Our 4-Wheel Drive Through Love, Life, & Marriage
Well it’s before 8p.m. so that counts as on time right? Oh well….CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS
Photo courtesy of Vedette
Vedette Shape wear winners are:
1. Mindy
2. Barefootprchr
3. Vikki
Remember you have 72 hours to email me at MsMarriageAdventures@gmail.com to claim your prize or I move down the line.Thanks everyone for participating and Vedette for sponsoring the Giveaway!
I don’t know about y’all, but I’m a jeans and tank top kind of gal. In fact, most days of the week when I’m at home I’m in blue jeans, a white tank and flip-flops.Sometimes though, Alex says “Baby, let’s go out someplace nice tonight.”As those occasions are unusual, I make sure to say a big fat YES each and every time. Only catch, I want to dress up for my hubby. So I’ll pull out my classic little black dress. We all have one of these, right ladies? It may not be black, it may not be a dress but in your closet is the “go to” outfit.Here’s the catch though…this dress doesn’t look quite right without a touch of help. Now, yes I could probably do a ton of sit-ups and get myself a six-pack of abs but here’s reality. I don’t have time for that! What I do have time for is to slip on a little shape-wear slip.
Photo courtesy of Vedette
Here lately my go-to item has been the Vedette waist cincher in the Juliane style. Oh.My.Gosh do I love this thing y’all. So here’s the thing…I’ve tried shape wear before. Last time I went shopping I was at the mall, trying on a “waist-minimizing” slip and I felt like I was trying to squeeze myself into a sausage casing!That’s just the ticket to sexy, the scent and view of “hard work” right before a big date. Not that I sweat, I’m far to lady-like for that. I only glisten. No really. I do. Promise.Only Vedette’s products….they aren’t anything like sausage casings. You can get in and out of them with about as much ease as you can hope for in a product that is designed to slim and shape your assets.So when Vedette offered to send me one of their items to try, I was super excited. So far the past three times I’ve worn it has been amazing. It fits perfectly every time and even after several hours I’m still comfortable. You can’t ever tell I’m wearing anything more than a basic slip and because the style I have has straps…I don’t tug on anything! (Nothing more attractive than the shift, rub, blatant tug because your undergarments are shifting around.) I think the biggest complaint I have about their shape wear isn’t even their fault. A word of advice though, if you border between sizes listen to them. Order the larger size. It will make the item fit that much better upon immediate wearing. Vedette is really great about advising you on sizing, I just was stubborn and ordered the smaller size.The style I received is definitely meant to cinch your waist. The one thing I won’t do is wear it to an event where I plan on chowing down. It does exactly what its supposed to do. It cinches your waist and your stomach. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, just not a buffet thing. Also, while I love my shape-wear, I don’t know that I’ll wear it outside of special occasions. I wouldn’t necessarily wear it out to the grocery store because how else would I be able to snack my way through the deli and bakery section? I kid, I kid. Kind of.Now for the fun part…Vedette is helping Our Marriage Adventure give away THREE (3) of their shape-wear items. Up for grabs are the Bianca, the Madeleine, and the Jaqui styles. How fun is that?The contest will run from today until Tuesday, April 12th at Midnight. Winners will be selected and announced on Wednesday, April 13th by 7 p.m. EST. Winners will have 72 hours to reply to me by email to claim your prize otherwise the next winner will be announced.How to Enter:Required: Go to Vedette’s website, tell me which one of the three styles you like best, and leave a comment with the style name here.One (1) additional entry for each of the following:1. Sign up for the email subscription to Our Marriage Adventure, make sure you leave me a separate comment telling me you’ve done so2. Follow Our Marriage Adventure on Facebook, be sure to leave a separate comment telling me you’ve done soon3. Follow Our Marriage Adventure Twitter, leave a separate comment letting me know your profile name4. Follow Vedette on either their Blog, Twitter, or Facebook accounts….be sure to leave a separate comment for each one of these you follow and let me know that you’ve done this.That’s all you’ve got to do. Good luck everyone!***************UPDATE*****************This contest has ended, congrats to the winners!
Here are your random numbers:
2
Timestamp: 2011-01-15 14:36:25 UTC
Thank you to Rebecca and G for also participating!
For Christmas 2010 I received the NookColor, a tablet reader that works primarily through Barnes and Noble. Its become my favorite new toy and because of that I wanted to share with you the Good and Not So Good as well as host a little giveaway to celebrate the launch of Our Marriage Adventure’s brand new Reviews Blog!
Good
The NookColor does everything and more that I could hope for with a tablet reader, and it does it in color. The touch screen interface is similar to any of the Apple i-touch products (iphone, iPod touch). Some of the favorite features that I have been able to utilize is the web-browsing in full active color through any WiFi connection, the horizontal to vertical screen orientation, the children’s books, and the bookshelves. The WiFi connection and the screen orientation are fairly self-explanatory so I won’t expand there.The Children’s books I can only see becoming more useful to me as Alex and I go forth with expanding our family as most children’s books offered have a “Read to Me” feature that allows your child to hold the reader and flip the pages by passing their fingers across the screen while a wonderfully animated voice reads the book to you. You also have the option to “Read” your story yourself.The bookshelves are extremely popular to me in part due to the fact that you can organize them in any manner you want. Additionally books are able to be added to multiple shelves. Basically you go in and create yourself a bookshelf, label it, and then add your books. You can do this organization either on the NookColor itself or on your computer.
Not So Good
I think by far my largest complaint about the NookColor is that unlike its predecessor the Nook3G and many other tablets, you are required to have a WiFi connection in order to link up online. While its nice to not have to pay for 3G service, it would be ideal to have that option available.Another downer is the lack of apps available at this time. Compared to other tablets, this does seem rather limited, however the device is relatively new and compared to say the iPad, which has a wide array of apps available, the price point is much lower so you do get what you pay for. I’m sure this will change over time as creators have the time to develop and put out new apps for the device.So in a nutshell, if you are looking for a tablet reader that isn’t linked to a single store or entity than the NookColor is a great device. It does have some limitations, but as long as you are aware of them walking in you shouldn’t be disappointed in your purchase at all.
Now then for the fun part – in honor of Our Marriage Adventure’s brand spankin’ new Reviews Blog, I’m going to share my Nook love by offering up one (1) free e-book of the reader’s choice purchased from Books-A-Million. The contest will run until 8 p.m. EST on Friday, January 14, 2011. A winner will be chosen and announced on Saturday the 15th.
To Enter:1. Leave a comment below stating what your favorite genre of books is…
You can receive 1 additional entry for each of those options:
1. “Like” Our Marriage Adventure on Facebook, leave a comment on the Page wall letting me know you’ve done so, if you already “Like” Our Marriage Adventure, leave a comment on the wall
2. Tweet the following @MrsOurMA is hosting a giveaway to celebrate her Reviews Blog at http://wp.me/p1hM34-eGood Luck!
Boy oh Boy have I been busy working on something new and exciting for you! You see, for the past few weeks I’ve been thinking and thinking about how to place more giveaways up on the blog without seeming like I’m buying your love.
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I’m a picture taker. A picture lover. A picture framer and hanger.So it stands to reason that I need a great company that produces quality photographs every time AND gets them to me in a reasonable amount of time AND at a reasonable price. Shutterfly – they do all this and more. In fact if you go around my house over half of our artwork has been printed from Shutterfly. In fact, we even had our latest Christmas Card created by Shuttefly.So, here is the breakdown of the good and the not-so-good with regards to Shutterfy:
The Good
They are very reasonable price-wise, products are delivered on time or earlier (and its typically earlier in my experience) and are of the highest qualities. They are hard to beat with their wide array of products and price points that allows for the shopper to find gifts for anyone at any price. They also stay on top of the latest trends in terms of photo production and photo products. Definitely a must-use company if you are looking to create a fun calendar, photos from your trip, or even a quirky coffee mug for Dad!
The Not So Good
I would say that there are only two areas in which Shuttefly lags behind some of its competitors. First, its photo editing options online. As long as you have even a basic photo editing program on your computer you are fine, but if you are looking for Photoshop levels of editing, don’t look here. Secondly, Shutterfly limits the amount of creativity you can put into its pre-made Scrapbooking pages. As a Scrapbooker myself, I would appreciate a larger variety or more flexibility in creating my own designs on-site than is currently allowed by Shutterfly.In a nutshell, Shutterfly is a company I have used and will be using again for my photography needs, but I also look elsewhere when a super creative bug bites my bum!
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