Excess Baggage -- Review and Giveaway!

I am SO super excited about my latest Etsy find!! While browsing for Christmas gift ideas for Hailey I came across Excess Baggage. Excess Baggage, Inc. is a family owned company. Barb is a stay-at-home-mom of four who began sewing in Junior High School! Her family runs two sites, Excess Baggage (where you can find show schedules and more info on local shows they're involved in, as well as order their lovely products!) and Excess Baggage on Etsy. They design and create their products right in their home using high quality materials. Some of the products they carry are: fabric bags/purses, child's aprons, and baby accessories. Their bags are lightweight yet sturdy enough to stand on their own and can stand up to the wear and tear of daily use. These attributes are absolutely necessary in any purse I own. I want it to look cute and feel lightweight, but at the same time I'm on the go so much I need the purse that will hold up well and withstand all the work I put it through! Hailey was lucky enough to get to try out one of their small child's aprons. She's such a girly girl and loved it right away! She demanded I put it on and insisted on wearing it the rest of the night. They are very well made. Their craftsmanship is amazing...you couldn't buy something this well made at a Big Name store. They show great attention to detail...everything looks very professional. I really love the little "Excess Baggage" tag they attach...while it seems like such a small detail, it really puts the finishing touch on their products! Hailey was also sent a matching Addy Bag. They're just the right size for a little girl! Hailey started in right away putting all her new hair bows in the bag to carry around. I also found that while the apron and bag aren't in use, the apron folds up and fits inside the bag perfectly! Hailey has already received many wonderful comments on her adorable apron and matching bag. Everybody wants to know where she got it.

See something you like on their shop but want something a little different? Have your own ideas of how you want something to look? Excess Baggage welcomes custom orders!

Think Hailey's apron is just too cute? Excess Baggage would like to give one lucky reader a Child's Apron from their Etsy shop! All you have to do to enter is:

1. Visit Excess Baggage, take a look around the shop and come back here and leave a comment on this post with your favorite item from their shop!

2. To get a second entry, blog about this giveaway on your blog...in the post you MUST link back to this post AND Excess Baggage and then leave a SECOND comment on this post telling me you did so.

If you don't have a blog or don't have your email address listed on your blog, please leave your email address in your comment. If I can't get in touch with the winner I'll be forced to choose a new one.

The contest will end October 27th. After the winner is contacted they will have 3 days to respond. If they don't respond in that time frame I'll have to pick a new winnter.

Good luck everyone!

And the winner is...

The winner of my very first giveaway for the handmade bow board is...

Here are your random numbers:4
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Seeryus Mama!! Congrats!!

If I haven't heard from the winner by the end of Tuesday I'll pick a new winner.

Giveaway!

Joanna is having a giveaway for something called The Tuffet! It's like a bean bag, only flatter. It looks super comfy! I know Hailey would love one of these!

Head on over and enter to win!

Veggietales!

I discovered Veggietales quite a few years ago before I had even gotten pregnant with Hailey. My friend had her first little boy at that time and he was really into these movies. I went out and bought the VHS of Silly Songs and thought they were so cute! Even my husband liked them which is really saying something! LOL His favorite was "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything"...he actually used to go around singing that song (something he does with songs that get stuck in his head...I find it really annoying because then the song gets stuck in MY head!). So when we saw that they were making a movie of The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything we were so excited! We never did get to take Hailey to see it though unfortunately! MomDot is having a giveaway!! 5 lucky winners will win a copy of this DVD! We would be SO super excited if we won! I know it's a movie the whole family would enjoy!!

I went to the dr. this morning. She's sending me to a rheumatologist. I go see him on the 20th. She also put me on Lexapro for my OCD. Hopefully it will help and I'll be able to cut back on my anxiety over things being germ free, spotless and organized so my stress levels will go down some. I also have to have a sleep study done. She's really concerned about my level of fatigue since I'm falling asleep on the way home from work and things like that. And since I NEVER wake up refreshed, ever. After that, if I need to she'll send me to a neurologist. But she really thinks I might have some sort of sleep issue because the extreme lack of good sleep could be causing all of my problems. My feet going numb/white is something called Renard's syndrome and she doesn't really know why that's happening every now and then. It's something about the small blood vessels contracting?? Basically it's the least of my problems right now though :) I'm going to go through with all this and even take the medication even though I'm pretty highly against medicines in general, especially ones like Lexapro and Prozac. Sorry if you need to take them, but it just personally scares the poop out of me. Especially after my experience with Cymbalta I tried to take to help with my pain. But she said this one is very well tolerated, not like the effects you get from Cymbalta, and should really help with my OCD.

I'm doing all this because I want my life back. I want a normal, happy life. And I'm doing it to save my personal relationships, esp. my marriage. I know my craziness hasn't helped anything any. D and I had a long talk this weekend and he's really trying to reassure me more and be more supportive instead of just telling me I have issues that I need to get help for. He's seeing that I'm really trying to work on things so he's trying to. Hopefully everything will start to get better from here on out. I'm feeling more positive about everything now since my dr. visit.

Also, I got to work this morning and found out I'd won one of the giveaways over at Joanna's blog party! Oddly enough, THIS was the item I won. I told my mom that I think God's trying to tell me something. She told me I better start going to church :) I'm super excited that I won this necklace, I absolutely love it. And it really put a positive spin on my day :)

I won!

Joanna over at Jo-Jo's Place had a giveaway and I won! I received my package in the mail Monday and it was the best smelling package ever! It really brightened my day to come home from work to a package of goodies in the mail.

Hailey claimed the hair ties. As soon as she saw them she said "That mines!" My mom was totally jealous and said I have to share the coffee with her! It smells so YUMMY!

And I LOOOOVE Reese's, these are definitely all mine...not sharing them! :)

Thanks Joanna!!!

My Fancy Princess Giveaway!

Simple is having a giveaway for a princess outfit from My Fancy Princess! Hailey would absolutely love this dress, she's such a girly girl. She loves anything pink and sparkly!

Another Giveaway

They're doing another giveaway over at Simple. This one's for a website called BabyScholars for a $100.00 shopping spree giveaway. I know Hailey would LOVE the chalkboard briefcase they sell!

Giveaway

There's another giveaway on Simple I would LOVE to win! This one's from KangarooBoo -- this website has some very neat toys!! The animal blocks they're giving away would be a great Easter or birthday gift for Hailey! She LOVES animals and is REALLY into stacking things these days!