{"id":170,"date":"2005-03-11T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2005-03-11T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2023-08-25T21:01:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T07:01:47","slug":"smoothie-mix-skittles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/03\/11\/smoothie-mix-skittles\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoothie Mix Skittles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Smoothie<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not a fan of pastel colors, because I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t look good in pastels.<\/p>\n

If I wore pastel colors, I would look like a snotty, country club membership owning, private school graduated prick or a rejected J. Crew<\/a> catalog model.<\/p>\n

Plus, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something emasculating about pastel. Maybe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the brightness of it, after all, my wardrobe and soul consists of mostly dark colors.<\/p>\n

It was this dislike of pastel that had me second guessing my purchase of these Smoothie Mix Skittles<\/a>. I was afraid the bright colors of the Skittles would do something strange to me, like direct me towards the nearest Gap<\/a> to look at their spring collection.<\/p>\n

That fortunately didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t happen after I ate the entire bag of Skittles. <\/p>\n

In each bag of Smoothie Mix Skittles, there are five flavors: orange mango, peach pear, strawberry banana, lemon berry, and mixed berry. My favorite was the peach pear flavor.<\/p>\n

With most of the combinations, I felt that one flavor really overpowered the other. For example, with the orange mango flavor, I could mostly taste the orange. With the pear peach flavor, I could mostly taste the pear.<\/p>\n

However, with the strawberry banana flavor, I really couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t taste either. <\/p>\n

Overall, I thought the Smoothie Mix Skittles were good. If they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t come in pastel colors, they would be slightly better.<\/p>\n

Well folks, now that the obligatory review is out of the way, we can now focus our attention towards this month\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s prize drawing.<\/p>\n

This month, the Impulsive Buy will be giving ONE lucky reader a $15 iTunes Gift Card, which we reviewed<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

Yahtzee! (BTW, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yahtzee! is now the official Impulsive Buy catch phrase, which we stole from a particular board game company.)<\/p>\n

To enter the drawing, just leave a comment for THIS review with the words \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Tune Me On\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in it and whatever else you would like to say. Or, if you think we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re crusty, drunk, smelly, and cheap comment whores, you can also enter by sending us an email<\/a> with the phrase \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Tune Me On\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in the subject field.<\/p>\n

If you leave a comment, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget to fill out the email field, because we will be emailing the winner for their mailing address. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t worry about the shipping, we will take care of all 37 cents of it.<\/p>\n

We will start accepting entries for the drawing on March 11, 2005. We will stop accepting entries on March 16, 2005. Only one entry allowed per person. The drawing is ONLY open to those in the United States. (Sorry to the rest of the world, the card can only be redeemed at the U.S. iTunes Music Store)<\/b><\/p>\n

The winner of the prize drawing will be picked in the following way:<\/p>\n

I will dictate each entrant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s email address, which will be recorded by my computer. The dictated email addresses will be turned into individual MP3 files. I will import all of the MP3s into iTunes and create a playlist containing all of the dictated email addresses. <\/p>\n

Then I will click the shuffle button in iTunes fifteen times, which will mix up the order of the MP3s. Finally, I will play the MP3s and the fifteenth email I hear will be the winner of this month\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s prize drawing.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, there will be more than fifteen entries.<\/p>\n

So for those of you who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like some free music, here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s your chance.<\/p>\n

Yahtzee!<\/p>\n

Fine Print: We promise your email address will not be used to send you spam about getting free Starbucks coffee for a year. We also promise your mailing address will not be used to send you offers for an airline frequent flyer credit card. Bribes will not be accepted. We will not be responsible for lost mail.<\/small><\/p>\n

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Item:<\/b> Smoothie Mix Skittles
\nPurchase Price:<\/b> 50 cents
\nRating:<\/b> 3 out of 5
\nPros:<\/b> Cheap. More sugar than a can of soda. Interesting flavor combinations. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not a country club snob or a rejected J. Crew catalog model.
\nCons:<\/b> Emasculating pastel colors. One flavor seemed to dominant the other with most mixed flavors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not a fan of pastel colors, because I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t look good in pastels. If I wore pastel colors, I would look like a snotty, country club membership owning, private school graduated prick or a rejected J. Crew catalog model. Plus, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something emasculating about pastel. 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