buy back my their candy - a Sonicare giveaway

I heard a comedian on the radio this week saying that 'Halloween is really our Mother's Day. On Mother's Day, we get crappy macaroni pictures with glitter that we get to sweep off the floor and brush from the couch weeks later. Now Halloween, that's a real Mother's Day - the kids go into a comatose, chocolate induced, happy sleep while the moms of the world get to devour their kids' buckets full of candy, buffet style while they sleep it off'.

Umm, yes. I do love me some chocolate.

What I don't love? The 5 pounds that I gain overnight from eating said chocolate.

My bargaining chip this year, Metro Dentalcare's Candy Buy-Back program. They will conveniently take those (up to) 3 pounds of candy (that would have certainly otherwise been 3 pounds added to areas like my butt, my thighs, my back fat....) and turn it into cash instead.

And yes, I like cash more than chocolate.

It's really only for kids 12 and under and they (the kids) will get to keep the cash (not me). I plan on telling my kids they each can buy 3 things at the Dollar Store with their cash. It will be just like I'm Santa. Oh, the power!

I learned a few things from the Metro Dentalcare YouTube channel too, like it's better to eat candy with a meal (My kids would be all over having a side of Skittles right next to the carrots on their dinner plates.) and that it's better to eat your treats all in one sitting (I *knew* shoving candy into my mouth made way more sense than savoring it!). Check it out, there is plenty of great information about brushing, flossing, going to the dentist too.

Join the movement: stop spoiling our children with Halloween candy, turn in your their candy, get the $1 per pound and spoil them with trinkets and junk instead! November 2, 4-7pm - Check out this link for the specifics. (Plus, the candy is being donated to three worthy causes: Operation Gratitude, Second Harvest Heartland and Tubman.)

But that's not all! (I feel like I'm the announcer on the Price is Right)

Metro Dentalcare is giving away one (1) Sonicare toothbrush to one of my reader (U.S. only). You know the rules; leave a comment, follow me and leave a comment, twitter this post and leave a comment.

I didn't get paid for this post. I didn't get a Sonicare toothbrush either (though I'd like one). I just get to have this warm, gushy feeling for helping you 1) not gain any Post-Halloween weight 2) putting $3 into your child's pocket for more junk in your house 3) saving your children's teeth/ reducing your dental insurance premiums 4) oh yeah, and teaching them about donations and helping others.

Happy Halloween. Now stop spookin' me with all your lurking and go enter this giveaway.