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$150 Stitch Fix Giveaway

Welcome to the Stitch Fix Giveaway! I’ve joined some fabulous bloggers to give our readers the chance to win a $150 Stitch Fix Gift Card!
Wish you had a Personal Stylist to help you look and feel your best every day?
With Stitch Fix, you get the latest styles picked just for you and shipped right to your door.
Simply fill out a personal style profile online, and then the Stitch Fix stylists send you a package of five items to try on at home. Each item is shipped directly with a custom style card that provides outfit ideas and inspiration. You pay only for what you keep and we give you a pre-paid return envelope so you can simply drop the items you don’t want in the mail!
One lucky winner will receive a $150 Stitch Fix gift card to get started!
Enter the giveaway using the Rafflecopter form below. Giveaway ends July 20th and is open to the US only. Stitch Fix is responsible for prize fulfillment. Good luck!
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FROZEN YOGURT THAT IS OFF THE WALL!! @OTWyogurt

11 Jul

Want to know where to get 16 different flavors of frozen yogurt with 40 rotating toppings? Well look no further because New York has it and it’s called “Off The Wall Yogurt”. There are 3 locations currently and another one coming soon to Times Square. There is also one location in Long Island where it all started.

I had the pleasure of being invited to the 4 west 14th street location for a bloggers networking event where I got to sample some amazing flavors and toppings and meet other bloggers.
The first thing I noticed when I walked into this location is how incredibly big it is. I’ve never seen any yogurt shop this big before. This is a great spot for teens to meet up, to have meetings, or rent for a party. Another thing I liked were the awesome colors. Very bright with the slogan “Today Is A Good Day” on one of the walls where a lot of pictures have been taken and will continue on. There is also a screen on the wall when you tweet it will pop up on the wall when it is retweeted, so we all were waiting for our tweets to appear. That was fun!!

So now I will tell you what my favorite yogurt flavors were. My top 3 flavors were the Macadamia Cookie, Cake Batter, and Belgian Chocolate. They are to die for. If I worked in this place I would be in trouble because I would constantly be sampling. I mixed all 3 and topped it with chocolate sprinkles, walnuts, and chocolate syrup.

Everything is self served so you get to go crazy and pile it on or make it sweet and simple. The yogurts are either low fat or non fat and I even saw a high protein Greek Pomberry yogurt. There’s also a Watermelon Splash and Valencia Orange that you should try as well. The toppings range from different types of cereals for the kids, to fresh fruits, granola, and a variety of nuts, and chocolates. There is a wall with toppings built in and a handle you pull down to add the toppings onto your yogurt. Kids will love this!

The cups are one size and there is also a waffle cone in a cup if you choose that. Everything is weighed and that tells you what your price will be. They also sell cold drinks, s’mores, and coffee hot or iced.

I want to thank Phil Velez for the invite into his amazing frozen yogurt shop and I will be returning with my kids.
I encourage those who love yogurt and want to try these amazing flavors and toppings to get down to Off The Wall yogurt as soon as you can. You can find all the locations on their website http://www.offthewallyogurt.com
Theses opinions are my very own and I was compensated with free yogurt and refreshments for the duration of the event.
Enjoy the pictures!!

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Categories Blogger Event, Food, Food Reviews, What's Going On?

Giveaway “Apple IPod Nano 16GB Slate”

8 Jul

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Hosted by

NYSavingSpecials

and

Your Fashion Resource

Co-hosted by:

Simply Sherryl, A Momless Mom, Tabbys Pantry, FreebieBlitz,

The Deal Match Maker, Living Frugal in Georgia, Aunt Maggie Rocks, Chronically Content, The Penny Hoarder, Capri’s Coupons, Simply At Home Mom, The Parenting Patch,

Charlotte Raynor Writes and Barbara’s Beat

One lucky winner will win:

one

Apple IPod nano 16GB Slate

The winner can pick the colors of the IPod

(check the colors here)

Free engrave!

Deatails:

-US Only

-Need to be 18 years or older

– Date July 8 12:01am to July 29 11:59pm

-All entries are optional

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Giveaway “Juppy Baby Walker”

8 Jul

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Sponsored by

The Juppy Baby Walker

Hosted by:

NYSavingSpecials

Co-hosted by:

Your Fashion Resource, Barbara’s Beat, Charlotte Raynor Writes, The Parenting Patch, Mom ‘N Daughter Savings,
Crafty Zoo with Monkeys, Thrifty 4nsic Gal, Stay a Stay at Home Mom,
Simply Sherryl and Couponing Momma.

The Juppy Baby Walker Company is giving away one

“Blue Juppy Baby Walker”

to one lucky winner!

The Juppy Baby Walker is a great invention, that will help with your baby’s confidence and balance. The Juppy Baby Walker is perfect for when your baby is strong enough to begin walking but not strong enough to walk alone.

You can read my review about The Juppy Baby Walker here!

Giveaway

-US resident only

-To participate must me 18 years or older

-Dates: July 8 12:01am to July 29 11:59pm

-All other entries are optional

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HARLEM ARTS FESTIVAL 2013 @HarlemArtsFest

29 Jun

Today was the first day of the Harlem Arts Festival in Marcus Garvey Park. The festival is free and open to the public with something for everyone. There’s free live music, dance, theater, visual arts, spoken word, as well as activities and classes for youth and families. Artists came out to celebrate the legacy of Harlem by presenting their art. A group of performers on stilts opened up the festival by marching and playing instruments. That was a nice treat for the kids. If you head to the Gallery Walk you will find all of their work displayed. For the kids there’s Kid’s Corner where kids can paint, make sock puppets, or do arts and crafts. The Main Stage which is in the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater showcases the live music, dance, and theater performances. Second Stage is for acoustic performances, artist talks, and spoken word performances. The gentrifusafication performance and open talk was interesting. The performances on the Main Stage Evan Shinners, and Kris Bowers were very good.

Today there was a mask making workshop for kids. There was also a power yoga dance for everyone to join in, and a ballroom dancing workshop. My son said he could have taught that class. He did win a gold medal for ballroom dancing if you didn’t know, and he’s only ten years old.
There were plenty of vendors and sponsors on hand as well. Sweet Leaf Tea organic sweet tea handed out free bottles of their teas original, as well as mint and honey green tea. They also gave out free lip balms, sunglasses, hand sanitizers, and coupons. Popular Community Bank handed out mini basketballs for the kids. NY Sports Club handed out free complimentary 3 day passes to their gym on 125th street.

Food trucks showed up to show their support like Phil’s Steak (my favorite). You know I couldn’t go without having a Philly cheesesteak and took one home for my son. Also on board was Fishing Shrimp which I also tried because I love me some shrimps. Everything was fried just right and their whitings were very good. Snap Hot Dogs was another food vendor who showed up with their gourmet hot dogs. My kids loved their lemonade. There was also a Brooklyn organic coffee and tea truck. The best part was the lines weren’t long at all. We need more food trucks in Harlem.

There are also t- shirts and tote bags for sale. I won a tote bag through Twitter so I just had to pick it up. Love it!!

Tomorrow is going to be exciting as well, so if you didn’t make it today I encourage you to get out tomorrow. It’s from 3- 8 p.m. at Marcus Garvey Park 5th Avenue between 122nd and 124th street. Their twitter handle is @harlemartsfest if you need more info.

My kids and I had a great time and can’t wait till next year.
Enjoy the pictures!!

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Categories Family, Free Events, Fun things to do in NY with Family, What's Going On?

#AdventuresNYC @NYCParks

23 Jun

The kids and I traveled to the 9th annual #AdventuresNYC in Central Park on Saturday, June 22nd. This event was free and open to the public thanks to NYC Parks and Backpacker Magazine who sponsored this great event filled with lots of activities for families which included:

The North Face Zone
Bear Naked Climbing Zone
Health & Fitness Clinics
Bike Helmet Giveaway courtesy of NYCDOT
LL Bean Aquatic Zones (featuring kayaking, fly casting, and stand up paddle boarding )
Outdoor Gear Exhibits
Hand Cycling
Vermont Adventure Center
Live Music & Entertainment
Mountain Bike Expo
Free Bike Rental & Valet Parking
STHL Lumberjack Zone (including lumberjack show)

Other sponsors were Honest Tea, Cabot Cheese, Ecco, Tent & Trails, Citi BIke, Strider, The L Magazine, and KTU 103.5.

We try to make it every year and make sure we line up for the Bike Helmet Giveaway first because that line gets extremely long. This year there were about 10 people ahead of us. Not bad. We moved on to the North Face Zone where the kids did challenges for prizes and spun the wheel for more prizes. We won hats and stickers. The kids climbed on a bike as if they were hiking up a mountain. Played with the hula hoop and colored. Next was the Honest Tea tent where there were free samples of all their cold teas. Refreshing!!

The kids always rock climb and that’s where we headed to next. The sun was so hot I couldn’t wait to move to a shaded area. This year they had hand cycling for everyone. That was fun for them and my son went on twice. Lots of freebies at different stations. The stand up paddle boarding looked fun but we wasn’t getting wet. Cabot cheese is always good to snack on. Ecco had cute, comfortable sandals. Too bad they weren’t selling any. I wanted a pair so bad. LL Bean had a bootmobile that my daughter took a picture with. It was the biggest boot ever. She loved it!

We had fun once again and can’t wait for next year!! Enjoy the pictures!

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Categories Family, Free Events, Fun things to do in NY with Family, Travel, What's Going On?

7 DAYS WITH MY CHEVY TRAVERSE LOAN @chevytristate @GM @districtdrive

23 Jun

When I attended the Getting Gorgeous event in April 2103 I never thought I might be taking home a car. Well I sort of did but not on that day. There was a Chevy booth called “#Chevy’s Ultimate Road Trip” at the event and anyone could sign up to compete for a week loan a Chevy Traverse. What did you have to do? Whoever could pack the back of the trunk with beach gear the fastest would not only keep the items that you packed the trunk with which included, beach chairs, beach umbrella, towels, mats, water, Gatorade, loads of sunscreen, coffee mug, cooler, etc but also get the kids to a week loaner of a Chevy Traverse 2013. I decided to go for it. A person in front of me had just finished in about 1 minute and some change. As they were setting up for me I took a look at what I was packing and went for it. All I know is everything happened so fast because he said I finished in under 38 seconds and I didn’t know I could move like that. Lol. My daughter and another mommy blogger @JeanetteNYC were there cheering me on. I prayed no one could beat that score and when I received the email saying I won I was very, very happy.

They said I could choose any month Monday though Friday so they could drop it off to me and the car had to stay within the northeast region. Nothing north of Maine or south of Virginia. That was no problem at all. I decided to get the Traverse on June 14th a Friday and when the driver pulled up I was in Chevy heaven. That was a busy month and I knew it would definitely come in handy. My daughter’s Birthday and Graduation was that month. My son also had his Ballroom Competition at different sites so we had to travel a lot. Hubby and I along with my cousins and her hubby took a trip to City Island for some long awaited seafood. We did a lot of local traveling but it beat the trains and buses any day. We also enjoyed the Museum Mile festival in NY, The Pier, and Central Park with the kids. I wish I could have traveled to Virginia to visit family but we couldn’t do it this time. I also wanted to go to Washington D.C. for an event but the car had to be picked up on that day.

Everyone that rode in the Traverse my kids, hubby, cousins, mother, sister, neighbor, and I of course loved everything about it. I personally loved the warning beep on the mirrors when a car or person is near that blind spot feature was very helpful. There is so much room in the car and seats 7 people which was just right for my family. I also enjoyed the 6.5″ color touch screen with a rear vision camera that helped me spot obstacles that I’m sure I would have missed. The mirror automatically dropped down to show me the ground which was awesome when parking in reverse. It has a 3.6L V6 engine and 6-speed automatic transmission which provided smooth shifting and quiet acceleration It felt like I was driving on a cloud. The touch screen navigation system came in handy and the air conditioner kept us cool even though it wasn’t needed that much because some of the days were actually cool. My kids loved their own personal seats. There was a dvd player but we didn’t use it and loved the 12 cup holders which came in handy for my coffee, water and all the kids drinks. Lots of cargo space. 19 MPG city and 24 MPG highway. My sister enjoyed the cooled seats for the front passenger and driver. The color I received was the Crystal Red Tintcoat which was beautiful and stood out on my block.

The Traverse has everything I’m looking for in a safe, reliable SUV.
It also has 6 air bags and an On Star advisor.
My family and I were definitely safe while traveling and this is what I see in our future.
We miss the Traverse and hope to review lots more soon.
Thank you to @Chevytristate @Chevy @DistrictDrive @GM
These opinions are my own and I was given the Chevy Traverse as a loan from a competition I won through “Chevy’s Ultimate Road Trip”.
Enjoy the pictures.

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Categories Car Reviews, Family, Travel, What's Going On?

International Franchise Expo/ Javits Center NY

23 Jun

The International Franchise Expo made it’s way to The Javits Center June 20-22nd and I wanted to see what it was all about. There were over 400 franchises in attendance so I had a lot of networking to do. It was great seeing familiar businesses that I frequently visit and knowing they are looking for people to join their team and open up a franchise of their own. I talked to a few of my favorites and a few I never heard of and found out a lot about the franchise business. I was extremely impressed with 7 Eleven and Chester’s Chicken franchises. I got to sample some delicious food as well. The frozen yogurt samples were in every aisle. There were also pizza, pretzels, subs, lobster bisque soup, cake, cookies, french fries, drinks, Japanese noodles and donuts. By the time I left I was stuffed. The bundt cake by “Nothing Bundt Cakes” melted in my mouth it was so moist and delicious. I also had my eyebrows threaded free courtesy of the Walmart booth. They offered free eyelash extensions or having your eyebrows threaded.

I’m glad I was able to attend and take home a lot of information. If I ever decide to open up a franchise I know who to contact. I took pictures of the expo below.

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Categories Expos, Food, Travel, What's Going On?

MAN CAVE GIVEAWAY!!!

13 Jun

Man Cave Giveaway Event

Organized by: Mom to Bed by 8

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THIS IS A GREAT GIVEAWAY FOR THE MEN!! MY HUBBY WOULD LOVE THESE MAN CAVE PRIZES. I’M STARTING TO NOTICE A LOT OF MEN RENOVATING THEIR BASEMENTS INTO MAN CAVE’S AND I THINK IF THAT’S WHAT THEY WANT THEN GO FOR IT!! EVERYONE NEEDS TO JUMP ON THIS GIVEAWAY VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE IT WON’T BE AROUND LONG. LOOK AT THE PRIZES BEING GIVEN AWAY!!

Prize Package Includes:

46″ RCA LCD-HDTV

Experience a full-HD picture with crisp detailing and stereo sound on the terrific RCA 46LA45RQ LCD HDTV. It is an elegantly designed; wall-mountable LCD TV that meets energy star standards. This RCA LCD HDTV features true-to-life screen delivering brightness of 500cd/m2 that enables you to watch clear picture regardless the lighting condition of the room. The 46-inch LCD screen with 16:9 widescreen formats offers you clear and natural motion scenes, thereby making it ideal for watching sports and video games. This 1080P 60HZ HDTV has a brilliant contrast ratio that ensures detailed images with wide range of brightest to darkest colors. The HDMI inputs easily connect to HD sources thereby delivering high definition videos. Watch digital channels, including HDTV programs with the built-in ATSC digital/NTSC analog tuner. This RCA 46LA45RQ LCD HDTV can be tilted vertically and horizontally to 176 degree allowing you to watch the TV from different areas in your home.

16:9 LCD panel
With 1920 x 1080 full-HD resolution
Wide 176-degree vertical and 176-degree horizontal angles
See a clear picture from anywhere in the room
Built-in ATSC digital/NTSC analog tuner
Watch digital channels, including HDTV programs where available
High brightness of 500cd/m2 with 6.5ms. response time
Place your full-HD TV anywhere
4,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
HDMI Inputs: 3
Enjoy a superior HD experience with the HDMI one-cable solution
Wall-mountable
VESA standard
45.99″ screen of the RCA 46″ 1080p LCD HDTV is measured diagonally from corner to corner

54″ Foosball Table

Square off with the 54 inch foosball table from MD Sports. This official competition-sized soccer table features a green, pitch-like playing surface, 15.8mm steel player rods with sleek robo players and a beaded scoring tabulator. The adjustable leg levelers make setup easier even on uneven floors. The MDF cabinet has a PVC laminate and wood-grain finish to give the table a strong presence in any game room.

This 54″ foosball table offers plenty of entertainment and competitive play. The table comes with a standard size foosball, weighted to give you a solid feel as you go face-to-face with the competition.

Kegorator

The Nostalgia Electrics KRS2100 Kegorator Beer Keg Fridge in Black dispenses beer easily and quickly to even the thirstiest crew. Swivel casters make it mobile enough to roll around the clubhouse, pool area or anywhere you want to get the party started. The included 2.5-pound CO2 bottle is good for about four 15-gallon kegs and the fridge features a semi-gloss black tap tower with spring loaded, top-mounted tapper. A chrome guard rail and drip tray finishes the look of the durable black counter top. Keep track of the amount of CO2 in the tank or adjust pressure with the included double meter regulator.

Holds one full size 1/2 barrel keg, one 1/4 barrel pony size keg or two 5-gallon D system kegs
Keg coupler fits D system valves and does not fit non-standard keg sizes
Adjustable thermostat with interior temperature range of unit is 30-40 degrees F
Includes empty 2.5-pound CO2 bottle, double meter regulator and drip tray
Spring loaded beer tapper
Approved for commercial and household use
Four casters provide easy portability
Black finish
The Double Regulator works the CO2 Tank and measures PSI (pounds per square inch), as well as the volume of the CO2 gas in the Cylinder. Set Output Pressure Gauge between 8-12 PSI for a nice, frothy head.

Thank you to each reader who is taking the time to visit, read and entering to win this amazing summer fun prize package. Please take a moment to also visit our lovely co-hosts whom without them great things such as these would not be possible: Another Cent Saved, Java John Z’s, Ultimate Coupon Club, The Penny Hoarder, Barbara’s Beat, Coupon Queen of Texas, Maria’s Space, A Medic’s World, The Stuff of Success and Baby Costcutters.

One lucky winners will a 46″ RCA LCD-HDTV, 54″ Foosball Table & Kegorator!

Giveaway ends July 5th at 11:59pm, open US, ages 18+. To enter please use the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck

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Disclosure: I received no compensation for this publication. My opinions are my own and may differ from those of your own. Five Little Words is not responsible for sponsor prize shipment. Please contact teri@mompoweredmedia.com with questions or to see your business or blog featured on the next big event!

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Famous Free Samples Fun In The Sun Giveaway

12 Jun

Happy (almost) summer and welcome to the Fun in the Sun Giveaway Event hosted by Famous Free Samples! We’re looking to give away a $100 Lowe’s gift card (delivered electronically) to one lucky winner to make this summer even more enjoyable!