The Winner of Giveaway 1..

.. the MAC eyepencil is..

*drum rolls*

The Purple Foodie: I absolutely *love* using eyeliners. I like using different colours (blue, brown, purple, green, grey) but nothing beats black smoky eyes. I use Almay, Maybelline and Rimmel.

Congratulations and I hope you enjoy 'Buried Treasure' as much as I do.

How I chose the random winner:

I had initially planned to just draw numbers from 1-60 and then find the corresponding commentor to be declared as the winner. But some people had left multiple comments and I had left comments in between too. So I did it the old-fashioned way - wrote each of the names on pieces of paper, put them in a bowl, shook them up nicely and made TH pick the winner.

Thanks everyone for participating and making it all so exciting. The next item on the list is pretty exciting too and I hope you would join in again. I will be announcing it in the next couple of weeks so stay tuned!

Purple Foodie, please email me at naagu.v@gmail.com to claim your prize :)

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The first giveaway and my 'MAC-lined eyes' picture

I chickened out and chose the easiest option. A bunch of you suggested this as well so hopefully its something you are excited about too.

So here it is. The first of more to come (unless I go bankrupt or something, with all the shopping I've planned to do for you guys!)

I am giving away one MAC PowerPoint eye pencil in 'Buried Treasure'.

To enter, just leave a comment with what sort of eye make-up you use. If you don't, then you can tell me why you think those who do are snobs. Or anything else you want to talk about, even the weather. Make sure that you leave a name or link to your blog profile in case I need to contact you.

Last date to enter is Friday, July 17th, Midnight - Singapore time (GMT + 8:00). One randomly chosen winner will be announced over the coming weekend.

Good luck!!

Now, here is a picture I took a while back of me wearing the MAC eyeliner and sans some much-needed chapstick. Don't blame me, you asked for it! :D

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Friday Blues >> Brainwave!

You think Mondays are bad? What about Fridays after 2pm? Time draa-aa-aa-aa-gs. Its like mom has cooked all your favourite dishes and they are hot and ready on the table but its only 11am so not time for lunch yet. Well, even if that happened, I would go ahead and eat, who cares about eating lunch at a particular time.

I digress.

This weekend we are meeting TH's friend and family who are in SG for a vacation. Then I have my yoga class on Sunday that am really looking forward to (did I tell you I started practising yoga? Well I did and it kicks ass. One class over so far :)). On Sunday for dinner, we have a couple coming over. That's probably the best part 'cuz I get to cook for them. TH and I have to brainstorm the menu and buy the necessary vegetables and groceries. Fun times!

The point is, when your weekend looks unusually promising like that, your Friday drags the hell out. You look at the time and its 2:15. You do some work and look again, its 2:18. What's with that?

Anyway, while I was snacking on some green bean cakes from Vietnam, trying to pretend they are just like our besan ladoos, I was hit with a brainwave.

Giveaways!

Spread the love. Give to those who want and need. So I am going to come up with a list of stuff I can giveaway either through this blog or through my cooking blog. Look out for announcement and details on entering the raffle, ok?

So excited!

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