October 27, 2008

I Must, I Must, I Must Increase My Luck

As a kid, I always filled out the Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes forms that came in the mail. All the little magazine stamps to lick and the promise of oodles of dollars--loved it! Strangely enough, we never won. You're shocked, I know.

Now I'm all grown up and not even on the Publisher's Clearing House mailing list (knock on wood). But I still get a little thrill out of entering contests. Which is why I geek out over the quarterly Bloggy Giveaways Carnival. Four times a year a zillion bloggers get together and give stuff to each other. Love it! But despite all my clicking and entering, I've never won.

In an attempt to increase my giveaway-winning karma, this time I'm offering up a prize myself. I am a fan of choice, so you can have your pick of a $15 gift card for Target, Starbucks or Amazon. Also known as three enormous corporations which get too much of my money.

Entering is as easy as leaving a comment on this post. You don't have to be a blogger to win, but you do need to leave me some way to contact you. One entry per person, please. Comments close October 31 at 10:00 p.m. The winner will be selected randomly and posted this weekend.

If you're a fellow fan of giveaways, we've got a bunch every week over at Northwest Mom Finds. And you're welcome to come visit here any time. Good luck!

Comments are now closed. Thank you to all who entered!

543 comments:

  1. I would love to win a gift card! Thank you!
    Carol M
    mittens0831 AT aol.com

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  2. 3 great stores...and I never win either so don't feel bad :-)

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  3. Wow what a great giveaway! Thanks for entering me!

    trace at styleklutz dot com

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  4. Pick me, please!
    switchlaser@gmail.com

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  5. Please enter me! thanks!

    mariemadeline@netins.net

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  6. I adore gift cards, and probably spend as much as you at these three places (heaven is sipping a SB latte, snuggled under a throw from Target while reading a new novel from amazon!)

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  7. I lack luck myself but hope you get some, and yes those three places has been eating my money as well

    thanks for the contest

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  8. I could spend $15 easy at any of those places. Please sign me up. :) Thanks so much for hosting a giveaway.

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  9. I'll give it a whirl. Thanks for entering me!

    Bailan
    blythehoward@yahoo.com

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  10. Please enter me, thanks!
    Sararush at hotmail dot com

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  11. Wonderful giveaway! Thanks for the chance to enter! :)

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  12. I'm a sweepstakes junkie too. Help me get my fix!

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  13. =D Hilarious post. Best I've seen yet. And I love your blogger header/title also.

    Anyway, I spend money at all the same places. I guess, for purposes of this giveaway, I'd pick Starbucks.

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  14. Any of the three would be fab, but I know my husband would go nuts over the Amazon one. ;-)

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  15. All are great, but Amazon would be my favorite. Thank you for the giveaway!

    hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com

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  16. I would love the Starbucks card! Thanks!

    lynne@fairpoint.net

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  17. I could use the Target one to get boots for my son since it's supposed to snow today.

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  18. Great giveaway! Thanks for a chance to win.

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  19. Oh, good choices. You can never have enough hot chocolate or Target :)

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  20. Great giveaway! Come enter my Amazon giveaway!

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  21. An Amazon GC would be a great help in purchasing christmas gifts this year! Thanks!

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  22. Great giveaway! 3 of my favorite places to shop!

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  23. Good luck with the karma! I'm sure it will come back around to you.
    ebickell (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  24. Great tatse in stores!

    tuesdayef (at) aol dot com

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  25. Any of these would be great to have! Thanks for this contest!

    amommystory[at]gmail[dot]com

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  26. Thanks for the giveaway! I hope it helps you win too! utgal2004 at yahoo dot com

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  27. ohhhh, gift cards, almost as good as PCH sweeps! :)

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  28. You can't help but get excited when you enter a giveaway. But don't feel bad, I never won PCH either :)

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  29. I'm entering! Thanks for doing this!

    kdrstewart@yahoo.com

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  30. Amazon. Haven't walked into a Target in almost a year.

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  31. I'd love a gift card.

    Have hope, I'm sure you'll win something sometime!

    captain_lisaad (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  32. Target! sheacwilliams@yahoo.com

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  33. WHEN *ahem,* if I win the target giftcardthatwillbespentimmediately, you know where to find me ;)

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  34. I could definitely find something to buy with that!

    elizabeth.knox at gmail dot com

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  35. I love all three of those stores, but would likely use the Target one right away... I'd savor the Starbucks card and make it last!

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  36. I would love to win the Amazon GC! Thank you!! :)

    shevilkenevil1 at aol dot come

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  37. I would love to win a Starbucks gift card... although Target would be more useful. :)

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  38. I would love to win - thank you!
    jana_mccraine(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  39. I love shopping in the clearance department at Target!!

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  40. Very cool... count me in!

    shawnandlisablog@gmail.com

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  41. I love all of those options!!! Thanks.


    zipster81(at)juno(dot)com

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  42. Target is my fav!
    Enter me, please!

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  43. What a practical giveaway!

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  44. Oooh! Since Target is my favorite store on the planet I'm SO in!!!

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  45. I didn't win anything either last time!

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  46. Thanks for the chance to win! Check out my giveaways, too:
    http://couponqueenconfessions.blogspot.com
    AND
    http://birth2remember.blogspot.com

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  47. I would love to win a gift card to Amazon - I'm trying to save up for a new camera. :)

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  48. Ahh, you have identified three of my favorite places to lose my money! I mean spend my money. . .yes, of course, spend. :)

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  49. I'd love either one of those three! Can't go wrong with any of them. Thanks!

    My email is in my profile.

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  50. i couldn't choose! but enter me. :)

    -lauren
    lauren51990 at aol dot com

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  51. What a great giveaway! Who couldn't use a little with things being so bad right now!

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  52. Enter me! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  53. Please enter me. I love Amazon :)

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  54. I would certainly love to win this!

    parcelhome at comcast dot net

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  55. I totally agree with: a.k.a. 3 places that get too much of my money!
    Kristine
    kvicker at hotmail dot com

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  56. So cool, thanks so much for the chance to win!

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  57. Hope this increases your luck ;)

    Thanks for the chance!

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  58. I would pick Target. :)

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  59. I must, I must, I must win this gift card! Thanks!

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  60. Hopefully your winning karma kicks into gear this quarter!!! :)

    Thanks for the great giveaway!
    katiellloyd at yahoo(dot)com

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  61. I would love to be entered

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  62. i would sooo love a target gift card!!! i could stock up on baby stuff for my newborn!

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  63. Thank you for this contest.
    Kellielor@aol.com

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  64. I love to shop. At Target.

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  65. Starbucks would be a nice date night with my husband :)

    ellybean@connected2christ.com

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  66. any gc would be great; amazon gc always makes a grad student happy.

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  67. sending good karma your way! i hope you win something this time around :)

    we would put a GC to great use!~ thanks a bunch!
    erika

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  68. Ohhhh, drooling at the thought of an Amazon gift card. Thanks for the giveaway.

    kmg365 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  69. Your luck is as good as mine. I hear Starbucks has new hot chocolate flavors.

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  70. I love all of these!

    LAuren
    croasla0(at)Sewanee.edu

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  71. 3 great places... you can't beat that! I'd love to win!

    amyandjeffmartinez{at}yahoo{dot}com

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  72. I'd love any one of those and it would be hard to choose between them! Thanks!

    akblessingsabound[at]gmail.com

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  73. I'd love to be entered in this one! Thanks!

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  74. Yes, I'm here from the bloggy giveaway site. I'm so intrigued by the topics in your archive list and want to read more!

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  75. Love me some Starbucks!!

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  76. Id love to win the amazon. Thank you for the giveaway.

    lacie37(at)gmail(dot)com

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  77. this is my kind of giveaway!!

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  78. Cool!! Maybe you and I will both win this time! Thanks for the giveaway! stonefox@pobox.com

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  79. We could definitely use any of those gift cards. Thank you!

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  80. Decisions, Decisions! Will it be Target or an Amazon GC??

    Thanks :)

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  81. Thanks for the great giveaway opportunity!

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  82. I want some starbucks!

    faked_sugartone at hotmail.com

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  83. Starbucks, star bright, who will win the target tonight, Amazon and Nile unite...what a silly song, alright!

    pumpkinlady430@yahoo.com

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  84. I love Target.

    david_colleen@mei.net

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  85. Target please. Looking forward to the holiday after sale.
    Thank you

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  86. cool giveaway, I drinks lots of coffee so this would be handy.
    thanks and hope you win something this year! : )

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  87. How great...count me in please.

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  88. I love gift cards.

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  89. i heart amazon!!
    margelina@comcast.net

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  90. GC's are great, especially Amazon, how can you go wrong, they have everything

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  91. I'd love an Amazon card so I can buy some lullaby cds for my son. Thank you!

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  92. I would love one to target! Thanks for the chance to win! chattyhousewife(at)blogspot.com

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  93. What an awesome giveaway! With Christmas on the way, any of these would be wonderful!

    Blessings!

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  94. Thanks for joining the bloggy giveaway carnival, and for offering something I can use any day of the year!

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  95. Great giveaway! Thanks!

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  96. Enter me please! Thanks for the chance to win!
    Brianne (tarheeljc at gmail dot com)

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  97. Great giveaway, I'd love a Target card :).

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  98. I believe that those are the top 3 places to shop/consume coffee for mom bloggers I bet if I walked into my local Target in the middle of the day and yelled "Any Mom Bloggers in here?" I would get a rousing response. Not that I would ever do that or anything.

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  99. This is a great giveaway! Thanks

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  100. If I won I'd go with the Target GC because I'm in there way to much, seems like I'm always runing outta something and needing to go to the store!

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  101. Thank you for participating! ;-) That would be a hard choice on the cards. :-)

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  102. oh, yes! i'd pick the target card and get both target goodies and starbucks goodies all under one roof. yessah!

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  103. im down for the starbucks card :)

    and good luck with your karma!

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  104. Amazon for me!

    stef dot reed at gmail dot com

    Enter my giveaway to win a signed book!!

    http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Stef/608905/

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  105. Thanks for the giveaway!
    ggp42304 (at) gmail (dot com)

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  106. Please enter me for some free coffee!


    ajcmeyer AT go DOT com

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  107. I can't even decide which of those three I'd prefer :-)

    oreo89 [at] gmail [dot] com

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  108. thanks for the giveaway!

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  109. I would love to win the Target gift card! I love that store!! Thank you so much for the chance to win..it's fun to imagine winning!

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  110. please enter me. i am addicted to target.
    jemuhs@gwu.edu

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  111. tabwheeler@hotmail.com

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  112. Good luck to you! Thanks for the chance at your blog.

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  113. o! count me in!

    Kelly Turner
    www.groundedfitness.com

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  114. Oh fun!!! I love gc's!!! :)

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  115. Target rocks

    Thanks for the giveaway! >^..^<

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  116. We love Target! I go often just to check on clearance items lol

    Tara
    cloudspassby78 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  117. Please enter me. :) But I won't be able to respond to email until Nov. 3, so that may disqualify me.

    fawkesthefenix at hotmail

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  118. ME! ME! :)

    bunnybx at gmail . com

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  119. Target please!!


    -Kira
    XWildHopeX at hotmail dot com

    creatinglifesdance.blogspot.com

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  120. I'm not really new to sweeping..but I am new to this new bloggy thingy. But the Target GC sounds nice. Thanks for offering it.

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  121. Oh, I think the Target card would come in handy. I just discovered that my son needs new shoes... never mind that we just bought his shoes a couple of months ago. He's outgrowing everything!

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  122. whoa! I'd love an Amazon giftcard... thanks for the awesome giveaway op!

    alimo at nycap dot rr cot com

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  123. WOW I would love any of them. Thanks

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  124. Any of them would be great to start holiday shopping with!
    aeshuron@twcny.rr.com

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  125. You rock! Great prizes. Thanks for the giveaway! Hope I win! I could use some good luck karma ;D

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  126. Wow; I would love any of these!
    sjbraun at hotmail dot com

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  127. I would love a Target giftcard. Heck, I'd love any giftcard.
    emilymouliere(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  128. I can think of a million things to buy at Target.

    hetz-junk(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  129. I love free stuff, especially free stuff that I can actually use! uncommonblonde@gmail.com

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  130. I would love the Target GC!

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  131. Very useful, thanks!
    katiekarr at gmail dot com

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  132. I'm newer to the blogs but am quickly becoming addicted :-). If I win this, I would love the Starbucks card for my oldest daughter. She lives for that place!

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  133. That's a hard choice. Starbucks or Amazon. Thanks

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  134. this is my first time trying to win something...I hope that I do and I hopeyou do too.

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  135. It has to be.... drum roll please!
    Amazon!! Thanks for having the contest!

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  136. what a great giveaway. :)

    daisymomto3(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  137. ..."that get way too much of my money."

    Oh yes! Me too!

    sj3girls AT hotmail DOT com

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  138. Would love to win!


    =) melanie
    http://melaniescrafts.blogspot.com
    melanieadey at hotmail dot com

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  139. This is awesome! Thank you!

    Mesargent813@yahoo.com

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  140. I must, I must increase my luck too!

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  141. Amazon GC please!!!

    sena.sagani[at]gmail[dot]com

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  142. Love giftcards!!!!

    rebolsen (at) gmail.com

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  143. Target or BUST!!!!!!!

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  144. They all sound wonderful! I LOVE Amazon! That is my favorite.

    Thank you for a great giveaway!

    HunnyV "at" Optonline "dot" net

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  145. I love Target! Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  146. I would feel lucky enough to get a gift card to any of those 3 places!!

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  147. thanks for the chance to win!

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  148. Gift cards are the best kind of giveaway!!!

    jennifer.lleras@gmail.com

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  149. Count me in!
    bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  150. I love giveaways too and Gc's are the best! Love amazon.


    southrngal(at)gmail(dot)com

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  151. Thanks!

    FFGKyle[at]gmail[dot]com

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  152. We have so much in common, cuz *I* never won Publisher's Clearing House either! Small world, huh?

    Love me some Amazon, thanks for the great giveaway.

    3oink63moo484 (at) gmail(.)com

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  153. I remember licking all those tiny stamps too.....

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  154. Three of my VERY favorite places to shop!

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  155. Would love to win and use at target.

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  156. I've never won a giveaway either! I hope I do!

    amytarnold(at)gmail(dot)com

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  157. What's that did someone say TARGET??? Please enter me. Good luck winning some of the contests!

    thesmithclan at stny.rr dot com

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  158. I'm in and I think I'd choose Target- but hope there's room for changing my mind :) katelynthames AT yahoo DOT com

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  159. Great giveaway!
    I would love a Target or Starbucks card!!!

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  160. This would be wonderful to go towards Christmas

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  161. I'd love to win! And I've never won from a Bloggy Carnival Giveaway either!! Thanks for the chance!
    give_me_a_latte at yahoo

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  162. I heart Target! Thanks for offering the giveaway!

    And, I loved that Publisher's Clearing House stuff too when I was a kid. I just knew they were going to knock on my mom's door any day;o)

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  163. Amazon would be fantastic. Terrific giveaway. Thanks for offering it!

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  164. Ooooo I love amazon,,hope I win.

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  165. Starbucks would be awesome ._. I haven't had the money to treat myself to a frappucino in months

    pixilated.dream@gmail.com

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  166. Oh, what spiffy choices! Please enter me:)

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  167. Target or Starbucks would be awesome!!
    jokinard@juno.com

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  168. Those 3 companies have a constant hand in my wallet...I always leave with less money and more stuff than I thought.
    stacyguthrie(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  169. Thanks for the generous giveaway. Please enter me. I would be happy with any gc - since I never win anything either!

    stacey.rusch(at)gmail(dot)com

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  170. Would love Starbucks or Amazon. Thanks for the chance!

    gitrecca (at) gmail (dot) com

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  171. Giveaways are awesome!! Thanks!

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  172. Great prize. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  173. Target Rocks!!

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  174. Hey, I'd love the Target GC!

    Thanks!!

    My email is listed in my blogger profile! :)

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  175. I'm all for Amazon. :-) Thanks!!!
    lisaanne29@hotmail.com

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  176. This would be great! Thanks for the chance!

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  177. I love all 3 stores. Thanks for the great giveaway!

    mr_mrs_steen[at]netzero[dot]com

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  178. I'd take anyone of these gift cards...

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  179. I'd love to win a Target giftcard.

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  180. OH I love Target!!

    mariajoy@hotmail.com

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  181. I am just in awe of how many comments you've received!

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  182. Wow tough choice between the stores! Great giveaway. :o)

    shannona@hotmail.com

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  183. I LOVE TARGET!
    Thanks for such a fun giveaway!
    sblilly14(@)yahoo(.)com

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  184. I love Amazon and thanks for such a neat giveaway! It's very generous and I hope you win a lot of great contest.

    samsakara@twcny.rr.com

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  185. I would love an Amazon GC.

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  186. I would love a Target GC! Thanks for the chance to win your great giveaway!
    proudyaya04 {at} yahoo {dot} com

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  187. I am a target girl.

    Before getting married I won virtually every contest I entered. really.

    then I got married and haven't won a thing since. it really sucks.

    mama.may24(at)ymail(dot)com

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