Surrender, Dorothy: Reviews

And Finally! Punkster Giveaway Winner

I am so sorry I am WAY OVERDUE on announcing the Punkster giveaway winner. And the winner is ... number 5!

 

SARAH! 

Thanks everyone for participating!

Sunlight Day Spa Winner!

It's Kristi of FweetieB!

 

My thing said there were 32 comments, but I counted twice, and there are 25. Congrats, Kristi. I'll let you know when you can collect!

DustBuster Contest Winner: Number 7!

Brandy is the winner of the DustBuster. I've actually gotten organized enough to keep people's e-mails, so I'll be e-mailing her now. Please keep entering to win!

Winner of the Black & Decker Smart Driver

Wow, guys. This was a close contest.  After much mulling, I've decided the winner is Goofy Girl for her accidental electrocution combined with spray-painting her own car (and kids, please learn from her mistakes!). A close runner-up is late entry Kate for breaking a light fixture with a geyser of water. 

I can only hope to get my power tools to give away, because you guys have rockin' stories. And never fear, even though I know Goofy Girl in real life, I would deny my own sister for a good story. It's all about the stories. There is no favoritism here at Surrender, Dorothy.

Lee Jeans No Gap Giveaway Contest Winner

And the winner is ... Pamela!  Her story of Spanx under ill-fitting summer jeans took my breath away. Anyone that tries to get Spanx on under something as tight-fitting as jeans should win something anyway, and then to have them revealed for all the world to see -- well, let's just say she should be rewarded for living through that experience.  Although I will say this was a very difficult competition to judge.  Y'all should run right out and buy yourself some no-gap. They are not expensive.  Seriously.

Pamela, please e-mail me your mailing address and phone number for shipping purposes to ritabiermann(at)hotmail(dot)com.

Lee Jeans: No Gap Giveaway

I have a ten-inch difference between my waist and my hips.  No, my waist is not tiny -- my hips are big.  This has been a huge problem for me in the world of girls' and womens' jeans for my entire life.  If jeans fit my booty, the waist is at least three inches too big, creating a gap that can be used to hold raccoons.

When I was in high school and waists were high, boys used to wad up paper and use the back of my jeans as a basketball net during class.  Even now, when waistlines are lower, I STILL have a gap, because if I pull the jeans down to where they fit at the waistband, the crotch sits somewhere above my knees.  Not fun.

Enter the Lee Jeans no-gap waistband.

I went over to Lee about a month ago to talk a little bit about social media and what women want to hear about from companies.  One thing we discussed was fit.  Another thing we discussed was moms wanting to look at least halfway hip to the diggy dog in their jeans even as they are chasing preschoolers around the playground. It's hard for us moms, with our bad reputation for visible panty lines and darts and such.  Left to our own devices, we might even peg our jeans or maybe wear something with a yoke.  We mean well, but we don't have time to try on 85 pairs of jeans while our children scream "Mommy, I can see your UNDERWEAR!!!!" for the entire dressing room to hear.

They gave me the Emma No-Gap capris to try (see below).  While there was a twee bit of give around the waistband, it was considerably less than normal.  I wore these puppies to World of Fun amusement park on a 90-degree day.  My underwear did not show.  I was not uncomfortably hot (the denim is very thin - is thin the right word?).  And at the end of a day of squatting, carrying a 36-pound four-year-old and attempting to get little plastic rings around Coke bottles, they were not all stretched out and hanging around my ankles.  WINNER.

So!  Women with hips, unite!  Lee will give me a free pair of no-gap waistband pedal pushers or capris to mail to whomever can tell me their most embarrassing jeans-buying story in the comments by June 23.  Give it your best shot.

Here are the choices if you win:

Emma No-Gap Capri

Gwen No-Gap Pedal Pusher

And might I say congratulations to Lee for using models who look more like me than say, Kate Moss.  Bring on the bigger models, corporate America! We can't tell what your clothes really look like if you use those stick people.

Build-a-Bear Gift Card Winner!

The winner for the $25 Build-a-Bear gift card contest is Julie with her comment about middle daughter Chick.  This was a close one, but I felt my heart go out to the little chick, who is old enough to be scared but not old enough to not need a stuffed animal.

Congratulations, Julie.  Please e-mail me your mailing address at ritabiermann(at)hotmail(dot)com.

Stay tuned for my new contest, hopefully up tomorrow - you can win yourself some Lee Jeans.

Picture Perfect Contest Winner

And the winner is...Catherine!  Catherine, please e-mail me your mailing address and phone number at ritabiermann(at)hotmail(dot)com.

Also, Katie - you won the Mia software, but I haven't heard from you. Please send along your mailing address!

Stay tuned for Build-a-Bear winners and a new contest from Lee Jeans next week.