On A Budget This Holiday Season? Win A Giftcard

If you're like me, you're on a pretty tight budget that the holidays play havoc with.  Now through November 25, 2015 Giant Eagle is giving you a way to triple dip the savings!

This is a sponsored post by Tatu Digital Media, but all of the thoughts expressed are purely mine.

 I would suggest purchasing Giant Eagle gift cards now, and using them in place of cash while doing your holiday shopping this year.  Here's 3 ways that you can triple dip the savings doing this:

1.  Special Offer:  You will get a $10 coupon good on your next order, for every $100 you spend on select gift cards at Giant Eagle.

2.  Earn fuelperks! on everyday gift card purchases to save you money at the pump.  $ .10 fuelperks! are earned for every $50 you spend on gift cards.

3.  If you use your favorite rewards credit cards when you buy gift cards, you'll be earning points, miles, or cash back!

The participating gift card partners for this offer include:
Visa Gift
Sears
Best Buy
Google
Fandango
JC Penney

*Your $10 coupon will print at the register when you check out.  Also, some credit cards may have reward limits on their use at a grocery store.  You can see store for more details of this promotion.

If you'd do the math for this promotion, for every $100 you spend on the participating gift cards you could earn a $10 coupon + you could earn $6 back if you earn 6% back on credit card grocery store purchases + if you get 15 gallons of gas and use the $ .20 off fuelperks! you'd earn, that would save you $3.  That's a total of $19 in savings on a $100 gift card purchase!  So if you have a Giant Eagle near you, I'd definitely recommend that you take advantage of this opportunity between now and November 25, 2015!

Now, here's a chance for one of my readers to win a $50 giveaway!  Who could use this, at this time of the year?  I know I sure could! Good luck to all of my Fibro Froggies.  I truly hope one of you win!

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Save Money With Giant Eagle Gift Cards

With the holiday season quickly approaching, who isn't looking to save money?  Giant Eagle offers gift cards for over 150 major retailers.  They have a reward program for buying gift cards, in the form of fuelperks.  For every $50 you spend in gift cards, you receive fuel perks.  Now through November 18, 2015 you earn $ .20 fuel perks for every $50 you spend on six select retailer gift cards!  You can check them out HERE.  

This is a sponsored post by Tatu Digital Media, but all of the thoughts contained are strictly my own.  I wouldn't recommend something to my froggies if I didn't think it was a good idea.  

If you're like me, you like to have actual presents to wrap and put under the tree.  That isn't a problem either using gift cards from Giant Eagle.  Just purchase your gift cards, then use them to order your presents online.  With all of my illnesses, I love online shopping.  I can sit here and shop in my pj's.  I don't have to go out in the weather, and even if it's a high pain and fatigue day, I can still get my shopping done!  I don't have to spend gas to go to the store, fight the crowds, or spend time standing in long lines which causes me extreme pain and zaps every bit of my energy.

 You can even double dip your savings by using your favorite rewards credit card to purchase, you can earn points, miles or a percentage back on your purchase. Some credit cards even offer increased rewards for purchases made at grocery. For example, the Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express offers 3% cash back on groceries, and the Blue Cash Preferred® Card offers a whopping 6% cash back! Capital One QuicksilverOne®, AMEX EveryDay® and Citi® Hilton HHonors credit cards also offer increased rewards for grocery purchases. 

Now, here’s the math:

$3 in fuel rewards on a 15 gallon tank ($.20 x 15) +$6 back if you earn 6% cash back on credit card grocery purchases =$9 in savings on a $50 gift card, or 18%!!!!

Let's face it, we all feel the price of gas.  We have to drive no matter what.  If we can get our shopping done and save money while doing it, why not?  You can quickly accumulate fuelperks and cash back to keep more money in your pocket by just shopping Giant Eagle gift cards.  A quick, easy savings account so to speak!   Make sure you check out all of the gift cards that Giant Eagle has to offer!   Living on a fixed income, I'm all about saving money any way that I can!

JBeads Accessories

Tonight, I add an extra special item to the Holiday Gift Guide and Countdown To Christmas.  This is made by one of our own members of The Fibro Frog.  Jessica is the owner of JBeads Accessories.  She contacted me and asked if she could donate an item for our giveaway section.  She was so excited, that she created something extra special for the winner.  She made this beautiful Fibro Awareness bracelet, using our fibro color of purple!  It's 8 inches long, and has a larger clasp to make it easier for us to put it on.

Jessica offers a ton of high quality jewelry and very affordable prices.  She makes bracelets, earrings, necklaces, and matching sets.  Each item is hand-crafted by her, and she's ready & willing to answer any questions that any one may have concerning her jewlery.  She's even willing to do custom work, if you can't find something you like on her site.  She prides herself on her customer service, and that shows through on each and every piece that she makes.  Besides looking around JBeads Accessories, make sure you show her some love on facebook too!  You'll find her amazing facebook page HERE.

Thanks again for contacting me Jessica, and for wanting to take part in this very special giveaway that's coming up!   Remember everyone, a signup form will be posted later this week, and a winner will be chosen on Christmas day!  The winner will receive one of every item that I'm listing as a part of the Holiday Gift Guide & Countdown To Christmas!!

Eat Smart Precision Premium Digital Bathroom Scale

Welcome to the 3rd review for The Fibro Frog's 1st Holiday Gift Guide & Countdown To Christmas Giveaway!  Remember, check out the reviews posted before this, and after this, because someone is going to win one of every item that I review!  I'm so excited to draw a winner on Christmas day, to give someone an amazing prize package as a Christmas present from The Fibro Frog and all of these wonderful companies that are helping me to do this!  

I was so excited to be able to work with Eat Smart!  They're one of the most courteous, friendly companies I've had the pleasure of working with.  Where The Fibro Frog was just started in February of this year, I was kind of afraid to approach companies.  I don't know how I got so lucky with all of my contacts this year.  They've all been wonderful!  Eat Smart blew me away though.  Not only are they friendly and courteous to work with, but I just couldn't believe how fast I received my scales from them!  

Living a life with chronic pain, it's hard to exercise.  I'm sure you guys know what I'm talking about.  Sometimes, it's hard to get proper exercise in, even when you don't have a chronic pain and fatigue illness.  Besides it being hard for me to exercise (ok, I'll confess ...darn near impossible) some of the medicine they give to us, makes us pack the unwanted pounds on too.  Because of this, I was excited to review the Eat Smart Precision Premium Digital Bathroom Scale.  I'm not gonna lie, even though I was excited to try them out, I also was kind of holding my breath afraid to look down lol !  See, before this I didn't have any scales of my own.  My parents have a set, but every time you go to use them, they aren't on the line like they're supposed to be.  So, I'm never too sure if they're truly accurate or not.

Just look at how awesome this digital baby is!!  Now, I know I may get excited easily over things, but this scale really is an amazing item compared to any other scales I've ever used!  It's is so thin.  I absolutely love the fact that it has a blue backlight.  Eat Smart advertises that the blue backlight lets you be able to read the scale, even in the dimmest lighting.  That's a wonderful fact, but I'm a typical woman, and I think it's the coolest because it makes it look pretty and cool! =)  Eat Smart uses special technology that they call "step-on" technology.  What that means, is that you don't have to bend and flip a switch or anything to use the scale.  All you have to do to get a super accurate - in increments of .2 lbs/ .1 kg, is to just step onto the scale and it'll automatically and quickly display your weight.  Yep, you read that right with the .1kg, this scale will weigh you in either pounds or kilos. Not having a switch to turn it on or off with, is such a huge help to me.  With the back pain and knee pain that I have, it really hurts me to try to bend to the floor.  Some days (most days in all honesty), it's near impossible for me to bend like that.  It even has a non-slip surface, that makes it even less worrisome about possible slips & falls. 

The Eat Smart Precision Premium Digital Bathroom Scale is so accurate, due to 4, yep four, high precision sensors built into it!  This allows for a quick, accurate weight every time you step onto it!  It even has a max weight of 400 pounds/180 kgs.  You'd think that something with this much accuracy and precision would be a big, heavy thing wouldn't you?  Not this one!  It only weighs 3.6 pounds.  You can find the dimensions of it by clicking HERE then scrolling down to the Eat Smart Precision Premium Digital Bathroom Scale. The scale is run off of 4AAA batteries, that they include with your purchase!

This isn't the only amazing product that Eat Smart manufactures either.  In addition to this set of bathroom scales, they also offer 4 other bathroom scales, and one of those is the Eat Smart Precision GetFit Digital Body Fat Scale.  Now, that thing looks and sounds extremely cool too!  I'd love to have one of those as well.  You can read about it by clicking the name of it above, then scrolling to the bottom of the page.  They also offer four types of kitchen scales.  Again, they have some really cool ones that would make an excellent gift this season!  I have found so many cool items that they have to offer.  One of their kitchen scales calculates all of your food nutrients for you, whether the item is labeled or not labeled!  This is another item that I'd love to have!  They also offer a luggage scale.  My oldest daughter is on a plane a lot of the time, and I know she'd really benefit off of this luggage scale!

Besides checking out their website, make sure that you also check out their FaceBook page!  Let's show them some holiday love, to let them know that we appreciate their concern for us by manufacturing some awesome products, and for contributing to the 1st Annual Holiday Gift Guide & Countdown To Christmas Giveaway! Go give 'em a big ole "like"!  

Mediflow Waterbase Pillow

Welcome to day 2 of my Holiday Gift Guide & Countdown To Christmas!  This product is one that I've talked about in the past, I guarantee you I'll always talk about it!  The Mediflow Waterbase Pillow is one of the best inventions I've ever had the privilege to have.  Still, to this day, I tell everyone including my own parents even, that I'll never use another pillow again.  I'm a Mediflow Waterbase Pillow convert.  -They've made a "lifer" out of me!  Also, Mediflow is kind enough that not only will they be providing a pillow in the prize pack for the winner, but they're also going to give one as a prize of the day!  How cool is that of them?!  Read my review on the Mediflow Waterbase Pillow below, then leave me a meaningful comment on this post about what feature you like the best about the pillow, after reading over their website.  I'll take comments until 11:59pm tonight (Thursday December 6, 2012) when I use Random.org to choose a winner!  Comment of "thanks for a great giveaway" etc won't get you an entry. Please remember to tell me what you believe the best feature of the pillow would be! You can get a 2nd entry, by sharing this blog post on your facebook page. If you share the post, leave me a comment that you've shared it. You can earn a 3rd entry, by pinning the post to your Pinterest.  If you pin it, leave another comment telling me you did, and your Pinterest name so I can verify.  I'm also going to give you one last way to earn a 4th entry.  You can earn your 4th entry by sharing this post on your Google + account.  Leave another comment saying you did so, and what your Google + name is.  So, Good Luck to you all!

I'm so excited to bring you this review and giveaway compliments of Mediflow!  If you're plagued by any type of neck or shoulder pain, then this is the pillow for YOU!  Mediflow actually refers to the waterbase pillow as a sleep system, rather then "just" a pillow.

The way the Mediflow Waterbase Pillow works, is that under the plump, soft, polyester fill it has a waterbase on the bottom.  The fill in the pillow, has a special finish on it to keep it plump and cloud-like and makes the pillow long-lasting andwashable!  The waterbase of the bottom of the pillow, gives your neck continuous support that you can't get with a traditional pillow.  The great thing is, the user can adjust the amount of water for the unique support that their own body needs. After you get the amount of water adjusted, the system will support your neck and spine while you sleep, even as you're turning over or switching sides!

Now, if you're anything like me, you're probably wondering if trying to fill the pillow is a big hassle or not.  The day my Mediflow Waterbase Pillow arrived I was so excited to try it out that night, but I was also a nervous wreck that I wouldn't be able to fill it and that I'd make a big mess trying to fill it.  You can see in the photo above, that the pillow comes with a little funnel type thing.  You stand the pillow upright on a chair, insert the funnel, and then poor in the amount of water that you've decided to try.  Once you have the water in it, you run your hands down the pillow until you hit the water area, to push excess air out, then insert the cap to seal it shut.  By doing this step, it keeps the pillow from making a "sloshing" sound when you turn over.  If you hear the water, then you don't have all of the air out of it!  That's it!  Super easy!  I studied the water chart and measured out the amount of water I thought I'd need, and then tried the pillow.  It felt amazing to me, but I still needed just a bit more support.  I just added a little bit more, and it was perfect!

You don't have to take my word for it though, nor do you have to just take Mediflow's word.  John Hopkins Hospital conducted a neck pain and quality of sleep study, and the Mediflow Waterbase Pillow ranked the best out of all pillows tested!  The Mediflow pillow helped to reduce pain patients felt upon waking, it increased their pain relief, and it also improved their quality of sleep!  As a person who suffers from a severe case of Fibromyalgia, I can attest how hard it is to get quality sleep when you do sleep.  Insomnia is a horrible beast of Fibromyalgia that plagues me.  It's also been proven that people with Fibromyalgia never get into a good sleep cycle.  In my honest opinion this pillow is worth it's weight in gold!  I'll never ever own another pillow again.  After just one night of sleeping on the Mediflow Waterbase Pillow, I knew that they'd convinced me!  Therefore, I'm excited to bring a giveaway to you all, so that you'll have a chance to win your own Mediflow Waterbase Pillow!

Giveaway will run from 12:01am September 27, 2012 - 11:59pm October 11, 2012.  Giveaway open to US residents.  This blog is not responsible for shipping the prize.  Prize will be shipped directly from Mediflow.  Winner will be listed on the Raffle Copter form when contest ends, and I will email the winner.  Winner will then have 48 hours to respond to me with their shipping info, or a new winner will be selected.

*I did not receive any cash compensation for hosting this review and giveaway, but I did receive one of the pillows to try out, and give my honest opinion of.  All opinions expressed are my own without any influence from Mediflow.

BedLounge Reading Pillow

Our very first product, to kick off the Holiday Gift Guide & Countdown To Christmas is the BedLounge. Now, my back pain is so bad that the only place I could sit comfortably was at my desk, in my computer chair, leaning over on my desk.  I can't tell you how many times my daughter has asked me to come sit in the living room and watch tv or a movie with her, that I just couldn't do.  Every time I'd tell her "no", I'd feel like a horrible mother.  I wanted to, and sometimes I just dealt with the pain and did it.  Overall though, it was a few & far between situation.

Another thing about my illnesses, is that they also robbed me of reading.  This really made me mad.  I was an only child and we lived in the country.  Books, or rather the characters in the books, were my friends.  I'd sit outside under a tree, and read all day long.  I'd lose myself within my imagination as I was reading.  Of course my love of books, carried over from my childhood.  For the last 12-18 months, I haven't been able to read anymore.  It now hurts me too bad to try to hold a book in front of my face and read for longer then 5-10 minutes.  When I read, I like to do so for a good 2-3 hrs at a time (you can tell that I don't have little kids anymore lol).  I even have a Kindle and they are extremely light weight, yet even holding the Kindle to read, hurts my arms, shoulders, and neck profusely.  

When I came across the BedLounge online, it looked and sounded too good to be true.  Skepticism ran through my mind.  I was so desperate to be able to read books again, and watch tv with my daughter in the living room (instead of making her come sit in the dining room where my desk is at, and watching "tv" on my computer.  I contacted BedLounge and told them I'm a blogger and asked if they'd send me one in exchange for me doing a review on it.  Thankfully, they were kind enough to send me one.  

The short amount of time it took to get to me, was unreal!  I couldn't believe how quickly I received my BedLounge.  I think my daughter was as excited as I was lol!  She helped me open the box and remove the BedLounge.   We got the minor assembly done, then she was the first to try it. She loved it!  I hurried to grab a book, then I jumped in bed with it, to see if it helped my pain level while reading.  I couldn't believe how much longer my body held out for me to read!  I can even watch tv in my living room again now!

The pillow is hypoallergenic.  It's filled with synthetic down, and cleaned feathers.  The pillow was designed by a world-renowned back expert, Dr. Robert Swezey, M.D.  The coolest thing in my opinion about the BedLounge, is that it's completely adjustable to fit you!  The headrest is adjustable. It slides up and down, plus it also rotates!  So whether you're tall, or short like me, the headrest will fit you.  There's a lumbar pillow that's adjustable, to ensure you're getting great support for your back.  The best thing ever about the BedLounge in my opinion?  The armrests!  They pivot.  You can adjust them in towards you if you'd like a little tighter fit, and if you want more room just pivot them outward.  These amazing armrests also have built in pockets in them that you can stuff full of stuff so that you don't have to jump up for anything while you're relaxing! The armrests help to support the weight of your body to reduce strain on your neck, head, and shoulders.  These amazing armrests are what allowed me to start reading and watching tv again!!  

There's several uses for this pillow. I'm going to copy/paste right from the BedLounge Website:

• Reading Pillow
• Pregnancy Pillow
• Comfort Lounger
• Husband Pillow
• TV Pillow
• Back Support Pillow
• Study Pillow
• Video Game Pillow
• Sleeping Pillow
• Post Surgical Pillow

There are several colors that you can choose from when ordering your pillow!  They also sell BedLounge Slip Covers if' you'd like to get one.  

The BedLounge also has a sixty day risk free trial!  How can you beat that??!  Seriously though, you won't be disappointed.  The things it's allowed me to do, that I couldn't before, is worth every single penny they sell them for.  

Also, I must say that this company has been absolutely wonderful to work with.  Super polite, great customer service, super fast shipping *The pillow usually ships within one-two days of you placing your order! This pillow is a must-have for anyone who suffers from any type of chronic pain!  Let's show them how much we appreciate their awesome product that make the lives of chronic pain sufferers a little easier, and for participating in this giveaway!  Let's all go to their facebook page and "like" them to show our appreciation!  1 minute isn't much to give up!  =)  To like the BedLounge on facebook, click HERE.

*I didn't receive any cash compensation for this post, but I did receive a pillow.  Regardless, all opinions expressed on this blog are my own.  

Hidden Treasure Candle Giveaway

Welcome to the Hidden Treasure Giveaway!

Hosted by,

Jenn's Blah Blah Blog & Pink Ninja Media.

Co-Hosts, Giveaway Bandit, Pink Ninja Blogger, Simply Shawn & Jenn, and Moms Vacation Spots

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About the Giveaway

• Five Winners will received TWO Hidden Treasure Candles Each! Like always, winner chooses their candles, so head on over to Hidden Treasure Candles and check out their fabulous scents.
• Event runs from 11/20/2012 at 12:01am EST until 12/20/2012 at 11:59pm EST
• To enter use the Rafflecopter form below, must be 18 years of age.
• Giveaway is open to US

Candles are one of my favorite things! I love anything that smells good and puts a nice scent in the air. Good luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway

My Christmas Wish List Giveaway

Bloggity Blog and Parsimounious Pash is proud to bring you My Christmas Wish List!

Which is part of our Christmas Gift Guide

We want to thank all our co-hosts for helping with this event:

Tricias-List	My Empty Nest	DebsHere	Pickles and Peppers	Two Little Cavaliers
Capri's Coupons	Finger Click Saver	An Ordinary Housewife	Mommy Matter

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Christmas is coming fast!

Are you needing gift ideas? I have complied a great list of gifts just for you!

To check out the gifts please click on the pictures:

Step 2 Deluxe Kitchen ($219.99 RV)	The Edge Tie Dye $40.00 Value!	Petmate Curvations Traveler ($112.00 RV)	Bunkhouse Cat Tree ($113.00 RV)
Sonic Alarm, Analog with Super Shaker - SBA475ss	Little Black Corset Jewelry Organizer	Orgreenic Frying Pan	ToiletTree Professional Skin Care System
Build A Dream Playhouse	Cat Crib	Ornaments With Love	Cook'n Recipe Software ($80.00)
Seven Slings Gift Set $44.95	Petmate Infinity Waterer - 180 oz ($64.99)	IMUSA 12-qt. Seafood/Tamale Aluminum Steamer	Glass Dharma Glass Straws
Click: An Online Love Story kindle Ebook Open to US and Canada!	Wine Bottle Covers By Wine Sox

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I want to thank The Edge Tie Dye, Seven Slings, Petmate, Cat Crib, IMUSA, GlassDharmah, Sonic Alarm, DVO, Ornaments With Love, Orgreenic, ToiletTree, Build A Dream Playhouse, Space Savers, Step 2 , Ace Cat Furniture, Lisa Becker and Book Sox for providing such great gifts!

I am delighted to say that all of these companies are providing one of their products as gifts to my readers! I made this into a hop so you could enter to win what you want the most! Take your time, there is no rush you have all month to work your way down the list and enter them all! To Enter do the mandatory entries on this form then start to enter the individual giveaways!

All the participating blogs wish you Good Luck and a very Merry Christmas!

I want to thank all the fabulous blog who are bringing this to you!

Parsimonious Pash	Tricias-List	Finger Click Saver	My Empty Nest	Capri's Coupons
Two Little Cavaliers	Mom Does Reviews	Powered By Mom	St Augustine Qpon Posse	Give Oh Giveaway
Life In the Lost World	One Mom's Moxie	Couponers Corner	Teach Me To Save	CountryLife4Me
3Ps in a Pod	Deb's Here	Style, Decor and More!	An Ordinary Housewife	Pickles and Peppers
Mommy Matter	It's Free At Last!	My Style Spot	NY Saving Special	The Fibro Frog
Deals, Teens and MMA	Mice Musings	Color Me Crystal	Mommy Moments With Abby	Thrifty Coupon Couple
Crafts - Things	Health, Beauty, Children & Family	Jess' Journey to Success	PICTURE CLUSTERS	Coupon Gator Mommy
SuperMomSurveys	Dani Sue Dreams	Fur Kid Fosters	Rjay's Freebies	Coupon Clipping Moms
Happy Home and Family	Tales From Tammylyne	Libbys Library	Baubles n Bits	Mama's Mission
Saving Common Cents

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I'm so excited to be working with this wonderful group of bloggers to bring you such amazing gifts! a Rafflecopter giveaway