Winner Winner!

That's me!

The awesome Michelle at See Michelle Blog was giving away a sweet digital food scale... and I WON! Woo! I am so pumped. This scale is so much nicer than my cheapie Bed Bath & Beyond scale. I love food scales for weighing out pasta especially. Pasta is so hard to tell serving sizes since it cooks up larger than it is out of the box!

Anywho.. thanks Michelle! Go check out her blog and encourage her weight loss journey, LIE (Losing Isn't Easy)! She is kicking butt so far!

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Giveaway Winner!

The day has come... I have a winner! Everyone was assigned a number based on their entries and placed into a spreadsheet. Random number generator picked a number... cross-referenced to my handy dandy spreadsheet and....

Congratulations Tiffy!

You are now the proud owner of a Blomus Esto 7 piece Finger Food Set.

Look for an email from me so we can get your tray set right out!

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Starting the New Year off with a Bang!

Awhile back I was contacted by the awesome people at CSN Stores about doing a giveaway here on the ol' blog. I decided to hang onto the opportunity until the New Year.. I figured that we would all need a little pick me up on the first day back at work after all of the holidays.

CSN Stores has SO many different types of stores (dining room furniture!, modern lighting!, fire pits!)... seriously, I've spent hours looking through the various stores. BUT the store I fell in LOVE with was AllModern.com. L.O.V.E. Everything is exactly my style.

Since giveaways are about giving rather than receiving, one of YOU are going to win this SWEET serving tray. Seriously.. how awesome? It is gorgeous and functional at the same time.

How will you be winning this, may you ask?

Well, just comment on this post with:

1- Your name (I don't need your full name).

2- Your email, so I can get ahold of you when you win.

3- Your favorite party appetizer/snack food.

You can get up to 3 bonus entries by:

-Becoming a follower (or just letting me know that you already are)

-Blogging about the giveaway and then linking back here (and letting me know)

-Leaving me the recipe to your favorite appetizer/snack food.

Leave your entries here by midnight (eastern time) on Wednesday January 6th. I will post the winner on Thursday morning!!

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A Winner!

The winner of the giveaway is comment number 14- Christin!

Congratulations Christin- email me with your address (samantha.and.john at gmail.com) and I will get your cookbooks out to you ASAP. I promise that I haven't used them that much already ;)

PS- I tried to screenprint the random.org random number screen, but my work computer is being a butt- I promise that I didn't cheat- even if Christin's profile says that she is in my favorite place on earth!

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The Last Day!

I have two big submissions at work this week, so I am going to have to post and run, but I wanted to remind everyone to comment for the giveaway if you haven't already! Tonight is the deadline and then tomorrow I will do the drawing and post the winner!

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Happy "Blogiversary"!

One year ago today, I wrote my first blog post.. on this blog anyway. My high school/college blog doesn't really count since it was mostly a way to communicate with friends.

Anywho, in honor of my blog's old age, I am holding my first giveaway!


What is the prize? Well... I will be giving away the following:



-Weight Watcher's cookbook
This isn't just for those trying to lose weight! I love how the count for the dishes- it makes it very easy to keep track of calorie intake.
Some of my favorite recipes have come from this cookbook, including Southwestern Skillet Mac n Cheese.

and



-About.com Shortcut Cooking Cookbook
Since I get home so late, I love recipes that let me whip up a REAL meal quickly!

In order to enter:
Leave a comment on this post letting me know that you would like to enter! That's it! If you would like, let me know what you would like to see more/less of in the blog.

Feel free to enter if you don't currently have a blog too! If you do have a blog, make sure to let your readers know about the giveaway.

The drawing will be held next Wednesday, September 23, so entries will be accepted through Tuesday night.

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Another Giveaway!

Go enter the giveaway at Wedded Whims- it is for a SWEET set of salt & pepper shakers from West Elm & Body Works Super Soft House Socks & Blissful Body Wash. Awesome, right?

So, go enter! (But don't take away from my chances of winning!)

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Cooking up Memories- A Giveaway!

My awesome friend Jess is currently holding a giveaway (and a bit of a poll) on her blog. The drawing is on Monday May 11, so make sure to go enter!

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