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Its my blogoversary! And A giveaway!!!!





Happy Blogoversary to me

Happy Blogoversary to me

Happy Blogoversary dear Neely….


I can not believe on year ago today I decided to start blogging for reals!

I had written one post 8 months before but I dont really count that haha.

But wow a year! I cant believe it, I really cant! My little blog is a year old!!!!!

Here are my stats:

Followers: including subscribers something around 400(i love how some people dont “follow” they subscribe…took me a while to figure that out!)

Posts: 320

Friends made: so many that I cant believe I didnt start blogging before 🙂

So since I am celebrating a year of blogging I figured duh a giveaway!

A while back CSN stores contacted me to do a giveaway and I wanted to have a reason to do it so I waited and they are offering the winner a $35 shop credit to any of their stores! I was looking at their luggage site CSN STORES because Chad and I are going on a trip in March and I really want a new piece of luggage and wow they have a great sale going on right now! Also you can find anything on their site, yoga mats, le creuset, Delsey Luggage, wine glasses you name it they have it!

Next I am giving away a few of my personal favorite things:

A gift card to Sephora to go spoil yourself with some new makeup or perfume

A box of my absolute favorite Chamomile Tea


And a one year subscription to Glamour magazine AKA my favorite magazine

And here is how you enter:

1. MANDATORY publicly MUST follow my blog
2. Go to CSN and tell me what you would want to get
3. Tell me what you would buy at Sephora
4. Tell me what your favorite magazine is(even if its not Glamour)
5. 2 entries: Blog about this giveaway
6. 2 entries: tweet about this entry

Please leave separate comments for all of these 🙂

This giveaway is open until Sunday the 19th and I will announce a winner Monday the 20th!

Side note: I wrote this blog and scheduled it to post before all the Chad stuff happened and I wanted to thank every single one of you for your texts, emails, tweets, phone calls, comments, bbms etc. I really appreciate them all.

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107 Comments

  1. Kelly wrote:

    I’m a follower of course, love 🙂

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  2. Kelly wrote:

    I would LOVE a new camera bag (or big purse) for the new camera that I would LOVE to get for Christmas 🙂

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  3. Kelly wrote:

    From Sephora I’d probably pick out a new perfume– I’m on the hunt for a new scent to wear!

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  4. Kelly wrote:

    Glamour IS my fave magazine!

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  5. Kelly wrote:

    Aaaand I Tweeted it too 🙂 (2 entries?)

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  6. Kelly wrote:

    And I blogged about it too 🙂 http://www.keepingupwithkellyandco.com/2010/12/minnesota-snownami-2010.html

    PS– how do you figure out your subscribers??

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  7. Ashley wrote:

    Happy Blogoversary my dear!!

    Of course I follow your blog!

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  8. Mateya wrote:

    Happy Blogoversary! I am a follower 🙂

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  9. Mateya wrote:

    I would love a new chandelier for our dining room from CSN!

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  10. Mateya wrote:

    I NEED to get to Sephora…I need new moisturizer and mascara!

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  11. Ashley wrote:

    From CSN, I would probably get a cute bag for my laptop. It’s massive, and I haven’t been able to find anything cute to carry it in!

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  12. Mateya wrote:

    And I totally don’t have a favorite magazine, so maybe Glamour can become mine 🙂

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  13. Ashley wrote:

    From Sephora, I would either get perfume or bath smelly good stuff! 🙂

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  14. Ashley wrote:

    People and Glamour are my favorite magazines

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  15. Ashley wrote:

    I just tweeted!

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  16. Ashley wrote:

    Tweet x2!

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  17. Jennifer B wrote:

    What the heck?? How do you know if someone “subscribes” instead? lol.

    Happy Blogoversary to you! My 1 year was Saturday and I’m giving myself a Congrats today too. 🙂

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  18. Kristen wrote:

    I am a follower, duh!

    PS how do you figure out your subscribers??

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  19. Kristen wrote:

    I would love to get a new yoga mat, mine has gotten a little icky!

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  20. Kristen wrote:

    I get my Bare Essentials make-up at Sephora!

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  21. Kristen wrote:

    I love Women’s Health magazine, lots of great recipes!

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  22. Wiz wrote:

    What a great giveaway!! I am a follower of course 🙂

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  23. Wiz wrote:

    I would get Colt a little suitcase. I liked the ones with the monkey and the robot!

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  24. Wiz wrote:

    Gosh, there are a MILLION things from Sephora that I could think of to get. Just to name a few – NARS powder and lipgloss. PTR sunscreen. I can always find something I need there!

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  25. Wiz wrote:

    My favorite magazine is US weekly. Got to have my celebrity gossip!

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  26. Me and My Pink Mixer wrote:

    I’m a follower 🙂

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  27. Me and My Pink Mixer wrote:

    My favorite magazine is Southern Living.

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  28. Me and My Pink Mixer wrote:

    My favorite makeup from Sephora is Bare Minerals – love that makeup!

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  29. Me and My Pink Mixer wrote:

    I would get a Le Crueset bake dish from CSN stores.

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  30. Jenn wrote:

    Congrats on your blogoversary!!

    I am a follower 🙂
    [email protected]

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  31. Jenn wrote:

    I am stalking CSN for a new headboard. I have a specific style in mind and that seems to be the only place I have found it.

    [email protected]

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  32. Jenn wrote:

    I would get either a new mascara or perfume from Sephora.
    [email protected]

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  33. Jenn wrote:

    I am a magazine freak! I get like 15 a month. It really is a sickness!
    I would say may favorite is either People or Cosmo.
    [email protected]

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  34. Jenn wrote:

    I blogged (1)

    http://pickleandcupcake.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-blogoversary-over-at-chronicles-of.html

    [email protected]

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  35. Jenn wrote:

    I blogged! (2)

    http://pickleandcupcake.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-blogoversary-over-at-chronicles-of.html

    [email protected]

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  36. Laura@Cowboy Boots wrote:

    ohhhhhh wow! only 1 year! you did good friend!!! (where do you see ur subscribers?)

    i’m a follower! hoot hoot!

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  37. Laura@Cowboy Boots wrote:

    from csn…i’d have to go for a baby item…w/reid coming momma is lacking in stuff

    but if i was selfish i’d go for more baking pans…me and my love of cooking or baking!

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  38. Laura@Cowboy Boots wrote:

    ohhhh i’d kill from some hand lotion from the brand fresh! (from sephora)

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  39. Jessica wrote:

    I’m a religious follower! Love you girl. 🙂

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  40. Jessica wrote:

    If I won the CSN card, I’d get my hubby a new kitchen knife. He’s been needing a new one for a while!!

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  41. Jessica wrote:

    I would use the Sephora card for some new foundation, that stuff is expensive!!

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  42. Jessica wrote:

    My fave magazine is Cosmo.

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  43. Jessica wrote:

    Tweeting about your giveaway now!!

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  44. Jenn @ West Sac Honey wrote:

    I’m a follower!

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  45. Jenn @ West Sac Honey wrote:

    I totally want a cookie press from CSN

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  46. Jenn @ West Sac Honey wrote:

    Sephora I want Marc Jacbos Daisy Perfume!

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  47. Jenn @ West Sac Honey wrote:

    Favorite Magazine Delivered Weekly Even Better -US Magazine!

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  48. Katie wrote:

    Congrats on your blogiversary!! I’m a follower.

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  49. Katie wrote:

    I’d get some kitchen items from CSN. That would have made my holiday baking easier.

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  50. Katie wrote:

    How could I possibly pick one thing from Sephora? But, I really want to try Benefit’s new box o’powder– Bella Bamba.

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  51. Tiffany wrote:

    I follow!

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  52. Tiffany wrote:

    I really, really need an accent chair for my living room. I would use the gift card toward that!

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  53. Amanda wrote:

    great giveaway!! im a follower! 🙂

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  54. Katie wrote:

    My favorite magazine is super-classy: People. (Or Us Weekly…)

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  55. Tiffany wrote:

    I love Sephora’s brand liquid eyeliner!

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  56. Amanda wrote:

    i have no idea whta i would get from csn stores! so many great things!

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  57. Amanda wrote:

    oooh, sephora! i might get some new eyeshadow or some nice makeup brushes. 🙂

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  58. Tiffany wrote:

    Glamour, Allure, and US Weekly are my favs

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  59. Katie wrote:

    I tweeted about it!

    http://twitter.com/#!/katielaw50/status/14391691033186304

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  60. Tiffany wrote:

    I added your giveaway to my sidebar: http://applesfalling.com

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  61. ty wrote:

    I’m a follower. Duh.

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  62. ty wrote:

    I think I’d like a lamp set … for sure.

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  63. ty wrote:

    I’d totes get Thierry Muegler’s Angel from Sephora.

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  64. ty wrote:

    Vogue is my fave. I like to lick the pictures.

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  65. ty wrote:

    And I’ll twit it. DUH.

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  66. ty wrote:

    twit 2? idk, whatevs.

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  67. Brittany wrote:

    I’m a follower!

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  68. Heather wrote:

    Happy Blogoversary, I’m a follower =).

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  69. Heather wrote:

    I would love some new decorative pillows from CSN, I love them!

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  70. Heather wrote:

    My favie magazine is Self, cover to cover every month!

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  71. Tara wrote:

    happy blogiversary!!! i’m a follower!

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  72. Tara wrote:

    i’d get some new shoes from CSN

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  73. Tara wrote:

    and i’d get some smashbox cosmetics from sephora!

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  74. Tara wrote:

    and instyle is my fave mag!

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  75. Kelsey Claire wrote:

    Happy Blogaversary to YOU!

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  76. The "L" in ELF wrote:

    I follow you! =) (And super glad I found you!)

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  77. The "L" in ELF wrote:

    I’d buy a metal piece of wall art (although I’m stuck between a few pieces right now) from CSN. My walls are lacking…=(

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  78. The "L" in ELF wrote:

    I would buy the Smashbox Photo Finish primer. Love this stuff! It makes my skin feel amazing!

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  79. The "L" in ELF wrote:

    I love People (I know – it’s horrible..lol) and Fitness.

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  80. The "L" in ELF wrote:

    Tweeted here:

    http://twitter.com/#!/elffamilyblog/status/14528358268276736

    Entry 1

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  81. The "L" in ELF wrote:

    Tweeted here:

    http://twitter.com/#!/elffamilyblog/status/14528358268276736

    Entry 2

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  82. Katie K. wrote:

    Pick me, I already follow you and am so glad we are bloggy friends!

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  83. Katie K. wrote:

    As for CSN…they have so many wonderful things! I have really been wanting a new camera case though or something for my future classroom!

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  84. Katie K. wrote:

    As for Sephora, not too sure what I would want. Makeup is something I tend to not put on just because I would rather sleep for 5 more minutes! 🙂

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  85. Katie K. wrote:

    I am a People magazine addict…my mom actually like to refer to it as her Bible. It has to be true if it was in People!

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  86. Jen wrote:

    Oh I am most certainly one of your original followers! xo

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  87. Jen wrote:

    At CSN I may look around a little more seriously @ the nursery decor section. Looking briefly, I LOVE this tree: http://www.csnbaby.com/Room-Mates-RMK1317GM-RZM1367.html

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  88. Jen wrote:

    Sephora hmm! Probably the latest OPI nail color! I hear there’s this fabulous sparkly one!

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  89. Jen wrote:

    I DO love Glamour, I also am a Cosmo girl! (Well and People of course, celebrity sleaze says what?)

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  90. Jen wrote:

    tweet tweet:

    86753Oh9 Jen Friese
    My girl @Neelykins is having a fabulous blogiversary giveaway! Check it out! http://www.chroniclesofneely.com

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  91. BlessedMama wrote:

    I am a follower 🙂

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  92. BlessedMama wrote:

    I would love a Yoga Mat 🙂

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  93. BlessedMama wrote:

    I would buy Bare Escentuals makeup 🙂

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  94. BlessedMama wrote:

    I like Glamour!

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  95. BlessedMama wrote:

    I blogged about it 🙂

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  96. Miss Chelsea wrote:

    I am a follower of course!

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  97. Miss Chelsea wrote:

    I would get some curtains for my new house! Hah the sheer white ones they have… I don’t have ANY curtains for any of the rooms, and they’re so danged expensive!

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  98. Miss Chelsea wrote:

    I’d probably get some more DiorShow mascara from Sephora, it’s my favorite splurge!

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  99. Miss Chelsea wrote:

    My favorite magazine right now is HouseBeautiful! Hah, my mind is stuck on anything and everything home related lately

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  100. Meghan wrote:

    Amazeballs giveaway! I definitely follow!

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  101. Meghan wrote:

    From CSN? Anything wine-related – like awesome glasses.

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  102. Meghan wrote:

    And my favorite mag? US Weekly. Sad, I know:)

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  103. Kelsey @ Seattle Smith's wrote:

    I am a FOLLOWER, duh!!!

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  104. Kelsey @ Seattle Smith's wrote:

    I want a handy dandy Dirt Devil to vacuum the stairs!!

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  105. Kelsey @ Seattle Smith's wrote:

    I love the Sephora brand bronzer!

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  106. Kelsey @ Seattle Smith's wrote:

    My favorite magazine is US, but I love Glamour!

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  107. Kelsey @ Seattle Smith's wrote:

    Thinking of you sweet girl!

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