UPDATE! We have a winner!! Katherine of Miceli Fitness! You won the Back to School Giveaway. Thanks for being lovely!
It’s time for a treat!
I’m moving towards September kicking and screaming. I’ve been moving towards September kicking and screaming ever since I realized that the first day of school is completely bunk. On the first day of school, my mind was always a mishmash of… Which pair of overalls am I going to wear? Where is my dang locker? I’m really not fit for this AP Biology class! Someone tell me why all my girlfriends are making out with boys this year! I can’t go out tonight,I’m watching X-Files alone in the dark. Seriously, it’s cool.
I was a late bloomer. I got cooler in my early thirties (um… this year). By cooler I mean that I’ll wear slippers at the grocery store if I dang-well want to.
Thank goodness my school days are over. There’s still something about September that gives me the jitters. The tides are changing to Fall. Let’s work with the change. Let’s treat ourselves.
I want to send you a box of some of my favorite things.
I wrote a cookbook and I totally want you to have it! The Joy the Baker Cookbook is in the gift box!
We’re going to need some actual school supplies: fancy pencils, clever and colorful Washi Tape, a planner for your plans, hello hello bookmark tabs, and a capsule letter.
Oh! And Mentos. Yea…
We also need to be clever cute.
I’m obsessed with red and pink nail polish fingers. They know how to work, be playful, and chic. Ps. I know nothing about being chic. I’m BS-ing you.
Straws too! We’re still on this paper straw bandwagon, and I want you to have some.
I want one of you to have this fun-times Back to School Gift Box! Giveaway is open to readers domestically and internationally. In return, I’m asking you to share the love (and cookies). Share a delicious cookie recipe with your friends on Facebook. Throw some life tips to your friends on Twitter. Email your mama a cake recipe you’d like her to make. Anything! And don’t forget to leave a comment on this post between now and Friday. Giveaway ends August 24th 2012 at midnight PST. A winner will be randomly selected using random.org.
Overalls on. Head up.
Get it? Got it? Good!
xo.joy
Alvina
hooty hoo! so many cute things! i’m more interested in using the book to procrastinate and encourage my ADD while i try to study for the gmat
Katie
This is amazing, Joy! I’m going back to school in September to start graduate studies in nutrition and I’m fa-reaking out about it!!! I’m totally going to be that uncool old lady in the front row (I’m in my thirties too). What if people don’t like me? Will that molecular nutrition class be over my head? Oh geeze, what did I sign myself up for?!
Karin - The F Girl
Joy, you are the best. And what an awesome prize. Especially the straws. There is something about red and white striped straws. We don’t see them here that often. So I think they add a little bit of American flair to whatever it is you are sipping with it. :-) Fun!
Becky Brown
an awesome task to make you worthy of an awesome prize. will be in the kitchen sharing recipes with a friend later this week!
Ann
Joy, sharing with you & friends my fave cookie – Nutmeg sugar cookie. It’s basically a sugar cooking with a teaspoon of ground nutmeg in it. Also shape the dough in a roll and wrap in wax paper and chill or freeze, then slice and bake. So simple and so tasty. Aloha!
Amanda Celeste
This seems like the greatest combination of little things! I think this would totes get me in the school spirit for my second to last year of college!
xo
Rachel Ho
What an awesome gift!
Brenda (Kookt!)
Nice price, especially your cookbook and the straws! :-)
Heather
making cookies for the roommates and sending recipes to my mama!
Megan
WOW! What an amazing prize! I agree, straws are an absolute must!
After being a reader for a very short amount of time (although I’m now completely addicted!) I have fallen in love with the dark chocolate/pistachio cookies! I’m actually racing home to make them right now…. !! :)
Margherita
OMG I so want this back-to-school gift box. It’s amazing.
I’ll for sure share some recipes on FB.
Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes
I can relate to this post on soo many levels :) oh totally sending someone a cake recipe to make for me too! Haha,
CheezyK
Woohoo!! An internationally available prize of awesomeness!! I’m not on Facebook and I don’t Tweet but I do have a baking loving mama so I’ll send her a cake recipe (although she lives about 19hrs and 2 states away so she’ll be making it for herself not me :( )
Sarah
Oh I would really love to win this! I had to move into the dorms a WEEK ago because I’m an RA :( This package would really cheer up my empty mail cubby! You’re the best!
xoxo Sarah
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Holiday Baker Man
Sweet prize!