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Ghiradelli Chocolate Thanksgiving Weekend Sale! Save up to 30% and get Free Shipping!

My husband loves Ghiradelli chocolates and their chocolates make great stocking stuffers.  I’m excited that starting Thanksgiving Day, November 22nd, at 12am PST we can get 10-30% off selected items!  That means he’ll get more Ghiradelli and I’ll save money!

Ghiradelli’s 7.18 oz. Limited Edition Holiday Assortment Stand Up Bag is usually $8.99 but it’s on sale for $6.30 now. The Red Festive Rectangular Gift Tin is 25% off!

Ghiradelli chocolates make great teacher gifts so stock up!

Click here* or the image to the right to see the sale prices.

From November 22nd-November 26th ONLY , Ghiradelli is offering 10-30% off selected items. This offer can be combined with their Free Shipping offer on all orders over $50 and will expire on Monday, November 26th at 11:59pm PST.

This offer will be starting Thanksgiving Day, November 22nd at 12am PST.

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Make Your Thanksgiving Day More Enjoyable With These 2 Laundry Tips

I know you love doing laundry. In fact I saw the results of a survey recently in which it was determined that Moms prefer doing laundry over vacuming. While I can’t find the survey now and I wouldn’t go so far as to agree with that, I do get a great deal of satisfaction out of taking clean, delicious smelling clothes out of the dryer.

Even if you don’t enjoy doing laundry, I highly recommend that you stay on top of laundry before and during Thanksgiving week.

One way I motivate myself to stay on top of laundry is by using a liquid laundry detergent that smells really good.



Holiday napkins are not used for cleaning!
Holiday napkins are not used for cleaning!

Scenario #1: Holiday Napkin Disaster

The kids don’t understand that holiday napkins are for use on special occassions like Thanksgiving & Christmas only. The kids use your holiday napkins to clean the bathroom or wipe the juice spill off the dining room floor, resulting in sticky, dirty napkins.

Tip:

Be ready to restock the holiday napkins with a spare set (yes, buy two sets of holiday napkins, at least) and while you’re using those, was the others with a detergent that is sure to make your house guests think that you just baked a delicious pie, Gain’s Apple Mango Tango liquid laundry detergent.



Scenario #2: Blanket Disaster At Aunt Betty’s

You visit Aunt Betty’s house for Thanksgiving dinner. The kids drag their favorite snuggle blankies all over Aunt Betty’s floor knowing that Aunt Betty has 19 dogs and 3 cats. Eeewww! Naturally, you find lint balls, dog hair, cat hair and who knows what else stuck to the kids blankets. But shoot! You didn’t bring laundry detergent to Aunt Betty’s house.

Sad blanket girl
This is how your child may feel when she can't snuggle with her dirty blanket on the way home from Aunt Betty's house!

Tip:

You never know what kind of laundry detergent a friend or family member uses, so I am a firm believer in BYOLD (bring your own laundry detergent)!

Just as importantly, you don’t want the kids to be snuggling with dirty blankies during the long drive home from Aunt Betty’s house, do you? All the more reason to take detergent with you and wash their blankets before driving home.

Aunt Betty would probably even appreciate it if you threw in a few napkins and hand towels with the kids blankies! 🙂


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Not A Wine Connoisseur? Join The California Wine Club And Impress Your Holiday Visitors! | @CAWineClub

The California Wine ClubMy father is still in the dark when it comes to my recent acquisition of wine knowledge.  He may event think that I have been studying on the subject of wine.  I have the most fabulous partner in crime, The California Wine Company who through their Premier Monthly Wine Club, sends me two bottles of wine along with a newsletter that educates me about different vineyards and the wines they sent so I appear be a wine connoisseur, every month.  You too can be a wine Connoisseur!  It’s easy and affordable through The California Wine Club.  With the holidays coming up, I’m sure you will have a lot of visitors at your home so why not make it easy on yourself and join the club and have wine delivered to your door?

Through the Premier Wine Club’s monthly newsletter and The California Wine Club’s website, I learn something new about wine and wineries every time I receive a monthly wine shipment.  The California Wine Club has been in business for 20 years and travels the California wine country to find the best wines before they make it to local stores.  The small vineyards that The California Wine Club gets their wine from produces the best wine California has to offer.

Since 1990, club owners Bruce and Pam Boring have traveled California’s wine country searching for limited-production wines from small, family-owned wineries dedicated to the art of making fine wine. Whether for yourself or a gift, CWC membership is an adventure in wine tasting that will not be experienced anywhere else.

The California Wine Club ReviewLast Month’s Wine Shipment

Last month, our shipment included two wines from the Robledo Family Winery.  We opened the award winning 2008 “Seven Brothers” Lake Country Sauvignon Blanc first as we had planned a light fish dinner that evening and I understand that this wine would go well with our dinner.   The mango and honeysuckle aromas blended with the taste of green tea citrus and lemongrass make this wine a rich wine that pairs well with fish and light salads.

The second wine we opened, a few days later, (we’re not lushes) is a 2009 “Seven Brothers” Napa Valley Tempranillo.  I enjoy the look of a red wine more than white.  There is something more festive and romantic about a red wine.  This Tempranillo has a rich cranberry, blackberry, cinnamon, spice, and toasted oak aroma.  The flavors of dried black fruit, toasted cedar, product a rich finish.

I prefer the sweet taste and aroma of the Sauvignon Blanc while my husband preferred the Tempranillo.

You can really impress friends and family this holiday season by offering them award-winning wine while being knowledgeable.

The California Wine Club newsletter is a great tool for a wine novice like myself.  For example, in this month’s newsletter a reader asked the owners “which wines have you featured in the past and how can I reorder them?”. Through the readers questions, I learned that each newsletter features a page of wines that have been featured in the past which can be reordered AND comes with a 100% guarantee.

Not sure what to order?

The California Wine Company encourages mixed case orders in increments of 6 or 12.  Creating and mixed case order will allow you to order at least 6 wines that your friends and family (over 21 of course) are sure to find a suitable wine for themselves to enjoy.

A membership for The California Wine Club’s Premier Monthly Wine Club makes a great gift!

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Enter to win prizes from The California Wine Club!

At the end of November CWC will draw 52 winners and then at the end of December they will draw another 52 winners.Prizes include:
1) One of four, Three Month Wine Club memberships (A $150 value you can give as a gift, or keep for yourself)
2) One of 50 handy Two Bottle Wine Totes ($25 value)
3) One of 50 Red Tulip Music wine country CD’s ($15 value)Enter to win this California Wine Club page

This review was made possible by Mom Spark Media. All thoughts are my own.  I received a 2 month Membership to the California Wine Club for the purpose of this review.

Free Printable Halloween Coloring Pages, Crafts, and Activities

Halloween is right around the corner and my youngest is coloring, cutting, painting, and drawing all things Halloween.  Even her Barbie dolls are celebrating Halloween with orange eye shadow.

Not only are these great ways to get your kids excited about Halloween, but printable crafts and coloring pages are fabulous for keeping the kids entertained for a few minutes while you empty the dishwasher or fold laundry.

Go ahead and check these printable Halloween crafts out.  If you need more craft ideas or Halloween coloring pages, go to Google and search Halloween coloring pages or Halloween craft ideas.

free Halloween coloring pages and printables

 

1 Halloween Activity Pack – Get coloring, sorting, and matching with Nick Jr. this Halloween!

2 – Crow in a Cage and Jack-o’-Lantern Pumpkin Stencils on Better Homes and Gardens

3 – Disney Halloween Countdown Calendar

4Personalized Halloween coloring pages from Frecklebox

5Printable Halloween themed chore or reading chart from Kid Pointz


Do you have a favorite Halloween printable craft or coloring page website?
Please share with us in the comments below.

Sweet Fairy Princess Halloween Costume from Chasing Fireflies

My daughter loves to dress up.  If I told her we had to leave the house for a month and that she could take just one thing to play with, she would pick her favorite dress up costume.  Every month, when the Chasing Fireflies catalog comes in the mail, Madelyn sits down with Post-It notes and marks every page that has something on it that she wants.  By the time she’s reached the end of the catalog, she’s usually used a couple dozen Post-It notes.

Last week, Madelyn got to pick out a Halloween costume from the Chasing Fireflies catalog.  This was not an easy task, let me tell you.  We looked at this catalog during dinner, before homework, after homework, and in-between.  Finally, after about 6 hours of looking at the catalog she decided on the Sweet Fairy Princess costume.

Chasing Fireflies Sweet Fairy Princess costume
Chasing Fireflies Sweet Fairy Princess costume

This week, her Sweet Fairy Princess Halloween costume was delivered, and she would wear it 24/7 if I let her.  She loves it! She feels like a fairy-tale princess, she said.  I have been stuck in bed for the last week and a half due to surgery so my husband helped her put on her costume for the first time.  As he was helping her, he felt the need to remind Madelyn that just because she was going to look like a fairy princess, doesn’t mean she can act like a princess.  She looked confused by that statement.  Like she was thinking “whatever do you mean Daddy? I am a princess”.

The picture in the catalog doesn’t do the Sweet Fairy Princess costume justice.  I wasn’t expecting nearly the amount of detail as this costume has and as you can see in the photographs above.  The fabrics are perfectly delicate yet high quality and sturdy.  Madelyn is a sweet girl, which is why she chose the Sweet Fairy Princess costume I suppose.  This costume truly makes her personality shine.  Maybe wearing a princess costume is the key to making her act like a princess 24/7?  Hm.. I might have to try that.

Chasing Fireflies Halloween costumes make sure that your child is immersed in the character they are dressed up as.

Every snippet, thread, and ounce of their costumes encourages kids to be the character they are dressed up as whether they are a vampire, a princess, or a pirate.

Sweet Fairy Princess halloween costume
Sweet Fairy Princess halloween costume

Costume description from Chasing Fireflies website:

In a vast fairy-tale kingdom, there lived the kindest, sweetest princess of all. She wore a breathtaking pink satin gown with brocade accents, sparkly tulle and dramatic back bow. Adorned with faux pearl jewelry and rhinestone-encrusted accessories, she appeared at royal outings in the most beautiful faux fur-trimmed velour cape a girl could ever dream up. Shown with petticoat. Polyester-nylon. Imported.

We ordered the silver star shoes and wand to go with Madelyn’s costume.  Other accessories available for this costume are:

  • royal tiara
  • silver pearl necklace & earrings set
  • silver star wand
  • petticoat
  • silver star shoes
  • pink princess cape

Get your kids in the Halloween spirit with halloween pj’s and other fun Halloween items from Chasing Fireflies.

Chasing Fireflies offers parents a great selection of costumes too.   If you are a matchy matchy type of family, you will find a costume for everyone in the Chasing Fireflies catalog or on their website.  They also sell all the accessories you could possibly need for the costumes.  Shoes, wands, tiaras.. everything!  Halloween will be here before you know it so hurry and order soon!

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Disclosure: This review was made possible by Mom Spark Media. I received the above costumes for the sole purpose of this review. Thoughts are my own.