Swanky Sweepin' Volume 83

Sweepstakes of the week:

Daily:

$1,500 Saks Fifth Avenue shopping spree   Ends 6/23

Single:

Smell like Britney  50 winners, ends 6/24

Too Faced makeup  100 winners, ends 7/29

One piece retro swimsuit  50 winners, ends 6/10. Do not subscribe.

Vacation in Utah  ...it's pretty, right? 15 winners, ends 8/30

Ojon haircare set  30 winners, ends 7/29

Zombie apocalypse kit  Ends 8/30

Birthday Freebies - Shopping Discounts

I turned older again. HOWRUDE. Let's just pretend that didn't really happen.

The only good thing about turning older (once you're past 21) is that you can get things for free, even from people who don't know you. WHAAT. We've written about the freebies before (and you should check them out if you haven't already), but I'm here today to tell you that there's also shopping discounts to score. Perhaps not as exciting as completely free, but you could get a good deal on something you've been eyeballing.

Here's some of the discounts I received by email. Let us know if you have any to add to the list!

Free birthday gift set from Philosophy with $25 order
$10 off $50 at Old Navy
$20 off $50 at Alloy
20% off GOjane
25% off Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
10% off Spanx
20% off at LovelySkin.com
$5 off $30 at Hot Topic
20% off $50 purchase at Urban Outfitters
Free shipping, no minimum at Macys

Swanky Sweepin' Volume 82

Sweepstakes of the week:

Daily:

Trip to Bordeaux, France  2 winners, ends 12/31

$10,000  and 50 winners of $500, ends 7/31
 
Single:

Nail wraps and a candle  30 winners, ends 5/29

Bunch of beauty stuff  all end 5/30

Cute sunglasses from Quayeyeware  20 winners, ends 5/31

$5,000  Pinterest contest, ends 12/31

$7,500 gift card  Polyvore contest, ends 7/15

Swanky Sweepin' Volume 81

Sweepstakes of the week:

Daily:

Teen Vogue sweepstake  STILL going on

Trip to Paradise Island  7 winners and a bunch of instant prizes, ends 8/8


Single:

Trip to Hawaii  Ends 5/26

Trip to SF for the Ghirardelli chocolate festival  Ends 7/31

Trip to St. Lucia  Ends 6/24

Viking Christmas cruise  Ends 6/12

Trip to Sasquatch music festival  2 winners, ends 5/12

Catching up with Rita: The Great Gatsby Inspired Wedding Edition

My mom took this "official" photo of us on our apartment stoop, 

because we fancy like that. 

As I sit down to write this post, I must ask myself: what have I been doing with my life during my most recent hiatus from Whoreders? Well, in addition to a whole lot of nothing, I got a promotion and a 17% raise at work (::waves tiny flag::), I got a root canal, I joined a gym and then managed to gain 5 pounds (how does that happen?), oh yes and I went to Iceland where I ate lots of Skyr (Icelandic yogurt. Get some at your local Whole Foods right now.) and came back engaged to light of my life, fire of my loins, my favorite manboy extraordinaire, Casey O. Oh and I just bought tickets to see New Order this summer. Overall, things are pretty darn good.

Despite the fact that the word fiancé still feels a little weird and that I made all the married women at work wince by wearing my engagement ring on my middle finger and on the wrong hand for a whole week before I finally had it resized, I am slowly settling into this engaged lady thing and that includes my fair share of searching on the internet for all that is vintage, lovely, and (off) white. And while I'm far from an expert on getting married fabulously and inexpensively, I sure do hope to be one day so today I will share some ideas for a Great Gatsby inspired affair on a not so Jay Gatsby budget! First off, if you haven’t seen this trailer yet, you must not have a television and/or the remains of a teenage obsession with Leonardo DiCaprio like I do and therefore are much cooler than me. Whatever the case, watch it now and you won't be sorry. I mean, how much celluloid gorgeousness can auteur after my own heart, Baz Luhrmann, cram into 3 minutes?

Très romantic, right? 

Swanky Sweepin' Volume 80

Sweepstakes of the week:

Daily:

Year supply of donuts  100 winners, plus other prizes. Ends 6/30

Lighting by Vanilla Ice  Yes, he now designs lamps. Ends 6/1

Single:

$100 Beautyhabit.com shopping spree  100 winners, ends 6/24

$100 Too Fast shopping spree  2 winners, ends 5/2

Trip to Berlin  Ends 5/17

Trip to CO for Rupaul's Drag Race Tour  Ends 5/14

Gel polish kit  30 winners, ends 5/23

Trip to Germany  Ends 6/30

Trip to Iceland where Game of Thrones was filmed  Ends 5/17

Gas mask  I know you want one. Ends 5/5

Swanky Sweepin' Volume 79

Sweepstakes of the week:

Daily:

Trip to Hawaii  Jon Hamm not included. Waaaah. Ends 5/7

Target gift card  56 winners, ends 5/8

Super amazing vacation in New Orleans and Graceland  Ends 5/31

Single:

$200 Amour Vert shopping spree  75 winners, ends 5/13

Diamond Oil  100 winners, ends 4/30

$5,000 Amazon credit  Ends 5/2

Pink Schwinn bike  5 winners, ends 5/20

Soap & Glory set  100 winners, ends 5/24

Trip to Europe  Ends 5/31

$5,000 Neiman Marcus shopping spree  Ends 6/17


Photo: Jon Hamm with a creepster mustache