The Season-I-Hate Giveaway!!!!
I am a three season type of gal.
I am joyful over spring. I love summer. I am dreamy over fall.
I used to like winter. It was slow down time. I would curl up .... read a book .... spin some yarn. Suddenly, it is no longer my time! We have classes, events, meetings and more social demands.
So now, when winter comes.......... I am not a big fan. I don't like being cold. Being extremely short, snow goes over my boots when I trudge through the drifts. Heck -- there are many times that the drifts in the lane are much taller than I am!
I hate getting stuck. I worry about Honey. It is not my time of year!
I could move to the southwest ... maybe Arizona. But I don't like brown.
I could move to the southeast ... maybe Florida. But I don't like snakes and alligators.
So I will stay in snowy, cold Iowa ...................... and do a give-away!
Yep!! I am giving you a chance to win some great cold-weather gear.
1) A jar of Double Fudge cocoa mix ($8 value)
2) A hand-knit coffee cozy for your commuter cup ($6 value)
3) A hand-knit, hand-embroidered tea cozy for your teapot ($25 value)
4) A hand-knit hat ($35 value)
5) A coordinating hand knit luxury fiber scarf ($40 value)
So how do you win this fabulous prize package worth over $114?????? (Who has been watching too much The Price is Right???)
1) Become a follower of this blog.
2) You leave a comment to answer the question .... Why I hate winter?
3) You "Like" Miss Effie's on Facebook or Follow @MissEffies on Twitter.
On Monday .... 1/23/2012 ... we will randomly select one winner.
But.............wait............. there is more!! (Guess who has watched too many late night infomercials???)
IF you have the best answer to the question to Why I hate winter, you will win a very special prize. (As determined by very talented judges that are easily bribed by cookies or a shoveled driveway!)
A bar of Miss Effie's Bees Knees soap .... full of honey and goat milk!!! And two fabulous hand-knit face cloths.
Watch for the winners on Monday morning! And in the mean time, share this giveaway with your friends.
(Official legal double talk!! Items that are pictured may not be the items in the giveaway. Winner will have the opportunity to tell me what color of scarf/ hat combo they may like. I will do my best to find something that will make you happy.)
I am joyful over spring. I love summer. I am dreamy over fall.
I used to like winter. It was slow down time. I would curl up .... read a book .... spin some yarn. Suddenly, it is no longer my time! We have classes, events, meetings and more social demands.
So now, when winter comes.......... I am not a big fan. I don't like being cold. Being extremely short, snow goes over my boots when I trudge through the drifts. Heck -- there are many times that the drifts in the lane are much taller than I am!
I hate getting stuck. I worry about Honey. It is not my time of year!
I could move to the southwest ... maybe Arizona. But I don't like brown.
I could move to the southeast ... maybe Florida. But I don't like snakes and alligators.
So I will stay in snowy, cold Iowa ...................... and do a give-away!
Yep!! I am giving you a chance to win some great cold-weather gear.
2) A hand-knit coffee cozy for your commuter cup ($6 value)
3) A hand-knit, hand-embroidered tea cozy for your teapot ($25 value)
4) A hand-knit hat ($35 value)
5) A coordinating hand knit luxury fiber scarf ($40 value)
So how do you win this fabulous prize package worth over $114?????? (Who has been watching too much The Price is Right???)
1) Become a follower of this blog.
2) You leave a comment to answer the question .... Why I hate winter?
3) You "Like" Miss Effie's on Facebook or Follow @MissEffies on Twitter.
On Monday .... 1/23/2012 ... we will randomly select one winner.
But.............wait............. there is more!! (Guess who has watched too many late night infomercials???)
IF you have the best answer to the question to Why I hate winter, you will win a very special prize. (As determined by very talented judges that are easily bribed by cookies or a shoveled driveway!)
A bar of Miss Effie's Bees Knees soap .... full of honey and goat milk!!! And two fabulous hand-knit face cloths.
Watch for the winners on Monday morning! And in the mean time, share this giveaway with your friends.
(Official legal double talk!! Items that are pictured may not be the items in the giveaway. Winner will have the opportunity to tell me what color of scarf/ hat combo they may like. I will do my best to find something that will make you happy.)
Comments
What do I hate most about winter? Other than the obvious "GOOD LORD IT'S COLD," I'm going to go with the lack of color. There's beauty in winter, but it's so B&W. I am dying to look outside and see a flower or a big ol' red tomato!!
Hate the most? The C-O-L-D, and the fact that Sis & I can't always hop in the car on a nice sunny day and go find us a new shop, or visit an old favorite, like Miss Effie's Country Flowers & Garden Stuff. {If we win, we promise to share, especially the cocoa!}
I don't usually hate winter, but THIS winter is not good. Our two wettest months (usually) broke records for being dry, and NOW we're getting all the winter's precip at once. Floods all around; a car got swept into a creek in a nearby town and only two of the four people got out alive. We live on a hill so are safe, but it's very, very slippery-sloppery-plop. The horses, sheep, chickens, dogs and cats would rather stay inside, and so would I -- but then we're all getting cagey. "This, too, shall pass...."
What do I hate about winter? Showers. I can never make it from the stall to my robe fast enough. Combine the freezing air with the fact that it's dark as death out there and I become a bath girl.
Nothing that some cookies can't fix, though. Hope you're enjoying less snow today than we are! xo
-Alicia
Oh, and I already "Like" you! Who wouldn't. :O)
I get together with some of the coolest people I have ever met. And we knit, crochet, and just hang out. And I am going to tell you that these gals are AWESOME! And the hostess is a doll This little knitting club has really made me LOVE this winter because this would never happen in nice weather.
I know I am not going to win the hat but this is too good to not share.
You should try something like this Miss Effie!
I hate the drifts I have to climb over, and the wind that sandblasts my face with snow and throws the hay back at me when I`m feeding horses. I hate the dangerous roads that ruin plans and cause endless worry.
But I love curling up with a pot of tea and a good book or my laptop for an afternoon of reading or writing. I love watching hockey in the evening, with my Gram and my aunt, my hands busy with my latest crochet project.
Mostly though, I love daydreaming of spring.
I have 3 reasons I hate winter...One: it's too dark for too long and I end up leaving for work in the dark and coming home in the dark.
Two: Lack of lambs to cuddle, so serious sheepy time is lost due to the temps keeping me away.
Three: This is the time of year that I always seem to lose a dear loved one. Jan/Feb just seems to be a time that happens. (sigh)
Now we run a dairy farm & while the baby calves are cozy in their hutches I'm NOT as I'm standing out there holding their bottles.
And I also am short but I LOVE those Bogs boots that stretch & cling to my calves.
HATE the wind blowing straw & hay in my face. Love the cozy heat in the parlor. Hate when it drifts so high (last yr.) that the animals can walk over the fences!
Love your blog & hope next summer to visit you. Wish I could learn to knit & since I don't I'd love to be a winner!!
What I hate about winter, I am sorry to say, but mostly I like winter, there is no humidity. In winter when you are cold you can always add a blanket or sweater, but there is only so far that a person can strip when they are hot. I also love crawling under the nice warm flannel sheets and several blankets on my bed. I also enjoy all of the wonderful comforts foods that one makes in the winter.
Now as for what I don't like, I hate driving home from work when it is snowing out and the roads are bad. Thankfully that only happens a few times a year.
Kathi
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Kathi Weiss
Kathi
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But I had to drop by, say HI and tell you THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME GIVEAWAY I HAVE EVER SEEN. You are one special lady