This post is a sponsored post on behalf of Savings.com. All opinions are my own.

So I have this problem: I have too much money and not enough ways to spend it. I try really hard – I watch QVC and HSN. I buy things like the Slap Chop and Magic Bullet! But alas…SO MUCH MONEY, so little time. I even occasionally look to celebrities for inspiration on spending excessive amounts of cash.

Oh wait, no. I’m sorry – that was an excerpt from my dream world. Let me refocus. MY dilemma is smart spending. Yes, that’s it. Lack of money. As a young person starting a family, I need to be selective. I want to buy things that are high-quality and long-lasting, but not too expensive. Amazon’s product ratings serve as a good guide, but it takes forever to filter through all the options and focus on the products I care about. I need a site to make my shopping process simple. Give me the the highest rated and most frequently purchased items in the product category I want. And then send it straight to my house. Am I asking too much??

Cooking.com makes things simple (for kitchenware, at least). If I’m looking for a coffee maker, I type in “coffee maker” and it gives me the top rated and the best-selling brewer, side-by-side. I can see comments by previous purchasers as well as an extensive, easily-sortable list of other coffee makers. When I make my (extremely easy and straightfoward) decision, I can buy the item I want right on their site – usually at a discounted price. Better yet, they put a link to all available factory rebates right next to the selling price. And better STILL, there are tons of Cooking.com coupons listed over on Savings.com, a clever social couponing site that can best be described as ”PennySaver meets Digg.” So not only is it easy to find what I want, it’s easy to get the best price on it.

One last awesome benefit that makes it SO much easier for me to locate gadgets on Cooking.com: the site really does show the best of the best. If I look for a meat tenderizer over at Crate & Barrel, I get your generic everyday meat mallet:

If I search on Cooking.com, I do get the generic meat mallet (because that’s what’s popular and sells high volumes), but I also get THIS:

Holy cow! These people are serious about their meat. And did I mention they also have hundreds of delicious recipes also on this same site? Yeah, I dare you to browse over there without blowing your budget AND your diet.

Edit: According to Random.org, the winner is….#1) Sharon! Sharon is also getting married soon and said she’d like to use the postcards as thank you cards for her engagement gifts. Congrats!

UPrinting is giving 100 postcards away to one of my readers! While I’ve been slaving away on wedding favors and invites and just about every other handmade detail I could possibly stress over, there are certain things best left to the professionals. So I’m using UPrinting’s postcard printing services to print out directions from the ceremony to the reception (the two venues are a good 20-minute drive apart and I’m not leaving my guests to just wander the streets of San Diego aimlessly). I contemplated printing directions out at home and cutting pages in half to make them flyer-like, but then I realized there’s absolutely no reason to make life harder on myself than necessary. Plus, postcards are way more professional, and pretty inexpensive. UPrinting to the rescue!

If you don’t happen to be getting married anytime soon, postcards can be a great way to get the word out about an event, party, recent move, marriage, baby, etc. They also make nice handouts for businesses at Farmer’s Markets, meetings and conventions. They’d make cool recipe cards to have on hand, too, especially if you happen to have one particular recipe that everyone constantly demands.

Prize:
100 4 x 6 Postcards for one (1) winner
Specifications: 14pt Cardstock Gloss. Full Color Both Sides

How To Enter:
Leave a separate comment for each entry (so if you become a fan on Facebook, leave a comment here letting me know that you’re a fan). Please make sure to enter a valid email address when you post your comment so that I can contact you if you win.

• Tell me what you’d print if you win!
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Giveaway closes Thursday, May 27th @ 11:59am (PST). Winner will be picked by Random.org and notified by email.

Please note, this is a sponsored giveaway. I am receiving product compensation in exchange for offering this opportunity to my readers. Any opinions expressed are entirely my own. Eligibility: limited to US residents ages 18 and older.

Following up on our 100 postcard giveaway from UPrinting…the winner (chosen by Random.org) is #1 Anna! Anna said that she plans to use the postcards as thank you notes in her favor boxes. Clever idea…I just might have to copy you! Congrats on winning AND on your engagement, Anna!

EDIT: This giveaway has ended. The winner (chosen by Random.org) is #1 Anna. Congrats Anna! I’ve sent your information to UPrinting and they will email you a prize claim code by the end of the month.

UPrinting is giving 100 postcards away to one of my readers! I’ve used UPrinting for graduation announcements in the past and was really impressed with the quality (and price!). Postcards can be a great way to get the word out about an event, party, recent move, marriage, baby, etc. They also make nice handouts for businesses at Farmer’s Markets, meetings and conventions.

Prize:
100 4 x 6 Postcards for one (1) winner
Specifications: 14pt Cardstock Gloss. Full Color Both Sides; 3 Business Days Turnaround with FREE UPS Ground Shipping.

How To Enter:
Leave a separate comment for each entry (so if you become a fan on Facebook, leave a comment here letting me know that you’re a fan). Please make sure to enter a valid email address when you post your comment so that I can contact you if you win. NOTE: If you skip the mandatory entry, your other entries will not count.

• Mandatory Entry: Visit  UPrinting Postcards Online and tell me what design you might choose for your postcards, or if you think you would upload your own design. (1 entry)
• Optional Entry: Subscribe to Someday I’ll Learn (1 extra entry)
• Optional Entry: Become a fan of Someday I’ll Learn on Facebook (1 extra entry)
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• Optional Entry: Post this as your status on Twitter: UPrinting 100 Postcard Giveaway  @somedayilllearn http://somedayilllearn.com (1 extra entry per post DAILY – leave status link in your comment. You can use this entry method every day of the contest for a chance to get 8 total extra entries)

Giveaway closes March 22nd @ 11:59pm (PST). Winner will be picked March 23rd by Random.org and notified by email. Winner has 72 hours to reply to my email before a different winner is chosen.

Please note, this is a sponsored giveaway. I am receiving product compensation in exchange for offering this opportunity to my readers. Any opinions expressed are entirely my own. Eligibility: limited to US residents ages 18 and older.

This post is a sponsored post on behalf of FoodConnect. All opinions are my own.

I like food. And I really like to talk. But I LOVE to talk about food. So I was pretty stoked when I discovered FoodConnect (and even more stoked when I was asked to write a sponsored review of the site – now I get to talk about people talking about food. Score!).

With the motto “Share the food you love,” FoodConnect is like a combination of Facebook, AllRecipes and Yelp. Users create a profile and upload their favorite recipes (complete with any available photos, nutritional information, and menus that the recipes mesh well with). Users can then add friends on the site and share recipes. So next time your second cousin can’t remember what goes in aunt Heidi’s famous parmesan chicken casserole, you can direct both of them to FoodConnect and share it with the entire family. 

One of my favorite features is the ability to rate and review recipes. Ratings are noted with little forks instead of stars (aww, cute!). Users can not only rate recipes, but they can also rate restaurants as well. If you love the salmon polenta at that Italian place down the road, you can post a review right along with all your other pictures, recipes, and menus. Restaurants, in turn, can upload coupons just for FoodConnect users (so after you read about all the tasty food they have, you won’t break the bank when you go try it for yourself!). 

To top it all off, the site will even auto-compile a shopping list for you from any number of recipes on the site. So you can pair chicken dumplings with spiced eggnog, candied yams and raspberry tarts with just a few clicks of a button (okay, I probably wouldn’t choose that pairing, but you could if you really wanted to!). And once you’ve tried your hand at any recipes that are already on the site, you can upload your own photos to show people how it’s really done. You can also manage events on the site, inviting other users and sharing recipes. So arrange a potluck, plan a menu, assign recipes and share photos afterwards – all in one place! And if you’re feeling overwhelmed or don’t know where to start, try browsing the glossary at www.foodconnect.com. Anything you could possibly want – from abalone to zwieback – is right at your fingertips.