Recently I received some free samples of the BIC® Velocity® mechanical pencils to try out from Smiley360. The package came with a 2-pack of the pencils, a fun crossword puzzle, and some coupons to share.
My daughter insisted on trying it first for drawing, and then with homework, and she grabbed the green one. She loved the big eraser, and said it made it a lot easier to clean up her mistakes.
My son tried that one soon after her, and now insists on doing his homework with it, too. We've used mechanical pencils before, but they've often been kind of light and the leads break too easily. My son always presses hard when he writes, and he's not broken a single lead on the Velocity yet, in several uses. They both also find the thicker pencil a lot easier to grip in their hands, too.
I've been using the purple one for my crosswords, to-do lists, notes to teachers, and everything else, and I also love it. It's very comfortable to hold, the lead is sturdy, and the bigger eraser works so well. Will definitely be buying more whenever these run out (which will be awhile because it also came with replacement erasers and ink). Way to go, BIC!
Rating:
BIC® Velocity® Original Mechanical Pencils - ★★★★★
I used my free product coupon that I received from the My Magazine program at Kroger recently to get a Nestea Black Tea, and also purchased a Tea With Lemon.
Really enjoyed the black tea - cool and fresh without being overly sweet. It's a nice color; not too dark or too light. It also doesn't leave an aftertaste as many packaged teas seem to do.
The lemon, on the other hand, just wasn't for me. I don't mind a slight lemony taste, but it was a bit too overpowering for my tastes. The underlying Nestea tea was pretty nice, but I couldn't get past the tart lemon taste.
In the future, I'll definitely be buying more of the black tea flavor, but not any of the others because I'm not a fan of peach or raspberry, and after having tried lemon, not that one either.
Ratings (out of five stars):
NESTEA® Slightly Sweet Black Tea - ★★★★
NESTEA® Lemon- ★★
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This is the start of a new blog where I will review all sorts of neat, new products I'm lucky enough to get to try. I hope you enjoy. Here we go...
