I cant believe it-I won something!!

I just got an email a week ago that I won the grand prize! Get Clean Starter Kit ($176.00 value) from a blog at:http://livehealthygreen.wordpress.com/

The package arrived yesterday and WOW! Its really nice. It even included a caddy to carry all the products in from room to room.

We got a new puppy last Friday. He is a Soft Hair Weaten and we named him Ozzy. He is 14 weeks old. So I have ALOT of training and potty training to do. What a perfect time to win & recieve this prize.

The products are made by Shaklee and they are enviromentally friendly. The one product that got me really excited was a product called "Scour Off". It replaces a product like Easy Off. But it doesnt contain harmful chemicals. I decided to use it on the glass top of my smooth top stove and it really cleaned it up WONDERFULLY!! It looks as good as it did the first day that I got the stove-really! If you are needing to clean that glass top on your stove, you should REALLY consider this product.

That is not the only product I have tried. The other products have cleaned up my guest bathroom really well too. Most of the products are concentrated-which means you will got alot of uses from one concentrated product. Tomorrow I will try the laundry products. I cant believe that I am so excited to do laundry-ha!

I would like to congratulate "DebInTX" for winning the Sweet Leaf Tea giveaway. Deb, I sent you a email please reply.
**A BIG Diva "THANK YOU" to April Riggs with Sweet Leaf Tea.

DivagirlsDeals.com 1st ever giveaway!!

We have a brand new giveaway thanks to the generosity of a local Austin, TX company-Sweet Leaf Iced Teas!!

This giveaway is for 6 coupons:
3 of the coupons is for a FREE ice-cold bottle of Sweet Leaf Tea.
And the other 3 coupons read:
Buy one tea, get one FREE!!
All of the coupons expire on 12/2010.

There are 2 ways to enter:

1st way to enter:

Leave a comment here after visiting the Sweet Leaf Tea site. You need to visit the Sweet Leaf Tea site at: http://www.sweetleaftea.com/ and tell me what flavor of Tea you like or would like to try. You will get one entry for that.

2nd way to enter:

You can also enter on our forum at:

http://divagirlsdeals.forumakers.com/

Then you will see the section under that called:

Divagirls Deals Giveaways!!! -or you can just click this link.
This giveaway will be listed there. And that is where you will enter.

You need to visit the Sweet Leaf Tea site at: http://www.sweetleaftea.com/ and tell me what flavor of Tea you like or would like to try. You will get one entry for that.

If you want additional entries, you can tweet about it or twitter or post a link to your blog (or website) to my website or forum and let your readers know about this giveaway.

Be sure to post a link to your blog or site (or your Twitter handle) on your entry in the forum.

Winners will be chosen on April 26th randomly (by Random.org). The winner will be announced on this site as well as on the forum.

I LOVE SWEET LEAF TEA and I know that you will too once you try them. The Mint and Honey Green Tea and the Mango Green Tea are my favorite flavors. They are made just like granny used to make tea--delicious! They also have lemonaid and limeaid!

**A BIG Diva "THANK YOU" to April Riggs with Sweet Leaf Tea.

Feel free to visit their website at:
http://www.sweetleaftea.com/

get a FREE sample of Dunkin Donuts coffee
they go fast-hurry!!

working hard

I am SOOO happy that April 15th is behind me...taxes schmaxes!!

Looking to revamp, update and create more buzz about my DivagirlsDeals.com website. How? Well, I am starting to do giveaways!!! Still looking for companies to give me stuff to giveaway and provide them buzz at the same time. I will do it for just about ANY company including etsy shops.

If you are interested, just email me at: divagirl@myself.com and put "divagirlsdeals giveaway" in the subject line.

**that way I dont think its spam and delete it without reading it.

getting back into the groove

I am very happy that SXSW is over.

I was pretty busy during SXSW helping my friend Exene go around town for her interviews, shows, ect....

I really need a vacation...hopefully this weekend I will plan one.

SXSW EMERGENCY KIT

If you have never been to SXSW before here is some info that you need to know.

First, wear comfy shoes. Dont wear heels, you will look like an amateur and you will quickly regret it since you will be on your feet ALOT! I have had 2 foot surgeries, trust me-wear comfy shoes....

**Feel free to comment on this....

There are a few things that you always want to have with you while out and about: a bottle opener (the kind that goes on a key chain), aspirin, 2 pairs of earplugs (in case you lose one or give one pair to a friend who forgot theirs), pen (a disposable one in case you lose it), notebook (the paper ones), lots of business cards (you will go thru ALOT of these), & cell phone. **And if you are a chick, you may want your lipstick (I dont leave home without it).

A great tip to remember is, if you EVER need a taxi-go to the nearest hotel and you can get one there. Also, the hotels will have the cleanest public bathrooms too. No porta-pottys for you! And if you are really watching your money, The Embassy Suites Hotel has a FREE Happy Hour everyday (yeah, free drinks and munchies). But that is not usually an issue during SXSW coz there usually is alot of free drinks and food at parties.

If you are traveling from out of town, you may also want to pack:
Your laptop & adapter, One extra battery that clips on, Surge protector,
3-prong adapter from Radio Shack, and a camera.

Also, I cant stress this enough. If you are staying in a hotel, please bring your own pillow!! I know, you are thinking I am crazy...but am I? WHY? This is easy to prove, just take the pillow case off of a hotel pillow-you will FREAK out! Hotels do not clean the pillows they ONLY change the pillow case on them. Just pack one (even a small square one or a travel sized one) and you will thank me later for that. I am always amazed that people use hotel pillows-ewwww....

But SXSW is fun--so have a good time. You can sleep when its over!

The SXSW Motto: Sleep is for WIMPS!

KEXP & ME (Music & Entertainment) Television preformances 3/18-20th FREE

Location:

Me Soundstage
South Congress AvenueAustin, TX 78704

The studio is located 2 miles south of downtown Austin at 2130 South Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78704, at the corner of South Congress and Live Oak.

The entire broadcast, including the live performances, is FREE and open to the public. You are welcome to stop by any time. No signup is required. Entry is available on a first come, first served basis. We expect many of the performances to fill up quickly, so come early to get a spot!

Here is the schedule:

Wednesday, March 18th Performances

11:30am BLK JKS
1:30pm Alela Diane
3:30pm Pete & the Pirates
5:30pm Wild Yaks
7:30pm The Features

Thursday, March 19th Performances

11:30am Elliott Brood
1:30pm The Love Language
3:30pm Akron/Family
5:30pm First Communion Afterparty
7:15pm Gomez

Friday, Marth 20th Performances

11:30am Razorlight
1:30pm Andrew Bird
3:30pm Peter Bjorn and John
5:30pm PJ Harvey & John Parish
7:30pm M. Ward

**All of this info was yanked from: http://ultra8201.blogspot.com/

A SHAMELESS PLUG....DivagirlsDeals.com

Yeah, yeah.... I love finding ya'll the cool parties, but I gotta give my website a little plug here....

LOOKIN FOR MORE DEALS??

If you are looking for some other money saving deals, be sure to check out my website: http://www.DivagirlsDeals.com/ my website ROCKS-check it out!!

**be sure to check out the Restaurant.com info on there. I almost always have a coupon code there. You can get a gift certificate to a restaurant for CHEAP! So, if you are comin' to Austin get a Restaurant.com gift certificate and eat at a wonderful local restaurant for CHEAP!!

the +1 House Party Friday 3/20

If you cant getin to the Playboy party--do not fret...the people that did the Playboy party, also is doing this +1 party!!

If you tried to get into the Playboy Party and didnt, then kudos to you for trying!

When: Friday March 20th :: Noon to 5pm
Where: Hank Sinatra's 2407 Riverside Farm's Road (just off East Riverside between Pleasant Valley and Montopolis)
Free to all:: No RSVP or Badges required!

thurs. 3/19 & Saturday- Playboy Magazine and C3 Presents

When: Thursday, March 19,

Time: 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Strictly invite-only

This is already being known as the hardest party to get into...but if you can manage it be sure to comment here and brag to the rest of us.

Two of the hottest afterhours parties during SXSW will take place at the former Safeway location next to CVS on the I-35 frontage road and East 12th Street. The Thursday night bash will be hosted by Playboy magazine and C3 Presents.

Then, on Saturday at around midnight, gossip-monger Perez Hilton takes over. Lady Sovereign is the only confirmed act we could find for that one.

Double Stereo Launch Party at Tiniest Bar in Texas 3/19-3/21 RSVP!

You are all invited to attend our Double Stereo launch party on March 19th-21st at the Tiniest Bar in Texas. This is a free, all ages show open to the public.

RSVP to sal@cdfuse.com for complimentary drinks and such during the show.

The launch party will include artists from Universal Motown Records, Myspace Records, Equal Vision Records, and Rumblefish including After Midnight Project, Nico Vega, The Photo Atlas, and Loch Lomond.Plus, Austin standouts White Ghost Shivers, Driver F, The Mother Truckers and more!

It's the Launch Party of Double Stereo! We think its awesome and so will you. Pass it on!

3/19 Sounds Australia House Party w/ Lenka and more!

Another FREE party

Sounds Australia House Party w/ Lenka and more!

WHEN:
Thu. 03/19
TIME: 12:00PM
WHERE:
Friends, 208 E Sixth **I am not familiar with this place, but the party sounds pretty good.
No RSVP needed.

C'mon down (under) and enjoy a great event Aussie style! The party kicks off with six daytime performances, followed by official Aussie SXSW showcases at night. Enjoy two great Aussie traditions - music and hospitality. We'll also be raffling off a pair of roundtrip tickets to Australia courtesy of Qantas Airlines (hell yeah)! Don't forget to say G'day! Artists performing include Lenka, The Boat People, An Horse, Andy Bull, Birds of Tokyo, Red Riders, and many more!

Thurs. 3/19 KOOP Radio Garage/Twang party 3-7PM at Lovejoys

No RSVP needed...

WHEN:
Thu. 03/19
TIME: 3:15PM
WHERE:
Lovejoy's, 604 Neches

**check out Rosie Flores, should be good!!

Line-up includes:
3:15 pm Chip Robinson's Heavy Beat Outfit (Raleigh, NC)
4:15 pm Jon Langford & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Rosie Flores (Chicago / Austin)
5:15 pm The Ugly Beats (Austin, TX)
6:15 pm The Higher State (UK)

FADER FORT 3/18-3/21 4 days of parties! RSVP NEEDED!

Go here to RSVP & to check out the lineup:

http://www.thefader.com/pages/rsvp/levi-s-the-fader-present-the-fort

Rayban & Levis are providing the happy hours!

March 18-21st
Location: 1101 E. 5th St. **does not give a club name....sorry
Time 1:00 PM-9:00 PM

Lubbock New West Texas Music wed. 3/18

Lubbock New West Texas Music

WHEN:
Wed. 03/18
TIME: 12:00PM
WHERE:
Momo's , 618 W 6th St

** I am sure that this is a FREE gig, but I have no other info on it-sorry

This gig is at Momo's overlooking West 6th Street (above Katz's). It will feature new music from Legendary Lubbock.

Line up:

Kenny Maines of the Maines Brothers Band, singer/songwriter Andy Eppler, Amanda Shires of Thrift Store Cowboys, and the Cary Swinney Trio.

3/18 BAAMO's 7th Annual Florida Bandango! (RSVP needed) GO TO THIS ONE!!

BAAMO's 7th Annual Florida Bandango! RSVP needed.

WHEN:
Wed. 03/18
TIME: 12:00PM
WHERE:
Yard Dog Gallery, 1510 S. Congress Ave. I love Yard Dog Art Gallery too! Check out the cool art while you are there!

**My friend Exene is playing at this party so please so. There is a good chance that I will be at this party, so say "HI" to me if you see me there! This is a pretty good line up, Rosie Flores is playing too!


The Mojo Gurus (St. Petersburg, 5:45pm), Damon Fowler Group (Tampa, 4:55pm), Ronny Elliott (Tampa, 4:50pm), The Beauvilles (Tampa, 4pm), Exene Cervenka (LA, 3:30pm), Have Gun Will Travel (Sarasota, 2:40pm), Hoots and Hellmouth (Philadelphia, 2:10pm), Rebekah Pulley & the Reluctant Prophets (St. Petersburg, 1:20pm), Ronnie Elliott (1:15pm), Ramsay Midwood (Austin, 12:45pm), Ronny Elliott and Sylvie Simmons (12:25pm), Rosie Flores (Austin, noon)


To RSVP, go here: rsvp@baamo.org

wed. 3/18 Go Ape Party! At Sonnys Vintage

WHEN:
Wed. 03/18

TIME: 12:00PM
WHERE:
Sonny's Vintage 2928 Guadalupe St **Near the Drag.

Wed. 3/18 Pop Culture Press Party

WHEN:
Wed. 03/18 at 1:00PM
WHERE:
The Dog & Duck Pub, 406 W. 17th

Dog & Duck is a small little pub that usually has their bands playing outside so that they can accommodate alot of people.

Petrol Emotion (7pm), Future Clouds and Radar (6pm), The Handsome Family (5:10pm), The Crimea (4:20pm), General Fiasco (3:30pm), Those Darlins (2:40pm), Tim Easton (1:50pm), The Service Industry (1pm), The Hilary York Band (noon).

wed. 3/18 FREE!! Guitartown/Conqueroo 2009 Kickoff Party!

WHEN:
Wed. 03/18 12:00PM
WHERE:
Fado Irish Pub, 214 W. Fourth

Guitartown/ Conqueroo Present Kickoff 2009
Enjoy 23 bands including our 2 special headliners Billy Joe Shaver and Truckee Brothers

Fado Irish Pub 214 W.4th St

Fado's is a wonderful Irish pub, its not really big tho so if you are wanting to go to this, get there early. This is one of the few lineups that has bands that I actually recognize!

Time: noon-11pm
Lineup of Artists and Schedule of set times:

Outdoor Stage:

12:00-12:20 My Jerusalem- New Orleans, LA
12:40-1:05 Gurf Morlix-Austin TX
1:25-1:50 Bukka Allen-Austin TX
2:10-2:35 Randy Weeks- Austin TX
2:55-3:20 David Olney/Sergio Webb-Nashville, TN
3:40-4:05 James McMurtry- Austin TX
4:25-4:50 Jon Dee Graham- Austin TX
5:10-5:35 Chip Robinson and the Heavy Beat Outfit-Raleigh, NC
5:55-6:20 The Silos-New York, NY
6:40-7:05 Emory Quinn-San Antonio TX
7:25-7:50 Dave Gonzales and The Stone River Boys-Austin, TX
8:10-8:35 Wirepony- San Diego, CA
8:55-9:20 Willie Nile- New York, NY
9:40-10:05 Billy Joe Shaver- Waco, TX
10:25-11:00 Truckee Brothers (Full Band special show)- San Diego, CA
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11:30- 1:30am Olympic Ass Kicking Team featuring Terry Anderson- Raleigh, NC *Afterparty*

Indoor Stage:

12:25-12:40 David Serby-South Pasadena, CA
1:10-1:25/1:55-2:10 Andy Friedman-Brooklyn, NY
2:40-2:55/3:25-3:40 Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs-UK
4:10-4:25/4:55-5:10 Atom Orr- San Diego, CA
5:40-5:55 Greg Friedman- San Diego, CA
6:25-6:40 Kacy Crowley- Austin, TX
7:10-7:25/7:55-8:10 Scott Miller-Knoxville, TN
8:40-8:55/9:25-9:40 Carrie Engdahl-Austin, TX