February Freebies and Survey Rewards!

This month was a little slower than last month but still a lot of fun prizes and rewards. Here is my list. I got 152 dollars in cash and prizes (I am not counting the shutterfly one, while it's a good deal I still have to spend money to use it so I don't count that one because I may or may not use it) Also Kjell had to work for the 52 free chicken sandwich meals :) He and Kiah got to have a fun adventure and spend the night in a tent at the opening of our new Chick-Fil-A but we are sure going to enjoy those! This time I am going to talk about a few of the companies I didn't talk about last time.
Checkout51- this is the first time I have actually cashed out with them. They are a company who pays you for buying groceries. If I buy something on their list (they used to give a quarter for 2 gallons of milk) then you just send the a picture of your receipt and they give you credit for it. It took me a long time to cash out but what I usually do is just take a look at their app before or after I shop and if there is anything I wanted or bought that was on the list I will do my picture. They always have some fruit or veggie and if you are a parent who buys diapers or a person who buys beer- this is a great site and you will cash out quickly!
Tryazon has a lot of fun products that I get to try and share with others. They are one of my favorites- a bit like House Party but doesn't seem to have quite the audience (yet) so I qualify quite often for the ones I want.
That is it for this month if you have any questions please let me know!!!

Checkout51

Feb 21^st $20 Check

Chick-Fil-A

Feb 23^rd 52 free chicken sandwich meal deals gift card (for Kjell sleeping in a tent)

Dillons

Feb 4^th 1 free bottle of Kraft dressing coupon, 1 free bottle of Kroger brand dressing (only including freebies)

Harris Polls

$50 Olive Garden Gift Card

InSites Consulting

Feb 9^th $50 Amazon Gift Card

IPSOS

Feb 7^th $10 AMC GC

Magazines

Above Rubies #93

Bon Appetit March

Family Circle March

Family Fun Feb/March

Inc. March

Parents March

Real Simple March

Redbook March

Sports Illustrated Feb 13^th

Sports Illustrated Kids March

Women’s Day March

Mail

Feb 3^rd 2017 Calendar

Feb 6^th Garnier Whole Blends Shampoo and Conditioner single samples

Feb 11^th Persil one load laundry soap and $2 coupon

Feb 21^st Keys for Kids

Feb 25^th AHAVA mud mask 

Mom’s Meet

Feb 3^rd Two full sized Dr Bronner’s Toothpaste, plus 20 brochures and samples to pass out at MOPS

Nielsen

Feb 27^th $2 cash

Opinion Outpost

Feb 9^th $20 Paypal

Proctor & Gamble

Feb 7^th $20 Shutterfly credit

Tryazon

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Feb 14^th 3 Wow Snack containers, 1 Wow spill proof cup, a box of Cheerios, six single packs of goldfish, six single packs of gummies.

Tryazon and Wow Gear Cups and Snack Pals review

Tryazon is always my favorite company to tell me what cool new products are out there that I have never heard of but then find out I really need them. They didn't disappoint this time as they sent me a cup that doesn't spill (check them out on their facebook page) AND SnackPal snack dispensers that are pretty cool!

The snack pals work in a way that after loading the bottom with snacks and handing the off to my child they have to have the lid closed- turn it upside down and shake it twice to get part of the snack in the top of the container. That way if they are young you can help them portion their snack while still having more than they need because they are too young to understand how to use it. Or if they are older like my children these are great for the car because if they drop it they won't spill as much and won't lose their whole snack since most of it will still be in the bottom. We also enjoyed the non spilling cup they sent although it was a little tricky to use at first, all the kids seem to catch on quickly. 

Thank you Tryazon and Wow Gear for all the great things we got to try as you can see we had a great time sharing with our friends.  

 

Jan 2017 Freebies

So I have decided instead of posting about all my freebies on facebook or instagram this year. I am going to do one blog at the end of each month (well at the end of my month when I get through all my emails from the month before) and let my readers see what companies I work with and if they have any questions they can ask. Usually I have just kept track of my items by date but this year since I am hoping to purge a few companies in the next few months to a year when I will probably start working outside of the home and won't have as much time. Somehow even though I have two mornings a week with no children I have less time than ever before. Anyways each month I will showcase a few of the companies I work with- giving you the good the bad and the ugly and then if you have some spare time maybe you pick one to sign up for maybe you don't. 

     This month I got a lot from Coke points- if you ever look at your 12 packs or even bottles there are codes on them and you can redeem them for prizes. This started the year Kjell and I were married and we used to go to our recycling center (which was a semi trailer) and dig out the codes we got SO many good things- then they started putting caps on how many points you could enter and I found out in January they are discontinuing the program that is why I got so many things I am cashing out points we have had for awhile now. 

   Crowdtap is a very fun company they have also started giving out less points which means I have stopped giving them a lot of my time but they are still my favorite as far as how they work you just go and give them opinions and get points. When you get 1000 you get a $5 amazon gift code. They also send products for me to test and promote if I like them. They used to give about 120 points for completing all the steps on those now they give 20 so I have to really like the product to sign up. 

  E-Rewards deals in $ but they don't pay you in the $ per survey so it looks good- take this 10 minute survey make $5 but a $50 GC costs 145 of their dollars. I like this company not too many surveys and no matter what they give you .25 in their money per survey you try. 

   The IPSOS is actually from one survey- They asked Justus and myself to take a two day discussion survey about some commercials. It took us about an hour total to do it (30 minutes each day) and then we had our choice of gift cards. I chose something we could use together and we  got to go see the new Lego Movie last weekend 

We also plan to use the Redbox gift cards for a few movies we didn't get to see over Christmas break like we had hoped to!

Smiley360 usually sends me good stuff and they want me to promote it on my facebook and Twitter pages, so I was very surprised when I told them in a survey that I was not a big drinker I got this package in the mail. 

Ummmm Thanks?? Ok so the good news is for my readers is I am giving this gift pack away. It comes with the hat, the black keychain and the coozie. I am keeping the star keychain because it looks cool and my girls told me I couldn't get rid of it and they have no idea what Heineken is.  Look for how to enter to win it at the bottom of this blog! This prize WILL NOT BE MAILED so you must have a way for me to get it to you in the next month so Abilene, Meade, Topeka areas and most places in between. 

Finally the last one I will talk about is YouGov- yes I made $100 dollars with them but it took me a long while. I needed 100,000 points to get to that amount and most surveys are 500 and a few are a bit more 1500 to 3000. I did end up leaving this company after I cashed out with some regrets. I left because the only good prize they have is the $100 gift card. The rest of the prizes are JUNK so if you want to commit to one company this might be the one for you. Maybe 1 survey a day and they are used by the media many of their surveys are political in nature and I have seen multiple media outlets use their data so I actually felt like I was making a difference.  Thanks for reading and DON'T forget to enter to win. I am also giving away two free Banza chickpea pasta coupons and it doesn't matter where you live I will mail those to you if you win! 

Coke Points

Jan 4^th Free 12 pack coupon

Jan 25^th $25 Gap/Old Navy Gift Card

Jan 25^th $10 Amazon Gift Code

Jan 25^th $10 Walmart Gift Card

Jan 25^th free 8X8 Shutterfly photo book code

Crowdtap

Jan 1^st Aveeno positively radiant overnight facial and Aveeno positively radiant in shower facial 

Jan 8^th $5 Amazon Gift Code

Jan 24^th Three Luvsome wet cat food cans, four cat toys, and a coupon for free dry cat food

E-Rewards

Jan 7^th $50 I-Tunes card

IPSOS community

Jan 9^th $25 Redbox Gift Card

Jan 25^th $10 AMC Gift Card

Magazines

Bon Appetit Feb

Family Circle- Feb

Focus on the Family Feb/Mar,

Inc. -Feb

Lego Club Jan/Feb

Parents- Feb

Redbook- Feb

Sports  Illustrated- Jan, Jan, Jan 23^rd, Jan 30,

Sports Illustrated for Kids Jan/Feb,

Taste of Home Feb/Mar

Mail

Jan 3^rd Shea Moisture Shampoo and Crème Rinse

Jan 4^th Betty Crocker Calendar, Pillsbury Calendar, McDonalds coupons

Mom365

Jan 26^th Free Shutterfly 8X8 photo book

Orajel

Jan 24^th Orajel mouth sore pain reliever

Smiley360

Ester-C Immune Charge Gummies 45 count and Ester-C Immune Charge Quick Dissolve tablets 60 count

Jan 20^th  Heineken key chain, Dos Equis key chain, Dos Equis Coozie, Heineken bottle opener and hat

Sweepstakes

$3 McDonalds Gift Card

Prince Ivan Swag bag- CD, 2 bumper stickers, 3 bracelets, autographed picture, 3 buttons, a free ticket to their concert in Branson, t-shirt, and backpack

Tryazon

Jan 9^th 8 boxes of Banza Mac&Cheese, a pot holder, 8 bags of Protes Chips, 12 stickers and 13 free Banza product coupons

Jan 23^rd- Kaskey Kids- 2 Sets of Classic Football guys, 2 sets of mini football guys and a 24 pack mystery boxes

YouGov

Jan 9^th $100 Gift Card

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Luvsome cat food review

My fluffy cat and I were excited that we got picked to try the new Lovsome brand of cat food (and dog food for those with dogs) that they have at Dillons (or Kroger) The first thing we tried out were the cat toys- apparently our cat is not a cat toy fan. She adopted us so we don't know much about her past life (we have had her for almost a year) but it obviously does not include cat toys! However we know for SURE that she was only fed wet cat food, because whenever we get it- she just chows down on it. She absolutely LOVED it!

If you buy this product for you cat it is smart to try to slowly implement it into their diet so that it doesn't hurt their tummies. I had to buy the dry food at our local Dillons with my free coupon. I was impressed with the price and the quality of this cat food. I will be buying it for future cat food purchases for sure!

Thank you Luvsome and Crowdtap for sending Lightning free samples of your new cat food. All the opinions and words here are hers and her owner- me Laressa.  Thanks for reading!

Tryazon Kaskey Kids Football Guys #Review

Thanks to Tryazon and Kaskey Kids we got to have a football guys party during our Super Bowl Party!

Kaskey toys reminded me just a bit of several different toys- that one game my older brother used to have when we were kids- there was a "football field" that you could plug into the wall and line football guys on and then it would vibrate and the players would move? That was a classic! These toys are also reminiscent of the army men that many kids have grown up playing with.

From there things are a little different than anything out there on the market. While we got to try out the football guys, there are also soccer guys, soccer girls, baseball guys, hockey and a handful of college teams that can be ordered as well! I liked the size the guys were because we went to a play group with my son and there are some little kids there and these are ok for them to handle! The classic packs come with a felt football field, two goal posts and a ref that is holding his hands up in the touchdown position. They come with two quarterback, two running backs, four receivers/d-backs, 8 utility players and 10 linemen. The colors were got were red and blue and a set of green and black. I only had one issue with the players, where is that poor guy who kicks field goals? So sad there is no kicker lol! Something else a few of the kids didn't like was that there is no actual ball, there is a ball in the QB's hand and one under the RB's arm but several asked where the ball was. Several other kids did not care and were able to make a very imaginative game.

The other cool use of these football guys is as cake toppers. Kiah and I had fun making cupcakes to take to our party with some of the football guys.

These could be a great addition to a child's birthday party. We had a lot of fun with them and tried to make them as close to the two teams in the super bowl as we could with what we had been given.

The last thing we plan to do is we got a tray of football guys mystery boxes - we plan to use these as our Valentine's for the boys in the younger three kids' class with a fun pinterest savvy saying on them. 

All of these products can be found on Amazon- check it out and see what all they have!  

This is a product I see Javan playing with for a long time- if you have kids who like to sports this may be perfect for them. Thank you Tryazon and Kaskey Kids for sending us the products to share with our friends. We received them for free in exchange for our review. All the words here are my own.

our team didn't win this year! 

Tryazon and Banza Bonanza Party #Review

Two reviews in one day! This weekend we were finally able to celebrate this little guy's birthday. The timing was perfect. I had won a party with Tryazon and Banza Bonanza Mac and Cheese. What kid doesn't like Mac and Cheese? This product is a lot different than most mac and cheese. The noodles are made out of chickpeas! This means that the product has a LOT more protein and fiber than a normal mac and cheese. I was surprised at how fast it filled my kids up and how they didn't need the three bowls like they normally do when they eat this kind of product. It sure filled them up faster! It also has about half the carbs so it might be good for someone who is trying to cut carbs but wants to enjoy the goodness of mac and cheese every once in awhile! We also got to try some Protes chips these were invented when someone was sitting on their couch eating a protein bar and realized that was basically the only type of high protein snack and he wanted something else. They have an interesting taste I liked the nacho cheese ones a lot. They had a sweet treat too with the coconut flavored ones. Here are a few more pictures from our day.

 

all products were given to me at no charge by Tryazon and Banza. Thank you for that! All the words here are my own. 

Aveeno Positively Radiant #Review

My first blog of 2017 and it doesn't come until almost the end of January. But I have about four more just about ready to be posted as well. What better way to start the new year though than with some new facial products. I got to try two one is Aveeno's new positively radiant 60 second in shower facial and the other is also from the Aveeno positively radiant line and it is an overnight hydrating facial moisturizer.

Let me tell you, I am so happy about this product. It just makes my skin feel so super soft and lovely. I have always trusted the Aveeno name- I mean it was the first product I put on most of my kids because their skin was so sensitive so it makes sense that their product line would do so well with my sensitive skin. The 60 second in shower facial was really fun to use. It has a bit of an abrasion to it and you just put it on your face and then after about a minute wash it off. The first time I used it that evening when I was putting my moisturizer on I was shocked at just how soft my face was. It did seem to wake my skin up a bit. The moisturizer is just beautiful. I am not sure I have ever described the look of a moisturizer in that way but it had sparkles! Now if those transferred onto my face I do not know. This product is only supposed to be used about every other night and at NIGHT so I would always put it on right before going to bed. It felt so nice going on and left my skin feeling refreshed and when I woke up I could tell I had used it the night before. The moisturizer also had a soft lemon scent to it and by soft I mean very soft but it was just enough to make me feel relaxed. 

Thank you Crowdtap and Aveeno for my products that I received for free in exchange for my review. All of the words stated here are my own.