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February Favorites + a Happy Birthday Give-Away!

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Happy February Everyone!  Here are some of my favorite things this month:

1. favorite TV guilty pleasure:  The Vampire Diaries/Pretty Little Liars
It’s a real toss-up. I love them both and I’m only a little ashamed to admit it! {photos from cwtv.com and abcfamily.com}

2. favorite lip gloss:  Charlotte Ronson A Perfect Kiss Lip Gloss in Annabelle from Sephora
I’m a sucker for lip gloss, especially lip gloss that makes your lips look like you’ve been eating cherry popsicles. And the tube is heart-shaped. So cute!

3. favorite place to buy vanilla beans: Vanilla Products USA on eBay
That’s right, eBay. Those little bottles from the spice aisle at the grocery store that contain 2 crusty beans and cost $8? That’s a racket! Vanilla Products USA has a huge selection at great prices. I use them to make my own extract. Big, nerdy kitchen fun! {photo from igourmet.com}

4. favorite childhood memory spotted at Costco: Ducktales, Talespin, and Rescue Rangers on DVD
I practically screamed out loud when I saw some of my favorite childhood cartoons on DVD at Costco. I couldn’t decide which box set to get, so for less than $10 each I went ahead and bought all of them! {photo from amazon.com}

5. favorite cute kitchen thing from Anthropologie: Chalkboard Spice Jars
I fill mine with salt and keep it next to the stove, but I know for a fact that it can also be filled with Swedish Fish (idea via [dandee]). {photo from anthropologie.com}

Now for the even-more-fun part: because I just had a birthday, I’ve decided to give some of this month’s favorite things away to one lucky reader! If you win, you’ll get

1 tube of Annabelle lip gloss by Charlotte Ronson,
a little sample of Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans from Vanilla Products USA,
&
1 red-lidded Chalkboard Spice Jar from Anthropologie, filled with a little surprise

The give-away is now closed; thanks for stopping by!
To enter to win, please leave a comment on this post. Please make sure I can get in touch with you if you are the winner (ie, leave your email if it isn’t in your profile). The give-away will be open for 1 week; I’ll choose a winner next Wednesday, February 8th. Good luck readers!

94 thoughts on “February Favorites + a Happy Birthday Give-Away!”

  6. What a sweet thing to do on your birthday and sprinkle a RAK on to someone else!

    Thanks for sharing such cute little things with us! Hope your birthday was Happy!

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  10. What an interest, eclectic giveaway! Vanilla beans! I love them. Do you cut up your “used” ones (the ones you have scraped the seeds out of) and bury then in a container of sugar? Vanilla sugar is so good in cakes and cookies. Just replenish the sugar as you use it and give it a stir. The vanilla beans last forever. Happy belated birthday!

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  12. I recently found your blog and am hooked! I think I have shuffled through everything on it at least once and am now going back each day to read entries in detail. Love the spice jars. Happy Birthday.

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  19. The Duck Tales took me back to my childhood, where the VHS crackled because I watched “The Treasure of the Lost Lamp” 10,000 times. Awesome.

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  20. Hi! I started following your blog, after I pinned your Carmelita’s on Pinterest! (you totally should’ve won that contest!). And I really enjoy getting your emails! I love baking and your recipes are all new ideas for me to try! M

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  21. Hope you had a great birthday! I also stumbled across your blog through Pinterest. I made your Carmelitas for a scrapbooking retreat last weekend and they were a GREAT hit! Gonna make a double batch tonite for our superbowl party at work tomorrow! I look forward to making more recipes from your blog! Happy Weekend!!! Jean J
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  26. Well Happy Belated Birthday! And thank you for giving a giveaway in honor of your Birthday, that’s so nice of you! Well I can’t say I wouldn’t love to win…that are loveley things…especially love the jar. I think the lip gloss would get swiped my my niece…I’ll have to remember if I win to hide it…lol. Thanks again!

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  36. Found you through Pinterest. I love your recipes (and the photos you take with them)! In fact, I just made one of your desserts tonight, and finished off the leftovers of your awesome cheesy vegetable chowder yesterday. šŸ˜€

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  38. This is the first time I have ever been on your blog and I only have 5 and a half words to describe it… “I LOVE IT SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
    I found you through Pinterest and I am sooo happy because now, I get to make all this yummy looking stuff!!!” šŸ˜€

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  39. How is it possible that I can come across your wonderful caramelitas recipe via pinterest and then find out you’re having a birthday and a giveaway? Happiest of birthdays to you, and thank you for your generosity!

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  45. HaPpY LAtE bIrThdAy tO yOu! How incredibly generous of you to give away something to celebrate YOUR birthday! I would so love to celebrate your special day with you by winning! Heeheehee!!!! <3

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  46. Love the stuff on your blog and I LOVE the things in the giveaway! Fingers crossed! šŸ™‚ Thanks for the vanilla tip, too. The extract from the store is never very good. I’m katiesummers99 at yahoo dot com.

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  47. Happy Birthday Lulu! I just stumbled across your blog and the first post I read was from 2010 about Carmelitas and not winning the baking contest. Really? White chocolate with dried cranberries??? Anyway, thanks for the laughs and I’m looking forward to hearing about more of your adventures!

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  61. So very sweet and generous of you to have another giveaway for your readers. You’re missed! Kristy V. (nickels05 gmail)

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  69. Found you and the Carmelitas on Pinterest. Those Carmelitas are certainly to die for! Love the little aprons on the sidebar too!
    Happy Birthday from Maine!

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  72. What a great give-away and those jars are so cute! Found you through a Carmelitas pin on Pinterest and now I’m going to have to make those ASAP! They look amazing! Happy Birthday šŸ™‚

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  77. I have the same guilty pleasure: Pretty Little Liars. & I’m not even embarrassed to admit it! Oh & I’ve happily gained about 5 pounds from yer EVIL Carmelitas! So yummy. Thank you! [: Everything is so cute & I’d love to win. [: Contact: [email protected]

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  80. Hope you had a great birthday! I just wrote the name of the gloss down so the next time I’m near a Sephora I could scoop it up. BUT, if I win, well…that’d be even better! šŸ™‚ Thanks!

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