Book Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to Ashley!  You won a copy of MWF Seeking BFF.  I'll send you an email to get your mailing address.  Hope you enjoy!

...Thanks to everyone who entered the contest!  Hope you are having a great week. 

Book Review + Giveaway

I just finished reading MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search For a New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche.  The author is a MWF (married white female) who after moving to Chicago with her husband, realizes that she is lacking in the friend department and feels a major void in her otherwise happy life.  She isn't some introverted, friendless loser. She has best friends from her hometown in New York plus work and other casual acquaintances, just no one to call on for an afternoon pedicure or go-to shopping buddy. 

She challenged herself to go on 52 "girl dates" in one year in hopes of finding a few women to fill this void.

I found the book hilarious...she is very honest and self-deprecating.  The book has a great mix of facts about friendship and how it affects the modern day woman, marriage stories (she was in her first year of marriage at the time of this friend experiment, and all the details - the good, the bad and the ugly - of her 52 girl dates.  Even though it's non-fiction, the book reads like your favorite fictional chick-lit book. 

I could definitely relate at times.  Even though I live in the city where I grew up, I've lost touch with childhood friends and don't live close to most of my college friends.  It's hard making good girlfriends! 

Luckily, I haven't had to go as far as the author Rachel did (at one point she even paid an online matching service for girlfriends and tried girlfriend speed dating).  Last year I did a lot of "friending".  Going outside of my comfort zone in hopes of making some new connections.  I struck gold with the people that I've met along the way and am so appreciative.

In the spirit of making new friends and appreciating our existing girlfriend relationships, I want to giveaway a copy of MWF Seeking BFF.  All you have to do to enter is leave a comment saying hi and if you want, add where you have met your closest girlfriends!  Don't forget to include your email address so I can contact you if you win!  I will pull a winner a week from today on Wednesday, 2/7! 

(Your odds of winning should be really good on this little blog, lol)

 

Friends I've met by getting involved in my sororities local alumni club

Ladies I met while volunteering at the Junior League last year

Ashley, my co-worker turned BFF

Jenni, another ex-co-worker, turned friend (and wife to my husband's BFF)

Lauryn, high school friend turned college roomate, turned long-distance friend, and now back to local friend!

And last but not least, my mom, Shelley, who will always be my BFF and best shopping buddy out there (she also wears the hats of wedding planner, wardrobe consultant, problem solver, and interior decorator just to name a few)

Giveaway Shout-Out

Whitney from The Glamorous Life of a Housewife is doing a fun giveaway on her blog!  Enter to win these super cute Anthropologie Milk Bottle Measuring Cups.  You have until Wednesday.  And if you win, you should give it to me...j/k. 

P.S.  Today was the Monday from hell.  Anyone want to try and top it?  After spending two hours waiting to film a segment for one of our companies it got rescheduled, then the Houston flooding stranded my car so I was stuck in said TV studio, Jason came to pick me up (highlight) but then when driving me back to my car that afternoon, I broke me pepper spray and it accidentally went off inside the car...burning sensation in lungs!!!

Erin Condren Double Giveaway

Head on over to Blue-Eyed Bride and According to Nina to enter a giveaway for a $25 ErinCondren.com Gift Certificate.  Four winners will be announced Friday afternoon. 

Good luck!

I Won!

I won the Tacky Halloween Inflatable Contest on one of my favorite blogs, Make Mine a Mojito!  Thanks to everyone who voted! 

For contest lovers like me, get ready for her crazy Christmas Decoration contest coming in December. 

Hope you are surviving your Monday.  I have Junior League Tea Room training tonight and my first JL special event tomorrow...wish me luck!

Tacky Halloween Inflatable Contest

One of my favorite blogs, Make Mine a Mojito, had a Halloween contest last week for the tackiest Halloween inflatables and/or decorated yard. 

I entered of course!  Jason and I scoured the Houston streets looking for wild inflatables.  You can now see all of the crazy entries and vote for your 2 favorites up until this Thursday, November 4. 

View and Vote HERE! 

Just leave a comment with your 2 favorites by Wednesday evening.  Winners announced Thursday.  Enjoy!

<<  Hint, Hint, my entry is #6 (below)...

just in case you want to vote for it...hint, hint!  >>

"Favorite Things" Giveaway

There is a great giveaway going on right now at Fantabulously Frugal.  It is the last giveaway of the 31 Days of Giveaways! 

Enter Now!

Have a great day - Chelsea

Fantabulous Contest...

From Fantabulously Frugal!  Enter to win a Furla Bag from RowNine (although selfishly, I hope I win...I really love Furla)!  You have until May 18 to enter. 

Check out all of the other fun contests during the "31 Days of Giveaways" from Fantabulously Frugal

Good luck,

Chelsea

Need Your Help...

You know I love a good blog contest!

A dear family friend is up to win Mr. UT Freshman 2013. He really wants to win and needs votes!!! All you have to do is click on the link below and vote for #3: Kyle Harlan. One vote per day...yeah, yeah... until March 14.


http://hercampus.com/school/utaustin/mr-ut-freshman-contest-2013

Go KYLE HARLAN...such a cutie!!!

Thanks a million,
Chelsea

Vote for Our Ringbearer, Cameron!

Remember this little cutie from our wedding?

[Photography Credit: Kelly Niemann Photography]

Cameron is a contestant in a photography contest by the amazing photographer, Shauna Maness! You can check out her blog and the contest (First Annual Wall Call) HERE!

Please go vote for Cam! You can vote on the blog twice a day...he is Image 2. Or you can become a fan of Shauna Maness Photography on Facebook and leave a comment under Cam's picture to place your vote.

BTW: I have been a bad blogger lately for good reasons: I started my last semester of the MBA program last week and I took on a new role (plus what I already do) at work...I am the new sorority advisor! Promise to get back to a regular posting routine soon.

Miss you all & happy voting!

Begging! Please, please go vote!

Ashley and I still need more votes. I am begging please, down on my knees! We really want to win this! It has become our obsession this week.

As of this morning we have 160 votes out of 600 total votes!

VOTING ENDS TODAY...so PLEASE GO VOTE for # 19!!!!!

Just click on the link, scroll down to the bottom, and post a comment for 19! Thank you so much! I will let you know tomorrow what the results are.

Please VOTE for me!

My friend, Ashley and I submitted an entry for a photo contest about how much we love the just-debuted Southern Weddings Magazine. We made the cut and need your votes!

You have until this Thursday, February 5 to vote for us...we are #19.

VOTE HERE!!!

Just leave a comment saying you love #19.

Thank you!!!