When we were pulling together gifts for the Mighty Summit, we set a few aside to give away. Here’s what’s up for grabs today:
Large Natural Zip Top Canvas Tote Bag by Lands End
I had no idea how useful these were until I had one. Sturdy, preppy delicious, and just the right size for a weekend away. Yours will not say “Sarah” on the front, but it will have the same trim.
I bought a pair of these genius travel shoes a while back, and they’re one of my favorite things. Tieks fold in half so you can stuff them in your purse, and the quality is amazing. They come in all sorts of candy colors and metallics — plus they pack flat and slip off easily when you’re heading through airport security. The winner gets to choose any pair for $135 and under.
Bamboo Dahlia Necklace By Feisty Elle
You know that girl who always looks so cool, and you can never pinpoint what it is about her? Good jewelry. Dahlias are my favorite flower, and designer Leslie Yang made a silver version of this necklace for Summit attendees.
Neoprene Laptop Case from Mixed Bag
Now you can drop your laptop more stylishly than before.
Tattly makes temporary tattoos that don’t suck. We’ve talked about these before, and they’ve come out with a few new designs since. Instant toughness boost for the nerd corps.
A one-year subscription to Typekit, the service that lets you use a variety of fonts on your site without having to serve them as images. Have you noticed the Web has been looking prettier lately? Thank these guys.
Gretchen Rubin was one of our Mighty Summit attendees this year, and she brought along her New York Times Bestselling book, which is about her year-long experiment in making her life happier. I love this idea, and this book.
The Quintet Necklace by Lemonade Handmade
I’ve mentioned this necklace before, we give one to each of the attendees to symbolize the five Life List goals they hope to accomplish in the coming year. I love the necklace for its simplicity, and I like the idea of five golden rings being little commitments to yourself. I wear mine most days until I’ve crossed everything off for the year.
And that’s it for today. Pretty good, huh? To enter please leave a comment about something on your Life List, contest closes next Thursday night at midnight PST. Helen Jane and Laura at The Queso are doing giveaways as well, so head over there for two more chances to win.
Now for the fine print: Please only leave one comment here, because it’s the nice thing to do, and also because multiple entries on Mighty Girl will be disqualified. I’ll use random.org to select the winner, and I’ll announce who won at the top of this post and in a separate post next Friday. Offer eligible only to U.S. and Canada.








learn to drive by the time I’m 40. I’m 39 now. Must get over the anxiety!!
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Run a marathon. Or even just a half!
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To learn to sew my own clothes 🙂
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What a fantastic gift bag! So jealous I couldn’t make it to the Mighty Summit!
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i’m still working on my life list – such a fun exercise!
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I want to see the Northern Lights. Looks like I missed an awesome chance last week!
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Send one hand-written correspondence (letter, thank you card, greeting card) per month.
Also, hurrah for contests open to Canadians. Thanks.
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Trek the Annapurna circuit.
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One of the dreams on my life list is to visit Peru and Machu Picchu and I’m pretty sure I would rock the hell out of those flats in Peru!
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i’d like to learn to sew and reupholster furniture.
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On my life list for this year is to eat at a Michelin Star restaurant.
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Growing veggies is on my list. Also, I have that book on my wishlist on amazon.-
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I will absolutely positively finish writing that mystery novel that’s been on the shelf for far too long!
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Travel to Tuva in southern Siberia and pay homage to Richard Feynman
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This is the best giveaway I’ve seen in ages! My latest Life List addition is: Make a timpano! It’s an elaborate italian pastry full of pasta, salame, cheese, eggs and LOVE. Maybe for the holidays!
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Run for office!
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Climb Half Dome before I can’t do it!
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Learn to knit socks
Write more
Exercize more
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I will write my life list! 🙂
Seriously, I only have a few things on there right now, and I’ve been meaning to sit down and add to it for a while. I keep doing things that I realized would have been on the list if I had taken that time (like taking trapeze lessons).
One item that IS on my short little list is to learn how to perform a Japanese tea ceremony.
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Continue living one day at a time….
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I’d be so happy if I won, it might just inspire me to come up with a life list!!
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Road trip across a foreign country with my sisters.
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Simplify! I want less choices in my closet, less stuff in my garage that I will never use, and thus more time for the good stuff.
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Plan a 3 week trip (not vacation)and take it in the next year. Perhaps the silver back gorillas in Rwanda…
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want, want, WANT! all those beautiful and useful things. pretty please.
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I’m removing the word “hate” from my vocabulary.
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Checked off the list this year: Belly dancing classes.
Added to the life list this year: Cello lessons
Yay for lists!!
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ohhhhh, I think I love everything that you have included for the giveaway! Hope I am a lucky winner. One of my life goals is to travel through Europe. I will get there someday!
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Right now the thing I’m working on from my life list is learning how to cook… It’s been a struggle seeing as it’s not exactly my favorite thing to do, but I’m trying!
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I know this is going to sound totally sycophantic, but having a drink with Maggie Mason is totally on my list.
Also on my list: take my family and live abroad for a year (or more).
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Love your spirit of giving..ness. Thank you for offering these items. I covet the bamboo necklace, but I think the book would be more enriching to my life.
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I am going to get my drivers license before I am 35 (this December).
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Learn French — and use it!
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My life list includes swimming with sharks in the wild (and preferably not dying and having it be the last thing accomplished on my life list).
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on my life list: attend a mighty summit some day! 😉
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Owning a house. I know, compared with others, I seem so mundane but this is a life goal for me.
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I’m determined to find a better job this year and go back to school.
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I just booked my flights for a trip to the UK next spring. So excited!
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Streamline, simplify, donate and move to closer to family.
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I want to visit New York City in the fall and splash in the crisp colored leaves in Central Park! My 30th birthday is next year, so I am planning a girls trip to New York October next year to cross this one off my list and commemorate my twenties!!!
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Next on the list: revamp garage for some quality creative space.
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Take my mom and daughter to Paris is high on my life list.
Also, to attend a Mighty Summit is also on the list.
Thanks for encouraging all of us to have life lists.
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Those things. I want them all! So many awesome items… you rock, Maggie!
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My husband has been very supportive of my Life List and always tries to work in creative ways to cross things off it when we’re traveling.
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In two weeks I’m taking myself on a trip by myself – to see the amazing graffiti and architecture in Montreal, to Niagra Falls, and to simply spend a few days relaxing away from work. Three life list items in one fell swoop!
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You’re pretty great at putting together gift bags – no one getting any of these lovely and useful things would have to feign excitement.
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This probably sounds silly, but item numero uno on my life list is to make a life list. Item #2 is to do one thing on my life list. So if I actually make a life list, I’ll have 2 things done right off the bat. I chose those two things to be #1 and #2 because I’m really bad at wanting to do things but never getting around to planning them, let alone doing them. So they’re kind of like my little commitment to myself that, hey, we’re doing this, yo.
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I want to visit Ireland and see where my ancestors are from. Also, learn how to cook a whole fish.
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Take accordion lessons! My goal is to start after the new year.
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The item on my life list that I’m currently working the most on is to run a 5K in under 28 minutes.
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