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Winning Tuesday - LUSH Giveaway Results
By MountainMama | May 6, 2008
Winning Tuesday just does NOT have the same ring to it as Winning Wednesday. But, I wanted to announce the winner of this week’s fabulous giveaway a bit early in the hopes that Carrie Cabral will receive the wonderful “Mum Gift Set” from LUSH fresh handmade cosmetics by Mother’s Day.
Out of a whopping 300 entrants, Carrrie’s name was chosen in the random drawing. (And if you email me your mailing address to MountainMama at TravelingMamas dot com right away, I’ll hit the post office this afternoon.) Here’s how Carrie plans to spend her Mother’s Day (it sounds like a lovely tradition!):
Every year my husband and our daughters go to Soulard in St. Louis. We visit the Farmers Market and have lunch. Then we go down the street to the St. Louis Botanical Garden and spend a few hours there. On the way back to the car we stop off at Gringo Jones, an eclectic store in the neighborhood. Then, we hit the St. Louis Zoo. We’ve been doing it for years. If it rains, we go to the St. Louis Art and History Museums.
We received so many amazing responses to our request to tell us a) how you would spend your ideal Mother’s Day or b) how you plan to celebrate Mother’s Day with your mother or wife.
I loved this one from Katrina, who deserves a round of congrats:
I plan to spend this Mothers’ Day with my beautiful 2 1/2 year old daughter and our brand new, bouncing baby boy (less than 24 hrs old)!
Dana described my kind of Mother’s Day:
I had such a perfect Mother’s Day last year, it would be pretty difficult to beat a spa day with a six year old followed by hiking in the mountains with the entire family! I suppose if I could add anything to it, it would be a bit more time in the morning to enjoy some coffee and conversation.
This one from Susan Varney made me smile:
i’ve been promised breakfast in bed a relaxing dinner at a local establishment and fun when the lights go out.
So did this one from Meredith Peters:
I am spending this Mother’s Day recovering from a tummy tuck scheduled for 3 days prior-how appropriate!-and watching The Sopranos, the 1st five years on DVD which I’ve never seen! And eating chocolate! It’s all about ME this year!
And this one made me laugh out loud:
I’ll be spending Mother’s Day doing what I LOVE TO DO! Stalking my WWE Wrestlers. Live House Show and meeting and getting pics with HOT men!! My family loves me
Jen G. described one of my all-time favorite ways to spend ANY day:
Truly? My ideal mother’s day would be spent at a luxury spa all day and have the works done (facial, massage, manicure, pedicure, etc, etc, etc) WITHOUT my cell phone and my kids are safe and sound with hubby.
We heard from moms who hope to spend at least part of the day scrapbooking, shopping, sleeping late or “sitting back and relaxing.” Other readers told us they have struggled with infertility and miscarriage, and suffered through their own mothers passing away. My heart goes out to all of you — I know holidays can be tough for so many of us who have gone through difficult times. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts about what this day means to you.
Here’s wishing all of TravelingMamas’ readers a wonderful, wonderful weekend — whether you’re a mom, daughter, sister, brother, father, husband or friend.
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