Category: Announcement

It’s here! The Impulsive Buy’s 2024 Season of Giving!

(I’ll pause here to let you celebrate)

Starting next week, from Monday, December 23 to Friday, December 27, 2024, we will be posting one prize drawing for a mystery box per day. The mystery boxes contain a bunch of swag obtained from various companies. Rules for the individual prize drawings will be in their respective posts. The title of those posts will begin with “TIB’S SEASON OF GIVING 2024.”

So, keep an eye out for the posts!

Good luck!

Hello TIB Readers,

After 48 hours of dealing with our hosting provider’s support, I believe the site is up and running properly again. To be honest, I almost FUBARed it by trying to figure things out on my own in between support emails. Anyhoo, pictures should be showing up now for all previous posts that didn’t have them.

Sorry for the inconvenience. Normal posting will start again tomorrow.

Marvo
Editor

Hi there,

The site has been having issues these past two days. Crashing servers. Slow downs. Posts not posting. Photos not showing up. I’m currently working with the site’s hosting provider to get things back to normal…hopefully.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Marvo
Editor

Hi, I’m Amber: food nerd, bird nerd, tech nerd—and I wear those badges with pride. As a longtime New Englander, I’ve perfected the art of sporting a Pats T-shirt and sipping iced Dunks while shoveling snow. My home is a delightful chaos shared with my wonderful husband (who cheerfully joins me on Food Adventures across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut), three lovable French Bulldogs, and Monty, our resilient 2.5-legged rescue toad, named after Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Few things light up my world like spotting a “New” or “Limited Edition” sticker on junk food, especially if it’s seasonal. Slap a snowflake, fall leaf, or Santa hat on candy, cookies, or crackers, and I’m halfway to the checkout while my husband mutters about my hypothetical demise in a zombie apocalypse. Sour flavors, though? They’re my true weakness. When nothing on the shelves is tangy enough, I’ve been known to dunk gummies in a DIY citric acid-sugar mix to get my fix.

I also have a deep love for baking. A few years ago, I embarked on a personal quest to revive Ermine Frosting. While I didn’t quite achieve world domination with it, I whipped up a lot of cupcakes for friends, family, and neighbors and had a lot of fun in the process!

When it comes to food, I have opinions—strong ones—and I’m not shy about sharing them. That’s why I’m thrilled to join The Impulsive Buy, a site that’s been my go-to for years when hunting down grocery list must-haves. A few things you should know upfront:

• Pumpkin Spice is like Duck Sauce of flavors—it belongs on pumpkin, it doesn’t contain pumpkin.
• Frosting and cheese are life; there’s no such thing as “too much.”
• Thin crust pizza reigns supreme, but only if it crunches audibly with every bite.
• Ice cream in the winter and hot soup in the summer? Yes, please! They’re not just acceptable—they’re genius moves that let the weather work for you.

I hope my rants, raves, and ramblings bring you some joy—and maybe even inspire you to try something new. I’m excited to share my foodie adventures and unfiltered reviews with all of you!

We’re looking for reviewers again. Yes, it’s been awhile since we’ve had an open call for writers.

If you’d like to apply, here’s what you’ll need to send:

1. One review sample.
2. Photos of the product you reviewed. (Full resolution versions, please!)
3. A bio that includes why you want to write for The Impulsive Buy.

A Few Notes:

• While we cover a whole spectrum of products for our Spotted posts, when it comes to reviews, it’s fast food, ice cream, cereal, cookies, chips, frozen pizza, etc. For the product you select to review, choose something new and something you’d see reviewed here at TIB. “New” means something that came out within the past few weeks and it can be something we’ve already covered.
• Reviews here are anywhere from 400-550 words, so aim for that when it comes to your sample reviews.
• It’s a paid gig. It’s per review. Also, the pay is not enough for you to quit your day job, but it’s enough for you to gorge on a decent amount of Taco Bell tacos or even more Jack in the Box tacos.
• Due to legal reasons, we can’t hire anyone under the age 18.
• We’re only looking for United States-based writers.

Please send your review, bio, and photos as separate attachments. Do not embed your photos into your review.

To apply, please email your sample review, pictures, and bio to [email protected] with “I miss McDonald’s salads” in the subject line.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email.

Thank you.

Marvo
Editor