List of Favorites: The First Ever Keepin' Up Contest With Real Prizes

I finally won a contest (pistachio macaroons, yessss!) off of Niki's blog. Now I get to hold the same contest, called List of Favorites.

So the List o' Favorites blog game works like this:
Blog host shares some favorites;
People comment on which item they would like to win;
Blog host randomly draws a winning name;
Blog host gifts the winner with their choice from list o' favorites; and
Winner then carries on the List o' Favorites game on their blog.

On to my favorites...

Good pens. You know a good pen when you see one, and it’s hard when you lose your best pen to the Great Cycle of Writing Utensils, but eventually karma will present you with another chance to own a nice pen. Maybe it’s rolling on the ground of the train waiting for you to pick it up, or maybe it’s the product of winning this blog contest.

Peanut Butter Cookies. A few fateful years ago Mel gave me a recipe that has changed my life (and my pants size) forever. Seriously, best cookies ever. If you choose this one and win, you will not only receive the recipe, but a batch of cookies even if I have to mail them priority.

Fabric Lined Baskets. Everyone has them. Nobody has enough. You know you want another one, if for nothing else as an alternative to a gift bag at your next gift-giving opportunity.

Mott’s 100% Juice Freezer Pops. I bought these for the kids as a healthy alternative to the high fructose corn syrup in a plastic tube I usually get for them, and they taste so good I find myself rationing them to the kids by cutting them in half while I sneakily whole ones at nap time.

Pretty Gardening Gloves (or manly, depending on your gender). I bought a pack of brown jersey knit gloves last year that worked well enough. But this year I splurged and bought a pair of lovely gloves, and don’t I feel pretty while ripping thorns and thistles from the ground.

Once. The soundtrack. I heard the main song on the radio last year and loved it. I heard the soundtrack on a Diana’s blog, and I knew I had to have it. So now I do, and you can, too, if you win. (*note: I have added a playlist at the right with songs from the soundtrack)

Strong refrigerator magnets. With the amount of artwork that goes on around here, we can’t have just any old flimsy phone book magnet holding up our masterpieces. I will hand-select a strong magnet (i.e. can hold at least 20 pieces of paper), locally themed, of course, for you to display your kids’ art, your own art, or even all of you ex-boy/girlfriends’ pictures (and I’ll try to find one that is also dart-resistant).