Joe Bob, get ready for some new pants!!!
Thanks to everyone who entered. You’ll note that there are 28 comments and my random generator only goes to number 26 – two of those 28 comments were duplicates due to my inability to handle html comments, apparently. Well done, Self!
Happy weekend, all!!!
Every year, I fail at blogging in July. Last year I wrote something like seven entries. Same story the year before. This year, I promised myself that I wouldn’t drop off the face of the earth.
Yeah, about that…
Anyway.
A few weeks ago, Brand About Town sent me a gorgeous faded denim jacket from The Gap. You may well be wondering why there is no photo of me sporting this fine piece of attire. The answer is simple, friends: It is FIFTY FIVE FREAKING DEGREES in San Francisco, which means that the wool coat has been taken off its two-week spot on the bench. Come September, when summer finally arrives in this fair city, you’ll see pictures. This jacket is great! The denim is soft and thin, just how summer denim should be, and the cut is spot-on. Gap apparently released an entire line of faded denim this summer. I say “apparently,” because AGAIN: FIFTY FIVE DEGREES. Ahem.
The best part of my little gift from the Gap, though, is that I once again have the pleasure of passing a little bit of the fun on to you. Sitting on my desk next to me is one final “pants certificate.” This little paper, worth well over its weight in denim, will be sent out to one lucky person. Want to be the winner? Here’s the scoop:
In the comments below, I want you to tell me your favorite thing about July. For an additional entry, submit a second comment containing a photo of your favorite July-related moment (just paste the html into the comments box). For one more entry, tweet about this giveaway including a link and the tag #bywpants, then come back here and tell me that you did it. That’s three possible entries!
You have until next Friday, July 30. And maybe, possibly, potentially, I might write another entry by then. But you know, breaking my own low-post record has its merits, too.
GET TO IT, FOLKS! And good luck!
Disclosure: I received this jacket for free, courtesy of Brand About Town. I think I said that effectively in the post, but… you know. Just in case it wasn’t clear, and someone legal is interested. It was free, yo.
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What could possibly be finer than throwing a party for your friends and giving them free stuff?
Giving them free stuff from the Gap, that’s what.
Let me back up a bit. It all started with a major contender for the title of “Worst Day Ever.” You know what I mean: a day in which your alarm doesn’t go off, your pants are covered in cat hair, and you forget your lunch on the kitchen table. Two busses drive right past you on your way to the bus stop, you spill coffee on your new skirt, and someone insults you in the name of “humor.” You know those days. I arrived home bedraggled and irritable, a real joy to behold. And that’s when I saw the box.
“Gap Born To Fit,” it read. I’d been selected as a Gap Brand Enthusiast for the next year. My first responsibility, I learned, was to throw a party for my friends (guys and gals), and give them free pants. A few weeks later, I received approximately half of a Gap store in the mail. What? You don’t believe me? Check this out.
Now, at this point, the party underwent a bit of a makeover. I’d been referring to it as the “Gap Born To Fit Party,” a name which was officially sanctioned by the lovely folks over at the Gap. Lo, I underestimated my friends. At the moment of the Arrival of the Pants, the party was renamed
Abby’s Pants Party
…complete with pants-themed decorations.
And what celebration-of-an-American-icon-like-blue-jeans would be complete without… Cuban food? That’s right, we collectively declared an end to the cultural embargo (do you hear me, Barack? Let’s make this happen!) and served up a buffet of Cuban-style pulled pork, beans, salads, and sangria.
Everyone drew numbers upon entering the party, to determine the order of “trying on jeans.”
Diana kept the fitting room rolling, calling out names and shuttling guests through the various men’s and women’s styles.
Now, I’m going to level with you. At this point, I was entertaining thirty people, and I stopped taking pictures. I kind of suck in that regard. But everyone had a great time, and loved the jeans. At the end of the night, I drew numbers for door prizes (a gift card from the Gap), and everyone went home happy!
People, these jeans are awesome! After I received my first pair, I actually went out and BOUGHT another pair. WITH MONEY.
AND THEY ARE SKINNY JEANS! I am not a skinny jeans girl by any means, but I love these!
But wait! There’s more! Now I’m inviting YOU to the Pants Party!
That’s right, four lucky winners will receive a certificate to go to the Gap and get their very own pair of Born To Fit jeans. AND! One Grand Prize winner will win an awesome care package, including a gift certificate for the jeans, a Gap Born To Smile camera, and (because I can’t just send you something without including a little bit of homemade goodness) three mini-jars of homemade jam from Yours Truly. That’s a total of five prizes, y’all!
I don’t think I’ve ever had more than 30 comments on any given post, so your odds are pretty stellar of winning something. You have until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, August 21 to enter. No requirements, just leave me a comment. Get to it, people!
