UPS #WishesDelivered

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of UPS for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

When a package shows up on your doorstep, doesn’t make you just a little bit happy? Maybe it’s something you ordered yourself that you’ve been waiting for, maybe it’s a special gift for someone, maybe it’s a surprise package from someone who cares. UPS is delivering tons of packages this year, many of which started with a wish.

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Every time you share a selfless wish for someone else via twitter or instagram using #WishesDelivered they will donate $1 to one of their partner charities (Salvation Army, Boys & Girls Club, or Toys for Tots) up to $100K!!!

Alternatively, you can also submit your wish for somone else here: #WishesDelivered site

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I’ve already made a few wishes for this campaign because I think it’s such a great thing that UPS is giving back. It’s a simple, easy thing for me to post a wish for someone but the impact of everyone jumping on this campaign can equal to so much more for families and kids in need.

My next wish is for my brother. I haven’t seen him in years. He’s in the Navy. Him and his family have had a rough year. I don’t want to tell too much because that’s their business. I think about him and his family often and think about the stress they have on them right now. I’d love to see that they have a good holiday this year, together as a family.

Please share your heartfelt wishes for someone else and help raise money for these charities at the same time!

So tell me, what might your wish be?

New NuNaturals NuStevia Products Giveaway

Giveaway is sponsored by NuNaturals. Any opinions expressed are my own. Product has been received for review post.

NuNaturals is generously offering a great giveaway for us. They have 3 awesome new NuStevia products: Cocoa Syrup, Cocoa Mint Syrup, and Simple Syrup. Check out my review post for a recipe for a Vodka Collins (or virgin collins if you feel that way)

Now that you’ve checked that out I wanted to tell you NuNaturals is giving Luv Saving Money readers a discount on their products. Just enter discount code: BLG0615 for 15% off your entire order. This code doesn’t expired until June 30, 2015.

Also they are offering a giveaway right here on LuvSavingMoney.com

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4 Luv Saving Money readers will win a prize pack that includes:

1 bottle pure liquid Cherry Vanilla NuStevia

1 – 50 count box of NuStevia white stevia powder

1 bottle of NuNaturals NuStevia Cocoa Syrup

1 bottle of NuNaturals NuStevia Mint Cocoa Syrup

plus 1 free bonus product!

OPEN WORLDWIDE

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Check Out The New Holiday Harvest Snaps!

I’ve been a fan of Harvest Snaps since the first time I tasted them. The Sea Salt Snapea Crisps were always my favorite. I”ll be honest I haven’t ventured much into the other flavors. I mean, the sea salt Snapea Crisps are really good so….well if you haven’t tried them, seriously try them. There are Lentil Snaps and Snapea Crisps. I’ve only ever tried the Snapea Crips and they are sooo good.

So why am I talking about Harvest Snaps in my holiday guide? Well the answer to this may surprise you, Harvest Snaps has new holiday flavors. No for real, they’re called Holiday Snaps. The Holiday Snaps come in Coffee Toffee, Cinnamon Sugar, and Salted Caramel. Now, if you’ve ever tried these you might be thinking..oh boy, I think I’ll pass. Honestly, that’s what I was thinking. The ones I’ve tried have a savory taste. It’s something I’d grab when I want a snack that’s not sweet. I received two of the Holiday Snap flavors: Coffee Toffee and Salted Caramel along with two of the tried and true flavors Caesar and Black Pepper.

I’m a fan of salted caramel flavor: in my coffee, in my ice cream, a square of salted caramel, but on my Harvest Snaps? I wasn’t so sure. It totally worked thought the salted caramel flavor mixed with the lentils and sugar snap peas melded well. The Coffee Toffee…This was the one I saved for last. Of the two sweeter flavors though, this one was my favorite. Really, even my 10 year old liked it. It almost had a chocolate like taste to it. The other flavors are int he normal line up and of couse I thought they were super tasty.

My 5 yr old couldn’t wait to start munching away.

Harvest snaps are a healthier snack alternative. Snapeas are made with all natural sugar snap peas, according to the site 70% to be exact and the lentil snaps are 65% natural lentil beans. They use non-GMO crops grown right here in North America. You can expect to get some of that veggie goodness by chomping on some Vitamin B, iron, folate, potassium, and dietary fiber …you know the stuff you’d find in your veggies because..they are mostly veggies. Snapea Crisps contain 50% less fat that potato chips and Lentil snaps contain 40% less fat than potato chips. Both have less sodium too!

You can find Harvest Snaps on these social sites:

Facebook: facebook.com/HarvestSnaps

Twitter: @HarvestSnaps

Instagram: @HarvestSnaps

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1 Luv Saving Money reader will win

a Harvest Snaps holiday prize pack similar to the one I received

US only

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I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Educents Holiday Gift Guide

❄ Happy Holidays! ❄

The Educents team is excited to share their favorite deals and products with you this

holiday season. Each staff member chose their favorite deal for the holidays and included

it in this handy guide. Check out the deals, including free apps, art & craft supplies,

personalized books, LEGO sets, martial arts online and so much more. They have

something for everyone!

VIEW THE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE HERE

Definitely share this with other parents, teachers, or homeschoolers you you know!!

Spinmaster Zoomer Dino at Walmart #Chosenbykids

I was compensated for this review. Any opinions expressed are my own.

I have my kids start writing out their Christmas list around October. I’m an early shopper. I like to plan and budget. If I don’t have at least 75% of my Christmas shopping done by December 1 I go into panic mode. It’s just the way I’ve always been. My kids are 12, 10, 5, and 20 months old. The youngest being my only girl. The boys wrote out their lists. My older boys only had a few things on their list but they were expensive tech things. My 5 yr old son, well he pretty much wanted every toy he saw on TV. One toy he kept asking for though was Spinmaster Zoomer Dino.

You can find Spinmaster Zoomer Dino at Walmart Holiday Toyland. Zoomer has be #chosenbykids as one of the hot toys this holiday season. When we went to Walmart to pick him up we first went to the Zoomer Dino display. It was the day after Black Friday so I was hoping there would still be some Zoomers left. At the actual display there was only one purple Zoomer Dino left. My son said he didn’t care if it was purple he’d still play with it. So we put it in our cart.

Then we walked around the corner and we found the Zoomer Dino motherload. There were tons of purple ones. My youngest son’s favorite color is green. When he saw the green one, you can bet he was willing to put the purple one back. My 10 year old son was with me too. He said “I don’t think purple is too bad, I’d get a purple one” lol. I wasn’t sure if that was a hint or if he was really hoping his younger brother would have chosen the purple Zoomer Dino

If you haven’t been to a Walmart Holiday Toyland Event yet there are still 3 left in December. You can check out the dates and times for the remaining Walmart Holiday Toyland events HERE. You get to play with some of the cool toys #ChosenbyKids and see what they’re actually like before you spend your money.

I’ll admit for $80 I really expect a lot from a toy. It better be fun, it better be made well, it better do what it’s supposed to do. For as bad as my son wanted Spinmaster Zoomer Dino I was really hoping it would be what he wanted. All three of the boys could not wait to get Zoomer out of the box and start testing him out.

We found out that each color Zoomer Dino has a name. The green one we got is Boomer. The purple one’s name is Sparky. Spinmaster Zoomer Dino has two different modes. You can either use the remote control that comes with him or you can control him with hand gestures. The kids tried both ways and seem to like the hand gestures the most. There is an instruction booklet that explains to you how to do the different actions with both the remote and the gestures. It took us some trial and error for a few minutes. We found you have to hold the button on his back in for a second to switch modes. If you just press it quickly it doesn’t seem to switch. Once we figured that out it was pretty easy to get Zoomer Dino going.

My 5 yr old and 10 year old were quite happy to help me do a video showing the features and explaining how Zoomer Dino works:

We also found out that if you just turn him on and let him go, no remote, no hand gestures he just runs around explores, spins around, all that stuff. That’s what I do for my 20 month old daughter to play with him. Admittedly she was terrified of him at first. Her curiosity got the best of her though and she kept bringing it over for me to turn on and watch it. If you want a laugh, you can visit my YouTube channel and see a short video of my daughter freaking out the first time she saw Zoomer Dino in action.

Walmart Holiday Toyland has other toys #ChosenByKids too like Matchbox Wrecky the Wrecking Buddy, My Little Pony, and more!