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		<title>Giveaway Results: Congratulations, Arie!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Random number generator says we have a winner: Lucky number 5! Congratulations, Arie, you win the cool screwdriver! Email me your address to jillian at blueshelled dot com and I will get this out within the next week. Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Thanks to all who participated and to all of you for reading blueshelled.com!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YouWin.png"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YouWin-150x150.png" alt="" title="YouWin" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4994" /></a>Random number generator says we have a winner:  Lucky number 5!  Congratulations, Arie, you win the cool screwdriver!  Email me your address to jillian at blueshelled dot com and I will get this out within the next week.  Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!  Thanks to all who participated and to all of you for reading blueshelled.com!</p>
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		<title>Giveaway:  Husky Screwdriver Set</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll admit it, I&#8217;m such a girlie girl. Before the feminists beat me to a pulp, perhaps rightfully so, I&#8217;ll just say that I&#8217;m not mechanically inclined. I try really hard, but I&#8217;m just not there. So, when I find something that makes life easier, I tend to jump on it and grab it and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/screwdriver-set.jpg"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/screwdriver-set.jpg" alt="" title="screwdriver set" width="300" height="300" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4983" /></a>I&#8217;ll admit it, I&#8217;m such a girlie girl.  Before the feminists beat me to a pulp, perhaps rightfully so, I&#8217;ll just say that I&#8217;m not mechanically inclined. I try really hard, but I&#8217;m just not there.  So, when I find something that makes life easier, I tend to jump on it and grab it and hold it like gold.  Therefore, giving away the freebie that Husky Tools sent me (*note to the FTC-this was a freebie*) to review makes me feel a bit like Scrooge.  </p>
<p>Home Depot is offering a bunch of really cool tools for under $20 this holiday season.  Being a really awesome company, they offered to send some bloggers some of the tools to review and giveaway (not review and keep&#8211;bah humbug) to their loyal readers.  I got a <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&#038;productId=202479057&#038;langId=-1&#038;catalogId=10053&#038;cm_sp=GiftCenter-_-TheFixer-_-202479057&#038;locStoreNum=1950&#038;marketID=234">super cool screwdriver set.</a>  </p>
<p>I&#8217;ll admit that when they said they were sending me screwdrivers to review that my initial reaction was &#8220;how on earth am I going to review screwdrivers?  Don&#8217;t you just put it on the screw on turn it?&#8221;  Yep.  I&#8217;m crafty like that.  When I got the screwdriver kit, though, I was like a kid in a candy store.  It had all these cool little bit things.  Every bit you could think of was in this kit (like 12 of them!).  The batteries were included (YES!!!) so it makes an easy holiday gift.  All I had to do was take the little paper out, which was thoughtful of them, so it didn&#8217;t drain the juice.  I immediately started assembling and pushing the right and left buttons to watch the bits go back and forth.  </p>
<p>And then&#8230;I did something that was decidedly male&#8230;I started looking for things to take apart.  Oh yes.  There had to be something in the house to take apart.  And we&#8217;re just going to leave the story as to what was disassembled there because you really don&#8217;t need to know more about that.  What I will say is that this screwdriver is AWESOME and I&#8217;m loathe to give it up (ARGH!).  For $10, I&#8217;m considering putting it on my wishlist.  Mom, are you reading this?  Everyone needs a good screwdriver.  If I hadn&#8217;t said I&#8217;d give it away, I might have actually given it to her as a gift.  We love the freebies.  </p>
<p>However, now I have to give it to one of you.  One slightly used and gleefully toyed with screwdriver is up for grabs.  </p>
<p>It can be yours if you win.</p>
<p>Here’s how to enter:</p>
<p>1) Leave a comment before December 15, 2010 at 5pm CST telling me one thing you love about this time of year.  (1 chance)</p>
<p>2) You can tweet this giveaway and/or link it on facebook and/or link to it on your own blog for extra chances to win! You can do this as often as you like, but it only counts once. (1 chance each)</p>
<p>3) You can add the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/blueshelled">blueshelled facebook page</a> to your facebook pages! This is going to make me really happy. (2 chances)</p>
<p>3) You can put a blueshelled.com blog button (seen in the sidebar-along with code to add it to your blog or website) on your blog or website, or if you already have one, you qualify, for 3 extra entries. I will verify this before your entries will count. Let me know it’s there and where I can find it. It’s pretty!</p>
<p>Things to know:<br />
**Comments posted after the deadline won’t be included in the drawing.<br />
**I can only ship in the United States.  I&#8217;m sorry to my International folks.  I adore you, anyway.<br />
**If you win, you must email me your mailing address within a week of the drawing end in order to receive your prize. If you do not, I will re-draw for the prize. I am not responsible for anything that happens once this stuff leaves my hands. If it gets lost, etc., I’ll feel really bad, but I can’t replace it.<br />
**I will be using a randomizer to choose the winner of the giveaway. As long as your entries fit the criteria, you are eligible.</p>
<p>Things to remember here: 1/the giveaways are made possible by me and my sponsors. I rely on word of mouth to bring people to my blog. Please spread the word about blueshelled.com! 2/If you or anyone you know might be interested in sponsoring a giveaway here, please let me know. 3/ This blog sucks up the love.   Thanks!</p>
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		<title>Freebies make me happy</title>
		<link>http://blueshelled.com/2010/05/19/freebies-make-me-happy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 23:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have I mentioned lately that I have the best sponsors in the world? The way to this girl&#8217;s heart is freebies. You buy me stuff or give me a freebie and I&#8217;m a happy camper. Restaurants that offer free toothpicks or mints to me get higher stars in my personal restaurant monitor than do those [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/beauty-cache-group-v2.jpg"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/beauty-cache-group-v2-300x184.jpg" alt="" title="beauty-cache-group-v2" width="300" height="184" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4556" /></a>Have I mentioned lately that I have the best sponsors in the world?  The way to this girl&#8217;s heart is freebies.  You buy me stuff or give me a freebie and I&#8217;m a happy camper.  Restaurants that offer free toothpicks or mints to me get higher stars in my personal restaurant monitor than do those that don&#8217;t.  It&#8217;s simple psychology in that people like to feel like they are getting a deal.  My love language is presents and when someone hits that button, I&#8217;m a happy girl.</p>
<p>So, when my rep at <a href="http://skincarerx.com">SkincareRx.com</a>, Mike, said &#8220;Hey, I&#8217;m sending you stuff, let me know if you like it,&#8221; I was over the moon.  In the interest of full disclosure, my sponsor sent me the bag.  In the interest of full disclosure, I&#8217;m giving you my completely honest review of the products contained within knowing my sponsor is probably going to read this, because I know, and they know, that not every product is right for every person or every skin type.  You are going to hear me say that alot.  </p>
<p>So, without further review, you wanna know about the stuff I got and what it was like.  The <a href="http://skincarerx.com/SkinCareRx-Beauty-Cache.html">beauty cache</a> is a box filled with beauty stuff, some sample sized and some full sized.  It is $29.95 and has a beautiful little case to put your new products in.  Mine was blue. My products were not all the same as the pictured products, as some caches are different, and mine didn&#8217;t have the awesome little gift card because I&#8217;m a blogger and not a buyer.  I used the products over the course of a month or so and used the skincare products on different weeks so I could tell if I had reactions to them.</p>
<p>Here is what mine contained based upon star review value:<br />
<a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/5star.png"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/5star-300x103.png" alt="" title="5star" width="300" height="103" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4557" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://apothica.com/JUARA-Rice-Facial-Cleanser.html">Juara rice facial cleanser- 1.1 fl. oz. </a> Holy wow.  The best of the best.  This stuff smelled amazing and cleansed my super sensitive skin without stripping it.  I found myself looking online to see if they made a lotion in the scent.  It only took a little and it was easy to use.  It also made my hands soft after use.  When I run out of the sample, which I haven&#8217;t yet, after a month, I&#8217;m going to be purchasing this.  It is wonderful.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.janeiredale.com/masc_cond.html">Jane Iredle Pure Lash Extender and Conditioner</a> I have teeny tiny short, sparse lashes.  Really? I have bald eyes.  It&#8217;s true.  The Telly Savalas of eyeballs.  When I applied the extender/conditioner duo, I had lashes!  It was amazing.  A couple of things to note: It will feel like you have false lashes on.  For some people, they can&#8217;t handle this and will fiddle with their lids.  Don&#8217;t do it.  You will just pull out your eyelashes or upset your eyelids.  I was fine with it and I&#8217;m neurotic.  Second, my eyelashes didn&#8217;t feel conditioned, but they didn&#8217;t feel brittle.  For me, it was totally worth it.  With this and my TooFaced Lash Injection, I had some serious peepers.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thenameisproduct.com/">The Name is Product Pomade</a> I&#8217;m a freak about my hair.  When I was younger, I was ok with not caring about my hair, but now? Totally different story.  My stylist always comments upon how healthy my hair is.  I like that positive feedback.  I crave it.  My stylist is hot.  It makes me feel special.  My low self-esteem demands that attention.  So&#8230;.I was leery about trying something with a name like this.  And I was wrong.  WRONG.  It looks non-descript.  It&#8217;s in a jar and it looks like it might need to be heated in a microwave.  Nope.  I put the amount of a pencil eraser in my hand, rubbed it together and magically it made my wavy hair into &#8220;naturally curly hotness.&#8221;  My hair goes all the way down my back.  This little jar will last me ages.  And it held for 2 days without feeling the slightest bit crunchy or greasy.  I hid my jar.  Nobody touches my jar.</p>
<p><a href="http://apothica.com/Bond-No.9-So-New-York-Eau-de-Parfum---3.3-fl.-oz..html">Bond No. 9 So New York Eau de Parfum</a> Where perfume is concerned, I don&#8217;t like hard scents.  My everyday scent is a lemon scent.  Yep.  I&#8217;m a clean, light scented girl.  But holy jeepers, this is hot.  Just, HOT.  I wore it and felt like every man in the room was looking at me.  I know, that was slightly creepy, but it smelled good.  And it lasted all day.  And it&#8217;s expensive, but a little bit would last a long, long time.  And I want more.  </p>
<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/4_stars_lg.jpg"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/4_stars_lg-202x300.jpg" alt="" title="4_stars_lg" width="202" height="103" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4568" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://skinbotanica.com/Pharmacopia-Lavender-Soothe-Gift-Set.html">Pharmacopia Lavender body lotion 1.8 fl oz</a> For most of my life, I despised the smell of lavender, but lately, I&#8217;ve been craving it.  I&#8217;m not sure why other than it soothes me. Most aromatherapists agree that the scent of lavender is meant to be soothing and calming and relaxing.  Life has been hectic lately and all I want is some peace, so lavender it is!   Now, I have to be honest in that I have a quirk.  I HATE the way lotion feels on the palm of my hand.  I&#8217;ll wait while you process that and give me a look like this:  o.O  However, I soldiered on and found that I liked the way this felt on my body.  It was luscious, for lack of a better term.  Silky and thick and I found myself enjoying the scent of it all day.  The only reason it was down a star is because it took a while to sink into my skin and I did not like the way my jammie pants felt when up against it.</p>
<p><a href="http://skincarerx.com/Kinerase-Instant-Radiance-Facial-Peel.html">Kinerase Advanced Radiance Face Peel-3 day supply</a> Peels scare me.  Seriously.  When I said I have sensitive skin, that was no joke.  When I saw a face peel I seriously considered not trying it and just throwing it into the &#8220;neutral not gonna do it&#8221; category.  But, I&#8217;m a strong, amazing woman who takes one for the team.  Well, that and I was curious.  It kills cats, but in this case, it made my skin look great!  After 3 days, I was glowing.  I&#8217;m pretty certain there is nothing radioactive in my diet, so it had to be the peels.  And, best of all, my skin wasn&#8217;t itchy or irritated.  The price is a downfall here, and I might be reluctant to commit to a peel.  One of my peel sticks was dried up, as well, but I have no doubt that the company would send me a new one if I&#8217;d asked.  Not a bad peel if you are looking to peel.</p>
<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/3-Stars.jpg"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/3-Stars-300x160.jpg" alt="" title="3-Stars" width="200" height="103" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4572" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://skinbotanica.com/Marina-Cosmetics-Sea-Perfected-Lipstick---Beach-Breeze.html">Marina Cosmetics Sea Perfected Lipstick in Beach Breeze</a> The major problem I found with this lipstick is that it was a frost.  I&#8217;m too young to do a frost well and pull it off and the coloring was a little off for me as a person.  This is going to be where personal preference comes in.  I still gave it 3 stars because it was a GREAT moisturizing lipstick and hours later, when the frost wore off, my lips looked good.</p>
<p><a href="http://skincarerx.com/MD-Skincare-All-In-One-Tinted-Moisturizer-Sunscreen-SPF-15---Light.html">MD Skincare All-In-One Tinted Moisturizer Sunscreen SPF 15 &#8211; Light</a> Houston, we have a problem.  While this tinted moisturizer moisturized my skin, it had the same fatal flaw that I&#8217;ve found all other tinted moisturizers have:  Light doesn&#8217;t really mean light.  My pretty porcelain princess sisters will agree that light doesn&#8217;t mean tan.  I&#8217;m very light skinned with yellowish undertones and often have to go with products made for Asian skin because light means light, not medium.  For some people, this would be a great tinted moisturizer, but for me, it was only a three.</p>
<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/2star.jpg"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/2star-300x143.jpg" alt="" title="2star" width="200" height="103" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4574" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://skincarerx.com/Colorescience-Sunforgettable-SPF-30---All-Clear.html">Colorescience Sunforgettable SPF 30 &#8211; All Clear</a> Well, I&#8217;m fair skinned and I burned baby burned.  I was red like a lobster after this on the half of my body facing the sun.  It did not last a 3 hour little league game.  But it did keep me from sweating, strangely enough?</p>
<p><a href="http://skincarerx.com/Heliocare-Dietary-Supplement-For-The-Skin.html">Heliocare Dietary Supplement For The Skin- 10 day supply</a> I didn&#8217;t notice any skin changes for the better, but my skin didn&#8217;t get worse, either.  I couldn&#8217;t say that this helped or hurt.  Maybe I needed a longer go with or it&#8217;s possible it didn&#8217;t work for me.</p>
<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Star.jpg"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Star-257x300.jpg" alt="" title="Star" width="200" height="103" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4576" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://skincarerx.com/MD-Skincare-Hydra-Pure-Vitamin-C-Serum.html">MD Skincare Hydra-Pure Vitamin C Serum full size product</a> Out of all the products I received, this is the one I most wanted to try.  I&#8217;ve had excellent luck in the past with products that contain Vitamin C making my skin just glow.  The minute I applied this one, my skin burned so badly that my eyes teared up and I immediately started looking for a washrag to remove it.  This is not for a sensitive skin person.  </p>
<p><a href="http://skincarerx.com/SkinCeuticals-Phloretin-CF.html">SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF</a> I had a similar experience with the Phloretin CF that I had to the C-serum.  When I put it on, it was fine, however, the next morning, my forehead broke out and I itched like crazy.  For a week.  Sometimes products just are not chemically perfect for your skin.  This wasn&#8217;t for me.</p>
<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/NEUTRAL1.png"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/NEUTRAL1-300x282.png" alt="" title="NEUTRAL" width="200" height="103" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4577" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://skincarerx.com/VitaMedica-Arnica-Montana-30X-5-Day-Blister-Pack---40-Tablets.html">VitaMedica Arnica Montana 30X 5-Day Blister Pack &#8211; 40 Tablets</a> This is a really specialized product for people who are undergoing plastic surgery procedures and therefore I couldn&#8217;t review it.  It helps decrease swelling and the discomfort from surgery.  It gets a neutral star because I don&#8217;t have anything, good or bad, to say about it, but it was in my pack and I wanted to acknowledge it was there.  </p>
<p>So, overall, the <a href="http://skincarerx.com/SkinCareRx-Beauty-Cache.html">beauty cache</a> was well worth it&#8217;s price to try the products alone.  There were several full sized/close to full sized products in there and if you did the cost analysis, it was silly not to try them if there were several you might use.  I was happy to find several things I didn&#8217;t know about and I&#8217;m pretty well versed in skincare and make-up.  Thanks again, to Mike and <a href="http://skincarerx.com">SkincareRx.com</a> for the opportunity to try this stuff and let you guys know about it.  </p>
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		<title>Going to the movies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 23:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in my family enjoys going to the movies. There is nothing like spending $30 just to get in the door, another $40 on tasteless treats and sugary sodas and then the opportunity to sit next to people who are either going to yell at the screen, text non-stop (you know who you are twitterphiles), [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Pee.jpg"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Pee-201x300.jpg" alt="" title="Pee" width="201" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4552" /></a>Everyone in my family enjoys going to the movies.  There is nothing like spending $30 just to get in the door, another $40 on tasteless treats and sugary sodas and then the opportunity to sit next to people who are either going to yell at the screen, text non-stop (you know who you are twitterphiles), whisper to one another about how you just can&#8217;t liiiiiiive without out each other (gag) or put their hands all over each other.  </p>
<p>Let me clarify this.  I hate going to the movies unless the movie has been out for at least 8 weeks, everyone else has seen it and there is the remote chance that I could be sitting in the theater room by myself.  Then I LOVE going to the movies.  And I will enjoy the biggest Coca Cola there is while I&#8217;m there.  Mmmm.</p>
<p>And the movie will be awesome until my 9-year old inevitably says, &#8220;Mom, I&#8217;ve gotta pee.&#8221;  </p>
<p>Now, I&#8217;ve been lucky in that, well, he&#8217;s a boy.  I can&#8217;t go into the boy&#8217;s bathroom and his daddy generally is a good sport about saying &#8220;C&#8217;mon I&#8217;ll take you&#8221; or threatening him to within an inch of his life that he&#8217;d &#8220;better hold that pee until this movie is over because I offered to take you to pee and you swore on your life you didn&#8217;t have to pee.&#8221; Every now and then, though, I have to bite the bullet because I&#8217;m with him at the theater without a man or because I get THE LOOK.</p>
<p>As I was reading an older Woman&#8217;s Day, I think it was from March, something caught my eye.  A website called <a href="http://runpee.com">Runpee.com.</a>  I love potty humor, so anything that talks about peeing automatically gets my full and complete attention.  Runpee.com is a website that will tell you the best times in movies to take &#8220;a break&#8221; and how long you can &#8220;break.&#8221;  </p>
<p>This is incredibly helpful not just for those little ones, but also for people like me who enjoy the super large keg sized Coca Cola in the dark theater.  </p>
<p>So, who is going to a really old movie with me this weekend?  If you text during it, I reserve the right to throw your phone across the theater.</p>
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		<title>More Mapco love</title>
		<link>http://blueshelled.com/2010/04/14/more-mapco-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know you may be tired of hearing how much I love my Mapco. I promise they don&#8217;t sponsor my blog, but if they did, I&#8217;d shout it even more. One of the advertising folks over there read the post about Bryan and my 1am adventure and sent me a very sweet note and a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/MAPCO.jpg"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/MAPCO-300x143.jpg" alt="" title="MAPCO" width="300" height="143" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4470" /></a>I know you may be tired of hearing how much I love my Mapco.  I promise they don&#8217;t sponsor my blog, but if they did, I&#8217;d shout it even more.  One of the advertising folks over there read the post about Bryan and my 1am adventure and sent me a very sweet note and a gas card as a thank you.  It made my day. I&#8217;d post the note, but my phone camera just isn&#8217;t that great.  It looks gorgeous, but doesn&#8217;t like Times New Roman.  And my Mapco now has a Quiznos which means I can get my ham and swiss EVERY DAY.  I love them.  And they aren&#8217;t paying me to say that.  I LOVE THEM.  I believe in rewarding places that are clean, nice, well-stocked and helpful to me when I&#8217;m there.  It&#8217;s capitalism, people!  And now that they were more nice to me, I&#8217;ll go there even more often.  Yes, I will.</p>
<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve had a lot of time to think and what I think is that being kind is underrated.  The simple things in day to day life are making or breaking me the last couple of weeks and a nice word or gesture is really all it takes to salvage a day.  </p>
<p>What I&#8217;ve also realized is that the little things in life that make a person miserable aren&#8217;t worth it and if something is toxic that it needs to be cut out like a boil.  If you constantly find yourself feeling a certain way about a certain thing, a certain idea, or a certain person that makes you feel bad or unhappy, then, as painful as that is, sometimes you have to let go.  Especially if you feel like you can&#8217;t confront the feeling head-on or support the person as they are.  </p>
<p>But mainly, kindness is really really important.  And if someone isn&#8217;t kind to you in your darkest of moments, move on.  And when a gas company is, support them.  </p>
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		<title>Biggest Giveaway Ever-SkincareRx.com</title>
		<link>http://blueshelled.com/2010/03/08/biggest-giveaway-ever-skincarerx-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I started writing blueshelled.com, I have been very lucky to have the support of some excellent people. One of those companies is SkincareRx.com. For the last six months, they have been a proud sponsor of my site and have been quietly working behind the scenes to support me in any way possible. They are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since I started writing blueshelled.com, I have been very lucky to have the support of some excellent people.  One of those companies is <a href="http://www.skincarerx.com">SkincareRx.com.</a>  For the last six months, they have been a proud sponsor of my site and have been quietly working behind the scenes to support me in any way possible.  They are one of the companies that make it possible for me to write here and I want to say thank you.  </p>
<p>Besides being awesome and supporting unknown bloggers, they also do fun things such as giveaways to the faithful readers of said unknown blogs.  It is another way of supporting this blog and rewarding the people who spend time here and I am incredibly grateful for their support.  As such, I&#8217;d like to direct you back to their amazing home page and ask you to give them a whirl.<br />
<a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/skinceuticals-mythbuster-ad.jpg"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/skinceuticals-mythbuster-ad.jpg" alt="" title="skinceuticals-mythbuster-ad" width="220" height="130" class="alignright size-full wp-image-4367" /></a><br />
They are offering a great line of <a href="http://skincarerx.com/SkinCeuticals-Advanced-Brightening-System.html">Skinceutical Advanced Brightening products,</a> as well as all of the amazing skincare stuff you love.   The Advanced Brightening products are particularly good for damaged skin, as they decrease the effects of that damage as well as protect your skin.   If you aren&#8217;t using skincare, now is a good time to get started.  I can tell the difference in my skin on the days that I use skincare versus the days I don&#8217;t.  Soap and water isn&#8217;t enough, especially with the pollution we encounter daily in the air around us.  I&#8217;m a fan of even toned skin, as mine tends to be blotchy, and this particular set helps even out the skin tone, as well.  </p>
<p>My favorite product <a href="http://skincarerx.com/SkinCeuticals-Advanced-Brightening-System.html">in the set</a> is the sunscreen.  I hate sunscreen.  I hate the way it feels.  I hate applying it.  I hate having it on my face and stinging my eyes.  I actually tried this brand a couple of years ago and it&#8217;s the only sunscreen I&#8217;ll use on my face because I can apply it with a makeup sponge and it feels like there is nothing there.  Ok, enough gushing about the skincare.  You want to know about the prize, right?</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have the money to invest in skincare?  This is where I come in and <a href="http://www.skincarerx.com">SkincareRx.com</a> helps you out.  We&#8217;re offering a giveaway for my readers!   It is the largest prize I have ever offered and I&#8217;m thankful to them for sponsoring it.  A gift card to <a href="http://www.skincarerx.com">SkincareRx.com</a> is up for grabs in the amount of $150!   This is NOT just for women.  Men have skin, too, that needs protection.  Even if you aren&#8217;t into your skin, I&#8217;m sure you know someone who is.  Mother&#8217;s Day is coming up.  What better gift than a $150 gift card to a great site?  It&#8217;s pretty easy to enter, too.  Here&#8217;s what you do:</p>
<p>As the sponsoring blog I will track and validate all entries.  So when you post here that you posted or retweeted.  I will check to see if you did.  The winner MUST provide me with their full name, email address and a mailing address.  Those are the rules.  If you can&#8217;t do it, you can&#8217;t win.  </p>
<p><strong>How can you enter?  </strong></p>
<p><strong>SkinCareRx Giveaway Entries</strong></p>
<p>1)      One  entry for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SkinCareRx">becoming a fan of SkincareRx on FaceBook</a><br />
2)      One entry for <a href="http://twitter.com/skincarerx1">following SkincareRx on Twitter</a><br />
3)      2  entries for <a href="http://twitter.com/blueshelled">retweeting any one of my tweets about this giveaway</a><br />
4)      7 Entries for a <strong>blog post</strong> with a link directed to <a href="http://skincarerx.com/SkinCeuticals-Advanced-Brightening-System.html">Skinceuticals Advanced Brightening System</a>.   This blog post must have a minimum of 100 words and use the words <em>&#8220;SkinCeuticals Advanced Brightening System.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>That&#8217;s up to 11 entries!   Post here when you have completed all of the entries you&#8217;d like to complete and I will keep track of them.  The contest will run for 2 weeks and the winner will be posted March 22, 2010.  Good luck everyone!<br />
<a href="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/SkinCareRx-Logo-CMYK.jpg"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/SkinCareRx-Logo-CMYK.jpg" alt="" title="SkinCareRx Logo-CMYK" width="500" height="173" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4353" /></a></p>
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		<title>And an interesting contest happening</title>
		<link>http://blueshelled.com/2009/11/10/and-an-interesting-contest-happening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, since my last contest only had 4 entries (hello!), here is what I decided to do. I have 2 planners and was going to do separate giveaways, but since only 3 people wanted them, I&#8217;m going to give away the 2 planners and a lipstick palette via drawing. The first two numbers drawn will [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/2009/11/10/and-an-interesting-contest-happening/winners/" rel="attachment wp-att-4025"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/winners-253x300.jpg" alt="winners" title="winners" width="253" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4025" /></a>Ok, since my last contest only had 4 entries (hello!), here is what I decided to do.  I have 2 planners and was going to do separate giveaways, but since only 3 people wanted them, I&#8217;m going to give away the 2 planners and a lipstick palette via drawing.  The first two numbers drawn will get the planners and the person who doesn&#8217;t get drawn gets the palette!  Everyone wins this time around!</p>
<p>Planner #1:<br />
Here are your random numbers:<br />
1  Timestamp: 2009-11-10 05:30:29 UTC</p>
<p>Congrats, Loopy!  Please email me your mailing address to jillian at blueshelled.com within a week!  </p>
<p>Planner #2: Here are your random numbers:<br />
3  Timestamp: 2009-11-10 05:31:21 UTC</p>
<p>Congrats, Ellie!  Please email me your mailing address to jillian at blueshelled.com within a week!</p>
<p>Lipstick Palette goes to my girl, Natalie!  Please email me your mailing address to jillian at blueshelled.com within a week!</p>
<p>Thanks to all of you for spreading the word and for entering my contest and congratulations!!  </p>
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		<title>Giveaway: Moleskine 2010 pocket planner</title>
		<link>http://blueshelled.com/2009/11/02/giveaway-moleskine-2010-pocket-planner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time again! I realized, as I walked through Target&#8217;s hallowed aisle&#8217;s, that they had decided for me that I needed to be thinking about the future. This came to me as I saw Christmas decor next to the Halloween candy we were picking up to hand out to trick-or-treaters. I winced, as I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/2009/11/02/giveaway-moleskine-2010-pocket-planner/41ngix4rbol-_ss400_/" rel="attachment wp-att-3869"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/41NgiX4rboL._SS400_.jpg" alt="41NgiX4rboL._SS400_" title="41NgiX4rboL._SS400_" width="200" height="200" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3869" /></a>It&#8217;s that time again!  I realized, as I walked through Target&#8217;s hallowed aisle&#8217;s, that they had decided for me that I needed to be thinking about the future.  This came to me as I saw Christmas decor next to the Halloween candy we were picking up to hand out to trick-or-treaters.  I winced, as I am determined to live in the here-and-now, right now.  Isn&#8217;t that how it needs to be sometimes?  There are times you just have to go into survival mode and stick with the here and now.</p>
<p>Then again, I already have my planner for next year.  I&#8217;m a planner-a-holic.  I have gone through 4 of them this year alone.  I&#8217;m pretty content with the one I have now, but I&#8217;ve only had it a month or so.  </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t you judge me.  </p>
<p>To help you prepare for the upcoming year, I&#8217;m going to give away a product from one of my favorite brands: Moleskine.  I didn&#8217;t know about them until about 3 years ago, but I&#8217;m hooked.  I love them and their products are well-constructed and quality goods.  So, I bought one for you.</p>
<p><strong>Here’s how to enter and the types of chances you can take to win:</strong><br />
1) Leave a comment before November 8, 2009 at 5pm CST telling me one thing you would like to see happen for you personally in the next year.</p>
<p>2) You can tweet this giveway and/or link it on facebook and/or link to it on your own blog for extra chances to win! Make sure you leave individual comments so all of your entries count.</p>
<p>3) New blog followers/subscribers get one extra chance! Make sure you leave an individual comment letting me know how you are following/subscribing.</p>
<p>4) Loyal blog followers/subscribers (meaning you’ve been here for at least the last week) get three extra chances. Make sure you leave an individual comment for each of these and let me know HOW you follow me. This is important so I can see how people are subscribing.</p>
<p>5) Follow me on twitter or already following me on twitter earns you 1 more. Don’t forget to leave an individual comment for this.</p>
<p>6) You can put a blueshelled.com blog button (seen in the sidebar) on your blog or website, or if you already have one, you qualify, for 3 extra entries. I will verify this before your entries will count. Let me know it’s there and where I can find it. It’s pretty!<br />
<a href="http://blueshelled.com/2009/11/02/giveaway-moleskine-2010-pocket-planner/51qkiigxkgl-_ss400_/" rel="attachment wp-att-3876"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/51qKIIgxkgL._SS400_-150x150.jpg" alt="51qKIIgxkgL._SS400_" title="51qKIIgxkgL._SS400_" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3876" /></a><br />
<strong>Things to know:</strong><br />
**Comments posted after the deadline won’t be included in the drawing.<br />
**If you win, you must email me your mailing address within a week of the drawing end in order to receive your prize.  If you do not, I will re-draw for the prize. I am not responsible for anything that happens once this stuff leaves my hands. If it gets lost, etc., I’ll feel really bad, but I can’t replace it.<br />
**I will be using a randomizer to choose the winner of the giveaway. As long as your answer fits the criteria, you are eligible (unless you are me, Leon or A.J.)</p>
<p><strong>Things to remember here:</strong> 1/You can always follow me on twitter to get sneak peeks at giveaways and find out when they are coming and 2/the giveaways are made possible by me. I rely on word of mouth to bring people to my blog. Please spread the word about blueshelled.com!</p>
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		<title>Winner!  Altec Speaker</title>
		<link>http://blueshelled.com/2009/10/13/winner-altec-speaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations, we have a winner! Here are your random numbers: 17 Timestamp: 2009-10-13 23:38:44 UTC Congratulations, Neil! Shoot me an email with your mailing address and I&#8217;ll send your speaker to you sometime this week! For those of you that keep entering and aren&#8217;t winning, please don&#8217;t give up. It&#8217;s random, so I don&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/2009/10/13/winner-altec-speaker/elmo/" rel="attachment wp-att-3728"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/elmo.jpg" alt="elmo" title="elmo" width="300" height="300" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3728" /></a>Congratulations, we have a winner! </p>
<p>Here are your random numbers:</p>
<p>17<br />
Timestamp: 2009-10-13 23:38:44 UTC</p>
<p>Congratulations, Neil!  Shoot me an email with your mailing address and I&#8217;ll send your speaker to you sometime this week!</p>
<p>For those of you that keep entering and aren&#8217;t winning, please don&#8217;t give up.  It&#8217;s random, so I don&#8217;t have control, but I will continue to offer giveaways as frequently as possible.  </p>
<p>Keep an eye here and on <a href="http://blueshelled.com">twitter</a> for more giveaway updates!  </p>
<p>Thank you all for your continued support of Blueshelled.com!</p>
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		<title>Giveaway: Altec Lansing 360 Travel Speaker</title>
		<link>http://blueshelled.com/2009/10/06/giveaway-altec-lansing-360-travel-speaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fall is my favorite season. I love the clear skies, crunchy leaves, changing colors, and fall reminds me of the first time I fell in love. Fall is a great time of year. What better time to do a giveaway asking you about your fall feelings? This week I&#8217;m sharing an Altec Lansing 360 Travel [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/2009/10/06/giveaway-altec-lansing-360-travel-speaker/alteclansing/" rel="attachment wp-att-3565"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/alteclansing-300x231.jpg" alt="alteclansing" title="alteclansing" width="300" height="231" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3565" /></a>Fall is my favorite season.  I love the clear skies, crunchy leaves, changing colors, and fall reminds me of the first time I fell in love.  Fall is a great time of year.  What better time to do a giveaway asking you about your fall feelings?</p>
<p>This week I&#8217;m sharing an <a href="http://www.alteclansing.com/index.php?file=north_product_detail&#038;iproduct_id=orbit-m">Altec Lansing 360 Travel Speaker</a> that is compatible with most items that have a headphone jack.  I actually bought this a while ago in a Two-for-Tuesday on <a href="http://www.woot.com">Woot</a>.  I wanted one for myself and wasn&#8217;t going to use the other one, but justified the purchase by saying I could always give one away to you all.  I&#8217;m glad I did because I love my speaker.  It&#8217;s about the size of a can of tuna (lawd, I hate tuna), and it&#8217;s about the same weight.  I throw it into my briefbag for work and can easily pop it into my purse for school or on the go, as well.  </p>
<p>Why bother with one of these?  Sometimes you don&#8217;t want to wear headphones and other methods aren&#8217;t convenient.  My office at work doesn&#8217;t have a computer and I don&#8217;t want to lug around my computer to work to listen to tunes. I have to be able to listen to what&#8217;s going on around me, so I can&#8217;t wear headphones.  Or, if I want to go to the park, and blast my music a bit, I have it.  Not that I ever go to the park, but there you have it. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s a handy little thing to have and I&#8217;m excited about this one.  Look at the specs and then enter.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_3570" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blueshelled.com/2009/10/06/giveaway-altec-lansing-360-travel-speaker/attachment/3601/" rel="attachment wp-att-3570"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/3601-300x300.jpg" alt="ipod not included" title="3601" width="300" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-3570" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">ipod not included</p></div><strong>Here’s how to enter and the types of chances you can take to win:</strong></p>
<p>1) Leave a comment before October 13, 2009 at 5pm CST telling me what fall means to you, a fall memory, or what you like best about fall.  It can be any of those things.</p>
<p>2) You can tweet this giveway and/or link it on facebook and/or link to it on your own blog for extra chances to win! Make sure you leave individual comments so all of your entries count.</p>
<p>3) New blog followers/subscribers get one extra chance! Make sure you leave an individual comment letting me know how you are following/subscribing.</p>
<p>4) Loyal blog followers/subscribers (meaning you’ve been here for at least the last week) get three extra chances. Make sure you leave an individual comment for each of these and let me know HOW you follow me.  This is important so I can see how people are subscribing.</p>
<p>5) Follow me on twitter or already following me on twitter earns you 1 more. Don’t forget to leave an individual comment for this.</p>
<p>6) You can put a blueshelled.com blog button (seen in the sidebar) on your blog or website for 3 extra entries.  I will verify this before your entries will count.  Let me know it&#8217;s there and where I can find it.  It&#8217;s pretty!  </p>
<p>Things to know:<br />
**US only for this one.<br />
**Comments posted after the deadline won’t be included in the drawing.<br />
**If you win, you must email me your mailing address within a week of the drawing end in order to receive your prize. I am not responsible for anything that happens once this stuff leaves my hands. If it gets lost, etc., I’ll feel really bad, but I can’t replace it.<br />
**I will be using a randomizer to choose the winner of the giveaway. As long as your answer fits the criteria, you are eligible (unless you are me, Leon or A.J.)</p>
<p>Things to remember here: 1/You can always follow me on twitter to get sneak peeks at giveaways and find out when they are coming and 2/the giveaways are made possible by me.  I rely on word of mouth to bring people to my blog.  Please spread the word!</p>
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		<title>Contest winner! Redken Haircare giveaway</title>
		<link>http://blueshelled.com/2009/10/02/contest-winner-redken-haircare-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woo hoo! I&#8217;ve got a winner for my Redken Haircare and it is: Here are your random numbers: 13 Timestamp: 2009-10-02 05:02:01 UTC Angie! Email me and let me know how you&#8217;d like me to get this to you. Since you live nearby I can swing it by (that&#8217;s the first time that&#8217;s happened! WOO [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/2009/10/02/contest-winner-redken-haircare-giveaway/woohoo/" rel="attachment wp-att-3529"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/woohoo-300x225.jpg" alt="woohoo!" title="woohoo!" width="300" height="225" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3529" /></a>Woo hoo!  I&#8217;ve got a winner for my Redken Haircare and it is:</p>
<p>Here are your random numbers:</p>
<p>13<br />
Timestamp: 2009-10-02 05:02:01 UTC</p>
<p>Angie!  Email me and let me know how you&#8217;d like me to get this to you.  Since you live nearby I can swing it by (that&#8217;s the first time that&#8217;s happened! WOO for saving on shipping!!) or meet you at the ballpark!</p>
<p>Congratulations and thank you to all who entered.  A new giveaway will be happening SOON so keep your eyes here.  Geez, now that I know you guys love your hair, I know what to give away.  I&#8217;ll have to do that more often.</p>
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		<title>Giveaway: Redken Smooth Down Set</title>
		<link>http://blueshelled.com/2009/09/24/giveaway-redken-smooth-down-set/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m picky. Really picky. Some people, none that I would ever hang out with, but some people, might even call me spoiled. But I don&#8217;t know any of those people. Mom, I&#8217;m talking to you. Anyway, I&#8217;m picky about many things, but one thing that I don&#8217;t compromise on is my hair care. There are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/2009/09/24/giveaway-redken-smooth-down-set/img00036/" rel="attachment wp-att-3447"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG00036-300x225.jpg" alt="IMG00036" title="IMG00036" width="300" height="225" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3447" /></a>I&#8217;m picky.</p>
<p>Really picky.</p>
<p>Some people, none that I would ever hang out with, but some people, might even call me spoiled.  </p>
<p>But I don&#8217;t know any of those people.  Mom, I&#8217;m talking to you.  </p>
<p>Anyway, I&#8217;m picky about many things, but one thing that I don&#8217;t compromise on is my hair care.  There are about 3 brands I will use, after testing almost everything out there.  One of them is the Redken brand.  I like the way it makes my hair FEEL and the way my hair works WITH me instead of against me when I use it.  I don&#8217;t always like the different scents, but, again, I&#8217;m picky.  I&#8217;ll put up with a scent if everything else works, and in most cases, it does.  </p>
<p>I found redken products in which everything, including scent, falls together nicely.  Those products are the Smooth Down line. </p>
<p>Even though I&#8217;m picky about my hair, I&#8217;m fairly low maintenance about it, too, as anyone that has met me in person can attest.  I like to ponytail/bun/braid/scrunch and go.  These allow me to do it.  </p>
<p>So, because it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve done a giveaway and because I like this stuff so much, I up and bought you a present.  Yep, the giveaway is sponsored by yours truly and no one is paying me to say the good stuff, though Redken, if you are out there, I&#8217;ve already done the dirty work and if you want to throw me a bone, I&#8217;m here.  </p>
<p><strong>Here’s how to enter and the types of chances you can take to win:</strong></p>
<p>1) Leave a comment before September 30, 2009 at 5pm CST telling me who you&#8217;d give this set to if you won.  It can be you, your wife, your sister, your mom, whomever.</p>
<p>2) You can tweet this giveway and/or link it on facebook and/or link to it on your own blog for extra chances to win! Make sure you leave individual comments so all of your entries count. </p>
<p>3) New blog followers/subscribers get one extra chance! Make sure you leave an individual comment letting me know how you are following/subscribing.</p>
<p>4) Loyal blog followers/subscribers (meaning you’ve been here for at least the last week) get three extra chances. Make sure you leave an individual comment for each of these. </p>
<p>5) Follow me on twitter or already following me on twitter earns you 1 more.  Don&#8217;t forget to leave an individual comment for this.</p>
<p>Things to know:<br />
**US only for this one.  Sorry, it is super heavy and I don&#8217;t want to try to ship liquids internationally.<br />
**Comments posted after the deadline won’t be included in the drawing.<br />
**If you win, you must email me your mailing address within a week of the drawing end in order to receive your prize. I am not responsible for anything that happens once this stuff leaves my hands. If it explodes, leaks, gets lost, etc., I’ll feel really bad, but I can’t replace it.<br />
**I will be using a randomizer to choose the winner of the giveaway. As long as your answer fits the criteria, you are eligible (unless you are me, Leon or A.J.)</p>
<p>Things to remember here: 1/You can always follow me on twitter to get sneak peeks at giveaways and find out when they are coming and 2/the giveaways are made possible by me. </p>
<p>I’d like to make my giveaways more frequent/more awesome, but that will only happen if I receive support via my paypal button or my wishlist (not required, but if you are happy with the site and want to support me, that’s awesome), both of which are located on the right hand side of your screen. If you wish to sponsor a giveaway item yourself or promote your own store/site, please contact me. Thank you!</p>
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		<title>Congratulations toothbrush fan!</title>
		<link>http://blueshelled.com/2009/08/21/congratulations-toothbrush-fan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a winner! Here are your random numbers:6 Timestamp: 2009-08-21 22:53:40 UTC . Congratulations, loopy, on your toothbrush and refill set win. If you are ticked you didn&#8217;t win, and I get ticked about not winning freebies all the time, so you are in good company, please don&#8217;t stress it. I will have another [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/2009/08/21/congratulations-toothbrush-fan/tooooothbrush/" rel="attachment wp-att-3004"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/tooooothbrush-150x150.jpg" alt="tooooothbrush" title="tooooothbrush" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3004" /></a>I have a winner! Here are your random numbers:6 Timestamp: 2009-08-21 22:53:40 UTC .  </p>
<p>Congratulations, loopy, on your toothbrush and refill set win.  </p>
<p>If you are ticked you didn&#8217;t win, and I get ticked about not winning freebies all the time, so you are in good company, please don&#8217;t stress it.  I will have another giveaway very soon.  If the toothbrush was the only thing you needed to complete your life&#8217;s work, sorry about that.  My bad.  </p>
<p>Thanks again for reading my blog.  It means a lot to me.</p>
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		<title>Sonic Vitality Toothbrush + 2 refills giveaway</title>
		<link>http://blueshelled.com/2009/08/17/sonic-vitality-toothbrush-2-refills-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://blueshelled.com/2009/08/17/sonic-vitality-toothbrush-2-refills-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, ok. I get it. The response to my other giveaways, since the big Stila one, have been lackluster at best. BUT, the thing to remember here is that the little giveaways were never meant to replace the big ones. I promise. The big ones were supposed to happen once a month, and they are, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/2009/08/17/sonic-vitality-toothbrush-2-refills-giveaway/vitality/" rel="attachment wp-att-2858"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/vitality.jpg" alt="vitality" title="vitality" width="400" height="400" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2858" /></a>Ok, ok.  I get it.  The response to my other giveaways, since the big Stila one, have been lackluster at best.  BUT, the thing to remember here is that the little giveaways were never meant to replace the big ones.  I promise.  The big ones were supposed to happen once a month, and they are, and the little ones are just to give you guys free stuff.  </p>
<p>Feedback is good, though.  If you guys aren&#8217;t interested in the little giveaways, please let me know and I&#8217;ll stop doing them.  I don&#8217;t want to waste your time reading them or irritating you with them if you aren&#8217;t interested. If you are, I&#8217;ll keep on with the freebies.</p>
<p>Today, I have what I think is a GREAT giveaway.  For one lucky winner, I have an <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GBID20?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=blueshelled-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B000GBID20">Oral-B Vitality Sonic Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=blueshelled-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B000GBID20" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and 2 refills to help get you through the next 9 months of your oral toothbrushing needs.  </p>
<p>I think it&#8217;s great because I bought one of these myself and had some stellar results with it.  My teeth feel squeaky clean and haven&#8217;t looked this good in years.  Best of all, the Sonic Vitality Toothbrush has a built in timer, so I&#8217;m not tempted to brush fast and run.  Which I generally do all the time.  </p>
<p>Interested? Awesome.  Here is what you have to do to enter for this sweet little gadget:  </p>
<p><strong>Here’s how to enter and the types of chances you can take to win:</strong></p>
<p>1) Leave a comment before August 21, 2009 at 5pm CST telling me who your biggest influence has been in your lifetime.</p>
<p>2) For more chances, leave feedback regarding this blog.  It can be positive or constructive.  You can leave up to 3 separate feedback comments.</p>
<p>3) You can tweet this giveway and/or link it on facebook and/or link to it on your own blog for extra chances to win! Make sure you leave individual comments so all of your entries count. </p>
<p>4) New blog followers/subscribers get one extra chance! Make sure you leave an individual comment letting me know how you are following/subscribing.</p>
<p>5) Loyal blog followers/subscribers (meaning you&#8217;ve been here for at least the last week) get three extra chances.  Make sure you leave an individual comment for each of these.  </p>
<p>So chances are as follows:</p>
<p>New followers: Link blog, link FB, tweeting, 1 just because, 1 for being new and then 3 more if you want to give blog feedback = 8</p>
<p>Loyal followers:  Link blog, link FB, tweeting, 1 just because, 3 for being loyal, and then 3 more if you want to give blog feedback = 10</p>
<p><strong>Things to know:</strong><br />
**Anyone may enter as long as I can read your post (must be in English).  If your country has rules about mailing toothbrushes that vibrate (???), please do not enter as I cannot guarantee you will receive your vibrating toothbrush.<br />
**Comments posted after the deadline won’t be included in the drawing.<br />
**If you win, you must email me your mailing address within a week of the drawing end in order to receive your prize. I am not responsible for anything that happens once this stuff leaves my hands. If it melts, gets lost, etc., I’ll feel really bad, but I can’t replace it.<br />
**I will be using a randomizer to choose the winner of the giveaway. As long as your answer fits the criteria, you are eligible (unless you are me, Leon or A.J.)</p>
<p><strong>Things to remember here:</strong>  1/You can always follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/blueshelled">twitter</a> to get sneak peeks at giveaways and find out when they are coming and 2/the giveaways are made possible by me.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to make my giveaways better, but that will only happen if I receive support via my paypal button or my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/wishlist/J1ZZS22YSDL6/ref=wl_web">wishlist</a> (not required, but if you are happy with the site and want to support me, that&#8217;s awesome), both of which are located on the right hand side of your screen.  If you wish to sponsor a giveaway item yourself or promote your own store/site, please contact me.  Thank you!</p>
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		<title>We have a winner!</title>
		<link>http://blueshelled.com/2009/08/14/we-have-a-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[freebies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[free mousepads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mousepads]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 1 Timestamp: 2009-08-14 22:16:30 UTC Congratulations, Caleb! You are the proud winner of a SNAZZY new mousepad. Please email me your mailing address within the next week and I will get this out promptly. Thanks for reading! The next giveaway starts next week! Keep your eyes on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blueshelled.com/2009/08/14/we-have-a-winner/winner/" rel="attachment wp-att-2880"><img src="http://blueshelled.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Winner.jpg" alt="Winner!" title="Winner!" width="300" height="374" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2880" /></a>Random Integer Generator</p>
<p>Here are your random numbers:</p>
<p>1<br />
Timestamp: 2009-08-14 22:16:30 UTC</p>
<p>Congratulations, Caleb! You are the proud winner of a SNAZZY new mousepad.  Please email me your mailing address within the next week and I will get this out promptly.  Thanks for reading!  </p>
<p>The next giveaway starts next week! Keep your eyes on this page.  <a href="http://blueshelled.com">Blueshelled.com</a> readers are valued at this blog and valuable to this blogger.  </p>
<p>P.S. People that are on my<a href="http://twitter.com/blueshelled"> twitter </a>followers list get a sneak peek of giveaways and a heads up that they are coming. Why not follow me on twitter?</p>
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