Right off the bat, I wanna tell you guys that this isn't going to happen very often. First, I have received no compensation from these companies that I'll be talking about today. The stuff that I'm giving away I either received as a gift, I won or I redeemed, but often with things that come for free, you don't have much of a choice. I could have sold these things or donate them to a thrift store, but since they are pretty good quality and people reading my blog could benefit from them, why not. Everything I am giving away today is brand new and has never been worn before. But let's get started, so I can get it over with before I go to my job interview. And yes, I am writing this post as therapy since I am anxious out of my mind and I feel a panic attack coming any minute now. I need a distraction before noon and this is a good one.
Here's what I am talking about. Looks like Christmas yet?
1. Two New Balance Lightning Dry® Tank Tops M (women's)
2. Under Armour Technical Tshirt XL (women's).
3. Two Running Room caps.
More details below.
1. Two New Balance Lightning Dry® Tank Tops M (women's)
Sometime at the beginning of the year, Kellogg's started this campaign to give out technical tank tops made by New Balance if you were eating enough of their cereal. We don't eat cereal, but we eat lots of cereal bars, which were also good in this promotion. So we bought 4 boxes, we got a tank top. And I really liked it. I got mine early, a size S. And then we ate more cereal bars. And redeemed more tank tops. But by the second and third time, there were no more small sizes left, so I asked for medium, already thinking about you, my blog readers. Therefore I have two extra tank tops, that are too big for me.
I wore mine during the
Run4Hope 5K race as you can see below. It's very light, it stays put (does not ride up) and indeed, it dries lightning fast. And I got a PR and second in my age group in it. I bet it has some magical powers that you'll have to discover as you wear it.
I took more pictures of my tank top, as a reminder, I did not open the other ones, they are still in their baggies and not very sexy looking when you point a camera at them.
There is a reflective New Balance logo on the top right and a Special K on the back between the shoulder blades, really not that big, it didn't bother me at all. Given my camera's inability to choose a proper RGB combination, you will have to take my word on the color combo: the tank top is made of a red front panel and a back burgundy (dark red) one.
Again, both tank tops are a size M and I would say that they are good for sizes 8-12, depending how snug of a fit you want. I am not small (134lb, 5'3" and I have a healthy chest), but the small fit well, so now you have a reference point.
2. Under Armour Technical Tshirt XL (women's).
My mom bought me this tshirt from France and I'm pretty sure she spent good money on it. It's incredibly soft, light and I'm sure I could fold it and fit it into a Kinder Surprise egg. Ok, maybe not that small, but you get the idea. It feels very comfy to wear, the only problem is that it's 3 sizes too big for me. Mom didn`t get the memo that I lost 30lb, but I'm sure she meant well.
As for the color, I'm sure that you must be rather puzzled by now, but my camera didn't quite know what to do with it, again. I would say that the following picture (with the tank top) is probably the most accurate. It's... green-yellow-ish.
By reading the sticker on the front, it appears that it has built-in sun protection as well, so you won't need to put on sunscreen underneath. D'uh. It has two Under Armour logos, in the front and on the back, both I believe are retro-reflective.
Last thing about this thsirt, it's pretty big, but not huge. I don't think it fits my husband for example, so I'd say maybe a women's size 12-14. Below I put the tank top that I described above (size S) on top so you can see the difference.
3. Two Running Room caps.
These two I got when I went to the Around the Bay runners' expo and spun the wheel at the Running Room booth. Both my husband and I won one of these caps, but we have many others, so again, one of you may want one instead. They are orange, I bet they dry fast as they are mostly made of mesh and have quite a few reflective logos.
The black lining is made of absorbent fabric (towel like) to prevent sweat from dripping into your eyes I suppose. A nice touch. They are size adjustable in the back so these look pretty unisex to me (or rather anysex).
Now, how do you get to win one of the above? You will have to
leave me a comment for each item, if you want to participate to the draw for more than one. Of course, tell me which item you want in each post.
Do NOT request more than an item by comment because it will make my brain hurt. Ideally, it would be nice to have some competition in the draw, or at least as many entries as there are items, so feel free to tweet about this giveaway or talk about it in your blog. I can understand if you don't want to, but some people like to live more dangerously than others. Or if you know someone who wants something but you don't, let them know. It's that easy. Tell them to come over and leave me a comment for a chance to get it.
Easy? Now get commenting! I hope someone will want something, if not, that's gonna be embarrassing.
You have until Saturday midnight (EST) to leave me a comment. I will come back with the results on Sunday.
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