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I LOVE swag. Who doesn’t? It’s free. It’s usually fun. And did I mention it’s free?
But I wonder if I’ve let it get out of control.
I know, I know. This coming from a woman who gave away a GINORMOUS swag bag at the KidzVuz event we held with The Big Toy Book at BlogHer 11 last weekend in San Diego..
And I got plenty o’swag too. From little cute things, like a strawberry shaped re-usable shopping bag from Shari’s Berries (which I love), to the Sinusense sinus cleaner-outer thing from Waterpik that I’m hoping will help out my perpetually clogged daughter, to cool stick-ums from 3M that will let my daughter keep her Glee wall without messing up my paint job, to the holy-crap this stuff actually works Eye Know Eye cream from Mama Mio. Which, I will gladly pay for when it runs out…because it’s just that good.
I won an absolutely gorgeous Stella and Dot necklace at the MomTrends Fashion File party. And since I never win anything, I then spent the rest of the evening annoyingly showing it off to total strangers. The Redakai cards I got for my son (from my own party!) are sure to be a hit, and the Shanesware jewelry will thrill my daughter. I swear that my Oscillococcsinum samples from last year’s BlogHer saved me from a house full of sickies over the winter. And you can bet I took more this year. I got geekily excited over a power strip and a etyomic Blue Tooth head set from Clever Girls. And I’ve already bought Sabra Hummus and Stacey’s chips with my coupons. Seriously.
I honestly don’t know if I could list all the stuff I got at BlogHer.
And I love it all . And I’ll use it all. And I’ll write more about it (especially that eye-cream, since it also comes with facial exercise routine (seriously!) that I’ll have to try and get back to you on.)
But here’s the thing: It’s kind of excessive, and a bit…icky. I feel a little cheap. And I wonder if there’s a way to cut down on the swag, and turn it into charity. (more…)
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Yup. The title of this post is my tagline. And sadly, it’s now become 15 pounds. Although when I wrote that tagline I probably only needed to lose seven, but the line sounded funnier with ten.
