It's Wear Your Apron Day!

Did you know that today is Wear Your Apron Day? I learned about it from one of my favorite blogs, The Apronista. Yes, The Apronista, as in fashionista but with cooler prints and more cleanliness. More values could be argued, too, but I don't feel like going there, so I won't.

So how do you celebrate? Easy: wear your apron all day long. Wear your favorite one, or the one passed down to you from your grandmother. Maybe it'll be the one you made from a tea towel. Or the vintage one you found on eBay. It doesn't matter as long as you wear your apron.

I'll be wearing my favorite apron. It's one I found on eBay in my favorite cut and the cutest fabric. It's a goldenrod orange-yellow with bees all over it and green plaid binding. I'll try to get a picture of it to post for you all. This picture from Wikimedia Commons shows the style of it:

Ok, who said that? Did I actually just hear you say you don't have an apron?? How have you made it to this point in your life without an apron??? Never mind. We'll fix it. I have a box full of vintage aprons literally right here behind me.

***Prize Alert!***
I'll send an apron to one of you poor, deprived waifs that have suffered through life without an apron so you'll be ready to celebrate next year. Wear Your Apron Day is always the Monday after Mother's Day, so be sure to mark your 2010 calendar now.

How to Enter:
Leave a comment telling me why you want an apron and about your favorite style (ie: half aprons, full aprons, cobbler aprons, etc.).

Extra Entries:

• Second Entry: Tweet this giveaway and leave a comment with a link to the tweet.



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• Fifth Entry: Blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with a link to your post.



• Sixth Entry: Add a 3Stairs button to your blog and leave a comment with a link to your blog so we can admire it! (your blog, not the button)

I'll let Random.org choose a winner next Monday morning, May 18, so get your comments in by then!

Mama's Got a Brand New Bag

I love bags. Purses, totes, wallets, whatever. If you can carry it and it holds stuff, I love it.

I especially love it when it's a laptop bag with a new laptop in it!

Yep, Metropolitan Mama is giving away a laptop. With a bag to carry it in.

Two words: Geek Heaven.

It's a Toshiba Protege M750, which converts to a tablet. The bag to go with it is a Red-hot Mama red small Phantom laptop bag from STM Bags.

Can we say, "I want that!" now?

Friday Fill-in for Granny and Papa

On this date in 1948, my paternal grandmother took my grandfather over state lines and they were married. They had been married two weeks shy of 59 years when she passed away the day after my birthday in 2007. Granny taught me to crochet and my first hymn, Amazing Grace. It was an honor to begin her funeral with it on April 17, 2007. I remember hearing and loving the gentle tink of her wedding ring on the glasses as she washed dishes. I still think of her every time I hear that sound.

1. The first rule of working in an office and getting along is work at home!

2. Gimme more clams! Just make them spendable instead of edible (blech!).

3. When I think of carnivals I think of yummy, yummy funnel cake!

4. The rose my favorite spring flower.

5. Things on my desk include change, meds, jewelry-making supplies, and a gingerbread man shaped bottle of gingerbread scented lotion.

6. Thinking about how much loot I came home with from Box Tops University today makes me wanna giggle and do a happy dance.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going through my goody bags to see what all I got, tomorrow my plans include celebrating astronomy day with the kids by going to see a free planetarium show about the planets and Sunday, I want to thoroughly enjoy myself at the sewing circle!