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A very momentus occasion

Jul 7th, 2010
by gazelle.
9 comments

This is my 1,000th post. That is a lot of over-sharing, people! A lot.

In honor of my 4.5 years of over-sharing, I am holding a giveaway.

The prize (in honor of my not being able to run + my new gardening focus): A gardener’s gift basket.

Included in the basket:

  • A basket (I know, right?)
  • Flower seeds
  • Veggie seeds (all seeds to be selected based on where you live)
  • Gardening gloves
  • A couple of jars of jam
  • And an exciting surprise! (This is because I haven’t picked everything up yet – waiting on figuring out where the winner lives to make sure I get region-appropriate stuff for him/her AND determine if the person is a balcony container-gardener or an urban small farmer [like me]).
  • The approximate value of the gift basket is about $50.

To enter, please leave a comment and tell me about your garden dreams. You can get additional entries by retweeting this contest information and/or linking to this post on your blog (just let me know if you do either of those).

The contest closes at midnight on Sunday (Pacific Time) 7/11/10, and the winner will be announced on Monday (7/12).  Once I work out the details with the winner, the prize package will be mailed out on either 7/16 or 7/17.

Good luck!

Drumroll Please…..

Apr 5th, 2010
by gazelle.
3 comments

The winner of the Pearl Izumi OpTik cycling jacket is Katherine of Lipgloss & Spandex (a last minute entry).

Congratulations Katherine!

Thanks for entering everyone!

Three More Days to Enter to Win!

Apr 2nd, 2010
by gazelle.
Comments are off for this post

Don’t forget to enter to win the awesome Pearl Izumi OpTik Cycling Jacket!  Check out Wednesday’s post for more details.

Give Away Post

Mar 31st, 2010
by gazelle.
16 comments

I have in my possession a brand-new (tags still on) women’s Pearl Izumi Optik cycling jacket, size medium. I no longer want to have this jacket in my possession.

I had, originally, purchased this jacket for myself. It is full of fanciness. It arrived in December. It didn’t fit. I put it in a box to return it. And then, a couple of days ago, I found it. Still in the box. The return tag firmly attached. And the date well out of range of the 60 day return policy.  I don’t feel like making a big deal out of it with the company, so I thought, what can I do with this jacket that won’t remind me that, short of a breast reduction, I can’t wear a size medium in this brand?

And so – I am giving it away.

There are three ways to get an entry.

1) Leave a comment here

2) Link back to me on your blog

3) Tweet about it (I’m @gazellesoncrack)  i.e. @gazellesoncrack is giving away a sweet cycling jacket. Go to http://tinyurl.com/yhmyrnc to enter. Or not-I don’t want to limit my chances.

If you do options two or three, please leave a comment to let me know. Each one of the options will get you one entry.

Contest ends at midnight (pacific time) on Sunday April 4.

Winner will drawn on Monday April 5 and announced on this blog. The winner will then have 48 hours to email me with a mailing address and then I will ship out their brand new jacket.

You can live anywhere that I can ship to (international entries allowed).

Only caveat – I am not a giant woman, although I am fairly well-endowed. I would guess that this jacket is on the smallish side of medium.

And the winner is…..

Dec 10th, 2009
by gazelle.
8 comments

I took all the names of the people who commented on the blog and/or retweeted this contest, put them in order of their comment/retweet and then put it in the random number generator.

Big Girl Pants blog comment 3-Dec 6:55 AM
Carolina John blog comment 3-Dec 7:49 AM
Marlene blog comment 3-Dec 8:02 AM
Eliza twitter 3-Dec 10:08 AM
Ikkinlala blog comment 3-Dec 10:13 AM
Kudret blog comment 3-Dec 10:34 AM
Eliza blog comment 3-Dec 11:08 AM
Cilley Girl blog comment 3-Dec 11:17 AM
Christine blog comment 3-Dec 11:26 AM
Laura E blog comment 3-Dec 7:37 PM
Kristina blog comment 3-Dec 8:33 PM
Melanie twitter 3-Dec 9:45 PM
Paige twitter 3-Dec 9:53 PM
Melanie blog comment 3-Dec 10:44 PM
Paige blog comment 3-Dec 10:53 PM
Jen B blog comment 4-Dec 6:35 PM

There were 16 total entrants. So, I went to Random.org & asked for a number between 1 & 16.

Number 10 is Laura E.

Laura – you have until noonish on Saturday to email me your mailing address. You can get in touch with me at gazellesoncrack (at) gmail.

Congratulations!

Now – what you DIDN’T know, is that there is a 2nd prize! The 2nd place winner also gets a slightly less elaborate gift basket – and the second place winner is:

CilleyGirl! Congrats! And, since you do not live far away, if you don’t mind, I’ll present your gift basket in person. If I work REALLY hard, it will be ready by Sunday morning & I can give it to you at the race.

So – congrats, winner! And Laura – please contact me as soon as possible.

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