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.








The main thing on my list this year is to raise my good puppy into a great dog.
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I really want to learn how to wrap presents beautifully.
I also want to make cheese from scratch!
These are both items on my list.
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I’m working my way through decorating my house (finally). I’m thisclose to finishing my girls’ room. It’s so cute that it’s inspired me to finish the rest of the house!
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Finish. College. SOMEDAY!
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Take a photography class. This is one of two things I am asking for, for Christmas. The second being take a cooking class. 🙂
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I took surf lessons this summer and got a loaner board from a friend of mine. I can’t quite cross “learn to surf” off of my list yet, but I’m closer than I’ve ever been and I’m already looking forward to doing it again next summer!!
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Learn to speak Italian with my kids and enjoy la dolce vita.
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Life list –
Fall Weekend in Tennessee – football game with family and family pictures taken by Amy Beth Bullard.
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Yay free stuff!
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Join A Book Club – the thing on My Life List I have decided to do today! I suggested the Tiger’s Wife and can’t wait to get started.
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I just started taking piano lessons so that I will one day play Mozart’s Turkish March from beginning to end. Also want to share that I got my two sisters to start their life list, and in December, we’re planning our life list retreat.
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Life List: someday I will have abs like I did before having children. And I will make the perfect chocolate chip cookie. And I fully acknowledge one may negate the other.
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Fun stuff! As for the list, I’m currently registered to run my first half marathon at the end of January. Nervous but excited. 🙂
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I just checked “finish a triathlon” off my life list yesterday! But I enjoyed it so much, I think I may have created a monster. 🙂
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I am planning a trip to Santiago, Chile + Patagonia for next year! Life List #34, Hike Patagonia. Great inspiration from you.
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Take a cross-country road trip with my husband & son.
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#25 on my life list: win something 🙂
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I have seen life in pictures since my teens. I want to know my camera so much better, so that it is just an extension of myself!
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To eat steak and dulce de leche in Argentina — a goal I will be able to cross off next month, because I am visiting Buenos Aires for my honeymoon!
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Attending the Olympic Games has been on the top of my life list for 4 years now. So when the boyfriend casually mentioned that he would like to study abroad next summer, I started endorsing Oxford as a top choice.
We’ll see what happens!
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Visit Mt. Rushmore.
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Bake delicious homemade bread.
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how can I love everything? It’s like a totebag full of love.
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Now that you posted where the best beignets are, I know where to go to cross “eating beignets in New Orleans with my brother” off my list.
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To visit every continent in the world at least once. About half way there now, but there’s still work to be done!
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I am running/walking a half marathon this weekend. It will be my first ever and I don’t feel exactly majestic about it now, but since I just got dumped, I’m actually really glad to have a very physical (healthy) way to work through some emotions.
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wow! what a lovely giveaway!
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To clean my life of unhealthy people. This is a lot tougher than I thought…
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I really want to learn to deep sea dive. It scares me to death but, I think it would be so fun.
What a lovely bag o’ goodies. Thanks!
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To run a marathon – just finished my first half so I’m getting there!
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On my life list: Conquer the sewing machine!
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I’m going to finally finish the novel I’ve been working on (and off- mostly off!) since 2009. And then I can finally start its sequel. 🙂
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I just added “bake a souffle” to my life list… along with “take a ride in biplane”. Hoping to cross them off by next summer if all goes well. Thanks for all of the inspiration!
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Fairly typical Life List item but damnit, some day I will do it: Write a novel.
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In about three months I’ll be crossing off “See the Taj Mahal” from my life list! I AM SO EXCITED
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Finish our wedding album…just in time for our ten year anniversary.
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Ride a horse! Giddyup!
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Get a piano so that I can play whenever I want!
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Ride a tandem bike with the love of my life*, in coordinating outfits.
*Also on the list was marry him. Check!
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i’m taking my fist violin lesson tomorrow. always wanted to be able to play an instrument!
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I’m in the process of learning how to light a fire sans matches (or lighter)/.
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After the beautiful, well-planned and elegant funerals of 2 relatives, my cousin and I made a pact to create a 2-part girls weekend:
Part 1: When I die… we talk about and write down the funeral music, readings, flowers, and, equally important, post-funeral favorite beverages, party music (80s rock to pogo and slam dance to)…
Part 2: Reveal bucket lists and aim to know 2-3 items off them.
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I’m getting married to my lover and best friend next weekend! I am looking forward to sharing a lifetime of adventures with him.
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I’d love to go to Belgium with my husband and drink really good beer. 🙂
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Thank you for the contest. I would like to make shadow boxes that honor my grandparents’ lives — with photos and meaningful items from their lives like pocketwatches and handkerchiefs.
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One of my life list items is to visit 5 of the top 10 largest waterfalls in the world. I’ll be crossing off the first one in two weeks when I go to Argentina and visit Iguazu Falls!
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#1 on my Life List: I’ve never traveled outside of the US. Will one day take an extended vacation to Europe.
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I plan to decorate and organize my apartment so it feels like home.
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Making a trip to Italy with my soon-to-be husband….I’ve always wanted to go, and I can’t imagine a better person to go along….
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I just gave birth to my first child, a handsome little boy. He’s just the best thing since sliced bread.
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