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I am so excited about this because this is my first giveaway on my blog! Thanks to My Blog Spark I don’t have just one but TWO Trix Swirls gift baskets to giveaway. The two lucky winners of this giveaway will receive the following:

***  swirl colored kids size apron  ***
***  set of watercolor pencils  ***
***  watercolor paints  ***
***  set of paint brushes  ***
***  a HUGE sketchbook  ***
***  art supply box to hold your goodies  ***
***  a box of Twix Swirl Cereal  ***

If you want your chance to win simply leave a comment below telling me what your favorite things to swirl together are.  To gain additional entries you can do the following:

• Leave a comment with your thoughts on how you and your children think Trix Swirls were created (i.e. Did they run into one another? Dance around? Spin with one another too quickly? etc.).
• Follow my blog and leave a comment letting me know you did.
  • If you are already following my blog simply leave a comment letting me know that you are.
• Blog about my giveaway on your blog. Leave a comment with the link to your post.
• Follow me on Twitter and leave a comment with your @address.
  • If you already follow me on Twitter leave a comment letting me know.
• Twitter about this giveaway. Be sure to add @freegroceries to the tweet.
• Email at least 5 of your friends about this giveaway and send me a copy of the email at ashley@getgroceriesfree.com and then leave a comment below telling me you did so.
• Add me to your blogroll and leave a comment below with your link.

That is a possible 8 entries for this giveaway! This contest will run until Friday, August 7 and the winners will be announced Saturday, August 8. Winners will have 48 hours to get back to me with your email address and shipping address. If the winners do not respond back in time new winners will be announced. Winners will be picked by a random generator. Good Luck!

I popped in to Walgreens today to pick up a prescription and while there I did a few deals. I am very excited about what I got because I needed these items badly and did not want to pay full price for them.

Transaction 1
Conair hair dryer – 14.99
Tax – 1.01
Total OOP – 16.00
Got back a $10 Cat.

Transaction 2
1 skirt – clearance – .49
(2) sleep shorts – clearance .49/ea – .98
1 Mead Binder (not pictured) – reg. 15.99 – sale 7.99
1 Revlon emery board (needed to go over $10) – 1.06
Subtotal – 10.52
- $10 cat from first transaction
Subtotal – .52
Tax – .71
Total OOP – 1.23

Transaction 3
Conair hair dryer – 14.99
Tax – 1.01
Total OOP – 16.00
Got back a $10 Cat.

Transaction 4
(2) Space Bags Jumbo – sale BOGO – 9.99
(1) Emery board pk – 1.06
Subtotal – 11.05
Tax – .75
Subtotal – 11.80
- $10 cat from third transaction
Total OOP – 1.80

Total OOP – 35.03
Retail Total – 61.57
Total Savings – 42.08

I am very excited about the deals I got. We desperately needed the blow dryers (4 girls in the house can really do damage to a blow dryer) and to get them for $5 a piece is an awesome deal! I have been trying to organize the house and needed the space bags. When I went to Walmart they were on sale for $10 each so to get two for $10 is a great deal. I definitely could not pass up the .49 shorts and skirts for my daughter, in fact I may go back tomorrow and get several more. I hope you have found many great deals too!