Sunshine and Sippy Cups

{May 11} How I Got These Freebies!

Want to learn how to get more freebies in your mailbox every single day? Then subscribe to my email updates! I will send you one daily email, every day, with new tips on how to get free stuff.

I post so many new tips and freebies each day, it’s easy to miss some of the good stuff. If you subscribe, you’ll have them all packaged up neatly in one daily update! Easy peasy.

How I got THESE freebies:

Head & Shoulders: I got this free sample and coupon in a sample opportunity from Viewpoints. This is a rockin’ community, and you’ll love it! You write reviews on products that you use to help others make purchasing decisions. They also do sample offers like this, so you can review them, plus super cool giveaways. {I won an amazing kitchen set last winter!} After you sign up, come by my profile and say hi! My Profile. Or just search for Megsp22 to find me :)
Sephora: Remember how I have talked a few times about the Sephora Beauty Insider program? You can check it out here. You get access to special offers, like the one I got today… A card with a coupon code good for a free Philosophy set of shampoo, bubble bath and body wash in Vanilla Cupcake, for my birthday! {My birthday is in a couple weeks, May 22!} Every order from Sephora comes with 3 free samples you choose, and lots of other freebie deals. And every time you shop at Sephora, if you start at Ebates first, you’ll earn an extra cash back reward too!
ConservingNow Sticker: You can find this free offer on my right side bar, in the freebie section! It is a super cute window decal, to remind you to “Bring Your Own Bag” when you shop. I bought a bunch of the Envirosax bags from ConservingNow, and forget them a lot! So this is a great way to remind me.

And, an extra bonus freebie I got today that isn’t pictured, but was pretty cool… I got an email from my favorite survey site, Synovate letting me know that I was getting bonus points for my birthday! Nice, right? Not sure if they’re taking new people still, but you can check ’em out if you’re interested.

Have a great night guys!!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 11, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments

White Cake Mix Makeover!

I’m a big fan of the “Semi-Homemade” type of cooking and baking. You know, where you use ready made products like cake mix, boxed dinners, frozen or canned goods, and then fancy ’em up, and make them better.

So I really liked this little post today, with some ways to jazz up a boxed white cake mix into some pretty awesome cupcakes. The kind of cupcake where you could put on an apron, and tell the family that you baked them from scratch, and they would believe you. Yes, sometimes it is ok to lie to your family.

To check out the easy peasy recipes, go on over to Home Made Simple. While you’re there, you can also request a big coupon book with over $35 bucks in savings. Better yet, join the site and get on their mailing list, so you get the coupon books automatically!

They have a lot of pretty helpful stuff on their site… It’s sponsored by P & G, so you get offers and coupons for their products sometimes too. But I do find the posts helpful and fun.

If you’ve taken my advice, and are signing up for more newsletters and mailing lists as a way to get high-value coupons and free samples, then here are a couple more for ya too that you might like:

Right @ Home: “Get money-saving offers and more in the free homecare e-newsletter from the makers of Pledge®.” Click Here.
Vocalpoint.com “Gets you free samples, coupons, recipes, DIY ideas, beauty tips—endless gifts of knowledge to make you smile every day! Sign up today.” Click Here.
Kraft Foods: “Rush me delicious easy-to-prepare recipes, money-saving coupons and tips for living well with diabetes in my weekly Kraft Foods Good Eating Good Living e-newsletter!” Click Here.

Have a great day!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 11, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | 1 Comment

Welcome Wednesday Blog Hop!

Join in the fun in the Welcome Wednesday Blog Hop!

If you want to be a part of Welcome Wednesday, just follow these 5 simple steps:

1. Follow the Welcome Wednesday Host (Take It From Me) as well as the 2 Spotlighted Blogs of the Week. (These will make up the top three slots on the Linky).
2. Link up your blog name and URL with our Linky. (You only need to add your info once for it to be seen on all the blog hops)
3. Grab our Welcome Wednesday button and include it in a post about the event on your blog.
4. Go to as many blogs on the MckLinky as you want and Follow them. Be sure to tell them that you are visiting from Welcome Wednesday!
5. Be sure to Follow Back any new friends you make from our Welcome Wednesday event!

If you link up, please leave me a comment here, so I can go and say hello on your page too!

And if you’re a social media junkie like me, you can also check out Sunshine and Sippy Cups on Facebook or Twitter. I love new faces!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 11, 2011 Filed Under: Fun Stuff | No Comments

For Momma’s who need more ENERGY!

You can bet your buttons I jumped on this one right away!

This one was pretty darn popular yesterday, so I thought I’d share it again for anyone who missed it! And I know that as a super-duper-uber busy mommy/student/blogger/crafter/boo boo kisser/chef/maid…. Well, you know. Anyway, I know that I need any help I can get to stay energized. So I thought this stuff was worth a shot! :)

Feelings Fatigued? Get your free sample of BOLT FORMULA 260. Guaranteed to deliver mind-focusing energy. Click Here to get your sample FREE!

If any of you have tried this, let me know what you think about it!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 11, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments

{Today Only!} Spring Shopping Deals, and Freebies!

Spring Shopping Deals:

I put together some great shopping deals for you guys today, and a few little freebies too that I thought were kinda cool. Check it:

First, if you’re not using it yet, sign up at Ebates, and get a FREE bonus $5 bucks at sign up! Then, check out the deals that I found today, they’re pretty awesome. Ebates is having a big celebration for their 12th Birthday Party Event, and have increased cash back at a bunch of retailers!! {I don’t know how long the cash back will stay the same, they change it up a lot!}

Old Navy: {Almost} All adult styles get an extra 20% off with code MAKEOVER. Check it out here. PLUS, a whopping 12% cash back on your purchase today!! And FREE shipping over $50 too!
Target: All dresses online are on sale! Ah, love dresses in the summer! Cover my {baby weight leftovers!} hips and still look stylish, and they’re so comfy and cool. Target Dress Sale. PLUS, earn 3% cash back on whatever you buy with Ebates, and FREE shipping on orders over $50!
JC Penny: Big Summer Sale, plus get $10 off $50+ or $15 off $75+ order on top of sale prices. Code YEAH4MAY (Exp. 05/15/2011) coupon found on Ebates! PLUS, you also earn 12% cash back on your purchase here too!! JC Penny Sale.
And if you love JCPenney: Get on the list!- Sign up for great store + online offers and coupons delivered directly to your inbox. Click Here.

You can find TONS more deals and coupon codes on Ebates today, but these were my three favorites!! I’m ordering from Old Navy today for sure…. I need to order about $100 bucks anyway, for me and the kiddo’s, and getting $12 bucks of that back in Ebates cash back is pretty awesome!

A few other deals and freebies today:

Free Duffel Bag: Get a free bag with their logo, here.

Free Tshirt: Get a free compressed tshirt (the kids will love this, lol), here.

OpenSky: A social shopping site that helps you discover and buy great products in Food, Style & Beauty, Healthy Living, and Home & Design. Click Here to check it out! PLUS, since I’m such a fan of this site and want you all to be a part of it too, I’m giving you a BONUS entry into my new Spring Flowers Beauty Bag {$80 Value!} giveaway right now!! And once you check out this sweet prize, you’ll know why a bonus entry is so exciting.

And… Do you want to test out FREE products at home?

Check out BzzAgent, and see some of the free product kits that their sponsors have sent me, and find out how easy it is to get started too. PLUS, the first 10 people to sign up will get a little “Welcome” gift from me! Check it out here.

**We know you love Loreal Paris, so why not “like” them on Facebook to receive Amazing Discounts and Specials! Click Here to check it out!** I read that they’re going to do some new giveaways and stuff soon, so you might want to get in on it now, so you stay updated!!

Have a great day guys!!! My fans rock!!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 11, 2011 Filed Under: Shopping, Contests, Deals and Coupon Codes, Product Testing, Freebies | No Comments

Daily Bit of Sunshine…

Here is todays Daily Bit of Sunshine– to motivate, inspire, and make you smile…

Don’t be afraid to try new things. Don’t be afraid of looking silly, of not doing it “right”, of failing. Remember that feeling you had when you were a kid? When EVERYTHING was possible? When putting on an old football helmet, and giving your little brother a 5-sizes-too-big racing helmet, and fighting each other with empty wrapping paper rolls was a good idea, and the most fun you’ve had all day?

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

– Mark Twain, American writer

Do it. Whatever you’ve been wanting to try. If your child told you that they didn’t want to try something because they were scared they couldn’t do it, you’d tell them something like this, right?:

“You won’t know what you can do until you try!”
“Even if you don’t do well, I bet it will be fun to try it out!”
“Give it a shot sweetie, you can do anything you put your mind to!”

So tell yourself that. Tell yourself that right now. Out loud. Loud enough that the guy in the office next to you thinks you’re weird. Because it’s true.

What dreams/ideas/goals do you guys have that you’ve been just waiting to get started? And what has kept you from going for it?

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 11, 2011 Filed Under: Fun Stuff | No Comments

Learn more about BzzAgent PLUS win a quick prize from ME!

I LOVE BzzAgent!!

Read a little bit more about what BzzAgent is all about:

As a BzzAgent, you join a BzzCampaign to try new products and services from some of the biggest companies around. Share your honest opinions through reviews, Facebook posts, video testimonials, blog posts…however you want. As part of the campaign, you’ll:

Get free product samples to try yourself
Help friends discover cool stuff by sharing your opinion
Influence the brand with your feedback

Plus, you’ll often get free product samples for your friends, too. Sweet!

You guys know that product testing is one of my favorite things, right? And that’s what BzzAgent is all about! They let you try out cool new stuff, share it with your friends, and then share your opinions with BzzAgent so that they can pass that on to the brands.

I just got a new BzzAgent Campaign for Tresemme, and you can see my BzzKit above. I get to test out the BRAND NEW Tresemme Shampoo and Conditioner to help keep my color looking fresh. Super excited to try it out!

Here are a few of the other Bzz Campaigns I’ve gotten to be a part of:

Super Stay Lipcolor Campaign! I got 4 full size products in new shades to test out. This stuff was one of the few long last lipcolors that I’ve been a fan of.

This was a really great one too! The Loreal Mascara is the most uh-MAY-zing thing… I’m not a “natural look” type gal, I love some dramatic lashes. This stuff makes you lashes so long and thick, really fast. Plus, it has a second end with a bronze shimmer that you can apply just on the outer tips, to give some really cool effects. LOVE it.

And, because I am a HUGE clean freak, this was my very favorite BzzKit! The new Spring Glade Collection, plus new Spring Cleaning products from SC Johnson!! So good. If you haven’t tried out the Spring Glade scents yet, do it! My favorite is “Bring on the Blossoms”.

So, you can see that being a BzzAgent rocks.

But, to be able to keep participating in BzzCampaigns, you can’t just look at this as a “Freebie Site”. This is a place where brands let you try out their products for free, so that you can build some Bzz by sharing coupons with your friends, and spreading the word about their products.

Then, when you DO tell others about this cool stuff you get to try out, you get rewards for THAT too!

Every time you share on Facebook, Twitter, word of mouth, whatever… You fill out a quick BzzReport. Each report then gets you a reward, and they reward you with points for MyPoints.

{I was already a member of MyPoints when I signed up at BzzAgent, so I was of course pretty excited to get these as my reward! If you’re not signed up yet, I’ll give you info on how to get started in just a minute!}

About MyPoints:

MyPoints is a super cool site that I don’t think gets enough attention. You earn rewards for checking out cool offers from them. You also earn points from completing quick surveys once in a while, and from shopping online through them. There are a few other ways too. The points are earned really easy, and the rewards are awesome.

Those points then get redeemed for FREE Gift Cards! They have a HUGE list of stores to choose from too. I’ve gotten probably 20-30 gift cards from MyPoints over the last few years, almost always $50. Plus, once you sign up with BzzAgent, you’ll be earning even MORE points!

So…… Are you ready to get started??

To get started as a BzzAgent, sign up here:

Join BzzAgent Today!

And to sign up for MyPoints so you can redeem the points they give you, check out:

It only takes a minute to sign up at both. They’re both pretty simple.

Now, the prize from ME!!

I have 10 coupons to give out for the NEW Tresemme! The first TEN people to sign up as new BzzAgents AND register for MyPoints, will get a coupon from me as a welcome gift!

I know that after reading how fun BzzAgent is, you’re probably ready to sign up anyway, but I thought this would be a nice way to welcome you as a new member, by sharing my own cool goodies!

So, just leave me a comment letting me know that you joined both, and I’ll verify real quick and email you to get a shipping address! Then I’ll get your new coupon out right away, as a little gift to say “Welcome to BzzAgent!”

BzzAgent ROCKS my SOCKS… And can soon ROCK yours too :)

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 10, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Product Testing |