Two prizes, one winner.

CandiO wins this week’s dual giveaway of “Does This Make My Assets Look Fat? A Woman’s Guide to Finding Financial Empowerment and Success” by Susan Hirshman and the “Who makes this stuff up?” package of items from BlogHer 2010. Congratulations, CandiO, and have fun with that Jimmy Dean alarm clock. I’ll give you one hint … Read more

Win a year’s worth of groceries! (Gotta love a contest that mentions “bacon sugar.”)

Ever thrown away a half-used food product because, well, you never got around to using it? So has 77% of the population, according to a survey done for the J.M. Smucker Company.

Don’t toss it, repurpose it – particularly if it’s a Hungry Jack brand item. The “Use Up the Box” contest will award a year’s worth of groceries to the best recipes that use the company’s instant mashed potatoes, pancake mix or syrup. Two caveats:

  • Your recipe must use at least one cup of Hungry Jack instant mashed potatoes or pancake mix, or at least ¼ cup of Hungry Jack syrup.
  • Your recipe cannot be “Doughnut Bites With Bacon Sugar,” because that’s already been done.

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The winner! And a reminder.

Of the more than 350 entries in the $100 Amazon.com gift card giveaway, only one could be a winner.

Gina was chosen and she’s very excited. Five weeks ago she had a baby — funny how expenses go up at such a time.

Congratulations to Gina, and thanks to everyone else who entered. It’s a tough act to follow, but at least this week’s giveaway is both cute and attitudinal.

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