New wood floors

Sweepstakes Title/Link - TLC Lumber Liquidators Sweep

Prize(s) - $5,000 worth of flooring from Lumber Liquidators

End Date - November 18, 2009

Entry Frequency - daily per person/ email

Simone's Thoughts - I would love to have our upstairs done in wood floors. This would certainly help that process.

New wheels

Sweepstakes Title/Link - CBS Dodge Sweep

Prize(s) - 2010 Dodge Journey SXT (4 given away); also 10 prizes per day of your choice of an iPod Nano, Rock Band game, or Bose headphones

End Date - December 2, 2009

Entry Frequency - 1x per person/ email

Simone's Thoughts - Besides the fact that they are giving away 4 of these cars, the daily prizes have really good odds. You only have to enter once too! All in all, a perfect sweep.

Note - you only have a shot at the daily prize on the day you enter the sweep, but if you wait till the end you will only have a shot at one of the cars as they are picking one grand prize winner a week.

Cruisin!

Sweepstakes Title/Link - National Geographic Mediterranean Cruise
after you enter once, click here to enter again

Prize(s) - 14 day Mediterranean cruise for two including airfare to port

End Date - November 19, 2009

Entry Frequency - daily per person/ email

Simone's Thoughts - As many of you know Garrett and I are happily booked on vacations for next year, so I won't be entering to win this one, but you should. Many people would consider this one a trip of a lifetime. If you don't really want it, don't enter though as you will pay taxes on this one with an ARV of $24,580. The taxes you will probably pay would be worth it for the trip IMHO, but that is for you to decide.

After you click the vote button the sweepstakes entry form will pop up.

Bluelight special

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Kmart $50K Sweep

Prize(s) - $50,000 grand prize; $100 Kmart GC daily and other smaller instant wins

End Date - December 25, 2009

Entry Frequency - 10x daily per person/email

Simone's Thoughts - Ahh November, start of the holiday sweeping period. November is usually when all the holiday sweeps start rolling in and the dreaming begins. While it is a little more of slim pickins with the economy the way it is this year, there are still some good ones.

You don't need a code to play the instant on this one, but if you want to enter for the $50K, you will need a code. I posted some below. If you sign up for their email, you can get more. Also, they will put them in circulars, on store signs, and on receipts.

Codes:
Children Charmin Bounce Tide Cookie

Tweet your way to the Olympics

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Vick's Olympic Sweep

Prize(s) - 4 day trip for 2 to Vancouver on February 18-21, 2010 to see the Olympics

End Date - January 4, 2010

Entry Frequency - 2x daily per person (1 on entry form & one via twitter)

Simone's Thoughts - Technically, the tweet is just an extra entry daily, but still an entry is an entry. My only concern with this trip would be the ARV. It is listed in the rules at $18,674 and honestly I'm not sure how much you would be able to mark it down for FMV. I have a feeling that a large portion of the ARV is in ticket prices to the Olympics and that can't be cheap. Either way, you won't get another chance to go to the Olympics in Vancouver, so definitely once in a lifetime trip.

Give a little bit

Sweepstakes Title/Link - All You Charity Sweep
Cooking Light Charity Sweep
My Recipes Charity Sweep
Real Simple Charity Sweep

Prize(s) - 12,500 cash for you & 12,500 cash to a charity of your choice

End Date - December 22, 2009

Entry Frequency - daily per email at each site

Simone's Thoughts - I really think that my favorite sweeps are ones that allow you to share the wealth. Maybe its because I work in non-profit and truly believe that some of the best in people is brought out when they give of themselves. In any case, this sweep is a win win. Money for you and money to give away.

This sweep is being held on 4 different websites. You can enter at each one daily.

Your kid is so stylin!

Sweepstakes Title/Link - The Children's Place Sweep

Prize(s) - $2,010 The Children's Place GC; also 80 smaller gift cards given away

End Date - November 30, 2009

Entry Frequency - daily per person/ email

Simone's Thoughts - I love the Children's Place. They have awesome sales and their clothes are really cute. Plus they are easy to wear - no unnecessary buttons for me to hassle with. You could buy a lot of clothes with this, and maybe even buy some to donate to needy kids for the holidays.

Need a new kitchen?

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Farmland Foods Sears Sweep

Prize(s) - $5,000 Sears GC (4 given away); $1500 Sears GC (10 given away)

End Date - February 28, 2010

Entry Frequency - daily per person/ email

Simone's Thoughts - Really good odds on this one as they are giving away 4 of the $5,000 grand prize. I figure even if you don't need a new kitchen, you can find a use for a $5,000 Sears GC.

K.O.

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Church's Tekken Sweep

Prize(s) - $10,000, video game console, & Tekken 6

End Date - November 29, 2009

Entry Frequency - daily per household

Simone's Thoughts - I happen to like the Tekken and Street Fighter series of games. I gravitate towards games that enable me to play just by randomly pressing lots of buttons at great speeds on my controller. Not that I didn't play Zelda growing up, but nowadays I just don't have the time or energy to devote to really solving games. Even if you don't like video games, you can appreciate the $10,000 grand prize!

Diamonds anyone?

Sweepstakes Title/Link - The Knot Diamond Pendant Sweep

Prize(s) - Ritani Bella Vita diamond pendant

End Date - October 31, 2009

Entry Frequency - 1x per person/ email

Simone's Thoughts - This one ends tomorrow (along w/ many other sweeps, since its the end of the month) so enter quick! Jewelry is almost always given exorbitant ARVs in sweepstakes, but remember you can always claim FMV on your taxes. Either way, diamonds are diamonds. Gimmee!

Fly free, drive free, free trip?

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Jet Blue Jet & Drive Sweep

Prize(s) - Up to 5 Grand Prizes (1 given away every 50,000 entries) - choice of 4 day trip for 2 to NYC, Vegas, LA, Orlando, or Aruba
Also daily prizes of either a $100 Hertz GC, a $250 Hertz GC, or a $500 Jet Blue GC

End Date - January 31, 2010

Entry Frequency - daily per person/ email

Simone's Thoughts - Check out the Westin resort where you could stay in Aruba - NICE! Daily prizes are pretty sweet too!

TV, Washer, Video Games? You choose!

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Pizza Hut Best Buy Sweep

Prize(s) - $5,000 Best Buy GC; also 200 first prizes of a $50 Pizza Hut GC

End Date - October 31, 2009

Entry Frequency - daily per person

Simone's Thoughts - While I have won a couple TVs in my sweeping career, none have been over 20 inches. It seems I am just not destined to win a big screen TV. Maybe I can get around that by winning this and buying one!

Holiday shopping on the house...

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Chase $200 Sweep

Prize(s) - $200 (1 given away every five minutes on weekdays for a total of 17,280 prizes)

End Date - December 31, 2009

Entry Frequency - 5x per day/ person (limit of 10 entries/ person/ week)

Simone's Thoughts - A $200 check would put a good dent in my holiday shopping, if not cover it all together. Couple of notes on this one. It is only open for entry on weekdays, you can only enter 5x per day and only for a total of 10x per week, and only in certain states (AZ, CO, CA, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MI, NJ, NY, NV, OH, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA, WI and WV.) Seems like a lot of rules, but if you are eligible and just remember to enter 2x per day M-F, you are good. Check the official rules if you want more info on restrictions.

BTW - You can order the ornament shown in the picture above here. We order 1 per year as a keepsake.

VW a week

Sweepstakes Title/Link - VW GTI Sweep

Prize(s) - 2010 Volkswagen GTI (1 given away per week)

End Date - December 2, 2009

Entry Frequency - daily per person/ email
Simone's Thoughts - I am sick as a dog this week, so I appologize in advance if the sweeps aren't up at their normal time. I'll get them up once a day, just not sure when. You can win a car a week in this one, so go for it!

Could be a crackhead...

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Windex $20k Sweep

Prize(s) - $20,000 grand prize & $1500 first prize

End Date - December 31, 2009

Entry Frequency - 1x per household

Simone's Thoughts - Do ya'll remember this video? Still makes me laugh. I LOVE the amateur sketch. Still one of my favorite news reports ever! Either way if I won this, I would feel the luck of the Irish!