Mineral Makeup Winner!!!

Lucky Number 17!!! The comments from Miss Jenni herself don't count... so I had to skip over her comments when counting... CONGRATS TO CLAUDIA!! Claudia I will contact you for your mailing info.


Thanks everyone!!

A Mineral Makeup GIVEAWAY!!!

One day I read on someone's blog about Mineral Makeup and decided to give it a try.  I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MINERAL MAKEUP!!  It has a way of covering things up that normal, cakey, liquid makeup can't.  It has a way of giving a beautiful, natural looking glow to your face that has people stopping and giving you compliments.... and us girls can never have too much of that! 


I was given some mineral makeup to review by {Jenni with Affordable Mineral Makeup}.  For having such great prices, the quality definitely earned an A+ from me!  I love the selection and love even more that there is shimmery stuff!!!  I am a firm believer that wearing shimmer sends uplifting vibes into the world.... and we all know we can't have enough of that!!!!

My favorite thing EVER that she sent to me was the Satin Lip Gloss.... HEAVENLY!  I love the feel of satin and on my lips is even better!! 


For having such great prices, the quality definitely earned an A+ from me!  I love the selection and love even more that there is shimmery stuff!!!  I am a firm believer that wearing shimmer sends uplifting vibes into the world.... and we all know we can't have enough of that!!!!


I LOVE Mineral Makeup, but one thing I don't like about the stuff is the price. The price can be a killer, but luckily there is some pretty dang good stuff out there.... and AFFORDABLE!!! I'm hinting towards my husband here for my stocking! Maybe you should hint to yours!! 

OR you can just head over to {HERE} let me know exactly what you would like to win in a comment here and you can be entered in to win a grab bag of samples from Affordable Mineral Makeup!!


Extra Entries:

• Follow my blog or subscribe via RSS
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• Tweet about this giveaway

Make sure you leave an extra comment for each extra entry you do.


This is what works for me... Mineral Makeup rocks... as does giveaways right?  Good luck!!


I will be closing this giveaway Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 11:59pm.  That way the winner can get it just in time for Christmas!


For other things that work for others head over to {We are THAT Family}

Couponizer Winner IS.......

Random.Org chose lucky number 47 which is Brittany!! Here's what she said:

 Brittany said...

I retweeted!

September 19, 2009 6:08 PM

Congrats, Brittany!!!  I'm excited for you... email me your address and I'll forward it on to the company and you should receive your Couponizer soon!!!

Couponizer & Giveaway

Welcome to this week's Works for Me Wednesday... Kristen over {We are THAT Family} is super awesome and I hope you head back over there for more things that work for others, but in the meantime... I introduce you to the..................

A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a blog called {My Frugal Adventures} where I found an amazing deal on something I definitely could use. I then ventured a bit into her blog and discovered that there was this world whesre I could have been saving THOUSANDS of dollars in the past 9 years since I left my mother's nest.


I could go on and on about coupons, but I won't. If you're interested in saving tons and tons of money head over to My Frugal Adventures. It's a GREAT starting point!!


This review is all about the handy, dandy Couponizer that {Queen Mother Blog} introduced and SOLD to me!!! That's right people, if you don't win this giveaway I am going to highly suggest that you get in contact with her and order yours... the system ROCKS!  I'm doing this review IN PICTURES!  This way you will get to see exactly what you'd be getting.

You get your Shopping List!!  Once you write your items on your list you there is a check box that says Coupon, so if you have a coupon for that item you can check it

If you are a smart cookie, you will already have the above picture done before you walk into that store, and then you'll have your coupons already in the pocket on the left below.... and then as you find your item you grab that coupon and put over in the pocket on the right.

So after you wrestle w/your children and fight your way to the checkout line, you finally have all of your rewards cards in ONE PLACE!!!!  Exciting... I know.  There's also a handy pocket that says Coupons that will expire this month.... definitely something nice to know.

There are a handful of catagories to store your coupons in..... Including: Baby, Baking & Staples, Beverages, Bread & Bakery, Breakfast, Canned Goods, Condiments, Dressings, & Spices, Dairy, Frozen Foods, Healthy & Medicine, Household Celaning, Household Maintenance, Laundry, Meat, Paper & Plastic, Pasta & Quick Meals, Personal Hygiene & Beauty, Pet, Snacks, Entertainment & Travel, Fast Food & Restaurant, Services, Shops & Retail, Sweepstakes, Refunds, & Rebates, Rewards..... and under each catagory it gives you examples.  I LOVE these pockets and feel completely organized w/my coupons.

After you check out you put your receipt in the handy receipt coupon and IMMEDIATELY when you get home you go over to your Coupon Tracker pad and update your shopping trip.  You can see here that with 2 shopping trips since I've had my couponizer I have saved a total of $113.92 with searching for deals going on at stores and using a coupon .  I am so satisfied with my results!

So are you ready for the awesomeness of this entire review?  

 Not only did you learn that you can save money and be organzied while doing so, but you have the chance to win one yourself!!!!  How you ask?  Well let me just break it down for ya....

Simply leave a comment for an entry!


Want more than just one entry for this cool tool?  I don't blame you... here's how you can get them:


1)  {Subscribe} or follow my blog


2) Follow me on {Twitter}


3) Tweet about this giveaway (you can do this once a day and get an extra entry for every tweet you send)


4) Blog about this giveaway and link back here 


For every extra entry you earn be sure to leave an extra comment for each and every single one.  The winner will be chosen on  Monday, September 21, 2009.  The giveaway closes @ 12:01am PST on 9/21/09.

Also being submitted for Things I Love Thursday over at {Diaper Diaries}

Just a Motivating Monday 8/31/09 Winner is.....

Lucky #6 according to Random.org won the Just a Motivating Monday.... BIG CONGRATS TO GOSFAM @ {Rants, Raves & Pet Peeves}!!! 

And the winners of BlogNerd are......

The winner of the Custom Embroidered Gifts goes to: Shan @ {Confessions of an unorganized momma} ~ CONGRATS SHAN!!!!


The winner of Scentsy goes to: Rachel @ {The Titus 2 Homemaker} ~ CONGRATS RACHEL!!


The winner of the Bath & Body Works basket goes to: Stefany from {To.Be.Thode} CONGRATS STEFANY!!!

AND THE WINNERS ARE...................................

The winner of the cookie pops bouquet goes to: {The Gosfam}

The winner of Announcements by Farrari Angel goes to: {Kristen}


The winner of the book The Secret goes to: {Jessica}

The winner of Posh Petals goes to: {Ashlee}

The winner of Just Poppin goes to: {We Are THAT Family}

Congrats to all of the winners! I hope you enjoy what you won!!!
I will contact you via email and if I do not get a reply within 72 hours I will choose another winner.

I enjoyed the launch of this carnival and hope to see everyone back next Monday so we can motivate & inspire each other!!

Just a Motivating Monday LAUNCH!!!

I have been anticipating this launch for a while now!! I'm really excited to bring an inspirational blog carnival to our bloggy world. I was scared that after all the hype I've given about this launch that we wouldn't be able to do it due to the recent accident that happened with my daughter. It was a SCARY event and you are more than welcome to read about it {HERE}. That post in itself can be an inspiring post. It's a post where I share with other moms how I have learned through my daughter's accident to not fret the small stuff, because in the end it all doesn't matter as much as the safety and health of our babies. I am happy to say we are home and Ella is doing wonderfully. So, we get to have our launch party!!

I announced last week that I am starting a new carnival called Just a Motivating Monday. Every Monday I will host this carnival where we can share inspiring words with one another and help motivate each other on the hardest day of the week to get motivated!

The people who have participated in our giveaways are offering some great things for my readers!! The best part is there is multiple winners, and multiple ways to enter. At the end up my inspiring message I will announce all of the prizes and ways to enter.

PURPOSE

Do you have a purpose? Why is it that you are doing what you're doing? If you are living without knowing your purpose you are merely just existing and not truly living.

My purpose:

Life is definitely not meant to be easy, but I have found through my experiences that I can find the joy in most things, because I have a purpose. Sometimes being a stay at home mom, actually just being a mom, you can get frustrated and discouraged by the many things that you do repetitively throughout your day. How many times do you have to clean the living room, because your toddler's ambition in life is to see how many times mommy can have to clean it in one day? With all of the frustrations, you have to stop and ask yourself. What is my purpose?

I am pretty focused on what my purpose is. Of course our purposes can change day to day, but for now, these points are my main purpose.

1. Be able to stay at home with my babies, even if I am working at home - I want to be the one that's home with them
2. I want to be a good wife. I want my husband to be proud of who he married.
   
3. I want my children to have a stable childhood, to know what's coming in their lives and to have a secure feeling always
4. I want my children to have morals. To know the difference between right and wrong and to carry these morals with them all throughout their lives
5. I want my family to live in an organized, clean home - because having the opposite causes stress, and I'd prefer not to have that in our home
6. I want my family to love God and live by the gospel of Jesus Christ
7. I want to be a good example to everyone around me ~ especially my kids.
   

So, when I'm frustrated with the continuous cleaning up, or the constant whining, or the millions of questions, or the 3 hours of walking the halls at church on Sunday, I have to focus on my purpose, otherwise I might break. It's what keeps me strong, it's what keeps me focused and it's one of the most important things in my life besides my family.

If you have not discovered exactly what your purpose is, you have one. Sometimes it takes sitting down, looking at the things you are doing, figuring out why you are doing them and in turn figuring out what YOUR PURPOSE is. If you find that you're not happy with your purpose, then maybe the things you're doing aren't what you really want to be doing. Maybe it's time to sit down with what you want out of life, and figure out the things YOU should be doing to make these things happen.

We all have a purpose, and without truly knowing what our purpose is and being in control of it, you are just existing and not truly living.

I HOPE THAT WILL PARTICIPATE BY LINKING UP TO A POST ON YOUR BLOG THAT YOU WRITE FOR THIS CARNIVAL THAT IS INSPIRING FOR OTHER READERS. IT CAN BE A QUOTE THAT HAS INSPIRED YOU, OR WORDS FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES. OR WHATEVER YOU FIND INSPIRING. LET'S GET EACH OTHER MOTIVATED ON THIS DREADFUL MONDAY ~ THE DAY WE ALL DREAD! PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SNAG MY BUTTON FROM THIS POST TO USE ON YOUR POST!! PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU LINK BACK TO GARIBAY SOUP ON YOUR BLOG POST!!!

GIVEAWAY PRIZES:

1 winner will receive a bouquet of {COOKIE POPS} a little bite of heaven on a stick ~ need I say more? I'm addicted to these and it's probably not in my best interest to have the creator living less than mile from me!

1 winner will receive a copy of my favorite inspirational book {The Secret}

1 winner will receive their choice of hat & headband from {Posh Petals} they are absolutely beautiful on any girl ~ small or big and my Ella is working on her own Posh Petals collection ~ WE LOVE POSH PETALS!!!

1 winner will receive a $50.00 gift certificate to {Custom Announcements by Ferrari Angel} Farah does an amazing job on her announcements ~ I hope you'll all check her out for your future announcements

1 winner will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to {Just Poppin} they do fundraisers!!!! My kids and I have a major addiction to popcorn! ;)

To enter in the contest you can leave a comment ~ for multiple entries you can:

Twitter about this contest (1 extra entry)
Participate in the blog carnival by linking up (3 extra entries)
Subscribe to my feeds {HERE} (1 extra entry)

To ensure you get your extra entries make sure you leave extra comments for every extra entry you do ~ I will be choosing my winners from random.org using the comments. This giveaway will end at 12:01am 7/14/09 ~ so you have until midnight to get all of your entries in!! I will be announcing the winners on 7/14/09. I will then contact the winners via email along with announcing them on my blog. If you win and do not contact me within 72 hours I will then choose another winner.

Welcome to Just a Motivating Monday!! Good luck on the giveaway and I hope to see you back here next Monday as well..... as well as every other Monday after that!!

Things I Love Thursday - Posh Petals

A couple of months ago my friend came into church and put a zebra headband w/a Fuchsia flower attached and let me tell you, my daughter was STYLIN'! She told me that this is her new business, {Posh Petals} and that she's now selling these and it got even better.... they have adorable crocheted hats w/these flowers attached too!!!

So, my little Ella is now sportin posh petals and I have received TONS of compliments on how cute she looks.

You know what's even greater? Posh Petals is offering one of my readers a free headband and hat of their choice for my {Just a Motivating Monday} launch!!

So far I've announced that on Monday I will be giving away a bouquet of {cookie pops}, a copy of the book {The Secret} and now this!!!! What else will be given away???? You gotta stay tuned to find out!

Make sure you're following me on {Twitter}, or my {RSS Feed} to ensure that you don't miss out on this special launch of an inspirational carnival!!!


Since I'm talking about Things I Love you might want to talk about Things You Love too ~ head over to {Diaper Diaries} and link up for the Things I Love carnival :)

Inspiration Works for Me!

What works for me is something that I believe works for everybody. Inspiration. I thrive on it, and am constantly looking for good inspiring things to read and share with others. I've started noticing that a lot of the blogs I visit have a way of touching my soul a little more than the usual inspirational book. Maybe it's because it's mothers like me that are struggling with the same things, and talking about it in a way that completely reaches out to me.

So I have decided to start a weekly carnival on Mondays called Just to Motivate Your Monday ~ it's a carnival where we as bloggers can come together and link up inspiring words that we have to share with one another. You can read more on the carnival {HERE}
In celebration of the launch of Just to Motivate Your Monday I am going to be giving away multiple prizes to multiple winners with multiple ways to enter!!! I am definitely completely stoked about this launch.

I hope you join me on Monday, July 13, 2009 to kick this off!

Earlier today I announced what one of the giveaways were, which is a bouquet of Cookie Pops ~ to see that announcement post click {HERE}
Now for another announcement for another thing I'll be giving away!!! A copy of a book that has completely inspired me. It has helped me to look at the positive in life and not dwell on the negative. I hope that one lucky reader of mine will enjoy their own copy of one of my favorite books!!!


To make sure you don't miss out on the opportunity to win one of my giveaways going on during the launch or that you don't miss out on reading inspiring words, or inspire people with your's, make sure you either

FOLLOW ME VIA {RSS FEED}
FOLLOW ME VIA {TWITTER}
SUBSCRIBE TO GARIBAY SOUP BY EMAIL LOCATED ON MY LEFT TOOLBAR TOWARDS THE TOP!!

I hope to see you on Monday!!!

COOKIE POPS - GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT

My newest, delicious, most favorite thing in the entire world is {COOKIE POPS}. I am lucky enough to have the creator of these heavenly things not even a mile from my house.

I have no idea how they did it, but Aaron & Eunice have created something that is MAGICAL. These are a great treat to order for any baby shower, wedding, birthday party, tea party, whatever party! Just order them and watch everyone's face just lavish in the scrumptiousness of MAGIC.

My personal favorites are the Chocolate Peanut Butter (OMGOODNESS HEAVEN!) and the Chocolate Covered Strawberry.

If you want a party in your tummy {so yummy so yummy} then make sure that you join me on Monday, July 13, 2009 for the launch of my new carnival {Just a Motivating Monday}. We are having a giveaway party for the launch and this is the first giveaway I'm announcing!! The giveaway will have multiple winners, multiple prizes with multiple ways to enter!!!!

Made With Love is giving one of my readers a bouquet of cookie pops!!!! To see the different flavors and other things that Made for Love offers check out their site!! {HERE}

To receive reminders about the carnival you can subscribe to my RSS Feed {HERE}

OR you can follow me on {TWITTER}

Hope to see you joining me with my new carnival to inspire everyone and get them motivated on Mondays!!!

And the winner is.......

Comment #11 per Random.org..... Carma Sez, congrats and I hope you enjoy your Basil Pesto grapeseed oil.... I know you will!!!

Email me your address and I will have it shipped to your house. It will be going in with my party order, which closes on Wednesday and usually ships within 3-4 days after that.

My email address is amandagaribay@yahoo.com

Things I Love Thursday - Roomba

The Diaper Diaries is an absolutely fabulous blog, and every once in a while I jump on her carnival of Thing I Love Thursday. I don't like to tell people I love something unless I truly love something.

I truly, whole heartedly am head over heels in love with Roomba. Roomba does AMAZING things in this house. My floors are almost always clean. The best is when your kids have spilled gold fish right before bed and then stepped on them and when you wake up..... there gone. And you have this smile on your face, because you didn't have to push around this vacuum whispering profanities to yourself about why in the world you would even think about handing that toddler a cup of goldfish.

Almost a week ago we got a puppy. We've named her Sophie, and I sometimes want to scream, because let's face it.... puppies are HARD! But, my house still has this freshness to it, and I think I owe that to Roomba. No matter what, Roomba comes out and makes life better and easier for me. I've actually really come to love the little guy.... I'm talking about Roomba.

Don't forget to GO HERE for my giveaway. It ends Friday night @ 9:00pm PST. Get you're entries in... and don't forget to read about how to get a double entry.

Feeding Our Families NATURAL FOODS - THE EASY WAY!

For this Works for Me Wednesday I wanted to share with moms out there an amazing new food line that is ALL NATURAL! There's no preservatives, there's no MSG, there's no Dyes. Everything in these products are NATURAL! The company that is making this possible for us is called Wildtree.

I'm a work at home mom, and by the time dinner rolls around I'm cringing as I'm feeding my family junk. Sure, it's a home cooked meal, but half the stuff I used to make it contain horrible things that my family doesn't deserve to consume. However, I don't have the time to spend hours in the kitchen making things from scratch. It just isn't realistic for me.

In addition to all of the above reasons, I have a daughter with a heart condition, a son that has food aversions and reactions to certain dyes (red dye is not a good one if you have a child with ADD or ADHD.... actually any dye isn't) and a husband with high blood pressure.

Another point I really want to express here is about the Grapeseed Oil. I have always been a huge fan of Olive Oil. In my mind I was cooking with the best possible health option for my family.... nope, I was wrong. Grapeseed Oil is definitely the way to go. Wildtree offers a variety of flavored Grapeseed Oils. You can read all about the health benefits HERE.

Wildtree is opening up across the country! It's an all-natural, preservative-free direct sales company that is growing like crazy! It is direct sales/party plan, and it's the simplest party I've ever seen or done, with about 10 minutes of information and then tasting many of the wonderful samples! It's FUN and very social!

Basically there are 4 ways to be involved:

1. As a Representative - and we need you! There are just over 1000 representatives across the country at this point, so you could be THE FIRST or one of the first in your neck of the woods! It's $115 for the kit... and it's risk free if you eat!!

2. As a Host - just let me know when you want to earn tons of free food products (you MUST try the grapseed oils, the Asian Ginger Plum Dressing, and the Scampi blend first!). I can get a host packet in the mail and coach you on how to have a GREAT party. Super easy!

3. As a Culinary Club Member - this is a wholesale buying oppotrunity with specials made available monthly to you! It's $25 for a Lifetime Membership and well worth every penny.... hey, you get 20% off of your purchases!

4. As a Customer! You will LOVE these fabulous products!

See my website for placing your order or taking advantage of our representative opportunity. There is a short video to watch if you are interested in doing so!

Did you know that Whole Foods is the fastest growing chain in the U.S.? Have you noticed that many of the fast-food chains are taking the trans-fats our of their food?

Generations ago, most Americans ate natural, nutritious food they grew themselves or bought from small, local grocers.

Then large food companies were formed and sought to improve their bottom line by extending the shelf life of their products. Scientists added more and more chemicals to foods. Now we all realize that many of those additives are harmful and governments have begun to address the issue.

Smart consumers interested in the health of their families aren't waiting for government action. They are looking for better, healthier sources of foods. Look around you.... That's where Wildtree comes in! It was formed on the premise that food should not only be natural and delicious but also easy to prepare. (and QUICK!) So whether you're a gourmet cook, a wanna-be, or HATE it, Wildtree could be just what you need.

I look forward in hearing from you. My personal website for Wildtree is www.amanda.mywildtree.com, and all of my contact information is on the site if you have any questions. You can even sign up from there to become a rep!

So, this is what works for me, my family and my bank account :) FYI - a lady that started 1 1/2 years ago is making a 6 figure income/year.... WOW huh? For other things that work for other people visit Kristen's blog.

My Giveaway

Since I've got the blogging bug going on, my giveaway post is eventually going to start disappearing.... so for my current giveaway, which ends Friday at 9:00pm CLICK HERE.

UBP 2009!!! Welcome to Garibay Soup

There's a blog party going on at 5 mintues for mom. If you've never been there, you definitely should check it out!!

My name is Amanda and this blog is mainly a place to document my family's milestones. A place for me to write about how I'm feeling. A place to share my faith on the Mormon religion. A place for me to write about my many ventures in life. A place to brag and complain about my kids and husband. A place for me to discover peace of mind.... it sometimes exists. I hope you enjoy looking around!!

I started blogging November of 2007, and never expected it to become what it has. I have met AMAZING women, received the best advice from strangers. The support in the blog world rocks!

So, you're probably reading the above wondering why in the world I linked up to the mompreneur blogs, well.... I have a new venture going on and it's something I REALLY want to share with moms out there. Especially moms who are trying to feed their families healthy, natural foods with no preservatives, no dyes, no MSG, no high fructose corn syrup, and no trans fats! Especially for moms who on top of the feeding their families healthy foods, are interested in making a little extra every month. So, I'm taking this opportunity for the blog party 2009 to link up and spread the word.

To read up on the word I'm trying to get out there CLICK HERE. I just recently wrote a blog post about it on Wednesday. It contains all the info I want you to know. You know what's even better? I'm hosting a sweet giveaway.

AND NOW FOR THE GIVEAWAY!!!!
Go to www.amanda.mywildtree.com and leave a comment here telling me what you think about Wildtree, and what you're favorite item is and you'll be eligable to win a 12.7 ounce bottle of your choice of GRAPESEED OIL!!! Good luck choosing, because they're all delicious!!! To double your chances of winning, post about my giveaway on your blog and leave a 2ND COMMENT letting me know you've done so and you'll be entered in twice for the giveaway.

I will choose a random winner on Friday, the 27th @ 9:00pm PST. Make sure you get your entry or entries in before!!

BLOGGY GIVAWAY WINNER

Is lucky #6, Julie! She didn't leave her blog so I can't link her site to everyone, but she did leave her email address so I'm off to email her and find out what yummy fragrance from Bath & Body Works she wants. Thank you to everyone who played along!!!

GIVEAWAY For Baby & Mom

The winner of this Bloggy Giveaway will win a $10.00 Enfamil Check (if you don't use Enfamil you could always give it to someone you know) and a Body Wash & a Body Cream - THEIR CHOICE of fragrance from Bath & Body Works what mom doesn't love a little smell good, feel good? I've been reading a lot about mom's getting shafted on Mother's Day and I thought this would be nice for some mom out there.

Leave a comment and then I will do a random drawing on Thursday. You have until 11:59pm Wednesday (5/21/08) night PST to get your entries in. I will email the winner as well as post the winner on my blog. So, make sure that your email is provided. Good luck to all!!


GOOD LUCK!