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{ALMOST 30 FREEBIES} Huge Weekend Freebie List!

Woooo!! There are a lot of great freebies out there this weekend guys, check them out:

Javacid: Add the 5 free samples to your cart, then on next screen add coupon code FREESAMPLE, and register with address, and get them for FREE. Javacid.
Lotion: Free sample of Eucerin. Click Here.
Free Baby Samples: Sign up to get access to coupons, samples like diapers and formula, and great giveaways! FREE baby stuff at Baby to Bee. Click Here.
Woman Freebies: Fiber One, Pampers, Rimmel, Kellogg’s and Pizza Hut. Check them out here, Click Here.
Hair Products: FREE Sun Silk 7 Day Challenge Kit. Free Samples.
BioDream: Add sample to cart, and check out with FREE shipping here Free Sample.
Smooth Radiance: Add sample to cart, enter shipping info, and get this trial product for FREE. Sample.
Almonds Sample: Get a free sample of Planters Flavor Grove Almonds Click Here.
FREE Info About YOU: Get your credit score, and a copy of your credit report, plus see how you compare to others. Legit, I use it, and 100% free. I can’t recommend this enough! Credit Karma.
Magazine: Get a free copy of “we, the Weleda lifestyle magazine” either as an emailed digital copy or paper copy in the mail, check it out here, Free Samples.
Alpo: Click the link, the first screen in the bubble will have coupons, the next one has the sample. Free Dog Food.
Diabetes Guide: Get a free guide, access to coupons and samples. Diabetes Guide.
Free Art Products: Get a free artists acrylic paint sample. Towards the bottom, Free Samples.
Tiny Prints: Get 5 FREE cards with code OKL5CARDSFREE, plus lots of new discounts. Tiny Prints.
Free Stuff: Try new products, collaborate with brands for product parties and feedback, earn for charity, and earn cash for you! Crowdtap.
Dove: Get a free sample of the new Daily Treatment Conditioner. Free Sample.
Shutterfly: Get a FREE set of address labels with any Shutterfly purchase using coupon code ANRJ-B64D-SFH4-F21WM0. Shutterfly.
Alaska Book: Get the Hottest Book from the Coolest State. Free Book.
Free Tea: Choose your choice of free samples, add to cart, and check out FREE. Sample.
Free Cookbook: Let’s Get Grililng, featuring 43 pages of easy grilling recipes. Click Here
Power Pill: Get a free sample of this new energy supplement! Sample.
Totsy: TONS of great stuff for moms, babies, and kids, and with Memorial Day sales, there are TONS of deals you can get under $10 bucks shipped! Memorial Sale.
Slim Fast: Use the coupon to get the shake FREE at most Wal-Marts. $1 off when you buy any one Slim-Fast® Shake Mix
Vocalpoint: Get free samples, coupons, and fun product tests. Vocalpoint was made for smart, deal-savvy women like you. Click Here.
Crafty: Free Craft Newsletter Subscription Offer Click Here.
Free $5: As a special bonus, anyone that joins NOW will receive a quick $5 in their account just by filling out their user profile, so signup right now for FREE. Use this and love it. Click Here.

And watch for another BIG email today full of TONS of great sales, deals, and coupon codes for online shopping this Memorial Day Weekend!!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 28, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments

Memorial Day: Foods that are easy, yummy, and guilt free!

LearnVest has some super amazing recipes today for you weekend BBQ plans!

Here is one of my favorites:

PITA CHIPS

Makes: 96 chips

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp sesame seeds
½ tsp coarse salt
½ cup olive oil
6 round whole wheat pita pockets

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F. Combine sesame seeds, salt, and olive oil. Cut the pitas in half and then cut each half into four triangles. Tear each triangle at the seam. Place pitas rough side up on a baking sheet, and brush each piece with oil mixture. Bake until brown, about 10 minutes.

Super yummy, super easy. Love it.

Find the rest of the recipes at LearnVest! And sign up for their daily emails to get tons of other great tips each day. They’re all about living life to the fullest, while living on a budget.

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 26, 2011 Filed Under: Fun Stuff | No Comments

What’s cooler than a moose in sunglasses, right?

I mean, seriously? This moose says it’s cool, which means it is.

I love a moose in shades, you know?

Click the pic to get the FREE book :)

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 26, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments

{$497 Giveaway} Get Your Mama Mojo Back!

My Story.

Many of you know about my weight loss goals. And that I’ve been looking for some type of direction, some type of plan, some type of something to help me get motivated and moving.

I’ve never really had much trouble with my weight, although it has gone up and down a bit over the years. Then, during my pregnancy last year, I gained over 60 pounds! Yep, I was a BIG momma.

I lost about 20 pounds in the first month and a half after I had Abby, and was really excited. I thought it would all keep coming off that easy, but I was wrong. Super wrong.

Everyone said, “It takes nine months to put the weight on, give it another nine months to get it off.” Well, it’s been 10 months and I still have waaay too much baby baggage attached to these much wider hips!

My struggle.

I’ve always eaten pretty healthy, and while I didn’t exercise, I was really active at work {I worked in retail management and fashion merchandising, where you’re running around all day, up and down ladders, and never standing still!} and so my weight was never much of an issue.

Now, facing a weight loss goal of 25-30 pounds, I feel kind of lost on where to start.

I know what I DON’T want:

A quick fix. I want something I can stick with to keep the weight off.
Something unhealthy. I don’t want pills or supplements with weird ingredients.
A bunch of “diet” foods. I want to eat real foods, that I know are healthy.

So, when I got an opportunity to partner with the “Lean Green Mama” Jennifer McCay, I was SO extremely excited! Her approach seems like just what I have been looking for!

leangreenyou on thecaffeinecoquette

That’s right, get your Mama Mojo back!! I love it.

Here are a few things that I’m lovin’ about Jennifer’s program:

Jennifer has struggled with her own weight in the past, and understands how hard it can be to change your shape.
She is a mother herself, and her program is meant for other mommas like her. She knows that as a mom you are super busy, and helps you make changes that can actually work in your life.
Her approach is meant as a lifestyle change, not a “diet”. This means that she is teaching you not only how to take off the extra weight now, but how to keep it off and stay healthy, for life.
She talks about how some women can eat junk and not exercise, and they’re still thin. But if you’re reading this, then that’s probably not you! Most of us can’t get away with that type of behavior, and you just have to accept that. But it’s not a bad thing! When we eat too much, eat the wrong foods, and aren’t active, our body’s SHOW that by gaining weight, which is a reminder to make better choices.
Jennifer also reminds you that you don’t have to feel guilty for having trouble getting the weight off! If your life is out of sync, and your suffering from cravings, stress, anxiety, or fatigue, then she can teach you how to eliminate those problems with better choices!

Sounds great right? So much of weight loss sounds so simple, “Eat healthy. Move more.” But if losing weight really was easy, we’d all be thin, right?

Want to learn more?

If you’d like to learn more about Jennifer’s program, check out her FREE video series, “Get Your Mama Mojo Back, and Lose the Weight for Life” by signing up at LeanGreenYOU.com right now! You’ll learn some of the tips that she usually only shares with her private clients. I have watched the first two, and they are FULL of helpful tips and useful information.

Why am I {SUPER DUPER} excited?

Jennifer has invited me to join her new 6 Weeks to a Lean, Green YOU Online Lifestyle Bootcamp {$497 value}, and share my experience along the way with you guys! I feel so lucky to get this opportunity, and learn the strategies that Jennifer herself has used to lose weight.

The Lifestyle Bootcamp includes:

6 weeks of in-depth online video training, guidance and instruction.
Live, personal 1 on 1 time with Jennifer for help and inspiration.
Diet plans to help you change the way you eat for the better.
A guide on safe, natural supplements and what to avoid.
Print outs for keeping up with your system and progress offline.
And much, much more!

And… I also feel super lucky to be able to offer one of my readers the opportunity to JOIN me in this Lean, Green YOU Lifestyle Bootcamp! Jennifer is so generous to provide this, since she normally only works with a select group of private clients!

Lean, Green YOU Lifestyle Bootcamp Giveaway!! {$497 value}

How to Enter:

Mandatory Entry: You MUST be an email subscriber to Sunshine and Sippy Cups or a GFC follower to be eligible for this giveaway. To subscribe, just add your email to the box in the top right corner. Easy peasy! Then leave a comment letting me know which way you follow!

Additional Bonus Entries:

Sign up for the FREE Video Training at Lean Green You today!
Like Lean Green Mama on Facebook.
Follow Lean Green Mama on Twitter!
Like Sunshine and Sippy Cups on Facebook.
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Share this giveaway any way you want! You can Tweet it, post it to Facebook, share it on your own blog, post it to another giveaway linky, Stumble it, whatever! Just get the word out about this amazing program! You can get TWO bonus entries each day, simply leave me a comment with a link to show me where you shared it. Share it two places, leave two comments!

Remember, leave a NEW comment for each entry!

One comment = One entry. Giveaway ends on June 5th, and the program will start on June 8th!! I will choose a winner on June 6th using Random.org, and they will have 24 hours to respond to my email and confirm, or I will have to choose an alternate to start the course with me! Giveaway is open to U.S. Residents, 18+.

Another chance to win!

And, for another BONUS chance to win a spot in this amazing weight loss bootcamp, check out Jennifer’s site and enter HER giveaway too! Go on over to LeanGreenMama.com to enter and read the details!

Good Luck to all of you!! I am so excited to get to bring one of my AMAZING fans along with me during this course!!

{I did not receive any financial compensation for this review, but I get the opportunity to join this weight loss program without charge in exchange for sharing my honest opinions and experience with it.}

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 26, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Contests | 133 Comments

Hate Your Cable Company?

I sure did. I’m not gonna name names, because mom always taught me that “If you can’t say something nice about someone, then don’t say anything at all.”

And man, I sure have nothing nice to say about my old cable company!

We don’t have a ton of options where I live, but I researched them ALL before switching to DirecTV. I have been {SUPER DUPER} happy since we switched. So when I saw this deal right now, I wanted to share it with you guys in case you’re looking for something new…

They rock for a few reasons…

FREE HD.
FREE Cinemax, Starz, Showtime, and HBO for the first 3 months!
FREE HD DVR and HD receiver upgrade.
FREE NFL Sunday Ticket {We have this, and oh boy, did my boyfriend LOVE me for this one!}
150 Channels for only $29.99 a month {MUCH less than I was paying before. I mean, MUCH, MUCH less.}
You only need ONE HD DVR for the all of the TV’s in your home.

This is just over-the-top better than what we had before.

No more outages or fuzzy pictures. No more inaccurate bills. No more wasting money by paying too much for service that wasn’t even any good!!

The deal right now is even a little better than what we’re getting now, so I’m going to call today and see if they’ll match it for me. Worth a shot, right?

Check it out, and let me know if you join me in making a switch! If you’re aleady a DirecTV fan, tell us why in the comments!!

{This is my own opinion about DirecTV, and my own real experience with them!!}

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 26, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | 1 Comment

{Digitwirl} Back That Thing Up!

Or… How to get “Set-it-and-forget-it Computer Backup!”

Read more about this weeks Twirl:

If you thought the wails of anguish that emanate from a gazelle being attacked by a lion were horrific, that’s nothing compared to the wails of anguish that will escape your lips if your computer dies and takes everything with it.

A lifetime of photos and videos, countless files, a music library that spans the decades. Gone. Caput. The solution to this worst case scenario is simple– Carbonite.

Carbonite is a secure online backup system for your entire computer that, should disaster strike, can restore all your files onto your repaired, or new computer. We checked out a few services like this, but we think Carbonite is the best online backup system, because it has unlimited data storage for a flat rate of $59 per year. That’s right, no matter how many pictures of your daughter’s third birthday, complete with a pony-riding princess you may have Carbonite will store it all safely.

And, Carbonite backups are far from out of sight out of mind, you can access any of your files from your computer or Smartphone any time. So watch this Twirl to see how you can avoid distraught howls in favor of set-it-and-forget-it peace of mind.

So, what do you think?

If, like me, you are totally technically challenged, I bet you’re feeling a big weight lifted off of your shoulders after watching this video! Like a, “Finally an easy way to make sure I don’t lose all of my important stuff if I make a huge mistake one day and totally screw up my computer” type of feeling :) Right?

Back that thing up…

Backing up my information is one of those things that pops into my head from time to time, but since I had no idea where to start, and it seemed like something that would be way to complicated for me to figure out, I tried to ignore the whole thing.

Technology Tragedy.

About 6 months ago, the kids were all playing around in the office, and somehow {none of them will really admit to doing ANYTHING, of course} they completely fried the hard drive in my boyfriends computer. Like, everything gone. All of his photos, his work files, his programs, music, all. of. it. gone. Forever.

That made me realize how easy it can be for something to happen, and how extremely valuable the content on my computer is! What if something happened, and I lost all of my little one’s baby picture files?

Just do it.

So, this has been on my mind for awhile, which means I was SUPER EXCITED to learn about Carbonite in this video today! Just set up an account, and someone ELSE will do the work, and backup everything for me, and keep it all safe? And for only $59 a year?? Easy peasy, and I’m in!!

I’m going to be signing up for this today, and am so glad that Digitwirl shares such awesome products, services, and companies with me in short, easy to understand video presentations. Finally, I can upgrade some of my technology, because with Digitwirl, I “get” it!!

Love it? What more great tips?

Digitwirl is the weekly web show that offers simple solutions to modern day problems. In 3-minutes, Digitwirl brings busy women the very best time, money, and sanity-saving technology, and then teaches them how to use it, step-by-step. Digitwirl was created by technology lifestyle expert Carley Knobloch, who uses lots of technology to manage her busy life as mom of two and entrepreneur. Become a subscriber to get weekly show alerts and exclusive deals at Digitwirl.com, or follow Digitwirl on Twitter at @digitwirl.

Carley's Byline Pic Check out Digitwirl today!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 26, 2011 Filed Under: Shopping, Fun Stuff, Deals and Coupon Codes | No Comments

Easy Way to Help Tornado Victims…

Sometimes you hear about the devastation somewhere, and you wish you could help. Perhaps you’re far away, or don’t feel like you have much to give.

Read about an easy way that you can make a difference in the lives of the people suffering through some pretty terrible conditions right now, by partering with one of my favorite companies I’ve used for a long time:

Hello Meagan,

In an effort to send aid to communities in the Midwest affected by the past weeks’ devastating tornados, thredUP will donate $10 every time a member contributes a pick when building a box. Your picks will be converted to cash, which is what will truly help families in the Midwest impacted by these storms.

Clean out your closets, list a box, and check the ‘donate pick’ option to support this cause. For the next 5 days, you will not be able to donate your swaps to military thredUP families – we military ladies will join you in building for Joplin and other Midwest communities.

Our hearts go out to those affected by this disaster and we hope that you’ll join us in doing what we can to help.

– Sara Gibb, Chief Military Mom & the entire thredUP team

If you’ve ever thought about joining this great company, now is an excellent time to start. You simply make a quick account, and you’re ready to pick a couple of boxes, and list some of your own.

Members package up their gently worn kids clothes, and you get to search by size/style/season, to find a box of things that you can use for your own child. It’s such an amazing way to save money, and now you’re using that purchasing power to help others in need.

If you’re already a member, make sure to be a part of this, and go on over to the Thredup facebook page and give a big ol’ THANK YOU for doing such a great thing.