Homemade Confections Giveaway / Review English Toffee, Peanut Brittle and Gourmet Dessert Topping.

Disclaimer Homemade Confections provided me with a free samples of their product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if

I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review in return for the free product and giveaway.

 

 

Homemade Confections without all the work!

How does that deal sound (and taste)?

Well, I can tell you from personal experience it tastes amazingly delicious and I loved that I didnt' have to clean up my kitchen (or my fingers...as I just licked the goodness off of them).

What am I talking about while in an excited sugar delirium?

Well I am speaking of Judith Galindo and her amazing business Homemade Confections.

Before I tell you all about my experiences with Homemade Confections Award Winning English Toffee and her Peanut Brittle and Gourmet Dessert Topping....I must rave about all the of Galindo's features and awards.

2013 Homemade Confections was featured in Southern Oregon Magazine's Spring Issue "Best Of" issue.

Proud Participant of the 2013 Academy Awards (Homemade Confections English Toffee which is Galindos' signature piece was in the SWAG's for this year's Academy Awards), 2011 MTV Movie Awards, 2011 SAG
Awards, 2010 Tony Awards and 2010 Emmy Awards!



2010 and 2009 Oregon Chocolate Festival Winner!

Okay - on to the sweet goodness and love that Galindo puts into her Homemade Confections.  I am thankful she took her typical confection making to the next step as a business owner of Homemade Confections back in 2009. 
I knew I was going to be experiencing greatness when I received my carefully packaged treats in the mail.

  

My eyes were delighted by the elegant packaging of each product.  They looks like little gifts just waiting to be untied and opened.  The deep colored chocolate brown tied ribbon made me feel like Royalty opening up an exquisite surprise.

Where shall I begin?  Ohhhh the Signature English Toffee that is covered in bittersweet chocolate and hand roasted almonds..  

or Maybe the Light, Fluffy but crunchy Peanut Brittle?

But, what about the Gourmet Dessert Topping that is packed full of bite size English Toffee, Peanut Brittle, Milk Chocolate covered Macadamia Nuts and semi-sweet covered cashews. English Toffee, Peanut Brittle, milk
We would never serve or sell a product that is not exceptional!!!

I must say my absolute over the top favorite was the Homemade Confections English Toffee.  I could taste the love that is used to create each complex and flavorful bite.  I was surprised at how dark the toffee was.  But, it was a pleasure to enjoy.  It was nice and crisp, but not hard on my teeth.  The darkness gave it in nice rounded caramelized sugar taste which complimented the bittersweet chocolate and of course the hand roasted almonds.  I did my adult treat bag so I didn't have to share with my kids....Does that make me a Bad Mom or just a Smart One?  I would have to go with the smart one answer (hee hee hee!).

Now on to the Homemade Confections Peanut Brittle.  I must say, FINALLY a Peanut Brittle that is very similar to my homemade brittle which I make ever year with my Mother-in-law's recipe that has been handed down.  I love that Galindo doesn't stretch her Peanut Brittle at all.  It leaves it nice and light and crunchy.  But, easy on the teeth.  A sweet peanuty creation that is made with hand roasted peanuts and sweet cream butter.  Ummmm!

And last but certainly not least the Gourmet Dessert Topping.  Galindo has out done herself with the amazing combination of four different sweet bite size treats.  She recommended trying her topping on my favorite vanilla bean ice cream as a dessert topping.  I am certain that would have been delicious, but I just enjoyed it straight out of the beautiful bag.  It was Divine!

I truly have nothing negative to say about Homemade Confections!

So who would like to win a 1/2 pound bag of one of Homemade Confections offerings? 

Is that a yes, I hear?

So the winner can select from a 1/2 pound bag of English Toffee, Peanut Brittle or Gourmet Dessert Topping.

Which would you chose?  I can't wait to read below as that is one on the entries. 

Good Luck!

Disclaimer Homemade Confections provided me with a free samples of their product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if

I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review in return for the free product and giveaway.

 

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Win a Free Escape Monthly Box Giveaway! $50 Value Destination Inspired Box of Luxury Products.

Escape Monthly - Destination Inspired Box Full of Luxury Products!

The Escape Monthly box makes me think of the long ago commercial for, Calgon.  You know the one that said "Calgon Take Me Away"!  Are you smiling?  I sure hope so because we all need those moments.  And many times it is a struggle and a challenge to take time out of our busy days and routines to take a minute or two to de-stress.

That is why this Giveaway is so important and I am so jealous.  As I am offering this great giveaway to one luck person and I don't even get a Escape Monthly box for myself (yes, I am whining!)

Could you imagine signing up to receive your own special luxury care package in the mail every month!  And if use use the coupon code "YOURESCAPE" you will save 20% off your order for life!  What a great opportunity!

I love Escape Monthly description of their luxury inspired boxes:

"We're Escape Monthly: a destination-inspired box full of luxury products to help you relax and renew. Every month, we curate high-quality products to help you slip into bliss—from spa & beauty products, to gourmet snacks & gift certificates. We also give a lucky member a vacation to the destination!"

So what are you waiting for?  Enter below for your chance to win your own Escape Monthly Box - a $50 Value.

Just promise me if you win, you let me know all about your prize?

Good Luck and don't forget to relax!
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Use Teespring to design and sell custom apparel. Make easy Extra Money

Disclaimer: Teespring will either provided me with a free sample of their product to review and/or compensation, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review in return for the free product/or compensation.

I am so frugal and love to save money, but the only better thing than that is to make money. 

I recently learned all about a great way to make extra money on the side and even possibility use it to help the Parent Teacher Organization that I am am a board member and my boys school.  Can you say "Customized Apparel"?  What a great fundraiser!

I have kept you waiting long enough!  I am taking about Teespring.

"Teespring is a crowdfunding platform for groups, causes and communities to design and sell custom apparel."

So let your imagination run wild...what kind of shirt could you design and sell on Facebook, Twitter, direct from you blog or other online locations! 

Create a shirt and start selling, as a seller you keep all the profit your shirts earn!  Wow!  I know it s sounds too good to be true.  But it is not!

If you plan correctly and get the needed sales made, you can't lose money on this deal!  As Teespring doesn't print and ship your creations until the set end date, which you select.  So what the means is you pay nothing upfront!  So this is a no risk way to make some extra money without guessing how many shirts you are going to sell.  What an excellent idea!

I was amazed to see some of the creative ways Teespring has been used.  But, I think one of the most touching was the Boston Relief shirts that were created with a 100% of the proceeds being donated.

They raised over 85K!

The best part is the shirts don't print and ship until a set end date determined by the seller. This means they pay nothing upfront, take no risk and don't have to deal with the hassle of ordering the right number of shirts and even the sizes! 

But, I think the best part is Teespring even ships the customized shirts directly to your buyers.  I love this no hassle feature.  You can learn more way watching the Teespring overview video.

I took some time to work with the designer template feature.  I was amazed at how simple it is to create your own shirt.  And Teespring has over 10,000 different art work offerings and more than 50 fonts.  If you can't find what you need you can use your own image in logo that you just upload to the program.

Don't miss out on this win, win chance to make some easy money. 

You can find Teespring on Facebook and Twitter.

Disclaimer: Teespring will either provided me with a free sample of their product to review and/or compensation, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review in return for the free product/or compensation.




 

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Save on your Grocery Bill with Zaycon Food Sales Event

Disclaimer: Zaycon Foods will either provided me with a free sample of their product to review and/or compensation, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review in return for the free product/or compensation.

 

Thank you Zaycon Foods for providing Fishful Thinking this content to share with my fans and readers.  I can't wait to give your products a try with my family and share my thoughts and opinions with everyone in the future.

How does Zaycon Foods manage to provide such high quality super fresh meat and produce to its customers at such low prices? The answer is strength in numbers. And not our numbers, yours!

Zaycon Foods can sell its products at bulk rate prices to individual consumers and families because our unique sales event business model brings lots of people together, adding all their purchasing power into a combined bulk food purchase. And when you buy as part of a group that’s committing to such a large purchase, the power is in the hands of the purchaser! It’s the ultimate group buy in terms of both price and consumer empowerment.

You can pre-select exactly what you want to order from a given Zaycon sales event – sometimes you may want to stock up on our amazing meaty back ribs and sometimes it might be all about the Zaycon bacon – and then, on the day of the sales event, you and a whole big bunch of your neighbors will find yourselves in a nearby parking lot watching as an entire tractor trailer’s worth of high quality natural food is unloaded into all of your cars! You will be amazed at how quickly one of our refrigerated trucks goes from being filled with natural, fresh chicken or hundreds of gallons of grade A non-homogenized milk to being empty and back on its way to the farm!

A Zaycon Foods truck sales event often lasts less time than you would spend on a trip to the grocery store, yet you will leave with a whole lot more food than you’d get at the market, and for much better prices, too!

When you use the Zaycon Foods sales event as your preferred place to purchase meats, milk, and any of our other fine products, you get advantages even beyond the bulk pricing that comes with our special sales model. You also have the peace of mind of knowing exactly what you’re going to get! A trip to the grocery store can involve wasted time wandering around looking for various foods spread out across the store; at a Zaycon Foods parking lot meat truck delivery (or milk or berries or fish delivery, too!) you have pre-ordered your foods, so all you have to do is show up and wait for our friendly staffers and volunteers to load up your car.

Also, unlike in the grocery store, the prices you will pay for a Zaycon Foods product are locked in on our website, so you will know how much you are going to spend before you have committed to a purchase.

At a supermarket, you might pay one price for chicken on one day, and then a higher price on another day. With Zaycon, you decide that you want to order a case of our fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts, you check the price and then you commit to it, knowing that from that moment on, we are committed to getting you your fresh, natural food!

To Get Started Click on this link https://www.zayconfoods.com

 

Disclaimer: Zaycon Foods will either provided me with a free sample of their product to review and/or compensation, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review in return for the free product/or compensation.
 

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Get Ready to End June with a Bang thanks to Firmoo Free Glasses!

Disclaimer: Firmoo provided me with a free sample of their product to review and compensation, and I was under no obligation to review it if
I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review in return for the free product.

Hello, it's me again from Fishful Thinking Blog.  Are you ready to end June with some new Free Glasses from Firmoo.  I have been in love with this company for over a year now.  Firmoo offers such a wide variety of glasses at affordable prices.  You would be foolish not to check out all their offerings.  I am still using my sunglasses I received to review over a year ago.  They are holding up very well.

Hit your summer with Firmoo Free Glasses in June

The most awaited part of the years- S-U-M-M-E-R has finally come. Aren't you excited to be in the beach, wear shorts, be tanned, be sweaty yet gorgeous and go to music festivals? Well I definitely am! What is summer without a new pair of eyewear? An easy remedy for this is to stop by Firmoo.com and pick up a free pair of glasses so that you won't miss a moment this summer. New arrivals are part of the First-Pair-Free-Program. Now get yours fo FREE!

+ Looking for Retro Style Glasses?

A retro glasses frame offering a quirky retro look. This eyewear with bold color and fashionable design will lighten up your summers. The rectangular lenses are surrounded by thin and sleek rims, extending out to metal stems. Spring hinges add extra comfort to wear. Find out your own and unique style.

+ Looking for Oversized Glasses?

To be yourself and find your own way to show yourself! This eyewear with big conspicuous frame is so unique and attractive and they will let you stand out of the crowd. Oversized glasses are always your best choice for showing your star quality in the fashion trend.

+ Looking for Fashion Tinted Sunglasses?

These two pairs of retro-style sunglasses are somewhat different from traditional wraparound sunglasses I met before. It is of traditional frame shape with sunglasses lenses, which make you look more fashionable and elegant in this hot summer season.

Still have no idea about how to style your pairs? Check out a few ladies modeling their favorite Firmoo eyewear.

(The above model photos are all derived from Firmoo+.)
 

New Customers, check more products for your first free pair at Firmoo right now! You just need to pay shipping. First come, first served! (Simply clicking "LUCKY DRAW" on this page, you may even get a totally free pair including shipping free.)
 

About Firmoo
Firmoo is the World's Most Popular Online Eyeglasses Store. We have always been committed ourselves to offering customers the best quality products at the most affordable prices which start at 8 dollars- 80%-90% lower compared to that in local store.

If you are going to be a New Firmoo customer, I would love to read below in my blog comments what you pick!  Happy Shopping!

 

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Campusbook rentals - Save Money while at College

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As a former college student, I can totally relate and understand how every penny can make the difference from eating Ramen Noodles or enjoying a bite to eat at a sit down restaurant.

So way not think about saving money by renting your college textbooks.  Who knows, you may end up with enough money saved that you can actually pay your parking tickets (I am just teasing).

How can renting a textbook benefit someone in college?

Well first of all if you use campusbookrentals.com they offer a 30-day risk free return.  So no more waiting in long lines, and purchasing the wrong college textbook.  And after purchasing the wrong text book you find out you can't return it or if you do you have to pay extra fees and lose the real value of the textbook.

And if you are computer savvy like me, you can order direct online and receive free shipping to your college room, apartment and even your house - and free shipping back!  I am am excited to report you are safe to highlight away in your textbook, just like you own it.

Don't worry about order direct online; campusbookrentals offers customer support via telephone, Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 6:00 PST.

I don't think you will have a problem finding the textbook you need for your next college class as the offer the largest selection in the nation. 

Campusbookrentals is offered an amazing Summer Sale if you are in need of a textbook right now.  Any book in stock is only $29!  What a great deal and think of all the money you can and will save.

I love that you just ship the book back at no cost when you are done!  Excellent Value.

I wish I could have gotten my Criminal Justice: The Essentials textbook from this rental company.

I could have said goodbye Ramen Noodles.

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Apollo Kitchens - Custom Kitchens in Australia

*Sponsored Post I wish I lived in Australia!  Not, only for the great wildlife, scenery and accents; but also for Apollo Kitchens.  Apollo Kitchens is one of Australia's leading kitchen design and manufacturing companies.  This company would have come in handy with the kitchen remodel that we just finish a few short months ago.  After checking out all the custom kitchens in Sydney that have been designed and manufactured by Apollo Kitchens I am in awe.  They offer so many innovative and flexible floor plans to help make your kitchen design ideas come to life. This Australian company offers everyone to visit their showrooms in Sydney and Newcastle.  What a great way to experience the comfort, style and superior products that Apollo Kitchens can bring into your house.  *Sponsored Post

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Advil Allergy & Congestion Relief Review

I received Advil Allergy & Congestion Relief for free from Smiley360.

Uggg, Allergy Season is upon us again!!!

Thank God for my free sample of Advil Allergy & Congestion Relief.

It seems like there are so many different allergy products out on the market today.  So how do you chose which will work for you? 

I feel many times it is trial an error.  I like looking for products that contain something different in their active ingredients.

So when I saw one of the three active ingredients in Advil Allergy & Congestion was 4mg of Chlorpheniramine Maleate; my interest was peaked.  This ingredient is an antihistamine and when combined with 10mg of Phenylephrine HCl (a nasal decongestant) - you have a magical formula!  A magical formula that can reduce swelling due to nasal inflammation and relieve sneezing and runny nose messes...due to allergies.

The third active ingredient will surprise you....I am just kidding!  It is 200mg of Ibuprofen. So your allergy headache will be gone in a jiffy. 

I love that fact that each does is 1 single pill.  And the pill is nicely coated so you dont' have any after taste.  Each dose only latest 4 hours, which can be good and bad, it depends on how you look at it and your needs.  The box was clearly marked with information and instructions. 

I like the fact that Advil Allergy & Congestion Relief does work for me.  It doesn't dry my mouth out and buts a stop to my sneezing totally.

If you are interested in purchasing your own box of Advil Allergy & Congestion Relief don't forget to print out your Digital Coupon for $2.00 off.


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What is Herbalife International?

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I heard about Herbalife all the time.  But what is Herbalife International?

Well, I took the time to look around This Herbal Network and learned they have been around for 30 years!  Yes, 30 years!  So, they must be doing something right.  I think one of the biggest things is their customer service.

Herbalife offers a directory to its customers and soon to be customers that covers the entire world.  It lists distributors of their products so you can connect directly with your local distributor.  How great is that!

If you are in need of Herbalife 24.  You can locate the nearest distributor and purchase it direct through them.  I love this personal connection with the business and its employees.

If you have never heard of Herbalife 24, let me tell you about this weight management product line.  Herablife 24 comes in so many different varieties including a Sport Formula, Hydrate, Prolong and Rebuild Endurance to name a few of the products.  I am sure they carry at least one that will meet your weight management goals. 

So what are you waiting for.  Go on over and check out Herbalife International.  Their website is user friendly and I am sure you will find a product you can't live without.

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DreamHost $119 Gift Card Giveaway Help Move your Blog Seamlessly

Are you dreaming about making your Blog better?  Don't dream it!  Make it happen with the help of my Giveaway from DreamHost.  They are offering one lucky blogger a $119 Gift Card to use to help move your blog.  Which can be a HUGE undertaking.  I know I was planning on using this code myself, but currently do not have to time.  So DreamHost graciously offered to give a $119 Gift Card away to one lucky person, who enters below.

 

Let me tell you a little about DreamHost.  They are all about vps hosting.  "VPS Hosting is the next level of performance that can be used in addition to, or in place of, your shared hosting to give you more power and better performance." (per DreamHost's site)

 

I love DreamHost's key phrase, "Imagine the Web, Your Way".  And DreamHost has obviously figured that out as they currently are hosting over 1 million domains!!  This company was born April of 1997 so they are not the new kids on the block.  They know what their customers want and need.  Plus, DreamHost is able to make it happen for many.

 

So if you are wanting to move your blog - you need to enter to win this great opportunity!  They will be able to guide you through the process of moving your blog seamlessly - No Matter your level of technical experience.

 

I have looked around DreamHost's website and I am impressed with all the services offered.  I like how I was able to check for a web domain name and see if it was available.  They also have a button to select if you want to transfer your Domain.  I can't wait to find the time to get my blog moved to an independent domain.  And I will look at using DreamHost to help me during my blog move.

 

Good Luck to all those who enter.  I can't wait to see which blogger wins and how DreamHost works for them.

 

Happy Blogging!

 

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Gold Prom Dress, Perfect for any Dressy Occassion or Party from PromGirl.net

How often as a busy mom, you do get the chance to look a feel like a Prom Queen?  Thanks to PromGirl.net, I now can look like a Prom Queen.  They sent me the most gorgeous and well made prom dress by Clarisse to review for free.  Thank you! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

 

I was delighted on how fast my new dress shipped and look how professionally packaged it was.

It was packaged in a clear clothing bag with a padded hanger, so it was ready to be stored properly.

 

Let me tell you more about the short prom dress I received and all its amazing details.  I keep saying prom dress, but I know I will get use of of this quality dress for many different parties and special occasions I will attend.

 As you can see below the heart-shaped glittered sequins neckline is very sparkly and stands out.

 The gathered wide empire sash adds a nice affect to this beautiful dress and makes ones waist look trim and small.

I love the back of this short prom dress.  The side bow makes this dress stand out from all the rest!  The bow was fastened with nice clear snaps to make getting this dress on simple and easy

 

I love that the back zipper is hidden and then covered also by the bow.

The above photo shows how the zipper is hidden and how the bow unhooks to get into the dress.

 

And look at the gorgeous and full multi layers of tulle with curled bottoms to give the short skirt area the puffy effect!

 

PromGirl.net make it very easy to select the correct size, thanks to their size chart tab.  They were right on with the size I chose.  Which I know can be very tricky when ordering online.  And if this dress doesn't look like your style, head on over to PromGirl.net and I am certain you will find the perfect dress to fit your shape, size and needs.  They offer many different ways to search to find what you are dreaming of, including prize range, size, style, event, designer and even Sale!

 

So let your in-Queen come out and play.  Buy a new dress today!

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Win a Daily's Frozen Cocktails Tropical Prize Pack Giveaway and Review #DestinationDailys

Disclaimer : Daily's Cocktails provided me with a free samples of their product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if

 I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review in return for the free product and giveaway.

Welcome to the Fishful Thinking Destination Daily's Cocktail Online Happy Hour (or a few weeks) to Welcome in Summer and Enter at the bottom of your Daily's Drink Glass (ooopsss...I meant the bottom of this post) for your chance to win an amazing Tropical Prize Pack!!!

How do you like to spend a Hot Summer's Day?  I know thanks to the free party pack I received from Daily's Cocktails, I love to invite friends over for a great and relaxing time. 

 
I was so excited to be given the opportunity to try out and share some of the new flavors offered by Daily's Cocktails.  I went to my local Wal-mart to use my gift card.  I loved that they offered some of the new Daily's Tropical Frozen Pouches.

I will admit my favorite is the Hurricane.  It was so fruity and sweet.  I love the fact that I don't have to spend time away from my guests serving these conveniently packaged "Big Kid" frozen drinks.  And if you don't want to have to do any dishes....Just serve your Daily's Frozen Cocktails right from the bag with a straw and plastic spoon or use your own disposable cups.

A lot of my guests enjoyed the Bahama Mama from Daily's Cocktails.

And of course the crowd favorite was the Classic Frozen Daily's Margarita.  I was bummed that our local store didn't carry the New Daily's Light Frozen Cocktails.  What a great way to enjoy Daily's Cocktails with less calories..so you can keep your beach body.  But, I will keep an eye out so I can try the four different Light flavors including...Strawberry Margarita, Margarita, Pink Lemonade and Mango Passion Fruit.

So who wants to win this great Tropical Prize Pack from Daily's Cocktails?

 The Prize pack includes:

 

 A $10 Wal-Mart Gift Card to buy Daily's Frozen Pouchs, Daily's branded inflatable beach ball, Daily's Branded Beach Towel, Daily's branded Tumbler, Pare of Party Sunglasses and a Tropical Beach Bag (must be 21 and USA only to enter!).

 

 

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I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review in return for the free product and giveaway.

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