5 Things I Don’t Like About Halloween

Confession: I am a tad of a secret Halloween Scrooge. On the outside, I will be smiling from ear to ear tonight watching my girls go house to house filling their buckets to the brim with candy beaming with excitement. But on the inside, as a mom, I have to admit I don’t really care much for the holiday. At all.

And when I thought about the reasons why, it made me laugh so I am going to tell you 5 Things I Don’t Like About Halloween.

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Pumpkins and Pancakes at South Coast Plaza 2011

Are you ready for a fun-filled weekend of OC family Halloween events? This Sunday, October 30th, 2011 from 8am – 11am you will have a chance to bring your kids to the MOST FUN Halloween party ever and give back at the same time at the 20th annual Pumpkins & Pancakes Halloween Extravaganza at South Coast Plaza.

What I especially love about this event is with every ticket purchase, you will be able to choose whether you would like your money to benefit one of three amazing Orange County charities helping local children: Casa Orange County, CHOC Children’s Foundation and Orangewood Children’s Foundation.

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PosePrints Design Your Own Caricature Stationery [Coupon Code + Giveaway!]

I used this darling company for my daughter’s first birthday party invitation after falling in love with their products at an event a couple years ago. A completely unique stationery design company, PosePrints allows you to create your own custom stationery with look-alike caricatures in less than five minutes! They recently launched a new line of custom business cards and super cute mommy calling cards and I have two sets to give away, make sure to enter below.

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Tina Steinberg Personalized Fingerprint Jewelry [+ Giveaway!]

When I saw that image above on www.tinasteinberg.com I almost exclaimed “Be still my beating heart!” Did you look closely? Those are actual fingerprints on the charms!

Tina Steinberg’s personalized fingerprint jewelry can be found in the Love Touch Collection on her website – beautiful sterling silver charms and pendants with your loved one’s fingerprint and a little inscription on the back. Swoon. Can you think of a better holiday gift for the moms in your life? I think not.

So it’s your lucky day as Tina is giving away a gift certificate for $100 to one lucky winner. Enter below!

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Ceramic Baby Handprint + Footprint Plate Giveaway!

Precious Hand/Footprints, a ceramic impression company that makes priceless handprints and footprints of your little ones here in Orange County, is giving away $75 to be used towards a special keepsake! Please read below on how you can enter to win. She is also doing a special event in Orange County on December 3rd, 2011. More details below….

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