Thanks to that-time-of-the-month bloat, I’ll still be sporting sweatpants this week to avoid the wrath of my muffin top. But you don’t have to!

The random.org winner of the Vitalicious Sampler Pack is {virtual drum roll please…..} Randa @ The Bewitchin’ Kitchen!! Congrats, Randa! You are on your way to sampling delicious muffin tops & treats that are sure to please any dieters deepest cravings. For the rest of ‘ya, thanks so much for entering & be sure to check out your grocers freezer section to buy your own box of Vitamuffins.

This simple, little piece of fabric is the perfect anecdote to my muffin top!

According to Blush, they introduced this Topless Undershirt to bridge the gap between short shirts and low-rise jeans while adding color and a little sass! You can truly create the look of layers, or widdle your middle, without the extra bulk on top.

Buy It!
The Blush Topless Undershirt comes in a variety of colors, patterns and sizes starting at just $15. And, even better, for being a Life as a CEO reader, you can get 20% off your order of 2 or more undershirts by entering the code welovebloggers at checkout!

Win It!
One lucky reader will win a Topless Undershirt in the size of their choice! To enter, simply visit their website and tell me which color or pattern you’d hope to receive & how you follow Life as a CEO! {You MUST be a follower of Life as a CEO to enter–Google Friend, Email Subscription, or Facebook Fan!}

Would you like an extra few chances to win? Simply leave me a comment for each of the following:

~ Follow Life as a CEO on Twitter - 1 entry

~ Follow me on Facebook - 1 entry

~ Follow Blush Undershirts on Twitter – 1 entry

~ Favorite Me on Technorati - 2 entries

~ Add my button to your blog – 3 entries

One winner will be chosen at random and announced next Monday, February 22nd, in my Monday Weigh-In post {yeah, yeah….I promise I’ll actually weigh-in next week!} You have until February 21st to enter.

When I was told that I needed eyeglasses a few years ago, I was actually excited to make them a part of my daily accessories. I imagined myself in a pair of funky black frames that complimented my wardrobe. There were so many adorable pairs that I didn’t know which to choose. Until, of course, I realized that all of the adorable & fashionable ones were totally out of my price range. I settled for a pair of simple frames and, despite my disappointment, they worked out just fine. But I still wished for a pair of affordable yet totally fashionable eyeglasses…

I was approached by Glasses USA to review a pair of prescription glasses and was overjoyed to see that their frames were not only adorable but within my price range. It was like a dream come true.
Glasses USA believes that seeing well shouldn’t be a luxury, it should be a necessity. They promise to take your vision seriously by providing customers with exceptional service and top quality lenses in the hottest eyeglass frames available. And, did I mention at affordable prices?

Glasses USA also takes pride in their Recycled Frames program. Unlike most optical stores that restock returned glasses, Glasses USA donates all returned glasses to various organizations around the US who then sanitize and redistribute them with correct prescriptions to people all over the world who can’t afford vision care. Glasses USA is not just out to make money–they actually care about society!

After I chose the Politix semi-rimless frames, I simply provided Glasses USA with my prescription and they took care of the rest. Within just a few days, my beautiful new glasses arrived at my door, carefully packaged in an eyeglass case and with lense wipe. I chose these frames because their barely-there feel and appearance turns sassy with hints of rhinestones on the sides of the frame. They are everything I’ve always wanted in prescription eye glasses.

I’ll be wearing sweatpants this week ’cause, thanks to our impromptu Super Bowl Party & being snowed in all weekend, my muffin top is back, and there’s nothing worse than when it hangs over your jeans! {Note: I’ll spare you an update on my weigh-in ’til I am back on track next week.} Getting back on track is going to be easy because I am going to embrace some muffin tops!

The wardrobe of a household CEO doesn’t require much–blue jeans, tee’s, and sneakers! But, if you are anything like me, it’s important that your personal style shows despite the simplicity of our “uniform.”

Enter PeaceLoveMom.

According to their website, PeaceLoveMom is made up of a team of Moms with one common goal – to create “a celebration of motherhood” for all types of mothers. PeaceLoveMom is a lifestyle brand company was designed to share life’s many moments of motherhood while inspiring and empowering mothers everywhere. The entire PeaceLoveMom line represents a collaboration and true celebration of motherhood.

I like to think of myself as a “Cost-co Girl”–I go there weekly & I know the store like the back of my hand. While I’m not the type that typically buys things in bulk, I do like the wide variety of products under one roof. I have some standards that I always buy, and I love perusing the aisles, testing new food items and checking out their clothing selection.

My Blog Spark introduced me to my local BJ’S Wholesale Club, and I have to say, I am feeling rather guilty. You see, My Blog Spark & General Mills offered me a free 60-day trial membership, so I decided to go for a little stroll through the store before venturing in with a shopping list. Could BJ’s really be better than my long-time love, Cost-co? Could they really satisfy my needs? As I walked through the aisles, admiring the selection, touching the clothing and books, peeking at the electronics department, I felt like I was having an affair.

Despite the fact that I didn’t have a list, I managed to spend over $100. But it was money extremely well spent. I brought home these luxury 500-count sheets, this double pack of Cetaphil Gentle Cleanser {that sold for less than what I can get it for at Cost-co}, and, of course, we could not leave without checking out the DS game selection and buying Buckaroo this new DS game {again, the price could not be beat}!

I scoped out the produce & deli sections, which were plentiful and fresh, and what I liked most about them was that not everything is sold in such large packaging. Whenever I buy grapes in Cost-co, I end up loosing a good 1/4 of them because we just don’t eat them fast enough. BJ’s offered supermarket-sized packaging at almost 30% less than supermarket-cost, which is perfect for our appetites and our budget. You can also get fresh deli meat sliced there, and I took home delicious brand-name turkey breast for just $4.99 for a pound. Shopping regularly at BJ’s will allow me to stretch my budget without sacrificing quality. Did I mention that they also accept Manufacturers coupons??!!

I will certainly be going back to make full use of my 60-day free membership.

Do you have a BJ’s Wholesale Club by you? If so, here is how you can get a free one-day shopping pass to try it out for yourself.

Want to WIN!?

One lucky winner will receive a $25 BJ’s Wholesale Gift Certificate thanks to BJ’s, General Mills, and My Blog Spark. All you have to do to enter is visit BJ’s website and let me know where the closest location is to you!

For extra entries, all you have to do is this {or let me know you already do}:

~ Follow Life as a CEO through Google Friend- 1 entry
~ Become a Fan on Facebook – 1 entry
~ Follow me on Networked Blogs – 2 entries
~ Subscribe to Life as a CEO via Email – 2 entries
~ Grab my new button – 3 entries
~ Blog about this giveaway – 3 entries

You have until Monday, January 11th at midnight to enter–One lucky winner will be chosen at random on Tuesday, January 12th.

I was not compensated for this review. BJ’s Wholesale Club & General Mills provided me with the trial membership and the gift certificate for one lucky winner. These are my honest opinions.

My life these past few days has been one busy ball of hodgepodge. Instead of trying to make sense of it for you, I’m going to throw in a giveaway to thank you for understanding that I am just too darn busy to put together a decent post!

* I got bangs! Well, sort of. I got side bangs. and I LOVE them. If you are anything like me, your face is dry and in desperate need of a suntan, which puts you into a downward “I-can’t-stand-what-I-look-like” spiral. So, what’s a girl to do? Get her hair cut and colored, of course! It’s not much of a change, just enough to peel my eyes away from the massive third eye growing on my left cheek. But I love it! Do you?

* My freakin’ tooth cracked today and I doubt I’ll be able to see the dreaded “D” in time to chow down the next few days. It could actually be a blessing in disguise diet-wise. I am so afraid to chew on the cracked tooth which is really going to minimize my options the next few days. I just don’t want it to get worse ’cause you all know that there is basically nothing I fear more than dental work.

* We got over 20″ of snow in my neck of the woods, and my town has proved that they have no effective plans for clearing roads anytime soon. The last time a plow came down my road was Sunday! It’s gross. And, just as I anticipated, it’s getting ugly and slushy, and is no longer fun to look at. School has been canceled ALL WEEK, which means that the kids have only been in school for half of the month! Kind of funny if you think of it that way. Funny as in the punch-drunk kind of funny. As in if I don’t laugh I may just cry and scream and lay in the corner shaking…..My kids are literally jumping around my house! Go. Back. To. School.

* I made my final to-do list for the holiday season. I’ve spent the last few days shopping, taking Miss Mac to the doctors for the inevitable Christmas week ear infection, and even getting a head start of my returns (stay tuned for a post about that!) I have one gift left to wrap, and I will start cooking tomorrow night. This is always the time I find the most depressing. All of the hype and excitement from the past month or so is going to be over in like 2 days. And then we won’t get that back for another 345 days or so, depending on when I choose to gear up for the holidays. I just wish that the spirit you feel this time of year could last year round.

And now, for the giveaway…

A few weeks ago, I received a nifty calendar to test drive called the Busy Body Books Weekly Wall Grid & I would not have survived this last month without it! The BBB Weekly Grid calendar has 7 columns for you to assign to each member of your family so that you can keep track of everyone’s schedules in one place. Since the columns are side-by-side it’s very easy to coordinate all appointments, projects, and commitments for everyone in your household.

Aside from its ample writing space, clean design, and two-week view, I loved how versatile this calendar is. You can choose anything you’d like to customize your columns, which makes it a very personalized way to organize your life. I customized my columns this way: The CEO, Buckaroo, Miss Mac, DaddyMac, Important Reminders, Dinner, and (of course!) My Blog!

Busy Body Book offers a few other styles of organizers so you are sure to find one that suits your families needs the best. One lucky reader is going to choose an organizer of their choice to help you resolve to organize your life in 2010! Here is how you can win:

Visit Busy Body Books and let me know which organizer you would choose if you win! This must be done before anything else. To get bonus entries, simply do the following:

~ Follow me through Google (or let me know you already do!) – 1 entry
~ Subscribe to Life as a CEO via email (or let me know you already do!) – 2 entries
~ Post about this Giveaway and link back to Life as a CEO – 3 entries
~ Grab my new Life as a CEO button – 4 entries

Enter by midnight on December 3oth. I will choose one winner at random at noon on New Years Eve!

I’ve saved the best for last!! I am so excited to give one of my readers this $58 GIVEAWAY from one of my all time favorite shops–The Body Shop! The Body Shop has generously provided me with three essential products from their Merry Cranberry Holiday Line, and you are going to love them!
The first product to help you get perfect skin this winter is their Merry Cranberry Body Smoother valued at $20. Simply smooth and polish your skin using this luxurious, lightly-scented gel-based polish with exfoliating cranberry seeds, walnut shell and evening primrose.

The next step to soften your skin is to use the Merry Cranberry Body Butter. This holiday favorite is a rich, intensive cream that moisturizes for up to 24 hours with a sweet, fruity and festive cranberry scent. The Body Butter retails for $20.

The third and final step is to massage some Merry Cranberry Frosted Shimmer Lotion onto your skin. Your skin will be soft, smooth and shimmering for the holidays with this light, easily-absorbed moisturizer that has a sweet, fruity scent. It’s the perfect accessory this holiday season, and it’s valued at $18.

WIN THE SET!
The first and most important entry is to subscribe to Life as a CEO via email, or let me know that you already do. To subscribe, simply type your email address into the box below and after you confirm your subscription, let me know by leaving a comment. Rest assured, I will not share your email address, you will simply get emails from me whenever I add a post to my blog.

If you’d like BONUS ENTRIES which will not only help you win this $58 set of products from The Body Shop but will also put you in the running to win our GRAND PRIZE (which right now has over $250 in STOCKING STUFFERS!!), here’s how you can get them:

~ BECOME A FAN of THE BODY SHOP on Facebook & let them know that I sent you – 1 entry

~ FOLLOW ME though Google (or let me know you already do!) – 1 entry

~ Visit The Body Shop’s Blog and subscribe to their RSS feeds – 1 entry

~ Tell me your favorite scent from The Body Shop – 1 entry

~ Enter Mellisa’s Last Chance to Stuff Your Stocking Giveaway – 1 entry

~ Post about our STUFF YOUR STOCKING WITH GIVEAWAYS Party on your blog and let your friends know that there is just ONE WEEK LEFT to get entries in to win our GRAND PRIZE of $200+ in awesome stocking stuffers – 5 entries!!!

You have until Thursday, December 17th at midnight to enter. One winner will be chosen at random & announced next Friday morning!

First things first, I want to announce some winners!! Random.com helped me choose the following winners……

The Glade Sense & Spray Stocking Stuffer Giveaway winner is…..(virtual drum roll please…..)

Jackie who said…

I subscribe via email #1 (new subscriber!)

The Klean Kanteen Stocking Stuffer Giveaway winner is…..(another virtual drum roll please….)

Patty who said…

so glad to know you endorse this – I had it on my wish list for Xmas, but wasn’t sure about it. . .. the pink is my fave!!

Random.org chose comment #78…

So, congrats to (virtual drum roll please……)

I entered Mellisa giveaway

Are you ready for another STUFF YOUR STOCKINGS GIVEAWAY!!??

The outpouring of gifts donated from businesses has been tremendous and in order to get you these great stocking stuffers in time for the holidays, Mellisa & I needed to surprise you with a few extra GIVEAWAYS! Today, I am offering a set of 2 Homemade Shea & Shimmer Body Scrubs from Twin Birch Bath and Body made in Vermont and offered online thought their Etsy shop HERE. One look inside the jars of these all natural scrubs and there’s no doubt that you’ll be saying good bye to your dry, itchy winter skin in no time. I swear it looks like fresh snow in a jar!

Their secret is to whip ORGANIC SHEA BUTTER, SWEET ALMOND OIL, 100% Vegetable GLYCERIN & PURE CANE SUGAR into a luxe moisturizing treat. They also pop in some ground vanilla bean for fun! High quality fragrances & essential oils are then added to give you lots of aroma~pleasure. Finally, a dash of ultra~fine cosmetic shimmer is added to show your inner SPARKLE to the world ~JUST LIKE THE SUN ON FRESH SNOW!

The scrubs are simple to use. In the shower, use soap as you normally would. Before you get out, gently exfoliate & moisturize your skin with the yummy scrub. Rinse off & pat dry. You may even get to skip your after~shower lotion routine!

Twin Birch Bath and Body offers a full line of all natural skin products. If you would like to STUFF YOUR STOCKING with a set of 2 Shimmer and Shea Body Scrubs in Juniper Breeze and Frosty Grapefruit, visit Twin Birch Bath and Body’s Etsy Shop and let me know which of their all natural products are your favorite.

There’s more…..

If you’d like to earn BONUS ENTRIES, which will not only help you win the set of 2 Shimmer & Shea Body Scrubs but will ALL count towards the GRAND PRIZE of winning all 16 Stuff Your Stocking Giveaways, here’s how you can earn them:

- FOLLOW ME through Google or let me know if you already do – 1 entry

- BECOME A FAN of LIFE AS A CEO on Facebook, or let me know if you already are – 1 entry

- Subscribe to my blog via email (just enter your email address over there —> and then comment after you get your confirmation) – 1 entry

- Subscribe to Getting All My Ducks in a Row via email – 1 entry

- Visit Mellisa and enter her Tuesday stocking stuffer giveaway (and let me know you did!) – 1 entry

- Grab my Life as a CEO button – 3 entries

- Blog about this Giveaway and link back to this post – 3 entries

Hurry–you only have until next Monday, December 14th at midnight to enter. ONE lucky winner will be chosen at random and announced on next Tuesday’s Final Stuff Your Stocking with Giveaways prompt.

Mellisa & I are thrilled that so many companies want to get in on the fun to help STUFF YOUR STOCKINGS with GIVEAWAYS that we needed to throw a SURPRISE Giveaway in here to fit them all in before Christmas!

A few months ago, I reviewed the Glade Sense & Spray motion activated Air Freshener, and when the reps over at Glade heard I was doing this Blog Party, they offered a free starter set for my readers!!

Here’s a few facts about the Glade Sense & Spray to “freshen” your memory:

- You don’t have to remember to spray it…it’s Automatic, and only releases fragrance when someone is around to appreciate it.

- When the sensor detects motion within a five foot area it automatically sprays the fragrance, then locks for 30 minutes to conserve the refill. (Bonus, it’s cost effective!) Of course if you want an instant burst of the product, I can press the boost button at any time.

- A wide variety of scents are offered, and they are easy on the nose yet smell refreshing & clean.

- It’ll fit into the decor of any room due to it’s neutral decor, and can also be easily mounted to provide out of sight freshness.

- The starter kit you see above retails for $8.49 and includes everything you need to get started. Refills, which last approximately 30 days, retail for $3.49 and come in a variety of scents for your liking.

Your FIRST and MANDATORY entry is to tell me which room in your house you are going to put the Glade Sense & Spray in if you win!

For more entries, which ALL count towards winning the GRAND PRIZE STOCKING of $200+ in products (woah!!!) here’s what you can do:

- FOLLOW ME through Google – 1 entry
- BECOME A FAN OF LIFE AS A CEO on Facebook – 1 entry
- FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @cmacceo – 1 entry
- SUBSCRIBE TO LIFE AS A CEO via EMAIL – 2 entries
- Enter Mellisa’s SURPRISE SUNDAY Giveaway – 1 entry

Winner will be chosen at random on Saturday and announced along with the KLEAN KANTEEN WINNER!!!