October Winnings

Welcome back to my monthly post where I recap what giveaways I won this month. Overall, October was kind of slow but the prizes were good.

1. @delmontefresh gave away hundreds of banana suits and I won one. Here is my super cute boyfriend modeling it. Stephen, this is a test to see if you read my blog.


2. @girlgangthelabel has been killing on Instagram lately with the giveaways. I got a $20 gift card by sharing their post to my story. 

3. And a few days later I got another $20 gift card from @girlgangthelabel for commenting on their post. These gift cards did expire but I used each one to buy a cute mug which had free shipping. I posted the below photo on Instagram with the caption “Does anyone else think @sarablakely would like one of these mugs?” because she always posts photos with empowering mugs and SHE LIKED AND COMMENTED ON MY PHOTO. She’s the founder of Spanx and a total Girl Boss and wow I want to be her. 



4. @poshnebraska has started doing $10 gift card giveaways each Thursday, so give her a follow because she’ll be giving out more! I just had to tag 2 people. I chose Amazon because I’ve got my eye on some Christmas gifts.

5. @freebies_and_more gave out two $10 gift cards this month simply for liking all her posts. Super easy to do and she repeats this giveaway each month, so go follow her too. I also chose Amazon for this giveaway so that I can have a nice gift card balance. 


Well folks, that wraps up October. This totals to about $65 in prizes, and I think I’m getting better at winning prizes that I actually want. Let me know in the comments if you won anything recently!  

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