Happy Thanksgiving TO YOU!

On facebook, I recently shared that my beloved Braun coffee maker was on its last leg ... I'm so sad.  I'm also so tired since I'm currently drinking instant coffee each morning (bleck!!).  I'm mostly sad that I'm this dependent on COFFEE - but I also think God made the coffee bean so it can't be all that bad?!  There are supposedly health benefits for coffee drinkers, and I'm just trying to reap those.  :)

Anyhoo ... the other day, I get this email from CSN stores, which is where I won a $50 gift and got my office chair.  (Stay with me all this WILL come together:  coffee maker, CSN stores, Thanksgiving).
By the way, CSN stores have SO MANY options for **STUFF** - everything from barstools to baby stuff!

SO.....
They were offering me ONE of two options:
1)  to review one of their products from one of their 200 stores (which would include me possibly reviewing a COFFEE MAKER which I get to keep) ... OR
2)  to give away a $45 gift certificate to their many stores to my readers. 

WELL, since I'm focusing on Thanksgiving - and being grateful, I was thinking about how grateful I was for the 2 or 3 of you who faithfully share my life and my ramblings and give me feedback on my futile attempts to write.  And so, I chose the give away.  It will happen in NOVEMBER! 

Just in time for Thanksgiving, I hope to give away a $45 gift certificate/code to be used at http://www.cookware.com/!!  :)   

For example, right now Paula Deen's cookware is on sale - like this pan for $39.95:

Cookware.com also has other "brands" like Rachael Ray, LeCreuset, Pfalzgraf, Calphalon, etc etc etc!! 

I'm so excited about this opportunity!  Happy (early) Thanksgiving!!  Stay tuned for more details once I finalize everything!!