I have a crazy awesome giveaway for you guys today.
That is, it’s crazy awesome if you get excited about things like amazing vacuum cleaners.
It’s one of the most valuable giveaways that has ever popped up on this blog and I’m pretty psyched about it!
First, let’s fly through lunch to keep with tradition.
Lunch
Lunch today included leftover salmon from Wednesday night’s dinner that I repurposed into salmon salad.
I ate my salmon salad on in a whole wheat wrap, served alongside roasted Brussels sprouts and an orange.
Not shortly after, my stomach still wanted something else, so I also had a sliced apple 20 minutes later.
This week I have been apple-obsessed. I’m not sure what it is, but I’ve been eating two apples a day. Not a bad habit, but kind of weird!
Oreck Forever Series Gold Vacuum Giveaway
Moving on to the best part of this post!
When Ryan and I first moved to Ocala, we were in the market for a new vacuum. The first vacuum we bought a few years ago we got for less than $100. We figured all vacuums were created equal and we just wanted something that would suck up dirt and clean our apartment.
Well, that vacuum felt like it weighed 500 pounds and was a total pain in the butt. It barely sucked up carpet fuzz, let alone anything substantial.
When I was contacted by Oreck late this summer about their Forever Series Gold vacuum, I was so pumped because we needed a new vacuum but hadn’t done enough research to commit to buying one just yet.
When I started to look into the Forever Series Gold Vacuum, I got awfully excited. The company offered to send me one to try and I felt like a real adult. I mean I was getting excited about a vacuum for crying out loud.
There she is. What a beaut.
Honestly, it was Ryan who was the most excited. He swears he’s the only one who vacuums in our house (this may be true), so he put it together immediately when it arrived and called out to me, singing its praises.
“It’s so light!”
Really, it is.
The light weight of the vacuum was the first thing I noticed, followed shortly by the extra long cord and the tiny brushes at the base of the vacuum that *thank goodness* reach underneath our kitchen cabinets and get the crumbs other vacuums miss.
We’ve been using this vacuum for months now and are in love.
I have recommended it to friends and family in need of a quality vacuum and I’m so excited that one of you will get one!
Note: This giveaway is open to those living in the U.S. only.
To enter this giveaway…
- MANTATORY entry: Visit Oreck.com and comment below, telling me one thing you learned about the Forever Series Gold vacuum.
To receive an additional entry, you may…
- Tweet something along the lines of the following: “Hoping to win an @Oreck vacuum through @PBFingers giveaway: http://ow.ly/9Z5xp” Please make a separate comment below, letting me know you tweeted to be sure your entry is counted.
I will randomly select a winner on Monday morning using Random.org.
Good luck!
Edited 4/2/12: GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
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Disclaimer from Oreck: Oreck Corporation provided the prize for the sweepstakes but is not the sponsor of the sweepstakes.
Disclaimer from me: I received the Forever Series Gold vacuum from Oreck but was not compensated beyond that for this post and will receive no further compensation from Oreck. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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The vacuum I have in college is super cheap and tremendously heavy!!! I can not believe this vacuum is only 9lbs!!! That sounds incredible. Living in a house with 4 other girls and long hair we have to vacuum twice a week in order for our tile floors to look clean. This vacuum would be a dream!
I love that it is light weight!! I have a 30 dollar vacuum right now, so a nice one like this would be awesome!!!
I tweeted!
Love that it has a new limited lifetime warranty AND includes three annual tune ups!
I want this vac!
I tweeted! @sweetums773
I learned that they offer a lifetime warranty on it! And that is seriously awesome.
This is a pretty sick giveaway! I like that it only weighs 9 pounds cause I get a major bicep workout hauling my current vacuum up and down the stairs!!
Def need a new vaccum! I have a long hair cat so I vaccum frequently! This one seems like it would def pick up loads of cat hair – especially with a 2 speed motor – my current vaccum only has one speed! 😉
OMG, I am in desperate need of a new vacuum & this one sounds fabulous!
I learned that a top feature of the Oreck Forever Series Gold is that it includes three annual tune-ups! (I love that… who knew a vacuum needed tune-ups? 😉 )
I find it incredible that they offer 3 annual tune-ups.
What great service!!
I learned that it only weighs 9lbs and has an amazing 35 ft power cord!
Ps I tweeted 🙂
Oreck Forever Series Gold is not actually made of gold. And has headlamps! My apartment is teeny but I would love to have this.
Love this vacuum! I have a big, old, bulky vacuum and it’s time to say goodbye to it. Love that the Oreck Forever Series Gold is less than 9 lbs. because of its small yet powerful motor, and its direct suction advantage.
I tweeted the message too!
okay this is an amazing giveaway! i will be leaving for medical school in the fall and totally need a vacuum for my first ever apartment! how great would it to have a vacuum a 35 ft cord (wouldn’t have to keep unplugging throughout my apartment) and one that only weighs 9lbs!
oooo definitely the two speeds and that loooong cord!
35ft long cord means I’ll keep vacumming from room to room because I don’t have to go back and unplug it then plug it in again in a different room!
I learned that it only weighs 9 pounds…awesomeness!
It has two speeds?! Who knew that was a thing for a vacuum?
I also tweeted it because even though I want to win and want less competition, it’s an AWESOME giveaway.
That vacuum is only 9 pounds!! Awesome! And the salmon looks delish!
Yay! I am in desperate need of a vacuum! Mine just bit the dust.. or in its case spits it ALL out..:(
I learned its a two speed vacuum and has 35 foot cord! Sweet!
I learned that it incorporates a “dirty air system” in which dirt is pulled through a fan that breaks it into smaller particles that get sucked up into the vacuum!
I tweeted!
Wow, a limited lifetime warranty!?!? I’ve been through 3 vacuums since we moved into our house 4 years ago, I definitely need a quality sucker!
What a great giveaway!! I learned that the two speed motor gives you the ultimate flexibility to clean 🙂
I iearned about its furniture friendly design which i can definitely use to help me vacuum all the dirt from the random places that i can’t usually reach!
I also tweeted! Thanks!!
Great give away! I learned that it is only 9 pounds.
I didn’t need to see anything more than the picture illustrating the “direct suction” of the vaccuum. Why on earth does the dust need to travel through the entire vaccum for every other type of vaccuum?
Oreck’s are amazing, they are so lightweight!
I love that changing the bags is described as “effortless”. Hoping to move into a new apartment soon so this would be great!
hepa filter! which means wonderful things for houses with puppies 🙂
Aaaaaand I tweeted. 🙂
Love how it includes 3 annual tune ups…never heard of that before for a vacuum cleaner!!!
cord length of AWESOME: 35ft!! I could reach a whole lot of apartment with that cord 🙂
I learned that I need it in my life for the rest of my life [lifetime warranty and light enough to lift in my elderly yrs..haha…] 🙂
It only weighs 9 lbs and its cord reaches 35 feet?! UH, I’m sold.
it only weighs 9 lbs?! i lift more than that at the gym! i definitely need this vacuum 🙂
the vacuum has a GREAT warranty! and it’s 9 pounds!!
I learned that the vacuum includes 3 annual tune ups. What an amazing value! My current vacuum has needed so many tune ups and repairs that I probably could have bought a new one by now anyway!
102 mph airflow sounds like it WAY outperforms my old college vacumn (not to mention at 9lbs weighs considerably less) and might actually get the crumbs and dog hair out of the couch. add in liftime guarantee and 3 annual tune-ups, sign me up!
9 pounds is a pretty light vacuum!!! That would be nice since I have to drag it out of the closet multiple times a week!
I had no idea it was only 9 pounds! Wow. The extra long cord would be pretty great too. Cleaning the apartment without having to switch to different outlets would be awesome!
I also tweeted
I love the fact that the vacuum is ONLY 9lbs. 🙂
I learned that the warranty comes with 3 annual tune ups! This is huge—my mom always tells me that a great vacuum works like its brand new after a tune-up and I am in desperate need of a new vacuum!! If I won I would be SO psyched!!!
Lifetime warrenty- that still exists?
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