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Win a Family Trip for Four with #AtlanticLuggage

Lolli — Tue, 20 May 2014 13:25:16 +0000

This post brought to you by Atlantic Luggage. All opinions are 100% mine.

It’s not always easy to travel with a family as large as mine. But as challenging as it might be to travel with kids, the memories and the fun and the bonding that happen during family vacations is priceless. Totally worth the trouble.

This summer we're getting ready for an exciting road trip across the country to deliver my oldest daughter to college. I can't wait to see all of the sights along the way.

Where do you love to go on vacation? What do you like to do when you travel as a family? How would you like to win a family trip for four to Los Angeles or Washington DC??

Atlantic Luggage is holding a “Win a family trip for 4” Sweepstakes!

One lucky person will win a family trip for 4 to either Los Angeles, CA or Washington, DC! – winner’s choice! The trip includes airfare, hotel, $300 activity allowance, and a 4-piece set of Atlantic® luggage.

To enter the sweepstakes head over to Atlantic Luggage and enter to win!

Why is Atlantic® luggage perfect for family travel?

Atlantic® luggage is:

versatile
lightweight (I absolutely love this feature!)
affordable – priced with families in mind!
fashionable, functional, and high quality

I’ve got my eyes on this set of luggage – the Atlantic® Debut™ collection

Aren't the colors stunning? This fashionable luggage will stand out at the airport. The stylish and unique design of the Atlantic® Debut™ 4-piece collection (which includes 20” Carry-On, 25” and 28” Uprights, and a handy Rolling Tote) caught my eye. The Debut’s case is designed to resist abrasion and absorb shock during every day travel. The 2-compartment design makes packing a breeze. Plus, they come with a 10-year warranty. With all of the traveling I've been doing lately, that's something I need!

Check out the other styles and suitcase collections at Atlantic Luggage.

So…which luggage would you pick? And where would you go?

Enter for a chance to win $10,000 in the NEW Nutrisystem Great Escape $40,000 Giveaway

Lolli — Thu, 01 May 2014 03:09:17 +0000

This post brought to you by Nutrisystem. All opinions are 100% mine.

About 2 weeks ago, I introduced a special offer from Nutrisystem® and hinted at the fact that I would have some pretty major, exciting news to share in the near future.

Just as a quick reminder, Nutrisystem® Fast5™ is designed to help you jump-start your weight loss – you’ll LOSE 5 POUNDS in your FIRST WEEK, GUARANTEED, or your money back!. Once you've finished your first week with Fast5™, you'll continue following the regular My Way® program (a meal plan that is personalized for you and your metabolism) for the next 28 days.

I’m excited to say that the time is NOW for the special announcement and the news is, in fact pretty exciting. $40,000-exciting!

The Nutrisystem® Great Escape Giveaway

As if loosing weight isn’t a reward in itself…now your weight loss could mean some big bucks with a NEW contest from Nutrisystem® – the Nutrisystem Great Escape $40,000 Giveaway!

How to enter:

It’s easy to enter. Simply share your best photos and your personal weight loss stories here: Nutrisystem Giveaway

Nutrisystem will be choosing 4 grand prize winners, who will each receive an incredible $10,000 each! (Just imagine how many new outfits you could get to fit your NEW, beautiful body with that kind of cash!)

Bonus: the grand prize winners and other participants in the giveaway could have the opportunity to join Nutrisystem® at a photo shoot at the beach.

Enter now!

The Great Escape Giveaway is LIVE and runs through June 11, 2014 – so submit your photos and stories today at https://bit.ly/EnterGreatEscape for a chance at your own $10,000 prize – and a host of unforgettable memories, too!

Tell me…what would YOU do with a $10,000 cash prize?

The Cottonelle Great Finish Sweepstakes #KentuckyDerby

Lolli — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:00:24 +0000

Many thanks to Cottonelle for sponsoring today’s story…and for keeping my family’s bums clean. All thoughts and bums are our own.

Next week, I’m heading to another red carpet event in Los Angeles for the premiere of Million Dollar Arm. I’ve been trying to plan what to wear on the red carpet, since this event is more casual than others I’ve been to before…and yet I obviously want to look my best in case I’m caught on camera.

Can you tell which red carpet even this is from?

Whether it’s for a red carpet movie premiere or the upcoming Kentucky Derby, getting ready for a special event probably includes meticulous grooming – hair, makeup, shoes, jewelry and accessories, the perfect outfit, and more. I’m still stressing over what I’m going to wear and how I’m going to look next week!

Have you ever been to the Kentucky Derby? Did you wear a big, fancy hat? Regardless of what you wear, as long as you’re confident and clean, you’ll be set to go.

And being clean ALL over requires a little bit of this:

The Cottonelle Great Finish Sweepstakes

Imagine this: at this year’s Kentucky Derby, more than 165,000 people will be in attendance….and using the bathrooms. That’s a LOT of flushing (and I thought sharing 2 bathrooms with 6 other people in MY house was a big deal!). At the kentucky Derby, the bathrooms probably get as much traffic as the betting windows.

The “Cottonelle Great Finish” sweepstakes will reward Americans (first 15,000 entrants to sign up) with a YEAR SUPPLY of Cottonelle products IF the No. 1 and No. 2 positioned racehorses place in that order during the race. To enter, simply go to the Cottonelle landing page and click “The Cottonelle Great Finish Giveaway” on the right side of the page.

Four easy steps, and you’re entered:

1. Visit the Cottonelle landing page.
2. Click on the “Cottonelle Great Finish Giveaway”
3. Click on “Sign up now”
4. Register for the Cottonelle Updates website

That’s it!

There’s more:

Terrace Level Bathrooms Sponsorship: Cottonelle is upgrading the bathroom Kentucky Derby bathroom experience for everyone in attendance, providing Cottonelle toilet paper and flushable cleansing cloths and giving attendees the opportunity to get clean and fresh while at the race.

Green Room Sponsorship: Before celebrities hit the red carpet and the races, they first stop in the green room to relax and freshen up. Cottonelle will be on-hand in what they’re dubbing the “Clean Room” with refreshments, a hair and makeup touch-up/refresh station and a fun opportunity to chat with Cherry.

And, if you’re NOT heading to the red carpet or the Kentucky Derby, then I’d recommend heading to the Cottonelle landing page to see fun things like this, coupons and more:

Now, tell me…do YOU leave a courtesy stall in between?

And how do you prepare for special events? With lots of makeup? Shopping for a new outfit? Some fun, new accessories? All of the above?

Head over to visit the sponsor, Cottonelle!

Swag Code Alert 9/20 PLUS Super Savings Sweepstakes

Lolli — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:46:13 +0000

Hey everyone! It’s #SwagAlert time again – LAST one of the week!

I’m excited to be partnering with Swagbucks to bring Better in Bulk readers special alerts, insider information, and Swagbucks tips from time to time. Links included within this post are affiliate links.

Swag Code Alert! Here’s the new Swag Code available on Swagbucks.com:

SwagCode: ListenUp (4 SB)
When: 9/20 10am-11:30am PT (1:00-2:30pm ET)

Make sure to go to Swagbucks.com to get your free Swag Bucks before time runs out! And don’t forget that every Friday is Mega Swag Bucks Day – SB will be giving away more than 1,000,000 Swag Bucks TODAY.

BONUS – Super Savings Sweepstakes

Swagbucks is making coupons extra rewarding with their Super Savings Sweepstakes (US/Canada only)! You love printing and saving with coupons in your local stores, right?

Any coupon you print or “save to your card” between now and Friday, October 18th is an entry to win one of ten $250 PayPal gift cards! If you print one coupon during that time, you get one entry – one hundred coupons, one hundred entries. The winners will be drawn no later than Monday, November 4th. Get started on the Swag Bucks coupon page!

What is Swagbucks?

If you don’t know about Swagbucks yet, here’s the 10-second explanation: Swagbucks rewards people with free gift cards for the things they do online (like the regular internet searches you do everyday). I installed the Swagbucks toolbar and don’t even have to make any extra effort to earn Swag Bucks each day.

In addition to earning Swag Bucks through Search, playing games, watching videos, taking surveys, etc, Swag Codes are regularly given out for bonus Swag Bucks. But you have to know where to find those bonus Swag Bucks…and I’ll be supplying them for you right here. The more Swag Bucks, the more free gifts cards!

I’ve been using Swagbucks for 3 years and have gotten dozens of Amazon gift cards to use for fun things for me – like CDs and books, accessories for my phone and iPad, etc.

Don’t miss out on all the savings and free rewards — sign up for Swagbucks here.

—>BONUS FOR NEW SWAGBUCKS USERS! If you sign up during the month of September and use my special bonus code, BETTERINBULK, you’ll start off with 70 Swagbucks in addition to the 30 you get as they complete their profile. That’s 100 Swagbucks just for signing up.

To enter the bonus registration code, click the text that reads “I have a sign up code” as you’re signing up through this link. Have fun gathering Swag Bucks and spending your gift cards!

Oooh…It Has Bacon In It! #6SecondsFlat

Lolli — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:01:18 +0000

Thanks to Wendy’s for sponsoring today’s discussion and lunch out with my daughter. All thoughts (and video productions) are my own. Learn more about Wendy’s new Flatbreads and the #6SecondsFlat Sweepstakes here.

Wednesdays are my oldest daughter, KitKat’s afternoons “off.” If you haven’t heard about her schedule yet, here’s a quick run-down of her day:

5:45 am – Leave for before-school seminary (religion class)
7:20 am – Drive to the high school for 4 classes
11:00-11:30 am – Leave the high school and drive to the elementary school for internship
2:00 pm – Leave the internship to drive to work (after-school care at another elementary school)
7:00 pm – Come home for the night to study, eat, and sleep

We don’t see much of her. So when she doesn’t have internship every Wednesday, she’s got a couple of hours where we’re able to hang out together…we typically grab some lunch together and watch a little bit of Call the Midwife (I’m attempting to scare her off from wanting a baby any time soon).

Kidding.

Today, we ran out for a quick bite at Wendy’s and each tried the one of the new Flatbread sandwiches. KitKat was quite impressed:

Honestly, we had a lot of fun making the video (it produced more laughs than video footage in the end, especially after her comment about the Flatbread sandwich with bacon in it) and the time together was priceless.

Hurry to try Wendy’s Flatbread Chicken Sandwiches – they are back only for a limited time. We tried both flavors, Asiago Ranch (it has bacon in it!) and Smoky Honey Mustard (only 370 calories). Both were fantastic! KitKat preferred the Smoky Honey Mustard but I was a fan of the bacon. Who can resist a sandwich with bacon in it?

About the #6SecondsFlat Sweepstakes:

It’s pretty simple: 6 seconds could win you $6,000 in Wendy’s #6SecondsFlat Flatbread Sweepstakes.

Tell Wendy’s what you think about their flatbreads in a Vine or Instagram video then send it @Wendys (through twitter, Instagram or Vine) with the #6SecondsFlat tag and then my custom hashtag #betterinbulk6.

Each week of September, one lucky winner will be randomly selected to receive a $6000 prize. Since I can’t enter the sweepstakes, do me a favor and enter in my honor and use the #betterinbulk6 hashtag, K?

Wendy’s is handpicking the best video entries to re-post from their official Wendy’s social media accounts to be featured on the contest website. You could be famous AND rich.

What would YOU do if you won $6000 this month?

Visit the sweepstakes landing page for more information and view the “official rules” at the bottom of the page.

Master Back to School and Join the #MasterBacktoSchool Twitter Party

Lolli — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 22:38:20 +0000

This post is part of a Master Lock Back-to-School sponsored post campaign with Global Influence, but all thoughts are my own.

In a matter of weeks, I’ll have 2 kids in high school, one in middle school, and 2 in elementary school. A year from now, we’ll be sending our oldest off to college and I’m already stressing about all that we have to do to prepare to send a child to school in another state. I feel like it will take the entire year just to get everything we need ready to set her loose on campus for the first time.

As the kids get older I’ve noticed that they have more and more PRICEY back to school needs. Those graphing calculators alone (with 3 kids in advanced math classes) are enough to kill me. Between the calculators, the iPods, the cell phones and their expensive sneakers there are too many valuables going back and forth between home and school. It worries me.

Just last year, KitKat’s new Apple earbuds were sitting in her backpack in class. On the way home, she reached into her backpack to pull her earbuds out and noticed that someone had removed her $30 headphones and carefully replaced them with cheap, used headphones. It was disappointing, to say the least.

It appears that I’m not the only parent who worries about what her kids take back and forth between home and school:

According to a survey conducted by Survey Monkey among Americans, 60 percent of people worry about the security of their belongings while they or their children are at school
In the same survey, 1 in 4 Americans say their child cannot always remember their combination or struggle to open their lock
According to an ORC International Report ‘School/Theft Statistics,’ electronics (cell phones, iPods and laptops) are the most commonly stolen items on college campuses
According to a 2011 National Retail Federation Study, college freshmen spend an average of $281 of their back to school budgets on electronics

Keep your student’s most important possessions safe with Master Lock products…and have one less thing to worry about when you send your kids off to school.

About Master Lock Back To School Products:

dialSpeed Digital Combination Lock: Features an electronic light-up keypad with an online Backup Master Code that users can retrieve from Masterlockvault.com. It can store multiple resettable guest codes, too. Wow!
SafeSpace Portable Safe: Stash cash, jewelry, credit cards, phones and more in this portable safe for security anywhere you go.
SafeSpace Laptop Computer Lock: Perfect for college students, the SafeSpace allows you to walk away from your laptop without worrying about it being taken.
Speed Dial Set-Your-Own Combination Lock: the first padlock that opens on directional movements (up, down, left, right) instead of the traditional rotary dial.
Set-Your-Own Combination Locks: Students will love being able to set a custom, personalized combo that they can remember easily.
Master Lock Vault: A true digital safe deposit box – Securely store your private data in the cloud for easy access anytime, anywhere.

Join the Master Lock Back-to-School Twitter Party

When: Tuesday, August 6th from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. ET

Where: #MasterBacktoSchool on Twitter (RSVP on the main party post at ResourcefulMommy.com)

How: Tweet with the hashtag #MasterBacktoSchool and follow host @ResourcefulMom and sponsor @MasterLockUS

During the party, one Grand Prize winner will receive an incredible prize pack (valued at $626) which includes an iPad 2 16GB and a Homework Station Prize Pack in addition to a ton of other prizes (see the party post for more details).

About Master Lock Master Campus Challenge

From July 15 through September 8, Master Lock is hosting the Master Campus Challenge, an interactive online game that gives users the chance to win gift cards, video games, electronics and Master Lock products.

Each week, there will be a new challenge where consumers can crack the code on an animated lock. Players will be given a hint during the game and can also get hints on the Master Lock Facebook page. Players can will daily instant prizes by playing as well as earn earn entries (up to 12 points a day) into the weekly sweepstakes and towards the grand prize.

Consumers can earn points for a chance at the grand prize and a digital SLR camera by using the hashtag #MasterCampusChallenge on Instagram or Twitter. Just snap a creative picture or video of how you use your Master Lock products and upload it to Instagram or Twitter.

New Disney’s Iron Man 3 + Lone Ranger Sneak Peek

Lolli — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:59:41 +0000

I may be the only person in America not tuning in to the Super Bowl this weekend but that doesn’t mean I’m not excited to tune in to the some of the pre-game entertainment (and of course the commercials)! Here’s a preview of two sneak peek videos from Disney for a couple of the movies I’m most excited about this year…plus a fun Lone Ranger Sweepstakes (details below).

New The Lone Ranger preview and “Who Will You Ride With on Game Day” Sweepstakes

Disney announced this week that they will be debuting a brand-new 90 second sneak peek for the Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films “The Lone Ranger” on Sunday, February 3, during the CBS Pregame Show at 2:00 PM EST. Be sure to keep your eyes open for the “Who Will You Ride With on Game Day” Sweepstakes* during the Super Bowl with prizes from SUBWAY® restaurants and Kawasaki.

To participate: Follow @LoneRanger on Twitter and then answer trivia questions about the new The Lone Rangers spot correctly using #LONERANGER in the reply. All correct entries will be entered in a blind drawing for a chance to win a prize pack, such as Kawasaki helmets, SUBWAY® gift cards, and more. Each prize pack includes two prizes, one each for “You and Your Kemosabe.” The sweepstakes ends February 4, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. PST. Entries are also being accepted via email to lonerangersweeps@thaweb.com.

Fans can also text RANGER to Disney** (347639) to receive a Tune In reminder to watch “The Lone Ranger” new footage debut during the CBS Pregame Show and, in addition, receive updates on “The Lone Ranger.”

New Iron Man 3 sneak peek to air during the Super Bowl

How excited are you about Iron Man 3?!?

Connect with the movies:

“Like” IRON MAN 3 on Facebook: facebook.com/ironman
“Follow” IRON MAN 3 on Twitter: @Iron_Man
Visit the Iron Man 3 website: https://marvel.com/ironman3
“Like” THE LONE RANGER on Facebook: facebook.com/theloneranger
“Follow” THE LONE RANGER on Twitter: @disneypictures

IRON MAN 3 releases in theaters on May 3rd and THE LONE RANGER rides into theaters on July 3rd!

*No Purchase Necessary. Void Where Prohibited. Open to legal residents 13 years or older of the 50 United States and District of Columbia. To enter each of the ten sweepstakes, entrant must correctly answer on twitter.com the trivia question as posted on twitter.com/longranger and include hashtag #loneranger. Starts after :90 sneak peek plays during CBS Pregame Show on or around 2:30 p.m. PST, February 3, 2013 and ends 3:00 p.m. PST., February 4, 2013. Entrants may also enter by sending their email address to lonerangersweeps@thaweb.com. Official rules Sponsor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

**Msg. & data rates may apply. If under 18, get your parents’ permission first

Note: Information and photos provided by Disney, but no compensation was received.