Coach Purse Giveaway

Another Bad Luck Story:

I feel that I am the unluckiest person on the planet sometimes!

And I firmly believe it is because I was born on Friday the 13th!

My 21st birthday fell on Friday the 13th - and my lung collapsed that day!  I spent my whole 21st Birthday Weekend in the hospital!  No Trauma or anything, just a spontaneous pneumothorax.  They said I could suffer up to 7 in my lifetime, and thankfully I have not experienced another one.  I am 27 years old now.

Now my 24th Birthday was not on a Friday, but 3 days later my car was broken into to.

On My birthday I had received a new Coach Purse and an 80G IPod.

My Mustang was parked out front of the house I was living in at the time. Very nice Neighborhood.

Now for whatever reason I had my iPod in the center console, my new coach purse in the back seat along with a Gwen Stefani LAMB bag from her original line, totally RARE.

I went outside in the morning to go to work and my car door was slightly ajar.  I got in and saw that my center console was open, and my iPod was gone, along with my two purses in the back seat!

NOTE TO SELF - I DONT CARE HOW SAFE OF AN AREA YOU FEEL YOU LIVE IN RACHEL....DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR CAR.

That was the first time my car had been broken into, and it's happened twice since then....except the next two times no one got anything! 

Now my window is never broken or anything of that sort, so I guess an 02 mustang can just be unlocked really easily with a slim Jim or something?

LAME!

So I recently started entering Sweepstakes via Facebook and blogs.

So far I have won:

$25 Gift Certificate to a restaurant in my town called El Tapatio - Thanks Heart for the City!

$25 Apple Store Gift Card - Thanks ESET.com

$20 Fandango Gift Card thanks to Fox Searchlight Pictures! I used it to go see "The Roommate" with my best friend Liz.  (I do not recommend seeing this movie)

"The Tillman Story" on DVD.  I haven't gotten the chance to watch it yet.  As soon as I do I will review it.  I gave it to my neighbor to watch, and he said it is absolutely stunning.

I won a great book from GoodReads.com  They have so many book giveaways it's incredible!  Definitely stop by there and enter to win some!

I won a $150 SpaFinder.com Gift Certificate.  I have a nail appointment tomorrow afternoon!

$50 Cattlemen's Restaurant Gift Card, thanks to the California Beef Council.  Ironic, I don't eat Beef, BUT I love Cattlemen's.  I think their restaurants are only in California.

I won a gift from GoodHouseKeeping.com Magazine.  They have a great daily giveaway that is Sponsored by BeyondTheRack.com  I don't know what my prize is, but I am anxious to find out!  I will definitely review the product when I receive it.

A seven piece cookware pot and pan set by Bialetti.  Retails about $200. I can't wait to review this product!!

 WOAH!!!!! I am feeling SOOOOO great, it feels like 2011 is going to be a great year and that maybe my luck is changing!

Plus I recently started walking 6+ miles every other day, and doing the shake weight routine every day at home.

I am so proud of myself, and being that I've never worked out a day in 27 years - I had no idea how good it can make you feel!

So I decided today that I wanted to see if there were any Coach Purse giveaways out there, and I came across a blog that is giving one away.

It's a nifty little website, so definitely check it out, and enter to win yourself.

http://fashionallure.blogspot.com/2011/01/give-away.html

Rachel Rach

LAMB By Gwen Stefani for LeSportSac

The first LAMB Bag that I got was the 2003 1st edition Hella Hobo bag seen here:

It is my absolute favorite purse of all time.  The great thing about these purses is the material.  It is so easy to clean!  You just have to use a wet washcloth with some soap, and everything comes right off.    Now this was 8 years ago when I was 19 years old.  Now days I need something bigger to carry all of my stuff!  This purse will always be held dear in my heart though!

This Red Hella Hobo bag is my 2nd favorite.  It was great to wear when I was wearing a red shirt, sweater or scarf.  It was an absolute necessity with my Devil Halloween costume.  Sadly, this bag was stolen from me back in my party days.  I miss it dearly and would love to find a replacement.

I loved this Cursive Hella Hobo!  I was very choosy on when I would use it because it was so unique and hard to find, that I was afraid of getting it dirty. It has Gwen's handwriting on it saying "where did my lamb go" on various lines all over the bag.  Again, sadly, this was stolen along with my Coach Purse and iPod when my car was broken in to in front of my house.  These purses seem to be collectors items, and are still being offered on ebay few and far between.

I am not sure exactly the name and style of this purse.  But I have it in both black and white.  It's an over the chest bag, and it's great to use when you are out in the busy city to feel more secure.  It has a nice long strap, that you can adjust to any length.  I like the security I feel being able to have it across my chest and knowing it would be harder for a purse snatcher to grab.  I still use the black one alot because it is large and holds more stuff.

I love it when I see girls out and about wearing a LAMB Bag.  It reminds me of my youth, and it's nice to see a fellow Gwen Stefani Fan.  I met Gwen for the 1st time in 2001 when I was 18 years old.  A year later, her LeSportSac LAMB line of hand bags came out.  I was first in line at Macy's to buy one.  I was wearing it a year later in Las Vegas at the 2002 Billboard Music Awards and I heard a woman say "Hey Nice Purse".  I turned around and my gosh, it was Gwen Stefani.

She was everywhere in Vegas that week, and I had the privilege of meeting and chatting with her on numerous occasions that week and other years later.

She was so polite and sweet.  She even introduced her parent's to my father, who is the BIGGEST Gwen Fan on the Planet!

In this picture above you can see that I am wearing the Hella Hobo Black and White Purse.(a little bit)

And just for fun - some more of the No Doubt Band Members, Tom Dumont and Adrian Young. (You can see the purse better in these pictures)

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST......Please don't make fun of me I was 18 years old in this picture!

All my LAMB and No Doubt Swag!