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Last week, I mentioned my fondness for the scent of lavender. I don't wear a perfume, and some days I don't even shower. And it is usually at the end of those non showered, pony-tail days, that I find myself in need of a warm bath before I crawl into bed.
While I enjoy a nice bath, I usually don't have time for one. Most nights, after the kids are in bed, I am ready for bed myself. Or, I'm at least ready to sit down and watch Jon and Kate plus 8 so that I can take comfort in the fact that there is a mother out there who is indeed, more crabby than I am. But, crabby or not, when I do take the time to indulge in some time for myself, I feel so much better.
A little lavender scent in my tub and some lavender lotion on my so-very-dry winter skin helps me to really relax and have a good nights sleep. And who couldn't use a good nights sleep?
So I'd like to pass along a little of that lavender relaxation to you.



I have for you, newly purchased, unopened bottles of lavender scented body wash and body lotion to give away. They are from Bath and Body Works' Aromatherapy line, and they smell great. Subtle, not overpowering, and clean.
But, wait!
There's one more thing.
I'm throwing in a book for you to read after you're all soaked, bathed and moisturized in lavender.
Because I love to crawl into bed with a good book.
I also love yellow Labs. Especially my new little yellow lab.

So the winner of my giveaway will also receive this book. Marley & Me by John Grogan. I laughed out loud, I cried, and I thanked the Patron Saint of Pets that I didn't end up with a dog as crazy as Marley. My book club read this book a year ago and it was enjoyed by non-dog owners as well.
I think you'll enjoy it a a lot too. Especially since you'll be so relaxed and smelling good.
So, if you think you'd use and enjoy these lavender products and would enjoy reading Marley & Me, leave a comment and I'll draw a winner on Friday afternoon. I'll ship anywhere, too!
That's it!

Koko and I wish you Good Luck!
Oh, and no emails from you PETA fanatics please. It's a crate, not a cage. And we use it humanely, and for training, and all that jazz. And I would never turn her into a coat. Or a muff. If I used muffs. Actually, I still have a white rabbit muff from when I was six, so I don't even need a muff. And I only put her in the crate for this picture because she won't move more than 12 inches away from me and it's kind of hard to take a picture that way. Then she was let right back out and free to continue on thru her three bowls of food a day. Food that is natural, healthful and organic. So see, she's fine. She eats better than my kids, OK?
Okay.
I love lavender. Thanks for the giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteYour dog is so gosh darn cute! I love labs too (use to have one) and read that book and I really liked it as well!
ReplyDeleteThe lavender products sound heavenly!
Lisa, she is just gorgeous! I am so envious. Mike won't let me have a dog. He doesn't get it! *sob*
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome giveaway. :)
Heidi
Cute and obviously happy and well cared for dog, who clearly eats better than anyone else in your family.
ReplyDeleteWould love the book annd lavendar products :)
I could use some good sleep right about now... or even next week... anytime really!
ReplyDeleteRetrievers are great dogs! Great combo pack giveaway!
So, let it begin...
Pick Me! Pick Me! :)
I love lavender And I love, love, love a good book! Hope you pick me!
ReplyDeleteHeck I'd take an opened half-used bottle of lavendar body lotion and bubble bath. And a dog-eared book that fell into the bath water.
ReplyDeleteI almost bought that book! Hmmm, maybe you'll love to give it to me instead! Teehee.
ReplyDeleteOh, and we so get a racket from several of our friends about the crate training. But puppy pants loves the crate. She conks right out at night and sleeps through. Trust me, if she hated it, we'd know in a HEARTBEAT!
I can't think of anything witty to write. Shoot. I love lavender! And books! And dogs! Oh that was special eh?
ReplyDeleteYour dog is just so cute! And, we used a crate when our dog was a puppy, she loved it! She will still actually go, on her own, and lay in her crate at times. It's her little comfort zone.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway, I love lavender, too. Thanks for offering it. Come over and enter my movie giveaway.
pick me!!! :)
ReplyDeleteellen
Aww, Koko is so cute! I would love to win this. It would be very relaxing to me in my last few months of pregnancy as I await number four!
ReplyDeleteOh oh, I LOVE this scent from BBW...it is scrumptious! Cute pup too! :)
ReplyDeleteWe "crate" train too. It's hard but absolutely necessary! As of this morning, I'm pretty sure that our new pup definitely has ADD. Wow - insane!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, thanks for the giveaway - love your blog!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Lavender and puppies.. what a perfect combo!
ReplyDeleteLavender is one of my favorite scents ( I loooove strawberry!) please enter me in this draw!
ReplyDeleteI love that book! And I love lavender too! Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI love bath products and have been wanting to read that book.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE lavender...thanks!! And Koko is SO cute!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS!!!!! Fun, Fun, Fun!!! Please count me in !
ReplyDeletegerijones64@hotmail.com
Great post!!
Lavender is my favorite! I haven't smelled this, but it sounds yummy! What a sweet pup! Thanks for the awesome chance to win this set!
ReplyDeletesblilly14(@)yahoo(.)com
Great giveaways!! I love the lavender products... it just doesn't get much better than that. I've wanted to read that book, too! Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteI really want to read this book. I like others by the same author!
ReplyDeleteI love that stuff! And the dog is presh!!!
ReplyDeleteI am a big Bath and Body Works fan. Your dog is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOkay, cool give away, Lisa. But did you hear... Did you know MARTHA sprained her leg, or ankle or somethin??? Thats what MJ said on her blog. Poor Martha, probably chasing after noodle or something, no, she was break dancing again..ya breakdancing, or moonwalking...
ReplyDeleteI am hoping that all goes well in the lunchroom today at school.
Keep us posted! Cute doggie, too-girlfriend
Lisa
coastal nest
great giveaway - we have a chocolate lab and he has a crate too. Please include me in the draw - thx
ReplyDeletecool giveaway. I have a giveaway on my blog right now too. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI'm in! Will you throw the dog in too?
ReplyDeleteI'm preparing myself for when my mom's one year old black lab pup comes to stay for a week...she's visited before and I know I'll desperately need relaxing! Thanks gor a great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! Please enter me!
ReplyDeleteThey look heavenly! Does the pup come along too? My 3-year-old Weimy would love the company.
ReplyDeleteDoes the puppy come as part of the prize? Please oh please, say yes. he's adorable.
ReplyDeleteAwesome prize. Please enter me.
Oh my goodness - first of all, I love the smell of lavender, too, so please enter me in your giveaway!
ReplyDeleteAnd secondly, I love your blog. Your design and colors are great, and I got such a kick out of your writing, just the few posts I've read so far. I'll be back! :-)
Cute post! I'd love to win this too!
ReplyDeleteLavender is my absolute favorite!
ReplyDeleteI love bath products!!
ReplyDeleteLavender is sooo relaxing!
ReplyDeleteHI Koko! I'd love to enter, I love lavender!
ReplyDeletePlease sign me up. I love lavender and I could use some relaxation.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good one. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI love your giveaway. Count me in.
ReplyDeleteLOL! You are too funny. Koko is so cute and I love the comments you made to the Peta folks.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the great giveaway.
My favorite scents - lavendar and vanilla. Count me in. Michelle - mlb@springmail.com
ReplyDeleteI've been dying to read this book! Plus, I bet that stuff smells great! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteLove lavender and that book is on my TBR list!
ReplyDeletePrecious Pup!!! I have been wanting to read that book and I just love me some lavender! Thanks for the opportunity and please count me in!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute dog! Neat giveaway too!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway!
ReplyDeleteVery Cute doggy! I'd love to enter your contest!
ReplyDeleteI love lavender and vanilla!
ReplyDeleteGreat give-away! Adorable dog!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the give away. I love that smell from Bath and Body works. The book looks good too. And you have a beautiful dog. Makes me want to get one. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! Cute dog!
ReplyDeleteI love this stuff! Your dogy is just too cute!
ReplyDeleteHello, Wow, what a marvelous give away! Please enter my name in your drawing. Thanks very much! Cindi
ReplyDeletejchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
I simply love lavender. And I'd love to read the book. Great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeletekatie at dekabyte dot com
Thanks for doing a giveaway!
ReplyDeleteOh, dog lover here! So cute, looks like my Angel.
ReplyDeleteReally cool contest I'm in.
First of all, I love me a nice white muff!
ReplyDeleteSecondly, vanilla + lavender = heaven.
And a book to boot...
You rock:)
I love lavender, too!
ReplyDeletethis is a fantastic giveaway, but I am disqualified because I am your real life friend. damnit.
ReplyDeleteHow I love lavender- and how strange that I own no products that are scented with it! :) Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeletei love a hot bath at night before tv. we are of like minds.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaways! We have 3 dogs and I've wanted to read that book for so long. Hope I win!
ReplyDeleteLOL I would love a bath and I love lavendar almost as much as lilacs. But your post to PETA fanatics was the best part of this, lol.
ReplyDeletethe labrador is so-so-so cute!
ReplyDeletethe book seems interesting.
Yummy! Please enter me! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love lavender- it's so relaxing.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway:) Count me in!
ReplyDeletenice giveaway, does the dog smell like lavender, too?
ReplyDeletenice giveaway, does the dog smell like lavender, too?
ReplyDeletesounds great - count me in!
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to read that book.
ReplyDeleteOoo Bath Stuff!! I'm a huge pet lover too so I'm sure I'd enjoy that book!
ReplyDeleteYour doggie-love is soooo cute! I love lavender.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
Stop by my place to win a bath set & candles or one of two copies of a book I'm giving away.
Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings
I love Bath and Body Works Lavendar products. Yum!!!
ReplyDeleteYummy lavender. Thank you for the lovely giveaway. And I know you love your doggy :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful giveaway!
ReplyDelete~ Kim
aww...your dog's a cutie...thanks for the contest
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful prizes. I would love to read that book. (your furr baby is so cute)and the BBW lavender products sounds wonderful. Thanks for the great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteOh what a nice gift. That stuff smells devine!!
ReplyDeleteVery thoughtful giveaway, I would LOVE to win! Beautiful dog, I have a black lab, Sophie.
ReplyDeleteGreat contest, please enter me also. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love lavendar! Please pick me!
ReplyDeleteOh, I'd love to win! YOur dog is too cute! Please count me in! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm doing a giveaway on both of my blogs:
http://airforcefamily2007.blogspot.com
http://goddessofthehome.blogspot.com
I'll be doing a new giveaway everyday until Friday. Thought you might want to know.
Eden
Oh my your dog is adorable! Thank you for the awesome giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteI'll take the dog! *grin* enter me please!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway girl! Hoping I win :)
ReplyDeleteI love lavender, but only at night. I think I said that already! :)
ReplyDeleteLavendar makes me sleepy! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great giveaway! I love bath products!
ReplyDeletepalmersf@comcast.net
Mmmm, those bath products look wonderful! Please enter me.
ReplyDeletegreat contest - count me in!!
ReplyDeleteMmmm.. Lavender is my favorite too!!! Please enter me!
ReplyDeleteI love lavender. This set is wonderful
ReplyDeleteI was so very disappointed to learn that the puppy was not included :(
ReplyDeleteBut please count me in anyway! I could definitely use some help getting enough sleep most nights.
Lol you always make me smile! Thanks ~Aimee
ReplyDeleteI'm not much of a pet owner, but I like B&BW!
ReplyDeleteOh my! I have special honey moon memories of this B&B Lavender/vanilla! I'd be so delighted to win this. Wow! What a giveaway! lovemylittlefamily at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeletePlease count me in
ReplyDeleteJen
whitty4jen@yahoo.com
Oh that looks like it would be really relaxing. Makes me want to go take a bath right now.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway- I could so use it right now!
ReplyDeleteSteph
Great giveaway! I would use both! monk5@charter.net
ReplyDeleteWhat a great prize!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable puppy! I would love to win these products, as I have recently moved to the desert and my skin has never been so dry in my life!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! Count me in.
ReplyDeletebebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
mmmm lavender and vanilla!
ReplyDeletecount me in!
Oh, count me in!!!! I could use a nice relaxing bath!
ReplyDeletePlease enter me. I love lavender.
ReplyDeleteMarley and Me is a FANTASIC book! I'd love to own it! (I checked out the audiobook from the library) I cried so much at the end. My family is a lab-loving one as well. I had a black lab growing up, and my dad currently has a black lab, and my mom has three chocolate ones! My boyfriend and I want a golden someday =) I do hope I win!
ReplyDeleteAnd the bath/body stuff is the icing on the cake! I do hope I win. =)
I love me a nice relaxing bath. Please enter me, thanks!
ReplyDeleteplease enter us for your great giveaway!! thanks so much!!
ReplyDeletelavender and labs, two of my favorite things! :)
ReplyDeleteandrewandbecca at yahoo dot com
I read this earlier today from my bloglines, but I don't THINK I entered. Count me in, girl! :)
ReplyDeleteplease enter me
ReplyDeleteLove this!
ReplyDeleteemrosser@shaw.ca
What a cutie. I'd love to win the bath goodies.
ReplyDeletewill the lavendar make me go to sleep and stop entering contests?
ReplyDeletegorgeous dog - and i like the lavendar too!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway. If I won, I'd be able to provide my own cute yellow lab.
ReplyDeletewonderful prizes; thank you!
ReplyDeleteI agree...WONDERFUL PRIZES! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteVery cool prize, and your puppy is soooo cute! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeletethe4moyers(at)msn(dot)com
Oh I love lab puppies!
ReplyDeleteCute pup!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! Thanks for the chance!
Be sure to come enter mine.
Lavender is one of my favorite scents, too. Thanks so much! And your dog is SOOO sweet and cute. :)
ReplyDeleteLavender Vanilla, sounds like a lovely combination. That and a book too - great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteTia
I'd love this! And koko is so cute!
ReplyDeleteOh, my, yum! Lavender is my favorite scent in the whole world. Thanks for the giveaway. My email addy is at my blogger profile, just in case I win!
ReplyDeleteI've heard about that book. I'd love to read it!~
ReplyDeleterookiem at live dot com
Oh I've always wanted to read that book and I love bathtime. Lavender is my favorite for relaxing.
ReplyDeletei really need to just relax this would help
ReplyDeletei love good smelling things! ahdrad2932@msn.com
ReplyDeleteI read your most recent post and apparently you did not sign up for my giveaway b/c then you would be winning scrapbook items too! HA!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, love Lavender and have heard about the book and thought it would be a good read. Hope I win this one (and a few others too... ; ))
I love lavender!
ReplyDeletestacie at bastetweb dot com
http://twinkies.bastetweb.com
I love anything lavender!
ReplyDeletelaura_licious101(at)hotmail(dot)com
Loved your post. I too love Lavender & cannot wear perfume. Love to win & that dog is gorgeous. I am admirer from afar with dogs, so enjoyed the pics & your funny writing style :) I think you just won over another reader, I don't think I have been to your blog before :)
ReplyDeleteYou know, I don't think I've ever owned anything lavender-scented. (Surely that guarantees me the win, right?!)
ReplyDeleteDang, Koko's cute -- even in captivity!!
What a great giveaway...I love lavender.
ReplyDeleteI would love them both. I wish your dog would have a talk with mine. He's just out and out nuts. But yours looks so adorable sitting there (and of course, well cared for). :)
ReplyDeleteVery cute dog! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Bath & Body and I LOVE lavender!
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh You have the cutest dog! The only one cuter is mine...
ReplyDeleteCount me in!
Whew! There are days when I could definitely use that Sleep Aromatherapy set.
ReplyDeleteYour dog is so cute! We have a Goldendoodle who is seven months old, and I think I could appreciate Marley & Me. I've read reviews but not the book itself.
This giveaway sounds heavenly. I need some "pamper me" time.
ReplyDeletebraysgram@aol.com
Cute post... and cute dog. Thanks for the giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteAdorable dog! And great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteYour pup is beautiful! Thanks for the great prize.
ReplyDeletegreat giveaway! please throw my name in the hat! good luck everyone!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE lavender! I also have 3 dogs, so I just may feel at home reading the book! Please count me in! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteJohn and Kate...we love that show here....maybe 'cuz it makes us feel a little less crazy than we are!! I'd LOVE a lavender soak with a good book...thanks.(lcody@shaw.ca)
ReplyDeleteLove lavender and golden labs.
ReplyDeleteYour lab is cute. Please enter me in your contest, I love lavender.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! Please include me!
ReplyDeleteSounds lovely and I have been wanting to read that book!
ReplyDeleteplease enter me
ReplyDeleteOh I love that "flavor"!!
ReplyDeleteThose are my favorite from B&B....I love them...and your dog is so cute...
ReplyDeleteLove me some Lavender, Lisa! That's my favorite stuff.
ReplyDeleteGreat prizes! Pick me!!
ReplyDeletegreat giveaway!! and adorable dog!
ReplyDeleteI love lavender. Thanks.
ReplyDeletelucycontest at gmail.com
LOL! Lavendar is lovely and so is your lab!
ReplyDeleteFun fun, I'd love to win this yummy-smelling lavender prize!
ReplyDeleteI love love love Bath and Body works lavender products and use them before bed each night too. My fingers are crossed! :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like such a fun book and anything from Bath & Body Works is so wonderful. I've never smelled their lavendar and will now remember to do so:) Thanks so much for the chance to win all this great goodies!!!
ReplyDeleteEnter me please. katie_mmartin@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI love the lavendar stuff from BBW! And I have heard that the book is a great read! What a great giveaway! Please sign me up! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love lavender also. My favorite bath thing in my whole life was a lavender tea bag for the bath tub. It was wonderful!
ReplyDeleteOooh, I have been wanting to read that book! And I love lavendar, too. Yum.
ReplyDeleteYour giveaway sounds great! Sign me up please! ( :
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Mandi
Beautiful dog! I'd love to try the lavender lotion and body wash:)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I love lavender too.
ReplyDeleteAmen to a good night's sleep! I could use one of those...
ReplyDeleteKelley
kaprahl @ sbcglobal.net
p.s. Koko is ADORABLE!
Aww how I love Aromatherapy items. SOunds wonderful. Count me in! :)
ReplyDeleteMmmmm....remember the commercials years ago....Calgon, take me away....that's what lavender does. How relaxing. Count me in. If I win, notify me at dmj53@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteLovely giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI love Lavender anything! Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteMmmmm lavender! And in a hot bath? even better! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWhat you just described sounds so fun--the bath and good book. I'm having one of those no shower and hair in a pony tail days right now.
ReplyDeleteI would _love_ the lavendar-scented stuff! Just don't tell my husband about the book if I win it. He really wants a lab.
ReplyDeleteWhat I wouldn't give for a lavender soak tonight!
ReplyDeleteI love lavender!
ReplyDeleteThat stuff smells so good!
ReplyDeletePlease enter me. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteHeidi
sweet_soul_sistermi@yahoo.com
I want to win!!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! Please enter me!
ReplyDeleteI could use a lavender bath right now! Enter me!
ReplyDeletelove it \
ReplyDeletecute dog too :)
entter me please
mom2boys42@gmail.com
Lavender blue ..this giveaway is a dilly! I love your pup...we have a new baby Rottie I feel the same way about!
ReplyDeleteI love this B&W scent! Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteit sounds wonderful1 please include me in your giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance. I love arometherapy stuff.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteYou could even send me the dog if you wanted too! But I think lavendar probably smells a bit better.
ReplyDeleteyour dog is such a cutie!
ReplyDeleteCute dog. Great giveaway. Thanks for entering me!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this stuff!
ReplyDeletePlease enter me
arogers (at) gmail (dot) com