Fantastic Friday

So the Internet is all a buzz with Hunger Games chatter. Everywhere I look I see someone posting something. Twitter, Facebook, and blogs are all full of reviews, comments, and just plain excitement. Have you seen it yet? Are you planning to? I'm still trying to decide if I want to go this weekend or wait until the crowd dies down.

On a more personal note, I received a package in the mail yesterday. I've been waiting on this one for a little over a week now and the anticipation has been killing me! What is it? Well, a few weeks ago I was notified that I won a contest I signed up for. I was pretty sure I wouldn't win this one, so I was REALLY surprised!

It came wrapped in a little bow! So cute.

Do you recognize it? I know some of you entered the contest to win this beauty, too.

Ok, this is a horrible picture from my phone, but I was too excited not to post this right away. I would never make it as a hand model. I had taken another picture in the wee hours of the morning, but my battery died right in the middle of it. Needless to say, it didn't turn out very well, so I opted for the camera phone (blah). It certainly does not do this gem any justice. Her photo is much better.

For those of you who don't know, I won the one year blogiversary contest over at vixenMade. If you don't already know Vixen, you should totally check her out. She's one of my favorite bloggers and when you check out her site you will understand why. Be sure to tell her I said hello!

And if you can't get enough of her there, you can head over to her Etsy site and see all the beautiful jewelry she has ready for you to own.

Thanks again, vixenMade. I absolutely love my new ring!

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Unknown said…

Thank you so much, Deedra!! SO happy you like your ring!

12:16 PM, March 23, 2012

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