Like my friend, Cyndi of Southern Daze, I am getting a tease of fall weather today. It started off muggy and 85 degrees this morning, then it rained. Now it is in the 70s and cloudy outside. I was shivering in my office this afternoon, but not complaining. I will never complain that I’m too cold. Fall is almost here! It’ll warm up again a few times, I’m sure, but I’m so excited to have it so close.

I spent some of the day on Sunday cleaning out my closet. I do this every time the seasons change. I can’t stand clutter and I can’t stand seeing things that just take up space. Todd and I share a closet and it’s not huge, by any means. We have enough space, but we’ve had to get creative, and he keeps all of his coats in one of the downstairs bedroom closets. I decided that it was time to purge. I cleaned out three huge black yard-size trash bags full of clothes. I even convinced Todd to come give it a try. He had tons of old law firm polos and fleece jackets (with the law firm logo on them) that still had tags on them.

I feel so refreshed getting rid of this stuff! So refreshed that I want to go shopping to fill my closet back up! Just kidding, Todd.

Does anyone else get a kick out of purging everything once or twice a year like I do?

Alexis at Our Journey to Forever did a recent post about Paying it Forward. Pay it Forward is one of my favorite movies and it has such a cool message. I was one of the lucky 3 winners from her post, so I’m paying it forward to you.

Here are the rules to the game:

The exchange focuses on doing an act of kindness without expecting anything in return other than that the recipient will, in their turn, pass the kindness along and pay it forward.

This is how it works… I am going to agree to send something fun, cute, & nice to the first 3 blog owners who post a comment on this entry. In turn, those three will post this information and pick 3 people they want to send something to and so on.

Unfortunately, due to postage costs, I can only pay it forward within the United States. If you are interested in participating, be one of the first 3 blog owners to leave a comment! The little something you send can be something you made, bought, were given or found. Just a gift that will make the person smile.

So if you’re interested, be one of the first three to leave a comment. You have to agree to pay it forward on your blog by posting this, linking to me, and paying it forward to three more people.

I got my rules from Mojito Maven!

Leave a comment, get a happy from me!

Christmas is a few months away, but I spent a good part of the weekend (when I wasn’t getting sunburned) searching for Christmas decorations for our house. Then A Belle and Her Beau did a post today about where she and her husband would be spending their first holidays as a married couple, so I thought I’d touch on our holiday schedule.

Then, the more traditional option.

I’m not going to talk about the Gamecocks and our heartbreaking loss. I’m not going to talk about how stinkin’ hot it was in Columbia on Saturday. I’m not going to talk about the fact that my face, neck, and shoulders are more sunburned than they’ve been since I was in middle school.

I’m going to talk about my 200th post giveaway!!!

I’m really excited about this giveaway. It’s the Reisenthel collapsible basket and cover. And the cover is monogrammable! I got one of these baskets as a wedding gift and I love it. I use it to carry food to pot lucks. I use it at the grocery store. I use it for tailgates. I’m planning to use it for picnics when the weather is finally tolerable. It’s a great basket and it stores so nicely!

All you have to do is leave a comment telling me how you would use the basket. I’ll be entering all of your names into a drawing on Saturday, September 20 and announcing the winner on my blog. Make sure you don’t enter as “anonymous.”

There are so many cute colors and patterns! When the winner is announced, I’ll get the winner’s preference on color and monogram options.

Good luck! Leave a comment!