Eat the Damn Cake

So suddenly I’m doing all these giveaways, which is really satisfying. I mean, you’re reading this blog. Reading requires patience and effort and the ability to do all the voices in your head. Sometimes I am not as funny as I could be if I watched more Tiny Fey and thought things through a little more carefully. Sometimes I forget to make a point at the end. For all this, you should get something back, in addition to an abrupt and ferocious craving for cake. Which is generally what I get from looking at the picture on the top. But maybe something’s wrong with me.

First, I ran the numbers (which makes me sound like someone who can do math), and the winner for the eShakti giveaway  is….ALICIA! I felt like I should do that in caps. Alicia said “I love eshakti, and would be thrilled to win an item!!” She definitely did. Yay!!! Alicia, can you write to me, please? kate@eatthedamncake.com.

Now, for all of you who aren’t Alicia, here’s something else: sneakpeeq, a shopping app with sweet deals on constantly updated merchandise from a broad range of designers and stores, has offered you guys a bunch of prizes. They’re calling the giveaway “Let Them Eat Cake.” Yup, they gave our giveaway a name. Because we’re special. You can check out sneakpeeq here. They’re getting a lot of press.

Here’s how this giveaway will work: First of all, you get 20% off your next purchase, just for entering the giveaway.

Two winners will each receive a $25 gift card for food, style, and home products.

Five runner-up winners will each receive a $10 gift card. Not bad.

Enter the giveaway by joining sneakpeeq here and then leaving a comment under this post to let me know you’re in. It’s a Facebook thing. So sorry to those who aren’t on Facebook, but, on the positive side, this giveaway is open to everyone– not just Americans and Canadians! It’s about time that kind of favoritism stopped

The giveaway ends on Jan 13th, when I’ll pick the seven winners.

Let “Let Them Eat Cake”– the epic giveaway– begin!

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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. The winner was announced here.

Yup. There’s more. Remember when we were doing the Shabby Apple giveaway, and I felt really bad that there weren’t options for more than like, five sizes, and I did that annoying thing where I apologize a lot? Well, then Melanie, one of the readers of this blog, recommended that I check out eShakti.

eShakti describes itself as “…a unique women’s apparel store online that allows custom changes in the style of the garment – sleeve, neckline, length can all be changed by the customer to her preference.” They offer the full size selection from size 0-26W, as well as custom sizing.  You can basically design your own stuff, but a lot of what I saw on the site didn’t look like it needed to be changed.

I wrote to them and asked if they’d do a giveaway with ETDC, and they said yes. Because Cake is delicious

(it could be yours! I really, really love this one…source)

So here’s the deal.

What you win: ANYTHING under $60 on the site (except stuff in the Overstock section). That’s a lot to choose from. Whatever you choose can then be custom sized and styled (also for free).

How you win it: To be in the running to win, like eShakti’s Facebook page here and then comment under this post. All comments count, unless they say “I DO NOT WANT TO WIN. I HATE WINNING.” You can say, “Hey, what’s up?” you can say, “I love polka dots.” Or just hi.

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When the Shabby Apple people wrote to me they suggested that my “fashionable readers” might like one of their dresses. I was flattered on your behalf. I also noticed that, although they complimented my writing, there was no mention of how fashionable I am. There’s a chance they saw some pictures of me, wearing things that hurt the eyes and the soul when combined. Or things that simply put the eyes and the soul to sleep. But never mind that. This is really, really fun.

Except that I had to pick a dress that I hoped you guys would like. It took a while. I narrowed it down to four or so, consulted five friends, agonized for days (possibly totally a week and a half), agonized even more today, when I changed my mind a lot two minutes before posting this, and then finally just picked the boldest one, reddest, most fabulous one. Why not?

So here’s the deal: I’m giving away the nothin’ like a dame dress from Shabby Apple, a very cool online boutique of women’s dresses.

This is it:

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So while I was getting laid off, Bear was busy interviewing for a new job. Life is a funny balance. And it happens all at once, sometimes.

He had to fly to Amsterdam on two days’ notice, and I was freaking out. My mind was a checklist, like, “Tiny travel deodorant! A towel, in case he has to wash his hair in the airport bathroom! Insulin and syringe prescriptions so that no one thinks he’s a terrorist or a drug addict! Gum! Tic tacs! Sunglasses!”

He was about to be under an enormous amount of pressure, and I was feeling it. I looked over the itinerary that the Dutch company had sent, the day of, and it was terrifying. Back- to-back meetings all day long. Everyone he was meeting with had a scarily important-sounding title. That’s how titles are supposed to work, I guess.

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And then he was on a plane and I was standing in the checkout line at Whole Foods, and suddenly I was definitely going to throw up. It hit me like…um…a ball, hitting someone in the face. (OK, I failed there. Bad writer!) Anyway, it was extremely abrupt. I was unzipping my hoodie, remembering that I wasn’t wearing a bra and my shirt was not particularly thick and then zipping it back up halfway.

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I will be participating in the Bloggers Day of Silence, out of respect for the gravity of the situation in Japan.

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I’m over at Oh My Stinkin’ Heck today, guest posting. Heather, who writes OMSH, is awesome, and you’re going to have to go over there to see what her blog is like, because how can I summarize a blog with that title? I wouldn’t want to spoil the anticipation.

You may recognize the guest post from a while back. It’s called “I used to be a skinny person,” and it’s about, well, that. I used to be really skinny. My ribs stuck out a little. Now, not so much. I discovered Insomnia Cookies and how fantastically diverse grilled cheese sandwiches can be, and I never went back.

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Un-roast: Today I love how square my shoulders are. I think they’re like my dad’s shoulders, except the girl version. Which is actually very nice.

New post on Un-schooled, about the film Race to Nowhere. It’s really good. And a really big deal right now. And the screening I went to was the first time I’ve gotten in somewhere crowded and trendy for free as “press.” It was ridiculously exciting. Probably more exciting than it should’ve been. You know what? Whatever. Nothing wrong with being excited.