Giveaway: The cold and flu package.

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Anybody else here old enough to remember hot-water vaporizers with Vicks Vapo-Rub dissolved in them? Big glass-bodied things that bubbled and murmured and released a menthol-scented steam that helped us croupy kids breathe.

I rediscovered that aroma at BlogHer 2011 — in a box of tissues.

A box of Puffs Plus Lotion With the Scent of Vicks is sitting on my desk right now. It’s the centerpiece of this year’s cold and flu package, which could be yours if the random number generator smiles on you.

In addition to the tissues, the giveaway includes:

  • A box (20 tablets) of Adult Robitussin Peak Cold Formula
  • A box of Zarbee’s All-Natural Nighttime Cough & Sleep Drink
  • A tube of Chapstick Moisturizer (green apple flavor) for your fever-cracked lips
  • Four sample packets of Advil Congestion Relief
  • A 16-count package of Cepacol lozenges, in case your throat is raw from coughing
  • A box of Celestial Seasonings Lemon Zinger tea bags — hot liquids are good for you when you have a cold, but I’m sending a non-caffeinated tea because sleep is good for you, too
  • A cute li’l jar of Bonne Maman honey, to go in the tea
  • It’s packaged in a reusable shopping bag whose logo is very appropriate: SaveAntibiotics.org.

Here’s hoping you’ll sail through the fall and winter without a single sniffle. But if you get sick, you’ll be ready to self-medicate.

To enter:

If you do any (or all!) of these things, please leave separate, additional comments to get credit for each entry.

The deadline is 9 p.m. PDT on Monday, Oct. 10.

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122 thoughts on “Giveaway: The cold and flu package.”

  4. I was raised on Vicks, I also use it for sore muscles. This giveaway sounds like something to keep at your desk, because stuff sneaks up on you.

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  5. I follow both yours and your daughter’s “I Pick up Pennies” via email. Hopefully your daughter has the same bag of cold-goodies also.

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  11. That sounds like it could be very useful in the coming months! Count me in, and thank you for doing the giveaway! (Hope you’ve got a stash of your own, though, just in case.)

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  12. Ah, Mom treating you with Vicks Vapo-Rub and Jones sausages when you’re a sick little kid. Good times.

    Hope I don’t need the kit this winter but would love to have it at my desk as a weapon against my co-workers germs.

    Thanks Donna!!!

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  13. I totally remember those vaporizers! My Mom had this weird bluish glass one and you put Vicks in the top in this little spout thing, but it worked!

    I hope I don’t need any of this stuff in the coming season, but if I do, it sure would be nice to have!

    Also, I subscribe via RSS.

    Thank you!

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  20. I bought a Vicks Vaporizer brand new a year or two ago (they are plastic now) to help my daughter — and, thus, me — sleep when she had a cold. That thing is MAGIC!

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  56. We always did the Vicks on our chest covered with a towel warmed in the dryer.
    This is one prize I would like to win and never need to use.

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  62. I do remember the hot-water vaporizers with Vicks.! My mom always used it when we were sick. Thanks for the giveaway! We’re already finding our first colds of the season.
    jackievillano at gmail dot com

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  102. Yeah – I remember the vaporizer – and Mom rubbing the vapor rub on my chest when I was a kid. Boy, am I dating myself or what?!

    I would love to win this prize pacakge.

    Thanks for the opportunity and the memories!

    Beverley

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  106. So need this lil’ pkg! Anybody remember the home remedy of putting vicks vapor rub on the bottoms of your feet…and wearing socks to bed? I still do it…it really helps! Really!

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  117. I remember Vicks but I have the best memory of camphor oil. My mom would heat up a spoon of it and rub it on my chest. Still love that smell.

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  118. this is a Wonderful Giveaway!!!!! Wonderful idea and so sweet and generous of you!! I am from swapmamas 🙂 Doubt Ill win, I have entered soooo many but have never won anything so i doubt very seriously i will lol but this giveaway is worth a try~~ <3

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