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.








Wow – what a cool giveaway! Hmm…one of my life list things that I crossed off this past year was to finally visit every one of the 50 U.S. states. Hurray for completion! one thing I have yet to do is travel internationally with my kids. That one I hope to check off soon.
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One of the things on my list was to run a 5k. I managed that, so I added ‘run a 10k’ and then ‘run a half marathon’… My second half marathon is (eep!) tomorrow, and sooner or later I’m going to be able to cross off ‘run a marathon’ and add ‘run an ultramarathon’. My list seems to have accidentally turned me into a runner…
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I want to travel for six months with my husband and our three children. I want to make part of my living by writing.
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one thing on my life list that i (oddly) just realized i haven’t done is:
go to the southern hemisphere.
i don’t even care where.
also, dahlias are #1. they are popping up everywhere in portland right now.
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Hike the appalachian trail, from end to end!
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I have ‘plant 100 trees’ on my life list and this week I planted #8. Anyone need another tree planted in Denver?
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You have the best giveaways!
Take a life drawing class.
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Great giveaway, thanks!
I want to read all of Shakespeare’s plays.
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I rode in an open cockpit, WWII era biplane this morning. And the pilot even let me handle the stick for a bit! In doing so, I discovered that in addition to bowling with a hook, I also FLY that way!!!
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i keep thinking I want to make a life list. And I haven’t yet. But if I did, it would have to include hiking the hut-to-hut trails in New Zealand.
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My Life List project has brought me fun and taught me to welcome the unknown. I took care of a few big items on the list this past summer —– including one of those things that you can’t plan —– falling in love. I plan to take up knitting again this winter.
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I’m knocking 3 of my goals off in the three weeks! I’m getting married (one goal), and my fiance has so completely embraced my list, he’s not only made one of his own, but has planned our honeymoon around a few of my goals. We’re driving the Pacific Coast Highway, including a visit to the Getty Museum.
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My life list includes the goal of taking my son Briggs back to Ethiopia where he was born and lived the first year of his life.
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I already learned how to blow glass, so now I just need to learn to milk a cow someday.
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I would like to spend a month in Vietnam.
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I want to be able to carry a conversation in Spanish.
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Wonderful giveaway! My nearest “life list” goal is to run a 25K in May… I’ve been pregnant/nursing for 2 of the past 3, so nows my chance!
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I want to get into business school this year. Thanks for the giveaway, Maggie!
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I’ve been working on a book proposal for three months now. It’s not perfect yet. I would like to mail it anyway.
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Bake my grandmothers Angel Food cake!
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Yay for giveaways!
I will be heading to O You! in Atlanta next weekend to complete a life list item. I originally wanted to be in the audience of an Oprah show but, like many, was never able to get tickets. So, seeing Ms. Winfrey (and Gail and Lisa Ling and Suze and Nate Berkus) will be my alternative. I can’t wait!
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It’s been a dream since I was a child to start a restaurant. Definitely high up on my life list.
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Life list: live in London for a month!
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I want to teach my children to ride a horse.
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Somedays I succeed at being Mighty. Other days I’m only semi-mighty.
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Relearn Greek and be able to speak it conversationally so that someday I can take my family to Athens and show them where I studied in college.
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On the Life List for this year: Learn how to use my awesome camera.
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I would like to take singing lessons so that I can, one day, serenade my husband without destroying his eardrums! What a beautiful giveaway.
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I have it on my list to see the complete Wagner Ring Cycle at Bayreuth. This is one of those impossible things you should have on your life list, so if you finish everything else you aren’t bored. It is probably so unlikely that someone like me could ever get tickets and afford to go, and the waiting list is like ten years long, but whoo boy, would it be worth it.
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On my list: See the Northern Lights!
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Build a patio in our backyard by ourselves.
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visit bangkok, hong kong, tokyo (amongst a million other destinations…)
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Someday, I will own my own business- and support myself with it!
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Have a garden!
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Trip with best friend. Nearly impossible to achieve due to conflicting very tight schedules. Booked for 2012. Couldn’t be more tickled.
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On my life list is helping my children create their own life lists. I look forward to showing them how their dreams have changed as they have grown up.
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I want to finish my bachelor’s degree!
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I want to share the gospel.
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Love the giveaway. Fingers crossed for a win!
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To live in a foreign country for over one year.
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I want to swim in every ocean!
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Finish and defend my dissertation. Hopefully within the next year and a half.
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Still haven’t been to Alcatraz. This year fo sho.
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I’ve been crossing stuff off my life list, but one thing Im still working on is doing a parachute jump. I’m terrifed of heights/falling. To me this would symbolize controlling my fears, not letting them control me.
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I’ve always wanted to pay for someone behind me in the drivethrough. There….I’m putting it out there.
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Buy a really good piece of original artwork.
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On my life list: travel abroad alone!
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I want to run the Dipsea!
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Newest life list goal: win a Mighty Summit gift bag!
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to sell my art on a consistent basis
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