Perhaps it's because it's the New Year, and everyone has organizational items and new home decor out, but I really have the desire to redo our living room. More so, the floors than anything else. Our carpets are disgusting and since all of the traffic goes through the living room, wooden floors would be nice, perhaps with a nice modern rug to top it off?
In dreaming of my new living room floors, I hopped on over to CSN Stores. I mean, you do realize that they offer virtually everything under the sun? Floor coverings are no exception. They have a fabulous selection of modern rugs... Look at this beautiful rug that they carry:
If you've read my blog for long, you probably know by now that I LOVE Red. It's an accent color throughout our house, so this would flow perfectly-- with those nice wooden floors of course ;o) Believe it or not, they offer wood flooring too. I am a sucker for the distressed flooring look (because we all know having two boys means it will look distressed whether I want it to or not!) Check out these beauties:
As I was looking at rugs and thinking of flooring, I came across these cute chairs:
They offer other colors too, and the print is so adorable!
Of course, while perusing all of the cute modern stuff that CSN Stores offers, I thought about how one day I'd love to have a playroom. I thought this rug would be so cute in a gender neutral playroom:
And what's a playroom with awesome new toys... CSN Stores carries some of the coolest modern toys I've seen. One of my new faves is the balance bikes they carry.
Some friends of ours got one of these for their little girl for Christmas and she LOVES it.
I really could go on and on about everything I WANT. But for now, I guess I'll keep dreaming over at CSN Stores. Perhaps you should go and dream too ;o)
After my last CSN Stores review, you didn't think I'd go and leave you, my loyal readers out of the fun did you? I sure hope not. I mean, it's Christmas season, and I intend to spread the joy. And for the online shoppers, CSN Stores definitely spreads the joy. With over 200+ stores, they pretty much offer anything you'd ever want to give your loved ones (or gift yourself!). On top of all of the great things that they offer, their customer service is outstanding, and their shipping is SUPER fast, so you really don't have a reason NOT to shop with CSN Stores! Right now, they're running some awesome deals for the Christmas season. Deals like:
Are you obsessed with kids shoes? I am, and I have literally spent HOURS browsing the shoe selection at CSN Stores. I think these loafers would be SUPER cute on my little Connor:
So, I guess you want to know how I am going to spread the joy. Well, I have some CSN Stores joy to spread your way. That's right, this post is a CSN Stores giveaway! Up for grabs is a $65 promotional code to use on any of the 200+ CSN Stores. I know you're dying to know how you can enter in this awesome giveaway, so here's the low down:
There are several ways to gain entries (you MUST leave a comment for EACH entry that you are eligible for): 1. MANDATORY ENTRY (this entry must be met before you are eligible for any other entry): BE/BECOME A FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG. (1 ENTRY) 2. Visit CSN Stores and tell me what you would use the gift code for (1 additional entry) 3. Add my blog button to your blog (1 additional entry) 4. Add me to your blog roll on your blog (1 additional entry) 5. "Like" A Dollop of My Life on Facebook (1 additional entry) 6. Blog about this giveaway (1 additional entry. Please be sure to leave the permalink to your blog post-- I WILL check the links!).
This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents only.
The giveaway will run from Wednesday, December 8, 2010, until Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 7:30am CST.
The winner will be chosen using random.org and announced on this blog.
The winner will also be notified via email, so please leave an email on EVERY entry if you do not have your email attached to your blogger profile.
The winner will have 48 hours from the time of notification to respond with their information. Should the winner not respond within the given 48 hours, a new winner will be picked.
Disclosure: In exchange for this post, CSN Stores has provided the promotional code for me to giveaway to one of my readers. No other compensation was received, and all opinions in this review are my own. For my full disclosure policy, please click HERE.
If my life wasn't such a whirlwind of events and holidays, I might have gotten this review up earlier. But better late than never, and I suppose with a review it's good to have a good amount of time under our belt to test out the awesome new products that we received from CSN Stores.
When CSN Stores contacted me to do another review, I was beyond thrilled. I LOVE CSN Stores, and I love being able to shop with them. They have such a great selection of products, and for people who love to shop online, they're the best place to go for one stop shopping. For this particular review, I decided to pick out two different items... one for B-man and one for myself!
Brayden had been showing great interest in basketball (well, really anything that has to do with a ball, but basketball is definitely one of them!), and we were wanting to get a basketball goal set for him. We were hesitant to purchase something that was too big, considering (at the time) I couldn't really lift him to score every time. This set really is the best of both worlds for us. It allows Brayden to score on his own, but also gives us a bit of flexibility by growing with him. The set adjusts from 2.5 feet up to 4 feet. It comes with a soft basketball, and a real net, so it looks and feels like a real goal. Brayden absolutely LOVES it. We keep the set in the house right now, and it really doesn't take up much room. I think once it gets pretty outside again in the spring we'll move it out there for him to play with. I accidentally deleted the pictures of him with his goal before Connor was born, but I do have this cute video of him when the goal was delivered to our house. He was SO excited about it!
Of course, CSN Stores came through again with the basketball set, as I actually had looked for this set at other retailers online but they were always out of stock. Not CSN Stores! They even upgraded my shipping for me, so from the time we ordered it to the time it came to the door was only a span of a few days! If you have a toddler that loves sports, this set would make the perfect Christmas gift. And CSN Stores is offering guaranteed shipment by December 24th on this set, so you really don't have an excuse not to get it!!!
This time I wanted to get something for myself as well, considering the past couple of things I've either won or reviewed have been for the little man. I had actually been waiting for CSN Stores to stock up on the Baby Jogger Belly Bar for my Baby Jogger City Mini Double.
Luckily, they got it in stock around the same time I was picking out things to review. I had read several reviews on the CSN website that said the belly bar was good for toddlers in the City Mini. It allows them to ride in the stroller and lean forward a bit in the seat. We haven't used the double stroller that much yet since we just had Connor two weeks ago. The belly bar is installed though, and it fits perfectly. One thing I am concerned about is that it's a bit taller than I expected, so I am not sure how much it will help out Connor until he's more in the toddler stage. For Brayden though (who's 19 months), I think it will help him when he wants to have a better look and not be so reclined. I'm hoping to get the tray sometime soon to accompany the belly bar so that Brayden has somewhere to put his cups and snacks when we're out and about. Overall, I think it's a good attachment, and can't wait to use it more!
Of course, CSN Stores did great with both customer service and shipping. I really can't say a bad thing about my experience. It went smoothly, from the time I called customer service to make the order to the time both pieces arrived on my doorstep. If you're looking for an easy way to Christmas shop this year, I DEFINITELY recommend CSN Stores.
Disclosure: In exchange for this review I received a CSN promotional code to go towards the purchase of both the basketball set and the belly bar from CSN Stores. No other compensation was received, and all opinions expressed in this review are my own. To view my full disclosure policy, please click HERE.
Well, this is a first for me... the original winner of the Kix Giveaway didn't respond to my post for the winner. SO, I had to select a new winner. Obviously I've been a bit preoccupied with our new little mister, so I apologize for the slight delay in re-running the numbers. Without further ado, I give you the NEW results.
Congrats Jess! Please email me at lifesdollop at gmail dot com with your address and phone number so I can get it submitted for redemption! And thanks to all who entered into the Kix Giveaway!
I totally forgot that because today is Wednesday, it was time for me to select a winner of the Kix giveaway... sorry about that guys! I quickly plugged everything into random.org and got the following:
Congratulations Amanda! Please email me with your address and phone number and I will submit your info for the prize pack! Thanks to all who entered, and a special thanks to Kix and MyBlogSpark for providing the prize packs to giveaway!
Thanks to everyone who entered into my Baby Center Giveaway, and a special thanks to Baby Center and MyBlogSpark for making the giveaway possible! There were 12 comments, and when I plugged everything in, these were the results:
And the first commenter was Cheryl:
Congratulations Cheryl! Be sure to email me (lifesdollop at gmail dot com) within 48 hours with your contact information (address & telephone #).
Recently I had the opportunity to test out Kix cereal. Or should I say, Brayden had the opportunity to test out Kix cereal? haha. It's funny really, since we are a cereal family. I'd say 5 out of the 7 days I eat some type of breakfast cereal for breakfast. It's easy, most of the healthier ones are filling, and it doesn't make me feel blah like some breakfasts' do. What's weird is that I haven't tried to give Kix to Brayden. He normally doesn't eat cereal for breakfast, but cereals make a great snack for babies and toddlers. And Kix is a GREAT snack for him. It's the perfect size for his little fingers to grasp, it tastes great, it's made with whole grain corn and is an excellent source of iron. It also is a good source of calcium, fiber, and Vitamins C and D. Original Kix has no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. So when the little man nods in agreement that Kix is a good snack (enter exhibits A & B):
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
This momma was happy! And I am not ashamed to say that Kix tasted so good right out of the box that I may have eaten some for myself! Sorry B-man, you're going to have to share this stuff!
Because I think good things are meant to share, I'm excited to let you know that I have a prize pack to giveaway! One lucky reader will win a Kix “Kid-Tested, Mother-Approved” prize pack including a 24-piece counting-themed floor puzzle, fun learn-to-count flashcards, a sippy cup, a portable snack container and a box each of Original Kix and Honey Kix cereals... how's that for a prize pack?!?!?! If you'd like to win the prize pack, all you have to do is leave a comment letting me know your kid's favorite breakfast cereal (it can be what they eat for snack too, like we do!).
And because I have to, here are the rules: - the giveaway is open to all US residents. - comments will be open until Wednesday, November 17, 2010. - 1 comment per person. Duplicate comments will be deleted. - You are not required to have a blog to enter; however, please be sure to leave a way for me to contact you. -The winner will be announced on this blog and also contacted by me. They will have 48 hours to respond with their information, otherwise a new winner will be chosen.
Disclosure: In exchange for this review, I received a Kix Prize Pack from Kix through MyBlogSpark. The information and additional prize pack to give away were also given to me by Kix through MyBlogSpark. All opinions shared in this review are my own, and I was in no other way compensated. To view my full disclosure policy, please click HERE.
