tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69402424427155753522024-03-05T05:29:17.574-06:00Feisty Frugal and FabulousProduct review and giveaway blog featuring items for the entire family and tips on frugal living.Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.comBlogger1242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-42265683762502215172010-06-08T18:19:00.004-06:002010-06-08T21:12:10.110-06:00I'm Packing Up!You may notice something funny when poking around my blog over the next little while. I'm getting an extreme makeover! I have been debating the move to Wordpress for awhile now but never really felt the need to move. I think now is a great time to pack my bags, though!I've been looking to do a redesign of my blog recently, and then figured if I was doing one step I may as well take the plunge Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-52219439531550394402010-06-08T14:33:00.004-06:002010-06-08T14:39:01.520-06:00SchleichWhen I first heard about Schleich action figures (animals, knights, figurines and even smurfs!) I wasn't sure if a review would be worthwhile for our family. Why? Since I wasn't familiar with the brand, I thought it was "just another plastic toy" and we have enough of those. Many end up in the garbage in less than a year because of their poor quality. When I mentioned the possibility of a Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-90522450001960884562010-06-07T05:00:00.003-06:002010-06-07T05:00:12.126-06:00Summer Blog Tour 2010
The 2010 Summer Blog tour has been launched by The Work At Home Woman and Living My Moment and is running for 60 days from May 12th to August 4th. I'm happy to be a part of a great way for bloggers like myself to seek out new blogs to read and share their own work with others. So, hello to my visitors today from the 2010 Summer Blog Tour! I've been reading the blogs involved in the tour so Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-78240018437943079012010-06-06T21:34:00.004-06:002010-06-06T22:24:01.721-06:00Hoover FloorMateOh what a change it has been moving into a house with predominantly hard flooring throughout. Our old house had a lot of carpet so this is definitely new to me. Our entire upstairs is all hard flooring and the only carpet in this household is on the stairs and in our basement. It's taken some time to get used to hard flooring (walking in bare feet can get annoying, for example) but overall I Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com363tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-69273211038387865852010-06-05T23:56:00.002-06:002010-06-05T23:58:01.788-06:00WeUseCoupons.comTenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-15304635185195214502010-06-05T10:03:00.006-06:002010-06-05T10:35:49.520-06:00iStyle OriginalsBased in Ottawa, this Canadian company is making a big splash online and among celebs. Thousands of people took in the CES show in Las Vegas earlier this year and iStyle Originals had a very popular booth there! iStyle Originals have been at numerous events and shows making sure people see their products, and now they're available in Zellers stores across Canada as well.Taking hold of the wholeTenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com162tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-58920426619849625012010-06-04T15:23:00.001-06:002010-06-04T15:23:50.270-06:00Win a Nestle Nescafe Dolce Gusto Machine!This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Nestle Nescafe Dolce Gusto. All opinions are 100% mine.I'm a huge coffee lover and I love the new coffee machines out there helping us all make coffee-shop quality drinks at home. While I love going out to a fancy coffee shop, listening to jazz music and reading a book while sipping my espresso, sadly those days are behind me. For some reason Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-28077633168342113962010-06-04T11:15:00.003-06:002010-06-04T11:21:55.561-06:00Pizza Hut - New Health Check OptionsThe Eat Well Menu at Pizza Hut is brand new, and Canadians are the first to get a taste of the delicious options that have the Health Check seal of approval. As a Canadian, I'm sure you have seen the Health Check seal on items but do you know what it means?Health Check is one way the Heart and Stroke Foundation helps Canadians make healthy choices. All Health Check items meet nutrient Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com186tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-64312831047520723692010-06-04T10:06:00.011-06:002010-06-04T13:08:03.144-06:00Learn About Business While on a Cruise! Zenith Training is offering an amazing offer right now for you to go on a cruise and learn about business. This 7 day cruise to the Caribbean called Dare to Dream Dare to be Great is edutainment, meaning you will be educated and entertained all in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Enjoy a first class cruising experience while you hone your business skills and improve Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-52526238318673943582010-06-04T09:20:00.005-06:002010-06-04T09:53:02.939-06:00Dove "My Mini Moment" Contest!This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Dove Ice Cream. All opinions are 100% mine.Dove Ice CreamMiniatures conducted a survey of over 400 moms and discovered that 70% are taking time for themselves each day. Of course, that time does not involve a spa pedicure daily but we try and take those quiet 'me' moments whenever we can because it's important. What's your little mini-escape Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-51980879612719134982010-06-04T03:19:00.001-06:002010-06-04T15:25:41.515-06:00Discount from Sharp ContactsLooking for a new website to order discount contacts? Check out Sharp Contacts, a huge online resource for contact lense wearers, including fun lenses like colored lenses or special effects lenses (they even have lenses with happy faces or stars on them, wow.)I don't wear contacts myself but always do a double take when I see people with the special effects lenses or the beautiful colored lensesTenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-63426880573406566262010-06-03T13:17:00.003-06:002010-06-03T17:57:07.639-06:00SleepJoySleepJoy has one mission - to help you wake up happy. Their entire company is focused on that goal, which makes for a pretty dedicated team. Remember the egg-crate foam mattress covers from the 80s? I do, we had them though I remember they turned a weirdo color of yellow color after awhile and they smelled like, well, foam. SleepJoy has taken the concept of mattress toppers and created a Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com440tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-66537501643570341832010-06-03T11:47:00.002-06:002010-06-03T11:50:25.115-06:00Money Smart MomSuper-mom to 3 girls Sarah Deveau is someone I could see myself enjoying a cup of java with and having a great discussion. After all, she is an entrepreneur that owns a children's consignment boutique in Airdrie, Alberta called Cater Tot Consignment (clever, right?) so she knows how to be frugal by sourcing out great quality second hand items and in doing so, she created a business out of this Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com75tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-53557056690128403542010-06-02T13:43:00.003-06:002010-06-03T17:56:33.741-06:00Body DrenchBody Drench has been a familiar name for me for years now. Back in the year before I was married I worked in a tanning and esthetics salon as a receptionist (which also included such non-glamorous jobs as cleaning sweaty tanning beds, ewwww!) and Body Drench was one of the brands we sold. People love Body Drench indoor tanning products (as did I) because they always went on smooth, smelled Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com221tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-64522442874541029872010-06-02T10:15:00.002-06:002010-06-02T10:18:38.945-06:00Care Bears Share-A-Lot in Care-A-LotJoin the Care Bears for eight wonderful tales filled with sharing and caring delight! Whether it’s the Care Bears welcoming Grizzle, Share Bear helping Harmony overcome her fears on Surprise Day, or McKenna learning the joys of giving at a Giving Party, the Care Bears discover that warmth and kindness bring friendship and fun! Get ready to journey into Care-a-lot for more charming Care Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com173tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-28596083722025046782010-06-01T13:14:00.002-06:002010-06-01T13:16:46.405-06:00Home Right Products - Get Your Paint On (uh, literally.)When Home Right offered to send me 4 of their painting products, I was so excited to tell my husband about them. You see, I have given up thinking I can paint more than the trim in each room (I'm a weakling) so I knew that any help he could get in painting, through a product in this case, would be beneficial. As I keep saying, I'm the foreman here people!We are currently renovating our basementTenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com454tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-5288900291146870032010-05-31T10:10:00.004-06:002010-06-02T10:29:48.073-06:00Prince Lionheart boosterPODThe boosterPOD from Prince Lionheart is an item I have had my eye on for awhile. Admittedly, the option to have a booster seat in my favorite pink/brown combo is what initially drew me to the product but then when I learned it was made by Prince Lionheart, a well known company known for quality and functional products for infants and toddlers, I wanted it even more.In our new house, we have a Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com253tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-4624809888073881482010-05-31T09:50:00.002-06:002010-05-31T09:51:23.980-06:00Shrek Forever After: The GameGet your Ogre on! In Shrek Forever After The Game, players can switch between the characters of Shrek, Fiona, Donkey or Puss in Boots to out-smart, out-wit, and out-play Rumpelstiltskin (I had to check 4 times to make sure that name was spelled rightJust days after seeing Shrek Forever After in the theater with my son, we were sent the game for our Wii, a Shrek Forever After hard cover book (Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-32044215950021364312010-05-30T21:08:00.005-06:002010-06-09T09:53:53.328-06:00Subway Orchard Chicken Salad SubHave you heard the buzz? Subway has a new sub for summer - the Summar Orchard Chicken Salad Sub. Looks yummy in the picture! Made with chicken, mayo and celery but also including some surprises like raisins, apples and cranberries this sub is a really nice change from the usual.Have you seen the commercials? Eager to try it out too? Even if you don't really like chicken salad sandwiches (Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com655tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-21411614698660486392010-05-29T12:53:00.004-06:002010-06-09T09:46:20.599-06:00Pediped Gets Even BetterI love when a company takes an already successful and proven product and makes it even better. This is the case with Pediped, a company that makes shoes for children ages 0-3 months all the way up to 6 years old (size 12 or so). Pediped has done an extensive amount of research on foot development in babies and children, so parents know that the shoes they are buying are not only cute but also Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com414tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-31482953928496165302010-05-29T11:24:00.002-06:002010-05-29T11:25:20.195-06:0020x Points Day - Shoppers OptimumOh how I love the Shoppers Drug Mart Optimum program (Canadian company for those US readers scratching their heads right now). About twice a year I can redeem my points for $200 in free products, and the thing is until March I didn't even live in the same city as a Shoppers Drug Mart! I am always blabbing to my friends about 20x points day (my sister is a points collector like me!) and althoughTenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-9611972242598228682010-05-29T10:00:00.001-06:002010-05-29T13:29:30.417-06:00Bot TotsCan you tell the difference between organic material and plain-old cotton, just by feel? I'm not there just yet but I love when I receive an item of clothing for review that's organic and feels unbelievably soft because of it.Bot Tots manufactures clothing for children sized 0-3 months up to 4T. The products also include books about the Bot Tots and their journey to become more green.We were Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-77458216400527192192010-05-28T10:21:00.003-06:002010-06-09T09:17:12.449-06:00LiLiKiKSUnlike other companies that make clothing for children as an afterthought, as part of the adult line with little attention paid to the smaller segment of their collection, LiLiKiKS is solely a company with active-wear for young girls.The collection has a size range from x-small (6-7) to x-large (14), the clothing at LiLiKiKS is too big for my daughter, but the the company kindly sent me the aboveTenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com240tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-14469085357589134972010-05-28T09:34:00.003-06:002010-06-09T09:22:31.714-06:00BugalugBugalug was one of the very first companies I worked with when I started doing product reviews on my site. Based in Calgary, I have a special affinity for this rockin' Canadian company (rockin' because they are so well known across Canada and the US now, yay Canadian marketing!)I knew Bugalug makes products for hair but had no idea they also make cute Cinch Belts for kids too. I was sent 1 Tenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com167tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940242442715575352.post-82373313133632007412010-05-27T10:44:00.005-06:002010-05-27T10:53:52.300-06:00Kraft Sizzling Salads = Yum!The Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association reports that entrée salads are the fastest growing category on restaurant menus across the country. Now, Kraft Sizzling Salads take the guesswork out of creating restaurant-quality entrée salads in the comfort of your own kitchen. Available in the salad dressing aisle, each Kraft Sizzling Salads kit (SRP $4.29) perfectly pairs a cooking sauceTenillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680167360057366027noreply@blogger.com4