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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Way to go New Balance! Awesome cause!
Cute shoes and great cause!!!
Just ran the women’s classic 5k for my mom who is also a survivor. You are doing something great :)))
Great giveaway and great cause!
What a great giveaway! You surpassed the 1,000 entries, congrats!!
Amazing cause and giveaway! 🙂
These sneakers are too cute!!
Tweeted too!!
What a great cause and something free is always good too!! And you have surpassed the goal of 1000!!
I love these shoes and even tweeted the shoutout! 🙂
My mom is also a survivor! I’d love to win these for her <3
xoxo, Grether
Love this gear and that it’s for such a good cause!
Love new balances! Love that so much research is being done to find a cure.
What a great cause! Such an inspiration!
Also tweeted!
xoxo, Grether
This is such a great cause! your mother is such a strong woman. I am always supporting breast cancer in anyway, my grandmother passed away when I was almost 2 years old from BC. I was so young, and do not remember her. I look back at pictures, and ALL i see is her laughing 🙂 GOD BLESS THOSE <3 I love your blog, I read it everyday!!!!!! keep it up.
Posted on twitter
PS: My 4 month old westie is wearing the same pumpkin shirt as your dog….just in X-small 🙂
What an amazing cause! And congrats to surpassing 1,000!
i LOVE that you are doing this!! Thank you so much for putting it out there. October may be over tomorrow, but we should NEVER stop supporting and searching for the cure! I would love to win these shoes because I love that you are a supporter of breast cancer research, and my current sneakers have small holes by the toes 🙁
Thanks again and love love your blog! Your such an inspiration.
My mom, aunt, and mother in law are all survivors. My mom ran her first 5k ever in September for Race for the Cure….and I ran beside her, such an amazing day!
Love them 🙂 & thanks for the opportunity to help others $ win a cute pair of shoes!
Awesome giveaway and even better cause!! Love your blog, Julie!! (:
Great giveaway! I’m a fan of NB!
Woot! Over 1,200 replies! GO JULIE!!!
My mom is a survivor, and I think it’s amazing that you can rally up so much support for the cause!
It’s great to see everyone’s spirit!
Oh, hope I win!
Great giveaway and great cause! Hope you had a fun Halloween and hope you have a great time celebrating your weeding anniversary this weekend with Ryan!
I tweeted, too!
https://twitter.com/mrspunkin/status/263810389064691712
Awesome give a way and very inspiring reading your moms story. I have a friend that had a double mastectomy 2 weeks ago at the age of 37! Everyone needs to do self breast exams…cancer doesn’t discriminate on age. BTW…I tweeted too! 🙂
What an amazing cause!
So nice for you to ask them to do that – I’m sure your mom thinks it’s pretty nice too!
I tweeted!
Winning is an extra bonus! So glad just entering donates money. I’ve been eating tons of yoplait yogurt because they too are donating money for breast cancer if you put codes in online! Also I love love love Sadie’s Pumpkin costume! Happy Halloween!
I tweeted! @epurms
Love New Balance! Love the cause even more! 🙂
such a wonderful cause! 🙂
Great giveaway!
These shoes looks so adorable! Crossing my fingers that I’ll be sportin’ them 😉
Glad to see so many showing their support !!!!!! Shoe giveaway is just a bonus. Sadie looks super cute in her costume !
Happy Halloween! I’m so glad your mom is a survivor. My aunt had breast cancer and is a survivor too!
I am so thankful for companies like New Balance that support such worthy causes!! Love the shoes too!
I would love to win these shoes and glad I can help a great cause, I tweeted too!
i’ve always loved the pink and gray combo!
Sadie looks too adorable in that costume! And great news about your mom being a survivor, with no signs of relapse! My little cousin Emma is a survivor too (kidney cancer), she’s happy and healthy now in the 5th grade 🙂
Your mothers story is so inspiring! My aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer today, so this reading this post was so timely.
what a great cause and giveaway! I support susan g. komen everyday through my bank of america debit card…everytime I use it they donate a percentage to find a cure!
I would love some new kicks!
This is a great way to support breast cancer awareness!
I am a big supporter of breast cancer as my mom is also a survivor of breast cancer! I would love to win these!
Both my Grandmother and Mother are breast cancer survivors. I just went for my yearly mamo a couple weeks ago and just got the “cancer free” letter in the mail!
Love this cause. I did a 5k a few months ago supporting breast cancer. I loved seeing everyone in pink from head to toe!
Oooh, love all the pink in Oct! Remember, wear pink and the boys will wink 😉
Love the colors – Love the shoes – Love the cause!!