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A few weeks ago, Lands’ End sent me this bathing suit. Go ahead and look and then come back.
I have to tell you that I look JUST LIKE THAT GIRL in the suit.
Minus the perfect body and the beautful hair and the glowing skin. Other than that, we are like twins.
But seriously, there aren’t many people who have birthed children who can still say they like the way they look in bathing suits and the ones that can, well, they can suck it they’re the lucky ones. Because, me? In a bathing suit? IS NOT CUTE.
But still, a few times a year, like once, I cram my rolls and such into the spandex and then me and ALL OF THE PALE and the mashed up rolls all head out to the beach. I do this all for the love of my children.
I’m not going to tell you that I put the suit on and I was magically thinner, because if that were the case I would have it on right now and I’d wear it to the grocery store. But I will tell you that it fit nicely and it more importantly TUCKED nicely. If you know what I mean. If you don’t know what I mean, you can suck it you are very lucky.
So, I received a free bathing suit from Lands’ End to review and I also get to give away a $100 gift card from Lands’ End. This company is incredibly generous and has full faith in bloggers and listens to what we have to say. I.LOVE.THAT.
Who wants to win the $100 gift card to Lands’ End?
Here’s what you have to do to win:
In the comment section, tell me what you are going to do this summer that you are excited about. You can also feel free to head over to to their website to see what you would buy with your $100 and come back and tell me because I’m nosey like that. (personally, I would pick this, but that’s just me. Yes, I know it’s over $100, leave me alone, it’s my dream.)
Do not say “pick me” in the comments because that is SO ANNOYING.
For a second or third entry, tweet or blog about this giveaway. Please leave the link to the tweet or the blog post in the comments separate from your first entry because that’s how I maintain the randomness when choosing the winner.
Also, before I forget, Lands’ End is giving away a trip for four to BARBADOS. I have been to Barbados and I can tell you that YOU NEED TO GO THERE. You can enter their sweepstakes by clicking here. And if you go, I’ll go with you. K?
$100 gift card giveaway ends on Friday, May 29th, 2009 at noon, baby.
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I’m SUPER excited to go to Disneyland *and* Disney World on a trip I WON from an online contest!!! So I entered the Barbados contest because I’m feeling lucky. Oh, and I’m buying some Powerball tickets for tomorrow night.
As for Lands’ End stuff, I have a pair of their River Trekker shoes that I love (they look like Keens but they’re a lot cheaper) so I’d probably get some shoes, and maybe one of their tummy slimming swimsuits. Because I’m not one of the lucky ones, and those “lucky ones” can suck it!
I am excited about finally being able to work on The Stone House this summer. As for picking a favorite at Land’s End: there is so much I love there! Especially this:
http://www.landsend.com/pp/500countSateenComforterCoverSet~192694_-1.html?bcc=y&action=order_more&sku_0=::CRE&CM_MERCH=IDX_00008&origin=index
Posted here:http://babasfarmlife.blogspot.com/2009/05/cool-giveaways_26.html
Tweeted:http://twitter.com/Babasfarmlife/status/1929666298
I plan on RECOVERING this summer, from a busy and slightly overwhelming homeschooling year, so I would be all about the painted adirondack chair and a tall glass of sweet tea for the backyard. Yeah, baby!
I’m taking my kids on a vacation to North Dakota. North Dakota, you say? Yes, there’s lots to do there!
I would buy myself a brand spankin’ new Lands’ End swimsuit. Since I discovered them 15 years ago, they’re the only suits I buy because I can always find one to fit my hard-to-fit shape and cover what needs to be covered.
Ahhh my love affair with Lands End would only get better with a sweet gift card like this! I love Lands End cashmere, their bathing suits and I check Overstocks On the Counter several times a week. It’s an addiction for sure. And I would happily dress in Lands End clothes as we make our move from RI to Staten Island, NY this summer. It’s going to be a stressful summer, so why not be dressed well
I am super excited for a few things. I’m doing artificial insemination..so there’s that. And I have a whole stack of books that I want to spend the whole summer reading!
Beth….
First, fab giveaway!!!! Second, if I were to win I’d pick this http://landsend.com/pp/BeachLivingKaleidoscopePrintVneckSwimTop~191488_593.html?bcc=y&action=order_more&sku_0=::OZD&CM_MERCH=IDX_00006_0000000208_0000000645&origin=index
with the solid matching bottom and little skirt cover-up because…. I’m six months post-partum with my third baby and it’s not lookin’ so pretty, and well, I have a feeling we’ll be spending a lot of time at the beach because of what I’m excited about this summer.
The summer: My husband has taken a 9 month detail in Southern California starting June 1st, which means I’ll be packing up my three girls and I from NC and heading out to Valencia, CA for the summer. I’m super excited (and a little nervous) about the oppurtunity to take the girls out to CA, the beach, Disneyland, LegoLand, San Diego Zoo, Yosemite… my summer is filled with endless plans. The girls are 6m, 4 and 6 so this is really the last summer where we could just pick up our lives for this time and move, so I’m excited for the chance.
~Michelle
Hi. (Love your blog – really!)
This summer we will be returning to China to adopt our second daughter – Milana. I can’t think of anything I’d rather do this summer.
I recently lost 40 lbs (I can’t believe it yet!) and saw a groovy little raincoat I could use in the Lands End site.
Cheers,
Wanda (At Last…)
I am excited about taking my one year old to the beach for the first time!
And if I win, I’d get the Women’s Solid Ruffle TrimLine Tank Swimsuit. And a coverup. Because, well, ya know.
I posted abouot the giveaway.
http://bacardimama.blogspot.com/2009/05/great-giveaways.html
I can’t remember ever laughing out loud at a giveaway post before, but you CRACK me UP.
And this summer? I’m excited to see YOU at BlogHer!
hey Beth,
I am very much looking forward to this summer. I also recently lost 40 pounds and have applied for a new job as an adoption coordinator. I could definitely use a gift card to replace my old too-big business clothings with some of their suit separates!
This summer I am going to prove my love for my children by stuffing the body the bore all 3 of them into a bathing suit (preferably one purchased from Lands’ End with the $100 gift card) and taking them to the pool — 3 days a week! Yes, I love the little beings that much. And my oldest (who is 7) wants to do swim team and I want to watch her enthusiasm and zeal. And the fact that her adorable, skinny little body looks perfect in any bathing suit!! Oh, to be 7 again!
I would get the suit you got in Berry:) Love it!!!
I am sooo looking forward to my husband getting a job this summer..(He was laid off 3 months ago) and I work at a school so I think 24 hours a day of togetherness we will end up like Jon and Kate..lol
Thanks for the fun contest:)
I want to win!!!! I want one of their swimsuits, but I’m just too cheap to pay for it.
This summer I am scheduling Aidan and Asher up for a ton of stuff at our local YMCA. Aidan desperately needs some more socialization before entering school and I’m hoping all the time there will force me to work out more. Cuz at this point, I will not be getting into a swimsuit of any kind for any reason. I love my kids and therefore I will not embarrass them. That is my gift to them.
I would spend that gift card on this
http://www.landsend.com/pp/EssentialBackpack~194009_-1.html?bcc=y&action=order_more&sku_0=::BIM&CM_MERCH=IDX_00003__0000000388&origin=index
rockin’ backpack for Aidan who will be starting Kindergarten in the Fall. Then I would spend the rest on these
http://www.landsend.com/pp/PerformanceSportPants-72239_161419_59.html?CM_MERCH=PGGT_2_from_0000045649_to_0000037463
workout pants cuz I’ve only got 17 pair and I’m always wanting more, ya know what I mean?
I Tweeted about this giveaway. This
http://twitter.com/SassySissy
is my Twitter page but I don’t know how to post a link to the actual tweet though. Forgive me?
I am so excited to be home with my children (I teach during the school year) and spending as much time with them as possible! I’m also hoping to take a vacation to South Dakota or Minnesota’s Leech Lake, enjoying time at the cabin.
I am excited about fitting as much into the summer (pool, zoo, park, etc) as I can, as my ‘baby’ starts Kindergarten in the Fall (sniff).
What am I doing this Summer? Trying to stay out of my house so that it be kept clean as it goes on the market in the next week. I’ll be visiting Christy next week and probably one other time this Summer, hanging with my mom, visiting another girlfriend in Dallas, and HOPEFULLY taking a family trip to Los Angeles in August, to visit my husband’s family- whome I ADORE.
I’m so excited to finally vacation with my three grandchildren after not been able to do it for the last two years (you know what two years in grandchldren’s years are: A LIFETIME!!!). Never been to Myrtle Beach on vacation and looking forward to going there in June. I live in Fresno, CA and the grandkids (and their parents of course) live in Marietta, GA.
With the $100.00 I was looking at getting that bathing suit you tried on, it looks like it will keep me from spilling over (LOL)
http://www.landsend.com/pp/AlloverControlGrecianVneckSlenderSwimsuit~180862_593.html?bcc=y&action=order_more&sku_0=::RIB&CM_MERCH=IDX_00002__0000000134&origin=index
My hubby, daughter & I are going to the Jersey shore! It’s our first family vacation and I am soooo excited!
With the $100, I’d get this:http://www.landsend.com/pp/SwimShapeSeparatesBatikMinimizingSwimTop~195604_59.html?bcc=y&action=order_more&sku_0=::PJK&CM_MERCH=IDX_00002__0000000134&origin=index and find a matching swim skirt….
OK lady (I don’t know your name). I did a post on my blog about this giveaway! I’m very excited.
http://mrsfawhittaker.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/lands-end-a-giveaway/
I am looking forward to watching my son golf and my daughter’s swim meets followed by going out for ice cream as many evenings as possible!
I plan to spend the summer waiting for my hubby to return home in August from a 6-month deployment. After he returns, we plan to load the camper and stay gone for weeks. I would totally use the gift card for a new swim suit. Maybe even the one they sent you to review because I like it that much and because I look just like the gal in the picture, too =)
We are going down the shore this summer for TWO wonderful weeks in August. Fun! I can’t wait to see A on the beach this summer – last summer she was too young to really be into it.
I’d like to say that I’d buy something fabulous for myself with the $100 – like a pair of wellies or something. But, honestly, I’d probably spend it on my kid
My summer will be filled with going to the parks, swimming, museums and anything else fun I can find to do with the kids. We are also planning a family Disney trip at the end of summer with my sisters and their families.
Wow, that bedding set is beautiful but waaay more than $100. But the $100 gift card would make a nice dent in the price for sure!
I haven’t bought a bathing suit since my first baby was born over three years ago. I just can’t find any that i like or look half descent! So this is a give a way that really caught my eye!
I’m going to my sisters wedding in Florida next month. That is the big plans for our summer.
I blogged about the giveaway also!! Happy Wednesday!!!
http://shafefamily.blogspot.com/2009/05/lands-end-giveaway.html
We’re going to Hilton Head this summer. I am looking forward to doing nothing with my family there
I am not a lands end shopper, but there stuff looks awesome. NO iron sheets. Ha…wish I could afford those. Maybe I would actually make my bed! I think those bathing suits are cool. mmm….$100….I think I would buy a new beach bag. They have some that are huge. So handy with all my stuff for 3 boys!
This summer(in a couple of weeks) my husband and I are going to annouce to our parents that I am pregnant (first grandchild for both sides)!!! So excited! if I won the gift card I would get this http://www.landsend.com/pp/ModernSoftShiftDress~197340_59.html?bcc=y&action=order_more&sku_0=::TVY&CM_MERCH=IDX_00002__0000000130&origin=index
Have a great summer!
Hey, I have a little something for you at my blog. Enjoy!
What would I get? That’s easy! A swimsuit for my 10 year old daughter. Sounds simple enough? You would be wrong! She’s very modest and becoming very aware of the changes happening to her body. Add to that girls sizes are too small and the next size up is not quite right! Arrrgggg! The suits at Lands End look like they would work for her! I’d love to surprise her!!!
My husband and I are celebrating our 10th anniversary this year (hopefully while on a vacation). I would love to wear a swimsuit that actually fits and sucks everything in… so that I look like I did 10 years ago!
I need a bathing suit. We’re going to Disney this fall, and although I’m shredding, I have a lot of weight to go before I’m to that feeling comfortable in a bathing suit. This would go a long way towards getting that bathin suit!
I’ve been on their site recently, and I like several suits, so it would be hard to choose, but I could do it if money weren’t such as it is!
Ugh. I need a new swimsuit. I JUST added it to my Target shopping list moments before reading your post. I dread swimsuit shopping. Which is PROBABLY why I haven’t purchased a new one in over 7 yrs.
This summer, I’m most looking forward to watching my 5yo son play T-ball for the first time. It starts next week, and he’s so deliciously excited, practicing w/ Dad often in the backyard. He’s even obsessed w/ picking the “right” number for the back of his shirt. Sweet boy.
I’m looking forward to getting my body back in shape. I began my own personal boot camp last week. I was laid off four weeks ago so I have all kinds of time to workout. But that also means not a lot of money to shop with AND I desperately need some new clothes. Nothing too exciting, just normal everyday stuff! T-shirts, capris (god do I need some new capris!)…ah to dream.
And I totally just entered the Barbados contest!
http://stacylastinger.blogspot.com/2009/05/anyone-want-100-lands-end-gift-card.html
No big expensive plans here!! We will, however, be utilizing the pool-in-law and Lake Michigan over the summer. The kiddos are 4 and 2 and should be a real blast this year!!
Lands End has sooo many cool things – I want them all!
I totally agree that there aren’t many people who have birthed children who can still say they like the way they look in bathing suits!!
And, I just wish I knew how to link to a tweet about your giveaway!! I’ll just tweet away periodically throughout the day and just tell you here that I’ve done it!
I love your blog!
My husband’s aunt and uncle have a lake house at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland – we’re spending the 4th of July there with family and I’m VERY excited. I can already smell the fresh air
I’d love the painted adirondack chair with an ottoman!
I would probably buy some capris or one of their swimsuits. I’m looking forward to spending some more time getting back involved with my art: printmaking, sewing, painting, etc.
We will be driving to Rhode Island in July for our annual reunion of our daughters adoption group. It is great fun and she will get to be with her crib mates again.
I love all of the slimming swim suits.
Okay, I was able to blog a bit about you, your site and your giveaway! http://multifacetedoneme.blogspot.com/
I would definately take you to Barbados! K!
Have a GREAT day!
just staying local enjoying our new to us house.
Something I’m looking forward to this summer, riding my Harley to Sturgis motorcycle rally. We’ll be on bikes for 9 whole days! I can’t wait.
Check out what I said about your giveaway on my blog!
http://multifacetedoneme.blogspot.com/
Have a great day!
I’m excited about moving. Although it’s going to be a lot of work and kinda crazy, My husband and I are looking at it as an adventure! And also, taking the kids to Sea World.
Land’s End has so much great stuff…. how do we choose? Oh well, I’ll figure it out somehow! hee hee!