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The Cat’s Meow Review and Giveaway (Part of the A Bonanzle Bonanzle) CLOSED

The Cat’s Meow Bonanzle Booth is…well….the cat’s meow, as the saying goes.  A collection of beautiful and unique items.  Like this unique agate candle holder:

Or the neat little agate statuettes such as this Love birds one made from Mexican Onyx:

The Cat’s Meow also has lots of beautiful jewelry as well as gorgeous beads if you’re a jewelry maker yourself.  FYI Liz of Cat’s Meow had this to say:

"I sell jewelry, beads, pendants, and 
collectible items here. Much of my inventory consists of items I made.
I do make jewelry. As far as the collectible items, I purchase the
components separately and put them all together. I have a blast doing
this too."
 
I was able to review one of these lovely bracelet from The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth :


Cubic Zirconia and Crystal Bracelet


 This isn't the exact one I reviewed, I have my own picture below. 
   She has even more colors and styles.
 
 
 The bracelet I chose is Cubic Zirconia and Crystal.  The main part of the bracelet is clear beads
 while the decorative part is 2 rows of light purple with a row of pink down the middle.  One of several
 things I loved about this bracelet is the strong magnetic clasp. 
I was able to put my own bracelet on in a flash without contorting my arm or having hubby 
have to help me put it on.  You can see the clasp in the top photo.  Here is the COTA/L side in me 
coming out again but magnetic clasps are great for someone with arthritis 
or Fine Motor Coordination issues too.  
 
The bracelet has a lovely sparkle.  I wore it around the house for a day to see if it would fall off
 (with the magnetic clasp)The magnetic clasp held up great!  So I decided to put it to the real test and wear it to work 
with me the hospital. If it didn't fall off there it wasn't going to.  After my shift of lifting patients, 
bumping around in the small rooms, typing up notes, teaching people dressing techniques, etc 
the bracelet was still in good shape. 
I also got quite a few comments on it from my coworkers.

 Also, You can see the little elk statuette next to the bracelet in the top pic.  That was an added gift. 
 It's from Peru, made of soapstone.  Very cute. 
 
There are many more beautiful pieces of jewelry, beads for crafts, candle holders, statuettes, 
earrings, and pendants to ogle over.
Of course as I would have it on Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests and More, the prices are very affordable.
  My bracelet is listed as only $9.99
 
 
 The customer service I experienced from The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth was pleasant and timely. 
 Shipping was faster than expected with my piece.


Review Summary:  Beautiful, unique pieces, great customer service, fast and accurate shipping, good quality pieces, 
as well as affordability makes The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth a must see booth when looking for a 
beautiful or unique gift.


GIVEAWAY
 
Liz from The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth is offering one of my readers an item of their choice up to a $30 value!
 
 MANDATORY ENTRY:   Visit The Cat's Meow and tell me in a comment, what you think you might choose if you win.
 Also, Liz would like to know, what attracted you to that item?  don't forget to leave your email address 
so I can contact you if you win.  This must be completed first for any bonus entries to count. 
 
Bonus Entries:  After you've completed mandatory entry, if you'd like, you can take advantage 
of bonus entries for more chances to win.  If the entry says +1 after it leave one comment for that entry,
 +2 leave two comments for that entry and so on. 
 
 1.  Leave a comment in The Cat's Meow chat (must sign into bonanzle or sign up for free bonanzle account) 
that you're visiting from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests and More (+2)
 
 2.  Follow FFCandM via google friend connect, facebook, and/or networked blogs  gadgets in right hand column 
(+1 for each one)
 
3.  Make a purchase from The Cat's Meow  and leave a comment saying you did (+5) 
I will be checking this with The Cat's Meow 
 
4.   Follow me, @angiewith3 on twitter (+1)
 
5.  Leave this comment in your facebook status and leave a comment with the link to your status 
(works the same way as twitter status.
  after posting click on time stamp of status then copy and past the link on that page) 
 
"I entered to win an item of my choice from The Cat's Meow http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/snowbearsmom and 
Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More
www.luvsavingmoney.info"  (+2)

6.  Subscribe to FFCandM by email and/or RSS feed.  Must confirm email subscription to count.  (+2 for each)

7.  Tweet about this giveaway:   "I entered to win an item of my choice from The Cat's Meow 
                                                  and @angiewith3 http://bit.ly/tcmbonanzle 8/24"       (+2)

8.  Vote for me on Top Mommy Blogs and leave a comment telling me you did. (+1)
 
9. Enter any of my other current giveaways and leave a comment telling me which one(s) (+1 for each one entered) 


Giveaway is open worldwide with the exceptions of: Cuba, Mexico, and Iran. 
1 winner will be drawn using random.org. 
Winner will have 48 hours to respond to winners email. If no response a new winner will be chosen. 
Winner drawn 8/24 at 10 pm est.


***I received an item to review at no cost.  I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. 
I was under no obligation to give a positive review.  All opinions expressed are my own***
 
RANDOM.ORG DREW NUMBER 85.  WINNER HAS BEEN EMAILED 
AND HAS 48 HOURS TO REPLY OR NEW WINNER WILL BE SELECTED.

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Abbamart.com part of "A Bonanzle Bonanzle" review and giveaway!—CLOSED

One of the featured vendors on my “A Bonanzle Bonanzle” event is Abbamart.com. Abbamart sells on both Bonanzle.com as well as their own personal website: Abbamart.com.

What is Abbamart? Great deals on beauty products! Abbamart has good deals on make up brushes and sets, puffs/sponges/applicators, hair brushes, nail and foot care items, and more.

For instance this DIY facial kit for only $3.80!

Or this 9 piece Toray Makeup Brush set for sensitive skin only $11.50!

There is lots more great deals just check out the website: www.abbamart.com or their Bonanzle Booth

I received the 7 piece Natural Make up brush set from abbamart.com to try.

These are well made makeup brushes with natural hairs.  Very inviting when sweeping your makeup on.   It came with a durable pouch to hold them in and great to travel with.  The Foundation and blush brush had nice reusable covers for the brush hairs.  I tried them with both mineral makeup and conventional make up.  They worked well with both. 

I have sensitive skin.  It gets irritated quite easily.  These natural brushes from abbamart.com felt so comforting to my skin.  And a pic with the finished makeup application:

I’m a more natural makeup girl and yes, that is my shower curtain in the back. 

The brushes are also very easy to clean when needed with soap and water.

This set come with: (This is directly from the description on Abbamart.com

“1. Powder Brush made from soft, natural sheep hair; 165mm

2. Angled Blusher Brush for applying face color and highlighter; 165mm

3. Eyeshadow Brush made from genuine sable hair; 138mm

4. Sable Angled Brow Brush for filling and contouring eyebrows; 135mm

5. Sable Lip Brush to define and enhance lips; 135mm

6. Ruby Cell Sponge Eyeshadow Applicator for concentrated color payoff from your shadows; 145mm

7. Lash & Brow Comb for separating lashes and grooming brows

Sophisticated coffee-checked storage clutch included.”

Review Summary:  Abbamart.com has a lot of great values when it comes to beauty products.  I had questions and the customer service I received was truly exceptional.   The prices are right, they have great products, and shipping was fast and accurate. 

GIVEAWAY
Abbamart.com is offering one of my readers the same 7 piece natural makeup brush set that I received ($20 value)
Mandatory Entry:  visit www.abbamart.com and imagine you had $25 dollars to spend in abbamart, what would you buy from www.abbamart.com with your $25 dollars?   Leave a comment with what you would buy and don’t forget to leave your email so I can contact you if you win.  
Bonus Entries:  (leave a comment for each entry.  if it says +1 leave one comment for that entry +2 two comments for that entry and so on)
1. Follow Abbamart on twitter (+1)
2.  Like Abbamart on facebook (+1)
3.  Follow Abbamart Girl’s casual blog (+1)
4. visit abbamart’s bonanzle booth and leave a note in her chat that you’re visiting from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests and More (+1)
5. Tweet this message: ”  I entered to win a natural makeup brush set ARV $20 from @angiewith3 and @abbamart http://bit.ly/abbamart ”   or you can use RT button above just be sure to include @abbamart and @angiewith3. Leave a link to your tweet in a comment (+2)
5.  Leave this message on facebook: ” I entered to win a natural makeup brush set (arv $20) from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More and Abbamart.com http://bit.ly/abbamart ” (+2)
6.  Enter one of my other giveaways and leave a comment telling me which one. (+1) for each one entered
1 Winner will be chosen using random.org on Aug 22 at 10 pm est. Winner will have 48 hours to reply to winner notification email.  If winner does not reply in that time frame a new winner will be chosen.  International entries
***I received the 7 piece natural makeup set from abbamart.com to review.  I received no monetary compensation for this post.  All opinions expressed are my own. Any direct excerpts from abbamart.com are stated as being so. ***

RANDOM.ORG DREW NUMBER 6.  WINNER HAS BEEN EMAILED AND HAS 48 HOURS TO RESPOND OR A NEW WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN.

THANKS ALL FOR ENTERING! 

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Macaroni Grill frozen meals Review and Giveaway–CLOSED

MyBlogSpark contacted me and asked if I’d like to review the new Macaroni Grill frozen meal for 2. Um, let me think about it…YEAH! I’m not fortunate enough to have a Macaroni Grill restaurant near me. I’ve heard that they have good food. I had tried the shelf stable Macaroni Grill meals and really liked them.

I received a nice package with a versatile heavy serving bowl, tongs, and Basil Parmesan Chicken meal for 2.

I love having a quick meal around the house especially when it’s as satisfying as this Basil Parmesan Chicken Macaroni Grill Meal was.  All I had to do was pour the frozen meal into a frying pan, add 1/4 c of milk and heat covered on med for 15 min.  I used the the handy serving platter they sent me, along with the tongs. to present the meal to my husband.  It looked and smelled so good.  A lot of tempting colors and scents in this meal.  I found it to be a delicious, filling meal. 

You can go to http://www.macaronigrillathome.com/  to check out all the other flavors.  There’s also coupons available on the website to save some money on trying it for yourself.  You know how I love to save money around here 🙂

Review Summary:  These are a great meal to have on hand when you don’t feel like cooking or for an easy romantic dinner for 2.  You get a nice helping for 2 people or 3 smaller helpings if you like.  The flavors and ease of making this meal along with the $1.50 off coupon on the site make the Macaroni Grill Frozen Meals for 2 worth a try!

GIVEAWAY

Macaroni Grill in conjunction with MyBlogSpark is offering one of my readers their own Macaroni Grill package just like I received!  Frozen Entree will come packaged in Dry Ice and will arrive seperate from platter and tong package.  Must be 18 years of age to win.  
MANDATORY ENTRY:  This step must be completed first before any bonus entries to qualify.  
Visit Macaronigrillathome.com and tell me what flavor variety of the frozen meals for 2 you’d like to try.  Don’t forget to leave an email address I can  contact you at if you win. 
Bonus Entries:   (if there is a +1 after that entry leave 1 comment for it. +2 leave 2 comments for that entry)

1.  Follow me via google friend connect and/or networked blogs (+1 for each one)

2.  Follow Macaroni Grill on twitter  (+1)
3.  Like Macaroni Grill on facebook (+1)
4.  Leave  this status message on your facebook page and Leave a link to your facebook status (+2)
”  I entered to win a Macaroni Grill frozen meal prize pack from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More: http://www.luvesavingmoney.info  ”   This can be done up to 2x per day
5.  Follow me on twitter @angiewith3 (+1)
6.  Tweet this giveaway message:   ” I entered to win a Macaroni Grill prize pack from @angiewith3, @macaronigrill, and #myblogspark http://bit.ly/macgril  8/17″
7.  Like FFCandM on facebook (+1)

8. Enter any of my giveaways and leave a comment telling me which one (+1) for each one entered

9.  Subscribe via RSS feed and/or email (+1 for each) use gadgets in right hand column
10.  Vote for me on Top Mommy Blogs (+1)

11.  **NEW** enter my abbamart.com makeup brush giveaway  http://bit.ly/abbamart    (+2)

  
1 Winner will be drawn Aug 17, 2010 at 10 PM EST.  Winner will have 48 hours to reply to winner notification email or a new winner will be drawn.  Winner will be chosen using Random.org.  Winner must be 18 years of age or older. 
***I was provided with a Macaroni Grill prize pack from Macaroni Grill and Myblogspark.  I received no monetary compensation for this post.  Any opinions expressed are my own.***

Random.org drew number 135 for our winner. Winner has been contacted via email and has 48 hours to reply or a new winner will be chosen. 

 
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Bonanzle booth review and giveaways teaser!

If you’ve never been on Bonanzle.com you’re missing out. Both as a seller and shopper. I was a consultant for a short while and listed my items on Bonanzle.com. One thing I loved about Bonanzle, you could list as much as you want and you don’t have to pay for the listing unless you sell an item.

As a shopper there are so many great Bonanzle Booths. Everything from handmade items, antiques, collectibles, and more.

Another great feature of Bonanzle.com is the chats in each booth. If the seller is on you can actually chat live with them if you want to.

I will be reviewing some great Bonanzle shops and host some cool giveaways from my great Bonanzle booth sellers.

I still don’t know how to make a G-darn blog button or I would make a cute green and yellow one that says “A Bonanzle Bonanzle”

Here are the confirmed Bonanzle Booths Participating if you’d like to go check them out. Say hi, tell ’em Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests and More sent ya if you’d like 🙂  These are in no particular order. I will add more if I get more participants

 Indizona Bonanzle Booth

The Cat’s Meow Bonanzle Booth

The Wild Side Bonanzle Booth

Abbamart
Abbamart bonanzle booth

Big Girl Jewelry and More Bonanzle Booth
also at Sister Jewelry

If you are a Bonanzle Booth who would like to get in on the fun please feel free to contact me and I can explain how everything will work.  It’s not too late. Even if you’re not ready now, I’ll be glad to review your booth at another time.

First review and giveaway for this BONANZLE BONANZLE will be Sun Aug 8!  So keep reading.  There are more reviews and giveaways coming up as well. 

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Review and Giveaway: Lunchboxes.com COUPON ALSO! Giveaway CLOSED

I had the opportunity to review a couple of cool lunch boxes from http://www.lunchboxes.com 

Before we know it, it will be back to school shopping time again. I know my boys would whine if they saw what I just typed lol. Think about http://www.lunchboxes.com when in need of a new lunchbox.  I chose 2 lunchboxes from lunchboxes.com.  One for me and one for the boys to use.

The boys picked the camo skull lunch bag.  The one pictured on the the right in the above picture.  They were very happy with with it.  I used it for the 4th of July fireworks to take a few drinks along with us, some string cheese, and a sippy cup for the baby.  There’s plenty of room inside this one.

Then There’s the Bon Appetit system that has way more cool features then the description on the
 http://www.lunchboxes.com/ site goes into.

I received the Bon Appetit Lunch System in white and orange.  Looking at the picture above you may think, Ok it looks cool so what else does it do?  Well I’ll show you.

I took the whole system apart to show you the pieces. There’s a large square bowl, if you will.  Plenty of space if you’re just taking something like a bowl of leftover spaghetti into work.  Take your fork and just leave the other pieces at home.  The lid locks on with little locks on both sides where the handles are.  There is a rubber seal around the lid that seals in everything, so no leaking  that spaghetti sauce into the stylish carrying back.  That brings me to the carrying back which opens the whole way and can be used as a placemat.  There is velcro around the side so it seals up into a cute stylish carrying back.  People may not even know it’s your lunch bag. 

                                                       Sealing the system into the bag.

                                                               Packed and ready to go

All of the pieces fit in a nice neat package.  You can store items in the main part and store items you want to keep seperate in the larger triangle section.  There’s a smaller triangle section that you can put in sauces, dips, or a small portion of something like maybe nuts for as salad or croutons.   Then there’s the fork.  Do you notice that the fork is rounded on one side of the prongs and straight on the other.  The straight side is for cutting.

The lid is not exception to being an efficient part of the Bon Appetit lunchbox system.  See the little circle  I’m pointing to in the pic?  That is for your sauces.  Like ketchup for your fries, honey mustard for your nuggets, etc.  Store it in the little triangle section and pour some into this well for a neat way to keep your sauce seperate from the rest of your meal.

I packed my lunch up for work one day. Cashew Chicken.  I put the rice in the main part and the chicken in the large triangle part.  Extra cashews in the small triangle container. 

Everything fit in nicely, even with the fork inside.  Sides locked and ready to go.

There are many more lunchboxes at http://www.lunchboxes.com/  from metal, plastic, insulated, bento boxes, lunch box accessories such as thermoses , ice packs and more.  Check out the cool selection:  http://www.lunchboxes.com/

Review Summary:   With such a large selection of lunch boxes that lunchboxes.com has to offer you are sure to find one you like at a price to fit your budget.  Customer Service is friendly and shipping is fast.  Good quality products.  I would recommend lunchboxes.com

GIVEAWAY:  

http://www.lunchboxes.com has been generous enough to offer one of my readers 
a $10 gift certificate to lunchboxes.com.  This will be a great way to save yourselves 
some money when buying a lunchbox for back-to-school or a new one for yourself.  


MANDATORY ENTRY:  “LIKE” Lunchboxes.com on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/LunchboxDotCom Leave a comment below telling me you did this.  Be sure to leave an email address I can contact you at should you win. 

**tip** to avoid spammers leave your email address in this formats: joeshmoe (at) blah (dot) com

This must be done before any bonus entries are considered.  If you do not complete the mandatory entry, all other entries you enter will be deleted. 
Open to: US, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and Japan

BONUS ENTRIES:    Leave a comment for each one you complete if it says +1 leave one comment +2 leave two comments and so on. 


1.  Follow Lunchboxes.com on twitter (+1):  Lunchboxes.com on twitter

2.  Follow Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More on Google Friend Connect (+1)  and/or Networked     Blogs (+1)  use  widgets in right column.

3.  Visit  Lunchboxes.com and leave a comment telling me which lunchbox is your favorite.  (+1)

4.  Enter my Bacon Hot Sauce Giveaway until 7/19 and leave a comment telling me you did so (+2) http://bit.ly/bhreviewffcandm

5.  Leave a comment on 1 of my non-giveaway product review posts and leave a comment telling me which one you commented on (+2)


6.  Follow me on twitter (+1) : @angiewith3

7. Tweet this message on twitter (+1) : ” I entered to win a $10 gc to  @LunchboxDotCom from http://bit.ly/LBdotcomgiveaway @angiewith3 end July 26 10pm EST #giveaway”


8.  “like” Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More on facebook(+1) :  “like” ffcandm on facebook

9.  Update your status on facebook with this message: ” I entered to win a gift certificate for lunchboxes.com from  Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More http://bit.ly/LBdotcomgiveaway

AFTER THE GIVEAWAY, IF YOU DON’T WIN, COME BACK HERE AND I WILL BE POSTING  A SPECIAL COUPON LUNCHBOXES.COM IS OFFERING FOR MY READERS.

Giveaway ends July 26, 2010 at 10 pm EST.  Winner will have 48 hours to respond to email.  If winner does not respond within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen. If you do not leave your email address I can’t contact you.  Winner will be chosen using random.org

***I received two lunchboxes from lunchboxes.com in order to complete a proper review.  I did not received any monetary compensation for this post.  I was under no obligation to write a positive review.  All opinions expressed are my own***
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