Winner is: Debbie of SuburbSanity

(You could win this wonderful Kraft Foods gift basket.

Kraft Foods has generously provided me with two wonderful gift baskets. One for me and one to give away to one of you. They are identical and filled with:

I’m a HUGE fan of Kraft Foods. I appreciate that they put so much effort and dedication into helping busy families put delicious and nutritious meals on the table. They’ve made it even easier this holiday season by re-launching their Kraft Foods Facebook Fan Page, starting the new Kraft Foods Channel on YouTube. Both are great resources for recipes and holiday cooking tips. I love that you can ask questions, share your own tips and even have access Kraft Kitchen Experts at the Kraft Foods Facebook Fan Page.

You can also follow Kraft Foods on Twitter.

HOW TO WIN:
Kraft Foods would like your feedback on their new Facebook and Youtube venues. Visit either (or both) and come back here and share your feedback as a comment on this post.
You can also have a second entry by hitting the ‘RETWEET’ button below and sharing this post on twitter (note: there is no need to come back and comment your tweet, my blog software will pick it up).

I’ll randomly choose one comment/tweet from all the entries, Friday December 18th @ noon and post the winner shortly after.

MK xo
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Winners are: Jenn_B and Cayese Hollis – I’ll email you :)

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A few weeks ago CardStore.com sent me a whole pile of great sample cards to review.

They sent me all kinds of samples –> thank you cards, personal stationary, play-date cards, birthday party invites, AND of course Christmas and holiday cards.

They’re great … you can upload your own images, add your own messages.

I love this one …

Look at this cutie patootie …

For people like me who never get cards out on time … Happy New Year!

CardStore.com has generously offered to provide 2 winners with 1 box of their new boxed stationary sets with the holiday design of your choice personalized: http://www.cardstore.com/boxed-stationery-cards-holiday.html

Hey! No fair … I want some. Oops … pretend you didn’t hear that.

So you have until Monday, December 7th @ noon to leave a comment to be eligible to win.

Question: Do you send out cards faithfully every year? If you send one out and don’t get one back, is that person off your list? Give me the all the holiday card dirt.

MK xo
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Disclosure: I received no product or payment in return for this review. Two card sets will be provided to two randomly chosen women.

Congratulations to Jessie!

Jessie Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 14:03 Our 5 year old is obsessed with everything that has to do with Dora, so the fact that she asked for a Barbie this year is a relief for my husband and I…. Finally something different !!!!!!

For all the rest of you, don’t despair. There are still FIVE days of Toy Tuesday goodness left.

Today (December 4th) –> Mom’s Favorite Stuff
Saturday (December 5th) –> Bargain Briana
Sunday (December 6th) –> Table 4 Five
Monday (December 7th) –> Tip Junkie
Toy Tuesday (December 8th) –> Livin it, Lovin it

MK xo
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Disclosure: I received a gift card for this post promoting Toy Tuesday.

If your kids are like mine, their holiday wish-lists and my wish-lists for them are never quite the same.

I wanted to make Georgia a handmade waldorf style baby doll. I showed her many, many photos and tried to talk her into it, but she’s firmly convinced that she wants this doll.

The Little Mommy Walk & Giggle Doll needs tender loving care. Little girls can nurture, play and help the doll take her very first big girl steps. Try to keep up as the Little Mommy Walk & Giggle Doll goes from sitting, to standing, to walking. This doll also loves to play peek-a-boo, drink from her bottle and take her puppy pull toy for a walk.

I remember ‘always’ wanting a Baby Alive and never getting one, so I am putting my love of natural aside and Little Mommy Walk & Giggle will have place under the tree.

For Sam and Lizzy, I’d love to buy them artistic and creative toys lovingly handcrafted in wood that promise to get them using their imaginations and increase brain power. Instead they’ve both listed these on the very tops of their lists:

The new Nintendo DSi is a high-powered hand-held video game system in a sleek, folding design — loaded with powerful features like touch screen control for a unique gaming experience. Snap great photos with the built-in camera, edit and send them to friends, play back your music with Nintendo DSi Sound, or browse the Internet with the Nintendo DSi Browser. From playing games to just playing around, the Nintendo DSi does it all.

Who am I to crush dreams? If the truth be told, I’d like to turn my own DS in for one of these New DSi’s. Anyone who’s ever been on a road trip with kids knows that Nintendo DSi’s save lives. REALLY MommyKnows!

This year, I am making my life easy. I’m going to do the bulk of my Christmas shopping online. I’ll buy the toys above at Toys “R” Us.

Toy Tuesday
On December 8, Bill Me Later is hosting “Toy Tuesday”. Visit www.toytuesday.com to find great deals on the holiday’s most wanted toys and gifts from leading retailers such as Toys “R” Us, Walmart.com, Step 2, Little Tikes, eToys, Drugstore.com, FAO Schwarz, HP, Overstock.com, MacMall, Mercantila and more.

What is Bill Me Later?
Bill Me Later is a quick, easy way to shop without using your credit card. To use Bill Me Later, simply choose Bill Me Later as your payment method at checkout at the merchant’s website, answer a few quick questions, accept the terms and you’re done. Approval only takes a few seconds. Then you’ll receive a bill in the mail (or online if you prefer).

Here is the really great part! Bill Me Later is going to give one of you a $250 Gift Card to Overstock.com a Toy Tuesday participating merchant and a $500 Gift Certificate (merchant to be decided based on the charity and their needs) to a local charity of the winner. That’s $750!

One winner will be chosen from the comments December 4th, 2009 @ 1 p.m. ET. Official Rules

There are five more days of Toy Tuesday GOODNESS and of course five more prizes. Make sure to visit Jodi @ MomsFavoriteStuff for tomorrow’s Toy Tuesday giveaway.

What’s on your kid’s holiday wish-lists? Comment for your chance to win!

MK xo
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Disclosure: I received a $500 gift card for this post promoting Toy Tuesday.

*Winners are Nikki and Madeline – Congratulations, I’ll contact you both by email for your mailing addresses*

Mmm … the folks at The Popcorn Factory sent me a BIG tin of popcorn goodness in a traditional three-way combo of robust cheese, butter and caramel.

Guess which flavour is my favorite? I even had it for breakfast this week. I know, I know – I’m terrible! The popcorn on the other hand is not – it’s GOOD!

So good that I asked the Popcorn Factory if you could have some too, and they’ve offered TWO of YOU each a tin of popcorn.

The tin is massive, which is good because, I definitely have piglet tendencies. Did I mention that I REALLY liked the caramel flavour?

I am going to order a couple more. I think they’ll make fabulous hostess gifts over the holidays. The tins can be personalized with a photo or message label on top. For more information, visit www.thepopcornfactory.com.

In addition to the popcorn I received a box of Fannie May Truffles. I’d love to tell you how delicious they were, however, after scarfing down the cookies and butter cream frosted brownies from www.cherylandco.com that were also in the box; I decided to save the truffles for my Grandma. I know … honestly … I don’t think I could get much sweeter! It must be all the candy I’m eating.

If you’d like to win a tin of popcorn from The Popcorn Factory leave a comment on this post. I’ll pick two random winners on Saturday, November 28th, 2009 @ 1 p.m. MT.

What do you usually take to holiday parties as a hostess / thank you gift?

MK xo
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Disclaimer: I was provided with popcorn, cookies, brownies and truffles to review free of charge. No payment was received in exchange for this post. The opinions in this post are my own.