Why We Love Walgreens Brand Health & Wellness Products

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walgreens for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine

We have a Walgreens just a few minutes from my home, and with four children in the house, we've gotten to know Walgreens Brand Health & Wellness Products very, very well.

One of the first things I learned as a wife and stepmom was that Walgreens medicines work just as well as the name-brand products that cost far more money, They're also Walgreens pharmacist-recommended, most have the same active ingredients as the other national brands, and they carry a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Equally important when it comes to kids, they taste just as good. As a result, our medicine cabinet is chock full of Walgreens Brand Health & Wellness Products and medicines. But I have to admit that there's one Walgreens Brand Health & Wellness Product I love more than any other. It looks like this


It is known as the Walgreens Cool Mist Humidifier. And it is one of my favorite things that we own.

Once or twice a year, each of my small children ends up getting a respiratory illness, generally one right after the other. As every parent knows, when your child is coughing and rasping with every breath, it can be very distressing. There's often not much you can do about it, either, particularly at night when the coughing is at its worst. The act of getting out our humidifier and setting it up always makes me and my kids feel better. Not only do they seem to sleep better through the night, the soft whushing sound that the humidifier makes and its night light are very comforting to them. They love running their hands over the mist that comes out the top before they go to bed, and they always complain when they're better and I put the humidifier back in the closet!

I still remember when we were trying to decide whether to buy the humidifier. Buying the Walgreens brand was a no-brainer, since we were very familiar with the quality of Walgreens Brand Health & Wellness Products and it was at least five dollars less than the next-cheapest humidifier. Purchasing a humidifier is a bit of an investment when you're watching your budget, but I haven't regretted our decision for a second. We've had our Walgreens Cool Mist Humidifier for several years now and it still works great and never leaks.

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Yahoo! Mail: One of the Few Things I Couldn't Live Without

Thank you to Yahoo! Mail for sponsoring this post about staying connected. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do.

Seriously, how did we ever survive without e-mail?

I'm asking myself this question right now as I sit down to write about something that has become such and integral part of my life, I would be seriously, seriously messed up without it.

I'm talking about my Yahoo! Mail account, which I opened back in 1996, and which has become a vital method of communication between me and friends, family, c0-workers, and potential employers.

I leaned heavily on my Yahoo! Mail account back when I was anchoring the morning news and my waking hours were between 2am and 7pm. That didn't leave much time for keeping up with my high school and college friends, but I remember working diligently on the morning newscast so that I'd have enough time to log in to my e-mail account at around 4am and read all about my friends' latest exploits.

Once I had my first baby and began staying home with her, I got my first professional writing gig with the help of my Yahoo! Mail account. I tentatively sent the editor of the Nashville Scene a link to my new personal blog. She e-mailed back an hour later and Suburban Turmoil, the column was born.

I keep in touch with various family members through my Yahoo! Mail account, like my grandmother, pictured above. I'm not much of a phone person and without Yahoo! Mail, I don't know what we'd all do. Both my parents e-mail me as often as they call when they need to find out information.

I'll freely admit that I'm completely, hopelessly addicted to Yahoo! Mail. I get somewhere between 200 and 400 e-mails a day and nearly every time I log on, a wonderful surprise is waiting, whether it's a message from an old friend or an offer of freelance work. I honestly think I'd go into a deep depression if my Yahoo! Mail account were taken away!

I know that most of you can identify with at least some of these tales. Yahoo! Mail is simply the bomb, right?

These are just a few ways that Yahoo! Mail has changed my life.

Now check out this video from Yahoo! Mail, which shows you one of the new features of Yahoo! Mail that I can't wait to use:

When Allergies Get Personal: Our Children's Claritin Story

I wrote this post while participating in a blog tour conducted by Clever Girls Collective on behalf of Children's Claritin®. I have been compensated for my time commitment to the program.

My Punky, she has seasonal allergies. After a half dozen panicked visits to the pediatrician over the years ("She's coughing, but only at night!" "Her eyes won't stop watering!" "She wakes up with a runny nose and then it goes away!") and being assured each time that it was allergies, I've learned to recognize the symptoms and to realize that they come at the same time every year. Generally, we try to soldier through the allergies now as best we can. But this past spring was particularly rough.

Punky's eyes were especially watery. She had begun rubbing them frequently, and as a result, always had a dirt mark on each side of her nose by afternoon. Back to the doctor we went.

We were prescribed prescription eyedrops, and dutifully went to the pharmacist to pick them up. But when I saw the bill, I balked.

"$100 for EYEDROPS?!" I said. "Even with insurance?! Um, we won't be getting these."

"I wouldn't either," the pharmacist said. "That is really high."

"Well, we'll try this first," I said, giving the pharmacist a box of Children's Claritin that the pediatrician had also recommended. "And if it doesn't work, I'll go back and talk to the doctor."

We went home and each morning, I dutifully gave my daughter a dose of Children's Claritin. And guess what? Those dirt streaks on either side of her nose went away! She was noticeably better each day during allergy season. She didn't need the eyedrops after all! I SAVED $100! And Punky had much better spring days. As an added bonus, she even liked the grape flavor of the medicine!

As you can imagine I'm a huge Children's Claritin fan. It has changed our spring and made photos like these possible...

Outside and allergy symptom-free. Thanks, Claritin!

Want to learn more about kids and allergies? Check this out...

Clear to Enjoy Spring: The Allergy Guide for Moms and Kids

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I Get My CoverGirl at Kroger. How About You?

Thank you to Kroger and CoverGirl for sponsoring this review. While CoverGirl provided me with a $30 gift card to purchase CoverGirl products at Kroger stores, the opinions I've expressed here are solely my own, represent my honest viewpoint, and not that of CoverGirl, Kroger, or Proctor & Gamble. I am making no claims about the products, just expressing my thoughtful opinion. Clever Girls Collective supports Blog With Integrity.

Two things I'm very familiar with: Kroger and CoverGirl makeup products.

I go to our neighborhood Kroger at least three times a week and often pick up CoverGirl products while I'm there. So when I got the opportunity to buy $30 worth of CoverGirl products from Kroger for a blog review, do you think I hesitated even for a moment?

Thirty dollars will get you quite a bit of CoverGirl makeup at Kroger, since Kroger generally has many CoverGirl products at an additional discount. Here's what I was able to get:

• CoverGirl Liquiline Blast in Black Fire.

I had never tried this liner before- I generally use black eyeshadow with a brush as eyeliner, and follow up with CoverGirl liquid liner. However, I'm now a Liquiline convert. It goes on like a pencil but looks just like liquid liner. It's particularly good for lining your eyes' inner rims. And the other side of the pencil is a smudger. Perfect.

• CoverGirl Lip Perfection pencil in Seduction.

This lip liner is a true nude color- something that I've had an impossible time finding. Love.

• Cover Girl Outlast lipstain in Nude Kiss.

I'm a big fan of Cover Girl's Outlast Lipstain. It gives my lips natural looking color and makes it appear that I'm not wearing lipstick at all.

• CoverGirl Wetslicks lip gloss in Shimmershell.

This is another product I can't live without. I generally line my lips with a neutral shade, then fill them in with this pale pink gloss, which gives my lips great definition and shine.

• CoverGirl Clean Foundation in Natural Beige.

I don't wear foundation on my face, but I do mix a dollop with a little lotion and put it on my legs in the summer time. This gives my legs a "finished," smooth look and this CoverGirl foundation is the perfect, inexpensive makeup to use for the job!

So there you have it, ladies! That's quite a lot for $30 and a little bit of tax, don't you think?