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I didn't even make it one week this time.

Crud.

Try It Tuesday

Mrs. Who has an ongoing carnival called Try It Tuesday. I've been watching for months, but I didn't really have anything to add to the carnival. But then, I realized I do have one for this week.

I love Chai Lattes from Starbucks. Love, love, love em. But who can afford (money and those calories, ugh) to have those every day? When I saw that Coffee-Mate had a Vanilla Chai Spice creamer out, I decided to give it a shot.

This creamer is awesome. It makes my regular work coffee (which is really pretty fantastic stuff, but a little strong) something like a chai latte. I use a little bit more than usual with the strong cups, but it's still great in small bits. If you're a chai fan, then give this a try.

Also, don't forget to check out Mrs. Who's site for other great Try It Tuesday entries!

Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival: Results (Kinda)

Well, I've sent four emails out to the winners of my contests, but I've gotten no response so far.

I'll try again tomorrow, but I wonder how long I need to go before calling it and picking new ones?

Bloggy Giveaways

I gave y'all some additional time (on purpose, yeah yeah that's the ticket) for the giveaways. Stay tuned, the winners announcement will be posted shortly.

Bloggy Giveaway #2

Linkies:
Bloggy Giveaway Carnival
All My Giveaways

Don't you just love Etsy? All of those fantastic, handmade treasures. Most of the time, I don't even know that I'm desperately missing something until I see it over there. Someone will link a new found treasure they bought, and then before I know it I've spent several hours Window shopping. (Get it? Windows, window shopping? nevermind.)

Anyway, I was trying to come up with a giveaway that would be open to everyone. International shipping frankly frightens me. I'd hate to sign up to send something to Timbuktu and then flake out because the sheer magnitude of things required kept me in bed with the covers over my head.

So I went looking for something virtual-like. Something that I could send through email, or better yet, have someone send for me. (Now we're talking - less work on my part = awesome.) The perfect answer? An Etsy shopping spree.

Second Giveaway: $50 Etsy Shopping Spree

Photo removed due to possible copyright issues, check the links
First row: Lovely (necklace), Berries and Cream Facial Mask, Striped Puppy
Second row: Hippie Girl (art), Laptop Sleeve, Sumac Natural Edge Bowl
Third row: Bone Head Barrettes, Abominable Snowman Beard, Wall Clock - Motorcycle Part - Harley
Fourth row: Fiery Sock Zombie Puppet, Cupcake Scarf, Gurty Giraffe


You pick your favorite things, and I pay for it. I'll even throw in shipping on top of that (but please, keep it reasonable).

Rules:
1) Open to anyone with a valid email and mailing address (yep, that's all you international folks in this one, I told you I'd figure something out)
2) Contest open until Sunday, Nov 2nd at 5pm
3) Winner will be picked randomly (Random.org) from all the entries
4) One entry/comment per person
5) If we can't come to an amicable decision on the shipping, then I reserve the right to send a gift card instead.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post. I'll throw in a bonus entry if you leave me a link to one of your Etsy favorites.



PS - Pictures pulled off Etsy mostly at random. I'll remove the mosaic after the contest is over.
PPS - Author of the post does not endorse or represent any of the listed sellers.
PPPS - Well except for the Sock Zombie by underroos. I've got two of them and would be well on my way to a horde if the other half would let me.

Bloggy Giveaway #1

It's that time of year again folks! The leaves are falling (fallen), the air is turning nippy, and the mountains are putting on their snowy tops.

And bloggers everywhere are giving things away for free. How awesome is that?
(See the full list of Bloggy Giveaways.)

I've been a bit pressed for time this go around, so I'm scrambling to find things to give away. (I know this thing happens every three months and that should theoretically give me three months to get ready, but I could swear the last one just got finished. Didn't it? No? Crap.)

On to the giveaway! I was trolling the granola, breakfast bar aisle at my local store the other day and came to an abrupt halt. Seems Chex has put out a new line of bars. The one that had me drooling was the caramel, turtleish one. I was almost afraid to pull the box down and look at the nutrition (seriously, those things sometimes pack in the same calories as a giant milkshake and then the others manage to pack a ton of blech into 100 calories). These have 150 calories per bar. That's a pretty respectable calorie count (3pts for WW, I do believe) for a snack bar. Ah, but with that kind of calorie count, I figured they were either of the cardboard variety or just enough to whet your appetite and leave you in a serious hunt for the real sweet. So I passed on them.

And then my contact sent me an offer I couldn't refuse. (Sounds so mysterious and important, doesn't it? Much better than saying the weird nice lady on the other end of the computer sent me a sample.) Not only would I get a free box of the very flavor I had been drooling over in the store, but she'd throw in a mini spa kit to sweeten the deal:



Long story short (too late, right?) - these things are pretty damn tasty. I've been taking them to work to get me through that long noshy period between lunch and when-the-hell-are-they-going-to-let-me-go-home. The caramel is sweet and you get all that fantastic crunch stuff that comes with the Chex mix bags (without the temptation of just eating the whole thing, damn the "serving size" nonsense).

Want one? I've got three baskets to give away. Just comment on this post (if you feel like it, tell me what snack or trick you use to get through those noshy times). I'll close the comments at 5pm on Sunday, Nov 2nd and notify the winners.

Rules:
1) Must be a US Resident for this one, sorry folks! I'll work on something that's open to the international Bloggy Giveaway community for the next ones.
2) Must leave a way for me to contact you (valid email address, link to a profile with an address, or link to a blog) and be willing to provide mailing address
3) Must stand on one foot facing away from the computer before hitting submit (just kidding - nobody hurt themselves trying that one)

And, go!

Nothing To See Here, Move Along

Stupid Rush. Now I have the Jefferson's theme song stuck in my head.

Ahhhh. (Semi-safe for work. The language is cleaned up, but the bikinis are pretty small.)

If you don't watch the whole thing, then at least check it out at around 2:51. Watching Sherman Hemsley (George Jefferson) dance with Nelly is a riot. Specially when Nelly gets Hemsley to do the spank thing.