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Giveaway a Day: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007

Emily and I are enjoying being your Christmas elves this week! It’s time for another giveaway!

(For more beautiful Christmas ornaments featuring us, check out Emily’s post here on making your own ornaments at Cafe Press. I promise, you will enjoy!!)

On our second giveaway-a-day this week, we bring you Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007! This great suite contains Word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, and OneNote 2007.

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Since I’ve been at home with the kids for 2.5 years, I haven’t had Microsoft Office on my laptop. When I installed the review copy I was sent, I couldn’t believe how much I had missed it! It’s so convenient to have all those programs available to me again! I loves me some WORD, WORD!??

Ok, so here’s how you can win this for your own self!

1) Leave a comment on this post telling us the name of your favorite software program.
2) Tweet about this giveaway on twitter. Then leave a separate comment with your tweet URL.
3) Subscribe to our feed and leave a comment telling us you did or already do.

Random.org will pick a lucky winner on Friday, December 18th.

Happy Holidays!!

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My Hair Net Brings all the Boys to the Yard

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Last Tuesday, December 8th, was NATIONAL BROWNIE DAY! Um, best holiday idea EVER! In honor of this chocolateous day, Cheryl & Co. invited several Ohio bloggers to their headquarters to celebrate their new Buttercream-Frosted Brownie. (Which by the way, is TOTALLY. WORTH. CELEBRATING!)

Here’s a picture of all of us in our Cheryl & Co. “Fun Baker” aprons. I have two questions for you regarding this picture: 1) Don’t we look cute? and 2) What the heck is wrong with me that I feel the need to cheese for every picture like it is my flipping senior portrait!? GEEZ!

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Here is a close-up of my nerdiness next to the awesomeness that is Amy Turn Sharp, Amy in Ohio, and Heather aka Domestic Extraordinaire.

The whole event was really great and included a bakery tour and a fun session where we got to frost our own brownies with Cheryl & Co. signature buttercream icing! (Which some of us may have eaten with a spoon and others of us may have squirted into their mouths with their decorating baggie. *ahem*.) But the BEST thing about the event was: FREE CHILDCARE!!! That’s right, the awesome folks at Cheryl & Co. fed and entertained our children for THREE hours while we ate lunch, toured the bakery, and filled our bellies with goodies. Sophie had a GREAT time. The kids each got to take home a goodie bag also, and I cannot express enough how amazing the child care was! I wouldn’t have been able to attend without it.

The second best thing about the event was the frosting. OH, the FROSTING!!!! Of course Elisabeth, head baker and maker of all things yummy in the test kitchen, could not share the super-secret recipe but she let us sample it all we wanted. ‘Twas heavenly.

The THIRD best thing about the event was how HAWT we all looked in our Cheryl & Co. hair nets!! Especially me. Apparently, I can rawk a hair net out because several bloggers told me that I made a hair net look cute. Say what? I’ll let you be the judge:
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It was a great National Brownie Day at Cheryl & Co. – and of course I LOVE that all these goodies are made in OHIO!! And since it supports our local economy to eat that yummy buttercream frosting, then I think it is my patriotic duty. So be a good American & go check out Cheryl & Co. for great holiday gift boxes & baskets full of goodies. Because, sadly, the hair nets are not for sale. 🙂

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Giveaway a Day: $25 Kroger Gift Card

This week in honor of the upcoming holidays, Emily & I are thrilled to bring you a giveaway-a-day! Woot! Today’s giveaway is a $25 to our favorite grocery store, KROGER! Kroger wants to give you the chance to win in honor of their new pet insurance program through Kroger Personal Finance.

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What!? Pet Insurance you say! Maybe it sounds silly at first, but think about unexpected vet bills for your beloved pets. Most pets are considered family members, and pet owners will do whatever is needed to get them well again after an accident or health problem. (Like my husband’s family who gave their diabetic dog insulin shots every day for years!) Kroger offers accident-only pet insurance for only $9.95 per month per pet. And if you feel like your pet needs more coverage, they have lots of other policies too, from heartworm to hospitalization, and lots more.

So, if you have a beloved cat, like the cat I had growing up named Fuzzy who was totally awesome and lived to be twenty years old and had quite a few vet trips over the years, or a beloved dog like my friend’s daschund who had to have back surgery – pet insurance is something you might want to look into! If you don’t have a Kroger nearby, you can still purchase online or at most of the Kroger family of stores (Ralph’s, Fred Meyer, King Sooper’s, etc.)

Win it! Here’s how to win a $25 gift card from Kroger!

1) Leave a comment on this post telling us the name of your favorite pet.
2) Tweet about this giveaway on twitter – follow & include @krogerdeals in your tweet. Then leave a separate comment with your tweet URL.
3) Subscribe to our feed and leave a comment telling us you did or already do.

Random.org will choose the lucky winning comment # on Thursday, December 17th, so hurry and enter!

And come back tomorrow for another great giveaway!

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Kroger totally gave Emily & me a $25 gift card as well. Which we really appreciate since we both do nearly all our grocery shopping there! Yippee! Thanks, Kroger!

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