The Traveling Sisterhood: March 2016

$30 Gift Credit for Home Chef! Incredible Food Delivered

This year, I have been experimenting with a wide variety of "meals delivered".  Home Chef is one of my top favorites because their food is amazing, they have a wide selection of new items weekly, and their promo to try it is great!  At $30 off, you end up paying $29 or less for your first delivery!  After that, it's easy to earn referral credit via friends and family, or to skip a week, or cancel all together--it just takes a click of a mouse.  Plus, their customer service is excellent! Very kind and helpful.  Above is one of the meals I'll be receiving April 8 -- Crispy Pan-Fried Penne Pasta with arrabiata sauce and Caesar salad!

These meals are said to include 2 servings. However, those are 2 servings for people with very hearty appetites! I see them to be more in the ballpark of 4 servings.  Another item on my menu for next week is this one -- Spaghetti Carbonara Frittata with applewood smoked bacon and arugula salad.

When you sign up, Home Chef will automatically select 3 meals they think you'll like. However, you can easily select others with a click of the mouse.  They have 11 menu items currently, plus some delicious add-ons.  This is the final meal in my delivery -- Beef-and-Sherry "Steak Diane" with cremini and Dijon cream sauce, whipped potatoes, and asparagus.
Here are the current add-ons.  The green checkmark means I've ordered it.  Those Almond Joy Smoothies look amazing--I can't wait to try them!
Head over to Home Chef for your $30 credit. You'll only be paying $29 for dinner for your family for 3 nights!

The Best Free and Discounted Subscription Boxes


I love subscription boxes and have tried so many!  Below are some of my favorites.  I'm not including any subscription boxes here which I have not actually purchased myself. Many of them I initially received complimentary for review purposes and loved them so much I ended up subscribing.  


Now go have some fun and get your subscription box fix!


Graze is awesome because the first box is free plus you can earn a free double-sized box by referring 3 friends.  You do have to pay $1 s/hI enjoyed my first 2 free Graze boxes and then easily cancelled with a click of the mouse.


You get 50% off your first Candy Club Box which brings it to $10 shipped.  3 pounds of candy is more than it looks and oh.my.goodness is it ever delicious!

With FabKids, you buy one outfit get one free at sign-up (pants and top or dress and leggings) with free shipping. The outfits are really nice, and with this deal it comes to $7 each item of clothing--better than thrift store prices!
I got my first pair of Shoe Dazzle heels for about $9 shipped!  I love them--their shoes are very high quality and I paid less than I would've paid for nice heels at PayLess.  They also offer flats and other cute women's shoes.  Of course, this does sign you up for their monthly shoe subscription. I really don't need a pair of shoes every month, but it's easy to just skip any month with the click of a mouse.

What is especially awesome about Love With Food's free trials is that you can try both their Deluxe and Gluten free boxes at 40-50% off!  Their Tasting Box has 8+ snacks, their Deluxe Box has 16-20 snacks, and their Gluten Free Box has 10-12 snacks. The first month of each costs 9.99, 11.95, and 12.49 shipped. I don't personally believe the small, Tasting Box is worth the price, however, the last 2 definitely are!
 
Just like Love With Food, you can try each of Kiwi Crate's 4 different box themes at the intro discount which is 50% off!  The 4 boxes are Kiwi Crate, Doodle Crate, Tinker Crate, and Koala Crate.  Use the code MSA50 when you sign up. These boxes are kid-themed and go from toddler to teens. Each box comes to 9.95 shipped.

Urthbox is an organic snack box that offers $10 off the first month.  Use the code promo10 when you sign-up.  Total comes to 9.99 shipped+ depending on which size box you choose.

I love Sun Basket! They are amazing!  They offer $30 off your first 3 meals which serve 2-4 people.  Total comes to 34.47 for a ginormous box of organic food, including steaks, fish, and other goodies. It's all pre-measured making for exciting, convenient new recipes.  You also get to choose what meals you get from a wide variety.
PipSticks is a super cute sticker subscription which comes with a ton of nice stickers (Mrs. Grossman etc.) in a fancy envelope. You can choose kids' stickers adult, scrapbook-style stickers.  The first month costs 4.95 shipped with the code FRIENDSROCK, giving you $5 OFF.

Your Hatchery Tasting Box is 60% off for a grand total of $10 using the code TTS10 which is an awesome deal--they're usually $25! This is an artisan box and it's got a beautiful presentation. Especially perfect for people who like to try new recipes.
 Do you have a favorite subscription box I should include? Let me know in the comments!

FREE Trial for the Surprise Ride Box!



I've been waiting for a deal like this for Surprise Ride!  They are a subscription service that sends 6-11 year old kids a surprise box of activities every month and all the tools they need to explore something new!  You may have seen them recently featured on SharkTank.  They currently have a promo for a FREE box, though you do have to pay $5.95 shipping but you save $24!  

Try it out by clicking the pic above!

Ada's Bridal, Gorgeous and Affordable Dresses for the Most Special Day of Your Life

Ada's Bridal has the most gorgeous, cheap wedding dresses I have seen which makes me excited to share them with my lovely readers in case any of you are preparing for the big day!  Browsing their dresses makes me wish I was getting married again.  My 15th anniversary is approaching.  When we renew our vows at 25 years, I'll have to head to Ada's Bridal!  
The lace-up back to this dress is gorgeous!   Romantic Tulle with an off-the-shoulder neckline, lace, and beaded sequin appliques make this wedding ball gown so timeless.

I love the elegant simplicity of this dress--stylish chiffon with a halter-top and sweetheart neckline.

This is my favorite dress from Adasbridal--so romantic.  It is also the most expensive at $342, which is still an incredible deal!  My wedding dress was similar and cost me a whoppin' $1,200! The lowest priced dress at their shop is a simple, pretty white dress for just $60. Everything else falls in the range between those two prices.
Ada's Bridal has every wedding gown style you can imagine! This is the Mermaid style.  It's so lovely!  And the bride looks adorable in her pretty, bare feet.

Of course, if the bride needs shoes, she can also find those at Ada's Bridal!

Ada's Bridal really has every necessity down to the gloves. What is your favorite item from their store?

to be unforgettable with our top bridal gowns

Springtime Fashion via Our World Boutique


Re-blogging this post because I love their styles!  Our World Boutique has some beautiful new springtime looks.
Our World Boutiques loves fashion trends as much as we do! They have great products, amazing styles and even better prices.  They say getting fresh, trendy, must have style to you at a killer price is what they're all about and, if you ask me, they're doing awesomely when it comes to living up to their motto!  I especially love how easy it was to pull together a fabulous look with just a few items.

I am absolutely in love with my new dress, bracelet and necklace from Our World Boutique!  I wore them over the weekend and got so many compliments on my whole ensemble from the classy Tulip High Low Dress to the Cameo Pearl Charm Bracelet and the Vintage Romance Necklace

The best thing is that Our World Boutique has some of the most amazing prices!  The dress I'm wearing costs only $14.99, the bracelet is only $3.99, and the necklace costs only $5.99.  Plus they have great sales like the one going on now: Save $10 off a $50 purchase.

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Special thanks to the wonderful people at Our World Boutique for providing me with this review opportunity!

Glimmer Girls, A New Faithgirlz Series Giveaway! #PreteenFiction

When they saw the cover, they thought the girls looked like them.  One of my twin daughters wears a ponytail every.single.day.  Her twin sister always wears her hair down.  Both of them have glasses.  Their little sister, Lulu, wears skirts and 2 ponytails all of the time.  And then when they read the back of the book, they started giggling uncontrollably!  I said, "What's all the commotion?"  Well, it turns out the oldest girls in the books are twins!  And their younger sisters name is Lulu, just like my youngest daughter!  How crazy and perfect is that?!
Since then, all of my daughters has finished at least one of these books. They love them and can't wait for more!  I'm really excited about a preteen girls series that has Christian characters who are really modern and fun!  Written by Natalie Grant, the characters seem to be based on life--she has 3 daughters who often go with her on tours.  I haven't read the books myself but my daughters are very good judges of good fiction and they all give them 2 thumbs up!  From everything I've heard them tell me, and excerpts they've read to me, someday soon I'll read them myself.  For now, though, they're being read by 3 very happy girls in my home!
Glimmer Girls is a fiction series that I have created with my daughters.  The storyline is about three girls who go on tour with their singing mom.  I have no idea where I came up with that plot!  It’s fun for my little girls to help with the content because they actually live that life.  Glimmer is the last name of the family, but it also has a special meaning.  It is a light that is never extinguished.  Sometimes it may glimmer a little bit brighter, sometimes it may glimmer a little bit dimmer, but it never goes out.  I felt like that was such a perfect description for all of us.  We all have a light on the inside and depending on the day, sometimes it’s bright and sometimes it’s dim.  That is the message I wanted girls to get from this book.  You don’t always have to be shining bright, some days are going to be more difficult than others, but Jesus has put a light in you that will never go out. -Natalie Grant, the author
I cannot begin to tell you how excited my daughters were about the new Glimmer Girls books!  One of you will find out why when you receive the 2 books for yourself!  Enter below by 3/30. U.S. and Canada.

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Easter Basket Fillers Your Kids Will LOVE! #PlayLikeHasbro


I've had so much fun creating my kids' Easter baskets this year.  Centered around the perfect basket-sized toys from Hasbro, I love how they turned out!

Isn't the Play-Doh Spring Chick so cute for an Easter basket?  All of my kiddos will be receiving Play-Doh with their Easter baskets this year, which is Play-Doh's 60th anniversary!  They have all kinds of fun, new things coming throughout the year to celebrate.

My little guy is going to love his Super Hero Masher Micro dude!  He's also getting some of the new Play-Doh from their Confetti Collection. The collection comes in a pack of six 2 ounce cans ( bright pink, light pink, white, blue, yellow, and brown with confetti) and 2 cutters.

The candy in this basket is surrounded by the Furreal Friends Luvimals RIBBIT the frog pet.  She is a little, palm-size pet that can harmonize. There is also COTTONBALL the lamb and FLAPPERS the duck. When you press the Luvimals pets’ back or belly depending on the pet, the adorable animals respond with movement and sweet sounds. Bring two or more pets together and they can harmonize!

Where to Find Them

The toys and Play-Doh: 
Available at most major toy retailers nationwide and on HasbroToyShop.com

The gummy butterflies and sour jelly beans:

The Tastykake donuts: 
Your local Circle K or try their locator.

The baskets: 
Wal-Mart for $1.88 each. 


Arrrr! Pirates Ahoy with Bramble Subscription Box March Review: A Super Fun Kids Pretend Play Kit at 40% off!



Our complimentary Bramble Box Props review box arrived today and it turned out to be one of those few subscriptions that I had to rush and sign up for... partly b/c of the great 40% off code they have right now! You'll find it at the bottom of this post.
The Bramble Box is packaged so cute with an adorable fox!  I was excited to open it up and see what was inside.  The kids haven't seen it yet.  As I have 4 kiddos, I'm going to wait til our next box comes in the mail to play with all the goodies.
More cuteness as we build the suspense!
 
And it's a pirate theme!  The Bramble Box included a ton of pirate "props": a pouch of gold coins, a treasure map, everything needed to make a feathered parrot for your shoulder, a pirate hat, and glue and colored wooden sticks to make a treasure box. So much fun and thought was packed into this box, I can't wait for the next one!

Don't miss this week's special!

Save 40% off the first box of any Bramble Box Props subscription.
Code: Betterthaneggs


MunchPak Subscription Box Review and Coupon: Your 1st Box Only $8 Shipped!

MunchPak is a monthly snack subscription box.  They describe it as “…an assortment of the best snacks from around the world delivered to your home, dorm room, or office as often as you would like.”

The Products: 5+ snacks in the Mini Pak and 10+ snacks in the Original, and 20+ in the FamilyPak.  They ship to the US and Europe.  This one is the MunckPak Mini but, as you can see, it's got lots of full size items and is really not so "mini" after all! 

Strawberry Pocky Sticks--my kiddos were so excited to see these!  One of their favorite favorite snacks.

Kurleez Special Salt Crinkle Crips--a yummy snack, a simple potato chip with 3 ingredients. 

Giant Caplico--now this was fun!  A giant candy ice cream cone!

Whistle Candy--My kids favorite item in the box.  They loved blowing these candy whistles and the candy also tasted delicious.

Chocolate Covered Cookie--These are huge and delicious!

Western's Beef Stick-- My hubby was happy to see this one in the box.  He loves these things!
DISCOUNT!
There you have the February MunchPak Mini!  You can get $2 off your first MunchPak using the code TRAVELINGSISTERHOOD. 

Nabisco Multipacks is giving up to $1000 for youth soccer custom jerseys at Pear!



Pear is a new company that's free to use that works with different companies to provide donation funds for teams, school groups, and nonprofits!  With their current campaign, you can earn up to $1,000 for custom apparel or equipment for your team by getting sponsored by NABISCO Multipacks on Pear. Getting started is simple and free! 
To start, create a group page by uploading a team photo. Then, invite friends and family to support your team! Pear's platform makes rallying your supporters a breeze. Your group has ten days to complete short online tasks, such as liking NABISCO’s Facebook page. The more people who engage, the more money your team is awarded – it’s that easy. At the end of your sponsorship, simply claim your award and begin your custom order. This program is only available for a limited time, so get sponsored on Pear today!

Could your kiddo's group use something like this? Let me know if you decided to try Pear and how your campaign goes!

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