LLS GIVEAWAY & Review: Little Passports!

UPDATE: Just received notification that the first 17 customers to order a 12-month subscription will receive a 17% discount using code LUCKY17 at checkout!  Good luck!  Head on over to Little Passports now!

 

You know those excited little voices and super excited faces when they open the mailbox and see that an item inside has their little name on it?!  Super exciting!  Who doesn't love to get mail anyway?  I think I get a little giddy when I see I have something in the box!  What is it?!  What is it?!  What is it?!  :-)

I have got some fun information to share with you!  Little Passports was kind enough to send my kiddos (ages 4 and 6) the first month of their USA Edition Subscription to try out.

What is Little Passports?  A subscription service started by moms where you can choose from 3-months up to a year and your child(ren) will receive a packet in the mail full of adventure.  Choose from either the World Edition or USA Edition and follow characters Sam and Sofia on their adventures.  All along, learning and exploring.  Depending on your subscription, you will learn about different parts of the world or explore the states.

The kids (and I) have fallen in love with this fun subscription after just our first month!  No, seriously.

South Dakota is included in the landmark states!!  The kids were so excited!

The kids received a map of the United States with different landmarks and the capitals clearly marked.  I could not believe how excited they were to learn so much!  Little Passports makes it easy to engage them with questions for them to explore and dream!

The goodies in our packet!

They also received a Field Guide, Scratch Book and disposable camera!  We are currently busy completing a scavenger hunt of our very own city, taking pictures of different items on our list.  Did you know we had a spell of 3 days where the sky was NOT blue!  Boy were my kids anxious and bummed, as this is one of the things on their list and thought it would have been one of the most simple to check off.

Seriously excited, Elizabeth!

If you are looking for something to engage your children during the cold months or even to take you on an adventure outdoors for the nice weather months, I would definitely suggest you take a look at Little Passports!  We've just started our adventure and can't wait to keep going.

Alex had so much fun with it all!  He even had fun popping the bubbles on the inside of the package that everything came in, after he got ready for bed!  (You know I am thrifty and try to use everything to it's fullest extent - but this was his idea - and I loved it!)

GIVEAWAY!!
Little Passports would like to give one lucky Living Laughing Saving reader a FREE 3-month subscription of your choice of the World Edition or USA Edition!  How exciting is that!!!

To entre this giveaway, simply fill out the form below in it's entirety prior to Thursday 3/7/13 at 11 PM Central Time!  Good luck!

Saving - DQ: Buy 1 Blizzard Get 1 $.99!

Through March 24, you can grab a second blizzard for just $.99, equal or smaller size of your first one purchased! (No coupon necessary!)

Buy a large blizzard, get up to a large blizzard for $.99.

This really made me crave a Mint Oreo Blizzard.  Mmmm!  What is your favorite flavor?

Saving - Sam's Club Membership Deal!

Wow, check out this fantastic national deal from Living Social!  Just $45 will grab you a year's membership to Sam's Club, $20 Sam's Club Gift Card & food vouchers valid for an Artisan Fresh Rotisserie Chicken, a 16" Artisan Fresh Take-and-Bake Pizza, and two boxes of 6-, 12-, or 24-count Artisan Fresh Cookies!

If you are not currently a Sam's Club Member you can take advantage of this great deal. 

FYI:  Sioux Falls folks - I did call the store and they say they are a participating location.  Feel free to call them if you want to hear it for yourself. :-)

The fine print:
Limit 1 per person • Valid for new Sam's Club Members only • New Member is defined as someone who does not have a currently valid membership • Voucher valid for one-year Membership, $20 Sam's Club gift card, and $19.84 worth of foodservice vouchers • Foodservice vouchers include one Artisan Fresh Rotisserie Chicken; two boxes of 6, 12, or 24 ct. Artisan Fresh Cookies; and one 16" Artisan Fresh Take N’ Bake Pizza • Gift Card cannot be used toward Membership fees • Offer is not valid for renewals • Not valid to redeem until 3/7/13 at your local Sam's Club location • Offer valid for Sam's Club purchases only • Membership expires one year from the date the voucher is activated • Vouchers valid only at participating locations; Visit www3.samsclub.com/clublocator to find a location • Other conditions apply, see deal for details.

Saving - Aquarius Beads Half Off!

If you haven't checked out Aquarius Beads in Sioux Falls yet, I would recommend them for a fun and unique adventure.

Whether you are looking to learn how to make beaded necklaces and bracelets or just looking for a fun and unique way to spend some time with the girls, you will have fun at Aquarius Beads.

Check out this fantastic deal at DealChicken.com where you can grab 50% off!  Get 2 $15 vouchers for just $15.  Nice deal!

When my daughter was readying to enter Kindergarten I took her for a morning at Aquarius Beads and she picked out all the beads to make a bracelet.  She wore the bracelet to school on her first days/weeks of Kindergarten so that when she was sad or scared she could look at her bracelet and know how much we loved her and were proud of her.  After a few weeks she wore it less and less as a 'security' bracelet and now wears it for fun, always remembering our special morning and that SHE made her bracelet.

Aquarius Beads makes it super easy to put a project like this together.  They give you a tray with measurements on it and an idea of how far to go.  You simply lay your beads (chosen from tons of fun beads) on the tray in the order you wish them to be.  Then you simply string them on your chosen material and finish it off with an enclosure piece.  All along you choose your beads and materials so you are in control of how much you are spending too.  The staff was very helpful!

Living - Elegant Mommy Turns 5! Celebration!

A shout out for Elegant Mommy as they turn 5.  Check out the flier above for further information.

Saving - PAAS Easter Egg Decorating Kit Coupons!

Super rare coupons available for Easter egg decorating kits over on the PAAS Facebook page!

Grab a couple different coupons - $1/2 kits or $1.50/3 kits.

What fun ways do you decorate Easter eggs?  Please share your ideas on the comments!

Here are a few fun ideas:
*Write or draw in white crayon (or really any color if you want) before placing in the egg dye.  Your white crayon image or text will stay white and be visible after dying the egg!
*Use stickers!  Doesn't matter what kind, raid your stash!  Superhero stickers, sure!  Pretty princess stickers, sure!  Personalize with letter stickers, etc!
*Get out the glitter glues.  Choose to either dye the egg before or not!
*Rubberbands wrapped around the eggs prior to dying and then remove after.  Use multiple bands for added decoration.
*Paint - all sorts of paints work well!  Use a pencil eraser dipped in paint to make cute little dots!

Thanks for the heads up on the coupon, Hip2Save!

Living - One Lucky Winner $2,000 Prize Package!

Wow, talk about a nice giveaway!  Finished Vision Photography, local to Sioux Falls, is doing a fun giveaway over here.  The lucky winner will walk away with a prize package valued at $2,000!

Some of my favorities included in the prize package are:
Cookie Jar Eatery catered breakfast!
Say Anything Jewelry gift certificate!
All American Gymnastics punch card!
Auto Glass Express rock chip repair! (My husband would be excited!)
Elegant Mommy gift certificate!
Holiday Inn Sioux Falls City Centre one night stay! (Hmm...special night with my hubby or a family staycation?....or wait, maybe a staycation with my girlfriends)

Ok there are a lot more parts to the prize package than that, but you get the picture!  Definitely worth the time to head over and give it a shot, right?!  PLEASE come back and let us know if you win!  Let us share in your joy!  Now go!

Saving - Half Off Lick The Spoon & Juice Stop!

Some fantastic local deals going on right now!

Lick The Spoon
If you haven't tried out locally owned, Lick The Spoon yet, head on over here and grab a deal for $30 worth of food/drink for just $15 (comes in 2 $15 vouchers so you don't have to use it all in one visit!).  Homemade pot pies, desserts and coffee drinks (and more).  Great comfort food.  Can you think of anything more necessary with all this snow? :-)

Juice Stop
Also, there is a nice deal over here to grab a $10 Juice Stop voucher for $5.  Valid only on the smoothies, no packaged foods.  We LOVE the Juice Stop in our house! 

Saving - HyVee Kleenex $.58/box Deal!

There is a nice deal going on at HyVee with this week's ad (good through 2/12 for most).

Some Kleenex boxes are on sale for $1 each, including 100 ct box.

There are $.50/3 coupons available 2/10 SS.

And a catalina deal:
Buy 5, Receive $1 catalina good on your next visit
Buy 6, Receive $1.50 catalina good on your next visit
Buy 7, Receive $2 catalina good on your next visit.

Combine all 3 and you have a nice deal:

Purchase 7 Kleenex at $1 each
use 2 $.50/3 2/10 SS
= $6
Receive catalina good for $2 on your next visit
= $4 or $.58 per box!

Couple Notes:
*Keep an eye out for specially marked boxes that have "FREE GIFT" on the top of the box.  These specially marked boxes have a code in them for a Free 15 ct box of Kleenex that you can either have sent to you or a friend/family member!

*I also received a coupon print out good for $1 off 5 Kleenex when doing my purchase!  This is great news if you don't have the coupons.  You can roll this into the next transaction.  Great time to stock up on Kleenex.

Saving - Camille's Buy 1 Get 1 Free!

I really enjoy when I can treat myself to a little Camille's Sidewalk Cafe goodness!  I remember when I was pregnant with my daughter I would go in there about once a week to pick up a lemon bar.  Oh, how I craved lemon and those bars....mmm...mmm...mmm!! :-)

Now I enjoy heading to Camille's Sidewalk Cafe for a lunch date with my little man or a nice quiet girls supper away! And I just remembered that my daughter has a day off from school coming up! 

Friendly service and tastey food.

What makes a visit to Camille's Sidewalk Cafe even better?  Check out this awesome coupon over on the Local Best site!  Buy 1 Entree and 2 drinks and get a 2nd entree for Free!  Expires 2/27/13.

Ok, so I am excited, can you tell?!