Have you heard about Zulily?

Zulily is an online store great deals every day on high-quality clothing, kid & baby gear, and lots of other things! The best part? Everything is on sale – up to 70% of retail prices. I’ve been keeping an eye on the site for the last couple of weeks, and I’ve been impressed with what I’ve seen (and with the prices!). They’ve offered organic baby clothes, those hip 20-year-old-looking rock star t-shirts, car seats, maternity clothes, and tons more. All great stuff, all unique, and all on sale.

As an example, here is info on the events that start today:
Kidkraft: KidKraft is all about imagination, high quality, and durability. With KidKraft, your family can get organized and keep it together. What a difference a little planning and the right tools can make! Shop today for a desk with a built-in bulletin board, wooden caddies, clothing hangers, an easel, and more. Many of the KidsKraft items can be personalized with your child’s name.

Zio Sport: Nothing says get out and play like Zio Sport! The company started when three women saw a void in the market for high-quality, stylish sportswear for kids. The Austin-based, family-owned company encourages a healthy lifestyle with the simple idea that kids who are comfortable keep playing longer. Their revolutionary Cool-Edge Fabric Technology not only wicks away moisture, but offers UV protection. Zulily has a few great styles that are very 80s retro-style – lots of bright colors and bold designs.

You have to be a member to get in on the deals, but membership is free and signing up is fast and easy. Once you’re a member (or “like” them on Facebook), you’ll find out about their events – each day they have at least five new offers, and each one only lasts 72 hours. Anything and everything for moms, babies, and kids will show up on Zulily!

Today, we are giving away these cute items!
Shirt from Polarn O. Pyret (Retails for $39.50; sells on Zulily for $19.99): Modern, Comfortable Clothing for Babies and Kids
Sweden’s Polarn O. Pyret offers clothes that are sensibly stylish and made to last. What started with a striped T-shirt has grown into a collection of comfy, casual playwear. The designs have a clean, modern feel to them, in bright, mix-and-match colors. These are the pieces that are passed down easily from sibling to sibling—and on to cousins and friends, too.

Hat from Urban Smalls (Retails for $23; sells on Zulily for $15.99): Witty Wear for Babies in Soft Cotton and Bamboo. Kids say the funniest things, but before they can speak for themselves, there’s help from Urban Smalls. The cheeky phrases on their tops and one-pieces are the antidote to sugary-sweet baby clothes, and coordinating pants and hats pull the look together. Their Small Plum line takes things in a greener (yet just as witty) direction with eco-friendly bamboo fabric that’s highly absorbent and silky soft.

Dress from Kate Quinn Organics (Retails for $38; sells on Zulily for $19.99): Modern, Eco-conscious Playwear
Once a stylist to the stars, Kate Quinn now designs her eponymous line of clothing that’s as earth friendly as it is style conscious. Simple, modern silhouettes that mix and match are what the collection is all about, in both earth-toned neutrals and more vibrant shades. The soft, thick fabric is sustainably grown, certified organic cotton, created with certified fair-trade labor.

Here’s how you can win!
1) Leave a comment on this blog post
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To find out about all the great deals on Zulily, visit them at on Facebook, or follow them on Twitter @Zulily.

You can enter to win Zulily items from ALL 11 of our Back 2 School Giveaway bash blog partners! So after you enter here, go enter at our partners’ blogs:

Balancing Beauty and Bedlam
Bargain Briana
Common Sense With Money
Coupon Cravings
Moms Need to Know
Mommy Snacks
Passion for Savings
Saving Cents with Sense
Southern Savers
Stretching a Buck

Good luck!

This and all giveaways for this promotion end Monday, August 23rd at 3 pm.

This giveaway was sponsored by Zulily as part of Win Giveaways Back to School Bash. This post was written by me and was not edited by the sponsor. Read more on our disclosure policy. Find more information on the terms for this giveaway on the Win Giveaways Facebook page.

Isn’t that a song? My husband tells me it’s actually “These are the Days” by the 10,000 Maniacs, but I swear there’s a commercial or something.

Anyway.

This summer, we’ve been staying up late. Too late.

The kids are home with their dad, so they don’t have to get up and go anywhere (not that that prevents them from getting up early)… the sun stays up until 9:30… and we have been staying up way too late.

On many of these nights, I find myself sitting at the kitchen table with Sam, as he eats a bedtime snack.

We sit, and we talk. He tells me about all kinds of important things like hitting homeruns and what he ate for lunch. He tells me jokes. He sings me songs.

Sitting and talking to him – even though it’s late and we should both be in bed and he certainly shouldn’t be eating cookies – is just about my favorite thing in the world. I love that little boy’s voice, and I love to hear what he has to tell me.

Lately our snack of choice has been Strawberry Milanos, and as we sat and chatted last night I recognized that this is what they mean by a Milano Moment – a moment after the craziness of the day, when we are doing nothing but being together. And eating cookies.

Being with my Sam and eating cookies – my two favorite activities.

What’s your Milano Moment? The folks at Pepperidge Farm, maker of the famous Milano, want to know! Enter the sweepstakes by telling them about your “Milano Moment” – you could win a bushel of the new Strawberry Milano cookies (and then you can eat 90% of them by yourself, like I did). So head on over to The Pepperidge Farm Milano Facebook page where you can “like” Milanos, enter the sweepstakes to win a bushel of Strawberry Milano goodness, and download a 55-cent off Milano coupon!

In the last couple of weeks, Jenny and I both shared our Toyota stories… we told you about what the assorted Camrys and Corollas we’ve each owned in our lifetime have done for us… but we never expected to get such a response from you.

We were so impressed with the comments you left and the stories you told about your Toyotas, that I thought I would share some of them here.

Tim wrote:
My first Corolla was a marriage saver. With two beat up old cars in our driveway that were money pits always falling apart, we drove our little crappy white honda civic cvcc hatchback into the Toyota dealership with gas spewing out of the backseat and distributor shaking so bad that the points burned half way off on our trip to the dealership. The 1987 Corolla stayed out of the shop for 8 years then some belts needed to be replaced. I drove it 80 miles a day. A few months later we bought a first generation Corolla-Tercel 1982 used for $1500, put new tires on it and drove it for 5 years and it never went to the shop, sold it to a friend for $500 and he drove it for 5 years (who also sold it to someone in drivable condition)… We still have a old Camry that my daughter drives, its a 2001 and has over 150,000 on it but keeps on turning.

A marriage saver! Pretty impressive, for a car.

Anna wrote:
My husband drove a 1985 toyota until he had to crawl into the backseat to get out of the car. And even at 300,000 miles when the body was falling apart, the engine was still great. Our father’s advice “Nothing is worse than a car payment.” It’s surprising how quickly savings to buy a car in cash adds up.

Now that I would like to see.

Charlie (Jenny’s dad) wrote about her first car:
I got Desmond for 125 dollars since she had a broken CV joint. Just put a junk yard axil in her and she was good to go. Did have to replace the gas tank after a while. Second best deal I ever got in a car.

I believe the first best deal he ever got on a car had something to do with a barn, a bird nest and Jenny’s brother, but that’s a story for another time.

Bobby (Jenny’s husband) wrote:
Desmond was a beast. He only quit running when a friend let it run dry of oil… it threw a rod… through the side of the engine block. That’s right, a great big hole in the side of the engine, oil everywhere… and the car would STILL START AND RUN. Unfortunately the damage was too great to repair. I keep a piece of one of the rod bearing caps ( that I found on the side of Interstate 675 ) from Desmond in my new Camry wagon for good luck.

I don’t know what a rod bearing cap is but I love that Bobby kept a car part for sentimental value.

Andrea wrote:
We do love our Toyota and the service policy as well. When we only had it less than a year (it was used), the transmission just up and died on us. Toyota replaced it and that was that. Yeah, we are having some spit and sputter issues now that it has 185,000 miles but we gotta get it to make us through so we can pay cash for a new one!

How about those stories?

Do you have one of your own? To share your story, visit Toyota’s Facebook page.