Updated: Marianne from Looks Good From the Back was commenter 155…which was the number selected by Randomizer.org. And so, she wins! Congratulations, Marianne!
Today, Maggie and Helen Jane and I are all giving away giant gift bags of awesome that were given at Mighty Summit. Great stuff. Stuff you’ll actually use and love.
We’re giving away three bags (each of us is giving away one)….and each bag full is worth over $500. That’s right. So let’s talk about what’s up for grabs. Are you ready?
Let’s do this!
X-Large Natural Zip Top Canvas Tote Bag by Lands End
I love these. They’re great as giant purses or for weekend getaways. You will not be disappointed. (Yours will not say “Sarah” on the front, but it will have the same blue trim.)
I received a pair of these at Mighty Summit last year, and then I bought two more versions throughout the year. These are great because you can keep them in your purse if you want to change out of heels (Tieks fold in half so you can stuff them in your purse), and the quality is amazing. They’re the only flats I’ve found that don’t hurt my feet. And they’re cute. And easy. Basically, I wear them everyday. For real. They come in a ton of colors. The winner gets to choose any pair for $135 and under.
Bamboo Dahlia Necklace By Feisty Elle
Designer Leslie Yang made a silver version of this necklace for Summit attendees. I get compliments every time I wear something from Feisty Elle. Her stuff is just cool.
Neoprene Laptop Case from Mixed Bag
It’s a cool laptop cover. And it smells good too.
Tattly makes temporary tattoos that don’t suck. The end.
A one-year subscription to Typekit, the service that lets you use a variety of fonts on your site without having to serve them as images. This is one of those things that you don’t know how much you want until you have it. I didn’t know I was into fonts. But apparently I am.
Gretchen Rubin is one of my favorite people. She was one of our Mighty Summit attendees this year, and she brought along her New York Times Bestselling book, which is about her year-long experiment in making her life happier. If you haven’t already read this book, you should do that now. It’s time.
The Quintet Necklace by Lemonade Handmade
Each year, Mighty Summit attendees make a list of five goals they want to accomplish over the next year…and then they receive a five-ring necklace to symbolize those five Life List goals. This piece is tiny and simple. I love it.
And that’s it for today. Pretty good, huh? I think so.
To enter please leave a comment here about something on your Life List.
The contest closes next Thursday night (10/13) at midnight PST. Again, Maggie and Helen Jane are doing giveaways as well, so head over there for two more chances to win.
Now for the fine print: Please only leave one comment here, because it’s the nice thing to do, and also because multiple entries will be disqualified. I’ll use random.org to select the winner, and I’ll announce who won at the top of this post and in a separate post next Friday (October 14). Offer eligible only to U.S. and Canada.
Travel to every continent.
Travel to Australia and Hawaii. One of these days…
One of my goals is to run a 5k – I’m into my second week of couch potato to 5k!
I’d love to build a craft room one day! It’s on my life of AWESOME list. So much yarn with no place to go. Homeless yarn is the saddest thing!
great giveaway, thank you!
One of the top things on my Life List is to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I’ve had 15 years as a “grownup” and I still have no idea!
on my life list. . .a trip to Milwaukee before we move from the Midwest! thank you so much
Make pie crust pastry from scratch.
My goal this year was to finish paying off student loans. We still had a hefty chunk to pay off, but we did it!
I heart bacon.
I am getting ready to attempt # 30 (learn to knit) which will allow me to then easily complete #31 (yarn bomb something).
I’ve been slowly checking off things and adding a few.
New for this year:
master the art of baking bread and travel to Iceland!
locate and memorize the perfect joke
I love finding new blogs. Thank you mighty girl! You guys make me want to be mighty too!
Make snow angels with my kids. They have never seen real snow.
19. Climb Mt. Fuji with the walking stick my grandfather used when he climbed it
1. Swim with the sharks in South Africa
I want to make myself motivated to exercise!
Learn six ways to “do” my hair.
Short-term, I need to get healthy. Long term, I want to run. I have always envied runners, but I’ve never been healthy enough to actually run with them. My goal is to be able to run every day, and love it!
i will make some killer bread…
Long time reader of Maggie’s website and posted there earlier about finishing my Masters. Great to visit a new website
I confess I haven’t started my life list — but winning this would encourage me to do so!
I’ve recently started making gelato and now I’d like to get a truck and sell my homemade gelato at our local Farmer’s Markets.
Buy my very own house with more than one bedroom, so my daughter can have her own room!
I’ve always wanted to run a marathon. It looks challenging, and definitely not easy, but I love the idea of training for something and having it finally pay off.
I want to read a story that I wrote on This American Life.
overcome my stress-induced binge eating
To be able to cook a big feast on my own for my close friends.
1. Camp by the Colorado River
2. Bike through wine country in France
3. Make my own bread
4. Become conversational in Chinese
5. Teach my son to tie his shoes
to spend a week at a cottage on the beach
Teach my son to be charitable and kind.
List for 2011-2012. Start my business. Check. Begin designing a website. Check. Redesign website, leave iweb behind and say hello to wordpress. In the works. Helping families improve their daily performance and overall health with whole foods and natural strategies. Check. Write my book. In the works. Commit to 750words.com. Check. Have outline to publishers by December 31, 2011. In the works. Keeping my five children and husband, healthy and happy….always a work in progress.
Start a neighborhood garden.
To spend a summer in France.
after 2 years of waiting, my goal is this year to finally bring home my babies I’m adopting!!!!
I’d like to travel to Russia and also to learn Russian and add to what I’ve learned with German.
WOAH! First time seeing new site! So pretty!
But.. life list: going to Cambodia. I have no idea why.
Also attending Holi in India.
Run a marathon.
I would love to win this!
Become a foster parent. Had my final home inspection yesterday, and all I’m waiting for now is the paperwork. And the kid.
One thing on my life list is to put my passport to good use. I’m going to India in January so I’ll be able to check that one off pretty soon!
Knit a blanket for each of my kids (1 down, 2 to go)
Spend a summer traveling with my family in an RV
live in Japan
Sew a quilt for my daughter. Recognize that it doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be done with love and sweet memories.
Inspired by Maggie, I made a lifelist. More recently, I’ve made a “sublist” of sorts: “40×40″. So I’ve got lots of things to do in next 8 months and could use a lovely large Land’s End tote and Tiek I’ve been lusting after to get the job done! First up, on deck for the weekend: Apple picking & taking a long drive to see the Fall Foliage. Yay for lifelists!
Life list: I want to set foot on each continent. Did you know that people in different countries count different numbers of continents? Just thought I’d throw that in there
Such a wonderful giveaway. Something that has always been on my life list is to live in Japan. I spent 3 months there as a child and have such great memories. Seems harder now that I’m married, have a mortgage, and just had a child, but I certainly hope to make it happen someday.
I want this to be the year I throw a murder mystery party!