It Feels Like Christmas Morning
Ahhhh! The 12 Days of Giveaways celebration begins today! YAY! 
Are you ready??? I hope I am! I feel like I’ve been setting up giveaways for ages now– and I’m still not finished!
Check back mid-morning for one of MANY giveaways! 
Breakfast
Surprisingly, I wasn’t in the mood for my usual bowl of oats this morning. I craved something cold.
In the mix:
- Stonyfield Greek yogurt
- Banana slices
- Pomegranate arils
- Wheatberries
I also drank some delicious iced coffee with breakfast.
Shop to Give
Have you ever wanted to sip champagne, eat a cupcake, buy a fabulous dress, and donate to a good cause all at the same time?
Now you can!
Visit Mint Julep in Harvard Square for Shop to Give! on December 10th between 5-9 pm!
Mint Julep is a great boutique right next to the movie theater and The Body Shop. They have great brands like Kenzie, Millie, Tibi, DVF and a great jeans selection. 15% of each purchase will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Middlesex County.
NuVal Giveaway
Thanks to everyone who followed and tweeted!
Here’s your random winner: Catherine Khouri!
Congrats, Catherine. Please email me at tina@carrotsncake.com with your mailing address.
Question of the Day
What’s the best thing you’ve ever won?
Tags: 12 Days of Giveaways
Jess (Fit Chick in the City) — December 1, 2009 @ 9:37 am
I love the festive look of the red place mats! The most exciting thing I ever won, was seriously a paper plane flying contest at the Children’s Museum. I think I was 7. My brother was entering and therefore, I was forced to enter as well. Low and behold I somehow one. My price… a book about raccoons!
Sarah — December 1, 2009 @ 9:38 am
So far, I think the best thing I’ve won from a blog giveaway was a copy of “Food, Inc.” That was pretty cool. But in general, the best thing I won was VIP tickets to see my favorite band in concert here in my hometown. For some reason, I have a little bit of luck when it comes to calling radio stations and being the right caller. Ha ha.
Have a great day Tina!
Jessica @ How Sweet — December 1, 2009 @ 9:39 am
Your breakfast looks so colorful! Love it. The best thing I’ve ever won were 2 Janet Jackson tickets when I was college. That was fun.
Julie @ Peanut Butter Fingers — December 1, 2009 @ 9:39 am
i really haven’t won too much! last year did win a copy of the movie “a christmas story” on dvd though! i have yet to open it… something on the holiday “to do” list i guess!
Becca — December 1, 2009 @ 9:46 am
Mm, the yogurt mix looks delicious! What are pomegranate arils? I have never heard of them before.
Becca — December 1, 2009 @ 9:47 am
Oh and I have never won a blog giveaway.
I really have the worst luck ever!
Karla — December 1, 2009 @ 9:49 am
Your pictures are particularly fantastic today! Good job!
Kat (Kat's Daily Plate) — December 1, 2009 @ 9:49 am
Your breakfast looks so festive! I haven’t won much…. but I keep trying!
Rachel — December 1, 2009 @ 9:50 am
I won a free trip to the UK from a radio station!
Shannon (The Daily Balance) — December 1, 2009 @ 9:50 am
breakfast is so colorful and festive! Delish looking, too!
rhodeygirl — December 1, 2009 @ 9:52 am
I won a fancy cashmere robe that I gave to my mom that she wore the whole time she was sick.
Erin — December 1, 2009 @ 10:04 am
I really love your pictures, they are so pretty!
I just won Trader Joes Super Powder on Meghan traveleatlove’s blog yesterday! I’d never won a giveaway before that. For some reason, I don’t tend to have the giveaway numbers luck!
Mint Julep sounds awesome! I love that they give to charity.
MelissaNibbles — December 1, 2009 @ 10:07 am
I won a chance to meet Corey Haim when I was 13. He didn’t show up though. Probably off doing drugs somewhere….I was very excited when I won though!
Christina — December 1, 2009 @ 10:07 am
I’ve never won a blog giveaway but I won ticket to see Beyonce in concert last year which was pretty fun!
rhodeygirl — December 1, 2009 @ 10:11 am
@rhodeygirl: So that was a totally depressing way to say it but I guess I was trying to convey that I love that I won something that she loved so much.
Maria — December 1, 2009 @ 10:13 am
I usually don’t win a lot of things…I am still hoping something good will come along:)
Tina — December 1, 2009 @ 10:16 am
@MelissaNibbles: That is a total bummer!
leslie — December 1, 2009 @ 10:16 am
I seem to have good luck with winning things. I’m not sure the best thing I’ve won. Things are awesome, but my best prizes are my friends and family.
Nicole (dishin') — December 1, 2009 @ 10:16 am
I won a camera when I was about 8 years old and I was so excited. It was for a drawing content in my local paper.
I hope I win something this month with all of your giveaways!
VeggieGirl — December 1, 2009 @ 10:25 am
I won a beauty pageant when I was younger
Kati — December 1, 2009 @ 10:36 am
I won 2 concert tickets to see Lonestar and Diamond Rio one time…on a radio contest at 4:30 am! Can’t wait for goody giveaways!!!!!
suzanne — December 1, 2009 @ 10:37 am
Can i ask how you cook your wheatberries?
Food Makes Fun Fuel — December 1, 2009 @ 10:40 am
I won an invite to Green Mountain’s Fair Trade Organic dinner which was a blast and perfect as my first “food blogger” event. But my dad won a jeep! He still drives it too
SweetiePotato — December 1, 2009 @ 10:40 am
I love those metal straws you have, I really need to get some of my own!!
Leah — December 1, 2009 @ 10:41 am
I won a PS2 at my high school senior graduation party like 8 years ago…lol. Other than that and one lucky time in Vegas, that’s pretty much the only thing I’ve won!
Rose — December 1, 2009 @ 10:46 am
Those coffee pictures look outstanding!
Rachel — December 1, 2009 @ 10:47 am
Hm…. I won an iflip which was very exciting. I don’t know if it was the best thing, but it was exciting to win.
Lauren @ Eater not a runner — December 1, 2009 @ 10:47 am
Ahhh love Mint Julep but I will be away
I won a tv and dvd player in College! I had that TV for like 5 years!
Kerry — December 1, 2009 @ 10:51 am
Thanks for posting that Tina!!
I hope you and your readers will take the trip – they have great clothes!
Joelle (The Pancake Girl) — December 1, 2009 @ 10:54 am
Hmmm you know I’m not entirely sure I’ve ever won anything.. when I was like 7 I won a contest in a magazine and got to be in there, so that was pretty cool athough there wasn’t a prize haha.
Meggilizz — December 1, 2009 @ 10:54 am
Where DID you get the metal straws??? Those are awesome!!!
The best thing I’ve won in my adult life is a gift certificate to a fancy-schmancy hair salon.
Kara — December 1, 2009 @ 10:56 am
Can’t wait for the giveaways…I haven’t won much in the past, but was once given free tickets to VooDoo Music Festival in New Orleans, which was pretty awesome!
Arlene — December 1, 2009 @ 11:02 am
I’ve won a few things over the years … tickets to a Def Leppard/Journey concert chief among them. But the best thing I’ve probably ever won was dinner with a romance writer, since that’s my dream profession. It was a radio contest — I had to phone in and ID whether the passages the DJ was reading were from a children’s book or romance novel.
Meredith — December 1, 2009 @ 11:08 am
I won playoff Detroit Red Wings tickets last season through a local radio station contest. My husband is the biggest Wings fan!! Needless to say he was ecstatic. So was I until the game went into triple overtime… a little too much scoreless hockey for me at that point!
Missy Maintains — December 1, 2009 @ 11:09 am
Love your breakfast! The best thing I won was a contest from Seventeen Magazine. I won a trip to NYC in a limo with that pop group called Soul Decision. We had lunch at this fancy restaurant and then I got to be on TRL. They opened for *NSync at the time so I got to sit in the 5th row and go backstage. I was obsessed with *Nsync and met Joey, Lance, and JC so it was the best day of my life haha.
Tina — December 1, 2009 @ 11:10 am
@suzanne: Check my FAQ page!
Tina — December 1, 2009 @ 11:11 am
@Meggilizz: Check my FAQ page!
skinnyrunner.com — December 1, 2009 @ 11:16 am
i signed up for the rock n roll half marathon in dallas and got a $25 pf changs gift card for signing up on the 13th of the month. i didn’t even know there was a contest!
jenna — December 1, 2009 @ 11:19 am
1. your coffee basket from coffee bean direct.
2. I made dried apricots dipped in melted chocolate like you did a few weeks ago!! Omgoodness!! Amazing I can’t stop eating them.
3. your breakfast photos look stunning this morning
4. can’t wait for your 12 days of giveaways! have a great day!
Courtney — December 1, 2009 @ 11:33 am
Your pictures look amazing today…but my heat isn’t working in my house and it is only 60 degrees in my house and reading about your iced coffee just gave me the shivers! :>
Courtney
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Deirdre — December 1, 2009 @ 11:35 am
I once won a box of cereal at some grocery store raffle. Lame but at least it was free!
Erin F — December 1, 2009 @ 11:45 am
I can tell you what the WORST thing I won was – an “all expense paid” trip to Jamaica that wasn’t anywhere NEAR all expenses paid. Add in the delay in receiving the package, the blackout and deadline dates, and the taxes due… I returned it. My best thing I won is probably a nice coffee thermos at a race.
Scorpio Woman — December 1, 2009 @ 11:55 am
The best thing I’ve ever won is a cupcake tower that I won last week. I’m still waiting for the delivery.
Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg — December 1, 2009 @ 11:58 am
Cute mug! I love polka dots
When I was 10 years old, I won $350 at a bingo game. It was like I won the lottery or something– I thought I was SO rich! Funny stuff.
Sarah @ The Foodie Diaries — December 1, 2009 @ 12:08 pm
I love that you are still drinking iced coffee on Dec. 1… haha
Stasa — December 1, 2009 @ 12:13 pm
Tina I finally made iced coffee following your step-by-step instructions
What a wonderful way to start the day!
Beth @ DiningAndDishing — December 1, 2009 @ 12:14 pm
I just won a pack of Glo Bars on another blog recently. I was so excited!! I’ve been dying to try them :O)
legalstyle — December 1, 2009 @ 12:19 pm
i love your third picture in this post!!! and the fact that you’re still drinking ice coffee in december. brrr.
Jordan @ Salt Sweat Sugar — December 1, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
Thanks for doing this giveaway! I rarely win anything and 12 days worth should hopefully mean I win something =]
Lee — December 1, 2009 @ 1:20 pm
I guess I’ve won a couple of blog contests but I can’t think of anything big that I’ve won. My fiance, on the other hand, wins concert tickets all the time.
Tasha - The Clean Eating Mama — December 1, 2009 @ 2:43 pm
I am totally in love with your photos this morning! The polka dot mug against the red is so pretty!
Jenna — December 1, 2009 @ 2:46 pm
great pictures of breaky! are you ever gonna switch over to hot coffee? ha.
jenna
Kelly B. — December 1, 2009 @ 3:05 pm
When I was 4 years old, I won a care-bear at a movie premiere and I slept with that bear for years! haha! It was the birthday bear and he still sits on a shelf in my guest room today (24 years later…haha)
I wanted to tell you too, that I bought my first pomegranate because you’re posts have inspired me. But now I am not sure how to open it. I am going to do some digging around because I am sure you have directions posted somewhere! haha!
Hillary @ Nutrition Nut on the Run — December 1, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
great breakfast pix today!
Cynthia (It All Changes) — December 1, 2009 @ 4:16 pm
I haven’t felt up to my oats for the past two days. Been eating yogurt mess instead
kara — December 1, 2009 @ 4:18 pm
I once won a big cerel package from Katheats…..but never received it
Lynn (The Actors Diet) — December 1, 2009 @ 5:57 pm
in 1999 i won an insane contest – it was sponsored by rolling stone and durex condoms and required you to make a “sexy music mix.” somehow i won and got to go to the mtv video music awards, plus they gave me a year’s supply of condoms !!!