July 9, 2008

Fabulous July Giveaways

Over at Skimbaco Katja is throwing a huge series of giveaways to celebrate the month of July. She has a lot to celebrate this month. For those of you who do not know her, her online boutique, Skimbaco, has won recognition by famous celebrities like Tom Cruise. Her husband landed a job in NY and they are moving across the state and she has been discharged from the hospital and is on the road to recovery.

Ambajam August 2008 Cutest Baby Photo Contest is the latest promotion she has on her blog.

win a 75$ gift certificate by Ambajam if your child’s photo is picked. Katja, herself, has added a 150$ AMBAJAM GIFT PACKAGE from Ambajan which you can win check out the details of the giveaway on her blog.

My 2nd Giveaway

In the spirit of giveaway I have decided to giveaway to the lucky reader a change to win 4 personalized baby/kid scrapbook collages (Refer to the samples above)

How to participate in my giveaway:

1) Leave a comment which and a link to your blog or your e-mail address so I can reach you if you win.

2. Deadline July 28th, 12 PM SG Time (GMT +8). *It’s my grandma’s 82nd birthday on that day.

3. EXTRA!!! Get another chance to win by blogging about this giveaway. Write a blog post and link it to my blog. Do return and leave your link for extra credit and doubling your chances to win.

Good luck!! 🙂

Busy mom’s guide to shopping smart

Shopping has always been a favourite past time for me. Ever since the kids came along the time I have for slowly browsing through the various aisle at the department store has greatly lessen. Now each time we go shopping with the boys in tow it will have to be a 5 min pit stop grab and go outing.

Lingering along the aisle may bring along with it unwanted purchases by the boys ever eager grabbing hands. They will be busy picking up stuff to examine or even attempt to unwrap/open.

Having a shopping guide is a good time saver. It not only tells you what items are available, it also helps you pre-select the items you may need. A lot of useful information regarding how the items are used and other helpful related items and sites for further research are mentioned. I am also able to get the best priced for the product I have chosen as the information about the lowest price together with which store it is offered in is displayed.

ShopWiki is a very comprehensive site which lists several of shopping guides for busy moms. It is a one stop referrence which makes it easy for me to do a comparison of the different products based on ther reviews made. The prices and places were each item can be bought are clearly stated. It saves me a lot of time that I will have needed if I was doing the bargain sourcing on my own.