In the
spirit of Oprah's "Favorite Things" and Ellen's "12 Days of Giveaways"—oh yeah,
and that Santa guy, I am joining in the season of giving.
My favorite
website for organizing tools and info, Get Buttoned Up, has agreed to offer my
readers some FREE stocking stuffers as well as discounts on items from their
site.
Click
here to shop the website and receive 25% off your purchase of $20 or more
(offer good through December 26, '09). Just use code: 25OFF at checkout.
In addition to this discount, STARTING TODAY, I will be
offering a giveaway-a-day for the next 6 days. You simply need to follow me on
Twitter (YourHomeEditor) and when I post the giveaway for that day, the FIRST
person to respond to me (via twitter OR email: heather@yourhomeeditor.com) will
receive that day's gift from the kind, awesome folks at Get Buttoned Up. I will reply to you letting you know if
you won and post your name through my twitter as well. HINT: I will post that
day's prize some time between 8am – 5pm EST (do I sound like a cable
installation guy or what? Lol)
Wheeeee. I feel like one of Santa's elves. Here are a few of the very cool
stocking stuffers and items we will be gifting:
ButtonedUp.coupons (2 winners)
Make
someone feel truly pampered and loved this Holiday. This fun, friendly little
coupon book from Buttoned Up® has 20 cleverly illustrated coupons that enable
you to lighten the load of someone you love – mom, dad, roommate, or friend.
The set includes coupons for everyday tasks like taking out the trash, doing
the laundry, and running the errands. Each one is perforated, so you can give
one coupon at a time, or the whole book at once.
Greetings.stash
The
Greetings.stash™ from Buttoned Up® will make sure you don't come up
empty-handed when it counts! This nifty little package of 12 stylishly designed
cards (6 birthday, 2 anniversary, 2 thank you, 2 blank) has you covered for
birthdays, anniversaries…and any other occasion you can think of.
Birthday.book
The
Birthday.book from Buttoned Up® functions as an extended memory bank for all of
those people you want to remember on a particular date. Because it's
paper-based, it's super-easy to use, and will never go bad or accidentally
delete the records.
File.starter
Keeping household paperwork in order should make life easier, not create more
work. The File.starter set from Buttoned Up® comes with ten labeled,
color-coded, file folders grouped into three simple categories; Healthy,
Wealthy, and Wise. Also included are two blank files for you to fill in with
whatever suits your needs.
Tax.filer
This
pre-labeled accordion file makes it a snap to wrangle all those forms, receipts
and records that accumulate like weeds between January and April. Tabs are
written in English, not in complicated financial lingo, so it's easy to follow
–"Money In," "Money Out," "Money Saved." Use it to go from W-2's to completed
returns with sanity intact.
My Husband - "Honey, how thin can you spread yourself before you're no longer there?"
Me - "I don't know. But I'm in it to win it, so we may have to find out."
The Sartorialist This site appeases my hunger for all things New York, reminds me of my time there, and gives me great ideas for unconventional looks.
Toffee To Go They are located in Tampa, very near me, but they deliver/ship nationally. They have THE BEST toffee EVER. It's buttery, salty, sweet--all my favorite things in one bite.
The Container Store I know this is a no-brainer for an organizer...but this place really turns me on!
Michael Buble If I wasn't happily married, I might be stalking him. Bar none, the best voice and best sense of humor!
Quotes That Move Me
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf "The truth of the matter is, you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it."
Ivern Ball "Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one."
Ralph Waldo Emerson "The secret of education is respecting the pupil."
Ralph Waldo Emerson "Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."
Abigail Van Buren "The best index to a person's character is how he treats another person who can't do him good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."
Dorothy Galyean "Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere."
Aristotle "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
Mark Twain "To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn't rich."
Jackie Kennedy "If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much."
Paris Spent only one day here (took the Chunnel from London when I was there) but it was one amazing, beautiful day where I walked the flea markets, visited the Louvre, people-watched and used all 6 senses to experience it.
Trinidad & Tobago My husband is from here, so we go several times a year to visit family.
Italy (Milan, Vicenza)
Jamaica
Things I'd Like To Do Before I Die
Run a leg with the Olympic torch before the games begin
See the monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico
Ride a horse on the beach (in the water)
See a prize fight (boxing) in Las Vegas
Run the NYC Marathon I ran the Disney Marathon in 2000 (pre-kids). Would love to run another post-kids, to prove I can.
Have washboard abs.
Eliminate self doubt.
Own an apartment in Manhattan.
Watch the ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve.
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