UPDATE: Winners $1,111 Heather Moore & $50.00 gift card Kathy E. Windt

Happy Veteran’s Day and many thanks to all the veterans out there who served our country so that we may all enjoy the freedom that we have today. In honor of this very special day a group of bloggers and myself have come together to bring you a very, very special giveaway! It’s time for the 11/11/11 $1,111 Giveaway where one lucky winner will get their choice of $1,111 Visa Gift Card or Paypal. This 24-hour giveaway runs all day today on Veteran’s Day through Midnight tonight. Please see the terms & conditions of this giveaway in the rafflecopter form below. Good luck! 🙂

UPDATE: Winner is Debra Affrunti

And one more fun giveaway today! This one is for a 2.5 Carat Blue Topaz Heart Earrings & Pendant Set, $300 value! This one also runs for 24 hours today on Veteran’s Day through Midnight tonight. See the rafflecopter below for more details & terms. Good luck! 🙂 Note: Click on “More…” to view & enter this rafflecopter giveaway.

UPDATE: Congratulations, the winners are:

$50 = Shannon Gallagher
$30 = Melissa Haggerty
$20 = Heather Commet

It’s time for my favorite giveaway! We wanted to show our appreciation & this is our way of letting you know that it’s all about you! 19 bloggers and myself have joined together to have one fun givieaway, a day that is all about you.

The giveaway will be open for 24 hours only, ending at 11:59pm EST 11/10. During this 24 hours you have tons of opportunities to enter the giveaway. You can enter on every blog listed below. We encourage you to hop around and enjoy the view while entering. Also, leave us each a comment to let us know that you have hopped by to enter. This comment will be mandatory for your entries to count. So be sure to click “I Did This” on the entry method of “Leave a Blog Post Comment”, so you can gain an extra entry for that too.

This week you will have the opportunity to win one of 3 gift cards:

• $50 – Winner’s Choice – Paypal Cash or Amazon Gift Card
• $30 – Winner’s Choice – Paypal Cash or Amazon Gift Card
• $20 – Winner’s Choice – Paypal Cash or Amazon Gift Card

Participating Blogs This Week Are:

My Coupon Lady
Heavenly Savings
Cori’s Coupon Corner
Frugal Mom Rocks
Debbie Does Coupons
Coupon Clipinista
Gimmie Freebies
Coupon Crazy in Kentucky
Frugal Fritzie
Clever Coupon Cents
A Day in Motherhood
Clippin 4 a Cause
Coupon Frenzy Mom
Coupon Queen of Texas
Swag Grabber
Drugstore Divas
Wheel ‘n Deal Mama
Go Momma Coupons
Pinching Pennies with Heather
Freetail Therapy
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This post brought to you by Carapelli. All opinions are 100% mine.

So, I was contacted recently about conducting a taste taste with Carapelli Olive Oil and I jumped at the chance. Olive Oil is something I use a lot when cooking and using with salads, especially Extra Virgin Olive Oil, so I am always willing to give another brand a try. Carapelli Olive Oil has been making olive oil since 1983 and is headquartered in Florence Italy. Their olive oil is made solely from the first cold pressing of 100% Italian olive oils with an intense, robust flavor & aroma.

So, the fun part! I got to partake in my own little tasting session of my own & similar to a wine tasting, there are a few steps involved in  the process of an olive oil tasting.

1. Swirl – By swirling the olive oil in a glass, you release the oil’s esters which are the molecules that contain the aroma
2. Sniff – Inhale Deeply. The aroma is the key to the fruitiness of the oil.
3. Slurp – Sip the oil while “sipping” in a bit of air. The slurping action emulsifies the oil and helps spread it throughout your mouth.
4. Swallow – Once swallowing the oil, note any sensations or aftertaste

So, I got to sample Carapelli’s Extra Virgin Olive Oil & performed the above test (I found the slurping part especially entertaining lol).  I thought the aroma to be robust, fruity & very pleasant. It was very smooth tasting, not to mention tasting notably of very fresh olives and it had zero aftertaste. It would definitely be great used as a salad dressing for mixed greens or tossed in to lightly sauteed veggies. Is it lunchtime yet?! Ha!

You can head on over to Carapelli’s site for more information and you can also print a coupon:

$1.00 OFF coupon at www.CarapelliUSA.com

UPDATE: Congratulations, the winners are:

$50 – Carrie Falkner
$30 – heidi talbott
$20 – Elizabeth Towns

Our way of giving back to you is BACK! That’s right, I am excited to announce the “It’s All About You” Giveaway. 19 bloggers & myself have teamed up to give away 3 gift cards:

• (1) $50 Paypal Cash or Amazon Gift Card
• (1) $30 Paypal Cash or Amazon Gift Card
• (1) $20 Paypal Cash or Amazon Gift Card

Are you ready for another fun-filled giveaway?! 19 bloggers and myself got together and are having a Monster Mash Cash Bash Giveaway! 3 Lucky winners will win your choice of an Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash! This fantastic giveaway runs 10/25/11 12:01 EST to 11/2/11 12:01 EST. You can check out the Terms & Conditions of our giveaway below in the Rafflecopter. As always, good luck! 🙂

Who wants Jewelry?! Enter my FLASH Giveaway for a chance to win, this fun giveaway ends 9:00PM Eastern Time tonight 10/20/11, so don’t delay in entering! See details at the bottom of the Rafflecopter. Good luck! 🙂

Congratulations! The winners of this giveaway are:
$50 – Jennifer Wilson
$30 – megan crumrrine
$20 – Vanna Num

Are you ready?! Hoppin’ for Holiday Cash is here! This giveway lasts for 48 hours and this one is a super easy to enter with the Rafflecopter entries.

And this time around, the Hoppin’ for Holiday Cash has evolved…you can choose! The winner gets to choose between Amazon Cash or Paypal Cash, how great is that?!

Now, another fun fact…we added a blogger this time! There are 11 blogger that are particpating…so that should make it even merrier for everyone.

• $50 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash
• $30 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash
• $20 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash

Don’t forget to hop around on each of the blogs to gain more entries. Tweeting about the giveaway and leaving blog post comments also gains you more entries.

The participating blogs are:

My Coupon Lady
Nearly-Nothing
Coupon Clipinista
I Save A 2 Z
Frugal Fritzie
Gimmie Freebies
Pays2Save
Debt Free Mama
Go Momma Coupons
Madame Deals
It’s Free at Last