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I get a lot of e-mails in my inbox for sales and savings. I’m not a deal blogger so I don’t share all of them with you, but every so often one catches my eye and before I delete it, I take a look to see what kind of coupon code or offer is being promoted.

Lately, a lot of them have been for London and the United Kingdom, with the Olympics I guess that kind of makes sense, but obviously those are deals that I really couldn’t take advantage of being way over here on the other side of the ocean and all.

Comfort Zone ® with Feliway ® Diffuser (for the cats) and Comfort Zone ® with D.A.P. ® Diffuser (for the pup) both mimic the pheromones emitted by cats and dogs that send a signal of comfort, helping animals feel at home in their environment. When your pet senses the pheromone, she feels secure and comfortable, reducing her fear reactions and her urge to act out destructively through chewing, scratching or house soiling. It’s also a great product to help pets adapt to surroundings when introducing new family members or traveling.

I grew up with a swimming pool in our backyard. From the ages of about six to fourteen every waking moment during summer was probably spent in the pool. I remember the great times my siblings, friends and I had…and I also remember the swimmers ear.

Oh yeah, you know what I’m talking about. When your ear(s) get clogged with water and you have to tip your head over and shake it while hopping about on the opposite leg. Yeah, that. When you’re a kid, it’s actually a little fun and cute to watch. As an adult, it’s far less endearing to be hopping about shaking your head… and when you can’t get that water out, it doesn’t matter how old you are, it just plain hurts.

The first ever GUND “Top Dog” Contest is in progress with a grand prize of “the Boo treatment” – a limited edition GUND plush in the winning pup’s likeness!

Inspired by the wildly-popular “World’s Cutest Dog” Boo stuffed dog from GUND, the “Top Dog” Contest invites pup parents from around the country to submit photos of their own four-footed friends on the GUND Facebook page in one or all of the following four categories:

I couldn’t have received an invitation to a summit on saving teen driver’s lives at a more perfect time. On behalf of Allstate I’ll be heading to Chicago tomorrow to learn and provide my perspective on teen driving. With my daughter just having turned 16 in April, I have plenty of questions to ask the experts that will be in attendance there too.

I remember 20+ years ago when I first got my driver’s license, and I’d drive around with my friends and we listened to tunes from the eighties and nineties on the car radio. Now I have a different take on allowing my daughter to do that while she’s

So, mints. Everyone likes mints (unless, of course, you don’t like mints). They’re refreshing, they get rid of bad breath, and for awhile every breath of air you take is nice and cold. Regrettably, some mints are not very tasty and not everybody likes mint tasting mints. Icebreakers has taken a crack at the conundrum of getting tasty flavor into tiny, minty fresh packages with DUO mints.

True to what it says on the tin, DUO mints are fruit plus cool–one half is tasty fruity flavor and the other is refreshingly cool mint.

Did you know that July 30th is National Cheesecake Day?! Combine that with Oreo’s 100th birthday year long celebration – and you have yourself a ‘dream extreme’ of a cheesecake! And The Cheesecake Factory has made that happen.

The Oreo Dream Extreme Cheesecake is delicious! Oreo cookies baked right into the creamy cheesecake, with layers of moist fudge cake and Oreo cookie mousse, topped with milk chocolate icing. These slices are HUGE – we all had trouble finishing a slice after dinner. It’s okay that I ate my leftovers for breakfast right?!

Good bacteria, known as probiotics can help eliminate the bad bacteria that cause stomach distress. Probiotics support a child’s health by creating the proper balance between good and bad bacteria in their digestive tract. Did you know 70% of our immune system lives in the intestinal tract?!

Culturelle Kids delivers billions of live, active probiotic cells in each packet, and they are also available in a chewable so they’re easy for kids to take. It delivers more good bacteria than other brands of probiotics, and even more than yogurt.

Leading snack company, Snyder of Berlin, is celebrating its 65th anniversary with special packaging and a photo contest!

From now until December 31, 2012 photos submitted for the Snyder Snack-Shots contest should show how Snyder of Berlin snacks are enjoyed during the spring, summer, and fall.  The photo can be solo, with friends or family, at any event or occasion, or just at home enjoying lunch or a snack.

Having launched last month with the start of their “See What Unfolds Live” event series, the #1 gum brand in the world made music history when 3,000 people in NYC got in on the fun and witnessed a live performance between DJ Steve Aoki and Duran Duran. With the release of a special remix of “Hungry Like the Wolf,” Trident launched a music video competition on Genero.tv enlisting its users to create their own music video for the new track.