TIB’S SEASON OF GIVING 2025: Day 13

General Mills sent me this insulated cup at the start of the football season. I haven’t used it and will never use it because it holds only 11 ounces. That’s a weird number to make a cup, right? I can understand 8 ounces because that’s a cup. I can understand 12 ounces because that’s a cup and a half. Maybe it’s 11 ounces because it holds 8 ounces of liquid, plus a little extra for ice? I don’t have a degree in cup design, so I don’t know.

Also, isn’t 11 ounces a little small for a “Game Day” cup? I don’t want to have to refill a cup during a game. What if I miss the quarterback throwing an interception in the red zone? What if I miss a pitcher striking out the side in nine pitches? What if I miss the soccer player accidentally running into a referee?

Oh wait. YouTube. I can watch it later on YouTube.

Anyhoo, if an 11-ounce cup interests you, enter this drawing for it.

RULES:

To enter this prize drawing for this General Mills Game Day insulated cup, leave a comment with THIS post, and that comment MUST include the word “noppasoppa.”

Remember to fill out the email field because we’ll be emailing the randomly selected winner for their mailing addresses.

We will stop accepting entries on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time. Only one comment is allowed per person, and it’s only open to U.S. residents.

JUST A FEW OF NOTES:

If you post a comment and it doesn’t show up, it ended up in our comment spam or trash folder for some strange reason. There’s no need to attempt to post another comment because I’ll be pulling those out of the comment spam vortex regularly.

Also, do not leave your comment using the blue REPLY button at the bottom of other comments. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and leave your comment in the section above the blue POST COMMENT button. I know. Lots of scrolling. But it’ll totally be worth it if you win this.

Good luck!

FINE PRINT:

The Impulsive Buy won’t use your email address to send you emails with an exclusive opportunity to receive and exclusive opportunity or use your mailing address to send you an offer for a custom AARP coffee mug. Bribes will not be accepted. The Impulsive Buy will not be responsible for lost mail, damaged mail, or the cup not being able to hold the liquid from a 12-ounce can.

TIB’S SEASON OF GIVING 2025: Day 12

I’m not sure what today’s prize is, but I think it’s called a pint sweater with wooden spoon, and it’s like a coozie for ice cream pints. As you can tell, it’s from Ben & Jerry’s and it came with, I want to say, the One Love flavor? And that was in 2017, so that was a long time ago.

But I have never needed a coozie for ice cream pints because my hands have an unusual tolerance for cold that I obtained when I used to work as a dairy merchandiser in high school. So this pint sweater needs a home. Perhaps you could give it a nice home and slide many ice cream pints into it. Well, that is if you win it.

RULES:

To enter this prize drawing for this Ben & Jerry pint sweater, leave a comment with THIS post, and that comment MUST include the word “batard.”

Remember to fill out the email field because we’ll be emailing the randomly selected winner for their mailing addresses.

We will stop accepting entries on Monday, December 29, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time. Only one comment is allowed per person, and it’s only open to U.S. residents.

JUST A FEW OF NOTES:

If you post a comment and it doesn’t show up, it ended up in our comment spam or trash folder for some strange reason. There’s no need to attempt to post another comment because I’ll be pulling those out of the comment spam vortex regularly.

Also, do not leave your comment using the blue REPLY button at the bottom of other comments. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and leave your comment in the section above the blue POST COMMENT button. I know. Lots of scrolling. But it’ll totally be worth it if you win this.

Good luck!

FINE PRINT:

The Impulsive Buy won’t use your email address to send you emails with an offer for Buy Four Tires Get One Free offer or use your mailing address to send you a AARP ugly sweater holiday card. Bribes will not be accepted. The Impulsive Buy will not be responsible for lost mail, damaged mail, or the pint sweater melting your ice cream too quickly.

TIB’S SEASON OF GIVING 2025: Day 11

You’d be lucky to win this Lucky Charms bracelet that General Mills sent with some Lucky Charms.

Okay, not really.

It won’t give you good luck, but if you feel like you have any, winning this would probably drain whatever you had. But if you win this, and then you win the lottery, I believe I’m entitled to half of your winnings.

RULES:

To enter this prize drawing for this Lucky Charms bracelet (or anklet, if you like), leave a comment with THIS post, and that comment MUST include the word “guimauve.”

Remember to fill out the email field because we’ll be emailing the randomly selected winner for their mailing addresses.

We will stop accepting entries on Sunday, December 28, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time. Only one comment is allowed per person, and it’s only open to U.S. residents.

JUST A FEW OF NOTES:

If you post a comment and it doesn’t show up, it ended up in our comment spam or trash folder for some strange reason. There’s no need to attempt to post another comment because I’ll be pulling those out of the comment spam vortex regularly.

Also, do not leave your comment using the blue REPLY button at the bottom of other comments. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and leave your comment in the section above the blue POST COMMENT button. I know. Lots of scrolling. But it’ll totally be worth it if you win this.

Good luck!

FINE PRINT:

The Impulsive Buy won’t use your email address to send you emails with plumbing tips or use your mailing address to send you a list of single AARP members. Bribes will not be accepted. The Impulsive Buy will not be responsible for lost mail, damaged mail, or you not getting any luck with a Lucky Charms bracelet.

BACK ON SHELVES: Limited Edition Cookie Dough Oreo Cookies (2025)

Limited Edition Cookie Dough Oreo Cookies (2025).

It’s back? There was a Cookie Dough Oreo back in 2014, but it had the standard Oreo wafer and not the choco chip flavored cookie this one has. There was also Choco Chip Oreo in 2016, which looked much like this 2025 version, but seemed to try to replicate the flavor of baked chocolate chip cookies. (Spotted by Sage G at Food Lion.)

If you’re out shopping and see new products, snap a picture of them, and send them in via an email ([email protected]) with where you found them and “Spotted” in the subject line. Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something or if they’re new, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

REVIEW: Bloom Glacier Crush Sparkling Energy Drink

Bloom Glacier Crush Sparkling Energy Drink can

Glacier Crush sounds like a Gatorade flavor.

I assumed, with “glacier” in its name, that Bloom Glacier Crush Sparkling Energy Drink would probably be blue or white in color, but that name doesn’t give me a hint as to what it’s supposed to taste like. Thankfully, by law, there has to be an ingredient list, and within that lineup of ingredients that end with -ine, -ate, -ide, -ine, -vin, and -min, there was “patented lychee fruit extract.”

In my mind, I’m like, “awesome,” a lychee-flavored energy drink, which there needs to be more of. Then I thought the white in the can’s design must represent the lychee’s flesh, and the liquid would come in a pleasant, opaque white color. However, it turned out to be yellow, like pee-in-the-glacier-snow-yellow. Definitely not lychee-colored.

Bloom Glacier Crush Sparkling Energy Drink color

Confusing to my eyes? Yes. But this energy drink is also confusing to my taste buds because, while there’s lychee extract, the beverage’s flavor reminds me of blue raspberry. A delicious blue raspberry, mind you, but still not lychee. But I imagine if Bloom ever decides to create a proper lychee-tasting energy drink, it would be pretty good, because the two drinks I’ve had from the brand, including this one, have been delightful.

Not only does the drink have 180 milligrams of caffeine from green coffee extract, but it also has galactomannan prebiotic fiber, which sounds like something from alien plants. However, that alien-sounding nutrient provides only one gram of fiber. Come on! Instagram tells me I need more fiber! Please give it to me!

Much like I’m amazed at how great Monster Ultra flavors taste despite having zero sugar, I’m equally surprised at how great these Bloom Energy flavors are, even though they are also sugar-free and have apple cider vinegar mixed into them. Poppi needs to do whatever Bloom is doing to hide the apple cider vinegar in them.

Purchased Price: $2.99
Size: 12 fl oz can
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 9 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: 10 calories, 0 grams of fat, 0 milligrams of sodium, 2 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 0 grams of sugar, 0 grams of protein, and 180 milligrams of caffeine.

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