Kroger Buy 5 -Save $5 Event with GIVEAWAY

Attention Kroger shoppers! Grab a cart (or two!)and head to your local Kroger Co. Family of Stores for the Kroger Buy 5 – Save $5 Event! From October 14th through October 24th (RIGHT NOW!) purchase 5 participating General Mills products, and receive a coupon for $5 off your next shopping order.

If you combine this promotion with Kroger's sales and manufacturers coupons, you're looking at saving some serious money people!  Look for some of your favorite participating General Mills products like Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Pillsbury Toaster Strudel, Betty Crocker Cake and Brownie Mixes, Hamburger Helper, Totino’s Party Pizza, Yoplait and many more!

This promotion varies in different locations so please be sure to check your local Kroger Co. Family of Stores for specific deals and offers which include: Kroger, Ralphs, King Scoopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith’s, Fry’s, QFC, Baker’s, Owen’s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Fred Meyer, Pay Less Supermarkets and Scott’s Food & Pharmacy.

Don’t let the savings pass you by! Fill up your cart and save with the General Mills products you love at the Kroger Buy 5 – Save $5 Event!  And to sweeten the deal, I have a $25 Kroger Gift Card to give away to one lucky reader!  Want in on it?  Leave a comment on this post to be entered to win!  This giveaway starts now and will end on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 at 11:59 EST.  Winner will be selected via Random.org and notified shortly thereafter.  If after 48 hours selected winner has not responded, a new winner will be chosen and notified.

Disclosure: The gift cards (one sent to me, one for a reader) and information have been provided by Kroger and General Mills through MyBlogSpark.  All opinions expressed are my own.

***By the way... I have NOT given up running. Yet. If you're following my quest to be physically fit using the Couch 2 5k program, stay tuned... an update is coming soon!

Big G Curvy Straws Review & Giveaway

Did you know that simply drinking the leftover milk from cereal bowls may help kids work towards fulfilling their body’s daily dairy, calcium, and Vitamin D needs? I sure didn't, but I'll be sure to encourage my kids to drink their milk all the way to the bottom of the bowl before declaring breakfast over.  And what better way to slurp down to the bottom of the bowl than with the new Curvy Straws, available in-pack of specially marked boxes of Big G cereal! With these collectable, connectable Curvy Straws, children of all ages can enjoy mixing and matching to build bigger, colorful straws all while helping them work towards stronger bones and muscles through increased calcium intake!

My kids were super excited to receive a special prize pack from MyBlogSpark and General Mills.  They especially love the Curvy Straws and Glow cups!  And our prize pack came with one of our favorite cereals: Cinnamon Toast Crunch!  Here's a little info about how to get your own Curvy Straws:

• Be sure to collect all six different colorful straws featuring beloved Big G cereal characters
• Participating Big G cereals include Cinnamon Toast Crunch® (17 oz.), Lucky Charms®(16 oz.), Reese’s® Puffs (18 oz.), Honey Nut Cheerios® (17 oz.), Trix®(14.8 oz) and Cocoa Puffs® (16.5 oz)
• Made with more whole grain than any other ingredient, Big G cereal, combined with a ½ cup of milk, can help provide a great start to your family’s day.

Whether you use one or connect them all, the fun with Big G Curvy Straws doesn’t have to stop when you reach the end of the bowl. Simply grab another serving of ice cold milk, and slurp away! Need more cereal to go with your milk? Make sure you head on over to this link to download a printable coupon for $1.25 off of the purchase of (2) boxes of participating Big G cereal today!

MyBlogSpark and General Mills is offering my readers a chance to win their very own prize pack including the following:

• 1 box of a participating Big G cereal
• 1 Curvy Straw
• 1 ‘spilt’ milk bowl
• 2 glow cups
• 2 tangle toys

To win, leave a comment on this post telling me what your family's favorite General Mills Cereal is.  My standard giveaway rules apply and are posted below:

• Become a follower of Thou Shall Not Whine (3 extra entries!) *Just click the little "follow" button on the right-hand sidebar, then leave me 3 additional comments stating, "follower #1, follower #2, etc."
• Follow my blog on Facebook (2 extra entries) *click on the networked blog button on the right-hand sidebar, then leave 2 additional comments stating that you did!*
• Grab my button and display it on your blog (2 extra entries!)
• Mention this giveaway on your blog with a link back to it. (2 extra entries!)
• Leave a comment on a non-giveaway post. (leave an additional comment here to count as your entry!)

This giveaway starts now and will conclude on  Monday, April 16th, 2012. Winner will be selected via Random.org and contacted via email. Winner will have 48 hours to respond before another winner will be chosen.

Disclosure: The prize pack, information, and giveaway have been provided at no cost to me through MyBlogSpark and General Mills.