And the winner is BOOKS by a landslide. Congrats to Jewels and Missy!! Feel free to choose whatever books you want either in the comments section here or email me. I have SO MANY that I need to downsize, that I may throw in a few randoms for good measure.

And for the record, I have about 4 other walls that were stacked with books. It’s a little ridiculous.
Lynne, you also get a book of your choice as a consolation prize…YAY! (Did you ever receive those other ones I sent you, btw??)

It’s contest time again!  Mainly because I have a stack of books on my shelf that I need to get rid of so that I don’t have to move yet another box to the new place!

So, Sean and I started moving into the new place this weekend. The idea behind this is that since we have incredibly nice friends who have agreed to help us move next Saturday, we wanted to do as much on our own so not to take advantage of said awesome friends’ generosity. And this weekend, we moved essentially all of our loose items–books, a lot of clothes, shoes, dvd’s. Essentially all that’s left is a few boxes of misc stuff and furniture.  And i have realized that my stuff can be broken down into 4 categories…and that’s it. I have furniture, shoes, clothes and books. Literally…that is all

So, here’s the contest…you have to guess (leaving the answer in the comment section) what I have the most of…furniture, shoes, clothes or books? I’ll give you a hint: It’s not furniture.

I have plenty of prizes, so even if there are several winners, everyone will get prizes. Pictured is a package of one prize (though, again there are many others). This package is the graphic novel prize which will also include The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Other prizes include Jodi Picoult’s The Tenth Circle, a historical fiction novel entitled Women of the House by Jean Zimmermon, Planet Dog (A Dog Dictionary) by Sandra and Harry Choron, and The Fantasy Book (unauthored).

The answer will be revealed one week from today under Weekly Style as well.

So, I’m really, really dumb. And I can’t figure out how to upload video. But luckily, we took photos as well, anticipating this set back.

Here, are all your names written on pieces of paper.

And here I am putting all of you into the hat.

And here I am picking a name.

And the winner is….LYNNE!  Congrats Lynne! Email me your address and I’ll mail you your books. As for those who did not win…have no fear. I’m having 3 more giveaways before I move in January. There will be many more wins to come!

The book drawing will happen TONIGHT. And hopefully, if I can figure out how to upload a video, they will be announced by tomorrow evening. Good luck to all!  It’s exciting, I know…try to contain yourselves for one more day….

By subscribing to my blog, you’ll up my chances to win the contest, Blogger Idol 2. By winning Blogger Idol 2, I’ll win $1,000. By winning $1,000 I’ll have money to go buy things again. By having money to buy things again, I’ll help improve our economy. And in turn, YOU’LL have helped our economy by subscribing to this site. See how it comes full circle?

It’s simple economics, really.

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My site is entered in Blogger Idol 2, a contest created by Daniel at Daily Blog Tips. Apparently, to my understanding, the main way to win the contest is to gain the most RSS numbers during the month of November. Now, I’m not very good at these things. I am, quite literally, technologically challenged. I didn’t even know what the crap an RSS Feed was.

So, true to form, I started researching. How are the ways that you get people to subscribe to your blog? And why is it that the people who are already subscribers aren’t listed on the little counter thingy at the top? In my research, I discovered that there are a ton of gimmicks out there to gain readership. But you know what—I don’t know if I can do some of these things.  For instance, one tip was to keep reminding people in posts, over and over to subscribe to your blog. Can I pull that off? I don’t know…it all feels a little forced, I think. It would be nice to win this contest, but it’s definitely going to be tough for this baby of a site.  So, I’m going into it with low expectations…because really people? Let’s be frank. I graduated high school as an overachiever. I was in National Honors Society, Beta Club, French Club, the Debate Team, Chorus, Drama…but you know what? Being able to say, “I was in National Honors Society” was the only advantage I ever got in life from achieving these goals.  No one is hiring me now because I was a member of the NHS.  So the lesson learned here is AIM LOW. Save yourself some time.

And that’s what I’m doing with this contest. I am aiming to gain readership…not to win. If I DO happen to win $1000, that will be effing fantastic and I’ll buy everyone a cup of coffee who subscribed to my blog. (Only not really….because seriously? I couldn’t afford that. Go buy your own damn coffee, cheapskate.)

So, the moral of this story? Subscribe to my blog. You can do so by clicking on the feedburner thingy at the top of my menu bar and then downloading some crap. I don’t really know how it works because, have I mentioned? I’m a technological retard. And if you don’t subscribe, I’ll come into your home at night and eat your babies. Oh, yeah…and did I remember to tell you…SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG! (How’s that for repetition?)