I’m terrible with surprises. ย All that dang waiting… it just seems so silly.
I have a surprise for all y’all.
This November… just some days from this day today… there’s going to be a giveaway everyday of the month here at J the B.
Everyday! ย Something lovely for you to win!
Tell your friends. ย Call your Mom. ย Write your Congressman. ย I’m going to wait in line at the post office. ย It’s going to be fun.
I just thought I’d let you know… in case you were thinking of blog breaking up with me between now and next month.
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Loving you every day a bit more.
The ONLY thing better than a great sale is winning a giveaway~! ( I even love it when they have items on clearance in the grocery store….wonder if I need an intervention? )
You had me at giveaway! OOOh I hope is something edible. Your photos are awesome they make the already delicious goodies even more delicious!!!
Thank you :)
Seriously great idea! Im thinking this may be the perfect homemade Christmas gift, and I am darn glad that you brought it out!
By the way, I think that your photography is incrediably simple and creative, kudos. Truly enjoy your blog.
Giddy up Joy! :)
Go ahead and mark of November 12th. That day is reserved for ME to win, because it’s my birthday. :)
That’s so awesome!! Get readt for a comment high!!
Blog break up with you? Never! I want to have blog babies with you! You are hilarious – and your recipes are so amazing and accessible. Yay to giveaways in November!
Ooh goodie, one more thing to make November fabulous besides the gord centerpiece on my dining table!
I’ll Never Break Up With You. I Love Your Blog.
You have me feeling ready for the Holidays with your great recipes.
If we blog break-up, who gets custody of the apron?
Are you kidding? Break up with you? Where would I get all my favorite recipes? I don’t care if you never give anything away, I ain’t leavin’…that chocolate chocolate chip banana bread is legend around here and those peanut butter sandwich cookies have elevated me up to goddess! I have not yet begun to tap your endless supply of gems!
Ah, just when I thought it couldn’t get any better over here at your blog. Giveaways AND pumpkin poptarts. Wonderful. Can’t wait.
Break up with you?!? Not a chance!!! I’ve been reading your blog since last year — it’s one of my favorite pass times.
yes! can’t wait :)
Give it away, give it away, give it away now. I can’t tell if you’re a kingpin or a…blogger.
yay!!! I hope Canada can play
How wonderful! I get such a pleasure reading your updates and recipes (and attempting to recreate what you make) you were already my favorite blog… Now it is just ridiculous!
I love giveaways!! I’m in. Standing by…
The last & perhaps only time I commented on your blog was when you were seeking ideas on buying a couch (what did you end up deciding?)
This time I am writing to rave … you’ve got a super track record with me. I have found some TOTALLY perfect recipes that I and my people absolutely LOVE: Your Chocolate-PB Ice cream, that fabulously moist All-Purpose Holiday Bundt Cake & in the last week that (Vegan) Pumpkin Walnut Bread. As a picky eater, I can’t get enough of any of these! Thanks so much.
Keep up the great work with your inspiring & personal recipes & stories.
high five carolyn!
God news eating ur onion rings right now, they are good.
Joy, can you give away your kitten?
Or at least post more photos?
Gah! November was already the most Epic month of the year with it being National Novel Writing Month and now I’ll have to take breaks from writing each day to check on the awesomeness of Joy! Who am I kidding, checking and reading this blog is part of my daily morning routine I’d be checking it anyway.
1. This. is. awesome!
2. I just texted my mom to tell her.
3. I wouldn’t blog break up with you.
4. I am the 111th kiss-up. That’s pretty special.
It means long-time stalkers like myself will have to come out of the shadows! ;) November is a great month, both mine and my husband’s birthdays are contained in it! :)
Ooo…you’re gonna send us baked goods? Coolness. ;-)
Sweet – free stuff from my favorite blogger! Here’s hoping we all win a little something! Thanks for thinking of your readers and always keeping us wanting more, Joy. You’re awesome.
No way! I only have a few days visiting your blog and is difficult for me stop reading….sooooo I’ll be here now on…..anyway..the internet give us lots of ways to be in touch….God bless!!!
have a nice weekend!!!
XOX From Mazatlan, Sinaloa Mexico.
Yeah! Get ready for your comments to explode exponentially! I hadn’t checked out Bakerella in awhile, and there you were too. Two of my fave foodie bloggers in the same place. Wish I had been there too for the fun. Now, I have to figure out a time to make those onion rings. My husband will send you a Thank you email when I do. (cute kitten!)
Oooooo nice :) Will people in Canada be able to enter these giveaways? Either way, you are awesome for giving stuff away! Thanks!
i made your browned butter lemon poppy seed muffins again the other day and ate myself sick… there is a bond that was forged between us with butter. i will never breakup with you!
Love. Pure and unadulterated. <3
How you think I could ever handle a blog break-up with you is beyond my understanding.
Thanks for the heads up Joy – as if we could ever blog-break-up with you! Looking forward to your giveaways! even if Im all the way out in the UK – still fun to play along :)
How is it almost novemeber already? This year has gone waaaay too fast!
Joy!!!! No! This is sick! I’m in love with you. Thought you should know. Thanks!
i’m in a co-dependent blog relationship with you…there can be no breaking up
Hey, I love surprises! I can’t believe that you don’t like them. Maybe you haven’t had a good surprise yet.
I hope someone close to you reads your blog and gets inspired to give you a HUGE surprise, and you end up loving it. Then for the rest of your life you will surely love surprises, just as much as I do.
Hmm. Now I feel a little dirty, like I’m a blog gold-digger. You know we can make this relationship beneficial for *both* of us, right? ;)
Love your blog, love chances to win things, there’s no chance of a break up now.
Baby, you’re the only blog, I swear.
i’m excited!
Not blog breaking up with you just yet – I just found you!
How exciting, I can’t wait!
Please girl…you forgetting who stuck up for you with the Obama cookies?? LMAO…my muse, you just TRY getting rid of me!!!
This girl is SUPER pumped for November now.
Awww, you don’t have to buy our affection, Joy! We will stick with ya through thick and thin. ;)
Haha, who would dream of blog breaking up with you?? lol
As you would say, hot dang! Or maybe holy heck balls!
Either way, November just got a whole lot more interesting…
Holy heck, how awesome! I’m not sure what I’m more excited for…all the opportunities to win or all the posts that means you’ll be writing :)
blog break up? with you? oh girl surely you are smoking bakers’ crack. your blog is a HUGE inspiration for me.
Exciting! Thanks Joy!
Ooh, you rock JTB
How could I break it off now? You’re the newest (and of course therefore favorite) addition on my google reader! Loving the vanilla extract idea.
Hooraaaay for pressies!! Can’t wait to see what you’ve got planned! :D
you’re the best joy.
As if the recipes and witty blogs weren’t enough… it’s like the holidays come early!
Fall + Daily prizes + More Joy the Baker = The best month everrr
Great idea, Miss the Baker!
Blog breakup?
I could not go on with my week without Buttermilk Pie, or Brownbutter blueberry mufffins!
Daily prizes?! Fantastic!
“I can’t quit you!” LOL
Blog break-up, are you kidding??? You have way too many awesome recipes!
I’m waaaaaay excited! And I also reaaaaaaaally like your blog :)
you’re cool. Has anyone ever mentioned that before? :)
love,
cathy b. @ brightbakes
Hooray for november!!!
Wow, thats a lot of giveaways! Love your blog btw, but it always makes me super hungry when I read it :p xxx
OH JOY! ( litterally) Joy I love your blog and your sparkling personality. The post office comment made my day. Thank you thank you!
I love your blog. I will always read it even if you don’t have giveaways. :)
“Blog breaking up.” Hahaha. That really made me laugh.
And never! I read your blog daily (and I’m a baker myself) for inspiration!
I would never break up with you and/or your blog! Joy for life! :)
Good golly, break up with you???? Never in a million!!!!
Can hardly wait to see what you come up with. This is going to be fun. Happy November everyone!
YAY giveaways are the best.. I love your blog J the B!
Giveaways with good food and laughter; how great is that. Thank you for doing this.
Another month?!!! Was ready to be done with you. Oh well guess another 30 days with all the good recipes and ‘chatter’ with giveaways thrown in will be ok. Thanks!
Wouldn’t dream of breaking up with you; look at all I would miss out on. Good food, good reads and a lot of laughter. I will be right here trying to win something and enjoying cookies or bread with you and all the other readers that hang on. Thank you and have a fantastic Holiday Season.
if the prize includes some tasty snacks IM IN!!!! lol
Really??!! That’s awesome…especially because november is my birth month… And I would love to win something!!! Love your blog!!
how could anyone blog break up with you?? you’re way too much fun and you bake great stuff! :)
blessings
~*~
I just found your website a couple of weeks ago — I am hooked! It’s a winner no matter what!
We only just met and I think you’re swell and your recipes ROCK and now you might give me a prize?! I ain’t leavin’.
I would never blog break up with you! You were one of the first blogs I became obsessed with! We’ve been going steady for so long :)
yay! my november just got a lot more exciting.
aw damn.
I was going to blog break up with you and was trying to figure out the best way to tell you, but I guess we’ll make it work for at least another month.
I don’t know what I enjoy more about following your blog, the hilarious commentary or the super recipes. Either way…I am all excited for November now.
Blog break up with you…as if!
Looking forward to that!! I never win anything, but I always visit here everyday anyway. Might as well try!
Joy the Baker, I would never blog break up with you!
How thoughtful of you! :)
OMG, I’m so excited I”m going to pee my pants!!!
I love a giveaway! I have come to terms with the fact that I am genetically destined to never win any contest I enter. But I figure this means when I enter someone else who rarely wins will have better odds, so bring it on, Joy!
Break up with you? And have no drool-worthy photos to start my day?
I’m making a haunted gingerbread house with my kids- mixing the dough today, baking the house pieces tomorrow and building the house who-knows-when-we’ll-have-time. You inspire me to bake more often and my family loves it. They wouldn’t want me to break up with you either!
WOW! Amazing!
this sounds so cool,..hppy weekend
I can’t wait to see what kind of goodies you have for us!
Woo Hoo, I got here just in time!!!!! OMG, I just saw that pie category over there, I gotta go.
Oh Joy, you give me bacon in my cookies and now this???? Your generosity knows NO limits.
Can’t wait!! So exciting :)
ohhh, how exciting! I have been a reader for a while but normally just lurk in the shadows. A month of contests has brought me out haha. Are you shipping to Canada though? Otherwise I will just go back to fading into the shadows ;)
Keeping the other part interested and it toes. You sure know how to keep a bloglationship on the right track. Looking forward to seeing your november surprises :)
Thanks so much for bringing the awesomesauce to November Joy!
Woot! I’ll be there. Along with my mom and my Congressman.
Oh wow…..I LOVE LOVE LOVE surprises….especially when someone tells me ahead of time what it is!! You are the BEST!
Thanks for doing YOUR part to make November sooooooooooo tastefully special. You need to know that my name is rarely.. and I am not whining about it.. but it is true.. RARELY has ever gotten drawn. Ahh for a new try!!
Love your enthusiasm for all things food!
Amy
How about just coming to europe and spending a month in my kitchen ;)
very cool!โฆso j=t=b!
I can’t wait!
That’s probably the most effective blog traffic booster ever! :)
Very exciting giveaway news. Can’t wait! And who would want to blog break up …you’d lose access to all of the phenomenal food.
Blog break up with you?! Never!
Eee, this is so exciting.
No blog breaking up here…I love your postings.
Thanks in advance for the surprises oh, and more kitty pics please!
No blog break up. Promise. Even if there wasn’t a month of giveaways!
I’ve been with you more than a year. I could never blog-break you… Looking forward to more adventures and maybe a prize :-)
Woo hoo! I always enter giveaways and NEVER win. Now I feel like my chances are higher. I love you.
You’re awesome Joy!
I would never blog breaking up with you. never ever. life wouldn’t be the same. <3
great idea with the giveaways btw. but will you ship international?
Pick me, Pick me. Don’t you just hate people who beg? LOL Let the games begin. This is exciting. Paulette
Break up? NEVER! Any chance you ship outside the US?
Yay! What FUN! (Not the post office part) I knew there was a reason I am up so late (early?) Ok.. Stumbling off to bed before I get slap happy, Oooh! THAT is giving me ideas… but that would just be cruel as hubby is sleeping like a baby :D
*love*
Great news, I so love this kind of surprises! But please, how could you think I could stop reading your blog… it’s the first thing I read every morning, aways so funny and joyful, besides I am so looking forward to your new Xmas recipes.
Oh I would never blog break up with you…looking forward with the giveaways..
If you dont ship to the UK…we’ll have to blog break up.
I kid, I kid!
Cant wait to see what kinda things you’re giving away! :)
Yey!
Super Excited!
Oh, dear. Don’t even mention blog breaking up – you break my heart.
Would you ship to China? ;)
I couldn’t blog break up with you, I just found you! And after trying your onion rings I am all but ready to propose!!
Can I haz ur kitteh??
I remember seeing something on twitter about this…I think! Exciting. :D
Sweet! Looking forward to November :)
Oooh, I like the thought of giveaways and fun surprises…even if I wholeheartedly believe that you can’t blog break up with somebody who inspires you to make lots of pancakes and embrace all forms of sugary decadence.
Blog breaking up?!? Wouldn’t dream of it! :)
Looking forward to more tasty baking from you and your cute kitty!
You are soo sweet! And how did you know that November is my birthday month? Albeit… a bigger birthday… (aren’t they all?) I guess we don’t go backwards do we? You’ve got me excited…. oh, and I shared your pumpkin pop tart with my daughter…. she loves pumpkin pie! Matter of fact her DH doesn’t like pumpkin pie…. so we make her one all for her lonesome each year! LoL…
November…. presents…. the whole month! What’s not to like! My SIL’s (two of them) birthdays are the 10th and the 16th!
Keep up the good work girl. I really enjoy reading your blog…. ‘cept you make me soooo hungry each time I read! Oh, and your video’s are really great! You two do a great job!
ahh joy that is so exciting! i hope i win :)
YIPPEE! If you have a professional pastry bag, put my name on it, would ya? lol I need a new one:) But, seriously, the one I’ve been using is tearing right where the edge of the tips lies inside the bag. And, I have looked and looked and looked for a large replacement bag, and cannot find one. This is a rather large one (I hate the little ones:)) and would like to find one that is similar.
Any suggestions where to shop, Joy? The one I have now seems to be a combination of cloth on the exterior and plastic-y on the inside, but anything professional grade, even if it is a bit different, would make me happy. HELP!!!!
Patty,
You can get one just like that (cloth on outside, plastic inside) in sizes 12-48 inches at Cash and Cary or Restaurant Depot. I don’t know what state you live in but you can look up the store locations online to see if you have one near you.
I hope this helps.
oh how fun! i love giveaways!
seriously?! everyday! WOW. and agreed, no blog breaking ever!
I would never blog break up with you!
Though you were testing me with those poptarts, WEREN’T YOU?
Don’t worry.
Oh my dear Jesus! I want to win something! Thanks for making November extra fun!