Baby Dipper Bowl Set Review & Giveaway Ends 4/11

Barbara Schantz, the designer of Baby Dipper is an amazing woman.  She’s the mother to twin girls born in 2004 and to twin boys born in 2008.  That’s right, two sets of twins!  As you can imagine, she had her hands full.  She searched and searched for a bowl that wouldn’t slide around the table and would make meal time easy.  After a lot of research and several purchases she decided to create what she had been hoping to find.  She created a bowl with a sloped center, a non-skid base, and a spoon shaped collection point to gather every last bite of food.

Pros:

  • Angled shape makes it easy to scoop food out with one hand (my favorite!).
  • Non-skid bottom means it won’t slide around your table.
  • Sloped bottom helps food slide to one corner.
  • Spoon is shaped to fit the corner of the bowl.
  • See through sides.
  • Dishwasher safe (a must for me!)
  • BPA-Free

Cons:

Not widely available (yet!)

My thoughts:

I love the non-skid base!  It stays put without a suction cup locking it on to the table.  This avoids having left over food being spilled all over the table when you go to remove the bowl.  The bowl is triangle shaped with a slanted interior so the food slides to the lower corner.  The lower corner fits the spoon and fork perfectly for easy scooping.  This is not only a great feature for a busy mom but also for a toddler feeding themselves.  I’ve heard that the Baby Dipper is usually demonstrated using marbles to show how easy it is to scoop food.  While I haven’t tried it that does seem to be the ultimate test!  Anyone who has ever chased peas around a plate can appreciate this feature.

It’s easy for parents to use the Baby Dipper with one hand, so they can keep the other hand free to care for their baby or whatever else needs doing at the moment.  Something I thought was incredibly cool was that you can see through the sides of the bowl.  I know what  you are saying, “See through plastic is nothing new, Ashley!  What’s the big deal?”  With the see through sides you can easily tell how much food is left without having to tip or lean it over.  Cool, right?  You know only a mom thinks like that!

I love, love, love that it is dishwasher safe!  If it wasn’t, I simply wouldn’t use it.  Convenience is key with kids, right?  It’s BPA-Free which we’re all learning is very important.

Baby Dipper bowl, spoon, and fork set retails for $9.95 and is sold at Babydipper.com, Amazon.com, or click here to find a retailer near you.

Baby Dipper graciously gave me a set to review and wants to give one Embracing Beauty reader a set of their own.  Ready to enter to win your own Baby Dipper set (bowl, spoon, & fork)?

You can enter to win by doing one or more of the following; just be sure to leave a separate comment for each way that you enter.  I’ll draw the winner, via random.org, on April 11th.  The winner willl have 48 hrs to respond before a new winner is chosen.  This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canada only. Also, people who have previously won a Baby Dipper on another blog are ineligible.  Good luck everyone!

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Disclosure: I was given one Baby Dipper to facilitate my review but the opinions expressed are solely my own.

Extreme Couponing Class 101 – Lesson 1

“…Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!” -Luke 12:22-24 NIV

My financial goals:

Honor God with my finances.

Encourage & equip others to be good stewards.

Discover new & creative ways to save more, spend less, & increase giving.

Balance this exciting journey with my marriage & my family.

It is my hope that by the end of this class I will have all of you- nervous, overwhelmed and dedicated fence-sitters converted to the ways of frugal living!

Grocery List

First step to becoming a Coupon Queen is to CHANGE THE WAY YOU SHOP!!!

How do you do that?

Throw everything you know about grocery shopping out the window.

-No more stopping by the store after work to grab a few things.

-No more running to the store at 4:00pm everyday to buy what you need for dinner.

-No more making one list every week to buy the meals you are going to prepare-regardless of the price.

-No more HUGE monthly shopping trips where you spend your entire month’s grocery budget.

-No more running to the store because you are out of toothpaste and deodorant.

Say Goodbye to those days!

And Say Hello to the COUPON QUEEN WAY!

Here’s what you need to know…

  • You will be going to the store a lot, and you will most likely have a very intimate relationship with certain stores and the checkers who are employed there (this is a good reminder to Always be friendly).
  • You will have a Year Supply of toothpaste, soap, shaving cream, disinfectant wipes (among others) before you can blink!!!  Enjoy the added security.
  • Before you know it you will be saving between 50-90% at the grocery store!
  • It’s all about shopping with coupons while a product is on sale- and STOCKING UP so you don’t have to buy something when it’s not cheap or free.

Vocabulary to Learn (or at least familiarize yourself with)

AR: After rebate, the cost of an item after you receive your rebate.

Blinky: Grocery or drugstore coupon dispensers with blinking lights.

BOGO: Buy One Get One

B1G1F: Buy 1 Get 1 Free

BTFE: Box Tops For Education

Cat/Catalina: Catalina coupon, a machine near the cash register that prints coupons when your receipt prints.

CRT: Cash Register Tape – Coupons that print with the receipt

DH: Darling Husband.  Not exactly a couponing term but one I’ve been asked a lot about. : )

DND: Do Not Double, sometimes found on manufacturer coupons.

ECB: Extra Care Bucks from the CVS’ loyalty rewards program.

ESRs: EasySaver Rebates, Walgreens monthly rebates program

FAR: Free After Rebate.

IVC : Instant Value Coupon – Walgreens’ store coupons found in ads

MFR: Manufacturer

MIR: Mail-in rebate

MIR: Mail-In Rebate

NAZ: Name Address and Zip Code

NED: No Expiration Date – I like those!

OOP: Out Of Pocket. Meaning the actual cash you pay after any discounts & coupons have been redeemed.

OOS: Out Of Stock

OYNO: On your next order

P&G: Proctor & Gamble Company or sometimes referring to P&G’s Sunday insert

Peelie: Coupons on the product packaging that you peel off.

POP: Proof of Purchase

PP: Purchase Price

PSA: Prices starting at

RC: Rain Check

RP: Red Plum – Sunday Newspaper Insert (fabulous coupons!)

RR: Register Reward – Walgreen’s name for their Catalina’s.

SMP: Specially Marked Package

SCR: Single Check Rebate, Rite Aid monthly rebates program

SS: Smart Source – Sunday Newspaper Insert (more fabulous coupons!)

TMF: Try Me Free, some products have a mail-in rebate that refunds the total money you spent to purchase the item, so you can “Try It Out” for free. (I won’t use this abbreviation)

UPC: Universal Product Code, bar code on a product

V: Valassis – Sunday Newspaper Insert

WYB: When You Buy

YMMV : Your mileage (or manager) may vary, some stores may allow you to score a deal, some may not.

So, how are you feeling? Are you ready to commit?

View other lessons in this Extreme Couponing series:

Lesson 1:  Change the Way You Shop & Coupon Vocabulary

Lesson 2:  10 Coupon Myths Debunked

Lesson 3:  Where to Find Coupons

Lesson 4: Get Organized

Lesson 5: Creating Your Price-List

Lesson 6: How to Maximize Coupon Savings

Free Recipe Booklets from Sun-Maid

Sun-Maid Cookbook

Sun-Maid is giving away five free recipe booklets.  Just click on the links below to sign up and request yours:

Thanks, Frugal Living and Having Fun!

Sample Pack from Oxy-Clinical

Oxy-clinical

Sign up to receive a free sample pack from Oxy-Clinical. This sample pack includes three different Oxy-Clinical samples.

Free Easter Lapbook from Scripture Adventures

Easter-Lapbook

Scripture Adventures is offering a free downloadable Easter Lapbook.

Thanks, Money Saving Mom!

Walgreens: Free Right Guard Deodorant

Walgreens

Walgreens has Right Guard deodorant on sale – Buy One, Get One Free through March 19, 2011. Buy two and use the Buy One, Get One free coupon from the 3/13 RedPlum insert to get two for Free!

Free Spring Cleanest Gift Pack – First 3,000

Right@Home

The first 3,000 people to sign up for the Spring Cleanest Gift Pack from Right@Home will receive a free package of Windex® Premium Kitchen Microfiber Cloths by Libman®.  Good luck!

30% off Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic In-Store Coupon March 17-20

Old Navy

Here is a great printable coupon that you can begin using Thursday, March 17 to save 30% in-store at Old Navy, Gap, and Banana Republic.  This coupon will even works at the Gap Outlet and Banana Republic Factory Store!  When you use this coupon Gap Inc. will make a 5% donation to Habitat for Humanity. This in-store coupon can be used as many times as you want through Sunday, March 20, 2011.  Now if only I could find a brick and mortar Old Navy that sold maternity clothes!

Free Irish Cheese at Earth Fare 3/15

Earth Fare

Go tomorrow to Earth Fare’s deli counter and request a coupon for Free Irish Cheese.  This deal is ends tomorrow, March 15th, so hurry!

Shamrock Shake Recipe

Homemade Shamrock Shake Recipe

 

This recipe mimics the look and taste of McDonald’s famous shamrock shakes.

 

Yields 2 servings
Prep time: 5 min.
Total time: 10 min.

 

2 1/2 cups vanilla ice cream (any brand or type of your choice)
1 cup 2% low-fat milk or milk of choice
1/4 teaspoon mint extract (more if you want it really minty)
10 drops green food coloring

 

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until smooth, stopping occasionally to stir with spoon if necessary.

 

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

 

To find a McDonald’s near you that has Shamrock shake’s check out ShamrockShake.com.

 

Recipe adapted from this Food.com recipe.