Feminist Friday XV Theme

No theme this week! Do you like when there is a theme or do you prefer just an open feminist link? From here on out the link will be bi-weekly or every two weeks. Please let me know if you like when I give a theme earlier in the week or if you'd prefer it just stays open.


Also a shamless plug to help my sister get to 10,000 page views on her ADORABLE cute animal page. She could win an iPad2 if she's the first to 10K and you will get to squee and have loads of good karma:


 http://avivaevents.bo.lt/4yv0j


Just click the link, load the page and ooh and ahh* at the cuteness!




*oohing and aahing optional

Double Stuff Oreo Lick Race: WIN a Flip 4GB HD Video Recorder!

As an American I grew up with Oreos and it's hard to believe they've only been in the UK for 3 years! Well not that hard to believe for me because I remember being crazy excited when I was able to find them in UK stores and I may or may have not squealed like a tweenage fan girl when I found Double Stuff Oreos at my grocery store and immediately tweeted a picture and then bought 4 packages just in case they weren't there next time. So I guess it's fair to say I freaking love Oreos. I regularly had Oreos and Oreo milkshakes throughout my pregnancy with Blondie Boy and while he hasn't tried them yet (they are egg free so he can eventually!) my Mom craved Oreos when pregnant with me so there must be a genetic link!

So when Oreo got in touch about their Double Stuff Oreo Lick Race I was really excited. Oreo is challenging families to upload their attempts to www.oreolickrace.co.uk and be in with a chance of winning a VIP family trip to Florida. As an added incentive, for every video race uploaded to the website the brand will be donating £1 to the children’s charity, KidsOut who work with children affected by domestic violence. I'm on the Board of Glasgow Women's Aide so I know how much these children need this kind of service.


Entering is easy:

Using a glass of milk and an Oreo cookie, the Lick Race gets two family members competing to finish their Oreo first by following these six, simple steps:

Twist. Lick. Show. Dunk. Eat. Drink. 

First you twist, then you lick the creme filling, then once you have shown the “clean” cookie to your opponent, you dunk it in cold milk. Next you eat the cookie and finally, you drink your milk.


Upload your video before July 31st for a chance to win or if you'd rather be a spectator you can take your chance and enter for daily prizes like a Nintendo Wii just by watching!


I'm going out with some of my friends tomorrow and I'm going to have her 6 year old challenge me since Blondie Boy is still a bit too small. No offense to Aedan but I'm pretty sure I have this race all locked up! Who will you race against?

To help you make a video of your race to prove your are the UK's "Most Entertaining Lick Racers" I have an Oreo goodie box with everything you'll need including: Oreos, two rainbow glasses, badges and (wait for it) A FLIP 4GB HD VIDEO CAMERA (with tripod)!

To enter:
Follow my Blog publicly (link on right sidebar) and comment how you eat your Oreos! Do you eat it whole, cream first, dunk or something else? (mandatory)


Extra Entries:
-Follow me on Twitter and tweet "I entered to win an @Oreo #TwistLickDunk Goodie Box with @Melaina25 and TransatlanticBlonde.com! You can too!: http://tinyurl.com/TBOreo" and comment to let me know (1 extra entry)
-Check out Oreos on Facebook and comment to let me know which recipe you'd most like to try (1 extra entry)


Make sure to leave each entry in a separate comment.
All entries will be verified and deleted if not valid so make sure to leave the usernames you subscribe or tweet with.


Open to UK residents over 18 only. A winner will be drawn at random on July 28th at 12:00 GMT. Winners must contact me within 48 hours or another winner will be drawn. GOOD LUCK!  CLOSED
Transatlantic Blonde was provided an Oreo Goodie Box but view and opinions are my own.

Clothing at Tesco Winners

Two winners did not contact me well past the 48 hours so I've drawn two new winners!

35: Marzena said...

I already follow Clothing at Tesco on Twitter as @marzutek

4: ammaline said...

I am now following via Google Friends Connect
I would buy my son a summer jacket

You have 24 hours to contact me  or new winner will be drawn.


...and the winners of my Clothing at Tesco giveaway are:

26: Medsdemon said...

I follow your lovely blog x

@medsdemon

63: Rachel T said...

I am following your blog with Google Friend Connect. I would buy lots of socks! All I can find is odd ones :-( Where are the pairs?

15: Nicola B said...

I'm following on twitter and I've tweeted: http://goo.gl/EBDL9

@heylinguine

49: Tiddles12 said...

tweeted on twitter and following you as @tiddles12

61: emsiecov said...

I follow Clothing at Tesco on Twitter @emma1111111

Please contact me within 48 hours or a new winner will be drawn in your place.  If you didn't win you can still get a great deal as Clothing at Tesco have an amazing sale on in their baby clothes section and until April 6 there is 20% off EVERYTHING! Yes, you read that right, EVERYTHING!

Win £10 of Clothing at Tesco!

Normally I'd feel a bit stupid saying I love grocery stores, but since Tara at Sticky Fingers has already professed her love, I can go ahead and say I LOVE grocery stores. When we go on holiday I always look forward to poking around the local grocery.  So it's probably no surprise that when Tesco asked if Blondie Boy wanted to try out some of their baby/toddler clothes I jumped at the chance.  I properly love Tesco, besides the fact that I think they should stock more American food **coughcough** and it's where I do most of our shopping.

Who knew you could get such cuteness at the same place you get your groceries? The clothes are a wee bit big on Blondie Boy (he's a skinamarink) but how adorable is that sweater? And a preppy baby belt holding of cords? SWOON! I can't tell you how excited I am about that belt because Blondie Boy often suffers from what we like to call "pants on the ground" since he has a teeny waist and tushie. I love the blue sweatsuit with his baby blues, too!  I think a lot of baby clothes can be overly cluttered with "stuff" and I love how simple, but stylish both outfits are and each outfit totals less than £15 BEFORE the 20% discount!

Clothing at Tesco have an amazing sale on in their baby clothes section and until April 6 there is 20% off EVERYTHING! Yes, you read that right, EVERYTHING!  Tesco also have very generously given me not one, not two, not three, nor even four, but FIVE discount codes to give FIVE of my readers £10 off their next Clothing at Tesco shop!


To enter the giveaway:

Follow my Blog publicly (link on right sidebar) using Google Friend Connect and comment with what you'd buy with your £10 from Clothing at Tesco Shop.

Extra Entries:
-Follow me on Twitter and tweet: "I entered to win £10 off my next @ClothingatTesco shop with @Melaina25 & TransatlanticBlonde.com! You can too! http://tinyurl.com/tbtesco" and comment to let me know (1 extra entry)
-Follow Clothing at Tesco on Twitter and comment to let me know (1 extra entry)
-Blog about the giveaway and comment to let me know (1 extra entry)

Make sure to leave each entry in a separate comment.

All entries will be verified and deleted if not valid so make sure to leave the usernames you subscribe or tweet with.

This giveaway is open to all UK residents. Five winners will be drawn at random on April 4th at 12:00 GMT. Winners must contact me within 48 hours or another winner will be drawn. 

Win £12,000 with Very & Emma's Diary!

Who doesn't want £12,000 cash? Click on the picture or here to enter!

Vote for Blondie Boy!

I never, ever do these things, but can y'all please help?

I submitted Blondie Boy's costume to the American Apparel Halloween Costume Contest.

Voting closes 11:59pm PT on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 will you please rank him a 5?

Click on the link below or here to vote and please tell your friends!

http://www.americanapparel.net/storefront/UGCStyle/Halloween10/View.asp?e=9175

...and the winner is!

We had 22 entries to the Hipp Organic Giveaway, so we decided to write out the entries and let Blondie Boy pick the winner. Just so y'all know I do check-up and see if you actually are following, tweeting and disqualify any entries which can't be verified. We don't tolerate shenanigans in the Blondie household!

Without further ado the winner is.....


Video filmed on a Kodak Zi8.

Congratulations! Please be in touch within 48 hours or another winner will be drawn.

Congratulations and for those who didn't win Hipp Organic goodies are available for online and in most large grocery stores and pharmacies.

St Patrick's Day Playlist competition

Want to win a Rock 'n' Roll Weekend in Ireland?


The competition is open to music fans in the UK and anyone who votes or submits a song to add to the playlist is in with a chance to win a rock 'n' roll weekend in Dublin. The competition closes tomorrow (Sunday 14 March) and the top artists will be announced on St Patrick's Day.

Click here to enter! (only open to UK residents)

My friend Caitlin brought this to my attention and I was in no way compensated for this post.

Contest @Aviva Events

Your facebook News Feed has probably made it very clear that Engagement Season is in full-swing! Thanksgiving through Valentine’s Day is quite the busy time of year for proposals, so you may be currently busy congratulating friends right and left.

To celebrate the season Aviva Events is not only dishing out advice, but also having a contest! Share your engagement story in the comments section of the Aviva Event's blog before Friday morning (1/8, 10am EST) and they'll pick a comment at random to win a special Engagement Present from the crew at Aviva Events :)

Cutefest 2009

Cutie Pie Finn is in the lead, but by only 2%!

You can vote every 30 minutes up until 12pm EST (not that I expect you to, but if you are really bored, go for it!)



So if you get a chance, help him secure a 1st place finish and vote! I know Andrea would really appreciate it and Finn will probably be happy when his Mommy stops refreshing her browser every few minutes :)

UPDATE: FINN WON!

Thank you for voting!!!

XP: Vote for Finn

One of my friends Andrea's son, Finn, is in the running to win a child/baby photography contest.



The polls are open and its is easy to vote! Go to the site and cast your vote for Finn! The contest opened on Friday, July 10th at 12 noon EST and will run till end of Monday, July 13th at midnight.


You can see all of Andrea's reasons why to vote here. I think Finn is pretty cute myself and all you need to do is click, so for 30 seconds of our time, why not?

BGT: Quit already

I do not like Susan Boyle and I don't care what her story is the bottom line is she's not a great singer. If she'd walked out on that stage blonde and attractive, she wouldn't have made it past the first round of Britain's Got Talent. She's there because she came out looking a hot mess and it was surprising for her to sing well. She's not a bad singer, but she's not great or anywhere near what the media has made her out to be.

If there hadn't been such a media frenzy around her, I really don't think she'd have made it through the second round of public votes either. There are rumours she is going to quit the show or be told to leave and honestly, I hope she does.

There are some people who are actually talented and not just awkward and with a sad story to tell. I know the viewers of BGT vote for little kids and sob-stories, but COME ON! At least vote for the little kids/sob story that has talent, not the one who doesn't. These are my favorite finalists so far in no particular order:

Diversity

Shaheen

Who should have made it through:

Two more finalists get picked tonight, but I still think Natalie should have made it through. It won't let me embed the video but you can see her precocious performance here. Now tell me Susan Boyle is better than her? That's right you can't.

3 words...

Glambert was robbed.

Try your luck

I'm loving blog contests and this one was recommended to me by the ever stylish Nancy.

Gocks Frocks is having a great contest to celebrate her 200th blog post, so check it out. She made some gorgeous dresses for Nancy's little ones for her wedding. How cute are they?

You could win a $50 voucher to use in Gocks Frocks Etsy store, so why not!

Sick Girl

I started to feel crappy on Tuesday so over 48 hours I had:

Yet here I am with a cold/flu/nastiness. So I'm on my couch being moany and snotty and generally hating the world.

It's been a while since I had my last comment contest, so comment with your best under-the-weather treat or cold remedy and one winner will win:

Much to NBH's dismay, I watched my favorite 1980's movie in bed last night and it could be yours if you are lucky!