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Searching for Halloween Costumes For Your Family?

When October arrives so does the time to find Halloween Costumes for your family.

PureCostumes.com is a great place to get costumes for everyone in your family.

They have infant Halloween costumes that are so adorable I could just gobble them up !

Their fun children’s costumes start at very affordable prices.

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And they have teen Halloween costumes even the pickiest teen will be sure to love.

When it comes to Halloween Costumes for your family, be sure to check out the wonderful selection at Pure Costumes!

*This post is sponsored by PureCostumes.com.

Heidi October 15, 2010 baby, child, family, halloween, teen, toddler

It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Available Now on Blu-ray and DVD

“Good grief, Halloween is approaching! The critically acclaimed and Emmy® Award-nominated It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown will come in Blu-ray format for the first time in a deluxe re-mastered edition. Viewers can now enjoy Charles M. Schulz’s timeless classic unlike ever before, with beautiful high definition picture quality and improved audio.”

Available online and in stores now!

“It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown finds the Peanuts gang outfitted in spooky costumes, ready for trick or treating and crashing Violet’s Halloween party. Charlie Brown is in a ghost costume (with more eyeholes cut out than needed), Lucy is dressed as a witch and Snoopy is in a World War I flying ace costume. Linus however, decides to steadfastly hold vigil in the pumpkin patch to await the Great Pumpkin with Sally by his side. Will this be the year the Great Pumpkin finally makes an appearance? Linus is convinced that he will.
Originally broadcast in 1966, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown earned an Emmy Award® nomination and since then, has become a critically-acclaimed classic which airs on television annually. In addition to its new availability on Blu-ray, the special will also feature updated packaging, a bonus episode and documentary.”

It’s the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a classic Halloween Movie. My parent’s introduced it to me when I was young and now I am excited to introduce it to bug! I was so happy when I heard that it was coming out on Blu-ray, I couldn’t wait to get it. This classic family Halloween movie is a MUST HAVE for getting into the Halloween spirit!

DVD Special Features:

It’s Magic, Charlie Brown– This bonus episode finds Snoopy putting on a show after he checks out a book on magic tricks from the library. With Marcie and Sally as his assistants, he performs many tricks (some that work and some that don’t) before an audience. The grand finale features the biggest trick of all, making Charlie Brown disappear. To everyone’s amazement, Snoopy makes him invisible but doesn’t know how to bring Charlie Brown back. Will Snoopy find a way to reverse the trick?

We Need a Blockbuster, Charlie Brown – Documentary featurette that focuses on the myth and tradition of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, which through the decades has grown to become a staple in Halloween season television programming. Through interviews with members of the Schulz family and producers, the documentary examines the challenges and pressures that arise when they attempt to follow-up an underdog hit with a bigger and better TV special.

Available online and in stores now!

It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on Blu-ray gets Bragging Rights!

*I received It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack for my review.

Heidi October 15, 2010 blu-ray, child, dvd, entertainment, family, halloween, toddler

Celebrate with Hershey’s This Halloween

How does your family celebrate Halloween with Hershey’s candy?:
A. Handout to trick-or-treaters
B. Decorate pumpkins
C. Surprise neighbors with treat bags (“Booing”)
D. Other – what did we miss?

My answer is A! We always hand out Hershey’s Candy to our trick-or-treaters. It is my candy of choice, since I will be the one eating the leftovers, oh who am I kidding I eat it before they arrive too (So it has to be yummy!)

What is your answer?!

Here are some fun facts about Hershey’s candy and costume choices:

According to a national survey conducted by The Hershey Company, personal candy preferences may provide insight into Halloween costume choices. According to the survey:

About 30 percent of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, Kit Kat Wafer Bar and Hershey’s Milk Chocolate lovers will do the monster mash this year as a vampire, witch or monster.
Fans of Twizzlers Twists may get the chance to show their dance moves as they twist the night away dressed in garb from the 1950s. More than 41 percent stated they plan to dress-up in period piece costumes from different eras of the 20^th century.
Jolly Rancher lovers will most likely sport a cape on Halloween, as 23 percent expressed a desire to channel superhuman powers as their favorite superhero.

Very Interesting!!

Get more spooky celebration ideas at www.CelebrateWithHersheys.com/Halloween!

Happy Hershey’s Halloween to you all!

*By posting I am entering a contest for a Hershey’s Halloween prize pack as a member of the Mom Bloggers Club.

Heidi October 14, 2010 halloween

Star Costumes Halloween Costumes Review and $30 GC Giveaway [CLOSED]

I love Halloween! I love the haunted houses, I love carving pumpkins, and I especially love the HALLOWEEN COSTUMES!!! It’s pretty easy to come up ideas for my kids, but I always have a hard time deciding what I am going to wear.

NOT THIS YEAR!!! I was able to choose a costume from StarCostumes.com and the only difficult part was deciding which one I liked the best. Seriously…they have so many adult costumes.

“At StarCostumes.com, we offer almost any adult costume or kid costume that a person could think of. And if you are having difficulty thinking of the perfect Halloween costume to wear this year, trust StarCostumes.com to help you with many great Halloween costume ideas! At StarCostumes.com, we do all the work for you, and you get to have all the fun!”

I finally went with a jazzy pink Flapper costume. This Flapper costume for adults includes a pink dress with layers of black fringe and a pink feather headpiece. I love it! I always worry about sizing when I buy clothes on the internet, but the costume fits perfectly. Their size chart really helped and was accurate.

My daughters are totally jealous that I get to wear such a fun costume Smile . All I need is the pink hair and I am set. I can’t wait until the Halloween parties begin!!!

Star Costumes also has a ton of great kids costumes. From Animals and angels to super hero’s and princesses, you are sure to find something your child will LOVE!

Want to know another great thing??? Star Costumes offers SAME DAY SHIPPING!!! That’s right all you last minute shoppers, you will have plenty of time to head on over to their website & choose from their huge selection!

Things that are BRAG WORTHY:

Their website is easy to navigate with COSTUME CATEGORIES
You can be sure to receive your costume in time with their SAME DAY SHIPPING
They have COSTUME TUTORIALS to help you make your costume even better
FREE SHIPPING on orders over $75
They even offer PET COSTUMES

Make Star Costumes your Halloween Costume stop!!!

Star Costumes gets BRAGGING RIGHTS!!!

Star Costumes is giving away a $30 Online Gift Code to one lucky reader!!!

How to enter: Leave comments below with your qualifying entries. Leave a Separate comment for each entry telling us which you qualify for.

MANDATORY 1st entry- www.starcostumes.com and let us know which costume is your favorite!

2 entries- “Like” StarCostumes on Facebook {one extra entry if you write on their wall that The Bragging Mommy sent you!}
1 entry- Subscribe to StarCostumes Blog via RSS feed
2 entries- Grab The Bragging Mommy button and put it on your blog. Leave a link.
1 entry for each- Follow The Bragging Mommy via Google Friend Connect, Facebook, Twitter, subscribe to emails, subscribe in reader.
2 entries- Blog about this giveaway. Leave a link.
1 entry per day- Follow StarCostumes on Twitter & Tweet this giveaway using @starcostumes & @braggingmommy.

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

You can enter this giveaway until October 20^th @10:00 am. The winner will then be chosen by random.org, verified and the winner will be contacted via email. The winner will have 48 hours to email us back and claim the prize, if prize is not claimed within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen. By entering this giveaway you agree to The Bragging Mommy Disclaimer/Disclosure. You must be 18 years or older and live in the US ONLY enter.

*I received a costume from StarCostumes.com for the purpose of this review

Kim October 13, 2010 baby, boy, child, dad, family, girl, giveaway, halloween, mommy, review, toddler

Great Variety, Great Prices ~ Halloween Costumes at PureCostumes.com

Halloween is fast approaching so it is time to start deciding on what you and your family will be for Halloween. Pure Costumes has a great variety of costumes for the whole family.

Check out all of their super fun kids Halloween costumes!

And these toddler Halloween costumes have me wanting to eat these kiddos up! So so cute!

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While looking through their costumes I saw some kids costumes for just $13! That is super Affordable!

When searching for Halloween Costumes this year, you will definitely want to check out Pure Costumes!

*This post is sponsored by PureCostumes.com

Heidi October 12, 2010 baby, child, dad, halloween, mommy, toddler

Need the Perfect Halloween Costume? We Have the Perfect Place to Get One!

Searching for Halloween Costumes can be a very long process, but it doesn’t have to be hard. PureCostumes.com makes it so easy to find what you are looking for this Halloween. Whether it is adult costumes, teen costumes or children’s costumes they have you covered.

I also love that they sell plus size costumes, not everyone is as tiny as the costume models (heaven knows I’m not) and it is nice to be able to find fun and cute costumes for any size.

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Head over to www.PureCostumes.com to see all the fun and cute costumes they have!

*This post is sponsored by PureCostumes.com.

Heidi October 8, 2010 child, dad, halloween, mommy

Halloween Express Review and $75 GC Giveaway [CLOSED]

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Halloween Express was very generous and let me choose several items for my review. First I chose a costume for my hubby. I was looking through costumes for about an hour, they have so many fun ones. Finally I decided on this Royal Sultan Adult Costume. It goes perfectly with my genie costume (I’m all about the matchy matchy). BTW they have a Group Costumes section that makes it super easy to plan matching family costumes, I LOVE that! It is a really great quality costume and I love that it comes with all that is shown on the picture.

I had to get this Ponytail Hair Piece to use with my Genie costume (cause that is what I am going to be for Halloween). It has a big claw clip on it so you can just clip it in your hair and your good to go. It is so cute and I am so excited to have a long thick ponytail this Halloween (I have super thin hair) so this will be a fun change.

No Genie costume would be complete without a lamp so I also chose this Genie Lamp. Now my hubby can carry around my lamp during our Halloween party completing my matchy matchy dreams!

And last but definitely not least I picked out this Witch Cauldron Cooler. This is super fun! You blow it up and put ice in the cauldron, fill it with drinks and viola you are in full party mode. We have a costume party every year and I am so excited to use this to serve our drinks. I can’t wait to hear all the compliments at our party

My shopping experience with Halloween Express has been an awesome one. They have so many fun Halloween Costumes, from Adult costumes to kids costumes, costume accessories to Halloween Decorations. You will find all you are looking for and more at www.HalloweenExpress.com!

Free Shipping! Use promo code SHIPFREE1 at checkout!

Halloween Express gets Bragging Rights!

Halloween Express is generously giving away a $75 Online Gift Code to one lucky Bragging Mommy Reader!

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How to enter: Leave comments below with your qualifying entries. Leave a Separate comment for each entry telling us which you qualify for.

MANDATORY 1st entry- Visit Halloween Express and tell us which costume you will buy with this GC if you win.

1st Mandatory Entry must be completed before you can qualify for additional entries. All extra entries who don’t do the mandatory entry will be deleted.

3 entries- Follow HalloweenXperts on Twitter.
3 entries- Like Halloween Express on Facebook.
2 entries- Grab The Bragging Mommy button and put it on your blog. Leave a link.
1 entry for each- Follow The Bragging Mommy via Google Friend Connect, Facebook, Twitter, subscribe to emails, subscribe in reader.
10 entries- Blog about this giveaway linking to this post and halloweenexpress.com. Leave a link.
1 entry per day- Tweet this giveaway using & @braggingmommy.

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

You can enter this giveaway until October 12 @10:00 am. The winner will then be chosen by random.org, verified and the winner will be contacted via email. The winner will have 48 hours to email us back and claim the prize, if prize is not claimed within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen. By entering this giveaway you agree to The Bragging Mommy Disclaimer/Disclosure. You must be 18 years or older and live in the US ONLY enter.

* I received these review items from Halloween Express for my review.

Heidi October 6, 2010 baby, boy, child, dad, family, girl, giveaway, halloween, review, toddler

BuyCostumes.com Halloween Costumes Review and $25 GC Giveaway [CLOSED]

“BuyCostumes.com is your ultimate source of various Halloween costumes, Halloween accessories and party supplies for people (and even pets!) of all ages. View over 15,000 items from a wide range of genre and categories. Whether you want to go for scary tactics or cutesy costumes, we have the most complete set of Halloween costumes for you.

BuyCostumes.com has built a reputation of great consumer confidence and security, certified by the most regarded consumer review sites like BBB, Verisign, and Bizrate. Since 1999, BuyCostumes.com continues to provide the largest collection of Halloween costumes and party supplies. We also offer costumes and items for every occasion, from birthday parties to Mardi Gras Celebration, and for every age, from adult Halloween costumes to teen Halloween costumes and kids Halloween costumes. Buycostumes.com work all year round to provide a convenient outlet for costumes and party supplies.

We offer same day shipping on our Halloween costumes and party items. If you are not satisfied with our costumes, send it back to us and get a refund, guaranteed! With the convenience of online shopping backed by friendly customer service, widest costume collection and unbeatable prices, there is no other Halloween costume shop that will give you what we can offer. Swing by our site and view items for your next party – only from the company that can give you the best – BuyCostumes.com!”

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I have to admit that while I do enjoy Halloween, I dislike shopping for costumes. I’m just not creative enough to think of something good, and I hate spending a ton of money. I was so relieved when I found BuyCostumes.com. You will love them as much as I do! They have a huge selection of Halloween costumes for the whole family- I’m so excited because this year my two little boys are going to be Batman & Robin! Their baby costumes are SO adorable, and they fit great. I can’t wait to take them to Halloween parties and trick or treating. Best of all, getting them the perfect costumes was as easy as a few clicks! BuyCostumes.com has so many reasonably priced costumes too. I just love that it saves the hassle of going around from store to store, trying to find the perfect kids costume, not to mention one that you can afford. Plus, when you shop with BuyCostumes.com, any order over $40 qualifies for FREE SHIPPING! I love that. You will definitely find the perfect costume at BuyCostumes.com!

Things that are Brag Worthy:

Huge selection of costumes for the whole family, even your pet!
Free shipping on orders over $40
They also have accessories, props, party supplies & make-up
15,000 items from a wide range of genre and categories

If you’re looking for a great place to buy your family’s Halloween costumes, be sure to visit www.buycostumes.com!

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BuyCostumes.com gets Bragging Rights!

BuyCostumes.com is generously giving away a $25 Online Gift Code to one lucky reader!

How to enter: Leave comments below with your qualifying entries. Leave a Separate comment for each entry telling us which you qualify for.

MANDATORY 1st entry- Visit BuyCostumes.com and let us know which costume is your fav!

1st Mandatory Entry must be completed before you can qualify for additional entries. All extra entries who don’t do the mandatory entry will be deleted.

2 entries- Sign up for BuyCostumes.com’s newsletter to receive coupons and specials.
2 entries- Grab The Bragging Mommy button and put it on your blog. Leave a link.
1 entry for each- Follow The Bragging Mommy via Google Friend Connect, Facebook, Twitter, subscribe to emails, subscribe in reader.
2 entries- Blog about this giveaway. Leave a link.
1 entry per day- Tweet this giveaway using @braggingmommy. You can use this:

#Win a $25 Gift Code to BuyCostumes.com #giveaway from @braggingmommy! http://tinyurl.com/235dxll {ends 10.7}

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

You can enter this giveaway until October 7 @10:00 am. The winner will then be chosen by random.org, verified and the winner will be contacted via email. The winner will have 48 hours to email us back and claim the prize, if prize is not claimed within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen. By entering this giveaway you agree to The Bragging Mommy Disclaimer/Disclosure. You must be 18 years or older and live in the US ONLY enter.

*I received Halloween costumes for the purpose of this review

Joanna September 30, 2010 family, giveaway, halloween, review

Find Your Halloween Costumes This Year at PureCostumes.com

I love searching for Halloween Costumes each year. There are so many fun costumes available at PureCostumes.com the options go on and on and on! One of my favorite things to do each year is to make all the costumes in our family match each other.

How adorable would your little gang look as Toy Story Characters?

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Wouldn’t it be fun to be the characters from Shrek?

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I just have to tell you about the Adorable toddler costumes they have. Look how cute these are, I could just eat them up!!

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Pure Costumes has fabulous costumes to choose from whether you are looking for child costumes, adult costumes, wigs, shoes or accessories. You will find great products for everyone in your family this Halloween at PureCostumes.com!

*This is a sponsored post.

Heidi September 23, 2010 baby, boy, child, dad, family, girl, halloween, mommy, toddler

Anytime Costumes Halloween Costumes Review and Giveaway [CLOSED]

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“AnytimeCostumes.com is your year-round source for adult costumes, child costumes, plus-size costumes, costume accessories, theatrical make-up, masks, wigs, beards, props and holiday decorations.”

I love picking out a Halloween Costume for Bug each year. Anytime Costumes has so many adorable Toddler Halloween Costumes to choose from. Bug and I sat down together looking through them and he chose this Toddler Dragon Costume. When it arrived we tried it on him and he looks so stinkin’ cute in it! He loves it, that actually might be an understatement, he wore it all day long and got really upset when it was time to take it off for bed, LOL! We are so excited for Halloween and I can’t wait to go trick-or-treating and show off my adorable Dragon.

Things that are Brag Worthy:

They have costumes for everyone, adult, child, & plus size.
They also sell costume accessories, theatrical make-up, masks, wigs, beards, props and holiday decorations.
They have some of the most adorable Baby Halloween Costumes I have ever seen!

You can see all their Halloween Costumes at www.AnytimeCostumes.com!

Anytime Costumes gets Bragging Rights!

Anytime Costumes is generously giving away Any Halloween Costume (up to $50 value) to one lucky Bragging Mommy Reader!

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How to enter: Leave comments below with your qualifying entries. Leave a Separate comment for each entry telling us which you qualify for.

MANDATORY 1st entry- Visit Anytime Costumes and tell us which costume you will choose if you win.

1st Mandatory Entry must be completed before you can qualify for additional entries. All extra entries who don’t do the mandatory entry will be deleted.

5 entries- Join the Anytime Costumes email list for coupons and costume ideas. (on their homepage)
1 entry- Tell us what you like most about Halloween.
3 entries- Grab The Bragging Mommy button and put it on your blog. Leave a link.
2 entries for each- Follow The Bragging Mommy via Google Friend Connect, subscribe to emails, subscribe in reader.
1 entry- “Like” The Bragging Mommy on Facebook
1 entry- Follow The Bragging Mommy on Twitter
2 entries- Blog about this giveaway. Leave a link.
10 entries- Blog about this giveaway including a link to this post and AnytimeCostumes.com. Leave a link to your post.
1 entry per day- Tweet this giveaway using @braggingmommy.

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

You can enter this giveaway until September 18 @10:00 am. The winner will then be chosen by random.org, verified and the winner will be contacted via email. The winner will have 48 hours to email us back and claim the prize, if prize is not claimed within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen. By entering this giveaway you agree to The Bragging Mommy Disclaimer/Disclosure. You must be 18 years or older and live in the US ONLY enter.

* I received a Halloween Costume of my choice from AnytimeCostumes.com for this review.

Heidi September 11, 2010 baby, boy, child, dad, family, girl, giveaway, halloween, holiday, mommy, review, toddler

Yandy.com Women’s Halloween Costumes Review

Halloween is fast approaching (only 58 days away), before we know it it will be here. So it is time to think about what to be this year…We are Halloween fanatics at our house (at least I am). I go all out with decor (My hubby makes fun of me because I actually have more Halloween Decor than I do Christmas Decor, true story). And we throw an annual Halloween costume party with all our friends and family. So having a costume is a must for me. Finding the perfect costume is always a struggle because I am so picky. yandy But Yandy.com sent me a $60 online code to pick out and review a costume from their large assortment of Women’s Costumes, and finding the perfect costume was really fun (thinking of all the possibilities). You can search through their costumes by size, price, or color, or by viewing them all. They have SO MANY fun and sexy costumes to choose from b costume4 ut eventually I narrowed my choices down to my top 3 favs, ultimately I chose to be a Genie (pic on the left). Isn’t it cute?! Just the right amount of sexy while still being family friendly I was so impressed with the fast shipping, I placed my order on Tuesday afternoon and it arrived today (Thursday). Only 3 days later! That is so fast! The costume fits me really well, I always worry about ordering costumes online since you won’t know how it fits, but they have a size chart which I used to measure myself and then ordered the right size. It is also a great quality costume (not like some of the cheap costumes you see). I am so excited for Halloween and my debut as a Genie!! Now I just have to figure out what Hubby will be (we always match our costumes as a couple). Any ideas? I would love to hear them!