December 2009

One note before I share this week’s giveaway: I have decided to extend Project Strength to Friday, January 22. I forgot the outfit and measuring tape for the final Project pictures in Madison, and will be all over the place for the next few weeks!
Now, on to the giveaway fun!
Look what showed up at my door towards the end of finals week:
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Customized chocolate bars from Chocomize! The company offered to send me some chocolate to review with the giveaway, but I couldn’t decide what combinations to get… everything looked so good! I narrowed it down to a few options, and told them to surprise me. I received two yummy bars.
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Milk Chocolate with Gummi Bears and Orange Slices. I thought the combination would be kind of weird, but listed it as one of my choices anyways. As it turns out, I loved this bar! The chewy, sweet orange combined with the smooth chocolate was perfect. My only (slight) issue with the bar was that the gummi bears were a little tough, so I think next time I’d get only orange slices.

The milk chocolate itself was excellent. Velvety-smooth and creamy, it just melted in my mouth.

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Dark Chocolate with Crunchy Almond Croquant, Sliced Almonds, and a Chocolate Butterfly. I have three things to say about this bar. First of all, the butterfly was beautiful. Secondly, the dark chocolate was rich and smooth, just the way I like it. And finally, I loved the crunchiness the almond toppings added.

Want to win some delicious chocolate of your own?

If you do, I have a $40 gift certificate to giveaway to one lucky reader!

To enter, visit Chocomize’s website and leave a comment here with the chocolate bar you would order. On Sunday, January 3, I will randomly select a winner.

Good luck!

And, if you have a big event like a wedding coming up, consider Chocomize bars for your favors. You can add pictures and messages to the packaging, in addition to customizing the ingredients for your bars! Yum!

Miss anything during the busy holiday week?


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Blogger Meet-Up and a Winner

December 27, 2009
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Cordelia is a mutual friend of mine and Dan’s. We all met in our freshman chemistry course, and she is going to be the officiant in our wedding. She just finished getting ordained, and is just waiting for her sponsorship letter so that she, as a Minnesota resident, can marry us in Wisconsin in May. [...]

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My 10 in 2010

December 26, 2009
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After reading Angela’s ’10 in 2010‘ post, I decided that I should do one of my own. There are a lot of life changes coming up for me in 2010! My top 10 goals/plans for 2010 are: 1. Graduate on May 15, 2010. This will be me next semester: 2. Get married on May 30, [...]

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A Very Merry Christmas

December 25, 2009
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I hope all of you (who celebrate Christmas) had a wonderful holiday! If you don’t celebrate, then I hope you had a happy Friday! Today was filled with lots of family time seeing Sherlock Holmes (per our Christmas tradition of seeing a movie together), and great gifts! A Starbucks red mug from my sister. Now [...]

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2009: A Year in Review

December 24, 2009
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As promised, I’m going to review 2009, but first: Thank you to the blogging community and all of the wonderful friends I’ve met in my first few months as a blogger. … On September 1, I started my fifth and final year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I am also the VP of Internal Relations for the Society of Women Engineers.

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