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Earth Month CleanWell Challenge

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It should come as no surprise that I love Earth Month- it’s kind of what the city of Austin is about year round!  Although my family is already very eco-conscious, I always try to use April as a personal challenge to further extend our attempts to reduce our footprint.  This year I was all set for my newest, big challenge, generating zero packaging waste for a month- a doozie!- but then I realized that our kitchen remodel (a remodel balancing budget and eco-friendly choices, none the less) fell smack dab in the midst of my challenge month… and a refrigerator box seems like the most offensive type of packaging waste available.  Foiled before I ever began.  Boo!

Luckily for me, our friends at CleanWell are launching a new product and approached me with their own challenge- replace all of the hand soap in my house for two weeks with their new All-Natural Antibacterial Liquid Hand Soap.  Yay!

Full disclosure- We generally use the CleanWell Foaming Hand Soap in our house already, but as we were staring down a steady of stream of contractors and workers I had already replaced it with run-of-the-mill liquid hand soap.  I love the foamy stuff, but it is exceptionally easy to fly through a container in a week’s time and I just couldn’t see myself standing by the sinks in our house reminding grown men that “One pump is plenty!” when using the foam soap.  So liquid soap is a necessity during a remodel that is generating frequent dirty hands.  I’m sure that CleanWell didn’t know that they would be issuing a two week challenge to our remodel team as well!

Monday morning I made the swap, and I am already thrilled with the way I coordinated the scents- Orange Vanilla in the guest bath, Peppermint in the debacle that is our kitchen, and Lavender in our bathroom (Ahhh… Hey, if I can’t make it to the spa I can at least relax while washing my hands!) and I’ve got a watchful eye on the levels to see just how long the goodness lasts.

I’m looking forward to two weeks of all-natural, tricolsan-free clean hands!  I’ll check back in with results (including just how much soap we used in a family of three  +  contractors) soon.  For now, feel free to join me in the challenge yourself by using the code CWEDC for 20%  your entire purchase online (while you’re there, make sure you snag some of the Disinfectants To-Go- total green mama must haves!)

*Update: April 26th*

We’re ten days in now… and we’ve got some fab smelling and squeaky clean contractors at our house!  I have to be honest- the thought of having a rotating carousel of people in and out of my home when I have a bitty babe makes me squirm, but thanks to the calming (and totally non-cloying) aromas of each soap I’ve put out in our dispensers I can totally tell which workers have recently washed their hands (and, subsequently, which spaces I might need to oh-so-discretely hit with the CleanWell Disinfectant To-Go).  On top of that, the soap level seems not to be diminishing.  Hooray!

BCB’s A to Z guide to Black Friday and Cyber Monday!

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****THIS POST WAS UPDATED ON 11/28 AT 9AM TO REFLECT NEW/ADDED DISCOUNTS FOR CYBER MONDAY****

Bump Club and Beyond is THE holiday gifting resource for moms, moms-to-be, dads, baby’s and grandparents!  We have posted a SNEAK PEEK (complete with a few exclusive BCB discount codes!) of some of our favorite gifts from our Holiday Gift Guide, the rest of which will be revealed on ABC7’s “Windy City Live” on Tuesday, December 13th. (All gifts from “Windy City Live” + more will be posted on our website after the show.)

In the meantime, we have also compiled a list of our favorite Black Friday Sales and Cyber Monday Deals to make your holiday shopping efforts as easy as possible! We will be updating this list as we receive more great offers that you won’t want to miss. Only 25 days left until Hanukkah and 30 days until Christmas!  HAPPY SHOPPING!

New Deals for Cyber Monday

Aden + Anais
Visit their website for their cyber monday deal. At presstime it was not published, but we love their products so much we wanted to include that they are having something special on their site!

Athleta, Banana Republic, Gap, and Old Navy
Use the code HUGECYBER for 30% off. Use the same code to save 20% at Piperlime.com.

Calypso St. Barth
50% off sale both online ad in-store.

Diapers.com
Save up to 40% on select baby and infant toys.
Gilt.com
Alex Toys, Shure Toys, P’kolino, plus doorbuster deals every three hours!

Macy’s
Free shipping on orders over $75 with the code CYBER.

Ulta
Free shipping on orders over $25 with the code HOLIDAYSHIP25.

Levis.com
Save 40% on orders over $100 with the code CYBER40.

Yoyo.com
This brand new toy site has everything you need for your little one for the holidays! Save 40% off one full-price item. Some exclusions apply. (In our opinion, this Cyber Monday deal is not so much. Yoyo.com marked down so many items 5-7% so that they are “on-sale” and do not qualify for the discount. We included this though as you may get lucky and find what you are looking for.)

Black Friday & Cyber Monday Discounts, Deals and Sales

American Airlines
Their annual winter sale starts at $59 each way in the USA. Book by Sunday, travel through March.

Anthropologie
50% off all sale items in-store and online through 11am. 25% off all sale items in-store and online after.

Apple
Special one-day shopping event.  (At the time this was written there was no indication as to what the sale was going to be.)

Babies R Us
Free shipping over $100
30% off all Graco Gear
15% off all Britax car Seats-online only
20% off all infant carriers and diaper bags

Banana Republic
30% off your entire purchase with the code BRJUMP30. THIS CODE ENDS on 11/24!

Belly Dance Maternity
Friday: Use the code THANKS25 for 25% off online
Saturday: Use the code THANKS15 for 15% off online
Sunday: Use the code THANKS10 for 10% off online
(Print this blog entry out to use the savings in-store.)

BestBuy.com
FREE shipping on everything
$75 off $250+ with the code 75GIFTS
$50 off $175+ with the code 50GIFTS
$25 off  $100+ with the code 25GIFTS

Conde Nast Magazines
Save on subscriptions to your favorite titles including Glamour, Allure, Bon Appetit, Lucky and many more!

Crate and Barrel
10 top requested, most popular items up to 30% off.

Diapers.com
Save 25% off all Britax car seats (through 11/28)
Save 15% off all BabyBjorn (through 11/28)
20% off Boppy, My Brest Friend, Kushies, and Balboa Baby Nursing Pillows with the code PILLOW20
$10 off your first order ($49+) PLUS $5 off every case of diapers every time you shop with the code BESTDIAPERDEAL

Expressionary.com
Use the code TURKEY for 40% off one of our favorite items—the PSA customized stamp! More deals can be found on their website!

GAP
Everything in-store and online is up to 60% off.

Gilt.com (Friday)
Women: Boots, sweaters, watches, handbags, outerwear, dresses all under $100.
Baby & Kids: Tegu, Little Giraffe, Maternity Finds under $40

Hallmark.com
Free stamps with the code FREESTAMPS
Free shipping on 25 cards or more with the code FREESHIP

Janie and Jack
30% off your entire purchase before 3pm on 11/25. Discount taken at the register in-store or when you check out online. No coupon necessary.

J.CREW
Use the code YOURGIFT for 25% off through Sunday online.
Free shipping on orders $150+.

Krista K
Friday: Extra 30% off sale
Saturday: Extra 20% off sale
(in-store only)

Little Threads in Roscoe Village
Shop early and save!
8-9am 40% off everything
9-10am 30% off everything
10-11am 20% off everything
11am – 6pm 15% off everything
All new Tea deliveries will be 20% off all day (no additional discounts.)

Macy’s
Take an extra 15% off plus free shipping with the code GOBBLE (through 11/26.)

Madison and Friends & The Denim Lounge:
Shop from 10am-11am and get 35% off EVERYTHING
Shop from 11am-1pm and get 25% off EVERYTHING
Shop from 1pm-Close and get 20% off EVERYTHING
ON MONDAY: 30% off the entire site with the code CYBER2011

Nashelle Jewelry
35% off the entire site. No code needed.

Neiman Marcus
The Real Deal: Up to 50% off regular prices when you take 20% off sale items in-stores and online.

Old Navy
3-day Gobblepalooza with savings in-store and online. Click here for more info and to print your in-store coupon.

Pottery Barn Kids
HUGE sale—up to 75% off in-store and online. PLUS, up to 40% off backpacks and luggage, 30% off select toys, and 20% off select seasonal decor.

Preggers Maternity
BLACK FRIDAY (Nov. 25): 20% off storewide
November 14-December 24: FREE infant insert with the purchase of an ergobaby carrier
November 26-December 24: Buy 2 pieces of TEA merchandise and receive a FREE coloring book
November 26-December 24: Buy More Save More Sale (up to $50 off your purchase)

Psychobaby
Site-wide 25% off sale on MONDAY with the code MONDAY25 starting at 12am. Facebook fans have early access starting at 6pm on Sunday.

Ralph Lauren
An extra 25% off select items (prices as marked) plus free shipping on all orders.

Restoration Hardware
Save $100 on every $500 you spend through 11/28. Use the code RTSGV11 online.

Ruelala.com
Thursday: Little Rue, Pandora, Nicole Miller
Friday: Hanky Panky, Red Envelope

Samantha’s Charms
20% off site-wide beginning Black Friday through Cyber Monday with the coupon code: SC20_2386

Spanx
20% off the entire site SPANXEMP20

Steve Madden
25% off your entire purchase with the code TURKEY

Twinkle Twinkle Little One:
Save on their in-store sample sale THIS WEEKEND! It’s their sale event of the year! (We saw them setting up on Monday—you don’t want to miss it!)

West Elm
Buy more, save more! Use the code SAVEMORE on full-priced items to save 10% on purchases over $100, 15% on orders over $250, and 20% on orders over $500.

Wonder!
Save up to 30% online on Cyber Monday! Click here to check out the deals.

Z Gallerie
Save 10% on furniture with the code GIVE10
Save 20% on everything else with the code GIVE20

Don’t forget to FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK as we will be giving away thousands of dollars of gifts from our Holiday Gift Guide starting 12/5!

Contributors: Erin Strom, Lindsay Gruen, and Lindsey Goins.