Happy New Year's Eve!

Well, 2011 is only a few hours away. I've got my celebration all set - there's a bottle of sparkling wine chilling, and shrimp marinating in some asian seasoning. The offspring is going out to a party, so I don't even have to share!!

I spent the better part of today using up my coupons that expire today - there was a couple I never could locate the product, but thankfully I got everything else. Unfortunately, I had to use a bunch of them at Walmart, which was an ordeal. Why do they act like I'm stealing this stuff? They make an extra 8 cents on each coupon redemption for handling - they should be thanking me!

With the end of 2010 comes the end of a ton of giveaways I've entered.

Bargain Mom is having an AMAZING giveaway for a $500 DeluxeCard Visa and vacation to Cancun, plus a variety of other prizes. The total value of this prize package is over $2,000! There are lots of entry options so be sure to take advantage of them all to maximize your chances of winning.

Energizer Bunny's Mommy Reports is giving away a $75 gift certificate to Plow & Hearth! I kinda like this coat rack - it would look great in my entryway.

Cocktails with Mom is giving away a Spike Seasoning Magic prize pack! Since I'm eating healthier (or trying to) I've become more interested in finding new seasoning blends to jazz up my food, so this would be a great win :) I also like that many of their products are gluten and/or salt-free.

Elmer's Virtual Bag It Forward

I heard about Elmer's Virtual Bag It Forward from Crafty Mama of 4.

The Elmer’s Virtual Bag It Forward is charity blog meme, bloggers are able to raise $10 per blog post for Adopt-A-Classroom by writing a blog post or Facebook note and donating a virtual bag of school supplies . Elmer’s will donate $10 per each post written for Adopt-A-Classroom, up to $10,000.

I'm sending a bag of virtual school supplies to Jyl at The Post-It Place, and Robyn of Robyn's Online World.

HOW CAN YOU JOIN? It’s easy!
•Participate in the Elmer’s Virtual Bag It Forward by giving away a virtual bag of school supplies and creating a blog post or Facebook note with specific rules described below.
•Elmer’s will donate up to $10,000 to Adopt-A-Classroom.
•You can give as many virtual bags as you want.
•The Elmer’s Virtual Bag It Forward will officially begin at 12 AM EST on July 22, 2010 and end at 11:59 PM EST on September 10, 2010. Blog posts submitted to us before or after that time period will not be counted.
•The blog post link has to be submitted in the comment section below for your participation to be counted.
•In addition copy and paste the following text into your blog post:

ELMER’S VIRTUAL BAG IT FORWARD RULES
•Copy and paste these rules into your blog post or Facebook note.
•Create a post giving a “virtual bag of school supplies” to other bloggers or write about your Back to School shopping trip at Walmart.
•Link back to the person who gave you a bag of school supplies.
•Let each person you are giving a virtual bag of school supplies know you have given them a bag.
•Leave your link in the Elmer’s Virtual Bag It Forward comment section. You can also find the official rules of this virtual #bagitforward program there.
•Elmer’s is donating $10 for each blog participating in the Virtual Bag It Forward Donation to Adopt-A-Classroom (up to total of $10,000 for blog posts written by September 10,2010).
•Please note that only one blog post per blog url will count towards the donation.

Win $500 for Just My Size® apparel!

Just My Size recently invited 14 BlogHer Reviewers to shop the JMS® line of apparel at Wal-Mart and they're offering one very lucky reader a chance to win a $500 Walmart gift card to go on a JMS shopping spree!

They also have a Mix and Match Tool so you can pick clothing that's appropriate for your body type (Oval, Triangle, Curvy).

Using the tool, I picked this look - what would you pick?

Below is a sampling of the bloggers that are participating.

Swistle tried on a denim mini skirt (!!!) and some other cute outfits, and got busted for taking photos in Walmart. LOL

This Woman's Work went shopping with her daughter's birth mom and found some really adorable items!

Fab 50 scored an impressive amount of stylish JMS clothing on not one, but TWO separate shopping trips, and is trying to decide what to get next.

Megan's Minute Rad Reviews picked up a lot of great mix-n-match pieces, and talked about the comfort and affordability of JMS clothing.