Happy Eighth Night of Hanukkah!
We made it! The smoke alarm is giving me the side-eye treatment and it’s rather warm in here, but gosh is it beautiful.
Ready for our final night of Hanukkah giveaway? I hope so!
Today’s prize is: a Kate Spade Mulberry Street Lise in Dusty Blue!
I love this color so much. And the compartments!
Want some specs?
- The bag measures approximately 7.8″h x 11.5″w x 4.5″d
- The strap length is 22″
- It has a zip closure across the top of the satchel
- It also has front and back slide pockets with snap closures
Want to enter? I hope so!
Just leave a comment and tell us what you are most looking forward to in 2022 – book, film, event, celebration, trip, another book? We want to know!
Standard disclaimers apply: I am not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18 and ready to look forward into the future. Not responsible for sensations of optimism.
Comments will close 5 December 2021 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!
Thanks for celebrating with us this year!
Winner update: Congrats to Kay MH! Please check your inbox shortly.
Looking forward to Anne Bishop’s new Others book Crowbones
I am really looking forward to the sequel to The City We Became.
Hmm…hopefully some international travel. And also, my first book (academic, not a romance novel) comes out next year!
We are going on a family trip in February, a first in quite a few years! Very excited for that!!
I’m excited about the new Thor movie.
I’m looking forward to the possibility of traveling again.
I’m hoping we can start traveling internationally again. If so, my adventure buddy and I are off to Ireland!
On the pop culture front – season 3 of Ted Lasso!
Even though I’m battling cold feet due to omicron fears and general angst, I’m hoping to plan my annual SF Sketchfest trip (last year’s didn’t take place, of course) soon. No matter what, I’m definitely eager for the touring Jim Henson retrospective when it finally comes to San Francisco next spring!
Looking forward to the next Ilona Andrews book!!
Looking forward to my deferred sabbatical!
I’m SO looking forward to finishing grad school!
I’m looking forward to having my college student home for the summer, and Season 2 of Bridgerton.
One thing I’m looking forward to is Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik.
My family lives in Mexico city and I haven’t been able to visit them for the last two years. my brother is getting married in Febrary of 2022 so really looking forward to travel to Mexico city for his wedding and to visit family! (and eat tacos! but don’t tell my family that)
I’m looking forward to my daughter and son in law FINALLY moving home after living out of state for the last six years! May cannot get here soon enough!
Y’all have the best taste in bags!
Hopefully, 2022 will be a year where I see more people.
I love the blue color!! I’m looking forward to the new season of Ted Lasso (although, to be perfectly honest, I haven’t seen the first two seasons–just clips on YouTube), getting Lucy Parker’s Battle Royal after the gift-giving season, and (possibly) a full-time job. And of course, a whole new year of this blog!
Seeing a family member that I haven’t seen in years. I work but get off early so that can happen. God Bless everyone
I hope to travel. Fingers crossed.
I am most excited to finish my MBA. It is 3 years in the making.
We haven’t eatten in a restaurant since Feb of 2020, and I can’t tell you how much I hope that we can do so in 2022. I miss my soup, salad, and breadsticks.
Munro!!!
Definitely looking forward to Season 3 of The Mandalorian. Yay for Baby Yoda!
I’m hoping that I’m finally past the pandemic induced creative doldrums and can get back to writing my very first novel.
The final book of The Inheritance Games trilogy, the Into The Spiderverse sequel, Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Ms. Marvel!
I’m looking forward to the next October Daye novel, Sleep No More and Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher. I’m very excited about finishing all my training and being a fully qualified lawyer.
In 2022, I am looking forward to new books from many authors, including Ilona Andrews, Jessie Mihalik, and more.
I’m longing to travel again, especially if the journey gives me time to read!
I’m looking forward to my favorite “marriage of convenience plus adoptive family plus cold war spy pastiche” series, Spy X Family, getting its animated adaptation!
Books:
Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews
A Dance of Smoke and Steel by Milla Vane
The Bride Bet by Tessa Dare (hopefully)
The conclusions of Maggie Stiefvater’s “Dreamers” trilogy and Naomi Novik’s “Scholomance”
Comics:
Fangirl, the manga, vol 2
Lore Olympus, vol 2
Saga is finally back (although I’m still not sure I can forgive Brian K. Vaughan)
TV:
She-Hulk
Ms Marvel
Moon Knight
The Sandman
Peacemaker
The Gilded Age
Pam and Tommy
Stranger Things, season 4
The Umbrella Academy, season 3
Ted Lasso, season 3
Movies:
The 355
The Tender Bar
The Batman
The Northman
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
John Wick 4
Thor: Love and Thunder
I’m looking forward to summer/warmer temperatures to be able to be with people outside again (and hopefully a less stressful covid reality in general)!
I’m looking forward to the next M. Louisa Locke mystery in the Victorian San Francisco series.
A trip to Turkey, COVID-19 permitting.
In 2022 I’m go To Spain! I can’t wait!
I’m looking forward to more painting and drawing
I’m looking forward to buying a house and having my own place!
I’m hoping for a clean bill of health so I can see my former students at their fifth-year reunion in the spring.
I’m looking forward to my state reaching our vaccination target and re-opening the border so I can travel again. (I’m in Australia.) I’m looking forward to the release of Ruby Fever (Ilona Andrews) and the new series by Jessie Mahalik.
Mostly I’m just hoping that 2022 is better than 2021 for everyone.
Biking More biking!
Well, I was looking forward to Witch King by Martha Wells, but it’s been pushed to 2023. I just heard about the Knives Out sequel from these comments and will look forward to that instead.