products.

Bright Green is a new line of home care products featuring cleaning and laundry soaps made with biodegradable and naturally derived ingredients, energy-efficient light bulbs and paper products made from 100% recycled content. The Bright Green products are sold exclusively at Safeway stores.

To enter the giveaway, leave a comment at Thrifty Mommy.

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Tootsie Roll Giveaway

Karen Weideman — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:19:37 +0000

Since its launch in 1896, Tootsie Industries has grown to become one of the country’s largest candy companies, with a lineup that includes some of the world’s most popular candy, chocolate, and bubble gum brands. Some of those brands include Tootsie Rolls, Tootsie Roll Pops, Sugar Babies, Andes, Charms, and more.

Tootsie Roll is one of my absolute favorite candies, so I was pretty excited when they contacted me about hosting a giveaway!!!! And I really enjoy putting free stuff into your hands too!

How would you like to receive all this?!?!? The winner of this giveaway may choose a traditional or Easter-themed candy pack.

“The world looks mighty good to me, ’cause Tootie Rolls are all I see. Whatever it is I think I see, becomes a Tootsie Roll to me.” Ok, sorry. I was reminiscing there. Now, on to the giveaway!

There are many ways to enter this contest. You can choose as many as you’d like.

You can earn an entry for each item you complete, but you must leave a separate comment for each one. It just makes it easier to tally and pick a random winner.

1) Leave a comment telling me why you’d like to win this prize package or tell me which Tootsie products are your favorite.

2) Give this post a thumbs up at Stumble Upon and leave your Stumble name.

3) Tweet this post and leave your Twitter name or status url. To retrieve your Twitter status url, simply click on the timestamp of your tweet. It will say something like, “5 seconds ago from the web”. You can earn 3 twitter entries each day for each time you tweet this giveaway. You must leave a comment for each tweet.

4) Follow @thriftymommy on Twitter. Leave a comment with your Twitter name.

5) Blog about this giveaway and leave a direct link to your post.

6) Mention this giveaway on any forums or message boards and leave me a link.

7) Add Keeping the Castle and/or Thrifty Mommy to your blogroll. You can earn a separate entry for each one.

This contest ends Sunday, April 5, 2009 and is available to those with a U.S. shipping address (no P.O. boxes please). The winner will be contacted by email and will have 72 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. You will not be put on a mailing list, but you must include your email address in the second box under your name (not in the comment box).

Good luck everyone!

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Wordlock Giveaway at Thrifty Mommy

Karen Weideman — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:09:37 +0000

If you’re like most people, you have a hard time remembering the combination code to your locks. Wordlock has come up with a solution to the problem and has locks with combinations that make words. And to make things even better, you get to program your own code choice. Some of the easy to remember code possibilities are Brian, pilot, flash, words, loop, bike, fast, laser, party, sport, mouse, water, and so much more.

Thrifty Mommy is giving three winners a Wordlock padlock and bicycle lock. There are many ways to enter. Good luck!

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Last Day to Enter Mrs. Meyer’s Giveaway

Karen Weideman — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:20:29 +0000

Today is the last day to enter the giveaway for Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Home. I have FIVE copies to give away. I’m excited to put a great tool in your hands so that you can learn to “clean like the dickens”.

Good luck!

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