It's Time for Back to School & a GIVEAWAY-CLOSED ⋆ Brite and Bubbly

Summer is sadly almost over and if you’ve had a chance to step inside of a Target or Walmart lately or looked at your Sunday newspaper fliers you know it’s back to school time! Every store is already having back to school sales or they’ve put up their back to school sections for school supplies. It’s everywhere and I love it! I wanted to share with you some tips on where to shop for this back to school season! These are the places where I personally like to do my back to school shopping and I’d like you to check out these stores too since I think you will enjoy doing your back to school shopping with them also.

So first off, I personally have a mad obsession with the store Target.

I do most of my back to school shopping there for my teen and myself. I’m going back to a community college in hopes of building my computer skills so I can get a better job to support my family. I digress…

Words can not express how much I love target. Some times I feel like writing a letter to Target and I would include a copy of my bank statements so they can see how much I spend there on a monthly basis and maybe they will make me their spokesperson like that Jared guy from Subway.

Target has a fantastic section for Back to School. Each store lays out their back to school section almost the same way with small changes depending on the store. You can easily find Back to school products with every character your child or teen loves! While passing through the store the other day as I bought a few things for my teen for back to school, I noticed they had characters ranging from Hello Kitty, Twilight, Harry Potter, Iron Man, Disney Princess, Toy Story 3, Sponge Bob Square Pants, Transformers, and our family’s favorite STAR WARS!

I managed to get my teen these STAR WARS Folders for only .99 cents each!

I also snagged this stretch to fit fabric TOY STORY 3 book cover for him since he loves 3D animation and hopes to do computer animation one day.

Check out some of this weeks great Back to School bargains at Target in their fliers!

The flier for your local Target Store can be found in your Sunday paper or online at Target.com!

Now if you don’t particularly love doing your shopping at retail stores and you hate waiting in some horribly long lines on the weekends and prefer to do your shopping online then head over to the following sites:

Parenting.com!

Parenting.com has 25+ Back to School Bargain buys list up on there site that has some really great links to fabulous products and bargains like the “Monkey Snack Sac.” It’s an adorable monkey character insulated lunch box. Each one also comes with twelve notes you can stick inside to give your kid a special, personalized message, which will be particularly comforting if he or she anxious about going to school. It only costs about $16.99 and it can be found at mookiegifts.com/stjomosnsac.html.

Get 15% off any of the Stephen Joseph Lunch Boxes or Snac Sacs by entering coupon code “Parenting Magazine” at checkout. To take a look at some of the fabulous back to school bargains Parenting.com is offering on there 25+ Back to School Bargain buys list CLICK HERE and it will take you straight to the list!

PersonalCreations.com

Another great site to check out for some amazing BACK TO SCHOOL items is PersonalCreations.com. This site has adorable back to school items that include Sesame Street characters.

I used to love Sesame Street as a child and so did my teen when he was a child. We all still love the characters to this day. Elmo is one of the most adorable characters ever created for children’s television. At Personal Creations you can have your items personalized with your childs name on everything from Backpacks to water bottles, lunch boxes, hooded sweat shirts, towels, and even custom pillow cases.

They have the most adorable Elmo back pack and water bottle that I love and is absolutely perfect for any child starting school for the 1st time. It allows the child to recognize which back pack is his and also lets the teacher know too! It’s always good to place your child’s name on their belongings when going to school and Personal Creations does the work for you and their prices are very reasonable and there products are very well made so they will last the entire school year if your kids don’t play very rough with them. The Sesame Street and Sponge Bob products that they have are my favorite and they should be yours too! Visit PersonalCreations.com and have fun personalizing your childs back to school gear!

Sanrio.com

Sanrio the home of HELLO KITTY is celebrating it’s 50 year anniversary this Back to School season.

They are having anniversary celebrations and sales at all their retail locations and on their website www.sanrio.com. Sanrio has everything and anything a little girl who loves Hello Kitty would want for back to school. It was my place of choice as a child. I grew up with hello kitty and I love that she grew up with you. I still have wallets, bags, and watches that I use to this day! There are hello kitty products for both kids and adults online and at the retail store. Sanrio makes it fun for the whole family this back to school season. Check out www.sanrio.com and if you spend $85 dollars or more on www.sanrio.com you get a FREE hello kitty watch!

My final back to school tip is A MUST HAVE product for back to school and that is The Wrap-N-Mat! I’m not sure how many of you read my review for the The Wrap-N-Mat, but this is a necessity to have when you’re getting ready for back to school! It does exactly what its name says. It wraps your food and when you’re ready to eat it opens back up into a cute place-mat to eat off of.

In these times of swine flu in schools and germs that can be very harmful to you and your family you should want a mat to put your food on top of. WRAP-N-MAT® Wraps are the only RE-USABLE sandwich wrap and place mat in one. They come in Original sized wraps that are approx. 13″ x 13″ which are great for regular sized sandwiches and Grande’sized wraps that are approx. 14″ x 17″. They can save you tons of money on packing your children’s lunch for school. You won’t have to wast money on sandwich baggies or aluminum foil and you will help cut back on waste and help save the environment. And they are adorable!

They come in a variety of colors and designs as well! They don’t cost a lot either and I recommend buying more than one so your whole family can use them or if you’re cleaning one, you can have another one handy. You can get your own WRAP-N-MAT® at http://www.wrap-n-mat.com also check out my review for the Wrap-N-Mat!

Now in celebration of Back to School and the Launch of My Blog I wanted to have my first Real GIVEAWAY! Just a little something special for my followers that I hope will get you started on your back to school shopping! Or at the very least your child will enjoy using for back to school!

I’m giving away to one of my readers a TOY STORY 3 themed Back to School Prize Pack!

1 winner will receive ONE of each of the following:
1. I picked up another stretch to fit Fabric TOY STORY 3 book cover for one of my readers.
2. A cute TOY STORY 3 PENCIL SHAPED pencil case.
3. A cute pack of 15 TOY STORY paper lunch bags that you can personalize with either your child’s name or you can have a fun coloring session customizing the bag with you child so he or she can have a fun bag for his or her lunch.

TO ENTER PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

MANDATORY ENTRY:

YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG. SCROLL DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE BAR OF MY BLOG WHERE IT SAYS “FRIENDS” AND THEN “SUBSCRIBE TO ME” EITHER SUBSCRIBE VIA EMAIL OR VIA READER.

LEAVE A COMMENT AND MAKE SURE TO FILL IT OUT WITH YOUR EMAIL LETTING ME KNOW THAT YOU DID AND I SIMPLY WANT THE EMAIL SO I CAN HAVE A WAY TO REACH YOU IF YOU WIN. IT WILL BE USED FOR NOTHING ELSE.

That’s what you have to do to enter. But if you’d like extra entries…

*For extra entries you can do any or all of the following. Please be sure to leave a separate comment for each that you have done. Extra entries are optional.*

– Become a “Google Friend Connect Friend” with The Queen of Swag! found also on the (right side bar of the blog)

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– “Like” The Queen of Swag! on Facebook (click on the Facebook Like button found on the right side bar).

– Follow The Queen of Swag on Twitter here @queenofswag4u or by clicking on the twitter buttons on the right side bar and tweet the following:

“#Giveaway -TOY STORY 3 Prize Pack!- from @queeenofswag4u -ENDS SEP.3RD- USA ONLY www.thequeenofswag.com”

This is limited to 4 tweets per day, spaced apart not one right after the other PLEASE. I don’t want anyone to be called spammers or blocked by twitter.

-Blog about this giveaway and leave a link to post.

-Use any of the social networking buttons found at the bottom of this post underneath my NAME/Signature to promote this giveaway. Be sure to tell me what you did and if possible provide a name and/or URL so that I can check it out.

CONTEST WILL END SEPTEMBER 3rd, 2010 at midnight pacific time! Winner will be notified via email and announced on this blog, and on twitter and facebook. This is open to USA ONLY SORRY.

**PLEASE SEE RULES AND DISCLAIMER FOR MORE PRIZE INFO.**
WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN AT RANDOM FROM ENTRIES.

I hope you or your kids will enjoy this TOY STORY 3 PRIZE PACK!

Good Luck to all who enter and I hope you enjoyed this post and it will help you along in your Back to School shopping!

Thank you for following my blog!

*GIVEAWAY ITEMS WERE PURCHASED BY ME FOR THE GIVEAWAY. THE COMPANIES AND OR SITES MENTIONED IN THIS POST ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS GIVEAWAY IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. I WAS NOT COMPENSATED NOR GIVEN ANY ITEMS FOR THIS POST. I SIMPLY POSTED IT TO HELP MY READERS WITH SOME BACK TO SCHOOL INFO AS WELL AS HAVE A GIVEAWAY TO THANK THEM FOR FOLLOWING MY BLOG!”