We Have a Winner!

We have a winner of the $35 gift certificate to csnstores.com!!

I input numbers 1-46 on my random.com number generator and out of 1-46, it chose #6!!!

Congratulations to grandgiveaways who made the 6th comment on the giveaway posting. Thanks to grandgiveaways for their daily commenting and commitment! 

I sincerely appreciate everyone's commenting and support of this little blog. I know it's nothing compared to PioneerWoman or Annie's Eats, but I'm working on it! Your support means so much! 

I also want to encourage everyone to keep checking back for daily recipes and to keep your eye out for an announcement about a brand new website I'm in the process of creating! Although the design will look much like the current design of this blog, it's an actual .com website and I am really looking forward to revealing it to everyone once it's finished! 

Congratulations, again, to grandgiveaways! I'll be e-mailing you with your gift certificate code!!

Another Giveaway from CSN Stores!!

This giveaway is now closed. Check back for another one some other time!


How I Spend my Saturday Afternoons:
Facebook, e-mail, blogging and searching blogs, and looking at csnstores.com dreaming of everything I want to buy!!

Man, I love this csnstores.com company! They are the coolest thing in the world--I've found so much great stuff from this website, and I spent some time today browsing their luggage stores to start finding some new luggage for the two of us. We have two GIGANTIC suitcases, but no small or medium sized ones to take on weekend trips up the coast (hint, hint, honey!).

A representative from csnstores.com contacted me before the holidays offering me the chance to run another giveaway here at justplayingwithfood! I jumped on the opportunity, realized it was the craziest season in the year, and had to back out. She gave me the chance again, so here you go! Here's YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A $35 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO CSNSTORES.COM. There are over 200 different stores that you can shop at, so the possibilities of spending that money are virtually endless!

Here are the rules for the giveaway:
-leave a comment at the end of this posting in the comments section; the comment can be totally random or related to this posting in some way
-along with your comment, leave your first name and your e-mail address so my representative from csnstores can contact you with the gift certificate code once you've won
-you can leave one comment every 24 hours starting today (Saturday, January 8th) and until next Saturday, January 15th, and 11:59 p.m.; I'll announce the winner on Sunday, January 16th

Have fun and good luck!! I'm going back to my dreams of the California Coast!

Another Giveaway--Just in Time for the Holidays!

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The holidays are quickly approaching--YAY! I don't really get stressed out like so many shoppers out there do; I don't suffer from the "Holy boogers! I haven't gotten anybody anything!" panic attack like a lot of people I know. I spend so much of my time making goodies and handmade cards that rushing to the mall to "just find something" seems a bit thoughtless; I really like handmade, personalized gifts. However, one of the greatest things Mario and I ever did was order a really great ladder for my dad and had it shipped directly to his house--I think this was for his birthday, not Christmas, but you get the point. Online shopping is so convenient because you don't have to wait in line! That's what I really like about CSNstores.com! They've got sooooo many things to choose from that you could get virtually everyone on your list taken care of while your ooey, gooey Christmas goodies bake away in the oven! I've been browsing their website a lot lately and here are some things I found that I love that really give you a taste of what they've got to offer:

We seriously have one of the coolest houses in the world; it's 100 years old and has a beautiful, large dining room where we have a counter height table and 8 chairs, plus a buffet table, a wine tower, a bookshelf, and even a piano! I would LOVE to have a formal dining room one day though so I can have one of these dining tables:

We just rearranged our living room to make room for our Christmas tree and a chair and ottoman set like one of these that we'll eventually order:

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                                             (I really like the Sage Paisley)

Finally, something like this one be nice to have in the kitchen so you have both moveable counter space as well as extra storage:

Here's what's great about CSNstores.com: they are offering you another chance to win a gift certificate code to use on any of their websites (there are over 200 csnstores) including Cookware.com! This time around, you can enter to win a $35 gift certificate that you can use to buy anything for anyone from their website; you can take care of someone on your list, or use it for yourself! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and you're entered to win. The comment can be totally unrelated to my Christmas rants, my furniture placement, and ooey, gooey, goodies. Just leave a comment and make sure you include your name so I know who you are. You can leave one comment every day until Friday, November 12, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. I'll choose a winner on Saturday the 13th and have my people get in touch with your people to let you know you've won! Good luck to you all and thanks for visiting!