My First GIVEAWAY!!! Let's Play a Game...

I am thrilled to be holding my 1st Giveaway here on Don't Read This; It's Boring!
I tried to get it together enough to do this in September but just ran out of time & energy.
The reason I wanted to do it in September is that the Items sort of tied into that month better than October.
September is the month of National Teddy Bear Day and I have the 2 items pictured below to give away to some lucky reader.

**Note**This is NOT a company sponsored Giveaway.  Nobody sent me stuff to give to ya'll.  This is sponsored by me, and the cost is coming out of my pocket. Just because I loves ya'll soooo much!

About 10 years ago, the US Postal Service released a commemorative stamp for the creation of the Teddy Bear, as part of their "Celebrate The Century" Series.  This Gift Tin contains a set of 15 Note Cards and Envelopes features the Teddy Bear stamp artwork. The Collectible Tin is shrinkwrapped and has not been opened, though there are some tears in the plastic covering and the tin might have some scratches on it.
Also included in this set of prizes to the winner is a genuine Sally Winey Bear called "Scotty".  This is a bear from the now defunct Winey Bears line that was started back when the Beanie Baby Craze was hot.  This line only lasted a couple of years.  Sally had been a designer for TY of Beanie Baby fame and the popularity of those stuffed critters drove collectors to her personal work.  She expanded her business from her handmade line of expensive mohair bears into a mass produced line that was more affordable to collectors.
I had the good fortune to meet Sally at a Teddy Bear Show near the beginning of the Beanie Baby explosion as she lived close by to me in PA at the time.   I had plans to carry her bears as part of an online business venture which did not pan out.  I had however purchased a small quantity of bears, among them Scotty.  Sally even hand signed his foot when I went to pick him and the other bears up from her studio.

So how do you go about winning Scotty and the Note Card Set?
Let's see.....
How about a Guessing Game?

Here is what you have to do to enter....
Earlier this year I did some BIG TIME STOCKPILING of Paper Products in the new Marcal SMALL STEPS Line.  This line of paper products are made from recycled paper.  The company claims that they don't cut down trees to produce these paper items.  That is a very good thing in my book!  Also a plus is the fact that the items are competitive with other big name paper products that are still made from felling & harvesting trees.  Price being equal, why not go with the products that don't cause the destruction of live trees?

I went through my stockpile of SMALL STEPS products last month and counted every single item.
Every Individual Roll of Toilet Tissue and Paper Towel.
Every Box of Facial Tissue and Bag of Napkins.

I took photos as I worked so you can get a sense of the quantity of product I stockpiled.  Don't try to count each item in these photos because that just won't work.lol
But use the photos to ESTIMATE HOW MANY INDIVIDUAL ROLLS AND BOXES OF SMALL STEPS ITEMS I HAVE.  Each roll of toilet paper or paper towel counts as 1 item.  Every box of facial tissue counts as 1 item.  Every bag of paper napkins counts as 1 item.
The person that guesses the number closest to the actual total of items will be the winner.

To Enter 
1. Leave a comment with your guess on the number of Marcal products I have sitting in my stockpile.  Please include your first name & last initial and an email addy or blog contact info.


You can increase your number of guesses/entries these ways....Please leave an additional  comment for each entry WITH a GUESS of the number of products.  Each comment MUST INCLUDE A NUMBER GUESS to be valid as an entry.

1. Follow my blog & leave an additional comment that you did or are a follower, along with a Guess of the number of products. 
2. Subscribe to my blog & leave an additional comment that you did or are a subscriber, along with a Guess of the number of products. 
3. Add my Blog to your Blog Roll if you have a blog or website & leave a comment that you did, along with a Guess of the number of products.

4. Blog about this Giveaway on your own Blog & leave the URL for that post here, along with a Guess of the number of products.



This Contest/Giveaway will run now until next Friday, October 16th at 9pm Eastern Time.
At that time, I will pick the entry that comes closest to the actual number of products and post it on my blog.

Good Luck to all! 


Sluggy