Happy Halloween!
Before I get to part 1 of the giveaway, I want to share a last-minute Halloween idea.
I present to you: Spooky Shakes…
They are more homely than scary, but let’s just go with it!
I spotted this on Martha and I thought it was a cute idea. To make: all you do is melt a tiny amount of chocolate (about 1-2 tbsp) and then paint chocolate ghost faces on the inside of the glass using the end of a popsicle stick. Easy.
Place the glasses in the freezer or fridge to set the chocolate. For the shake, I blended vegan vanilla ice cream (I love almond or coconut varieties), with a splash of almond milk and some ice, served with a cinnamon stick. You could even make a healthier shake by blending frozen bananas with almond milk. The chocolate faces stay intact thanks to the cold smoothies.
Now, for part 1 of the giveaway…
Today, I’m celebrating YOU – the kick-butt, Green Monster chuggin, recipe-lovin’ Oh She Glows community! On October 31, 2008, I started the blog on a complete whim, not thinking I would ever have the attention span to stick with it, but here I am 4 years later still smashing my head against the keyboard daily and chasing my dreams. I am so grateful for each and every one of you who read the blog each day and my hope is that you find as much inspiration here as I’ve found in all of you.
Now, to celebrate!
1) Blendtec Total Blender & Twister Jar
Blendtec has been gracious enough to donate one of their coveted Total Blender Classic Wildside machines (picture above) valued at $454.95 USD! Whoa baby. I’ve reviewed the Blendtec before on the blog and I can attest that it’s a great machine.
About the blender: “Total Blender Classic Series® is the all-in-one appliance that makes smoothies, fresh juice, ice cream, milkshakes, cappuccinos, margaritas, soups, sauces, bread dough, dressings, salsas, and more! It replaces up to 9 other appliances with one fast easy-to-use machine, at a fraction of the cost. This package includes the new precision tuned 4″ blade in the large nearly 3-quart total capacity BPA-free jar. The new large blade / large jar combination powers through tougher blending tasks and larger recipes with ease, and in less time.”
In addition to the blender, they are also giving away a Twister Jar (shown below) valued at $119.00 USD!
About the Twister Jar: “Blendtec’s newest innovation, the Twister Jar, is designed to blend your thickest recipes such as: Nut Butters, Hummus, Baby Food, Dips, Thick Shakes, Dressings and more! Best of all, it’s compatible with all Blendtec Home Blenders.”
Update: The giveaway winner is….
Thank you for sharing your touching (and often hilarious!) “lessons to my younger self” comments. If you are ever feeling down and need a pick me up, just read through the comments. It’s amazing to see how many of us have struggled with the same life lessons.
The lucky winner of the Blendtec machine is #3659 – Alicia Woulfe! Congrats! I will email you shortly to collect your mailing address. Thanks to everyone for participating!
How To Enter:
Giveway is now closed.
I would tell my teenage self to by nicer to my mom. I wish I’d known then how much I would appreciate her now.
I would tell myself to not worry so much & enjoy life.
My advice would be: Go into a career that you love (not a career that you think you *should* love or you think others would be impressed with or that you think would be admirable). Choose something that you could literally do and enjoy every day the rest of your life.
I would tell my younger self to relax and to keep following your passion!
Be true to yourself
awesome giveaway!!
My advice would be to let the guy I was constantly chasing after GO! He’s not worth it and there’s someone out there who is going to think you are AMAZING, flaws and all!
I would tell my younger self not to take everything so seriously and laugh often :-)
my advice to myself then and now is to have patience. nothing happens when you think it should, and rushing things through usually ends with mistakes. slow down and dont miss out of life while waiting.
Stef, stop worrying about boys! Get off the telephone before the timer on the microwave goes off! Instead of getting by with A’s and B’s, give it your all, and walk away with all A’s. You can be number one in your class, get a great scholarship, and BE anything you want to BE.
To present Stef: You can still be or do anything you want to in life. You are only 30 years young.
Be yourself! always.
My advice to 16 year old me is, be vegan now! don’t wait!!
I would tell my younger self to just be confident in yourself and everything you do, because if you don’t believe in yourself then no one else will.
I ALREADY FOLLOW YOU ON PINTEREST BUT I DID PIN DRIP DRY WITH OUT THE MESS. THIS I WILL DEFINITELY DO. IT’S ALMOST THE SNOWY TIME OF YEAR AND I HATE GETTING THE MOP OUT ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU..
I would tell my younger self that it’s okay to be different. Really, it is. The people that really matter will still be there. And to not wear scrunchies in public. :)
(I did the Pinterest giveaway option)….I also wish I could tell the old me to not be so hard on myself. If I had known that I feel like I would’ve been willing to take more risks in life and push myself to do thing I normally wouldn’t have. :)
I would tell my younger self to stop looking so hard for love. It was right in front of me for 5 years! I could have saved myself a lot of time with the wrong people and had more time with the right one. But some lessons just take time to learn. :)
Thanks for the giveaway!
WHAT WOULD I TELL MYSELF AT 16? OH LORDY!!!!!! I THINK I WOULD TELL MYSELF TO FOLLOW MY OWN DREAMS AND GET THE EDUCATION THAT WOULD HELP ME GET TO WHERE I WANTED TO GO.
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I would tell my 16 year old self
Other people really don’t care about how you look or what you do as much as you think they do so stop fretting.
I’d tell my younger self not to worry so much about what other people think. Each person is unique and I should embrace everything about myself because that is who I am meant to be.