#Giveaways Ending Soon...09/16 and Upcoming Events

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Rizzoli & Isles Season 2 Preview || Rizzoli & Isles Season 1 DVD Giveaway 09/16 US/CAN

#Dannon #Danimals #RallyforRecess

Recess was one of my favorite things as a kid. I loved going out to the playground, running around with my friends and climbing the monkey bars! In the past twenty years, children have lost an average of 8 hours of recess a week, and some schools no longer provide play time for students. According to the American Academy of Pediatricians, the lack of play time is a national crisis leading to a growing epidemic: childhood obesity.

#Fall #Giveaway Festival is coming!!! #RetailMeNotFallFest

The Fall Giveaway Festival, hosted by Sassy Mama in L.A., Makobi Scribe, Simply Stacie, and Matter of Cents is coming right around the corner! From September 16-30, you'll have a chance to visit many blogs filled with giveaways, not to mention the chance to win an iPad2, courtesy of the main sponsor, RetailMeNot. With 110+ blogs participating and each blog with a minimum $25 in prizes, you can have a chance to win over prizes from all sorts of blogs totalling over $2750 in value! I'm excited!! Are you?

Christmas Ideas #5: Groupon.com -Unique...Different...(Review and Giveaway)

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Groupon.com is a pretty sweet site from what I've seen so far. Never heard of Groupon before? Well, now's the time to find out! This is what they have to say about themselves:

Each day, Groupon features an unbeatable deal on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in your city. By promising businesses a minimum number of customers, we get discounts you won't find anywhere else. We call it "collective buying power!"

Well, what do you think? That's pretty cool, isn't it? So, basically, they find us offers at various stores and get us deals. Most the ones I've seen have been at 50% or more. Who wouldn't want to make purchases for at least 50% off all the time? Some of the sales they have had in the past for example include $15 for $30 worth of gifts at Red Envelope, $99 for 3 Laser hair-removal sessions at Lumimnesse Laser (up to $360 value), $55 for a massage package at Okeanos Club Spa normally worth $120, and many more. Sure, these deals I've listed were the recent New York ones, however, there are Groupon sites for most US and Canadian cities, which makes it pretty cool because that means you can always get local experiences for great prices! Get this, there was even a basic private dance party class available for $125 instead of the regular $300 at DivaDance Company, one of the 2009 Best of New York Dance Class. Even if I'm not a dancer, I think that's a crazy deal! 10 friends, 60 minutes at a top notch dance studio for lessons sounds like amazing fun!

But especially for the Christmas season, Groupon features Grouponicus as well as their regular site. Grouponicus is the holiday where "Groupo", the bargain bird as well as mascot, brings special experiences and savings at 50% off. Again, there are different Grouponicus offers for each city and a new offer is presented each day. The great thing is, these experiences can be for anyone of any age. For example, for Atlanta, Grouponicus currently has one deal where its $29 for $61 worth of meat, apparel and other manly products at the Man Cave. This deal is perfect for guys.  I am positive 

that if that deal was here in New York, my SO would definitely love me for it...he's a meat lover and bbq just happens to be one of his favorite foods!  In Boston, there is a Two-Hour Private Sailing Lesson or Two-Hour Leisure Cruise for Three People at Courageous Sailing for $95 instead of $190 Value, perfect for the adventurers. In LA, $250 for a Two-Hour Private Cooking Class for up to Six People in a Professional Kitchen with Simple Gourmet ($540 Value). This are only some of the deals Grouponicus has, there are so many more experiences and they can range from $15 for $30 drink or restaurant certificates to deluxe experiences like the private sailing above. This is a bad idea for me to look through all of these different cities so I'm going to stop now because I'm going to end up wanting to do every single thing in every city! I'll leave it up to you to explore the rest of the Groupon and Grouponicus site.   

 

The awesome thing about Groupon is that you can purchase for yourself or make it a gift. And if you're not sure exactly what experience you want to purchase for your friends, family, or SO, you can get them Groupon credit so that they can pick the experience of their choice! The other thing I love about Groupon is that even though I am in New York now, I can still purchase experiences or credit for my friends and family that are in different cities. For example, most my readers know I am originally Canadian, so I could purchase an experience for my family and friends back home through Groupon and it would be so easy! Groupon has deals in so many Canadian cities like Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Winnipeg, Toronto, Oshawa and so many more...


Now, I am very excited to get to experience Groupon but I've seen so much that I want to do that I can't decide on one! But I will and after I have my experience, I'll let you know how it goes. However, Groupon has been very generous and offered 2 of my lucky readers $25 Groupon credits as well. How exciting is that!?

Bottomline, Groupon allows you to buy experiences either for yourself or as gifts for others for 50-90% off. You really can't go wrong with that, you're buying awesome gifts half the price or less! There are endless options...I love how you can either pick an experience for someone or just get them credits and let them decide. This would be "the" gift for those people that are hard to buy for or are more into adventure than material gifts! Or, in my case, my tummy might win over and I just might go for restaurant groupons! And its so easy, whether its for yourself or someone else, either you can print the voucher yourself or email it to them so its quick, no need to wait for shipping times with this gift! Groupon = very cool! My take? Love it!


Buy It: Visit Groupon or Grouponicus and pick your city of choice to view all the crazy deals they have!


Win It: Two very lucky readers are going to win a $25 Groupon Credit from Groupon.com!

To Enter (MANDATORY): This must be entered before the bonus entries count! I will check. PLEASE Leave a contact email in your entries if it is not found in your profile, if I can't contact you, you can't win. :) 
1) Comment on your favorite holiday tradition or shopping trip. 
2) Tell me what your favorite Grouponicus experience is OR what experience that you would like to see on Grouponicus. 


Bonus Entries -Please make sure you put 1 comment for each entry. e.g. If it says 2 entries, put 2 comments.

• Follow Whirlwind of Surprises on Google Friends Connect -1 entry
• Like Whirlwind of Surprises on facebook. Please leave your first name and last initial-1 entry
• Like Groupon on facebook. 
• Blog about this giveaway with a link to this post. Please leave your link. -2 entries.
• Grab my button and tell me where its at -2 entries
• Enter any of my other giveaways -1 entry
• Follow Whirlwind of Surprises on Networked Blogs -1 entry
• Follow Groupon on Twitter
• Follow Whirlwind of Surprises on Twitter and ReTweet this: RT @cinnybbs @Groupon #Win a $25 Groupon Credit towards an experience #Giveaway (2 Winners!!) http://bit.ly/fw4UTq US/CAN. Ends 12/31. #WOS 
• (can be Tweeted up to 3x daily for extra 2 entries each time. Each tweet must be 2 hours apart. Leave your tweet link)
• Subscribe to Whirlwind of Surprises via email. -2 entries

Giveaway ends 11:59 pm EST on December 31, 2010. Open to US and Canada. Winner will be drawn by a random number generator, posted on this blog and emailed. Winner must respond within 48 hours or a new winner will be drawn.

Disclaimer: The product/s mentioned above have been provided free of charge from the manufacturer or PR firm for the purposes of this review. Opinions expressed belong to Whirlwind of Surprises and are NOT influenced in any way. Please view my full disclosure.

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Win an iPhone 4 a day!

Win an iPhone 4 a day from dealspl.us! They're giving away an iPhone a day for 20 days straight from Monday, July 12th through Saturday, July 31st. So that’s 20 iPhone 4’s total! Here's how to enter to win:

1. Follow dealspl.us on Twitter

2. To qualify to win each day, you need to complete the following two steps each day: 

Retweet their special giveaway message: Win one of 20 iPhone 4's! Retweet this, retweet a dealspl.us deal or coupon, and follow @dealsplus http://dealspl.us/t/5rqdMh

Retweet a deal or coupon posted on dealspl.us

Again, remember: If you don’t complete the two mandatory steps on any given day, you are not eligible to win that day.

Each day, the contest will run from 12:01AM EDT to 11:59PM EDT. Winners will generally be announced within an hour of the ending time on Twitter only, so be sure to follow us.

Giveaway Guidelines:

Winners will receive an Apple gift card in the amount of $199. 

You can retweet the special giveaway message, deals, or coupons as many times as you’d like each day, but you will only receive one giveaway entry per day.

This contest is open to USA and CANADA. Good luck!
 
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Win the world's largest gummy bear. Today only!

Open to US and CANADA. This is a one day only contest and its for a 5lb gummy bear! Can you imagine that? Its 1 400 gummy bears in size and contains 12 600 calories! Wow!


Enter here.


There's more than one way to enter so give it a try.


Good luck!

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Free Clothes! Clothing Giveaway by Vidafine + CBE Clothing

New contest for both CANADA and USA! What an awesome way to try and win some practical clothes for yourself or your kids. Check it out at Vidafine. Here are the details from their site:

There are 3 ways to enter (you can enter all 3 ways to increase your chances of winning)

1 | Comment  at the Vidafine/CBE Clothing post by answering the following question: WHAT is your favorite hoodie in your closet and WHY is it your favorite? (i.e. design, material, fit, color, etc.)

2 | Follow @Vidafine on Twitter and RT: Vidafine’s giving away @CBEClothing T-shirts + hoodies! Follow @Vidafine & RT to enter! http://bit.ly/c6FPE3

3 | Become a fan of Vidafine on Facebook and click the ‘Like’ us button! Then share this post on your wall!

//prizes

When the contest closes on July 18th, 2010 at 11:59pm Eastern Time, we will draw the winners at random, the more people who enter, the more winners we’ll have…

1. 2 x T-shirts of your choice to 1 winner, chosen from the CBE Clothing online store

2. If the contest exceeds 200 participants, we’ll give away a hoodie of your choice to a 2nd winner chosen from the CBE clothing online store (excludes Limited Edition hoodies).

3. Finally, if the contest exceeds 500 participants, there will be a 3rd winner chosen to win 2 T-shirts and a hoodie of your choice from the CBE clothing store!

Ends Sunday, July 18, 2010 11:59pm Eastern Time. On Monday, July 19, 2010, the winner(s) will be announced once we get in touch with those chosen.


Edit: Sorry for the misunderstanding. You have to comment at the Vidafine post.  I was just posting their contest information for my readers.


Good luck!


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Sweet twitter contests! Big Wins!

Alright, more contests for my readers to enter...let's start small and end with the big ones!


Tuesday seems to be a big day for a couple contests, especially if your a techie type of person. Microsoft Tag and Dell are both having random draws for a mini notebook every Tuesday as ongoing twitter contests! Here are the details:


1) Microsoft Tag's twitter contests runs until August 3, 2010 and is open to Canada, USA, and UK. All you have to do is follow them on @MicrosoftTag on twitter and tweet "I just entered to WIN 1 of 12 HP Mini LAPTOPS. Just follow @MicrosoftTag and RT to enter! http://ow.ly/1Ja1S #contest". Its as simple as that and they will randomly draw for a HP Mini Netbook 311 (ARV $400). You can tweet up to a maximum of 500 entries per person, so get tweeting! Find full contest details here.


2) Dell's "Retweet a Mini Contest" goes until August 9, 2010 is only open to Canada, excluding Quebec.  The prize up for grabs is Dell Inspiron Mini 10, Product (RED) Design Netbook (ARV $463Cdn). This one is interesting because there are 4 grand prize winners drawn every 2nd week and the week following that each grand prize draw is the Bonus Winner Draw. The bonus winner is a draw for the person who first tweeted the message that allowed the grand prize winner to win the week before. So, basically, if you tweet and your friends retweet your tweet, and they win, you have a chance of winning the following week! All you do is follow @DellHomeSalesCA on twitter and retweet: "@DellHomeSalesCA #RetweetAMini www.dell.ca/RetweetAMini 
WIN A DELL MINI 10 (RED) NETBOOK, IF U WIN, I WIN!". Find full contest details here.


Quick! Today's Tuesday, go enter these now to be entered into today's drawings!


Don't forget about Sleep bamboo twitter contest that ends July 14, 2010. This is open to Canada and USA. The prize is for a $800+ Bamboo sheet set and Duvet cover set in your choice of size. Follow @sleepbamboo and enter your original tweet here. Every tweet you make counts as an entry and anyone who enters through your tweet gives you another entry!. Find official rules here.


If you love Apple, then you will not want to miss out on this contest for an 13" Apple Macbook Pro (ARV $1549) from @weekinrewind ending July 18, 2010. You must be a member of their site during the contest duration either by signing up for their newsletter or RSS feed. Comment on the post that you are a member and then tweet away! ("I entered the Apple MacBook Pro Contest at @weekinrewind here: http://bit.ly/98PfSp  Each Tweet equals one entry!  ReTweet often!") All tweets are considered one entry so the more you tweet, the more entries you have. Just make sure to post your tweet link in the comments section.  


Have fun and good luck!


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