New "Bouquet" for Perfume Enthusiasts...

Flora by GUCCI The Garden

The Flora Garden Collection consists of three distinct floral inspired scents: Glamorous Magnolia, Gorgeous Gardenia and Gracious Tuberose. Lucky me, I get to try them all.

My BzzKit for the Flora by Gucci The Garden Collection finally arrived yesterday morning. Yay! I really liked the overall look and presentation of this particular BzzKit. I felt like I was receiving gift that someone put a lot of thought into. It is really pretty. The sample size bottles are super cute as well. I think Ill have a hard time tossing them when they are empty. I'll have to start thinking of some way to reuse them or a crafts project they would work with.

 

 The box was stuffed with quite a bit of stuff. Including a booklet that describes each scent in detail as well as each element used to compliment the main flower for each scent. There are three mini bottles (5 ml) of each scent. Also, for me to pass along there are six (2 ml) vial samples, three of each fragrance. The booklet itself even has three .071ml samples in it that you peel of the page to reveal a small sponge that you use to apply the fragrance.

I think the mini bottles will be part of my Mother's Day gift to my mom this year. I'll use the smaller samples to try out and review the perfumes.

If you want to "explore and express the depths of your emotions" or just try out some new pretty floral scented perfumes, Flora by Gucci The Garden Collection is on sale now at Macys.com  with a price range of about $70 for 1.6 oz eau de toilette spray and $100 for 3.3 oz. There is also a 6.7 oz body lotion available for $50. Sephora.com is another place to find The Garden Collection.

I'll be trying out the perfumes in the next few days and will post reviews shortly thereafter.

Disclaimer, full disclosure or what have you: I am a BzzAgent. I was sent these samples for free and was asked to try them out, review them and let the world know what I think. These opinions are my own and they are honest.

New Bzz

I am enrolled in three separate BzzCampaigns at the moment. Unfortunately, I have not received a BzzKit for any of them, yet. So, I may not be able to share my opinions or reviews about the three yet. However, I figured I could at least let people know that these products exist. Maybe you can try them out on your own and let me know what to look forward to. I am really trying to wait patiently but I am very excited to try:

  This one might be a good Mother's Day gift. I know a lot of woman that really enjoy their fragrances. They also enjoy changing things up every now and then. My guess is that the Gucci Flora Garden Collection will be very popular with them. I can't wait until the samples arrive.

I do get tired of drinking soda and/or water everyday. SoBe Lifewater will be an interesting change. On top of that it has healthy ingredients. I've been noticing the growing popularity of something called coconut water. It was even mentioned on an episode of Parks and Recreation (Watch It!). I myself have never tried coconut water and now thanks to SoBe Life Water, I will be trying it soon.

We eat pork pretty regularly at my house so the Pork Be inspired BzzCampaign is going to be a big hit. I can tell already. 
For anything pork related that you ever wanted to know including and especially recipes click here:  PorkKnifeandSpoon.com - the National Pork Board's official blog. If you're into that new-fangled contraption called Pinterest, go here: http://pinterest.com/PorkBeInspired/ 


Reviews and follow-ups to... well, follow. Stay Tuned.

Disclaimer: I am BzzAgent. I do receive coupons and/or samples of products. I am asked to spread the word about those products and give my honest opinion. And I do.

Fionabelle's First Hail

Fionabelle experiences her first hailstorm and then enjoys a yard slushie.

 

veronica MARS on SOAPnet...

The best show ever cancelled (and in my opinion, that ever lived) is getting another run on SOAPnet. Yay! Unfortunately, SOAPnet channel has also been cancelled. Boo. SOAPnet will be airing the Veronica Mars series on their station starting in April. However, the channel is set to be replaced by yet another Disney channel aimed at preschoolers. Beginning in some areas as early as March 23 the channels will slowly be swapped out until SOAPnet is no more. I was already bummed because no SOAPnet means no Season 4 of Being Erica. Which thankfully I found on youtube. Maybe I shouldn't have said that... Please don't make them delete the episodes until I've seen them all , youtube powers that be. Anyway...
It's exciting to see this awesome show get some well deserved recognition and also a let down that it will again be cut short.
But any chance Veronica Mars gets to have new viewers and fans is okay with me. It is my favorite show and I still take any chance I get to bring it up and encourage people to check it out because if you haven't seen it you are truly missing out. And If SOAPnet goes Donald Duck before we've had a chance to enjoy the whole series...well we'll always have the DVDs and possibly the movie... But definitely the DVDs, buy the DVDs.


http://sn.soapnet.go.com/news/article/veronica-mars-coming-to-soapnet

Chica Claus

Jurassic Fly

I went out to give the dog water and saw this huge fly crawling up the door jam. I don't think this photo really conveys how big and old this fly looked. I've seen horseflies around but this one had a different look to it. It also looked kind of beat up like it had weathered and survived many attempts at being swatted over the years. Sadly, I think the flash from my camera gave it a heart attack because after I took the last picture it fell to the grand and I didn't see it again.

The Yum Enough Kroger Cookie (A Review)

I had been really craving cookies a lot so this campaign came at a great time. I received two boxes of Kroger's The truly Awesome Homestyle Chocolate Chip Cookies from BzzAgent (of which I am a member.) The cookies are definitely bigger and thicker than most boxed cookies and there are a lot of chocolate chips. I only needed to eat two cookies to be satisfied as opposed to the four or five I eat of other brands. But I think the differences stop there.
The cookies weren't quit what I was expecting. When I hear homestyle I think fresh, warm maybe a little chewy or soft. I think Homestyle here refers to the ingredients used chocolate chips, flour, margarine, sugar…you get the point. However, they remind me of other shelved cookies dry, crispy and store bought. Chips Ahoy comes to mind.


The chocolate chips in the Truly Awesome taste different to me like maybe there is some coconut or something mixed in. I'm not sure what is but I don't love it, I’m not a fan of coconut. My mom said, “that is what homemade tastes like.” I would have no idea. Maybe it has a lot to do with the fact that the closest I've come to eating homemade cookies is the powdered mix packages and refrigerated dough from the grocery store. I guess I don't know what homemade tastes like and I’m not used to it.
The cookies are dry right out of the box but this can be remedied by a glass of milk for dunking or few seconds in the microwave. I put one cookie in the microwave for about 15-20 seconds and what a difference it made. The cookie was warm, the chocolate chips were melty (if that’s a word) and the cookie was soft in the middle. This is lot better than just eating them straight from the box. Even the flavor of the chocolate chip seemed to improve.
I still think putting "awesome" in the name is a bit of a stretch. These aren't bad cookies. They are actually pretty good. They just aren't what I was expecting. So, I would have them again. I would even buy them. If they were on sale, I had a coupon or someone else was paying.




They are about $2.79 for a box of eight cookies at Fry's, Kroger and other Fred Meyer stores exclusively. In Stores Now!



full disclosure…disclaimer…or what have you: I don't know if I am legally supposed to do this or not but I have seen other sites where their reviews of products are followed by a "Disclosure" and I also saw an episode of Drop Dead Diva where Stacy got sued for not stating that she was given free items to review. (Good show by the way, maybe check that out.) Sooo... I am member of BzzAgent and I received a free sample to try and share my opinion about I also received coupons to pass on. I did not get any money and the opinions I shared are my own. Thank you. Have a nice day.