Archive for November, 2007

November 30th, 2007

Free Tanzanite Ring Winner

During the holidays I try to think about other people, but I usually just end up finding more gifts for myself than for anyone else. It was truly inspiring to see how many people were thinking about others during this week’s Random Act of Bling. The winner was chosen by a random number generator. The winner is Noreen with her comment:

I think I would give it to the checkout lady who seems just tired, she trys to smile but seems just too tired. She could use a pick-up.

Don’t forget to check back on Monday for a new Random act of Bling.

November 27th, 2007

Every Princess needs a library (How I built mine for free)

I’ve always dreamed of having a library like in Beauty & The Beast. It would come included with nice oak paneling, leather chairs & so many books that I have to have a ladder to reach them all. Although I’d skip the talking candlestick because that’s just creepy. About a year & a half ago I decided that I would start reading all of the books from Gilmore Girls. This turned out to be an expensive endeavor because my library didn’t have most of the 120 books that I needed. I decided it probably wasn’t the best move to spend more on books than I do on my car. I couldn’t find most of these titles at thrift stores because they are either bestsellers or fairly new.

I finally decided to try paperbackswap.com (All of the links are below) Basically the site works where you post some of the books you have in your house & then you receive a free credit for the first however many books. (This number varies for swapacd, paperbackswap & swapadvd. Swapadvd opened today & I’m a very happy camper). You can then use that credit to order a book & try out the site. For every book you send out you just pay the shipping & then you get a credit when the person receives it. When you request an item it’s free (the CD site charges like $.50 per cd).

I’ve also used their cd site & have been beta testing their new dvd trading site which just opened to the public today! (Again, yeah!!!!) It’s perfectly legal & tons of fun. I’ll have my Beauty & the Beast library yet! Wow I’ve used a lot of !!!’s I’m usually not so peppy, but these sites are really great. If anyone has questions about these trading sites I’d be happy to answer them.


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November 26th, 2007

Free tanzanite 3 stone ring

tanzanitethreering.jpgThis contest is now closed, check back on Monday for a new Random act of Bling

“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.” ~ Barbara De Angelis

I’m always amazed to see on the news on “Black Friday” that patrons have gotten into fights at Walmart. I had a similar experience one year. I was walking out of the bathroom of a store, it was very busy & there was a lady in front of me & a lady behind me. The first lady had a crying kid with her, the second lady commented that the kid was being too loud & a fight ensued with me literally caught in the middle. I couldn’t help but think how awful it would be to always walk around with that kind of anger. If someone had just inquired if the kid was ok, they probably could’ve made a new friend or at least not have ruined several people’s day.

Every week I give a piece of jewelry I call a Random Act of Bling to try & remind people that they are special. To enter the contest just leave a comment/trackback/ or link to a blog post that contains a random act of kindness or who you would give this jewelry to & why.

The prize this week is a .50 carat genuine tanzanite ring set in sterling silver. It’s a size 7 ring, past present, future style. It’s would make a great band ring.

The rules:

One entry per week. If you’ve already won, you can win again but you must give the subsequent jewelry away at random. Also please don’t sell the jewelry.

Contestants should be over 18 & live in the lower 48 states because I’ll be paying shipping. I won’t sell your address, pinky swear.

Winner is drawn using a random number generator.

Comment should contain who you would give this jewelry to & why or a random act of kindness.


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