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Show Your Inside Out #SleepEmotions and Enter to WIN a New Mattress or $5000 from Mattress Firm + Lavender Pillow Giveaway #InsideOutEvent

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Show Your Sleep Emotions & Enter to WIN a New Mattress or $5000+Giveaway

By Erin

*I will receive a Lavender Bliss Pillow in exchange for this post. All thoughts and opinions are always my own*

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By now you have probably gone out and seen Inside Out. If you have not, then what’s the hold-up? 😛 To get the full experience of this contest, it is best to have seen the movie (but obviously not required to enter by any means.)  To celebrate this amazing film; Mattress Firm is giving you a chance to win by entering the #SleepEmotions contest through July 21.  All you have to do is snap a “sleepy selfie” and follow the instructions below.

What are your #SleepEmotions? I LOVE sleep, and I share Joy’s happiness when I get to sleep in, or catch up on some sleep. Nothing makes me angrier though than a bad night’s sleep next to a snoring monster or just a sleepless night. We all love a full, uninterrupted night of sleep. Sleep plays a big role in all aspects of life, not just physically, but also emotionally; and our emotions shouldn’t get in the way of a great night’s rest. Sleep, or a lack of it, definitely impacts our emotions, so I bring great JOY in giving you the chance to win $5,000 by entering Mattress Firm’s #SleepEmotions Contest!

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How to Enter:

1. Snap your sleepy selfie!

2. Visit Mattress Firm on Instagram or Twitter pages and share your selfie using the hashtag #SleepEmotions, or visit their Facebook tab or the contest website to sign up for the contest and upload your photo.

3. Once your entry has been approved within 24 hours, visit the homepage on the contest microsite to search for your entry and locate your unique link to share with your social community for votes and get closer to winning one of the grand prizes.
• Entry Period #4: Anger (show your ANGRY side, maybe on a Monday morning? 😉 – 6/19/15 (at 12:00 a.m. CT) – 7/1/15 (at 11:59:59 p.m. CT)
• Entry Period #5: Joy (After a blissful nights sleep)– 7/2/15 (at 12:00 a.m. CT) – 7/21/15 (at 11:59:59 p.m. CT)
• Note: You can only enter once per entry method per Entry Period.

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Contest Prizes:

  • One (1) Grand Prize: $5,000, awarded in the form of a check.
  • Five (5) First Prizes: Beautyrest Recharge Queen Set including queen size mattress and queen size box spring (bed frames not included), ARV: $1,099.00.
  • Five (5) Second Prizes: Two standard memory foam luxury gel pillows, ARV: $258.
  • Twenty Five (Five (5) per Entry Period) Prizes:  Five (5) sets of four (4) movie certificates, ARV: $52. Prizes will be mailed to the winners directly.

Official Contest Rules: http://www.mattressfirm.com/sleepemotions/rules

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*BONUS* SPECIAL PILLOW GIVEAWAY!

Now, I ALSO have the sweet opportunity to offer this amazing giveaway to you all! You all have the chance to win a comfy Lux Living Lavender Bliss Pillow! The pillow features premium memory foam blended with natural lavender oil, which creates a supportive, plush feeling pillow with the natural benefits of Lavender oil. Lavender has been used for centuries as a sleep aid and has been shown to promote relaxation and sleep quality. This pillow also features ventilated channel technology to ensure maximum breathability, and is molded not to ensure consistency and durability. You can sleep easy knowing that this pillow comes with a 5 year warranty, ensuring peace of mind for years to come. Retail Value $129.00. ONE of my lucky readers will win one of these! SO enter away and GOOD-LUCK! See Sweepstakes Rules Tab on the blog for full details on rules. Open to US Residents 18 and over, Ends 7/15/15 at 12AM PST, winner has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

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Sweet Dreams!! 🙂

Don’t forget to go out and see Inside Out! 

 

Knott’s Berry Farm’s Boysenberry Festival & Giveaway #KnottsSpring @Knotts

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Knott’s Berry Farm’s Boysenberry Festival

By Erin

*This is written by me for GigaSavvy. I do not work for or with any brand mentioned in this article, nor do I have any official relationship with them. I’ll be attending a media event for the Knott’s Berry Farm Boysenberry Festival with complementary passes. All thoughts and opinions remain my own.*

Boysenberry Pie. Boysenberry Lattes. Boysenberry Trifles. Oh my! Now all we need is a glass of boysenberry wine! As a foodie at heart, Knott’s Spring is my all time favorite time of year here at Knott’s Berry Farm, because of all the fresh and tasty bites and sips to choose from. This is one fun spring food fest that you won’t want to miss! You can celebrate this spring during Knott’s Berry Farm’s Boysenberry Festival that is harvested in the theme park’s historic Ghost Town. From March 28th- April 12th, 2015, this 16-day festival returns with an unforgettable lineup of exquisite Boysenberry Bites, dazzling entertainment, gourmet food and the Wine and Craft Brew Tasting Garden, plus the limited time return of the classic Bear-y Tales characters in a pie making kitchen, and more!

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Ghost Town: The History

A little bit of fun history about Knott’s that you may not know, as this fun festival celebrates its roots. Back in the 1930s, Walter Knott harvested the boysenberry, which is a cross between a loganberry, red raspberry and blackberry. It was named after its originator Rudolph Boysen. All boysenberries in the world can trace their roots back to Knott’s Berry Farm. That’s pretty neat!

Boysenberry Plants This spring you can purchase authentic boysenberry plants from Walter & Cordelia Knott’s Original Roadside Boysenberry Stand (recreated for the special event). The Knott family sold freshly picked boysenberries from the original stand. Guests can capture the moment and the memories at boysenberry themed stand-in cutouts, like wanted posters, a boysenberry farming family and more. Watch special demonstrations including a chainsaw wood sculpting, glass blowing and blacksmithing. Meet the Ghost Town’s mayor, Mayor Desmond Ryder and his lovely wife, Josephine. From day to night, Ghost Town has never looked so lively.

Tasty Boysenberry Treats to Try

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Deep Fried Alligator Pieces & Fries with Boysenberry Aioli

Fried Cheese Curds paired with a Spicy Boysenberry Dipping Sauce

Craft Beer and Wine Vendors – Boysenberry wine and Belgium Boysenberry Beer, located inside of Ghost Town’s Wilderness Dance Hall, will feature an assortment of wine and craft brew labels, in addition to a variety of boysenberry inspired gourmet food that’s just bursting with flavor.

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Boysenberry Trifle (vanilla cake piece, frozen boysenberry, soft serve ice cream, and whipped cream)

Berry Market™ Boysenberry BBQ Sauce smothered on an assortment of other delectable treats (an original Knott’s Berry Farm creation)

Fish and chips sandwich with boysenberry tartar sauce

Boysenberry ICEE Floats

Boysenberry Frappuccino and Latte (served at the new Gourmet Coffee Hut which proudly serves Starbucks drinks)

And more!

You can find more charbroiled treats cooked on open-air barbeques throughout the streets of the festival. Additional fee for tastings. Guests who want to take home the exquisite sauce can do so by stopping by the Berry Market, General Store in Ghost Town or by visiting knotts.com.

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Stuff Yourself With Nancy’s Pizza and $50 Giveaway @NancysPizza

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Stuff Yourself With Nancy’s Pizza

By Erin

*Disclosure: I received a gift card to make a trip to Nancy’s to try out some of this deliciousness. All thoughts and opinions remain my own. Gift card for giveaway to be fulfilled by sponsor.*

Pizza lovers everywhere are going to want to devour some of this greatness at the newest pizza joint that has landed itself in Southern California. Originating in Chicago, Illinois in 1971, Nancy’s Pizza is now serving up some piping hot and delicious pizza here in Alhambra, California. Nancy’s is a fast-casual type restaurant where you order your food at the register, then find a seat and they will bring your order to you. You can also order for take out, and enjoy your meal at home.

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Famous for their stuffed pizzas, that were inspired in Italy and perfected in America, Rocco and Nancy invented the stuffed pizza in 1971. Today, Nancy’s will have you wanting to stuff yourself full with some of this ooey, gooey, deliciousness. If you want something on the healthier side, they do have some great tasting salads as well.

 Stuffed Pizzas

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Being that the stuffed pizza is their trademark pizza, I just had to try this. Weighing in at 5 pounds for a 12 inch pizza and 2 1/2 inches high, it truly is a sight to see (and smell and taste)!  Stuffed full of fresh ingredients. I tried mine with Pepperoni and Sausage.

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*I must note that the service here was amazing. When one of the girls was coming to our table to bring us our pasta, she was apologizing profusely that she had dropped our pizza and was going to make us a new one, but she was making us a medium sized one instead of the small one we had ordered. As we still had our salad and pasta to enjoy, we were in no rush to get our pizza right away anyways, so it was no big deal to us at all. However she kept apologizing and the upgrade to a medium sized pizza was a nice gesture. Not that we even needed it or expected that, it would just mean more leftovers to take home and enjoy later we figured. The staff did not know that I was a blogger here to review their restaurant, and I did not announce that fact at any time when we were there as I prefer whenever possible to get a true feel and experience of what a place is like as a regular diner coming in.*

Salads

Nancy’s has quite a few different kinds of salads to choose from if you are looking for a healthier option, or just something to go with and compliment your pizza. They come in either a small size or large size. The large size is served in a bread bowl.

Nancy's Garbage Salad Pictured above is the ‘Garbage Salad,’ which consists of lettuce, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, mozzarella cheese, black and green olives, mushrooms, green peppers, red onions, tomatoes, and cucumbers. Pretty much it’s a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but I liked it. This is the small size. My friend and I split this, so it’s plenty for two if you are going to be getting a pizza to go along with your meal.

Pasta

Nancy’s has a pretty decent selection of pastas to choose from if that’s more your thing. I love pasta, so we had to try one of the dishes.

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The Tuscan Rigatoni turned out to really hit the spot. Rigatoni pasta tossed in a pink cream sauce with fresh garlic, sautéed Italian sausage, fresh mushrooms and parsley. I’m really picky about my pasta, but I approve of this one. 🙂 The pasta dishes come in “For One” and “For Two” sizes. This is the “For One” size, and was more than enough for my friend and I (considering we also had the salad and the pizza).

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