TasteCasting - Dunkin Donuts in Worthington

Who doesn't love donuts? I know I sure do! I was lucky enough to get to go as a part of the Tastecasting team to the new Dunkin Donuts in Worthington, OH
We got to taste donuts, coffees and breakfast sandwiches. I know I got an education to what they had. I never thought of anything other than the donuts...(which is usually enough in MY book!!) Ok...I will let you drool over the next couple of pictures...


Ok..we all know how wonderful their donuts are right?
But they also have some other really great products....some of which you can eat without feeling guilty

There is a menu of items called the DD Smart menu. They are a healthier option with calorie counts below 300 calories. This is the Egg White Turkey Sausage Flatbread sandwich. It was really good!! Very filling and I just had a portion of one to sample. I will be getting another one of those for sure. Ok...so if I get one of those along with my donut it would be better than just eating donuts right?

I tried an iced coffee with cream and a shot of blueberry syrup in it. Now that was fun too. I sipped that all the way home and really enjoyed it.

This was the cutest little sample cup of their really yummy coolattas! These are on special until July 14th for only $1.99. Now...do not think they are tiny like my sample....look at the site. These are 16 oz sizes. I tasted the strawberry and vanilla. I do have to say that my favorite was the strawberry..although the vanilla really tasted good too. You can have them made with skim milk and they can fall into the DD Smart Menu with only 140 calories for a small. Yeah!
Stop by and visit and tell them Tastecasting sent you!

Custom Magazine holder review and Giveaway *CLOSED*

Have you ever looked at the magazine holders you can buy for your magazines and thought how plain they look? Well...no more. You can have the cutest shelves in town with Lisa's Vintage magazine holder. She has dressed up a basic magazine holder that can hold light weight magazines or catalogs with vintage fabrics and bows.

I think it looks so cute! She has added a place for a label to be added to it also. (Love labels!!)

She has many other items she makes and sells!! So you will need to check out her site! Pale and Pink Roses

To Buy:
Go to Pale and Pink Roses and you can buy them. They are $24.99 (plus s&h)


To Win one of her Magazine holders:

1) Go to Pale and Pink Roses and check out their site. Tell me which item you like the best on her "whats new" page. Then come back here and comment on it. Please be sure to leave me your
e-mail address.

For Extra Chances To Win!!

1) Twitter about this contest! Come back here and tell me you did.

2) Subscribe to my Review blog. (right sidebar)

3) Subscribe to my Organizing Blog. (Right sidebar)

4) Blog about this contest! Come back here and add the link to your blog.

5) Follow me on twitter. Come back here and add your twitter name.

6) Follow my blogs (add yourself to right sidebar to follow). For each one of my blogs you follow (organizing and review site) you can earn an extra chance. Tell me about each one you followed when you come back here to comment.

7) Add any of my 3 buttons (Organize with Sandy, Review, Pouchee) to your sidebar and earn an entry for each one you add. Come back here with the link to your site where you added them.


This contest is open to US mailing address only.
Only one person from mailing address eligible to win.
(will send out an e-mail to the winner and you will have 48 hours to respond back to me or I will pick another winner.)


This contest will run until Thursday, July 2, 2009 @ 8:00 pm EST THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED

Mrs. Meyer's Clean Home Book Review and Giveaway! 5 Winners!! *Closed*

Are you a cleaner? I have to admit I love things when they are clean, but even though I am an "organizer" it doesn't necessarily mean I am the best "cleaner". I used to come home from school every couple of months to find my bedroom completely rearranged. I always thought it was big fun to have my bed in a new place. I thought my mom was just making my life fun. But she was cleaning! Everything, under the bed, behind the dresser etc. I have to admit...once furniture is in a place in my house, it doesn't get moved very often! I just do the best I can getting the vacuum underneath the bed.
Mrs Meyer's Clean Home book is like the book of knowledge when it comes to cleaning your home. She has "No-nonsense advice that will inspire you to clean like the Dickens." She has all kinds of neat tips and tricks. She takes each area and breaks it down. She gives you the "toolbox" of what you will need for each area of your home. She throws in humor and family/parenting advice along the way. It is cleaning the way we dream of!

For instance on this page about the bathroom sink. On the right hand page with the sink it says,
"Got TOOTHPASTE dripping down the side of the sink? Dab it up with a CLOTH and RUB IT ON your sink and shower faucets to BRIGHTEN them up."
Ok, right there I didn't know you could use toothpaste to brighten your faucets. I did know you can use shampoo to clean your shower (Fly Lady), but this was a new one for me.
On the left side of this page she has a chart for the different kinds of sinks and what to use to clean them including, porcelain, acrylic, limestone, marble and granite and solid surfaces.
The book is great ladies. The only way it could be better would be if when you open it she jumps out of the book and cleans your house for you!! (Now wouldn't that be cool!!)


To Buy: Go to Mrs. Meyer's Clean Home site and it will give you a list of where you can purchase this book for $19.99/$21.99.


To Win: 5 WINNERS!!!!

Hachette Book Group is giving me 5 books to give away!!! Isn't that great!!!

1) Go to Mrs. Meyer's Clean Home and check out their site. Tell me what kind of water she doesn't want you to waste! Then come back here and comment on it. Please be sure to leave me your e-mail address.

For Extra Chances To Win!!

1) Twitter about this contest! Come back here and tell me you did.

2) Subscribe to my Review blog. (right sidebar)

3) Subscribe to my Organizing Blog. (Right sidebar)

4) Blog about this contest! Come back here and add the link to your blog.

5) Follow me on twitter. Come back here and add your twitter name.

6) Follow my blogs (add yourself to right sidebar to follow). For each one of my blogs you follow (organizing and review site) you can earn an extra chance. Tell me about each one you followed when you come back here to comment.

7) Add any of my 3 buttons (Organize with Sandy, Review, Pouchee) to your sidebar and earn an entry for each one you add. Come back here with the link to your site where you added them.


This contest is open to US mailing address only.
Only one person from mailing address eligible to win.
(will send out an e-mail to the winner and you will have 48 hours to respond back to me or I will pick another winner.)


This contest will run until 8:00 pm EST Thursday June 25th, 2009 THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED

If you want a great Deal - Check out Buxr.com!

Buxr is a great resource for those of you trying to find some great deals, offers, coupons. In fact the fun thing about Buxr is that you can actually earn money for sharing your great deals! If you are picked as having the hottest deal of the day you can actually win money.
Here is a description that Buxr gives:
"Buxr.com is a social bargain hunting site where community members gather to share hot shopping deals. All of the deals on Buxr are shared, rated, and vetted by our community."

It is a very simple site, no bells or whistles, just down and dirty bargains listed here! There is a discussion board, faq page, and one of the things I really liked was a "how to" use the site video.
This is the faq page. I found it very helpful.
For those of you who are always tracking down the best deal...this site can help you two-fold. One, you can find some great deals. (Heck, if you get paid for posting the best deals, then you know that everyone is going to only post good ones!)
The 2nd thing is that you can post the deals that YOU find other places and make some money. How fun is that?
Check it out!! Buxr.com

TasteCasting - SugarDaddy's Bakery

**Be Sure To See the Discount Code at the Bottom of the Page for an Exclusive Offer!!!



Meet Mark, Tom, Allison and Brian. This is team Sugardaddy! (Minus Chef who was on vacation for our visit).
Mark and Tom are the creators and owners of all these goodies!
Tom would make up these wonderful brownie creations and Mark loved them and encouraged him to take his love of baking, his marvelous brownie creations, and creativity to the next level.

Together they formulated the name from Blondies their light or butter, brown sugar based brownies and Brunettes from their chocolate brownies. So what worked better than SugarDaddy's?


There are 17 flavors of these round brownies and blondies. For instance you have the Dark Berry, Auburn Original, Rich Mint, Tahiti, Fiery, Zanzibar, Chai Spiced and many more.

I have to say that the Rich Mint is my favorite...although I loved all the others too. I don't think there would be any of all that I tasted...and I tasted a lot!!! I was trying just one bite of about all of the items.

Why round?

Tom and Mark did a lot of research and found that the majority of people do not like the brownie crust. They want the moist inside of the brownie. So they bake their brownies and then cut them round.
I think this is great. They do not let ANYTHING go to waste when it comes to their deluxe brownies.
They use the pieces that come from in between the round cuts to make 1 lb bags of "pocket change." These little pieces of brownie are great for munching, using in a trifle, or paring with ice cream.

For those of us who love the crust...we are not forgotten!! They take the crust and double bake them to come up with Brownie biscotti! Oh...are these good! Brownie taste, crust taste, but so light and great with coffee.

So you think they would be finished right? Nope...more small pieces of brownie are used to make these fabulous Brownie Truffles! Oh my gosh!! Loved these too!!
They are color coded so you know what you are getting.

Here are a few that I got to taste. (Wish I had one right now as I am writing this!!)

This is the Auburn Original. It has triplet chocolate, chocolate ganache and kahlua.


The American Beauty with double chocolate, peanut butter, roasted peanuts, chocolate canache and creme de cacao. Soooo good.

So you would think there wouldn't be anything left right? They take the smallest parts of the brownies and smash them and use them in the crust of their cheesecake!!
We got to sample it...yummy!

They have also begun to make ice cream and are working to develop more flavors. So that will be fun to see what new flavors they will be coming up with!


Ok...here is a really cool part. Not only do we like them....but they have already been discovered!
Tom beat Bobby on Bobby Flay's Showdown, (you can find the video clips at the bottom of their home page.) enjoyed by Ellen's Guest in her Green Room, used as the Snack of the Day on Rachel Ray and has tons of write ups.
They have been in business for only 4 years and have accomplished all of this so far!! Can't imagine how big they are going to be in the next 4 years!
Here is the brownie that Tom beat Bobby with. It is the Tahiti Blondie: Roated Coconut, Sugardaddy's special curry spice blend and roasted cashews. Now how is that for a blondie?


They have the cutest store!! This was just completed in February of this year. It feels so comfortable. There is a coffee station

Places to sit and eat and drink your coffee.

They have the cutest wrapping station gift bags and lovely ways to personalize your gifts.

Look at the cute personalized Gift Bag options you can send your goodies in to people!! Also note the Brownie cake sitting on the shelf. You can have this made with several days notice and I hear it is the bomb!!

I could go on believe me! But you need to visit their site..and investigate. What a nice alternative to the normal "flowers" that people send.
They only overnight their products. Why? Good question...because it is the only way to be sure their products are as fresh as can be. They bake them package them and send them the same day and then only overnight ship them. Here is another thing that is very unusual. They call you when your order has been delivered. Now how often does that happen?

Because of Tastecasting you can be privy to an exclusive offer!
You can get 15% off of your online order or in store or phone order if you give them this code:
15EX103109 .

Visit SugarDaddy's web site to place your order!

Brother P-Touch 1010 Labeler Review and Giveaway!! *CLOSED*

Labelers are GREAT!! Organizers love them and I am no different. They just help things look so neat and clean.
I have used a Brother P-touch labeler for years. The Brother company sent me this one to review and it is great because you can hold it in one hand. It is small and convenient.
Here is the description that the P-Touch.com site has on it for this PT-1010 model:

The portable, handheld PT-1010 labeler with rubber grip is affordable, reliable and has a wide selection of features, including: 2 line printing, large 12-character LCD display, 8 type styles and 3 type sizes. The PT-1010 allows you to print your text with 6 frame options, 6 built-in auto formats and up to 83 symbols.

The Time & Date function lets you print labels for leftovers and other dated items. Its compact size makes it easy to use anywhere, anytime.

The PT-1010 uses a variety of TZ laminated tapes up to 1/2" wide for indoor and outdoor use and includes a 1/2" (5m) black on white “TZ” laminated tape.

* Easy to hold, comfortable rubber grip
* Handheld, portable use for more convenience
* Prints labels up to 1/2" wide on laminated indoor/outdoor tape
* Easy to view, large 12-character x 1 line guidance LCD display
* Add time & date to your labels in 8 different formats
* Built-in memory, saves up to 9 of your favorite labels
* Prints 1 to 2 lines of large crisp text
* 1 font, 3 type sizes and 8 type styles
* Separate number keys & letter keys for easy input
* Built-in manual cutter

This is where the tape comes out. And you just press on the blue cutter to cut it off.

This is also great because they are very easy to peel apart. There is a little slit made with the cutter that makes peeling it apart a snap!


To Buy: Go to P-Touch.com and check out all the possibilities. The PT-1010 cost $39.99.


To Win:

1) Go to PT-1010 and tell me another handheld model number. Then come back here and comment on it. Please be sure to leave me your e-mail address. (I almost always have some winners choosen who don't qualify because I have no way to contact them!)

For Extra Chances To Win!!

1) Twitter about this contest! Come back here and tell me you did.

2) Blog about this contest! Come back here and add the link to your blog.

3) Follow me on twitter. Come back here and add your twitter name.

4) Follow my blogs (add yourself to right sidebar to follow). For each one of my blogs you follow (organizing and review site) you can earn an extra chance. Tell me about each one you followed when you come back here to comment.

5) Add any of my 3 buttons (Organize with Sandy, Review, Pouchee) to your sidebar and earn an entry for each one you add. Come back here with the link to your site where you added them.

This contest is open to US mailing address only.
Only one person from mailing address eligible to win.
(will send out an e-mail to the winner and you will have 48 hours to respond back to me or I will pick another winner.)


This contest will run until Thursday, June 11, 2009 @ 8:00 pm EST *This contest is Closed*