I have to apologize for not picking the winner sooner.  I had this brilliant idea to upgrade my blog to WP 2.7 yesterday, and well, things did not go well.  It took me all day yesterday to get my blog back into working order.  Now that it is working correctly, WP 2.7 isn’t too bad.  It is just going to take some time to get use to it.

The winner is Jessica Gugel! I will be emailing her shortly for her information! Congrats!

Im Not Santa! is a cute book about a case of mistaken identity.  It takes a visit from the Jolly Old Man himself to sort this out.  This book is perfect for any little kids that have short attention spans.  It is simple and to the point.  The illustrations are great too.   I would actually say that this is more of a picture book than a story book.  This is under a series of books by the author.  Some other great choices would be Im Not Cute! and Im Not Scared!

I am all about saving the environment for my kids. However, I just wasn’t ready to jump on the eco-friendly shopping bags just yet.  I didn’t understand how many plastic bags I would save or how many less trip to the car would be made to carry in the groceries.

Ityse has changed me.  It has changed my life.  How, do you ask?  I will never go grocery shopping without these ever again.  Not only are these bags ecofriendly, they are also stylish.  I love that the bag the holds the bags looks just as stylish as any purse out there.  It isn’t obvious that you are saving the enviroment, and well, I like that.  This cute pouch houses 4 mesh bags and 1 black bag.

Did you know that the average family of four goes through around 1,000 bags grocery shopping over the year?  Isn’t that crazy?  Many cities are now either banning plastic bags or charging a 20 cent per bag tax.  In you live in one of the taxing cities, Ityse can easily save you $50 per year.  Best of all, these are made in the US.  Now, what was my turning point?  Look at this:

Now, this was a huge trip, so this was only half of it.  However, as you can see from the first picture, all five bags are full.  I was floored to see how much food was in those bags.  That is over half of my kitchen table.  Plus, everybody at the grocery store wanted to know where I got these bags.  They all loved them.  The girl bagging my groceries was even impressed.  She loved how the bags contoured around what she was putting in them.

I am glad to say that I am now doing my part to save the environment thanks to Ityse.

Digital photo frames have to be one of hottest gifts this season.  If you are wanting one this year, you should definitely check out GiiNii 7″ Digital Picture Frame.  This frame is one of the easiest to use on the market.  All you need to is plug it in, turn it on, and the frame instantly plays a vivid color slideshow of three pre-installed, high-resolution images. If you would like to view your own personal photos, simply insert a memory card. On-screen programming makes it easy to change settings.  I love the wedge design of it also.  Unlike other photo frames out there, you don’t havy to worry about this one tipping over and getting wrecked.  It has a high resolution (800 x 480) for crisp, vivid images and a 512 MB memory for storage.  It even plays movies and music!  The GiiNii 7″ Digital Picture Frame comes with a mini USB port for connectivity to PCs and Macs too.  You can even program it to show only a single picture and to having a slideshow with all your pictures.

Now, I am super jealous of all my readers.  Why?  I have to return the one I got to review.  However, you all are all lucky, because I have one to give away to my lucky readers! Here’s what you need to do:

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If you are looking for a unique gift for either yourself or your family, then allPopart is a place you need to check out.  They take pictures that you send in and turn them into beautiful pieces of art.  We personally chose the 4 panel Warhol style for the kids pictures.  However, they have so many styles to choose from that you can easily spend an hour or two deciding what you want (trust me, I know from experience).  The next hardest part after deciding what style is deciding what pictures to use!  Once you have those two decisions made, the rest is breeze.  Everybody loves this picture.  Madison thinks it is the coolest thing ever to have this on the wall.  Will just says “see” to everybody, so they look at it.  I am currently waiting for Bill to hand it in the basement.  However, for now, I have it on the ledge:

It loks awesome there too, and it completely goes with the color scheme we have down there.  I have had several people already ask where we got it from!  This is an excellent heirloom to pass down and a great way to mark your children’s youth.  I highly recommend allPopart for their quality and for their customer service.  I am 100% satisfied and have told everyone they need to get some art for their house from allPopart!