Giveaway Winners - Purex Crystals Fresh Mountain Breeze

Congratulations Cheryl Taylor, Kiley Lintz, and Serena Milan! You each win a free bottle of Purex Crystals Fresh Mountain Breeze! I'll get your coupons to you right away! Stay tuned next week for a giveaway for a free bottle of laundry detergent!

Purex Laundry Crystals...a Giveaway!!!

I recently became a Purex Insider! I am so excited about this because it means I get to try out household products for free!!! If you know me, you know I'm all about good deals, and I think free is the best kind of deal!!! I'm also excited because it means I will occasionally have giveaways for my loyal readers! This is one of those times!!! There is also a sweepstakes from Purex that you can enter with a Grand Prize of $500 or 100 second place winners will receive a coupon for a free bottle of Purex Fresh Mountain Breeze. Just keep reading all the way to the end for the details...

I received a bottle of Purex Crystals (Fresh Mountain Breeze scent) in the mail last week, and I couldn't wait to try them! I've actually had my eye on them in the store for some time, and here's why...

Some of you may know that a few years ago I started making my own laundry detergent. I did this right before Eliana was born for a few reasons: 

1) I was currently paying $11 per bottle of detergent!!! That was ridiculous! I wanted to find ways to save money, and thanks to Pinterest, this was one way that I found.

2) I wanted to wash Eliana's clothes in a safe detergent that hopefully wouldn't cause her to breakout. Keep in mind this was before she was born, so I didn't know how she would react to different detergents. All of the "baby" detergents were expensive, so this seemed like the best choice. By the way, she has never had any problems with my recipe. 

I love making my own detergent, but I'm still perfecting my recipe, which is why I haven't shared it on here yet. My only complaint is that it doesn't have much of a scent. Some people like that. I, however, love getting clothes out of the washer, and smelling a super clean aroma! Thus the reason I've had my eye on the Purex Crystals! I have considered adding them with my detergent as a laundry enhancer for a while, but I didn't know if they were worth the additional cost.

Fast forward to the present. Now you see why I was excited to get these in the mail! I really wanted to try these with my homemade detergent because it doesn't have much of a smell. However, I have a confession to make. The month of January has been crazy, and I ran out of my detergent! I needed to wash some laundry, and I didn't have time to make any, so I bought one of the cheapest bottles I could find at Walmart. I know, I know, I couldn't believe I did it either.

Anyway, the Purex Crystals are super easy to use! You just pour them into your washer with your detergent! That's it!

I love the smell of the Fresh Mountain Breeze scent! I was anxious to see how the clothes smelled after I washed them! When the washer stopped, I was pleased to find that I opened up the door to a wonderful smell! The clothes smelled so clean and fresh! I then placed the clothes in the dryer, and waited to see how they smelled after they were dry.

Now, I'll confess, I've had a pretty bad cold the last few days, so my nose isn't working as well as I had hoped it would for this review. That being said, I was still quite pleased with the Purex Crystals. I wore a shirt yesterday that was in the load that I washed with them, and throughout the day I caught little whiffs of the Fresh Mountain Breeze scent. I am looking forward to seeing how long the smell lasts. I'll try to write an update once I know. So there you have it...even with a stuffy nose, I thought the Purex Crystals did a great job of freshening the laundry!

Now, I promised a giveaway! Purex has given me 3 coupons for a free bottle of Purex Crystals Fresh Mountain Breeze. This giveaway will run today (Monday, January 27, 2013) through Thursday, January 30, 2013 at 11:59 pm. Here are the ways that you can earn entries for the giveaway, just log-in to the link below:

1) Follow me on Twitter (bucgal83). This is worth 2 entries.
2) Tweet about this giveaway. You can do this once per day. This is worth 1 entry each time you do it.
3) Leave a comment on this blog post. Tell me why you want to try this laundry enhancer. This is worth 1 entry.
4) Follow me on Instagram (Bucgal83). This is worth 2 entries. Once you follow me, post your user name so I can verify it.
5) Follow me on Pinterest (Bucgal83). This is worth 2 entries. Once you follow me, post your user name so I can verify it.

Rules:
- No duplicate comments.
- This giveaway is open to United States residents age 18 or older. Winner will be selected via random draw and will be notified via e-mail or whatever social media site you provide. You will have 72 hours to claim the prize or I will select a new winner.

This is the first time I have used this giveaway site, so please let me know if something isn't working properly. Thanks!

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There is also a sweepstakes you can enter for a chance at $500 or a bottle of Purex Crystals Fresh Mountain Breeze. You can use this link to enter the Over The Mountain And Through The Woods Sweepstakes from Purex.

Please note: The Purex brand provided me with a sample of Purex Crystals Fresh Mountain Breeze in exchange for a product review. However, all the opinions expressed here are my own.

2014 Goals! (I'm not calling them Resolutions)

I know I'm a day late on this, but that's what strep will do to you. Yuck.

I've never been very good at sticking to my New Year's Resolutions, but I do have some serious goals that I want to work on whether it is a new year or not. I thought that if I put them on my blog I may feel a little more pressure to complete them. So here you go...if you can handle reading all of this.

1. Read through the Bible. Man. This is literally on my list every year. I will eventually accomplish it. Hopefully, if it is on here I'll feel like I will be held accountable for it.

2. Talk to more people about Jesus! This one is harder than it should be for me. I have been given the best gift I could ever get (eternal life with my Savior)…why don’t I tell more people about this?

3. Be a better wife. I know what you’ll say when you read this. Oh, I’m sure you’re a great wife. You know what, though? I think I can always be better. My husband is wonderful, and I need to act like it more.

4. Be a better mom. Same as above. I mean really, look at this face.

5. Get and stay organized. I love organization! I love anything that helps me be organized. However, I have a toddler and a husband that aren’t such big fans of it (or at least they aren’t big fans of helping me stay organized). We also live a super busy life, so I need things that help me stay organized quickly! Leave me a comment if you have any tips!

6. Keep the house clean on a regular basis (not just when I know people are coming over). This also goes along with #5.

7. Make some crafts. I have a  “Crafts” board on Pinterest. You can follow me by clicking here. I would love to be able to make some of those crafts.

8. Continue to stick to our Monthly Meal Plan. We have been doing much better about this, but I want to keep it up and improve even more!

9. Blog more frequently.

10. Get a yearly check-up. I have to put this on here so I can be held accountable.

11. Go to the dermatologist. My Papaw found out he had melanoma this past year. His doctor told him that his whole family should get checked because it is genetic. Again, I put that on here so I could be held accountable.

12. Go outside with Eliana more when it is warm. I tend to get busy doing work and don’t go outside enough. I’m hoping this year she can even play in the backyard some while I take my laptop out there and watch her play. However, I do want to make sure that I am playing with her, too.

13. Find more fun things to do with Eliana during the day.

14. Get Eliana out of the breakfast (yogurt) and preschool lunch (pb&j) rut that she is in.

15. Go to Disney World!!! We are doing this later this year, and I am super excited! I have already started researching and looking up tips (it’s what I do…don’t make fun)!

16. Continue to find ways to be frugal!

17. Go to bed earlier. Midnight isn’t cutting it for this 30-year-old.

18. Continue working on turning our basement into a den/playroom.

19. Relax. Try not to feel like you or anyone or anything else has to be perfect. God has everything under control.

        

Did I really just come up with 19 goals for 2014? That is crazy! Hopefully I can follow-through on most of them! Hold me to it!