What Women Want In 2015--Results of the SheSpeaks Poll

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Tide Coldwater Challenge

I switched to washing in cold water several months ago in my effort to save energy. However, my hubby insists that whites be washed in hot water.
I was excited to get the chance to give Tide Coldwater a try, mostly on the whites. I've washed 3 loads of whites in cold water, using the Tide Coldwater. SSssshhhhh don't tell my hubby....I haven't told him, nor do I plan to.

I've also washed loads of colors with the Tide Coldwater. I love knowing that Tide is one of the best brands of laundry soap out there and that my clothes are being taken care of.
My daughter just bought 2 new pairs of pants, one purple and one red. I put both in the washer, not paying attention to the other colors I was putting in. There was no bleeding of colors at all.

Admittedly I've not been a user of Tide, but several of my friends will use nothing else. My thought has always been that it was just too expensive for my budget. I was surprised when I did check prices to find that is only a couple dollars or so higher than the brands I usually buy. Proctor & Gamble always has Tide coupons out and it does go on sale. Recently it was on a good sale at my grocery store. Great price and the current coupon was $2 off. I was disappointed to not find the Coldwater formula for sale at my store, but I did take advantage to try another formula that I hadn't ever tried before.

I am including before and after shots of one of the loads of whites I did using the Tide Coldwater.

Disclaimer: I received a full size bottle of Tide Coldwater from SheSpeaks as part of their Tide Coldwater program. I was not compensated in any other way and all opinions are my own.

Malbox Monday January 9, 2012

New year, new year of tracking freebies rec'd in the mail.  I added up my 2011 freebies total and come up with $1.397.56 (bear in mind this doesn't count free coupons that I won or rec'd as they are in my coupons used total).  Can I beat this total in 2012??  I better get busy sending for things if I expect to.  Obviously I've been lax is sending for things.
It was a pretty slow week again:
Magazines: Time, People, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly, Ok!, and Good Housekeeping
Just a few pieces of hausernet mail
Michigan Bulb catalog
address labels and stickers inside a Kansas Tree Survey
Gardening cards trying to sell me more of them
Tide Coldwater from shespeaks


In my email I rec'd $8 from beezag.

Also, last week I forgot to put in the 100 postcards that I got from UPrinting as my gift for hosting a giveaway of them on my blog.

Torani Gourmet Syrups Review and Giveaway

My review:
Pictured above are the 2 bottles of Torani Gourmet Syrups that I was sent to try and review as part of the shespeaks website.  I'm not a coffee drinker myself, but my daughter is.  I knew she would delve into the flavors right away.
She loved the Salted Caramel flavor straight from the bottle.  Gingerbread from the bottle, no  LOL  It had too strong of a flavor.  She used the Salted Caramel in iced coffee.
My daughters boyfriend also tried the Salted Caramel in his hot coffee.  He enjoyed it at first but then said the salt flavor took over.

Along with the 2 bottles of Torani Gourmet Syrups came a recipe booklet.  Since I am not a coffee drinker and know nothing about flavored coffee drinks, I was glad to see recipes for other drinks as well.  Two that I really want to try are: Torani Cherry Lime Soda and  Electric Blue Lemonade.


I did a search of my zip code to see where in my area I can buy the Torani Gourmet Syrups.  I found the only place in my area is a bulk foods store in the Amish/Mennonite community.  I do look forward to a trip to the store to try some other flavors.

About Torani:

Since 1925, family-owned Torani has been crafting great tasting flavored syrups that coffeehouses use to make their flavored drinks taste so delicious. With over 120 flavors in regular and sugar free varieties, Torani flavored syrups are perfect for flavored lattes, mochas, coffees, cocoas, Italian sodas, teas, lemonades, cocktails and smoothies. Coffeehouse professionals choose Torani flavors because they are expertly crafted and made with the highest quality ingredients, like natural flavors and pure cane sugar. The sugar free flavors have no calories and are sweetened with Splenda. Now, Torani Flavored Syrups are widely available at retail so you can easily create authentic coffeehouse quality drinks at home.

Popular Drink Types for Syrups:

• Flavored Coffees/Espresso Drinks (Most popular drink type for flavored syrups)
• Italian Sodas
• Flavored Tea (Hot and Cold)
• Flavored Lemonades
• Flavored Sodas (Coca-Cola, Mountain Dew, etc)
• Cocktails
• Mocktails
• Flavored Energy drinks (Red Bull)

Torani Syrup Flavor Varieties: Torani flavored syrups are available in over 122 flavors, which include regular and sugar free varieties. Please go to www.Torani.com to see all flavors.

Distribution/Where to Buy Torani Flavored Syrups: Torani syrups are primarily used at coffeehouses and restaurants in over 40 countries. Within the retail flavored syrup category, Torani has a dominant market share exceeding 60%. At US retail outlets, Torani is available at stores such as:

• Cost Plus World Market
• BevMo
• Walmart
• Smart and Final
• Most major grocery stores
• Amazon.com (wide assortment of flavors)
• Torani.com and Shop.Torani.com (widest assortment of flavors)

 Special offer from shespeaks and Torani!! 

Another part of my blog package are some free coupons.  I am offering a giveaway with 2 winners.  Each winner will receive 2 free coupons to try the Torani syrups for themselves.  :)

Disclaimer:  I was sent the Torani Gourmet Syrups as part of a shespeaks blog campaign.  I was also sent the free coupons to distribute as I see fit.  I was not compensated in any other way.  All opinions are my own.

Mailbox Monday 4/11/2011

This week......all week all I rec'd besides hausernet mail was Dove for Men trial size bottles....then came Saturday.
Magazines:
3 issues of Entertainment Weekly
People
Sports Illustrated
Time

Other mail:
several pieces of hausernet mail
Dove for Men deoderant and body and face wash trial sizes, including $1 coupons for each
Hormel Compleats for Kids kit from shespeaks
Dear Lemon Lima signed movie poster and t-shirt--prize from a gather win (I emailed to say I hadn't gotten the t-shirt, just the poster and next thing I know, I get a delivery that includes both even though I had already gotten the poster)
Vaseline Repairing Lotion sample with $1 coupon



In my church mailbox:  $50 check for cleaning in March

In my email:
$25 paypal from sidetick.com
$10 paypal from gather.com

To join the fun and/or see what others have gotten in the mail this past week, click the button.  Thanks to afrugalfriend.net for hosting!

Wednesday November 19

Good Morning.
My daughter didn't show up to take Allen to school. I took the van, which was not smart. I put water in it before leaving, which all of it was out by the time I got back home....or well, the rest of it spewed out in to the driveway. The whole motor is covered with anti-freeze.
No one picked me up from work yesterday so I ended up walking home. I don't have a ride to work tomorrow so I do plan on taking the van as the high is only 40! Just say a prayer that I make it there and back.
Regardless of the money, I think it's time for me to put in my 2 week notice to quit. I'm not going to make enough to get another vehicle anyway and I can't expect someone to take me and pick me up each day....and they aren't reliable to do so anyway. I will not walk to work in winter! That measly $8.56 an hour I get is just not worth it and I only work 3 hours a day, 4 days a week on a full Headstart week.

I've been working daily on crafts and trying to list something each day that I can. I have enough supplies on hand right now to do several crafts too.
I am waiting on a reply back from the owner of homeschoolbuy to see if he is going to truly fix the glitch in the auctions. If he doesn't soon then I am moving all those books over to blujay as well.

I'm paying attention and doing more of the survey sites. And, I did get in on the Ghiradelli chocolate with shespeaks!!

I did decide for sure to cancel my paid membership with winster. Since I can't earn enough points in a month to cover the $5 then I just can't do it. It will take some pressure off anyway and free up time. I can play as a free player when I have the extra time in the day and still eventually earn enough points.

I've been pretty much keeping up with cutting and sorting my coupons. This will help a lot on saving money.

I guess I will quit going on for today, only an hour left now before I have to get off to work. I will be safe today and walk since the weather is decent.

Have the best day that you can!
Marsha