…before someone filmed Paula Deen and Rachael Ray having an old-fashioned fried chicken throwdown.

Have I ever told y’all that I love me some cheese fries?

Well, I do. I love me some cheese fries.

And I especially love the cheese fries from Outback. Because they are some potato-y, bacon-y, cheese-y, dipped in Ranch dressing-y deliciousness.

And since I am a fan of irony, I like to order them with a side salad and a diet Coke.

Plus, I always split the cheese fries with my husband, so hello? PORTION CONTROL.

Well, as it turns out, Outback is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, and because of that, they have made a very special gift available for you, the internets.

So if you’d like to win a $25 gift card to Outback, leave a comment and tell me your favorite thing to order when you eat there. And if you need an Outback menu refresher course, click here to check it out.

I’ll leave this giveaway open until Monday, March 31 – at which point I’ll use random.org to select our lucky (PROVIDENTIAL!) winner.

G’day, y’all!

(Sorry. I couldn’t help it. The whole “G’day” thing was way too tempting. I do apologize.)

This giveaway is now closed.

So here are the ten lucky (PROVIDENTIAL!) winners of Dave Barnes‘ Me & You & The World:

Comment #6 – Jenny (gmail email)
Comment #19 – Erica
Comment #46 – Tracey
Comment #70 – Christy
Comment #80 – Queen B
Comment #85 – Danielle
Comment #90 – Kelly
Comment #111 – Julia
Comment #181 – Melissa
Comment #190 – Joanna

Congratulations, everybody!

All righty, internets – it’s time to have us a good, old-fashioned Dave Barnes giveaway.

Though I cannot actually give away Dave Barnes.

Because his wife would probably be a little upset with me. Not to mention that you would have a terribly difficult time explaining to your families why a grown man you have never in fact met is coming to live with you.

So the CD, I’m afraid, will have to do.

And the CD will actually do JUST FINE, THANK YOU MA’AM, because it is in fact delightful.

Here’s what you need to do if you’d like to win:

1. Click here to go to Dave Barnes’ website. If you’re on dial-up, go here instead. Because it will load a little faster. And you’ll be less likely to scream things like, “DADBLAMEIT, BOOMAMA WOMAN, DON’T YOU KNOW I’M ON DIAL-UP?!?!?!”

And the giveaway will be so much happier if there’s no screaming.

2. Listen to the song samples. Amazon’s song samples are super short (and, truth be told, somewhat random), so you’ll get a better idea of the Dave Barnes FLAVA (and I often use the word FLAVA in casual conversation, by the way – I think it suits me) if you listen to the songs on his website.

3. Come back here and tell me your favorite song in the comments. And if you already know your favorite song, then please click over to Dave Barnes’ website anyway, OH JUST HUMOR ME.

I’ll leave the giveaway open until Monday, March 24th – at which point I’ll use random.org to pick TEN LUCKY WINNERS!

(sidenote: I don’t really believe in luck, but it seemed somewhat odd to say TEN PROVIDENTIAL WINNERS, so we’ll just go with “lucky,” m’kay?)

Enjoy the Dave Barnes, my friends!

This giveaway is now closed.

Yeah. Me neither.

It sort of fell by the wayside during all the getting ready to travel and actual travel and travel recovery.

But now it’s back.

And I’m updating it again.

And I just thought I’d let you know.

You can find it right here. Daily Linky Interwebby Awesomeness. Every single weekday.

Well, almost. And definitely not the weekdays when I’m in Africa and stuff.

But really, that hardly ever happens.

Thank you and have a lovely evening.

All righty, internets – this is gonna be fun.

Ann Taylor LOFT Maternity is giving away a brand-spankin’-new $100 gift card to one of you lucky people.

I KNOW!

And while I’m not exactly expecting a baby right now, I have to tell you that looking at their maternity clothes sort of makes me want to buy one of their shirts and stick a beach ball underneath it and then pat my tummy lovingly.

Because that is completely sane.

But I am, after all, the girl who started wearing maternity clothes when I was approximately eight weeks pregnant, not that I was showing even one iota, mind you.

There was just something about those oversized, roomy panels at the tops of maternity pants that I found oddly comforting.

Until, of course, I filled out those panels completely.

Anyway, here’s what you do it if you’d like to enter this particular giveaway (and you don’t have to be pregnant to win, oh my word no).

1. Click here to visit the Ann Taylor LOFT Maternity site.

2. Pick out one item of clothing that you would love to have if you were expecting (or if you are expecting).

3. Come back here and tell me all about it in the comments.

This giveaway will be open until Wednesday, February 20. And only one entry per internet, por favor.

Have fun, everybody!

This giveaway is now closed.