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The Hot 100 (and a giveaway!)

WAHOO! Champagne! Balloons! Confetti!

(Quite a difference from last night’s post, eh?) Today I hit 100 followers on my lil ol’ blog here. I’m thrilled beyond measure that 100 of you want to know when I have a thought or 20. Seriously though, I appreciate each and every one of you. And I can’t wait to see what this month (#bloglikecrazy) and the next year hold for us. I hope to relaunch this blog and my other sites under one roof and with a whole new look – more on that later. In the mean time, let’s get ready for the new year. It’s less than two months away, can you believe it? I, for one, would like to start living my life fuller, being more mindful, and really taking the time to do those things I’ve always wanted to do and tend to those relationships that need nourishing. Not to be completely selfish, but I need it. I’m at that point in life (almost 40!) where I value relationships and making memories much more than having status or material things.

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In that vein, I’d like to share a book with one lucky follower that I’ll be reading in the new year. In honor of his visit a few weeks ago, I’m going to read The Art of Happiness: a Handbook for Living from His Holiness The Dalai Lama. I’ll be coordinating with the winner and hope to read this alongside them and have some meaningful discussions when we’re both done. Click here for your chance to win. You can enter once a day until the drawing ends on 11/13/14 and I’ll announce the winner shortly after. Happy entering!

No Way! A Giveaway?

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Image by Steve Snodgrass via Flickr/Creative Commons

Anyone who has met me likely knows (already) that I am very excitable. Most every day I act like a kid on Christmas morning…animated, childish, loving, and happy. I am constantly in awe of things around me, full of wonder, and think miniature anything is the cutest.thing.ever. All that to say I am a kid in a candy store today, excited to be doing my first blog giveaway!

Thanks to my friend Rachel Callahan earlier this month I attended an Alabama Blogger event at The Outlet Shops of Grand River to get some fashion tips and learn about the newest Fall trends from Tracy James Robinson of Chic Made Simple. It was a gloriously successful day that ended with me discovering my new favorite clothing store, Maurices, and buying way too many cute clothes. In our swag bags, the Shops included a $50 Gift Card to give away to one of our wonderful blog readers. I’ve decided to make this a fun giveaway voted on BY the people, FOR the people.

Picture Perfect Holiday Giveaway

I’m sending you on a picture-taking field trip. Below are the criteria:

  • Picture #1 – Yourself with a holiday elf
  • Picture #2 – Yourself with any item sold at the Shops at Grand River or by any of the parent shops associated with the outlet stores found at Grand River. (Example: if you own a Coach purse or a piece of Le Creuset, take a picture of yourself with it. You can find a complete list of shops here.)
  • Picture #3 – Yourself with your favorite thing in or about Birmingham.

Bonus points for creativity and originality!

Your submission will be the 3 pictures emailed to me at sherri at yougotrossed dot com. All 3 pictures together will count as 1 (one) entry into the contest. One entry per person.

I will choose 3 finalists from all entries and post them in a new blog post on December 7th. I will then enlist you, my faithful blog readers, to vote on your favorite set of pictures in the Comments section of that post and the one with the most votes at 5 p.m. on December 14th will win the gift card…just in time to get some holiday shopping done at the best outlet stores around!

Happy picture taking!

If you haven’t visited the Shops yet, I encourage you to do so. Ever since moving back to Birmingham a few years ago, I’ve been a frequent guest of them. I love that I can tackle any and all gifts in one place at one time for any occasion. The drive isn’t far, the deals are phenomenal, and the selection is outstanding.

Love yourself.
Find peace inside.
Share happiness.