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SmartknitKIDS Seamless Socks Review and Giveaway–CLOSED

Seamless socks sounded like a good idea to me. I know sometimes I get that pair of socks where the seem along the toes is kind of bulky and actually rubs on my toes. So when I had the opportunity for my kids to try SmartKnitKIDS Seamless Sensitivity socks I thought, why not?

Their slogan “No Seams to Bug YA!” When I got them in the mail I told my boys that they each got a pair of socks I wanted them to try on so I could review them. I didn’t give them any details as to why they might be different than regular socks. My 8 year old put his on and said “Mom these socks are really soft. Can I wear them around the house?” Of course, I told him yes. Then my 6 year old came in and I had him put them on . He wore them for the rest of the night. I also had a pair for the baby (my 15 mo old). I was surprised at how well they fit and stayed on him. Even through his crawling, creeping around on the furniture, and approximately 15 trips up and down the steps that he so enjoys doing.

SmartKnitKIDS was kind enough to send a pair for each of my boys and sent a different color for each. My oldest got white, my 6 year old got Navy blue, and the baby got black.

I already told you that the SmartKnitKIDS Seamless Sensitivity socks have well…no seams but they also have a “no heel” design. Why? Because it keeps little ones from outgrowing their socks so quickly . The “Non-binding Halo Top” won’t pinch or bind.

As an Occupational Therapy Assistant I also see the benefit in these for children with Autism or other Sensory disorders. Often things likes seams, tags, backing for appliques can distracting and uncomfortable for a child with a Sensory disorder. SmartKnitKIDS Seamless Sensitivity socks would be a wonderful addition to a child with special needs wardrobe.

Where to buy: You can check here on the SmarKnitKIDS website for retailers–http://www.smartknitkids.com/shop_seamless_socks.html

Or you can click on the pick below to find them on Amazon.com

Review Summary: At $7 a pair the socks may seem expensive. The fact that they will last through several sizes is a plus. My kids loved the comfort of the socks. I loved that I didn’t have to keep putting these socks back on the baby like I do with other socks. For a child with special needs these socks could be invaluable.

GIVEAWAY

SmartKnitKIDS is offering one of my readers 3 pair of their own SmartKnitKIDS Seamless Sensitivity Socks. US/CAN

Mandatory Entry: Visit SmartKnitKIDS and tell me in a comment below, what color and style you think you would like to try for you little one.

Don’t forget to leave an email address so I can contact you if you win. This must be completed before any bonus entries can be counted.

Bonus Entries: Leave a seperate comment for each entry. If there is a +1 for that entry leave one comment. +2 leave 2 comments for that entry and so on.

1. Follow SmartKnitKIDS on twitter and leave your twitter handle: @smartknitkids (+1)

2. Like SmartKnitKIDS on facebook (+1)

3. Follow FFCM with Google Friend Connect, Networked Blogs, RSS feed, and/or Email subscription all located in my Right Column (+1 for each one)

4. Enter the SmartKnitKIDS giveaway on Precisely Mine (+2)

5. tweet using RT button in upper left corner of post or you can use this message: ( you can tweet 2x per day at least 2 hours apart) leave a link to you tweet in a comment below.

” @smartknitkids seamless socks with “No Seams to Bug Ya” #giveaway from @angiewith3 http://bit.ly/Smrtknt ends 10/14 US/CAN ”

6. Follow me on twitter and leave your twitter handle: @angiewith3 (+1)

7. Enter any of my other current giveaways and leave a comment telling me which ones you entered (+1 for each one)

8. Like FFCM on facebook (+2)

Giveaway will end Oct. 14, 2010 at 10 PM EST. 1 winner will be chosen using random.org and notified by Oct 15 via email. Winner will have 48 hours to reply to winning email. If no reply in that time frame, a new winner will be chosen.

***I received 3 pair of SmartKnitKIDS Seamless Sensitivity socks at no cost for review purposes. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. I was under no obligation to give a positive review. Any opinions expressed are my own.***

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RANDOM.ORG DREW NUMBRE 59. WINNER HAS BEEN EMAILED AND HAS 48 HOURS TO RESPOND OR ANOTHER WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN.

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Another way to save money–double (or even triple benefits)

I realize I’ve been doing a lot of review and giveaways lately so i don’t want to stray from the heart of my blog. Saving money! Another tip is getting double or even triple benefits from your savings. Let me give you a few examples with things that i do.

–I know I keep talking about mypoints.com but I honestly love it. One reason is the added savings benefit. Mypoints.com has a coupon section. For every coupon you print and redeem you earn 10 mypoints.

So savings point #1 coupons saving point #2 mypoints then the mypoints go into your mypoints account that you can save and redeem for a gc of your choice. I always use my mypoints.com account like a holiday club, which is savings point #3. I save it up all year and redeem it a month or 2 before christmas. The last 2 years with this year being no exception I’ve been able to get at least $100 worth of gc’s. Now that doesn’t all come from the ooupons but also from the free points in emails, shopping like i normally would but through their site, etc.

–Another one of my favorites, Famous Footwear. Famous Footwear sells brand name shoes. If you are lucky enough to have one near you (or are willing to shop for shoes online) get their rewards card. It’s free. You earn gift cards for every so many points you get from purchases—savings point #1. Then several times through out the year they have buy 1 get 1 half off sales. This is great for back to school, sports shoes, etc. They normally have it around back to school time so families can def take advantage of this deal—savings point #2. Then if you have their rewards card and sign up for emails you get coupons every so often too that you are allowed to use during the buy 1 get 1 half off sales. I took my 2 school age boys to Famous Footwear to get their back to school shoes at the buy 1 get 1 half off sale. I also had a 20% off coupon i printed from an email I received. Used that too along with my rewards card to earn points toward my free gc.

—Giant Eagle grocery stores and Get go. If anyone has these stores near them when you shop at Giant Eagle grocery store you earn what’s called fuelperks. For every $50 you spend in groceries you earn 10 cents off per gallon of fuel at Get go has stations. It cumulative so you don’t have to spend $50 in one shot. Giant Eagle is a bit more expensive so take your coupons! Then when you pump gas at Get Go you also earn Food Perks at giant eagle. For every 10 gallons you pump you earn 1% off in food perks (which is also cumulative but i know it stops at 20% or i think it’s 60 days then you lose it so you have to use it). Also if you buy a drink in the Get Go has station you earn 1 cent off per gallon of gas too. So you get a cup of coffee that’s another 1 cent off your gas.

There’s lot of programs out there. Some people don’t know that much about. Some people don’t take full advantage of. I’d love to hear about the programs you know of that give more than one benefit.

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What We Won Wednesday — New and Improved

I know it’s not Wednesday yet but since I changed it up a bit I wanted to make sure people had time to write up a post if they were interested in participating. I’d love to hear about your wins!

What We Won Wednesday is a weekly post to share your wins in the last week. The idea of What We Won Wednesday is:

1. To share and congratulate each other on our joy of winning.
2. Encourage others
3. Show that people really do win giveaways and sweepstakes if you enter.
4. Give some exposure to sites that are offering sweepstakes and giveaways

Your wins can be from anywhere. Whatever you’d like to share. They can be blog giveaways, national sweepstakes, lottery ticket wins, 50/50, basket party, Fantasy Football, etc etc.

If you won online and remember what site you won from or the name of the company feel free to include it. It would be nice to see where people are winning from. You can post your own wins on your blog, myspace, facebook, wherever then link them up in the linky below so we can hop around and congratulate and marvel at the prizes. OR if you don’t want to you can simply leave a comment in this post.

This is a weekly post so don’t forget to share weekly and link up. I’d love it if you would Retweet, Stumble, Digg, Buzz, facebook, blog, or share this in any other way you’d like but it’s not required.

My wins for the last week:

1. 4 soap samples from Madame Koiteh’s shop from Audrey’s Giveaways Blog: http://audreysgiveaways.blogspot.com/2010/09/madame.html

2. A copy of the book Sin Undone from Savey Spender http://saveyspender.com/

3. $5 Starbucks gc from Take Two Reviews: http://www.taketworeviews.com/giveaways/starbucks-5-gift-card-giveaway

4. Good Clean Fun Natural Bath Products from Happy Mothering blog: http://www.happy-mothering.com/2010/09/20/winner-good-clean-fun-natural-bath-products/

Link your up below or you can continue to participate the other way and just leave a comment:

Jumbies Review and Giveaway–CLOSED

For once, I found out about a new toy before my kids did. I heard about JUMBiES and thought they were very unique. What are JUMBiES? Well, they’re the newest collectable little stuffed animals.

This is how I surprised my kids with Jumbies. I received a letter with the story of Jumbieland and how Jumbies came to be. You can watch it for yourself here: http://jumbieland.com/. Then I asked my boys if they would like to adopt their own Jumbies. Of course they said “ya!” I had hid them around the living room and told them if they found one they would get to keep it.

My 6 yr old found “Blabbit” who is a jumble of a bluebird and a rabbit.

http://jumbieland.com/plush-blabbit.html

And my 8 yr old found “Dingbat” who is a jumble of a Dingo and a bat.

http://jumbieland.com/plush-dingbat.html

They thought they were really cool. The baby got the other one that was hiding which was “Mallit” a jumble of a mallard duck and a rabbit. My kids wanted to go online almost immediately to play the games and see what other JUMBiES were available.

There are more of these little guys. I think a great idea for these would be for Halloween. I try to get my kids a treat that is low cost and NOT sugar. These would be a great alternative. They would also make a unique stocking stuffer.

On the Jumbieland.com website there are activities for the kids too. There are games to play online and coloring pages to print.

Where to buy: You can buy them online on the jumbieland website: http://jumbieland.com/jumbies-store.html
or you can try the store locator on their site to find a store near you: http://jumbieland.com/store-locator.html

GIVEAWAY

JUMBiES is going to give to FFCandM readers 2 JUMBiES of their own! US only

Mandatory Entry: Visit Jumbieland.com and tell me your favorite JUMBiE in a comment below.

Mandatory must be completed before any bonus entries will count. Don’t forget to leave an email address so I can contact you if you win.

Bonus Entries: Leave a seperate comment for each entry. If the entry has a +1 after it leave one comment, +2 leave 2 comments and so on.

1. Follow JUMBiES on twitter @jumbies (+2)

2. Tweet “@JUMBiES have been compared to the next Beanie Babies! win your own from @angiewith3 here: http://bit.ly/jumbies ” (+2) —-leave a link to your tweet in the comments below.

3. Like “JUMBiES toys” on facebook (+1)

4. Follow FFCandM with google friend connect, Networked Blogs, facebook, RSS feed, and/or email (+1 for each one completed. Email must be confirmed to count) — all located in right hand column

5. Follow me on twitter: @angiewith3 (+1) — leave your twitter handle in a comment

6. Add my blog button to your site or my blog url to your blog roll (+3)

Giveaway ends October 11 at 10 PM EST. 2 winners will be chosen via Random.org. Winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond to winner email notification.

***I received three jumbies for review purposes. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. I was under no obligation to give a positive review. Any opinions expressed are my own.***

RANDOM.ORG DREW NUMBERSS 101 AND 74. WINNERS HAVE BEEN EMAILED AND HAVE 48 HOURS TO REPLY TO EMAIL.

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