In which it’s Pizza Friday and another give-away!
Posted by Isabel on November 14th, 2008. Filed under: Give-Aways.Holy crap, is it Friday already? Yes, today marks the end of this work week and the last day of open enrollment at my office. Of course I left it to the last minute and am now scrambling to figure out what insurance I want to sign up for. (I want the plan that’s free. Unfortunately my company is not offering that plan this year.) (Go figure.)
Tonight I’m making my (semi) famous homemade pizza for some friends from church that just moved here from Arizona. Get this, they like the weather here in Seattle. They chose to leave the sun and the fun of Arizona for rain drenched winters in Seattle.
To each his own.
Okay, so not only is today the last day for open enrollment at work and pizza Friday, it’s also time for another installment of WIN FREE JEWELRY from Kate.
Last Friday’s installment had over sixty people vying to win a piece of Kate’s amazing fused glass jewelry. (Long-time reader Janssen was the lucky winner!) To enter the give-away last week I had you look through Kate’s pieces on Etsy and tell me which one was your favorite and why. Kate’s added even more pieces up for sale. (Still no rings. But I’ve seen her rings and I WANT ONE!) This week let’s do something a little different.
So, to enter this week’s give-away for one of Kate’s fused glass pendants all you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me how pretty I am the location of your first kiss.
You have until Monday the 18th at midnight to enter. Everyone, including Janssen, can win. And yes, we’ll ship outside of the US of A. Winner will be chosen at random. So enter. And tell your friends. And maybe even tell the first person you kissed.
(I’m going in for ANOTHER colonoscopy on Monday. So while you’re all waiting to hear if you won this week’s give-away, I’ll be having my colon probed. And not in a good way.)
(As if there is a good way.)
November 14th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
The chances of me winning TWICE are too low to even bother with, but my first kiss story is a good one.
I went to Six Flags with some friends and on the way back (llllllate at night), I fell asleep and the guy who I had recently recently started dating kissed me. WHILE I WAS SLEEPING. Meaning that I have no conscious memory of my first kiss. Charming.
November 14th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I’ll play this week! My first kiss happened while waiting in line for a haunted hay ride. I was 15 and thought that I was probably the last person to ever be kissed. It was just a quick peck from my boyfriend at the time, but at that point in time it was about the best thing to ever happen to me. Of course, we totally made out later that night.
November 14th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Oh, gosh, you had to do this. Alright: behind my church during VBS. Now, pick me!
November 14th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
In my boyfriend’s grandma’s basement when I was 12.
It was like kissing a marshmallow!
November 14th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
At my high school’s homecoming bonfire celebration. I don’t even want to think about who may have seen the awkwardness.
November 14th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
My first kiss was when I was in 6th Grade. My mother taught 7th and 8th grades at the Catholic school in town and I got to go on her class field trip to Baltimore. My first kiss was in the Baltimore Aquariaum in this little movie theater that played this boring movie about estuaries. I can’t remember the boy’s name, Mike, or something, but he was the biggest troublemaker in my mother’s class.
November 14th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Are your new friends vampires? Or hoping to meet some?
My first kiss was in 5th grade while playing hide and seek. We were at a creek behind the boy’s house.
Good luck on Monday. I’ll keep you in my thoughts.
November 14th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Technically my first kiss happened on the playground at the Montessori school I attended when I was 6. Me and Alex King were playing Dallas. He was Bobby and I was Pam.
But my first kiss kiss was when I was 15. It was on my front porch with a guy whose name escapes me now. I think it was Joel? I dunno. It was a good kiss though even if I can’t remember his name.
November 14th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
My first kiss? I can tell you the exact date, where I was, and what flavor Yubba Bubba he was chewing (watermelon!). I’ll spare you the details, I was 12 (EEEK!) and at my best friend’s house. We both got our first kiss that night in her back yard.
I so need some of that awesome jewelry!
November 14th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
i think my first kiss was square on the mouth.
What ! You said “location” !
Ok, ok. It was in a dark movie theatre while watching “Working Girl,” totally classy.
November 14th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Well, this is the first kiss I count:
I didn’t have my first boyfriend until I was a senior year in high school. One evening we went to the high school gym to pick up his younger brother from swimming practice. While we were waiting in the parking lot he went “in for it” and gave me a very sweet kiss. I don’t remember the date activity, but I do remember the kiss!
The first kiss I don’t count:
When I was about 9 (I truly don’t remember the age – I might have been 10), a bunch of neighbor kids were playing in the hay/straw barn of one neighbor. We were playing house and my “husband” and I were sitting in our house of bales. He said to me, “let’s do K-I-S-S-I-N-G!” Thinking he meant the song, “two little love birds sitting in the tree…”, I giggled and said okay. To my surprise, he apparently just couldn’t say the word kiss; I opened my mouth to sing and got a funny kiss instead! (Thanks, David (wherever you are) for the charming memory!)
November 14th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Like Bunny, my first real kiss was at church. Except I think it was after a youth group meeting because I remember it being dark.
(I don’t count the one at the movie theatre where my bf quickly pulled me to him as I was walking away with my friend (and her parents) after seeing a movie.)
November 14th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
When I was 12 (young! I know!) I went on a 2 week student ambassador trip to England, Scotland and Wales. Most of the kids had paired off and one particularly shy, carsick prone boy had chosen me. One night we were sitting near the back of the bus when another couple dared us to kiss. We looked at each other, fear writ large on both our faces. And when I started to protest he dove in and gave me a quick peck on the lips. A few (silent) minutes later, he stood up and proclaimed, “I feel sick.” And then he went and sat by one of our chaperones at the front of the bus.
It was a while before I kissed anyone else.
November 14th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
My first kiss was at camp when I was 13. We were sitting in the very back of his mom’s station wagon listening to the radio when it happened. “Endless Love” was playing – how romantic!
I actually still see him from time to time since he’s a friend of the family but I don’t know if he realizes he was my first kiss!
November 14th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Man, I didn’t get my first real kiss till I was 19! It was at the apartment of this guy I met at school. We were sitting on his futon watching “The Princess Bride” and he went for it. I did like him, but really wasn’t expecting it. Didn’t like him much after that. It took a while for me to want to watch that movie again.
November 14th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
The guy was Jonathan M. It was 7th grade so we were about 13. We had to do a mock wedding for drama class and guess who were the bride and groom? Yeah. Anyway, we did our vows and stuff, then he kissed me. And I liked it. And later he put a note in my locker that said “Just so you know, that kiss was for real.”
Happy Friday! Sorry about your colon.
November 14th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Oh, Isabel! This is so embarrassing! I actually didn’t have my first kiss until I was 19. I worked at a summer camp, and it was with one of the other employees. I didn’t really want him to, but I didn’t stop him, either. The worst part? He burped! While kissing me! It’s amazing I ever kissed anyone else. That was soooo gross!!!
November 14th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Oooh, boy. First kiss was on the CHURCH BUS! We were on our way back from a week at church camp. One of the chaperones (aka My Mom) caught us.
I’m seriously loving Kate’s stuff, and I’ve been inspired to try to be a better accessorizer.
November 14th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
My first kiss – I think I was twelve – was outside of the high school gym. My “boyfriend” and I had snuck out of the game to have our first kiss. I was so nervous! We kissed once and then snuck back inside.
Good luck on Monday, I hope everything goes well.
November 14th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
My first kiss? In a closet! Please do the voodoo that you do so well and pick me!
November 14th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
My first kiss was at a skating rink when I was about 14.
November 14th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
My first kiss was in the back shelves of my school library. He was back there waiting for me and I was SO nervous it probably took me fifteen minutes and cajoling from my best friend to go back there. Ahh, young love.
November 14th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
OK, I don’t feel so bad now that I’ve read that some of your other readers were “older” when they were first kissed. I was 17, a senior in high school, and I had a big crush on this guy who played guitar next to me in Jazz band (I played bass guitar). It ended up we were picked to play in the pit orchestra for the school play and then for a community theater production. He actually like me! And we hung out and stuff and went to practice together. We were in his bedroom one night and I was sitting in his desk chair and he was having me listen to songs. I don’t remember any of the songs AT ALL. I was pretty shy back then and never made any sort of move whatsoever; so he was sitting on another chair and he pulled the chair I was sitting on close to him (it was on wheels) and we kissed.
Sadly enough, that whole affair ended when I didn’t give him a kiss one night when he dropped me off at home!
November 14th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
On the corner under the streetlight outside my grandma’s house by a boy named Bubba. I kid you not.
November 14th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
First Kiss: In front of parents house after FIRST DATE EVER.
Last Kiss: On baby’s head while she danced to Raffi (what is it with babies & Raffi. Ever see that Simpsons where all the babies go crazy at the Raffi concert?)
Worst Kiss: The ones with too much slobber. The embarrassing “hook ups”. The one where his roommate came in & caught us & then kicked me out. Oh, the list goes on, slut that I was…
Good luck on Monday. I won’t forget this time & I will think good thoughts for you. Don’t puke up the pills this time, K?
November 14th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Location of first kiss: Afterschool behind the teen center where I was supposed to be doing my homework.
Yes, Isabel you are pretty. Good luck on Monday.
November 14th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
This might be cliche, but it was in preschool, in the schoolyard, in a giant tire… nothing special, but a good memory.
November 14th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
First real kiss – under the stars in my car at one of our local parks.
November 14th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Ok, this one is too funny to pass up leaving a comment!! I’ve never thought to ask people about their first kiss!
I was either 8 or 9 when I had my first kiss. It was this boy who lived up the street. I think his name may have been Jeff. Anyway, my brother and possibly another neighborhood child were there as well. I think we may have been dared and I was not about to back down. So we went into a little storage room in his garage (by ourselves, we needed our privacy) and we both counted, 1…2…3…kiss!
Then my brother ran home and told on me and I got in trouble.
November 14th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Do you have a good pizza recipe? I am getting my husband a pizza stone for Christmas.
First kiss was in jr high – under my friends deck with this boy I had a huge crush on. His name was Andrew.
November 14th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
My first kiss was in 6th grade, outside the school building at the end of the day after several failed attempts at the movie theatre involving chickening out on one of our parts. His name was Keith.
November 14th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
In the backyard of my family’s cottage after a summer block dance. I still flash back to it whenever I smell the brand of gum he was chewing at the time!
November 14th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
I think I must be the oldest first-kisser! I was 18, it was in March of my first year of university, in my dorm room. WITH THE DOOR OPEN, nobody get the wrong idea
November 14th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
My first kiss was at the loser-y age of 18, in the street, between my dorm and his.
November 14th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
My first kiss was also in my dorm room.
November 14th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Sorry about the colon probing. Seriously.
The location of my first kiss? In the middle of a party when I was 14. Classy.
November 15th, 2008 at 12:11 am
First Kiss: At school dance. senior football player and I was a lowly freshman.
Good luck Monday! My husband had his first colonoscopy recently and I know my first one is just around the corner.
November 15th, 2008 at 1:03 am
My first kiss was in a movie theater. “Driving Miss Daisy” … with my grandmother and mother sitting about 10 rows back. Yeah, we kissed in the MIDDLE of the theater. Funny how I hate PDA now.
Sorry about the probing …
November 15th, 2008 at 2:03 am
My first kiss happened on my parents’ front porch, when my first boyfriend dropped me off after school one day. Ah, memories!
Good luck w/ your procedure! I hope everything is as simple / painless as possible!
November 15th, 2008 at 6:11 am
In the laundry room of a friend’s house during a party, and it was very “spin the bottle-ish.” I still run into him, and I think I still turn red. It was my first kiss, but not his!!!
November 15th, 2008 at 6:29 am
I was also old. 18. Freshman year in college. On a camping trip on Coeur d’Alene Lake with a guys dorm. 27 guys. 5 girls. I was the only girl without a boyfriend there. I was also the only one not drunk. And I had the choice of 23 guys. Chose Joe. Totally worth it. I have since learned that he was a GREAT kisser.
November 15th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Can I just admit this anonymously? My first kiss was on the band bus on our way back from a parade in which I marched in. Ummm. Loser.
But the part that makes if awful? The guy that I kissed later went to jail for beating up a girlfriend.
November 15th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
My first kiss was at the neighbor boys house, in a tree. And now that you’ve got me thinking about that….I wonder what he’s up to these days? I was *so* infatuated with him!
November 15th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
FUN! My first kiss was with my first boyfriend while watching a lightning storm. So sweet! It was his first kiss too, so I remember both of us being super shy and embarrassed. Good fun.
November 16th, 2008 at 2:40 am
I haven’t thought about this in awhile, but so funny! My first kiss was at the skating rink with a boy named Daniel when I was 13. It was so cute, I even gave him a fabric bracelet with my name on it “Amy” to wear, which he did, until we “broke up” some weeks later. We would meet at the skating rink every Friday with some friends and skate and hold hands. Ahhh…young love. LOL
November 16th, 2008 at 3:02 am
First kiss was in kindergarten, Kim Gale planted a wet one on me during clean up time. I’ll never forget it! Actually come to think of it, I have a 5 year old daughter… she better not let anyone kiss her… !
November 16th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
My first real kiss was at a party, slow dancing on “Hero”. His name was Benjamin and all I remember from it is that it was WET!!! I was not pleased
November 16th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
My first kiss, I was 15. It was after band practice, I was leaning against a wall at my high school, and my boyfriend and I were talking. Suddenly he leaned in, kind of pushed me against the wall and kissed me. It was awesome!
Shannon
November 17th, 2008 at 1:13 am
My first kiss was on the sidewalk in front of my parents house – we’d been “dating” (more like liking each other and hanging out a lot) for 8 months, so it was kind of a long time coming. For both of us it was our first kiss, so who knows if it was good or bad
November 17th, 2008 at 9:55 am
wow im amazed at how many people leave a comment when there is a free giveaway.
hehe
my first kiss was at my front door after a date.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:07 am
My first kiss was with my high school sweetheart he recently proposed to me with a gorgeous diamond engagement ring from http://www.idonowidont.com so he that kiss must have been good!
Homemade pizza is awesome and I’d love to win that pendant to go with my new ring!
November 17th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
My first (real) kiss was when I was 11. I was at a neighbors 13th b-day party and somehow we ended up playing 7 minutes in heaven. I went in the closet with a boy from school and had my first kiss…. He was a pretty good kisser too!
November 17th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
My first kiss was in 4th grade. At recess. My best friend and I ran races and whoever won got to kiss the boy. The long legs paid off finally!
November 17th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
I’m sure you know my first kiss, but I want to enter! So in the car in front of my house, after he asked me. I hated it when they asked “Can I kiss you?” It kind of ruined the romance. Oh well. That particular boy asked EVERY time. That’s why we didn’t date for very long.
Hope all goes well today! I’m thinking of you!
November 17th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Oh, lord. My first kiss was outside Brown Lab in college (oh, yes) with a guy we now refer to as my Mistake Boyfriend. I can only help that my former self’s stupidity will end up scoring me a sweet pendant.
November 17th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
GEEZ. I can only HOPE. I can not type, apparently.
November 18th, 2008 at 2:51 am
It was in the front seat of my car and the gear shift was digging into my side.
November 18th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
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