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Back To School Product Guide 2010: Lunches Part 2

Posted by Bobbie Gould on August 10, 2010
in Product Guides 2010, School, Shopping

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1.) E-Mealz- This neat company creates meal menus for your family. All you have to do is sign up! Meal plans are $1.25 per week. You choose the store. They provide the plan! Each week you will receive a brand new plan AND a complete aisle-by-aisle grocery list.

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2.) ReUsies- This company makes sandwich and snack bags that are made from fabric and that you can re-use! How cool is that? The snack ReUsies are $6.95 and the sandwich ReUsies are $8.75. There are 34 sandwich ReUsies to choose from and 43 snack ReUsies to choose from! Wow! What a lot of choices huh?

We like the Bubblelicious Sandwich ReUsie
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And the Batter Up Snack Size ReUsie

3.)Eco-Lunch Boxes- They use traditional materials: stainless steel food containers packed in handmade cotton lunchbags. Their ECOlunchbox Kit contains a machine washable lunch bag, three matching cloth napkins, a stainless steel lunchbox and a bamboo spork. They believe that lunch by lunch we can green our world a whole bunch! The lunch kit is $50.00.

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4.) Easy Lunch Boxes- Check out these great back to school lunch boxes! They’re BPA-free, SAFE and environmentally friendly, too! You’ll find it easy to ‘go green’ by using EasyLunchboxes for a waste-free lunch. You can buy a set of 4 lunch boxes for $13.95 and a lunch box cooler for $7.95.

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We will be posting a review of the Easy Lunch Boxes at a later date, so stay tuned!

Reduce- Water Week Kids Water Bottles ($17.99) WaterWeek™ offers the ONLY true solution to end the costly and wasteful purchasing of bottled water without giving up convenience. Just fill, chill & go! They are: BPA free, 10oz capacity, Saves consumers an average of $500 per year!, Includes fridge tray that slides neatly into your fridge, Dishwasher and freezer safe, This size is perfect for school lunches. Choose from 3 sets: girls, boys, and sports.

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Reduce Everyday has a special running on their Facebook page for $5.00 off any of their water bottle sets. Go here to learn more.

Look for part 3 this afternoon featuring Disney Lunch Box products!

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Back to School Product Guide: School Supplies Part 3

Posted by Bobbie Gould on August 9, 2010
in Product Guides 2010, School

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In part 1 and part 2 we featured back packs, and school supplies. Now we are going to feature misc items for school.

1.) Hyper Dash Extreme- ($19.99) This game is cool as it teaches kids about their numbers, and colors. We will be reviewing it soon. Wild Planet asked kids, teachers and parents what they loved most about the award-winning game Hyper Dash and the overwhelming response was “running around,” “making math fun,” and “playing as a family.” Without sacrificing any elements that made the original Hyper Dash hugely successful, Wild Planet redesigned the game to be more active, more educational and more appealing to families with kids of different ages. Age: 6+ / Players: 1-6 / Hyper Dash Extreme is Available: Fall 2010

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2.) The Good Home: Hand Sanitizer ($6.00) Keep your hands clean and smelling fresh throughout the school day without leaving the class room! Like all hand sanitizers it kills 99.9% of germs; however, unlike other hand sanitizers, Good Home’s contains its quality fragrances – leaving a wonderful scent on your hands. It contains organic alcohol, along with skin softeners that will not dry you’re your hands. It comes in three scents lavender, beach days, and pure grass.

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3.) Go-Pillow Blanket for Preschoolers ($29.95) This blanket not only a blanket but can be used for a cradler, nursing pillow with cover-up, changing surface, infant pillow with blanket, toddler travel pillow and more!

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4.) Bendaroos- 500 Pack ($19.99) These products are so cool for raining days when your kids are super bored or for school for art day! 500 Bendaroos® Building Sticks In Rainbow & Neon Colors. Includes a simple To Use Fun Guide With Step By Step Instructions How To Make Your Favorite Characters! It includes 10 Traceable Templates. No Glue, No Stains, No Mess. How cool is that for kids and MOM! We will be reviewing one soon.

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5.) Grasshopper Preschool Kits- Grasshopper Preschool Prep Kits are designed by an expert to get children ready for school all through play: no workbooks, no pencils… 100% fun! Grasshopper Kits give kids a head start preparing them for success in a playful way. The kits contain a colorful guide- book and are packed with toys and games for endless hours of fun. Get your child ready the GRASSHOPPER way. Their are 4 different kits to choose from. Prices vary. We will be reviewing one soon.

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6.) Gift Card Mall- Perfect for a back to school gift! From cards for Itunes, Kohls, Kmart, Jcpenny, to Justice, and Sports Authority and a whole lot more! They have all the gift cards you need for your teens and young adults.

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Look for our lunch section tomorrow!

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Back to School Product Guide: School Supplies Part 2

Posted by Bobbie Gould on August 9, 2010
in Product Guides 2010, School

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In part 1 we featured backpacks in part 2 we are going feature all these great school supplies for your child’s desk.

1.) Pencil Bugs- These cute pencil toppers are mad by a 14 yo entrepreneur. You can buy a set of 8 for ($16) They are 8 different colors. Jason, the maker of these cute little school accessories, even named them! Read more about them here.

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2.) Pentel Products- Jolt mechanical pencil. ($2.75) It releases new lead with a simple two shakes, instead of the standard click that most mechanical pencils use. Clear window displays unique spring mechanism. Contoured barrel provides added comfort for extended periods of time. Writes 0.5mm crisp, fine lines. Refillable with Pentel Super Hi-Polymer lead and PDE-1 erasers. It comes in blue, pink, green, and orange.

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3.) Pentel Products- The new Handy-line S Retractable Highlighter ($1.79) is made from 54% recycled plastic and has a refillable barrel, making this product environmentally friendly. Made of 54% post-consumer material by weight. Advanced seal technology to maintain tip freshness. It comes in 6 different ink colors, yellow, blue, violet, pink, orange, and light green.

4.) Pentel Products- The Rolly 4-Color pen ($6.90) makes classifying notes easier with its four color barrel. Click one of the 4 color-coded buttons to choose your radiant ink color. Perfect for recording data in different colors. Pen barrel comes in pink, black, silver, green, and blue.

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5.) Aroma Home Fuzzy Friends Notebook ($10.00) Office and school notepads can be a bit boring; Aroma home fuzzy friends notebooks spice up the traditional notepad! They come in lined white paper, a removable cover for re-use on other note pads, they are available in six different animals, and are made with the softest plush material!

6. ) Write Stuff- This cool company is a prepackaged back to school supply company who bundles items necessary for classrooms. They build them specific to teacher’s needs. As we pack exactly the items needed, we save parents time and money. For example, a student supply list may say “3 pens”, and at a retail store would have to buy a pack of 12. This applies to many items; pencils, hiliters, Sharpies, etc. Besides parents most likely have to go from store to store to find everything. As economy belts are tightening, so are the budgets at schools. More and more supplies are ending up on student required supply lists. Sales tax is only for IL. They ship across the country. Check them out here.

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7.) Disney- Supply Kit this cute kit comes with a pencil sharpener, eraser, a small notebook (50 pages), pencil case, 3 folders, and 3 pencils. Designs are in Cars, Toy Story 3, Fairies, and Disney Princesses.

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