Happy Eighth Night of Hanukkah! We did it!
It’s time to enjoy one last blazing night and, of course, make s’mores using the heat from the flames of the fully-lit menorot!
We have one last giveaway to bring our 2018 Hanukkah-palooza to an end, and I hope you like it.
Today’s prize is:
A kate spade Mavis Street Taden tote in a gorgeous blue glitter!
Isn’t that adorable? I love it. I was so excited when I found it. And now I get to give it away!
Want some specs? Sure thing!
- The bag is 12.1″h x 18″top length / 13″bottom length x 5″d
- The handle drop length: 8.85″
- This is a tote with zipper closure
- it has interior zipper pocket and dual slide pockets
And did I mention, it’s glitter? Yes. Glitter.
Ready to enter? Yay!
Just leave a comment what you hope for in 2019! More time with friends? Conquering your TBR pile?
Standard disclaimers apply: I am not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to international residents were permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18 and ready to kick ass in 2019! All goals, big and small, are welcome. Raise your glass to things getting bigger and better in the new year.
Comments will close Monday 10 December 2018, at or near 12pm ET, and winner will be announced shortly afterward.
Good luck, Happy Hanukkah, and thank you for being part of Smart Bitches!
Winner update: Congratulations to Lisa J! Lisa, be sure to check your email inbox and spam folders shortly.
That’s the end to our Hanukkah-palooza, but we’ll be back next year! Thank you so much to this awesome community of readers and we hope your 2019 is full of great new books!
What I hope for in 2019 is a safer environment for us all (in all the forms that can take) and, personally, some more time to get financially literate and take care of myself.
In 2019, I want to finish the rough draft of my dissertation!
I’m hoping to continue to lose weight, eventually reaching my goal, and I’m hoping to work on some home-improvement projects, including a kitchen re-do.
I’m excited to start learning how to sew my own costumes for cosplay and LARPing!
I’m hoping to buy a house – which is weird and feels like too much of a grown up thing for me to say
I hope I can live up to expectations at my new job. Other people have hyped up my talents – which is awesome except when I’m facing taking over a failing store.
My hope for 2019 is just being the best that I can be. Eating right, exercising, being present, less time on social media, traveling more, reading lots of books, appreciating life and all its ups and downs, and doing more to make the world a better place. Love SBTB! ❤️
To paraphrase the Serenity Prayer: the grace to let things go that I cannot change, the strength and courage to make a difference, great and small, in the world and my neighborhood, and the smarts to know the difference between the two.
I am hoping to organize my home and get it ready to sell, while trying not to kill my college-age daughters, LOL! And of course joy & peace 🙂
I hope for travel joys in 2019 and more time to write.
Glitter! What a knitting tote that bag would make!
For 2019, I hope my family gets/stays healthy, and the people of the world will learn that “we are all earthlings” (Sesame Street says it best!).
I would like a job. In my field. And to lose all of the weight I put on while in school.
I’m hoping to succeed at my new job and break 200 pounds on my back squat in 2019 🙂
I am hoping that my boss stops making me work on weekends so that I have more time to read romances! BTW, I run my own business, so I’m my boss.
I hope to become a mother in 2019!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Gosh, there is actually a lot I’m hoping for 2019 – it’s a very important year for me, career wise. I think for now I’m hoping I have the patience and enough determination to be able to achieve the goals I have in mind.
Happy Christmas and New Year to SBTB!
I am hoping for time to rest. Between a parent in ill health, job hunting, and moving it has been a stressful last half to 2018.
I’m just hoping for a happier year. I lost my dad in 2018 and have spent most of the year struggling with depression. I’m ready for a holiday break with lots of rest and reading and a positive start to 2019.
In 2019 I will do everything within my power to raise awareness to climate change. If we don’t act, mobilize and demand a new green deal we are dooming a generation to a future without hope. I’m a volunteer in 1st grade classroom, I sometimes come home in tears from the realization of the bleak future that awaits them.
I need to complete some crochet projects. The TBR is in constant flux. I need to get off my duff and exercise. I am not looking to be a gym rat or hit some nebulous goal. I just want to work out a few days a week on a consistent basis.
Health for my daughter and all who have struggled with illness this year.
in 2019!! spend more time being creative
Pay off my credit cards. Already started and have made a HUGE start, but I would like to finish.
More positivity, everywhere, across the board. I am hopeful that the people, who have not been, will start being loving, tolerant and caring.
Goals for 2019
1. To start a new series.
2. To become better at marketing
3. To believe in myself more.
I am hoping to adopt a child or at least get close to doing so. But I also have to work on cleaning my place better! Of course, once the adoption goes theough, my kid will do the cleaning for me. That’s how it works, right?
In 2019, I plan to reawaken my creative side. Paint more canvasses, jewelry boxes, and photo boxes. I plan to get better at drawing my fashion croquis and dust off my sewing machines.2019 is the year of doing that which inspires me and not that which binds me. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would like to see my family healthy and feeling good.
Hoping to read more of my physical books I have gotten as gifts. Thanks for the giveaway!
I wish to spend more time stitching in 2019. I also want to read more books.
I’m working on better health so I hope for that in the new year.
GLITTER! (I guess this is both a comment on the gorgeous tote AND ALSO a wish for our lives to be more full of glitter: the freedom to focus on beauty and joy instead of on every day trying to fight off the forces of darkness and intolerance and election-stealing.)
I want to have a better routine, get regular exercise, and get my medications (depression/anxiety/asthma) actually balanced. Also get back into some of my hobbies.
I hope to manage my time better in the new year. It’s a constant struggle for me. Thank you for the chance to win this amazing prize!
Making a dent in the TBR and the yarn stash are goals for 2019.
I’m hoping to get a better job and and planning to make some strides on my road towards PhD applications if I decide I want to go back to academia.
Personally: Lose a bit of weight, focus more on my health
Professionally: Complete two big projects at work.
Generally: Make it through another year of the craziness in the US!
Mine is to get my house much less cluttered so I can feel less stressed when I’m home.
Less weekend work and more time for books!
I am hoping for a new job. But outside of that, I just want to find a new hobby. 🙂