Announcement, giveaway alert

Whatcha Want Christmas Giveaway!

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Here is another giveaway for you to join. This time it is hosted by: Jenn’s Blah Blah Blog, Dishin With Rebelle, and, Contest for That.

A special thanks to the following blogs, too, for making this event possible:

Pink Ninja Blogger, A Medic’s World, Swank Savings, Vero’s View, Mukhang Pera, Life: Full of Unexpected Happiness, My ReCe’s Pieces, What’s Up? – Contests, Giveaways and Everything Nice, Aunt Maggie Rocks, Sister’s Saving Cents, The Frugal Free Gal, BlogShopWin, , Simply Shawn & Jenn, and Diva Fabulosa

If you’ve been participating with the monthly Have It Your Way Giveaway you know how it works. This giveaway is better, we have lots of awesome prizes, but before we get started we have several fabulous sponsors that I would like to introduce you to!

Pink Ninja Media

Not long after Jenn has a decided to get the ball rolling with Pink Ninja her wonderful friends Raegan from Contest for That, and Bobbie from Dishin’ with Rebelle joined the fun. Together we make one pretty awesome team, connecting great bloggers with fabulous brands. If you’re a brand looking for help with your brands campaign, be sure to check out Pink Ninja Media. You’ll find some of the best bloggers in the blogosphere to help you with your blogs campaign.

Maggies Bags:

When it comes to keeping her promise to being green, nobody does it better than Maggies Bags! Maggies Bags uses genuine automotive seat belt webbing that’s used to protect you while driving. She uses the high-quality material and turns it into something beautiful that’s eco-friendly. She creates the lovely bags you’ll find at Maggies Bags. Maggies Bags have been featured on TV, in print and online. You’ll never find another handbag as unique and eco-friendly as Maggies Bags.

Maggie Bags has an awesome discount set up… Don’t want to wait, will these fabulous bags make an amazing gift for you ore someone you care about? Maggie Bags is offering 25% OFF their Premier Line! It’s valid through Dec. 16, 2012! To get the awesome 25% DISCOUNT ENTER CODE WhatChaWant

Ball + Chain

Ball + Chain allows members to name their prize on jewelry & accessories. Ball + Chain jewelry and accessories are available for purchase every Jewelry + accessory auction held every Tues. at 8pm CST via their Facebook Page. Join them now as they have some pretty awesome plans to expand their website into an amazing online boutique. You’re going to want to “Like” their Facebook page to stay up to date with some of the best deals and steals around.

About Aloha Vintage Jewels

set of 2 marbelized bead necklaces, blue, green, purple and pink

If you’re looking for amazing Vintage Jewelry from Circa 1950 to 1980 you’re going to love Aloha Vintage Jewels. There’s some fabulous, unique, and super original pieces of jewelry at Aloha Vintage Jewels. Jewelry has never been owned or worn. It’s been in stock since the 80s. You’re going to want to follow Aloha Vintage Jewels via Facebook for their Monthly Giveaways, and fabulous jewelry

Okay so here’s how this is going to work, there’s several great prizes.

  1. $250 Winner’s Choice – Anything you want valued up to $250 (shipping must be included in amount final prize amount of $250)
  2. $200 Winner’s Choice to Maggie Bags – Winner chooses any product from Maggie Bags valued up to $200.
  3. $100 Winner’s Choice to Maggie Bags – Winner Chooses any product from Maggie Bags valued up to $100.
  4. $50 Winner’s Choice to Aloha Vintage Jewels – Winner chooses anything from Aloah Vintage Jewels valued up to $50.
  5. $50 Amazon Gift Card – Winner will have additional choices depending upon where winner lives.

Giveaway will run from 11/10/12 at 12:01am EST till 12/11/2012 at 12:01am EST. Must be 18 or older to enter, and event is open Worldwide. For full rules on giveaway, please visit Jenn’s Blah Blah Blog. To join, please do wait for the Rafflecopter widget below + follow all the prompts! Good luck! šŸ˜‰

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Disclosure: I was not compensated in any way for this event, nor am I responsible for shipping prize to winner.

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Tips and Tricks

Most Iconic Rock Star Costumes

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’80’s diamond diva costume

If you are looking for some inspiration for a fancy dress costume, then look no further than the legends of rock from throughout the ages. Our musical icons have been presented in some of the most avant garde styles, some of which have inspired generations of fashion designers and trendsetters alike. To pay homage to your favourite star, check out this list for some real rock inspiration and check out the fancy dress costumes at Fancy Dress Ball:

Freddie Mercury ā€“ Queen

Queenā€™s frontman was a unique, flamboyant and unmistakably rock and roll. Some of the eye-catching outfits Mercury wore on stage and off will go down in the music fashion record books. One of the more famous outfits donned by the man himself is the white trouser, yellow jacket combo from the infamous ā€˜Itā€™s a kind of Magicā€™, music video. To dress up as Freddie make sure your costume reflects this outfit and donā€™t forget the statement moustache for extra effect. Freddieā€™s black and white harlequin stage costume was sold for a massive Ā£22,500 at Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia sale in London on July the 3rd, hopefully, your costume wonā€™t set you back that much!

Michael Jackson

When you think of famous music icons the acclaimed King of Pop Michael Jackson is always high on the list. Dressing up as Michael is loads of fun as he has supplied the modern media with so much fancy dress fodder over the years. The ultimate Halloween Michael Jackson outfit though, has to be a tribute to his own zombie inspired music video to infamous song ā€˜Thrillerā€™. The renowned red and black jacket itself was sold in June last year atJulienā€™s Auction for a whopping $1.8 million. There are much cheaper versions out there though, so get the fake blood out and go for a wild Jacksonesque thriller of your own.

Madonna

And now one for the girls. If Michael Jackson is the King of Pop, Madonna is almost certainly the queen. The New York based artist has had so many iconic, show-stopping numbers it would be pretty hard to decide which one to go for. It is almost too tempting not to go for the Jean-Paul Gaultier designed cone chest of 1990 ā€˜Blond Ambitionā€™ tour though. During Madonnaā€™s 1984 ā€˜Like A Virginā€™ tour she wore a white wedding dress which was sold via the New York basedGotta Have It! auction house for a staggering Ā£3,750. Maybe a homemade costume might be a little more pocket friendly if you are thinking of taking ā€˜Madgeā€™, on for a theme!

image fromĀ www.fancydressball.co.uk

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Jared, simple pleasures

movie date tuesday: wreck-it ralph

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Jared, simple pleasures, movies, movie date, spending quality time with your children
The little one has been excited to see the film Wreck-it Ralph since he saw the trailer on the telly + I told him that we shall be watching it in the cinema real soon. We were supposed to watch it last Saturday after our visit to my parents’ graves, but unfortunately the 6 o’clock screening that was originally posted on the cinema’s online site was deleted when we got to SM Baliuag. So our movie date was moved to Tuesday the following week, instead. Since people are no longer on holidays, it was only the two of us who trooped to the mall to see Wreck-it Ralph. We queued for the 6.45PM screening + made a quick bite first + run a few errands before going to the cinema.
There were only too few people watching at the time, maybe because it is a weekday or maybe because other people are opting for the James Bond film, SkyFall. Oh well, watching a movie with only several people in the theater felt like having the entire cinema all to ourselves + I just love it! The little man was on the edge of his seat as the excitement builds up + he cannot help but blurt out a rather loud “Wreck-it Ralph!” the first time the character appears on the big screen. Before the film started, we were also treated to a very touching + heart-warming shortfilm, Paperman. I simply love the story + the clean animation.
Jared was glued to the screen with a big smile on his face, especially in the race part {you know how much my little one loves cars!} + I say if only for that, the trouble of commuting several towns to reach SM Baliuag is all worth it! I did enjoy watching the film, too. It is colorful+ fun + it is one film, I bet the entire family will love. I would definitely love to see it again! šŸ˜‰
I am just delighted that I have a movie buff little child, I know have a readily-available movie date anytime I’d like to watch a movie!

Wreck-it Ralph in a nutshell

Jared, simple pleasures, movies, movie date, spending quality time with your children
Ralph is a villain from a popular arcade game, Fix It Felix Jr. He was tired of being a villain for 30 years now + wanted to do something good. He set out to earn a hero’s medal + this is where the adventure begins. His quest to search for the elusive medal brings him to cross-over to other games in the arcade, including Hero’s Duty + the kingdom-made-of-candies, Sugar Rush, where he’d meet the diminutive yet determined glitch, Vanellope von Schweetz. The two of them became friends + worked together to create a race car {you make your own cars in Sugar Rush, much like making your own candies or cakes!} for Vanellope + trained so that she can win the race.
Ralph’s aspirations to become good put the entire arcade in jeopardy, but it was a good thing that he was also there, along with his friends, Felix + Jane {the feisty main character from Hero’s Duty}, to save Vanellope, Sugar Rash + the rest of the arcade. In the end, he made peace with being a villain + gain the love + support of the other characters in his game.

Mum’s two-cents

Save for some fight + shooting scenes {it’s a movie about arcade games, after all, what do you expect?} I would really recommend it for the little ones + the entire family. It is a good way to teach small children about good manners + friendship, too. Plus, am sure your little tykes will enjoy all the action + the color, not to mention the lovely songs, too! We stayed to finish up until the credits traversed as the little one enjoyed the songs much! šŸ˜‰
second image is from Wikipedia
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