Uniquely December Giveaway #1 Something Store

*Giveaway now closed *

(But keep reading, it's still fun information!)

Along with my Uniquely December posts this month, I want to share with you some things that make me happy. Literally, I want to share them with you...that means giveaways! Here's a little preview:

• Today:  Come on now, be patient and keep on reading...
• Tomorrow: A feminine gift for you or a friend
• Wednesday: Something handmade to help you focus on the season
• Thursday: Catching up and connecting to the Curly Hair Challenge
• Friday:  It's a surprise...even to me...

Each giveaway will be live for 5 days and have fairly easy entries.  Good luck and now onto the giveaway!

I LOVE the Something Store!  The idea behind it is simple:  Pay them $10.00 and they send you...something. It's that easy!  The surprise and fun is in not knowing what you're going to receive, but the company guarantees the item's value will be more than the $10.00 you've paid.  And to make it even better, that $10.00 also includes your shipping!

Honestly, the Something Store isn't a website I remember all the time.  It just pops into my head every once in awhile and I treat myself then and there to a pick-me-up treat.  In the past I've received...

• silver earrings
• flashlights
• glass earrings
• Toys

One year we even used the Something Store to buy all of our white elephant gifts.  That year we got...

• a silk scarf
• a wine thermometer
• a cheese board
• an egg timer

The only downside that year was that I bought 8 things and got doubles.  So two of each of the things above.  I don't know if that's always how larger orders go, but it did happen that way that year.

So, how does it work?  It's easy.

• Click "Get Yours"
• Select the number of "somethings" you want to receive (up to 20 per order)
• Finish your purchase through Google Checkout and wait for you package to arrive.

It's so easy and who doesn't love a little mail surprise?

Ready to win?  Here we go...

Giveaway Items: 

Two $10.00 items from the Something Store.

Giveaway Information:

Two winners will receive (one) $10.00 item each

 Contest will begin at 12:01AM(MST) on Monday, December 5, 2011

 and end at 10:00PM(MST) on Friday, December 9, 2011.

Giveaway open to U.S. residents only 

Entry Options:

~Mandatory Entry~

Visit the Something Store website and leave a comment on this post about something you see there.

~Optional Extra Entries(Leave a comment for each extra entry)~

Follow Wandering Still through Google Friend Connect

Subscribe to Wandering Still email updates

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Tell me, aren't you at least a little bit curious? 

The Something Store is providing this item at my request. 

 They in no way have asked for my endorsement or influenced my review.

Uniquely December: Bathtub Party Day

 I'm a shower girl.

I find sitting in the bath to be extremely boring.

I can't stand rubber duckies getting all moldy on the inside.

The paint on our current bathtub is peeling off.

My kids like to use it as a floating raft for their non-molding bath toys.

Sometimes we feed the kids in the tub to keep the rest of the house from getting dirty.

Wondering how many people in the tub makes it a party?

Uniquely December: Wear Brown Shoes Day

I'm wearing mine.  How 'bout you?

Uniquely December: International Sweater Festival

I'm pretty sure this one is made up because I can't find any information on it, but who cares...

Ugly Christmas sweaters immediately came to mind when I sat down to write for today.  That naturally led me straight to Pinterest.  Here's how my searching evolved...

The Ugly Christmas Sweaters didn't really do anything for me.  No milk shooting out my nose or vomiting.  This, though, this seemed appropriate...

And though it's not an ugly Christmas sweater, this knitted beauty absolutely takes the cake!

For some reason I really liked this look...

And even though I'm definitely not an animal person, these dogs keep making me smile...

Finally I gave up on the Christmas sweaters and moved onto clever sweater repurposing...

What about you? 

 Share your most inspiring sweater photo 

on the Wandering Still Facebook page and 

get an extra entry for each of next week's giveaways.

Uniquely December: National Fritter Day

"Tomorrow is National Fritter Day."
"What are fritters?"
"You know, like zucchini fritters and potato pancakes.  Basically anything grated and fried."
"Oh.  Aren't there apple fritters?"
"AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!  Apple fritters!!!!"

Working my first hotel job I was responsible for ordering the doughnuts for the continental breakfast.  The hot fresh doughnuts were delivered at 4AM and always disappeared quickly.  What was always the last to go?  The apple fritters. Apple fritters would normally never be my choice for eating, but watching them go into the trashcan morning after morning (and adding in the 3rd shift lack of reasoning) gave me a brilliant idea.  I figured no one was going to miss them and started pulling a warm and gooey glazed fritter out of the box immediately after the delivery man handed the boxes over to me.  One of those wired me for the rest of the morning.

In honor of National Fritter Day, I decided to try my hand at frying up my own batch of fruity fritters.  My husband and kids are loving me!  Here are the fruits of my labor...

The Pioneer Woman Apple Fritters

My kids' favorite

Paula Deen Apple Fritters

DIVINE as a dessert, or, in our case, a SINFUL midnight snack!
Uses a whole apple slice.  We added vanilla bean ice cream and caramel sauce.