Dr. Scholls for Mace Too!!!

Apparently I'm not going to be the only one in my household with cozy feet.  The other day Mace was invited to the Dr. Scholl's Massaging Gel Insole campaign through his BzzAgent account.  I have to admit I was really happy that he got invited to this particular campaign.  His work boots make his feet hurt like crazy after a long 10-12 hour day in them and usually I get to unlucky chore (I'm only teasing here, I'd do anything I could for him) of rubbing his tired feet at the end of the day.  As we all know a pair of tired, hurting feet just make the rest of your body feel crummy and achy too.  We're both hoping that his energy level will come up a bit if these insoles do everything they say and help his feet from getting so worn out by the end of the day.  Maybe then I'll be able to convince him to go out dancing with me in my high heels!

Living Below the Line Starts Tomorrow!!!

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Live Below the Line Challenge.  As I stated in a previous post this is a charity driven campaign that BzzAgent invited both Mace and I too participate in.  Now we are by no means rich and frankly I try to maintain a strict meal budget all the times since we live so far away from a grocery store (130 miles away) but this is going to put my best week's budgeting successes to the test.  Each of us has $1.50 ($7.50 total for the whole week) to spend on each day's meals.  Granted because we are doing this as a couple it makes it a bit easier because cooking for two or more people is always easier than cooking for only one. 

So yesterday Mace and I spent an hour or so figuring out our meals, breakfast, lunch dinner, and drinks that would total under $3.00 for the both of us for every day the challenge is going on.  We've come up with some great and interesting ideas but I have a feeling its going to be easier for me to stick to the plan than it is for Mace.  One of the things we cut out for him for the week was Pepsi and switched him to drinking water which is something he absolutely hates.  I'm the kind of person that prefers water and end up drinking quite a bit each and every day.  Hopefully he wont go through caffeine withdrawals over this.  He's also a snacker which isn't going to work unless we plan for it.  Right now I have a about $2.75 left in our combined $14.00 total for the week so it'll give him a little wiggle room.

But the main thing is that I'm really looking forward to this campaign challenge because I think it will give more people an idea of how hard it really is to survive these days.  Groceries are horribly overpriced and there are a lot of people who aren't working right now so the poverty line is becoming more familiar to people that once never had to think about budgeting for anything let along a simple necessity such as food.  So please if you really want a challenge take this one up or at least donate a little something to a few of the charities participating in the Live Below the Line program.

Dr. Scholl's For Her BzzCampaign!!!

Normally I'm a tom boy but there are those occasions that I like to break out the little black dress and stilleto heels and have some fun.  The worst part of that scenario however is those damned little shoes.  Yes they look great and make a person's legs long and fabulous but the wear and tear on your feet can make you feel like you are making a deal with the devil when you slip them on.  Thankfully this past week I was invited to BzzAgent's latest campaign... Dr Scholl's For Her Insoles!!!!  I get a pair of Dr. Scholls For Her Insoles and a bunch of coupons for other Dr. Scholl's products to use or share with my friends in my BzzKit when it arrives.  I'm sooooooo excited.

I plan to put these little insoles to the test.  Over the past few months I've been working as a substitute at the local school almost everyday and also as a preschool teacher two days a week and never get to sit down during the day at either job.  Because of that I try and wear my more comfortable dress shoes but after this Dr. Scholls Bzzkit arrives I'm breaking out the fancy uncomfortable heels and wearing them all day long.  If these insoles are all that they are cracked up to be my feet should be fine.  If however I have to slip them off part way through the day I'll be bummed out.  I have other Dr. Scholl's products in other shoes like my Whites (if you don't know what these are you've never worked out in the woods), which are my rugged, stiff, backwoods, work boots with a vibram sole.  When I first got my boots I had to break them in of course but after the initial break in I still had a few spots that rubbed the balls of my feet the wrong way when hiking off the mountains.  But once I put in some gel Dr. Scholls insoles in them they felt just like my old beat em up tennis shoes.  So I'm hoping that these Dr. Scholls insoles designed specifically for heels have the same dramatic effect. 

I'll let you all know what I think but I have to say I'm really looking forward to trying out this product for BzzAgent!