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Shop, Save, Share and Earn at Buxr

As if the Internet wasn’t already awesome enough, nowadays with just a few mouse clicks, you can find coupons, discounts, sales, and deals on just about anything you want to buy.  Buxr is a site that lets you share the deals you find, shop for them right from the site, AND earn cash prizes for posting the best deals!

It works like this- sign up for a Buxr account or sign in using your Google account. You can use the site without registering for it, but if you do register, you get these great benefits:

• Participate in deal contests
• Customize deals view to your preference (coming)
• Flag dead & expired deals

Web Publishers:

• Make money with commissions from the Buxr Deals Widget
• Manage your widget and track widget performance

I recommend clicking the Watch Video link in the top right corner of the site for a terrific tutorial on how to get the most out of the site.  Then, browse the Latest Hot Deals on the left side of the screen. Use the dropdown menu to choose Hot Deals from the last one through five days.

You can also search for coupons for popular brands like Dell and Amazon.com, read and participate in Active Discussions about deals, see winners and top contributors, and get links to deals expiring that day.  You can also customize the main page by adding or subtracting modules so that you always see what you are most interested in first.

Deals can be something that’s free, on sale, a printable or in-store coupon, or just a really great price for something.  You can search by category, and once you are on a deal page, see any other deals for that same manufacturer or store. I’ve registered for a  Free Kraft Savings Booklet and Calendar, printed a page of dollar-off coupons for Meijer, and made a note of a great deal on a box fan at Home Depot. And I didn’t have to visit three separate sites to do it!

Submit deals and WIN CASH! The members who lists the best online deals of the day win $10 each  and/or $5 for submitting the best in-store only offer. In addition the winner who gains the most votes overall during the contest day will receive a bonus $5 on top of his/her award.

Buxr asked me for my feedback on the site itself, and I have one suggestion. It can be hard to find areas of the site, there were pages I didn’t know existed until I happened to click on something. I’d like to see a Navigation Bar all the way across the top of the site with links to each internal page. For example, to get to the Dashboard Module page I mentioned above, I had to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the main page and click “add module”. A link at the top to the Dashboard would be much easier to use.

Other than that, I think Buxr is a really great idea and I appreciate having links to so many different kinds of deals in one place.  So, MomReviews readers, take a minute and go check out Buxr. You’re going to shop anyway, you might as well save money!

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Eat Your Cookie Site Review

With exactly 5 weeks to go until I leave for BlogHer, I’m starting to panic a bit about this extra 20 pounds I’m carrying around my already ample waist. I started the 30 day challenge on EA Sports Active today in hopes of burning off some flab!

I’m also trying really hard to eat less sugar and white flour, but my weakness? Cookies. I LOVE COOKIES.  Chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal raisin, I’m not picky!  So you can imagine how much I drooled when I reviewed the website Eat Your Cookie, because they make and ship huge, fresh baked cookies!  Their cookies are $2.00 each or $18.95 a dozen, and if you live in the Washington D.C. area, you can get them delivered the same day you order.

Fresh cookies would be a terrific gift for a new Mom, as a housewarming or birthday gift, or to treat yourself because you’ve been good   Click the “Free Cookies” link on the site, fill out the form, and you could be picked to receive two dozen cookies FREE! They pick a winner every month!

What I like best about the EatYourCookie site is that it is simple and straightforward.  It tells you what they sell, who they are, how to contact them, and it’s easy to navigate.  Check them out and treat yourself or someone you love to delicious fresh cookies!

disclaimer: I was compensated by EatYourCookie.com for this post.

Larkspur Landing All Suite Hotels

Larkspur Landing, a group of eleven hotels in California, Oregon and Washington State, asked me to review their site and spread the word to my readers about their all-suite hotels and extended stay hotels, which would be perfect for both family vacations and corporate travel.

I’ve stayed in a lot of hotels over the past three years, and I’ve come to realize that amenities make a big difference in how relaxed I feel during the trip and even how well I sleep while I’m there. Larkspur Landing Hotels feature feather beds, complimentary in-room high speed Internet, a fully-equipped kitchen right in the room,  and a complimentary Healthy Start Breakfast.  And when they say fully-equipped kitchen, they mean stove, sink, dishes, flatware, cookware, everything.

Both the one and two bedroom suites at Larkspur Landing hotels have large business size desks, two-line phones with voicemail plus a cordless phone, direct printing to the business center,  separate chair and ottoman, even a CD player and DVD player, with free DVDs available at the front desk!

So, where can you find a Larkspur Landing hotel?  In California, locations are in Pleasanton, San Francisco, Campbell, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Folsom, Roseville, and Sacramento. In the Portland, Oregon area, visit Larkspur Landing Hillsboro, and in the Seattle, Washington area, Larkspur Landing hotels are in Bellevue and Seattle/Renton.

The Pleasanton Hotel is located near both the Oakland and San Francisco airports, and is close to the corporate headquarters of many businesses. Larkspur Landing’s Sacramento Hotel is near Cal State Sacramento and is just three miles from downtown Sacramento.  Need to travel to the corporate offices of Hewlett Packard, NEC, or Oracle?  The Larkspur Landing Roseville Hotel is just minutes away from them, and there are restaurants, theaters and a shopping mall nearby as well.

Looking at all of the websites for these hotels is making me wish I had a reason to travel to California, Oregon or Washington so I could stay in one of the beautiful Larkspur Landing Hotels! Hope you’ll click the links and check them out for yourself.

Making Life Better with Unilever

For this Mom Central blog tour, we’re taking a look at the website Making Life Better, created by Unilever. Unilever manufactures many of the brands that you probably either use or are familiar with, including All, Axe, Bertolli , Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers, Caress, Degree, Hellman’s/Best Foods, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Lipton Tea, Q-Tips, Ragu, Skippy, Slim-Fast, Snuggle, Suave, Vaseline, Wish-Bone, and Wisk. Whew!

Making Life Better is packed with articles, tips, and information. Article categories include Food and Recipes, Beauty & Style, Home & Family, and Vitality & Wellness. Check out the Memorial Day Menu for some new ways to fix cookout favorites like hot dogs, hamburgers, and potato salad. To see cooking videos including how to make Lipton Pomegranate Tea, check out the Making Life Better YouTube channel.

The News & Offers category includes several Sweepstakes that you can enter, but you need to be a member of the site. Trust me, it’s painless! After you take a short survey about brands you have purchased, information you look for online, and websites you frequent, you’ll be a member of the site.

Members can save their favorite recipes, articles and tips to My Favorites so they can easily find them later, use their MLB login to join the free Family Organizer site Cozi, enter a monthly $500 gift card sweepstakes with daily instant win prizes too, and lots more!

Making Life Better.com really is packed with useful information, and since I use and love products from most of the brands featured on the site, I’m sure I’ll be visiting the site often. Hope you’ll check it out!

Disclosure: Thanks to Mom Central and Unilever, I’ll be receiving Unilever products and coupons in exchange for writing this post.

Terrific Toys for Babies and Kids

Don’t need toys for a baby? No problem! Ebeanstalk has toys matched to the developmental ages of children from age 1 to 7, and for your first purchase from the site, here’s a discount code you can use to save 15% off- TGS345

I’ve personally shopped from Ebeanstalk, and I’ve always been happy with the quality of the toys I’ve bought. Take a look at the site for perfect toys for your baby or child!