This giveaway is now closed. The winner is Shelly S – congratulations!
Today is the last day of the Week of Giveaways. We’ve seen some pretty cool stuff around here this week, if I do say so myself.
The first giveaway is from Ruth Michael, a small business run by Ruth, who makes beautiful items from gorgeous fabrics. She creates backpacks, diaper bags, overnight bags, and even wallets. But I love the concept of what she’s giving away to one Simple Mom reader.
It’s simply called The Carrier. It’s basically a bag that you can use in your car to keep you organized. The Carrier has an open-top bag with the dimensions of a large show box, and it has pouches in the end and pockets on the sides.
You can put your coffee travel mug or water bottle in the end pouches, your mail and papers in the side pockets, and then kleenex boxes, magazines, notebooks, gameboys, candy and snacks in the large middle compartment.
This creative invention was born out of necessity from a typical mom of three battling car pool craziness – pretty ingenious, I say.
One Simple Mom reader will win his or her choice of a Carrier from Ruth Michael! They retail for $90.
Here’s How To Win:
1. Leave a comment on this post, answering this question – What is one of your least-favorite weekly errands?
2. To get a second entry – and a second entry on all the giveaways this week – subscribe to the Simple Mom feed and email me the movie quote at the bottom of any post in your feed reader or email inbox (there is only one quote for all the giveaways). Send it to simplemomblog (at) gmail (dot) com, and put the quote directly in the subject line. The body of the email won’t be read. And you only need to email me the quote once in order to get a second entry for all the week’s giveaways.
3. Finally, to get a third entry, post or tweet about this giveaway – if you use the URL of this post, I’ll receive it – no need to email me.
This giveaway will end this Monday, February 2 at noon EST. I hope you win!
that is a great bag! i think my least favorite chore would be the big grocery shopping trip. it isn’t horrible, but sometimes it can be long!
jennifer´s last blog post…cute
My least favorite weekly errand is getting the recycling together and taking it to the center. While I like getting it out of the house and believe in the importance of recycling, I don’t necessarily like the actual chore of doing it.
Thanks for the chance to win!
gabe at aaronblake dot com
I would LOVE to have an organizer for my car (and I think my hubby would like it if my car was a bit more organized too!). My least favorite errand in the week is grocery shopping with a two-year-old. I usually enjoy grocery shopping, but since my son has turned two it is becoming increasingly difficult to shop, go through coupons, and entertain him at the same time.
I enjoy grocery shopping. I even like doing it when I bring my daughter with me. What I hate is grocery shopping (okay, any shopping) with my husband. He makes everything so much more difficult!
Wendy´s last blog post…The African Anteater Ritual
First, I love the idea of this. I have a tattered basket sitting in the front seat of the car right now, but this is so much better. My least favorite errand is to the recycling center because it seems like such a hassle. I am often delighted when I go because I find “treasures” in the scrap pile a lot!
Mrs. McGrew´s last blog post…Obama Photos
I hate going to the Post office, for some reason the kids always seem to go NUTS when we get there…and the line is always so long with crabby old people giving me dirty looks for having more than one kid!
A close second is the library, my son loves to pull EVERY book off the shelf.
Chantel´s last blog post…Mission get organized…HELP
I hate folding laundry…. because even as I put it away another pile is forming in the basket.
I would love to win one of these bags….
Oh, please pick me, as my minivan is in desperate need of an organizer! My least favorite weekly errand is grocery shopping, but I’ve recently improved it dramatically by waiting to go after the kids are in bed & by taking my new iPod to catch up on NPR as I shop.
I agree with most of the other commenters but grocery shopping has gotten better now that my youngest is in pre-k 2 days/wk. I now can relax, enjoy my once/wk Starbucks treat and get all my shopping done every Tues am. I am blessed that I live where there is a Super Target and a Costco right next door, I park btw them and get it all done… Yes, I know BLESSED.
grocery shopping
I LOVE this bag!!! My least favorite errand is the grocery store. Only because I have three kids under 5 and I end up being the big bad mommy for the entire trip.
I hate miscellaneous shopping at walmart. the day I pick to go always seems to be packed with people chatting in asiles and confusing the clerk at the self-check out lanes.
I really have started to dislike grocery shopping. My little one does not want to sit and be strapped in the cart. He wants to walk everywhere and point to all the produce!
I always seem to procrastinate when it comes to recycling. Newspapers and cans start piling up in a box in my garage and for some reason I really do not enjoy getting all of it together and driving to the recycling place to drop it all off.
My least favorite errand is fueling my vehicle when it’s 10 degrees outside.
cleaning the car… all the salt, dried slush, yuck…. in the cold!
My least favorite errand is grocery shopping. I really dislike the idea of getting home with $100 worth of NOTHING to really eat! I go with a list, and I still get so side-tracked. It’s worse when I try to take coupons.
This product is so cute, I really like the “Bubblegum n’ Brownies” fabric and colors!
Since I just have a 5 month old, I actually like errands! They give me an excuse to get out of the house!
I can’t say I have one errand I really despise, but I hate when I have a bunch of quick errands to do and I have to take my 11-month-old along. Getting her in and out of the car seat is a pain and she doesn’t like it either!
My least favorite weekly errand is the one to the grocery store. Or I should I say storeS because I usually go to more than one to get the best deals. It wears me out!
I am a mom of a 2yo boy and a nanny of a 3yo boy, so I love going to the gym! But I don’t really like going grocery shopping right now. I used to, but now it’s just a fight because they both want to sit in the cart seat-they now take turns, but each one whines and pouts if they have to sit in the actual cart-where the groceries go.
Anita B´s last blog post…Milkshake Giveaway!
I could do without shopping at Wal-Mart!
My least favorite errand is grocery shopping! I have to schlep along my two little ones, so after getting coats and hats and mittens on and finding just the right toys and snacks and changing diapers, I haul them into their car seats, drive to the store, haul them out of the car and into the cart, try to keep my two-year-old from sitting on the food as I put it in the cart, and then haul them and the groceries back out to the car. It’s quite a chore!
I love going to Costco (it is our family field trip
), but I hate going to the regular grocery store. Ugh. I’d pick the post office, but I avoid it at all costs…
Heidi @ Mt Hope´s last blog post…Baby Steps to a Healthier Life
My least favorite errand? Well, I only run errands twice a month and that’s to go grocery shopping. I enjoy it! I especially enjoy putting the groceries away…don’t ask me why.
Heather´s last blog post…Project
I would really, reaaly like to win this! Grocery shopping is my least favorite errand.
It would have to be the grocery store with 3 kids in tow!
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Going to the post office can be a pain, especially in the snow.
This looks absolutely PERFECT for me. I love love love it!
My least favorite errand is going to the post office. Oddly, I really like grocery shopping, even with two little girls.
My least favorite errand is anything that has to be done during rush hour.
I simply hate grocery shopping…ugh!
Oh, I would LOVE to win this contest! I could really use one of these!! My least favorite errand is probably grocery shopping: it is not enjoyable when I have to take the kids, but the alternative is going at night after they have gone to bed, and I am usually quite tired by then.
I love grocery shopping- but HATE unloading and putting it all away!
Oh this one is cake–my least favorite weekly chore is hands down, grocery shopping. I’ve tried to figure out what my deal is, but just can’t put my finger on it.. I’m a complicated one. = )
BTW, this is a genius idea!! Very cool giveaway!
I am glad to see that I am not the only one whose least favorite errand is grocery shopping. I have two boys under 2 so finding room in the grocery cart for actual groceries is a challenge. So I end up going on the weekend which takes away from family time.
Sarah´s last blog post…Too Much Stuff
I’m not sure what my least favorite errand is- I don’t do many and don’t put off doing much. Maybe the post office? I rarely go- it’s hardly a weekly errand. I do most of my post office errands online.
But My least favorite chore is gardening.
Amy Jones´s last blog post…Garden Victory
I hate to grocery shop at night. Especially during the winter. I always think I should be snuggled up at home rather than out and about.
What an AWESOME invention!! I could use one of these in each car! My least favorite weekly errand-getting gas in the car-I try to trick my husband into using that car on the day it needs filled so he’ll do it
I hate the grocery shopping. I seem to take forever looking for the best bargains and sometimes just wasting time so I won’t have to do laundry, fold it, or clean house, so I stay at the store!!! LOL
Ginny´s last blog post…What a CRAZY DAY AT SCHOOL!!!
like almost everyone else- grocery shopping. Especially in the winter! Great bag!
My very least favorite errand is, tah-dum, grocery shopping!!!!
I really dislike having to pump gas. When we are in my vehicle together, I always mention to my sweetie that, “We need gas, please!” Lol.
I really dislike ALL errands, but grocery shopping is probably my least favorite if my kids are in tow. Sans kids, I don’t mind grocery shopping.
Lovely bag…. off to check out the website!
Lucia´s last blog post…026/365
This is such a great prize! I’ve always said my car is just an over-sized purse.
As for errands–I’m blessed with a great husband who takes care of a majority of tasks like shopping, the bank, and post office (it’s also convenient for him going to & from work).
What I really dislike is when I have a variety of things we need or want, and I have to go to several places to get them. Getting the kids in and out, in and out of the car just drives us all nuts.
Tamara´s last blog post…Cool Sites, Free Stuff
Grocery shopping with my two year old!
Mary Beth´s last blog post…Imagine the Potential
Grocery shopping! Hate it hate it hate it. A lot.
put me down for grocery shopping, too. thanks!
Jill W´s last blog post…A giveaway worth $833!!! ends 2/4
Shopping is my most hated chore. With only one car, it’s a waste of a perfectly good weekend morning.
Yes, grocery shopping… The worst!!
Amy @ Literacy Launchpad´s last blog post…Children’s Home Library Start-Up – My Dilemma.
I hate the lines at the post office!
my least favorite errand is the only I forget about… so I have to stop what I’m doing, haul everything and everyone in the car and go and do it!
My least favorite is any errand that involves driving which I hate and rarely do. Luckily, I can get most of my errands done walking and using public transportation. But, for those times that I MUST use the car, “The Carrier” might make it not so bad.
I totally hate going to the post office.
Michelle Pendergrass´s last blog post…Sponsored by the Letter Y
This bag is too cute!! AND functional! My least favorite errand would have to be – once a week, I have to drive about 45 minutes away for a creative meeting. I enjoy the meetings, but I HATE the drive!
Oh I LOVE this! I want one!
My least fave errand is DEF grocery shopping. I hate it with a passion.
Angie @ The Creative Mama´s last blog post…the go-to bag.
grocery shopping!
Katy´s last blog post…What A Difference A Week Makes!
Put me on the “I hate grocery shopping” bandwagon, too. The two year old and four month old aren’t good grocery shopping companions.
Grocery Shopping!!!
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Neas Nuttiness´s last blog post…Blog Love Award
That would be grocery shopping, because I’m afraid of how my 2.5 year old will behave.
Grocery Shopping! I know it’s a necessity, but it’s a MAJOR energy drain for me :p
Courtney@BooksNBoys´s last blog post…Things I Love Thursday
Unlike a lot of you guys, I like groceries — but I try to go to the store only once for every two weeks. However, this RARELY works and I end up having to go again near the end of the two weeks for things that we’ve run out of and desperately need. Making these grocery trips is my least favorite thing to do because I am annoyed that I didn’t plan better.
This bag looks really cool — thanks for doing this giveaway!
Rachel Fix´s last blog post…NYR #2, Dining Room Chairs Part One
Any errand that has to be completed within a time frame always seems the worst!
My least favorite errand is going to the bank. I hate waiting in line. Although I do take that time to do some other things such as organizing the console in my car or cleaning out my wallet. It’s all about multi-tasking!!
My least favorite errand is going to the grocery store…unless I am well-fed and with a happy child, and it’s Sunday morning (pretty rare to get all three!).
mondays.
jen´s last blog post…passing it on
I HATE grocery shopping… I shouldn’t hate it, but I do. Especially with my toddler! She makes it a little more difficult as she tries to “help”!
Claire´s last blog post…Jacob & Evelyn Part II
I hate going grocery shopping…..I only go once a week and have a HUGE list. It takes me an hour, and lugging all those bags into the house from the van and putting the goods away takes another hour!
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I hate going to the post office to mail packages. There is usually a line and, for whatever reason, my girls seem to get out of hand there. Arg!
Miss Mouthy´s last blog post…FlyLady Failure now Motivated Mom?
I guess my least favorite errand would probably be the post office. I had a hard time thinking of one and then stole a glance at my to-do list which has had “post-office” on it for about a week.
That bag is so cool. My least favorite weekly errand is grocery shopping. It takes so long to do.
Nicole´s last blog post…Hot Coupons
I am currently in love with errands. Any errands are fine with me. It is the middle of winter here and epsilon loves her trips. Any day with an errand is a better day!
grocery store if the kiddos are with me.
the grocery store. i used to be able to go once a week. now that we have a 2 year old, it seems i go 2-3 times a week because my brain does not work any more and i always forget something or get the wrong thing if he’s with me.
holly ferrero´s last blog post…5 Random things about Jacob
My least favorite weekly errand is really any time I have to go to the grocery store with all three kids…that’s a recipe for disaster!! I love all three but they go nuts together in a store!
My favorite weekly errand…hmmm is there just one thing?? My favorite errand is my reward for running the errands – a strawberry limeade or latte…whichever sounds best at the time!!!
Cleaning the bathrooms, especially the tubs!!
My least favorite weekly errand is grocery shopping, couponing, and planning. I know if I do the last two the first one will be better.
My least favorite weekly errand is getting gas in the car. Getting out to prepay and then pump the gas in below zero weather…..no fun! Love the giveaways!
I hate grocery shopping! I can’t stand making out the list, I’m horrible at meal-planning, and I always forget something. I always spend too much money too!
Going to get my allergy shot!
Jessica´s last blog post…There is a two year old in the house……
least favorite? definately dropping off and picking up the dry cleaning!
Grocery shopping – ugh! I would rather stick a hot poker in my eye! It starts with the list prep (meal planning, etc) all the way through unpacking the bags…
My least favorite weekly errand is the post office.
I would have to say my least favorite errand would be grocery shopping. It’s never fun taking 3 busy little boys into a bunch of stores alone, lol! They are great helpers though, I must admit.
Do I have to pick just one?!? If I do, it would have to be grocery shopping. With an eight month old and at least 2 grocery stores to hit I never get it all done in one day. Urgh!
Getting gas!
Mrs. Sprinkles´s last blog post…Whole Heart Ministries
My least favorite weekly errand is anything that doesn’t have a drive-through, LOL!
Least favorite? Post office trips.
Laundry! I loathe doing laundry. I hate sorting it, I hate folding it. I taught my 6 yr old how to sort and she gets to keep any money she finds in the pockets. Hopefully she won’t hate laundry as much as I do when she grows up.
P.S. I LOVE this car carrier! I’m tired of carrying so much stuff in my purse that it now resembles a suitcase, but I’m a single mom and I live in a semi-small town so not only is it up to me to grab everything but I also try to get all of my errands done in one shot since its such a drive from home to town. It never fails, I always forget something or stuff gets left in the car because I can’t carry it all in.
April´s last blog post…Coming up for air
Hands down grocery shopping!
Grocery shopping with the kids. It is almost fun when I get to go by myself, but the kids “help” a little too much. LOL!
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I don’t mind grocery shopping in general but I choose to go to different stores because they carry different things that we like. So, the part I don’t like is the getting in and out of the car and having to drive around to different places. Also, I have to drive clear across town to the health food store. It would be nice to have one closer.
Ah! This is my favorite giveaway so far, these bags look amazing. The errand I hate to do the most is anything at the mall, especially returns. I loathe the whole experience!
Driving the kids TO school. Usually in my pj’s. Freezing. Sitting in the car, waiting for that dime-sized hole of defrosted windshield to turn into a quarter-sized hole before beginning the drive (don’t ever step in front of my car on those mornings, lol!). I don’t mind picking them up, but the mornings are hectic despite my best OCD efforts, and we are always in chaos. Not a good way to start the day!
marissa´s last blog post…We Caved.
Grocery shopping! I have so many other things I’d rather do.
least favorite errand — running to the bank! It is the worst. the baby is always crying, the tellers are never, let say, quick and the line is always long!!!
okay back to the giveaway — I love this idea. The carrier — so clever!
Courtney from Mommie Blogs´s last blog post…simply nesting saturday
My least favorite weekly errand is to the pediatrician. It is 45 minutes away and with 2 under 2 in the dead of winter, it feels like we are there at least once a week. The fact that it usually involves a shot makes everybody cry. It’s a good thing for me that the doctor is super cute!!!
I don’t really have a “least favorite” errand…I actually like running errands, partly because that is generally the only time I’m out of the house on my own (as in, without the 4 precious children!).
My least favorite errand is buying diapers. They cost a fortune and totally blow my budget each week. I love getting deals on these necessary items.
Laundry. Ugh.