***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
And the random winner who’s about to get their read and their DIY on is… Julie Smith (who said we’d see her at her desk in the office day dreaming of going home and painting her half finished bathroom project). Congrats Julie!
That’s the title of Jen Lancaster’s latest bestselling book – and if you enjoy the story of a young couple renovating their first home (ya never know… you just might), this book belongs on your reading list. Jen never fails to crack us up and we were flabbergasted when we she mentioned us last year on her blog. So now that her home improvement-tastic tale is landing in stores as a paperback this week, we thought a giveaway was in order. You’ll get a copy of If You Were Here plus a very special bookmark. Actually it’s a $100 gift card to Home Depot, so I’m sure you can find a better use for it than just keeping your page.
- PRIZE: A copy of “If You Were Here” by Jen Lancaster and a $100 Home Depot gift card
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “IF YOU WERE HERE” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … tell us what we might see if we were with you right now. Perhaps we’d see the latest house project you’re in the midst of? Or the inside of the crowded subway you’re commuting on? Or maybe we’d see what you’re chowing down on over your lunch break at work?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, March 7th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 48 contiguous United States (though we try to snag as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Penguin Books.
Laurie says
IF YOU WERE HERE….you’d see me sitting at my computer at a VERY messy desk, in NYC.
AmandaT says
IF YOU WERE HERE if would be me, my dual monitors, and my uber huge project web application I’m supposed to complete in a ridiculously short amount of time, and can’t find any motivation to work on, hence the reading of the internet.
Jeannie says
IF YOU WERE HERE, you’d see me at work, looking like something the cat dragged in.
Emily Woodley says
If you were here… you’d see the carrots I just made out of orange napkins to decorate for spring! :)
Jen says
If you were here, you would see a playroom much in need of some love!
Julie says
If You Were Here…you would see us frantically trying to get ready for our wedding this Thursday…in our house!
Lindsay says
IF YOU WERE HERE, you would see me taking a break from work to organize my messy desk!
Kindra says
If you were here: you’d see the windows open and our pup Addie lounging in the sun on the front porch. Life is rough!
Paige says
If you were here… you’d see my cup of superfruit tea and my messy desktop!
Rachel says
IF YOU WERE HERE you would see a very quiet home. I cleaned like crazy this weekend, and now it’s spring break, so I’m just doing some quiet home at work, cats napping. Sorry it’s not more interesting! ;)
Melo says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
You would find me reading blogs during work hours… SHHH!
Lauren says
IF YOU WERE HERE . . . . You’d see me chugging awake making some charts (with a few quick google reader breaks)
Amanda R. says
IF YOU WERE HERE – you’d see me sitting in my cubicle catching up on my favorite blogs! :-)
Lisa says
If you were here … you’d see me still in my pjs!
KatyM says
If you were here…you’d see me tackling a kitchen cabinet repaint job that I have been scared to take on for 7 years. The sawhorses are set up. The cabinet doors are removed. The orbital sander is loaded and ready. Look out cabinets. I’m coming for ya!
Virginia says
If you were here, you’d see a lazy cat napping on the clean clothes that I should be putting in a suitcase for my trip later this week, and me procrastinating on the packing by reading blogs :)
PS – Loved Jen Lancaster’s first book, “Bitter is the New Black.” Can’t wait to read this one, even if I don’t win!
Stephanie says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
You would see a messy, paper pile-filled cubicle. I moved into this cube a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been too busy to organize the damn thing.
Rachel says
IF YOU WERE HERE! You would see me eating my lunch, while reading your blog, just like I do every day!
Marianne says
If you were here you would see a few too many projects that need to be completed!
Esther says
IF YOU WERE HERE..
You would see a pile of laundry waiting to be folded!
Kendrick says
IF YOU WERE HERE… you would see snow coming down in Richmond in March. :-/
Jenn says
If you were here, you would see the empty pickle jar I’m staring down. My lunch needed just one more Claussen to make it complete!
monica says
IF YOU WERE HERE
… you would see my very late lunch of soup, a bottle of perrier and my desk in shambles (full of papers, several pairs of glasses, my notebook, cell, multiple pens and my laptop) as I try to make sense of the week (and work!) ahead.
Brooklynne says
If you were here, you’d see me sitting thrilled and baffled at the prospect of moving into and decorating me and my husband’s first home! We close the first of April and could definitely use that gift card!
Erin says
IF YOU WERE HERE. . . you would see a sewing nook in progress, waiting to be primed and painted; an old bathroom floor demolished and boxes of bamboo waiting to be installed; an old vintage chair with the bottom ripped off and waiting for new springs and cushion; a large overhead kitchen light on the back porch waiting for installation; and 2 tired parents with 2 young kiddos trying to get it all done. . . and I wouldn’t have it any other way :)
Janelle says
IF YOU WERE HERE…you would see the cushions and pillows from our new (craiglist new) loveseat on the floor in the basement, with my almost-four-year-old jumping from the now-naked couch onto the top of the pile.
MaryKate says
IF YOU WERE HERE!
You would see me procrastinating and getting little work done while my little ones nap. :)
Christine says
If you were here…you would see me surrounded by a gaggle of miserable studying law students!
Sarah says
IF YOU WERE HERE…you’d see me trying (but failing) to concentrate on work.
Aubri says
If you were here… you MIGHT get to be there for my baby girl’s birthday! I’m (im)patiently awaiting her arrival. Any day now!!!
K Taylor says
IF YOU WERE HERE you’d see my messy desk at work during my 2 minute afternoon blog check.
Adrienne says
IF YOU WERE HERE….you would see me hanging out with my almost three your old son! We are making lunch.
Liz says
IF YOU WERE HERE, you’d see a pile of papers on my desk that I am avoiding by visiting your blog! (just for a few minutes at least:)
lori says
if you were here you would see me trying to stop procrastinating….
Alison says
If you were here… you’d see me sitting in my incredibly messy home office with shelves from my bathroom sitting on the floor drying from the new coat of paint I just did.
Cathy says
IF YOU WERE HERE, you would see me at work reading blogs!
Erin says
If you were here, you may or may not catch me watching Prom on HBO…
Salina says
If you were here: you’d be at your desk at an ad agency in NYC looking out over soho thinking about coffee and trying to tell yourself you’ll get all three huge-o 360 briefs done by monday. Srsly.
Katie says
You would see, lots of new baby gear!
Trisha D says
IF YOU WERE HERE, you would see a cramped shared office overlooking the city and a new dual screen monitor.
Joanna says
If you were here, you’d see my desk at work surrounded with messy papers and empty cups of tea – time to clean up!
Sarah R. says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
You’d see all the filing that needs to be done.
Corrie says
IF YOU WERE HERE
You would see my new office which is in desperate need of some art, pictures or anything to make it a more hospitable workplace :o)
Amanda says
IF YOU WERE HERE…you would be seeing me and my husband in the process of buying our first home!
Tracy says
IF YOU WERE HERE–you would see that I read your blog daily and never comment. I miss your posts on weekends.
Sara says
IF YOU WERE HERE…you would see a desk covered with cookbooks and my shopping list as I make my meal plan for the week.
Ashley W. says
If you were here…
You’d be having a fun play date with my 15month old!
Debbie @ My Little Mess says
If you were here…
You would watch me chow down my lunch before heading back to work.
Caitlin says
IF YOU WERE HERE you would see one very messy office of someone taking a quick lunch break to chow down on a PB&J and read my blogs!
Danielle says
If you were here…you’d see me reading your blog at work!