It’s the only detergent I use to wash my clothes.  I adore the way it smells and it is the only laundry soap that my husband’s overly sensitive skin can handle.  We’ve tried every product under the sun, and we always come back to Tide.

So when Tide had a booth at the BlogHer conference in Chicago this summer, you can bet your sweet behind I was front and center with outstretched palms gathering up every single free sample they would give me.  I got tiny packets of laundry detergent and some new boost packet thingies.  I also received a sample of their new product, the Bounce Dryer Bar.

What is a Bounce Dryer Bar?

It looks like a bar of soap stuck in a mounting device.  You stick it to the inside wall of your dryer and it stays there for 2-4 months working as a constant fabric softener.  In other words, it’s a replacement for dryer sheets.

Oddly enough, this is not my picture.  This picture of a Bounce Dryer Bar is courtesy of rockinfree on Flickr.  I don’t even think he has a review blog.  He’s just taking pictures of his dryer bar.

Anyway.

The Bounce Dryer Bar made my clothes smell fantastic!  It was so easy!  Just stick it in there and forget about it, and load after load of laundry came out smelling like heaven!  No, better than heaven.  It smelled like my mother-in-law’s laundry!  (This, by the way, is a feat I have been trying to achieve for 10 years now with no success.  THANK YOU BOUNCE DRYER BAR!)

And then the Bounce Dryer Bar went and fell off the wall of my dryer.

I was sad.  I was depressed.  I was deeply disappointed that I would no longer have mother-in-law standard laundry.

But!  No!  I just restuck the bar to the dryer wall!  Problem solved!  I LOVE YOU AGAIN BOUNCE DRYER BAR!

And then, a week later, the Bounce Dryer Bar went and fell off the wall of my dryer again.

There would be no resticking this time.  After about a month of use – half the time the packaging promised me – my Bounce Dryer Bar was completely useless.

I can’t decide if I want to replace it.

You can buy a 2 Month Bounce Dryer Barfor less than $6 online. Even if I have to replace it every month, it’s only $6. BUT – a box of Bounce Fabric Sheets will last me at least twice as long for the same price.

And dryer sheets don’t crumble.

Yes, I said crumble.  While I didn’t experience any problem with the bar dissolving in my laundry, I’ve had friends who also received samples and ended up with soap flake like specs of the Bounce Bar all over their dryer and freshly laundered clothes.

I’m torn. The idea of the Bounce Dryer Bar is fantastic and my clothes were softer and smelled better than when I use a normal dryer sheet.   However, the long term execution was less than desired.

Have you tried Tide’s Bounce Dryer Bar?

What were your results?

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I was complaining on twitter the other day about being in a bad mood and annoyed at people in general.

I received a direct message from a local PR rep asking if she could perk me up with Disney On Ice tickets to giveaway.

I asked her if I could “give them away” to my two kids – because, um, giving stuff to other people doesn’t perk me up nearly as much as making my kids think I do not, for one night, suck as a mom.

She said no, basically, that I had to give them to one of you people – but generously offered to put 4 tickets aside for me and my family too.

And people say whining on Twitter is unproductive.  Ha!  Shows what you know!

Ahem.

ANYway – it seems I have a four pack of tickets to Disney On Ice to give away now.  Oh, and I’ll be going too. So this is pretty much like a SUPER PRIZE PACK of Disney On Ice And A Night With Miss Britt’s Family.

(OK, fine.  You don’t have to hang out with me.  But it’s pretty lame if you don’t want to.  I’m awesome.  And my kids will be distracted by the ice stuff.  Well, I probably will be to.  So don’t come sit by me if you’re not going to let me watch the show, because I’ve actually always wanted to see Disney On Ice and I would like to be able to enjoy it without you mocking me, thank you very much!)

Where was I going with this?

Disney On Ice

Right.  4 Free Tickets to Disney On Ice (night with Miss Britt’s family optional)

Here’s the catch:

• Tickets are for the opening night, Friday, Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m performance
• Tickets are for the show in Orlando, FL at the Amway Arena

Official media stuff about this show:

• “Disney On Ice presents Celebrations! It’s one colossal party on ice, with all your favorite Disney friends! Enjoy a winter wonderland with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, a Halloween haunt with the Disney Villains, a Very Merry Unbirthday Party, a Royal Ball with the Disney Princesses and more in a magical medley of holidays, celebrations and festivals from around the globe.”
• Tickets are $45 (Front Row), $40 (Rink side), $31( VIP), $27, $19 (Ticketmaster service charges and facility fees not included.) Tickets are available at www.DisneyOnIce.com or www.ticketmaster.com, at any Ticketmaster outlet by calling 800-745-3000, or at the Amway Arena box office. For group ticket sales and information, call 866-248-8740, or e-mail groupsales@feldinc.com.
• Yes I copied and pasted this from a press release.  Because I am the best review blogger ever.

Enter to win this 4 pack by leaving a comment on this post with a valid email address – because, you know, I have to be able to tell you if you win. This contest will run from right now thru Friday August 28th at midnight EST.

And if you can’t get to Orlando that night?  Well, uh, sorry.  They have shows all over and you can find out about them here!

(Oh, and can we all take a minute to chuckle at the fact that I am now in some very tiny way associated with Disney?)

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If you’re a woman with a pear or hourglass shaped body, finding a pair of jeans that fits your waist and your hips can seem downright impossible.

I used to consider myself an hourglass.  And then my boobs shriveled up, my hips made room for two children and an all you can eat Chinese buffet, and Viola!  I’m a pear!  And my hips are still significantly wider than my waist.

Because of my own struggle with finding the perfect pair of jeans, I was especially excited to receive an email from my friend Maria about a new line of jeans that caters to my body type.

From her email:

I was looking for jeans and  found this brand called Little in the Middle, for hourglass/pear shapes. You know, those of us that have to wear belts to prevent showing ass cleavage or if we want something that actually fits our waist, it flattens our ass and bunches in the back of our thighs? Yeah.

Anyway, I bought some and holy fuck it’s true! I got a size …., and they are everything they claim to be. My new faves. They were $100, but totally worth it.

http://www.littleinthemiddle.com

I don’t even know what your body looks like, it’s probably not even applicable to you, I dunno, but I thought maybe your readers might like it. And I was way impressed. And too lazy to update my own review blog.

Of course I ran right over to check out Little In The Middle jeans for myself.  I then hunted down everyone in their PR and marketing department and begged and pleaded with them to let me try a pair for myself this site.

Two days later, a beautiful pair of dark rinsed, mid rise, bootcut jeans arrived in my mailbox.  I could see by looking at them that the waist was smaller than the hips and thighs.  I was impressed by the quality of the denim – I’m a big believer in sturdy denim for women who don’t want every lump hanging out.  I immediately put my new pair of jeans on underneath the dress I was wearing.

Or at least, I attempted to.

I mostly got the jeans pulled up, but there was no way I was getting them buttoned.  The size I had requested was too small.  I probably should have taken Maria’s advice and gone through the truejeans.com web site to get my atual sized based on my measurements instead of relying on my “no, really, I wore that size just a few months ago!” vanity.

Unfortunately, a larger size would not have addressed the length issue.  I’m just shy of 5’2″ and the jeans were much too long.  I would have had to hem the jeans to their knees and ruin the bootcut shape in order to make them wearable (even if they had been the right size).

I’m bummed that the jeans don’t fit me.  I spoke with one of the (I think) owners of Little In The Middle and discovered that they are RIGHT NOW working on a new line with a 30″ inseam.  She also let me know that the dark rinse makes the jeans fit about a half size smaller.  Which makes sense! Ha!  I knew I was that size just a few months ago!

I’m looking forward to being able to try out the shorter version in a slightly larger size.

In the meantime…

Who wants a free pair of designer jeans?

I was at a loss about what to do with the jeans I’d received that I couldn’t wear.  I asked the good people at Little In The Middle if I should send them back or try to find someone (who is thinner and taller than me and therefore a horrible, horrible person) who could wear the jeans and give them away.

They generously offered to let me give a pair of jeans away – in any size and style.

WIN A FREE PAIR OF LITTLE IN THE MIDDLE JEANS!

Would you like to try a pair of Little In The Middle jeans for yourself?

Here are the styles you have to choose from:

The Empowered jean by Little in the Middle is a midrise bootcut.  The jeans sit right below the navel.  (These are the ones I requested.)

The Confident jean by Little in the Middle is a lowrise bootcut.

The Bold jean by Little in the Middle is a midrise bootcut with no back pockets.  The Bold jean features a wide waistband with a double button closure.

Three ways to enter to win a free pair of jeans from Little In The Middle:

1. Leave a comment on this post with a valid email address telling me which style you’d like to try.
2. Post a link back to THIS POST on your blog.
3. Twitter this post, and leave a comment on this post with a link to the twitter update.

More official sounding rules:

1. Entries must be received by Sunday, June 14th at Midnight Eastern time.
2. You can enter multiple times, but each entry must have it’s own individual comment (to make the picking easier).
3. Winner will be contacted by email on Monday, June 15th.
4. If you win, you’ll have to give me your size and mailing address to send the jeans to.
5. Winner will be chosen at random using a very fancy randomizing number system.

Good luck!

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