Welcome to the very first official post in the “Last Minute Mommy Shops” category! I’ve decided to occasionally share products that I find particularly useful. Dont’ worry, I’m not turning into a review-based site…this is just going to be occasional, and for things I think will eithe save you time, sanity, or  make life better. I promise to be completely upfront and honest with you about these items – no smokescreen. If there is a flaw, I’ll let you know. (That way when I say I love it, you’ll know I really mean it.) Here we go!

First up, and just in time for last-minute Christmas shopping . . .

I need you to picture me, last winter, with my brand new Droid. I was in love, wanting to play with it all the time. But it was really annoying to have to slip off my gloves when ever I needed to do even the simplest of things – like, say, pick up a telephone call. Half the time I’d miss the call because it took so long to fish out my cell then take the glove off. And the other half of the time I’d just freeze my little fingers to death and not mess with the gloves at all. (Because, really, the Droid is much more important that frost bite, right?) So I suffered through the winter, a horribly annoyed.

Luckily, I didn’t have to suffer this fate once more, as I’ve found the solution! Agloves are gloves that allow you to to keep your hands warm while using your touch screen devices – with the gloves still on! This is made possible by tiny strands of silver woven into glove itself. (Get it? “Ag” is the scientific element for silver? Yep, my Chemistry class pays off. Finally….)

Back to the gloves: they rock. No really, they do. I first tried them on in warmer 60 degree weather, and used them all day. I was facebooking. And texting. And checking email. And doing everything else that my hands normally do on the Droid. And it worked perfectly.

Then, this past week, it got ridiculously cold around here. (This is what I was waiting for…a normal winter to give you an accurate review.) And they still were quite good, workeing fabulously in this 30 degree weather. (I was still a twittering fool.)

Now, they are knitted gloves, so they eventually do take on that soft-wooly look. But that didn’t bother me. Also, they aren’t meant to use while doing outdoor sports – just like other knitted gloves. However, they will keep your hands warmer than a normal knit glove because the silver is heat conductive. When they first arrived at my house, I had those suckers on for less than 10 minutes before I started to notice my hands were much warmer than what I was expecting. And if you have a really cold winter, you could double up and wear two pairs and it will still be just as conductive.

They come in multiple sizes, are machine washable, and won’t scratch your screen. I think you’ll find that they make your life a bit easier, or at the very least, maybe you found a present for that really hard to get person on your list.

Now, ready to try them? Each of the following will get you an entry to win a pair:

• Comment below to tell me which device you’ll use them on (phone, camera, game system, eReader, etc.)
• “Like” Last Minute Mommy on facebook, and comment saying you did so.
• Tweet about the contest, and link up below!

Disclosure: This review was made possible by Mom Spark Media. Although I received a pair of gloves to review free of charge, all thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.

Update – we have a winner!  Congratulations to Mel, A Dramatic Mommy!