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The best shopping events of the year are finally here - the 2nd Annual Holiday Preview Night benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the 6th Annual Holiday Open House!

Be sure to RSVP to Swagger's events on facebook (just check out the snazzy Swagger Gifts - Monogrammed and Unique Gifts & Accessories facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Swagger-Gifts-Monogrammed-and-Unique-Gifts-Accessories/26618281522), invite your favorite shopping partners, and get ready for some holiday fun!Here's the links to the event pages on Swagger's site as well as facebook, to make sharing these good times with your gal pals SUPER easy!
2nd Annual Holiday Preview Night benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
http://www.swaggergifts.com/holiday-preview-night-benefiting-leukemia-lymphoma-society
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=47378208224

6th Annual Holiday Open House
http://www.swaggergifts.com/holiday-open-house
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=32951948334

See you there!

 

If you're new to my blog here, you might be asking yourself "What is Monogram Monday?". No worries - here's your quick catch-up:

Monogram Monday is my first Monday of the month special for blog readers, only! Mandy (the fab Swagger diva in charge) selects one of her favorite SwaggerGifts.com items that is available monogrammed and personalized for you (or your very lucky gift recipient!) and let's me put it on sale for one day! How much fun is that?!This month, the featured Monogram Monday item is a recent addition to the site: the 100% Waterproof All-Purpose Mat (available in four great sizes )!

 

Better than a blanket and monogrammed to boot, this do-it-all padded Mega Mat is perfect for picnics, hunting, the beach, tailgating (my personal fave!), sporting events, outdoor concerts, hunting, backyard play and more!

By the way, they also make great corporate gifts and can have your company logo included - be sure to call or email Mandy for details!

Enough chit chat from me though, on to the special savings for blog readers! The Large Monogrammed Mat is on sale RIGHT NOW until midnight tonight! To save 15%, enter "megamat" at checkout and you'll be on your way!

Enjoy and be sure to add this blog to your reader (I personally love Google Reader ) so you'll always be in the loop on future Swagger specials like this one!

Are your favorite reds and blues (or even - greens!) not currently speaking?

Worried about the absence of friendly conversation at your mixed-party election night get-together?

Today's Manic Monday blog special is just for you: 15% off Right or Wrong Table Topics when you stop in the store anytime today before 6pm and mention this blog!

The clever folks at Table Topics describe the Right or Wrong edition as:

"These provocative conversation starters will spark a lively debate and reveal a whole new side to your friends and family. The Right or Wrong Edition provides a fun and interesting way to approach the everyday, ethical questions we all need to think about."See you on Election Day!

If you have a few minutes, would you please consider casting a vote for Swagger Gifts in the Cary Magazine Maggy Awards?

Those wonderful gals have been nominated in the categories of Area's Best Gift Shop, Best Boutique, and Best Bath Shop and I know they'd appreciate your support!

Oh wow. I am just about so over all of this and will be VERY glad when the awful ads are off TV and my mailbox is full of snail-mail from friends and family with holiday blessings and cocktail party invites (instead of wasteful campaign materials). (I just KNOW some of you are going to be with me on this one!)

So what's a girl to do?

Tonight, turn off the TV and enjoy an hour of home spa heaven with Me!bath! (Sounds good, no?!)

Today's Manic Monday blog special is 15% off all Me!bath products when you stop in the store and mention this blog between 10am and 6pm today!

PS: Tell your politically-overwhelmed pals to "chill-out" and enjoy a a little "me" time with Me!bath, too - they'll thank you for it!

Now don't get me wrong, I'm all kinds of a summer girl who enjoys a good heat wave more than a cold spell, but it's just not Halloween to me if it's 85 degrees outside... ya know? And as all good Raleigh, NC traditions would have it, as soon as the NC State Fair rolls into town, here comes those brisk days (with spots of warm sunshine) and chill nights that require a jacket!

Now we're talking fall and one of my favorite holidays... Halloween!

If you've put off all Halloween decorating until it was a bit cooler out (like me), then you totally lucked out! Today's Manic Monday blog special is for 15% off all Halloween décor at Swagger! Just stop in the store between 10am and 6pm today, mention this blog post, and check out the snazzy selection of Halloween "merch" (as my good friends Lady Antebellum called it last night at their AWESOME NC State Fair show)... it'll definitely get you on the right road for October 31st!

Happy Hauntings! *insert devilish grin here* ("Boo"... they don't make a smiley for "devilish grin".)

Cary's Swagger Gifts Announces Holiday Open House Preview Night Benefitting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
(Check out the story on CarolinaBusinessConnection.com!)

Mandy Becker, owner of Swagger Gifts, has announced that the popular gift and accessories retail store will kick off their “Holiday Open House” with a Preview Party benefitting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society®.

The Swagger Holiday Open House is an event that began 5 years ago and has become a local favorite, with over 200 attendees visiting the boutique retailer during its “Open House” event every November. Because of the success and popularity of the event – and the unanimous support that Becker receives when she hosts philanthropy events at her store – she decided to offer an alternative “Preview Party” last year for guests who preferred a more intimate event, with a chance to support a great cause as well.

I'm finalizing my plans for a weekend with the girls celebrating our favorite holiday from our college days -Halloween!

Which city we'll be terrorizing for the weekend still remains a surprise (along with my oh-so-awesome DIY costume) but there's one secret I'm sharing: today's Thirsty 3rd Thursday special at Swagger!

That's right - 15% off Halloween bottle toppers just by stopping in the store today before 6pm today and mentioning this blog special! (No coupons to print, duh... Swagger's SO gone green!)

So you've got the costume (check), the spooky décor (check), and the delish treats (double check), but who's got the wine that you're obviously going to adorn with these great bottle toppers?

True monogram addicts KNOW the Mud Pie products by heart - and the TidBit Set of 4 is no exception!

Since monogrammed entertaining is a must in the coming months, be sure to take advantage of 15% off this set today only (your choice of initial) - in the store - from 10am until 6pm, just by mentioning this blog!

Not up to date on your Mud Pie home accessories? Tisk, tisk... you should definitely swing by and check out the very cute, and very cosmopolitan, home products ASAP!

Three cheers for the three different Maggy Awards categories that Swagger has been nominated in this year! (And many thanks to everyone who nominated Swagger for Best Bath Store, Best Boutique, and Area's Best Gift Shop!)

Please cast your votes online - voting has just opened!

Swagger Finally has a Sweet Tea Pitcher Set... perfect for those super-popular Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka cocktails that everyone is obsessed with (including me!).

The Swagger girls got their first tastes of the sweet concoction at Buckhead Saloon (one of the only local watering holes that has been able to keep the spirit in stock since it's arrived in NC by way of Charleston, SC) at the Lady Luxury party where shoppers and party-people alike spent a Friday night raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Talk about a great event - shopping and philanthropy in one!

(Check out Swagger girls Mandy and Melissa at the party!)

To celebrate all the excitement that is Sweet Tea Vodka, today's Monogram Monday special is 15% off the Mario Pitcher Set ... just use "Mario15" at checkout to snag this awesome discount!

As fas as cocktails go, here's my fail-proof recipe:

Sweet Tea Vodka Cocktail

-2 parts Simply Lemonade

-1 part Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka

-Ice

Mix together, pour, sip and savor!

Did you get the email about Swagger's fall Trollbeads Trunk Show taking place this week?

If you did, and you've already RSVP'ed, that's fabulous! If you aren't on the list (and who wouldn't want to be on the list?!), consider this your official invitation.

If you'd like to RSVP (or even just add your name and email address to the Trollbeads email list), email Mandy - Mandy@SwaggerGifts.com - and she'll totally take care of you. Isn't it nice when things in life just work out like that?

Oh right, back to the Manic Monday part of things: is today the only day this week you could possibly squeeze in a day for yourself where shopping is on the to-do list? That's totally a-ok! In fact, if you come in today and purchase anything from the Trollbeads collection, Swagger will apply that purchase to the fall trunk show special: Purchase $100 worth of Trollbeads and receive a $25 glass bead for free!

Simply stop in from 10am until 6pm today only (or just give the girls a call at 919-858-5884) and mention this blog to apply your purchase to the special promotion!

Happy trunk showing!