Over the past many weeks, I have slowly been going through my house…looking in all the nooks and crannies, sifting through what I have to have and what I can live without. It has come to my attention that I hold on random stuff! Okay, I already knew that. With this move looming over my head, I am trying to downsize and get rid of everything that is just there to take up space! Some of my problem, and what takes up my space, are items that I keep because I like them, or MIGHT use them in the future, that have have NEVER BEEN USED! I was just going to throw them all in a garage sale, but I thought, why not have a contest and give them away! 
Great idea! I mean, who doesn’t like to get free stuff right? And it will clear up some room for me to start a new collection of crap that I don’t need or use! 😀 So, up for you winning pleasure today is this adorable cosmetics case from Benefit with a sample of POREfessional face primer! Great gift or what?!! I love this primer, which is why I hoard it… and I have like four bottles, which is why I can spare a sample bottle! 

So the contest…since it’s Easter, I thought we would go with your most memorable or favorite Easter memory! Anything you want…recent or remote! Post it in the comments below (Facebook posts will not be counted!). My Blogger metrics tell me that most people visit my blogs the day of, or the day after I write them, so we will let this contest go until tomorrow 3pm MST. So, start time– now! End time–Monday Apr 1 (April Fool’s Day!) 3pm MST. I will love reading your posts! But to make it fair and impartial  I will use the list randomizer from Random.org to pick the winner. I will announce the winner on the blog in an update, and message the winner personally (so make sure I have a way to contact you!) 

Now, to make this more interesting, every friend you can get to come here and leave their favorite Easter memory (and make sure they say who sent them! ;)) will get their name added into the drawing, and the name of who send them will get a second input! Make sense…your name in the list twice…or 3 times…or 4 times..or as many times as you have friends! So…1. write your memory, 2. invite your friends to share theirs, 3. make sure they say you sent them, and 4. check back tomorrow to see who won! Yay, fun! 

As for my favorite memory, it was growing up in Melrose…we would start the morning searching for our Easter baskets in the most imaginative places! There was always a little gift, and often it was a piece of jewelry that had our birthstone in it. We would always get a new Easter dress, go to Easter service at our church, then go to my grandma’s house for an Easter egg hunt wherein we would make my dad hide the same eggs a dozen times! 

Ha ha…We were a gangly bunch, but we were happy! And man did I love that dress! (that’s me in the middle) 🙂


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Thanks to the 2 people who participated! Sheesh! 20 people viewed and 2 people played. Wow! Congrats to Amy for winning!