Happy Valentine's Day from the Sagets.

After sharing some of Alex's artwork yesterday (which, for the record, I am wicked impressed with), I thought I would share some art of an actual artist. Or something.

The backstory: March of Dimes is near and dear to my heart--because since having 2 miscarriages, I think it's important to try and give other babies the chance that my three precious angels never had. So when Mandy from Harper's Happenings was raising money for her March of Dimes team, I donated.

What I didn't expect is that everyone who gave money to her team also had the chance to win prizes that were donated by various crafters, artists, photographers, etc. I won a "self portrait" hand drawing.

Legit I won this prize last May, but the artist was really behind or something on orders and so it took until yesterday to get me my winnings. Which is cool, because it was free.

I actually think it's pretty cute, right? Kristi the Cartoon's choice in footwear is a little questionable, but for the most part, it's fab. And she's wearing black, my signature color. Girl cannot go wrong with black.

And because the artist felt bad about it taking so long, she also threw in a family drawing. And I'm not about to look a gift horse in the mouth (or whatever that saying is) but really? Who is the 17 year old midget in our picture? And did I marry Bob Saget before or after Full House made him famous? Also of note: was Jodie Sweetin invited to the wedding?

Anyway, from our family (the Sagets, allegedly) to yours, Happy Valentine's Day!

Winner, winner, Subway dinner.

I'm trying to be more healthy these days, so KFC and fried chicken just a'int cuttin' it. Stick with me, eh?

Anyway, it's time to annouce the winners of the Time Out mat giveaway from Amy Sews It.

Congratulations to:

Meg from Because I Said So (and Other Mommyisms)

&

Emily from A Daily Dose of the Mitchells

Ladies, hit me up at kveedub[at]gmail[dot]com to claim your prize. And for the rest of you, use code "10spot" to get 10% off anything in Amy's etsy shop! Weeee!!!

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner.

Congrats and pink confetti and bubbles to Ashley Paige from I love you more than carrots. Did you have a crystal ball or something - you were correct on gender and SO close on the date!!

Email me at kveedub{at}gmail{dot}com to claim your prize!

And once again, may we all give a standing ovation to the fine, fine peeps over at CSN stores? We heart you!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Werbegeschenk Gewinner!

Which, according to Google Translate (my bff for the next 10 days) is "Giveaway Winner!" in German.

I asked one of my German colleagues to pick a random number between 1-25 and she selected "zwei," which also according to Google Translate is TWO...Stephanie!

Glückwünsche, my dear! Email me at kveedub{at}gmail{dot}com to claim your prize.

And don't for a minute think that I'm just letting the rest of you down without something to cheer you up...Grandma's Little Lilly has generously offered ABM3 readers a $2 discount on any order when you use coupon code "lilly30". Be sure to mark it in "comments to seller" and she will send you the refund via PayPal. This code is good thru Nov. 10.

Winner, Winner. Chicken Dinner.

In a strange twist of events, there were only 16 entries into le giveaway. Really, it just made the odds that much better for the rest of you, right?

Aaaaaanyway, I asked Joey to pick a number 1-16 and he selected a number related to Alex...15, for the day he was born.

And that entry was...

Jackie D. from always in my heart.

Congrats, girl! And the rest of you, don't get all emotional on me...CSN likely has more good things up their sleeves for the future. Keep reading!

Picky Stickys Winner!

Congratulations to... 

BROOKE!

The timing couldn't have been better on this lucky win - rumor has it she just learned she's expecting baby #3! Can't wait to see if you choose the bump or the baby stickers. Maybe you'll share your progress with ABM3 readers? :)

Please email me to claim your prize kveedub{at}gmail{dot}com.

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!

Drumroll please....

I used the random # generator over @ random.org and would like to wish a happy (pretend) birthday to:

Kiki from Kiki's Thoughts and Escapades! You won the $10 gift card to Starbuckies.

Liz, who was the first to comment...but your blogger profile doesn't list a blogeroo for me to link to. You won the $10 gift card to Target.

Yo, Kiki and Liz, hit me up at kveedub{at}gmail{dot}com to claim your sweet prizes.

More giveaways are planned for the weeks ahead....stay tuned!

Drumroll Please...

Thanks to all for your entries! I'm still absolutely befuddled that this blog gets hundreds of unique hits every day, but the giveaway generated only 59 entries from 27 people (1 of which was MY OWN HUSBAND). I mean, really...do you others not understand that it's FREE STUFF?! As in, you type some words, hit enter and click a mouse for a totally legit chance to win stuff...no strings attached? Perhaps I'm in the minority with my addiction to free. Ah, well. Better odds for those that entered, I guess. :)

Without further adieu, the winners** of ABM3's first anniversary giveaway are:

GRAND PRIZE: Miss Pretty from Pretty Woman (and classy too!)

FIRST PRIZE: Jamie from Living Life. One Blonde Moment at a Time.

SECOND PRIZE: Kristen from WalderWeb

Ladies, please send me an email at kveedub{at}gmail{dot}com by Friday to claim your prize!

**If I was any good at legal copy, I would rattle on here with some big 5-syllable words about how I assigned every entry a unique number and used a random number generator to fairly determine the results. And, had Joe's number actually come up, I assure you he would have been disqualified.