Merlot and Lipstick – April Giveaway
If you visited this weekend you are likely back for the FREE GIVEAWAY. I’m really very excited to be able to offer this giveaway for those of you who read the days in the life of this OMSH-villian (which is not to be confused with OMSH-villain … as that is another creature altogether).
ANYWAY…
You’ve waited long enough. The FREE GIVEAWAY is for a Susanne Maddux Cosmo Tote, valued at $175.00. The colors are Merlot and Lipstick with a blush pink lining. You can go here to find more details about the Cosmo Tote.
Designed to be “the ultimate baby bag”, it is surprisingly non-baby-bag-ish. I know, because I have one in navy and robin’s egg blue and I haven’t carried diapers for 2 years now. BUT for those of you still juggling bottles, changing pads, diapers, baby wipes and still want compartments for your cell phone, sunglasses … and perhaps even a laptop – yeppers, there is room for that too.
I’m not joking – it is the ULTIMATE BABY BAG!
So now you’re saying “OKAY ALREADY – how do I play?!”
Glad you asked. :)
Here’s how you participate.
- Post a comment saying you want the tote.
- In your comment give me a link to YOUR favorite post on YOUR blog. If you don’t have a blog, YOUR favorite post on one of YOUR favorite blogs. Oh, and no points for making it one of my posts. *wink* There are a lot better writers out there that I need to feast my eyes on.
- Sit and wait for the drawing.
Tonight at 11:30 pm (CST) I’ll turn off comments to this post and gather up all the names for a drawing. Yes, an old fashioned drawing. There is only one winner and only one entry can be made per person. I’ll post pics of the drawing and the name of the weiner winner on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007.
There is no fine print. This is NOT just for mommas! ALL READERS MAY GO FOR IT – men, try for your wives, girlfriends, female boss that you need to “get in good with” for that raise.
I’ll send it out in the mail once I announce the name and collect the address.
Okay … go search for that favorite link you’re gonna give me and POST!


60 have spoken up.
Kristin
First one (?) to say “SIGN ME UP, BABY”!!
http://www.dooce.com/archives/daily_chuck/04_25_2007.html
And now I wait…. :)
Melissa
I want the tote! :)
This is probably my favorite blog post–although the topic was borrowed, it was sincerely written.
Angella
1. I WANT THE TOTE.
2. I have to pick ONE??? They’re ALL stellar. Ha! This pregnancy one I did makes me chuckle still
http://www.dutchblitz.net/?p=63
I like this one too:
http://www.dutchblitz.net/?p=128
And there are a bunch of sappy ones, but the one about our house fire still brings me to tears:
http://www.dutchblitz.net/?p=45
3. I’d sit and wait…but I have three kids too. We’re off and running :)
Kim
I sooo want the tote :)
This is my favorite entry of mine to date: http://www.lostinplace.org/2007/03/let_me_tell_you_a_story_breast.html
It’s the only one in which I allow myself to be opinionated despite potential backlash for it
Susan
Three kids later and I’m still searching for the perfect tote…
Here’s my favourite blog – for the vicarious artist in all of us: http://needlebook.blogspot.com/
Sam
I’ve been quietly lurking for awhile now, but nothing makes a pregnant woman come out of the woodwork like the possiblity of a gorgeous diaper bag!
Here’s one of my favorite posts from my blog.
http://sundayschoolrebel.typepad.com/sundayschoolrebel/2007/01/i_am_from_1.html
Kristine
Coming out of lurkdom to say sign me up! Hmmm, my favorite blog post… I’d have to say anything by journeymama. I absolutely love her!
Momo
I NEED the diaper bag!
A link to my “preggers” blog:
http://preggerszzz.blogspot.com/2007/04/diabetes-test-on-monday-anyone.html
Thanks for the opportunity!
ashley
1. I want the bag. Badly.
2. My favorite posts are the sad ones, really.
The end.
amcati
1. I really would love this bag.. (does it matter that I don’t have any kids yet?)
2. Ok.. I would say this post
3. Waiting with my fingers crossed :)
Cassie
1. I want it :)
2. This post spoke to me on so many levels…http://www.drowninginkids.com/2007/04/empty_swing.html
And thanks to you, is how I found this blog that I now read daily! Good luck in your battle as well :)
the SmockLady
Oh. My. Stinkin’. Heck.
I can not tell you how much I want one of these. Enter me in the drawing please.
I’m not the best writer, but anytime I start thinking about how bad of a day I’m having, I go back and read this post of mine as a reminder – I’ve only had two days that have topped it in the “bad day department”. I’ve got other posts that I like, but this one, this day, keeps me grounded a lot.
My firsts posts (a series) about our beloved Daisy.
This was actually a really hard comment for me to write – poor writing self-esteem and all.
Wendy
Please sign me up!
This is my favorite post on my blog! It is about the birth of my daughter Lani, who we thought we were never going to see! http://www.wesnlani.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/its-a-girl-70106
Daisymom
I want to win the bag!
I just started blogging so my favorite entry is today’s because it has the most pictures… http://kitchensoup.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/baptism-swimming-lessons-and-cuddling/
If you’re looking for a good read and not reading it already this is one of my favorite blogs…
http://kerflop.com/
Katie
I want a cool bag! Other than the Cherry Pie bag I bought from Kerflop, it would be the only cool thing I’ve ever owned! I couldn’t find any really great posts on my blog, so instead I’ll embarrass myself and prove that the susanne maddux bag would be the coolest thing I would ever own: Extreme Fashion
jen
I love me some big bags.
My favorite of my posts: http://d-lishus.livejournal.com/51160.html
Angela
That tote is gorgeous. I am very interested.
Here is my favorite. It is classic Alice of Finslippy.
http://www.finslippy.com/finslippy/2005/09/unlocking_the_h.html
Angela
Yeah I tend to run a tad dense. I didn’t read that properly. My favorite post of my own it the one where I make fun of a Gwen Stefani song. http://sparkliesunshine.net/?p=154
Jill - GlossyVeneer
A part of me really wants this, but another part of me feels that it wouldn’t be fair because I have no kiddies.
So instead, I’ll just share one of my favorite posts with you anyway.
The start of the Butt Incident of 2004
Jessica
Sign me up for the tote =) I don’t blog much, but read tons. This is my alltime favorite blogger and the entry that got it all started (for me, anyway) is from August 9, 2005. Here is the link to the August 05 archive:
http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2005_08.html
frugalmom
Count me in, please…Yeah, I want the bag!
http://everydayhappeningsofafrugalmom.blogspot.com/2007/01/supply-and-demand.html
This was one of my first entries, but I still like it.
Aj
In the words of Bob, “Gimme gimme gimme, I neeeed I neeeeeed I neeeeeed, gimme gimme gimme, PLEASE!” :)
And here’s something I, or rather my sleep-deprived hormones (yes, they can be sleep-deprived: even hormones need rest) find faintly amusing at the moment: http://www.drennotes.com/2006/10/06/and-they-say-its-dangerous-to-talk-and-drive/
OMSH
Jill – this giveaway is NOT just for mommas, nor is this bag. Your name goes in the drawing. :)
Oana
Really? I’m not a momma yet either … My favourite post is this one.
Amber
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Oh, and the bag isn’t too bag as well. Nothing like buttering up the judges. ;-)
I have oodles of favorite posts but I’ll just refer you to today’s doozy: my brush with public nudity. Feel my pain…and help me win a bag to cover myself up….
Amie
Oh i want in!!!
I dont blog hardly ever at all anymore BUT i do read my greatest friends blog every day and her posts literally crack me up, make me cry, all that fun stuff! i have so many favorites but i think this one is the best!
http://mommyandthemarine.blogspot.com/2007/04/emotions.html
she sums up so perfectly what alot of us are feeling yet cant put into words! most times im reading her blog nodding my head in agreement wishing i could write out my feelings like this as well!
Kelly
1. I need a bag. Seriously. Come on now. :P
2. I honestly have a few faves (that’s what blogging while on Ambien will do… make others laugh at you, honestly.) So I will just choose this one, because I love this picture and my niece has to be the coolest kid I know (besides my own.)
http://mommyandthemarine.blogspot.com/2007/04/bailey-rocks.html
Sara
With a first baby slated to make his/her grand entrance this fall, a kick ass bag like that would totally rock. So what the heck. Here I am with an entry.
One of my favorite pregnancy posts so far:
http://artyfuss.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/on-being-more/
And a slightly earlier favorite:
http://artyfuss.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/curvy/
If I go back through all of my archives, I might not stop. So those are the two recent ones that I still find myself reading over every so often.
Sarah
1. Oh I so want the tote. But I probably live too far away. I’ll play anyway, just in case ;) I won’t sulk if I live too far away. Much.
2. I can’t choose so will just give you the most recent one http://thebeanbag.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/on-vegetarianism-me-as-a-dinner-guest-and-lack-of-television/
Jill - GlossyVeneer
Thank you!
Michelle
That’s a very lovely diaper bag…
I’m a pathetic writer of anything but here is one of my favorites from someone else’s blog:
http://www.electrolicious.com/archives/2002/07/hygiene.html
Christina
Oooh, our diaper bag just bit it a few weeks ago, thanks to someone leaving a banana in a zippered pocket long enough to ferment. (grrrr…) And forcing my husband to carry a pink diaper bag would be far too much fun.
My favorite post:
http://amommystory.blogspot.com/2006/04/friday-night-smackdown.html
Nancy
1. I want the bag. Please please pick me!!! oh oh oh I wanna a new bag.
2. I don’t have my own blog orread any other blogs other than yours. My favorite post of yours was Never say Never, the post where you put 50 about you. I loved reading and finding more out about my favorite Texan.
Oh, I forgot, do myspace blogs count. The best one I read was about 4 weeks ago on my cousin Kelsey’s myspace blog when she announced she was pregnant. She put a picture of the five pregnancy sticks she used to make sure on her blog. Very funny. Now there are sonogram pictures of the baby on her blog. Oh, I ‘m so excited!!! Can you tell? (cute bag for a soon to be mommy.)
3. OK, I’m waiting! I’ll check back later to read more adventures in OMSHville.
Amanda
HECK yeah! Count me in. My current diaper bag (which I LOVE) is in shreds right now and I’ve decided I won’t be packing it when we move.
I don’t have a favorite blog post, but here’s an oldie but goodie (so old it’s actually on livejournal!):
http://mandajuice.typepad.com/mandajuice/2004/08/these_days.html
daisies
delurking to say enter me too please : )
here is my favourite post:
http://pluckthepetal.com/blackdaisies/2007/04/joy-2/
heather
ooooh, bag is big and stylish, just what I need!
hmm, I’m not a very good writer, but I like this one for sentimental reasons:
Janice
I want it!!! It’s my colors.
Okay, I don’t post much on my blog, but here’s a favorite of mine, since we’re talking baby bags: http://thevikingprincess.blogspot.com/2006/07/40-week-belly-cast.html
Lisa
Ooooh! Pretty! I want to play…
My blog isn’t much to read, just snippets of things I have to do or cute things my kids say… or things I just need to get out of my head so they can stop knocking around in there. Anyhoo, here’s one that always makes me laugh:
http://www.xanga.com/midnightowl/407761103/item.html
DaisyCake
I love that bag. merlot and lipstick —- perfect!
Not my favorite per se, but I do like these letters
http://daisycake.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/letters/
Ivory
Me! I want it!
And my blog is fairly new, so I do not have a huge archive to choose from, but this is one I do not hate, and this one is fun.
Mindy
I need the bag! Need may not be the appropriate word. I would really like to have the bag.
My favorite post:
http://whiteredelectra.blogspot.com/2005/09/do-they-sell-dead-worms-at-wal-mart.html
mona
This reminds me that I desperately need a new diaper bag. I want in!
This self-deprecating post echoes the way I normally write: http://www.kirida.com/2006/12/heres-something-you-should-know.html
serina
1.) I want the bag! The one and only diaper bag I’ve ever owned cost me $10. I can feel your pity.
2.) My favorite post from my blog from recent weeks, mostly because it illustrates how my brain is working lately:
http://simplyserina.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/my-crazy-afternoon/
And here’s one of my first posts from back in 2004:
http://simplyserina.wordpress.com/2004/03/31/sniffing-at-the-basement/
3.) I’m not so good at waiting, but because it’s part of the instructions, here I go. ;o)
falwyn
The colors on that bag are just luscious. And I’m always in search of the perfect, roomy yet stylish bag. Oh how I could use a good surprise….
Here’s one of my favorites, from mine:
http://falwyn.wordpress.com/2005/03/10/good-fortune/
Alright, time to go run errands. Must kill time while waiting… :)
Summer
I want the tote too! I had a baby last week and I’m in need!
I love this post:
http://www.rockstarmommy.com/2005/08/dont_hate_me_cause_im_pregnant.php
And here’s one from mine:
http://sickerthanothers.com/?p=426
Anna
WHAT a fantastic idea! I love it! I would love love love the bag, but the real prize is getting to read all these amazing posts.
I’m SO going to do this on my blog, and ladies, I have some cool stuff to give away, because I do some mommy/baby gear review writing. So check back with me soon.
In the meantime? My favorite post might be this one http://hankandwillie.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/travels-with-hank-and-willie/ or this one
http://hankandwillie.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/47/
or this one
http://hankandwillie.wordpress.com/2007/04/24/
Posts are like children, we love them all equally!
Thank you, Heather, this is a great thing!
Anna
keli
1. i am due in 2 weeks (EEP!) and luff that bag!
2. our first year of married life in a nutshell — http://www.twelve-paws.com/index.php/2007/04/29/first-comes-love-then-comes-marriage/
3. is it okay if I do that on a birthing ball?
jen
1. I want it!
2. Here’s a favorite from mine.. didn’t go too far back but I like this one.
http://nevermelts.blogspot.com/2007/04/its-not-what-it-looks-like-i-swear.html
dee
Love the bag and I’m hoping to have a reason to need a diaper bag again soon!
Here’s one of my recent favorites from my blog:
http://www.voicesinmymind.com/2007/04/20/tears.php
Parsingtime
I actually want this bag for a friend who has been on bed rest for the last few months! I don’t really have a favorite post…but most of my Husband stories are at least slightly amusing. http://parsingtime.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/dont-mess-with-my-sugar/#comments
Linda
I want the bag.
Here us the link to once of my favorite blog entries. It just makes me smile.
http://kerflop.com/2007/01/09/sound-bites/
Kermit
I want the tote!
My husband has our blog on our own server and the links are buggy. But if you go to Feb 2007, the post is on February 7, and is called “Young In Spirit.”
http://www.themuppetfamily.com/Blogs/Kermit/
jamie
Me me me!! I never win anything, but hey, it’s worth a try, right?
I likey this post right now… it still makes me giggle!
http://jamma.blogware.com/blog/kidlets/_archives/2006/9/28/2370700.html
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[...] Sometimes the little things can be the most fun. These little note cards are great. The Sharpie, let me just say that I’m a sharp-aholic. Is there such a thing. I love sharpies. One can never have too many sharpies. And do you see that little black box? Those are mints; they are peppermint flavored and contain natural guarana (which I like a lot). The little box has a little mirror in it too AND it’s an awesome box, not really the kind of box one would easily throw out. It’s a great weight without being heavy and the hinge is sturdy; I’m sure this little black box will get recycled right in my purse. I hope to buy another box next week when I go to Target and can put it in the lovely new bag I hope to win from OMSH. [...]
Cyn
Favorite blog post: ANYTHING written by this incredibly faithful child of God.
http://www.especiallyheather.com/about-heather/
Please pray for her. I don’t personally know her, but am drawn back to her blog daily because of her faith.
oh, and I want that bag!
Adria
I want the tote!
Here’s a letter to my daughter.
Amie
Of course I want that tote; who wouldn’t?
I don’t have a blog so I have to pick one of someone else’s posts. My all-time favorite blog post is one of Kerflop’s, so you’ve probably already read it, but here it is anyway:
Why I Am Weird Part 1
http://kerflop.com/2005/11/07/why-i-am-weird-part-one/
Parts 2 and 3 are also great, but this is the one that made me into a devoted follower of Kerflop (then Very Mom). It was a life-changing read for me – I was already considering home birth (after a previous hospital birth), and reading this from someone who had done it was very inspiring.
Vicki
I’d like the bag!
This is my favorite project that I’ve made recently:
http://sewinspired.blogspot.com/2007/02/hot.html
Lori
Hi, I am interested in the tote!
I enjoy reading the blog of Sharon at smART, here is a link to some she wrote about friends. She has such a good way with words.
http://sharonlyn.wordpress.com/tag/friends/
Megan
I would love it and treasure it always!
Here is a recent favorite:
http://www.xanga.com/whitecalx/587135272/on-being-fat-and-clothes-shopping.html