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One Hundred Dollars a Month

I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Giveaway: Guess What’s In the Box & Win the Contents {Plus, a $100 Amazon Gift Card}

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Because it’s cold outside I’m twiddling my thumbs waiting for gardening season, and because the holidays are right around the corner and I’m feeling in giving mood, I’m thinking a giveaway is in order. So let’s play a game.

I ordered one of my very favorite gardening tools and it’s in this box just waiting to be shipped to one lucky winner. Take a look at this list of potential gardening gift ideas, check out some of their measurements to see what might fit and guess what you think this box contains.

Guess right and you win the item in the box!

But let’s not stop there {remember what I said about feeling in a giving mood?}.  One lucky incorrect guess giver will be randomly selected to win a $100 GIFT CARD TO AMAZON! Wahooo!

See that way even if you lose, you win. Tis the season!

amazon gift cardWHAT YOU WIN:

One correct guess giver will win the contents of the box {if multiple correct guesses are given, the winner will be randomly chosen from the correct guessers}. One incorrect guess giver will win a $100 Amazon Gift Card.

HOW YOU WIN IT:

Life’s pretty complicated sometimes, so I like to keep things simple around here. You have FIVE ways to enter: 1 required and 4 bonus entries. That means you can leave a total of FIVE comments below for FIVE awesome chances to win.

1. *REQUIRED ENTRY* You must attempt to guess the contents of the box pictured above {it’s something on this gardening tools list}. One guess per person. Leave a comment below letting us know your answer.

2. *BONUS ENTRY*  Do you like/friend/follow me yet? Pick one or all and like me/follow me/subscribe to me via one of these forms of social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest,  YouTube and/or Google+! Leave a comment below with the name of the site you followed, ie. “liked you on Facebook and Instagram.” Only 1 comment/entry regardless of if you follow me on all 6 sites. Which you totally should anyway.

3. *BONUS ENTRY*  Start spreading the news. Share this giveaway with your peeps via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and/or Google+! If you don’t do the social media thing, just send out an old fashioned email about this awesome giveaway. Leave a comment below letting me know how you shared it.

4. *BONUS ENTRY*  Head on over to my Facebook page and leave a comment on one of the posts or pictures there. Come back here and leave a comment below letting me know which post or picture you commented on.

5. *BONUS ENTRY*  Subscribe to my daily emailed newsletter. It’s an easy peasy way to make sure you don’t miss a thing. Plus, I’m way too busy gardening to spam you, so your email address is safe with me. Leave a comment below letting me know you subscribed.

THE FINE PRINT:

5 entries per person/ip address. If you cheat, you will totally be disqualified.

I will ship this prize ANYWHERE on the planet earth, so go ahead and enter.

This giveaway ends at midnight on Saturday, December 12, 2015 and the winners will be announced in the December 13, 2015 edition of Mornings with Mavis. You will be notified via email and have 48 hours to claim your prize. Prize will be forfeited after 48 hours.

Good Luck! I hope you win.

Peace Out Girl Scouts!

♥ Mavis

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Comments

  17. 1. I think it’s the Radius Garden NRGSET Green 4-Piece Ergonomic Gardening Hand Tool Set in the box.

  21. 4. I commented on your post, “What are you hoping Santa brings you this year? {I’m assuming none of you have been naughty!}”

  25. Hi Mavis,

    I think it is the Zenport J607-B Hoe/Fork Combo with 3.25-Inch Carbon Steel Blade Head and 4 Prong Forks.

    I follow you on Facebook, Instagram pinterest and google+

  31. The box is too small to be my first thought, so I’m going with the Groundbreakers 861-03 Mini Pick.

    I’m following you on Facebook.

  33. Flexrake CLA105 Classic Flower and Vegetable Tiller (Discontinued by Manufacturer)
    by Flexrake 🙂

  43. My guess: Zenport J607-B Hoe/Fork Combo with 3.25-Inch Carbon Steel Blade Head and 4 Prong Forks

  44. I think it’s the flexrake 550w hula ho mattock/cultivator with 14″ wooden handle.

    I also subscribe to your daily emails. I look forward to reading them… a nice break in my work day! (Shhh… don’t tell my boss)

  48. My guess is the Flexrake 550W Hula-Ho Mattock/Cultivator with 14-Inch Wood Handle. It looks like an awesome tool for the garden.

    Flexrake 550W Hula-Ho Mattock/Cultivator with 14-Inch Wood Handle

  57. I shared this on FB but I didn’t want too! 🙂
    But I know my FB friends will have as much fun following you and reading your blog as I do!

  61. 1) A 7″ hori hori knife
    2) follow you on fb
    3) shared this on fb
    4) commented on “what do you hope Santa will bring you? ”
    5) subscribed to newsletter with email address above.

  67. Dewit 3-Piece Tool Gift Set with 3-Tine Cultivator, Forged Trowel and Forged Hand Fork.

    That’s a mouthful!

  68. I’m guessing: The Best Bypass Pruning Shears.
    Also, I think I’m subscribed to your email list. I have it in an RSS Feed, if that counts.

  72. My friends and have been notified of this deal via good old-fashioned texting and some word-of-mouth.

  83. On your facebook page, I shared several of your delightfully fun artsy-fartsy holiday crafts on my facebook page, and commented on your post about this give-away. My commented included how much I LOVE this guessing game. 🙂

  86. My favorite tool are my shears – so I’m going to guess the heavy duty pruning shears. Thanks

  91. Okay here is my best guess of what is in the box Best Purple Womens Gardening Set 5 Piece Kit Trowel Clippers & More Unique Gifts for Girls Outdoor Essential

  95. GardenHOME Indoor and Small Garden 7-Piece Garden Tools – 1 Garden Tool Bag, 3 Tools, 2 Scissors, 1 Garden Sprayer

  98. 63 Inch Adjustable Garden Leaf Rake – Expanding Rake – Expandable Head From 7 Inch to 22 Inch–I would love a new one!

  100. Tomita Japanese Hori Hori Garden Landscaping Digging Tool With 7-inch Stainless Steel Blade & Sheath, Natural Wood Handle — I remember you writing somewhere how much you like this tool 🙂

  102. 1, GardenHOME Ergonomic Garden Tools 4 Piece Tool Setby Garde

    2. followed on twitter

    3. shared on twitter

    4. commented on cover pic from june 19

    5. subscribed to newsletter

  105. My guess is the Heavy Duty Professional Pruning Shears!

    🙂
    Thanks for hosting a give-away just in time for the Holidays!

    Lea

  106. This is way too hard, but I’m guessing it’s not the zip ties that keep coming up in the search results? 🙂

    I’m going to vote for the green gorilla gardening hands. And if I’m right, you need to share pictures of yourself using them because it would be like swimming in the dirt!

  113. I would love to get a new set to replace a worn out set

    GardenHOME Ergonomic Garden Tools 4 Piece Tool Set

    Must tell you that the hand leaf rakes are the best tool for those piles of NW leaves. I love mine and it makes clean up so easy.

  116. It has to be the Flexrake 550w Mattock Cultivater, my favorite also. I follow you on Pinterest and e-mail. I’m very addictied to your blog it’s the first think I check every day. YEA!

  119. I’m thinking it’s the pick. I have seen you post about this item before (and other items too!) I have a plot here in our community garden and most of the fellow gardeners swear by that tool! When I saw your post, I thought, geez I need to try this thing out. I have been just a bit intrepid about using it as I want to protect my shoulder muscle and toes (I like to wear sandals).

  127. iGarden Garden Tool Sets 4 Piece Set, Lifetime Guarantee. Thanks for the chance to win!! Merry Christmas

  129. I hope it’s the ErgoFit handles make traditional bypass pruning shears ideal garden equipment. Gentle Giant Gardening Tools ambidextrous… I need them.

    Knowing how Amazon over sizes their boxes I just may be right!

  132. I think it is the digital PH/Temperature meter because you are thinking about planting a hydrangea and are going to see if you can do one side pink and one side blue (plant of my childhood home)

    1. You are of course already “liked” on FB.

    2. New comment left on the Christmas giveaway contest.

    3. Shared the giveaway on my FB page.

    Thanks Mavis!

  142. Sensei Hori Hori Digging Knife – 7.5 inch Stainless Steel Blade And Black Polymer Handle – With Sheath

  144. I’m guessing it’s the Flexrake 550W Hula-Ho Mattock/Cultivator with 14-Inch Wood Handle!

  150. I think it is the Sensei Hori Hori Digging Knife – 7.5 inch Stainless Steel Blade And Black Polymer Handle – With Sheath

  152. I think its the Garden Tools 4-piece set!

    I also have you liked on Facebook (+ more, but Facebook is where I usually see your posts from).

  158. It’s definitely “Gardening Tools and Garden Tools Organizer Bag by ROCA Home. Best Gardening Kit for Gardening Gifts”!

  159. Flexrake (even though I didn’t see it on the list that the link led to, I remember you saying in a previous post that it is your favorite).

  192. Power Drive – 28 Inch Heavy Duty Ratchet Pruning Anvil Hand Lopper – Light Weight Aluminium Garden Hedge & Tree Lopper – Ratcheting Lopping Shears Are Tree Loppers That Provide More Cutting Power

  195. I think that you have loppers and pruning shears with gardening gloves to go with that, At least that is what I want

  196. I think it’s the “Gardenhome Hand Leaf Rakes, Large Size Rakes (One Pair)”. I actually HOPE it’s this and that I win it! 🙂

  200. I think it’s the Radius Garden NRGSET Green 4-Piece Ergonomic Gardening Hand Tool Set in the box.

  202. Even if it seems like there is a little issue with the link, I will bet that there is a Heavy-Duty Professional Pruning Shears in the box!

  209. I think it might be gardening hand tools. Also commented on the Homemade Birdseed Ornaments on your FB page.

  217. I think the box contains Radius Garden NRGSET Green 4 piece tool set for the garden.
    Thank you for the giveaway!!

  218. I am going to guess this:

    Garden Shears Built for Women, Japanese Hard Steel Straight Gardening Pruners – Ergonomic, Comfortable Design-…

    because I know how horrible is at waste, lolol

  230. I follow on FB too. Thanks for the giveaway. I miss the awesome couponing craze at albertsons as well. All those double Catalina’s were amazing!!

  246. I’ve been getting your blog email for a long time now and I really enjoy it. Learn so much all the time!

  249. I guess the Japanese Ninja Claw Rake. That sounds awesome to use for cleanup under bushes and cultivating small areas in flower beds.

  260. I think it is the a Fiskars Traditional Bypass Pruning Shears and the Fiskars Softouch Micro-Tip Pruning Snip. You seem to love Fiskars (me too!).

  269. I’m going to guess light duty professional pruning shears because that was already on MY wishlist 🙂

  278. I emailed this article to my three daughters, not only for the contest, but I hope they will enjoy your blog as much as I do.

  282. I subscribe to your Newsletter.
    I follow you on Google+
    I follow you on Pinterest
    I recommend your newsletters to friends and family all the time, several have subscribed.

  283. Folding garden stool.

    My favorite garden tool is the fiskers lopper, it makes you want to garden!

  295. I am guessing that it is 3-Piece Garden Tool Set with Ergonomic Handles from Homegrown Garden Tools.

  303. I’m thinking it’s this: 3-Piece Garden Tool Set with Ergonomic Handles from Homegrown Garden Tools. My service dog Tao sends two paws up to his vicarious puggle sister from another mother 😀

  328. I think it’s the Fiskars Traditional Bypass Pruning Shears.
    I also follow you on Pinterest.

  330. If I won, I’d love it to be the trowel – my trowel is about to bite the dust (where the handle meets the “blade”), so I could use a new one…

  331. I’m guessing that it is the flexrake 550W Hula-Ho Mattock/Cultivator with 14-Inch Wood Handle.
    I love this guessing game. SO. MUCH. FUN.

  332. Has to be the Flexrake hula-ho because it is totally fun to say, and it looks super useful in the garden! Merry Christmas Mavis!

  334. I guess it’s a gift card so, it could be any one of the things on the page. Or maybe even all of the things because you’re so generous like that!

  335. Of course I subscribe to your newsletter! Life would be so boring without seeing what you’re up to everyday.

  337. I think it’s: GardenHOME Folding Stool with Tool Bag and 5 Tools Garden Tool Set All-in-one

  341. I think it’s the folding garden stool thing. Also I receive your daily newsletter and am getting ready to follow you on Twitter.

  350. 1. I think inside the box is the Fiskars 8-16 Foot Power Lever Extendable Tree Pruner (94616935J)

  353. Hori Hori digging knife!

    I have liked you on facebook and pinterest and subscribed to your daily updates and I sent an email about this giveaway.

  374. Flex rake cla105….I’d love to have more entries but I don’t do social media.
    I do however subscribe to you newsletters.

  392. Following you on Google+
    BTW – I really do enjoy all of your social media posts. I don’t remember how I found you but I’m glad I did. 🙂

  393. My guess is the Flexrake 550W Hula-Ho Mattock/Cultivator with 14-Inch Wood Handle, since it’s listed as one of your favorite things. Looks very useful – thanks for sharing!

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