Since our neighborhood was quite the hot spot for trick-or-treaters last year, Ryan and I are well prepared with tons of chocolate to giveaway this evening.
Pumpkin Dog is prepared to keep a close watch to make sure no funny business goes down.
I figured I would make a big pot of soup for lunch that Ryan and I can easily reheat for dinner this evening. We’re thinking about hanging out on our front porch with our candy and a bottle of wine since it’s supposed to be nice and chilly this evening, and I figured soup would be the perfect porch dinner!
I cooked up a batch of Harry & David potato corn chowder using the mix that I bought when I was in Oregon and added a bunch of chicken to the base for a punch of protein.
The soup was incredibly flavorful and satisfying and I’m looking forward to eating it again tonight. Let’s just hope it passes the Soup Hater’s test.
And now it’s giveaway time!
New Balance 860s Lace Up for the Cure Giveaway
Ready to win a new pair of shoes!?
As I’m sure you’ve noticed from the plethora of pink that has popped up this month, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I have a fun pink-related giveaway for you guys today!
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while now, you know that my mom is a breast cancer survivor.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2008, underwent surgery (she had a double mastectomy), chemotherapy and radiation and now, with every scan that comes back cancer-free, our family breathes a sigh of relief. We all feel so lucky that my mom found the lump in her breast through self-exam and sought treatment when she did.
When New Balance reached out to me about their Lace Up for the Cure® Collection, I was happy to learn about their pledge to donate 5 percent of the suggested retail price of sales from their Lace Up for the Cure Collection (with a guaranteed minimum donation of $500,000) to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® in 2012.
The Lace Up for the Cure® Collection is available year-round and includes sneakers, zip ups, capris, tees, tank tops and sports bras. My two favorite items from the collection include this quarter-zip lightweight workout jacket that I wore on a hike with Ryan and Sadie last weekend:
And these incredibly comfortable and lightweight walking shoes:
Steel gray + pink is always a winning color combination in my book and I love the ruching on the inside of the sneakers. Such a fun, feminine touch!
When New Balance approached me about hosting a giveaway, I asked them if they’d be willing to donate $1 per giveaway entry up to $1,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and they agreed!
Now you can enter this giveaway to win a pair of New Balance 860s (normally $89.99) and know that your entry is helping to raise money to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and their efforts to find a cure for breast cancer through research, community health outreach, advocacy and programs in more than 50 countries.
To enter this giveaway, simply comment on this post below. It’s as easy as that! And since I’d love for us to hit 1,000 giveaway entries and take advantage of the full amount New Balance has offered to donate, you can tweet something along the lines of the following for an extra entry:
- Hoping to win a pair of @NewBalance Lace Up for the Cure shoes from @PBFingers!
If you send out a tweet, please remember to comment back on this post again to tell me you did!
I will randomly select a winner on Friday, November 2.
GOOD LUCK!
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Love these shoes! And for such a great cause. Love what you’re doing!
Great job getting New Balance to agree to donate more money to an important cause! Good work!!
What a great idea to help the cause! I know you will hit 1000!!
What a great giveaway for a great cause. Here is too all the women who have endured and survived breast cancer and inspired us all. Pink is the perfect color 🙂
Come on 1000 comments! What a great cause! Everyone wins here.
Love the shoes, love the cause. Getting very close to 1000! Maybe even more than 1000 with Twitter!?
You’re almost to 1,000! Great give away and thank you for sharing your family’s story. Great work on getting NB to donate an additional $1! Great cause and great shoes. One day, we will beat this disease!
Excellent cause! …thanks for the giveaway….and cute shoes! 🙂
Hope you reach your goal!! I need some new shoes too 🙂
Love helping the cause from my computer!
Great give away! I really love the walking shoes too! Great way to end October!
And I just tweeted! @jennygirl73
Need and would LOVE to have these babies!!! love them!!
Such an awesome way to help raise money!
These shoes are super cute! This is a wonderful cause! I know you are going to reach your goal.
Awesome Giveaway! Love the shoes too!
hope i win! I really need new running shoes!:)
Entering for the giveaway!
Your Mom is such an inspiration!
PS- Sadie looks adorable in her pumpkin shirt! 🙂
My grandmother is a survivor, still kickin’ at 83 ….I would love to wear these New Balance kicks and honor her every time I work out!
This is a great way to support such a great cause! I’m actually looking to buy a new pair of running shoes (since mine are pretty worn down:) and have never tried New Balance before, but would be interested in seeing if I like them!
hope I win! I need a new pair of running shoes!
Fabulous cause! Thanks Julie and NB!
Wow! What a great drawing!! I lost my mother to breast cancer when I was 16-years-old so this cause is very near and dear to my heart! Thank you for all that you do, Julie!
Here is my tweet from @jacquewilkins:
Hoping to win a pair of @NewBalance Lace Up for the Cure shoes from @PBFingers! What a neat drawing and for a good cause! Happy Halloween!
Ah I’m desperately in need of some new shoes!!
Entering the shoe giveaway! Your blog is awesome to read–thanks for posting so many ideas and workouts!
what a wonderful cause and idea!
So happy for you and your momma! Good job for her doing exams. It has inspired me to do them regularly myself.
Thanks for the awareness and great giveaway.
I walked the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this past spring (39 miles!) and loved every second of it. Donating $2000.00 to the cause also didn’t hurt. I’d love to be able to wear these pink sneakers next year!
Love the shoes!! What amazing things you have accomplished. It’s so wonderful to help others. You mother must be so proud.
Glad to hear your mom is doing well! The shoes are cute!
I love New Balance Running shoes. Now I love New Balance even more for pledging to donate so much $ for such a good cause. Thanks for using your blog to continue supporting and raising awareness for Breast Cancer.
I love those shoes! The colors are so cute, they would def make me run faster! Happy Halloween
Love those shoes!
Thank you Julie and New Balance for teaming up in the fight against breast cancer!
Cool shoes and GREAT cause! My Mom is a breast cancer survivor too!
Thank you so much for participating in such a wonderful project! My sister was just diagnosed with breast cancer and will be a one-year survivor in January. I would love to win these shoes for her 11 year-old daughter who just started on the cross country team at school! She has also started her own fundraising club to raise money for breast cancer research! Keep on inspiring!
Here’s to hating cancer, and getting 1000 comments!!!! Thanks Julie 🙂
My mama had breast cancer and I love that lady more than anything so WOOO! to fighting breast cancer!
Great giveaway, Julie!
P.S just tweeted 🙂
You’re getting close to 1000!
What a great cause! My grandmother and my boyfriend’s mother are both breast cancer survivors, and I would love to wear my support while I sweat it out!
Such a great cause. Thanks, Julie!
Happy Halloween 🙂
I would love to win the shoes. Thanks to you and New Balance for supporting the cause!
Way to go Julie and New Balance!!!
Amy needs a new pair of crosstrainer s…doesn’t hurt that pink is my fav color…also I wore pink every day for the month of October !
that soup looks and sounds absolutely delicious! and sadie’s pumpkin outfit is just so adorable.
& that is such an awesome cause – here’s to getting up to a thousand comments! 🙂
WOW! Almost at 800 already! This is such a great giveaway, and for such a good cause 🙂
Also just have to mention how cute Sadie looks in her little pumpkin costume! Happy Halloween
WOW 792 comments!! how inspiring!! lets reach our goal!! it feels great to be helping fight breast cancer! thanks for the giveaway so we can participate in the fight!
I tweeted this! – Hoping to win a pair of @NewBalance Lace Up for the Cure shoes from @PBFingers!
this is the BEST giveaway – not only is the prize awesome, but i feel like i’m helping the cause just by entering 🙂
Your mom is a strong, inspirational woman! Breast cancer affects almost every one of us in some way in our lifetime…this is such a great cause, and great shoes to support the cause!