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Tasty Bite Review & Giveaway! Ends 8/29

August 19, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 10 Comments

Tasty Bite recently contacted me to see if I would be interested in reviewing some of their ready-to-eat meals. I’ll be honest, I was a little skeptical of the whole “meal in a pouch” thing, but I was curious, so I accepted their offer. (I’m glad I did!)

Tasty Bite specialize in both Indian and Pan-Asian dishes, many of which are vegan or vegetarian. (They also offer gluten-free and kosher options.) The meals are fully cooked and sealed in multi-layered pouches that keep it fresh for up to 18 months. They’re perfect for taking to work, on a camping trip, or just for making a quick meal at home. (That last option works for me.) [read more…]

Conscious Box August 2013 Review & Code for FREE Box!

August 19, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 3 Comments

It’s Conscious Box time again! A couple weeks ago I reviewed the Summer Mystery Box… That one was a “bonus” that you could purchase separately, in addition to your normal subscription. This one is the “regular” August (vegan) box. There’s also another “bonus” box that’s shipping in early September called the “1% Box”. I believe that one’s still for sale. But yeah, this is the normal August one. (Confused yet?)

Alrighty, let’s see what’s in my August box!
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Love With Food August 2013 Review & Free Box Code!

August 18, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 9 Comments

This is my second Love With Food box and the theme this month is “Backyard BBQ”. Thankfully, despite the not-so-vegan theme, there were quite a few vegan-friendly items in the box. Yippee!

Each box is only $10/month (plus $2 shipping). There’s also a code available to get your first box FREE (I’ll share that with you at the end of the review… Be patient!). As always, with each box you purchase, Love With Food donates a meal to a person in need. Gotta love that!

So let’s see what I got this time around… [read more…]

Orange Glad August 2013 Review & Discount Code

August 18, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 2 Comments

Orange Glad is a new subscription box launched last month that specializes in baked goods and sweet treats. They select popular items from various bakeries around the country and pack them all together to be delivered right to your door. Boxes start at $15/month plus shipping. Not a bad deal for a box full of yummers.

Unfortunately for me, none of the items in the August box were vegan. However, I fully expected this to be the case, so I wasn’t too bummed. My family was more than happy to take the treats off my hands.

Okay, onto the baked goods! [read more…]

Our Local Box August 2013 Review

August 15, 2013 by Wendy Rose — Leave a Comment

Our Local Box is a fun subscription service that sends you the best of Kentucky every month. Items can range from food/snacks, beauty products, things for the home, and even Kentucky-themed t-shirts.

I was excited when Our Local Box agreed to send me a box for review, but even more so when I found out that the theme for August was “Vegan Treats from Kentucky”. Um, talk about good timing! (Serendipity? Yeah, we’ll go with serendipity.)

Okay, let’s see what vegan goodness Kentuckians have to offer… [read more…]

Om Nom Nom Cookie Giveaway!! – Ends 8/27

August 14, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 30 Comments

I’m super excited about this giveaway because it involves one of my truest loves — cookies! Vegan cookies! Woo!!

I had gotten word of Om Nom Nom Cookies via a giveaway on another blog a few months ago. They looked AMAZING, so I prayed to the Rafflecopter gods that I’d win. Sadly, I did not. So I’m sure you can imagine how psyched I was when they agreed to send me some samples AND let me do a giveaway of my own. So, so psyched!

Om Nom Nom cookies are 100% vegan and 110% awesome. I kid you not. These cookies are that good. [read more…]

Vegan Presence August 2013 Review

August 13, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 2 Comments

Another month, another awesome package from Vegan Presence! This is definitely one of my favorite subscriptions. It’s great knowing that everything I get will be vegan-friendly and wrapped with pretty ribbons & stickers. 🙂

Let’s unwrap the goodies and see what I got this month… [read more…]

Taste Trunk August 2013 Review & Discount Code

August 12, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 6 Comments

I was pleasantly surprised to see the August Taste Trunk on my doorstep today. They don’t send tracking numbers, so it just kinda shows up when it wants. Which is sorta nice, since I don’t have to obsessively refresh any tracking pages. 😉

As with last month, I ordered the “Health Trunk”. There are 4 different themed boxes (“trunks”) to choose from: “Sweet Trunk”, “Gourmet Trunk”, and “BBQ Trunk”. Can’t decide which one you want? They have an option on their website to switch trunks whenever you want. You can change it every month if that’s the way you roll. Personally, I always stick with the Health one, since I assume I’ll have a better chance at getting vegan items in the box. (So far, so good.) [read more…]

Week in Review – Discounts! Giveaways! Clowns!

August 11, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 6 Comments

Okay, so there’s no clowns here (and there never will be — those things are creepy as hell). Figured I should get that outta the way, lest I disappoint any clown lovers out there.

Ahem, moving on…

This has been one of the suckiest “good mail” weeks in a long time. How sucky was it, you ask? Sooo sucky that I seriously got nothing but junk mail all damn week. Oh, and bills (the only thing worse than junk mail). Not one box, package, free shampoo sample… Nada. Sad, right? Keep me in your thoughts.

DISCOUNTS

Citrus Lane – $10 off your first month when you click here.

Conscious Box – FREE BOX with coupon code “ONEFREE“. Click here. Just pay shipping.

Cultured Crate – $5 off a 3, 6, or 9 month subscription when you use the code “ROSEBUDS“.

Ecocentric Mom – $4 off any new monthly subscription when you “Like” them on Facebook and then click here and use the code “ECOFACEBOOK4OFF“.

Escape Monthly – Get 20% off for LIFE when you click here and use the code “YOURESCAPE“!

Healthy Surprise – $10 off your first box when click here and use the code “HEALTHY10“.

Juniper – 50% off your first month when you use the code “2 Little Rosebuds” (expires 8/31/13).

Love with Food – First box FREE with code “FBGIFT” (just pay $2 shipping).

Orange Glad – 10% off your first box when you use the code “ROSEBUDS7“.

Taste Trunk – 25% off your first month when you use the code “2littlerosebuds25” and put my name (Wendy Rose) in the “special instructions” box.

CURRENT GIVEAWAYS

Win a free month (3 pairs of socks) from Zockster! Ends 8/13

Win a free cereal sampler from Earnest Eats! Ends 8/19

Win a free snack box from Munchit! 2 Winners!! Ends 8/26

BOXES/PRODUCTS REVIEWED THIS WEEK

Conscious Box – This was a special “bonus” Summer Mystery Box. I love mystery boxes! This was no exception.

Earnest Eats – I was sent their new Hot & Fit cereal to try. It’s all natural and totally vegan. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway!

Munchit – A weekly snack box with lots of healthy snackin’ options. I’m giving away a free box to TWO lucky winners!

UPCOMING GIVEAWAYS

Two words: Vegan. Cookies. Stay tuned!!

WINNER! WINNER!

The winner of the 8×10 canvas print from Easy Canvas Prints is… Lianne Thompson! Congrats!

TWIN STUFF

The girls had their twelve month checkup this week. Everything was great, except that the doctor wants them to go to a feeding clinic. They still don’t quite enjoy the whole “solids” thing, nor do they want any part of holding their own bottles. And sippy cups? Pfft. So yeah, I guess they need some… intervention. Anyone have any experience with this sorta thing? Or are my kiddos just little divas who think they’re too posh to chew?

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Munchit Subscription Box Review & Giveaway

August 9, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 18 Comments

Munchit is a new-ish subscription service for your healthy snackin’ needs. But unlike most subs, this one comes weekly. No waiting all month for your box to show up! You get one every. dang. week. Oh, and it’s totally affordable too! (Less than $4/box!)

Each Munchit contains one 2-serving container of snack mix, one all-natural treat, a mini pack of natural chewing gum, and a tea bag (for hot or iced tea). You simply select all of the snack mixes and treats that you’d like to try and they use your selections to build your box. You won’t know what you’ll get each week, but you WILL know that it’ll be chosen from the options you indicated. Disappointment-free surprises! Yay!

I recently got to try out a Munchit box for myself and it was exactly as described: A cute little box of healthy snacks delivered right to my door at a very reasonable price. Let’s take a look! [read more…]

Giveaway! Earnest Eats Vegan Hot & Fit Cereal Pack — Ends 8/19

August 6, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 15 Comments

I was recently contacted by Earnest Eats after they found a review I did of one of their baked whole food bars (so good!). They wanted to know if I’d be interested in reviewing their new Hot & Fit Cereal line. Since I was already a fan of their yum-tastic food bars, I gladly accepted the offer.

Earnest Eats prides itself on only using high quality, all natural whole foods in each of their products. They’re not down with artificial anything! You can be sure that you’re not gonna find any crazypants ingredients that you can’t pronounce in any of their offerings. Well, except maybe “korintje cinnamon”. That one’s a little tough. 😉 [read more…]

Conscious Box Summer Mystery Box Review (& Discount Code for Free Box!)

August 5, 2013 by Wendy Rose — Leave a Comment

Conscious Box recently announced a special Summer Mystery Box packed full of eco-friendly goodies. They’ve offered these in the past and they were awesome, so I wasted no time ordering one this time around… Besides, who doesn’t love a good mystery box? (Wackos, that’s who!)

Alright, let’s dive right in and see what I got! [read more…]

Zockster August 2013 Review & Giveaway

August 1, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 27 Comments

Here’s a little something different… socks!

Oh, but these aren’t your everyday “pick ’em up at Target” kinda socks. Nope. These babies are made with bamboo! Why bamboo? Read on, my sock-wearin’ friend!

Zockster, the company behind these unique socks, is all about sustainability. Using bamboo to produce socks takes less than 1/10th of the water needed to make “standard” cotton ones. Bamboo also has natural properties that really come in handy when you’re talking socks: Moisture-wicking (less sweat=less stink!), anti-bacterial (less germs!), increased circulation (good for the ‘beetus!), and more. [read more…]

LaLaaLu Box June/July 2013 Review

July 29, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 5 Comments

I realize that it’s almost August and reviewing a box from June might seem silly, BUT I just received this a couple days ago. I had been in contact with LaLaaLu about reviewing a box, they agreed, and THEN they took a summer hiatus to spend time with their families. So there was no actual July box, which is why I was sent June. I kinda hoped they’d wait and send me the August box, but what can ya do.

LaLaaLu is an expertly-curated box for babies, toddlers, and “big kids”. (I tried to find an actual age range, but their new website is beyond confusing. Their old one wasn’t exactly easy to navigate, but this new one… good luck! Hopefully they’re aware of this and make it a little [a lot] more user-friendly soon.)

Unlike most boxes, with Lalaalu you don’t need to commit to a subscription — you simply purchase boxes as you want them. Every month (or two?), a new theme is released and you just choose your box based on the age of your child. LaLaaLu is based in NYC, so they lean towards hip, “city”-inspired themes. The upcoming August theme is “Urban Yogi”.

So yeah. This is the June/July “Urban Artiste” Box. Let’s get artsy! [read more…]

Sneak Peek! – 10 Storks Pregnancy Box Review

July 26, 2013 by Wendy Rose — 5 Comments

10 Storks is a new subscription box set to open up shop on August 1st. It’s a box geared towards expectant moms and features necessities (and treats!) that every momma-to-be needs (and wants!). Many of the products are organic and all are 100% safe for mom and her little womb friend. 😉

Each box corresponds to a different month/stage of pregnancy and there are 10 boxes in all — One for each month, and a “bonus” box of baby essentials once the little bundle arrives. The 10th box is FREE — regardless of which month you sign up!

I was sent “Month 2” for review and I gotta say… I was happily surprised with its contents! Being that it’s a brand new box AND that I’m not pregnant (woo!), I was a little nervous about what I’d be receiving. So what DID I receive? Let’s have a look-see… [read more…]