I used Random.org to generate a winner in the Skoy Cloths giveaway. I had 95 entries, and Random.org chose comment #26 which was Marci at tristatecruisers!

tristatecruisers said...
follow via GFC :)

I have emailed Marci/tristatecruisers and she has 48 hours to get back to me (If you are Marci and did not get my email, please email me at beckeesdeals AT gmail DOT com)!

Remember tomorrow is the last day to enter to win a set of these awesome Skoy cloths. Make sure you click here to enter. VERY LOW entries right now so go enter-your chances of winning are high!

OK Utahns, If you are looking for a great Christmas show, you should go see Octappella on Monday or Tuesday night! AND if you want to get half price tickets, you better go here NOW as they are almost sold out!! Seriously it will be a great show! (But family-you will have to go Monday because Tuesday is the baptism) :)

Even if you do not get the half price tickets for $6, it is worth the $12 price as well.

By way of disclosure, I should let you know that Andrea's husband is a member of Octappella (He is third from the right in the picture above). But I assure you, I would not recommend their show based solely on the fact my brother-in-law is in it. They really are good and they put on a fun festive show! You won't be disappointed.

I told you before that on Bzz agent, I was asked to be a part of a campaign about a website called Cheaptoday.com. It is a site where shoppers and bloggers like me post daily deals and freebies they have found. It is a good resource to go to to see a lot of different deals and freebies posted by a lot of different shoppers like you and me. I wanted to share just a few of today's great finds with you!

Bed Bath and Beyond has Discovery Kids Moon Lamps for $7.49.

20% off at Rand McNally.

GeoTee at Alloy 50% off (making it $9.99). (It is super cute!)

Go check out all of today's deals on Cheaptoday.com here.

Don't forget about this great upcoming TODAY at 3pm CST on Facebook from Tide:

Check out what Tide just posted on FB:

fans…our next product giveaway will be at 4pm Eastern Standard Time this Friday December 17. Mark your calendars! We’ll be giving away one use of Tide Washing Machine Cleaner to the first 5000 fans who register. These will go quickly so be ready. Good luck!

NICE...get prepared for this awesome giveaway by heading over here and Liking them on Facebook right now than be online and ready on Friday at the appropriate time (that would be 3PM here in the central time zone)

Remember, as with EVERY Friday, today is Mega Swag Bucks day! That means more chances to earn more Swag Bucks! So, makes sure to use Swag Bucks for all your searching needs today!

If you have not joined yet, click on my referral link here and start earning Swag Bucks with me! This is a GREAT time to join-with Mega Swag Bucks going on today!! As an FYI, I have gotten $140 in Amazon Gift cards so far and I have enough to get another 291 Swag Bucks left. (450=$5 Amazon card).

If you are new to Swag Bucks, please read my explanation of Swag Bucks here. And my explanation of the changes to Swagbucks here.

Well, I am always looking for a better way to clean. Preferable one that is easy and less expensive than paper towels. And if I can find something more earth friendly at the same time, that is a bonus. So, of course I was super excited to get the chance to try out this great new (well new to me at least) product: SKOY eco-friendly household cleaning cloths! I was sent a super cute set of colorful SKOY cloths to try out like the ones pictured above.

First, Let me tell you about them in their words:

SKOY is an eco-friendly household cleaning cloth that outlasts 15 rolls of paper towels. This new approach to cleaning boasts a cloth that is 100% biodegradable, natural, and re-usable. The SKOY cloth has an absorption factor of 15x its own weight, which makes it far superior than any other cloth on the market. SKOY is a durable cloth that is washer and dryer safe, which means it can be used over and over again. This European-made product is non-toxic and utilizes original artwork designs to add fun as well as function to the kitchen or bathroom.

So what was my experience with them? Great! I thought they were all I had hoped-I would describe them as small but mighty! They are not that big, but they can clean up a big mess and then be rinsed and reused! You can even wash them in your dishwasher or washer/dryer if they get really messy! Some other similar products I have tried tend to fall apart quickly, but these are so durable! I have to be honest and say that even though I was given a 4 pack, I have only used one of them (for a week) and it is still going strong. And lets be honest, I am a sucker for super cute things, and these are SUPER cute (see the picture above)! I highly recommend you check them out.

How can you buy them? You can buy them at http://www.skoycloth.com/index_files/shopping.htm. They run 6.99 for a pack of 4 Cloths.

How can you WIN some? One LUCKY Beckees Deals reader will win a 4 pack of the white with flower style Skoy cloths!!

Here is how to enter the Giveaway (PLEASE make sure to leave an email address in each comment so I can reach you should you win):

MANDATORY ENTRY (Must do this first for other entries to count): Just leave a comment letting me know how you found this blog or giveaway and include your email address!

Once you have done that, you can get up to 6 extra entries by doing the following things (Just make sure to leave a separate comment for each entry, and leave me your email address in each comment so I know how to contact you should you win):

1. Become a Google Friend follower of my blog (You can do this over on the right side of the blog where the followers box is). If you are already a follower, just let me know that in your comment.

2. Subscribe to my blog via Email or an RSS feed/reader. (Yes-you can use this entry if you are already an email or RSS subscriber- just let me know how you subscribe to my blog).

3. Become a Facebook fan of the blog here.

4. Follow me on Twitter here.

5. Go like Skoy on Facebook

6. Go Follow skoycloth on Twitter

This giveaway is for USA and Canada residents only.

Be sure to leave a comment for each entry with your email address. The winner will be chosen using Random.org on Thursday December 30, 2010 at at about 11:59 PM Central Time.

**Please note that I was given some Skoy cloths to review, but was not paid for this review. And as always all opinions expressed are my own honest opinions!**





I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255 Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. Tomoson Product review & giveaway Disclosure.

Today is Free Shipping Day. Which means that you can get free shipping from LOTS of sites today with delivery by Christmas eve. Check out this site for more details.

I used Random.org to generate a winner in the Carmex giveaway. I had 99 entries, and Random.org chose comment #38 which was kpintn.

kpintn said...
I follow via GFC

I have emailed kpintn and he or she has 48 hours to get back to me (If you are kpintn and did not get my email, please email me at beckeesdeals AT gmail DOT com)!


I also used Random.org to generate a winner in the Seventh Generation giveaway. I had 144 entries, and Random.org chose comment #23 which was ALSO kpintn!! This is one lucky person!!!

kpintn said...
Follow you on FB

I have emailed kpintn and he or she has 48 hours to get back to me (If you are kpintn and did not get my email, please email me at beckeesdeals AT gmail DOT com)!

Don't forget about this great upcoming Freebie tomorrow on Facebook from Tide:

Check out what Tide just posted on FB:

fans…our next product giveaway will be at 4pm Eastern Standard Time this Friday December 17. Mark your calendars! We’ll be giving away one use of Tide Washing Machine Cleaner to the first 5000 fans who register. These will go quickly so be ready. Good luck!

NICE...get prepared for this awesome giveaway by heading over here and Liking them on Facebook right now than be online and ready on Friday at the appropriate time (that would be 3PM here in the central time zone)

I am pretty excited about this promotion. It has already been done a few times, but starting at 8:00 am CT on Friday, December 17 (TOMORROW), CoastalContacts will give away a FREE pair of prescription glasses to the first 10,000 fans who order!!!! You WILL have to pay the $7.95 for 5-day delivery and there is a handling fee (7% I think).

Here is how to get this:

1. Go Like CoastalContacts on Facebook now!

2. Make sure you have your prescription handy!!

3. Get your coupon code under the “Get the Code” tab.

4. They recommend you pick out 3-5 frames you like NOW before fighting the crowd to get this deal in the morning. That way when it goes live you will already know what you are looking for while you are trying to fight the crowd/web traffic. I assume A LOT of people will be trying to be in the first 10,000, so the more prepared you are, and the quicker you can check out the better!! GO here to their website to choose the frames out.

5. Be ready to go when the deal goes live (8AM) and use your code for free frames and 1.5 index lenses.

GOOD LUCK!! Let me know if anyone scores glasses!

Thanks Freebies 4 Mom.

Every day All You magazine posts a Freebie of the day. Today is one I LOVE!! You can print a coupon for a free Avocado!! Just click here for details.

I have 2 GREAT LOW entry giveaways ending TONIGHT here at Beckeesdeals! (And More coming soon!!!) I LOVE being able to give away great prizes to my readers! Please go enter the 2 open giveaways!

My Seventh Generation prize pack giveaway can be found here. It is an awesome prize! Go enter before midnight Central time to make your entries count!! (Only 73 entries in it right now!!)
The Carmex Giveaway is here. It also ends at Midnight-so go get those entries in as well! (Only 72 entries in it right now)

More readers entering giveaways means that I can get more sponsors to give away great prizes like these! So please go enter!

Here are my favorite deals in Omaha grocery this week:

Hyvee

• Coke Products 12 pack cans or 6 pack bottles 4/$10 ($2.50 each) (with in ad coupon-limit 1 set of 4)
• Hy-Vee (generic) soda 12 packs 5/$10
• Midwest Country Fare Canned Peaches ir Fruit Cocktail $.77
• Hy-Vee Basted Whole frozen Turkey 10 lb+ $.99/lb
• Dole Pineapple, Mandarin Oranges, Tropical Fruit 15-20 oz $.98
• Hy-Vee 11 oz Mandarin Orange 2/$1
• Chex Mix, Gardettos, or Bugles 6-8.75 oz 3/$5 (approx $1.67 each) 

In addition to their regular week long special, Hy Vee also has a 1 Day Sale Friday 12/17 that includes the following:

• Hy-Vee Butter $1.69 (limit 2)
• Whole Boneless Pork Loin $1.59/lb (limit 2)
• Hy-Vee Cottage Cheese 24 oz $.99
• Hormel Little Sizzlers 10 or 12 oz 10/$10
• Coke 2 L $.69
• Tyson Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast 2.5 lb $4.88
  

No Frills Fresh

• Pepsi, Coke, or Dr Pepper Products 12 pack cans, 8 pk bottles, or 6pk bottles $2.75 each (when you buy 4-can mix & match) (FYI-Coke 12 packs are cheaper at Hy-Vee)
• Nabisco Snack Crackers 5.5-10 oz $1.68
• Betty Crocker Cake Mix 18-18.75 oz $.77

Bag N Save

• Philadelphia Cream Cheese 8 oz $.89 (limit 4)
• 5 lb box Clementines $3.97
• Cook's Bone-in Shank Portion Hams $1.17/lb
• Farmland Spiral Ham (bone in) $1.67/lb (limit 1)
• Our Family Butter $1.97 (limit 3)
• Kraft Cheese 8 oz shredded or chunk 2/$3 (generic chunk cheese is cheaper at Super Saver)
• Green Giant Steamer vegetables $.88
• Apples (Braeburn, red or golden delicious, or granny smith) $.79/lb
• Pepsi Products 12 packs 4/$11 ($2.75 each)
• Our Family Flour 5 lb $.88
• Nabisco Snack crackers (5-10 oz) or Ritz (10-16 oz) 2/$4

In addition to their regular week long special, Bag N Save also has a 3 Day Sale Friday 12/17-Sunday 12/19 that includes the following:

• 7-Up, Dr Pepper, or A & W brand 2L products $.77 (limit 6)
• Peach Pie (9 inch) $3.99
• Kemp's Ice Cream 64 oz $1.88

Baker's (Remember their sales are almost always WITH card)

• Buy 2 Jimmy Dean Sausage products @ 2/$5 and get a free dozen Large eggs when you use your Baker's Card
• Pepsi, Coke, or Dr Pepper Products 12 pack cans, 8 pk bottles, or 6pk bottles $2.75 each (when you buy 4-can mix & match) (FYI-Coke 12 packs are cheaper at Hy-Vee)

Aldi

• Appleton Farms Spiral Sliced Half Honey Ham $1.49/lb (fully cooked, pre sliced)
• Sweet Potatoes $.33/lb
• Russet Potatoes $1.89 10-lb bag
• Navel Oranges $1.49 4-lb bag
• Friendly Farms gallon Milk $1.79
• Celery Stock $.49

Super Saver

• Best Choice Chunk Cheese 8 oz $.98
• Pears $.77/lb
• 24 pack Coke or Pepsi Products $5.48 (limit 2)
• Best Choice Granulated Sugar 4 lb $1.48
• Dozen Large Eggs $1.18 (limit 2)
• Nestle Morsels $1.76
• Cottonelle Bath Tissue 12 Double Rolls $6.74
• Libby Pumpkin 15 oz  $.98

Fareway

• Fastco Classic frozen Vegetables 16 oz (corn, peas, green beans, mixed veggies, cut broccoli) $.66
• Swanson Broth 14.5 oz 2/$1
• Coke Products 12 pack cans or 6 pack bottles 4/$10 ($2.50 each) (with in ad coupon-limit 1 set of 4)
• Texas Grapefruit 5 lb bag $1.99

***Remember that I generally just price match at Walmart as much as I can rather than go to all the stores separately! I LOVE being able to do that. You can also pricematch at Target, but I find it easier to pricematch at Walmart.

Check out what Tide just posted on FB:

fans…our next product giveaway will be at 4pm Eastern Standard Time this Friday December 17. Mark your calendars! We’ll be giving away one use of Tide Washing Machine Cleaner to the first 5000 fans who register. These will go quickly so be ready. Good luck!

NICE...get prepared for this awesome giveaway by heading over here and Liking them on Facebook right now than be online and ready on Friday at the appropriate time (that would be 3PM here in the central time zone)

I am glad to report that if you missed this fantastic deal over the weekend, you can still get it today!!!! It is a National Groupon deal for RedBox where you can get 3 movie rentals for only $1!!

To get this deals first, Go join Groupon through my referral link here, then go see that deal here. Fantastic!!!

These always go quick, so HURRY!! You can sign up for a free year of Entertainment Weekly from Freebizmag.com. Just click here. You will not have to enter any financial info and it is totally free!! But Hurry-these go FAST!

I really have to run, but I just saw this and wanted to post it Quick on my way out. The first 1 million to request a free cup of Yoplait will get one. Just sign up here.

Thanks Saving Dollars and Sense.

Have you heard about the Wholly Guacamole New Era Pinstripe Bowl Sweepstakes?! Well, it is awesome, and there is (luckily) still time to enter (But not too much time-it ends 12/15!).

So, why should you enter?! Well, because winners get 2 tickets to the inaugural bowl game at Yankee Stadium on December 30th! Seriously! How awesome is that?!

To enter, just go here. If any of you ends up being one of the 25 lucky winners to see Syracuse Orange take on the Kansas State Wildcats in Yankee Stadium I totally want to know about it!!! How awesome would that be for one of MY readers to win this?!

Hey there Jazz Fans-if you want to see tonight's game from the Lower bowl, this is a pretty good deal (from what I have been told).  You can get 6 tickets + 6 Hot Dogs for $180 which is $30 each. Grab 5 friends and snag this deal, but do it quick because there are only so many seats available! If you are interested in this deal, contact Steve Nord at 801-350-6928 or Snord@utahjazz.com.

There are still 2 GREAT LOW entry giveaways going on here at Beckeesdeals, both ending on Thursday 12/16! And More coming soon!!! I LOVE being able to give away great prizes to my readers! Please go enter the 2 open giveaways!

My Seventh Generation prize pack giveaway can be found here. It is an awesome prize and only has 8 entries right now-that's right, 8!!! It ends this Thursday 12/16! Go enter!

The Carmex Giveaway is here. It has only 49 entries and ends on Thursday, December 16th.

More readers entering giveaways means that I can get more sponsors to give away great prizes like these! So please go enter!

Friends-You will want to get in on this and quick! According to their own websites description,

"itsThoughtful is a vibrant social shopping community focused on gift shopping. Its a forum for people to share and discover the most popular, creative, thoughtful, unusual, funny, unique (we can add more adjectives but you get the idea) gift ideas in the world.
Its the new way to shop, share and discover great gifts for your loved ones."

I find the idea rather interesting! AND, If I get 15 people to join this website before 12/15 using my Referral Link, I will get a $25 Amazon Gift Card! AND the great part is that if you join then you too can send out your referral link to your friends and earn your own Amazon Gift Code!

So PLEASE Sign up (use your junk mail email) using my referral link!

After I hit my 15 referrals, I would be happy to change the referral link in this post to someone else's referral link and help you get your 15 referrals as well. So, after you sign up, leave your referral link in a comment here and I will change the referral link in this post after my 15 is reached!

I am glad to report that today there is a National Groupon deal for RedBox where you can get 3 movie rentals for only $1!!

To get this deals first, Go join Groupon through my referral link here, then go see that deal here. Fantastic!!!

Thanks Frugal Living and Having Fun!

Friends-You will want to get in on this and quick! According to their own websites description,

"itsThoughtful is a vibrant social shopping community focused on gift shopping. Its a forum for people to share and discover the most popular, creative, thoughtful, unusual, funny, unique (we can add more adjectives but you get the idea) gift ideas in the world.
Its the new way to shop, share and discover great gifts for your loved ones."

I find the idea rather interesting! AND, If I get 15 people to join this website before 12/15 using my Referral Link, I will get a $25 Amazon Gift Card! AND the great part is that if you join then you too can send out your referral link to your friends and earn your own Amazon Gift Code!

So PLEASE Sign up (use your junk mail email) using my referral link!

After I hit my 15 referrals, I would be happy to change the referral link in this post to someone else's referral link and help you get your 15 referrals as well. So, after you sign up, leave your referral link in a comment here and I will change the referral link in this post after my 15 is reached!

Wes and I figured out yesterday that I have won about 40+ blog giveaways/sweepstakes since February, about 30 of those are since August. I have been asked many times how I win so many giveaways, so I will tell you!

What I do to win so many giveaways:

1. I enter a lot of blog giveaways daily.
2. I occasionally enter a company sweepstakes.

How do I choose what to enter?


Here are my daily steps:

1. Everyday (well most days), I open the daily email from Tight Wad in Utah and I go to the daily "LOW entry Giveaways ending today" post. (25 or so of the blog giveaways I have won have come from that daily list)

2. If I have time that day, I go through and enter them all. (Well, I used to enter them all, but now that I have won so many I guess I am getting a bit picky and I do not enter the ones I know I do not want or need. However, that being said, sometimes I DO enter the ones I do not want/need because I have a specific purpose in mind for it in case I won it! For example, I do not drink coffee, but I would enter a coffee related giveaway because I know a lot of people that would love that as a gift!)

3. I do many of the "extra entry options" too so I stack my cards in my favor. Most blog giveaways offer a mandatory entry that you must do as your first entry in the giveaway drawing. (If that entry is too complex, I skip entering the giveaway all together-unless it is something I REALLY want) After the mandatory entry, many blogs offer additional bonus entries usually involving following their blog in various ways (through GFC-Google Friend Connect, Facebook, Twitter, daily emails, etc). I use my "junk" email to follow blogs so my real personal email does not get crammed full of blog emails daily. So-if you have not already-set up a separate email account for all your blog sign ups and for any sweepstakes or company emails you sign up for. In my gmail I even have it set up so my "junk" emails are automatically forwarded to a folder in my personal email so I only have to open ONE email to check both accounts!

4. If a giveaway has more than 200 entries already, I don't enter (unless it is something I really want to win). Seriously! I rarely enter giveaways with more than 200 entries and I rarely enter company sweepstakes. However, if I can enter something quickly and easily, I will enter it!

Basically...

I just play the odds-enter LOW entry giveaways. Do the bonus entries, and hopefully once in a while you will catch a break and get lucky!

And for those that are wondering, yes, some of the things I win are small and may not seem worth the entry, but hey-I love to win ANYTHING! And I have won some really nice things!! So, just to give you an idea, here are some of the things I have won:

• $50 Amazon gift card, multiple $10-$25 Amazon gift cards
• 4-5 different books
• 3 CSN Gift codes (ranging from $20-$70 in value)
• Knives
• Skin Care
• A Bushel of Strawberry Milanos
• An Annie Chun's Dinner Party
• Many Photo books, prints and gift codes
• A beautiful Personalized 11x14 print about my baby girl
• Baby birth announcements to use when this baby is born
• Soft Lips, Chapsticks, and Carmex gift packs
• 3 nursing covers
• an isABelt for my daughter
• a $20 virtual Visa card
• a Nuts About Granola Gift Card
• A $25 Applied Labels credit
• A UPrinting Vinyl Banner
• Tickler Tags
• A Smarty Rents 3 month Membership
• A Breyers Prize Package
•  $25 Gift Card to Quality Candy/King Leo
• A Snikkidy Package
• A Noodles & Company giveaway (lots of free food on that one!!)
• A Blush Candle (smells SOOOO good.)
• A Costco Gift pack including Supersized boxes of Nature Valley Bars and Simply Fruit Rolls and a $25.00 Costco Gift card
• A Pre Paid Phone Card

So, You can see some prizes are bigger than others, but I guarantee I loved and appreciated winning each and every one! 

I hope these little "winning" tips can help you win some fun stuff! Please let me know if you win blog giveaways! I LOVE to hear about your success stories-whether they be in winning a prize, scoring a deal or whatever!!!

Now-go enter some giveaways-you can start with the ones I have going on-see the box on the right side of the blog for the current giveaways-they all have LOW entries right now!

For this Christmas season, CityDeals in SLC is offering 25 deals of Christmas. Today is day 10 and the offer is a personal favorite! It is for 50% off one of my favorite food spots from my youth, Iceberg!! AND you can get an additional 10% off on this deal if you enter code BERG at checkout! But the deal ends at midnight so jump on it quick!

You can see that deal here. And go check out all their great deals here.