Ria's 40th Birthday Bash Giveaway

I can't believe I'm saying this but I am actually excited to turn 40! I am turning 40! Hooray!
For that, I am giving away 2 of my favorite goodies to the lucky participants. The mechanics are simple but mandatory and will be tracked by rafflecopter.com.

• Like my It's My Party page in Facebook (10 points)
• Write about the giveaway and link back (10 points)
• Follow msculit at Twitter (10 points)
• Click on my Google +1 anywhere in my blog (5 point)
• Add all my blogs to your blogroll (5 points)

www.riablahgs.com

www.homefamilyheart.com

www.redlipspinkytoes.com

www.riatravelbug.blogspot.com

The giveaway starts on February 16, 2012 12:00 midnight (UAE local time) and will end on March 15, 2012 at the stroke of midnight (UAE local time). Then give me few days to verify all the gathered entries to announce the winner. This is my first time to hold a giveaway and to use rafflecopter.com so please bear with me. I may still have a hang-over after that for celebrating my "over-the-hill" moment :) This giveaway is open to all bloggers around the world with a valid postal address. All prizes will be shipped regularly via postal services.

The lucky winners will be notified by email so make sure to "like" my page in Facebook so I have a way of contacting you.

Please scroll down to view the prizes and the entry form to fill up. You may use the logo of this giveaway (the on top of the article) along with other photos here as teasers for your posts. Kindly link back.

1st Giveaway - H&M Loot 

Consists of:

Big canvas tote bag (with sling handle)

Hand creams (2x 10ml)

Big pouch

Big eyeshadow palette (32 shades)

Manicure set

2nd Giveaway - Bath and Body Works Loot

Consists of:

Sweat Pea Fragrance Mist (88ml)

Sweat Pea Body Lotion (88ml)

Sweat Pea Shower Gel (88ml)

Join now and Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway


You can embed the entry form in your blog article by copying this code:

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/share-code/NzY5NjY0ZWZmMTE3OTQxMmM1ZTFiZmRlMmZkZmIxOjA=/

Thanks! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! :)

Surprise!

Surprises, whether pleasant or not (of course, I'd rather get the pleasant ones) are the least of my favorites. I have never been keen on such because not too long ago, I got a surprise which changed my life forever. It wasn't the kind of surprise one would like to get especially while at work but just like what a surprise is intended to be, it just came. That surprise was a bad one, one that I'd wish I never had been bequeathed by the Higher Force.

Few days ago, I got a phone call. I normally don't pick up calls in my mobile from numbers I do not know nor listed in my phone book. This one call was different. I was at work when the mobile rang and I just glanced and thought, "Hmmmm, who might be calling me this early?" I answered and the man on the opposite line was a pleasant guy asking how I was and I asked how I may help him. He told me, "Oh no, how (the name of the shopping mall!!!) might help you" and he laughed a little. I asked why. Then comes the nice surprise. He told me that I won the raffle. It wasn't the major prize because that was yet to be drawn! hahaha... However, I won a cash prize and no matter how small the amount was compared to the major prize, the fact was, I won! Yey! I thanked the Lord and called my husband and daughter right away to share the news because it's not so often that I get calls like that. Now, that's the kind of surprise I'd desire to have...