Mommin' It Up!

June 30, 2014July 14, 2014

ExtraSavings With CVS Giveaway

I’m proud to partner with CVS/pharmacy for the next three weeks for this #ExtraSavings at CVS campaign. Please join in the fun by posting to your own website, Facebook page or Twitter feed and use the hashtag #ExtraSavings. While I am being sponsored to help lead this campaign, all opinions expressed about CVS/pharmacy are my own, and all product claims or program details shared should be verified at CVS.com or with the appropriate manufacturers.

Woot woot! Emily and I are thrilled to be working with CVS again and this time we are bringing you some great savings tips to put ExtraSavings into your summer budget with ExtraCare from CVS! Check out the video below for my first ExtraSavings tip, and some enjoyable antics with lots of nerdiness + and EPIC FAIL story and giveaway details!

So, was that the best 4 minutes of your life or WHAT? I don’t know how I haven’t become a famous TV personality by now. But anyway, that is just about my #1 savings tip: be prepared! You know what your family needs, so stock up and get it when it’s on sale so you don’t have an emergency like I did and have to pay whatever price the store happens to be asking.

To get stocked up for all the germs, bug bites, and boo-boos coming your way this summer, you can enter to win a Germ-Fighting First Aid Kit from CVS! Here’s what you’ll get so you’ll be set for summer:

Total Home Travel-Pack Tissues
Total Home Antibacterial Wipes
Travel-Sized CVS Brand Hand Sanitizer Spray
CVS Brand décor band aids
CVS Brand ointment
CVS Brand Cortisone cream

You have three chances to enter. Just leave a separate comment for each entry.

1) Leave me a comment with your favorite moment from my video story about my EPIC fail.

2) Leave me a comment letting me know what’s missing from your first aid kit at home.

3) Leave me a comment telling me your favorite tip for putting #ExtraSavings in your budget!

The contest closes Monday July 7th at 6 pm EST.

Good luck and happy ExtraSavings!

June 28, 2014

I used to have great self esteem. Then I had kids.

The other day I was ~~stalking~~ perusing my new BFF Steph’s blog, A Grande Life, and she had this cute little link-up post full of cool graphics with funny things her kids said. And I was all, “Aww, I wanna link up to that but I can’t think of any zingers my kids have said lately.”

As it turns out, those were famous last thoughts. In just a couple hours, this darling thing had given me a couple of her thoughts that made me re-consider my normally unshakable self-esteem.

We went to the pool last night after dinner, and Bobby met us there after work. By the time we got home and got everyone dried off and in PJs, I was so tired I was about to drop. (And it’s a good thing I went to bed at 9:30 like any good elderly person would, because Jonah woke me up at 11:45 saying he had to pee. Hmph.) So as I was telling Sophie it was bedtime, I said, “We gotta get you to bed. Mommy’s tired.” To which she responded with great emphasis and honesty: “Yeah, I can tell.”

Womp-womp.

Then, 10 minutes later as I was tucking her in, she presented me with her precious teddy bear and the zinger, “Mom, Teddy’s gonna call you ‘Grandma’ since I’m his mom.” Then she made Teddy do a little dance while she sang “Grandma Grandma GRANDMA” over and over again.

Right, well. Can’t wait til that sponsored campaign for adult diapers comes along, because apparently I’m on the slipperly slope to my Golden Years.

What crazy things have your kids said lately? For more hum-dingers, check out “Kids Say the Darndest Things” at A Grande Life!

June 27, 2014June 26, 2014

A Different Kind of Beauty Contest

So this past week I was at iRetreat 2014 and some of the people I met there were remarking on my #Doyourmakeup Instagram photos and they were like, “I just can’t believe you make your face up everyday!” But – I do. It’s my routine, and to be honest, I know makeup is not what makes me beautiful – but I REALLY LIKE wearing it every day. I like it. I love it! That’s just me.

Last month I told you about how I recently visited Sally Beauty as part of a sponsored campaign to celebrate their 50th anniversary (remember? I got that SWEET hair dryer, which is still rockin’ my world!) To further celebrate this milestone, they are having a big ol’ beautiful sweepstakes which I tell you all about in about 60 seconds in the video below: check it out!

The gist is, you can nominate any woman who embodies beauty in your life- whatever that means to you. Finalists will be voted on starting next week, and if your nominee wins, they can win up to $5000 and you can win a $200 Sally Beauty gift card!

Head on over to Sally Beauty’s website, tell them congrats on the big 5-0, and nominate a beautiful person in your life. While you’re there, print off a $3.50/$10 purchase COUPON (you know I am ALL OVER THAT) so that you can save even more when you stop into Sally Beauty to check our their great 50th anniversary sale.

Like I said, I love makeup, but I know it’s what’s in a person’s heart that truly makes them beautiful. (But a great mascara? Never hurt.) What does beauty mean to you?