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Win-It Wednesday: iVillage Summer of Love Gift Basket ($100 ARV!)

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Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday. I’ll be posting 24-hour giveaways at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. ET to give you plenty of chances to win!

iVillage Gift Basket

As part of the relaunch of their Pregnancy & Parenting site, iVillage recently asked its readers to complete a Married Sex survey. Among the key findings were these interesting results:

  • 63% of married women said they would prefer to catch up on an extra hour of sleep, watch a movie or read a book than have sex with their spouse
  • 31% of women reported that they had a better sex life before marriage
  • 14% of women have participated in sexting, while 17% have sent flirty email messages
  • 44% of women said the quality of their sex life has not changed since having kids
  • 23% of women have sex 1 to 3 times a month

iVillage wants to encourage couples with children to enjoy a “Summer of Love”, and today they’re giving away a Summer of Love gift basket (valued at $100!) to one lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader! The gift basket includes:

  • beach blanket
  • 2-in-1 massage oil from K-Y
  • cooler with plastic champagne flutes, napkins, bottle of champagne
  • Listerine strips
  • gourmet pretzels
  • chocolate covered strawberries
  • fun-shaped ice cube trays and popsicle molds
  • tanning oil
  • scented candles
  • iVillage tote bag
  • red nail polish

To enter, share your best tip for couples with children who want to spice up their love life!

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Prize:
(1) Summer of Love gift basket, as described above

This giveaway ends at 7pm EDT on Thursday, 5/27 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Comment Contest to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  2. Holly

    Hire a babysitter! I have been a babysitter for years, and babysit for whole weekends at least twice a month. Depending on the babysitter you choose this doesn’t have to be super expensive, and if it is saving your marriage/sanity it is so worth it!! I’ve also gone on vacation with families. (If you feel guilty about leaving your kids this is a great option.) We all go somewhere for the weekend, but the baysitter and kids are in one room and you are in another. We meet back up in the morning, spend the day together, then you go do your thing at night :)

  4. Dulce

    Iam already fan of your page on facebook
    I will like to win this… since i will defenitely i will used when my husband comes back for R and R ( he its on the Army )
    PROUD ARMY WIFE!!!!!!!!!!

  6. sewmom

    Once a week date night, and an overnighter at least once a year. And oh yeah, locks are on bedroom doors for a reason :)

  7. Megan

    We make sure to go to a hotel every few months while the grandparents babysit. We go out for a nice dinner andave a few drinks and then we have the whole night to ourselves and we get to sleep late the next morning!

  9. DG

    I saw this idea online, but you get those washable markers that you can use in the tub– and leave notes to each other on the shower wall!! Love it!!

  11. Stacey

    My hubby and I go to a movie and dinner alone once a month…it is always so much fun and makes us feel like teenagers again!

  14. Emma

    On a weekday, get Grandma to take the kids for the afternoon/dinner, and go see an art exhibit, a movie, or something only the adults enjoy.

  17. Deana

    My hubby and I have been married for 17 years. We got married very young – 18. Back when we had little money and going through college and had a young one and no money for a babysitter, we would drive in the car at night for a hr, our son would sleep in his carseat, and we would talk about our week and reconnect. We would talk about everything, good and bad, and what our next week was going to bring. Early on we learned communication was the key…

  21. Jennifer

    We try to make time for each other. In this economy it’s hard for us to go out to dinner but we like to make a romantic dinner in while the kids are at grammas. Just reconnecting with each other is great :)

  25. Allison

    My tip is to make time for intimacy on a regular basis–even if you have to schedule it! Also, make time to do stuff as a couple w/o kids on a regular basis, to stay connected on a deeper level. Even if it’s only a hour or two sometimes.

  30. Laura

    Hiding post-its inside drawers where we know the other person will eventually look… it’s a great way to say “Hello” or “I love you” without being there.