Happy First Birthday To Charade!

I say, has it really been a whole year? By gum, it has! Yes, last August 14th I took the plunge with my first ever article on A Levels: How'd You Do? 288 posts later and here we are, the site and I have grown and evolved in a big way.

Running this little blog has honestly been the most enjoyable, fulfilling, exciting, proseperous and progressive thing I have ever done, and I enjoy every day of it more than the last. And, ladies, that's nearly all down to you! I'm truly humbled by all the positive, enthusiastic, appreciative feedback and support I get from you all.

Here's how I've chosen to say thank you:

In honour of your general awesomeness, I thought I'd offer up something special for my first anniversary week... Seven days of glorious giveaways! I've twisted a few arms and got a host of genuinely rocking businesses to cough up their goods absolutely free, just for you! Plus, I've got a special giveaway goody bag from my own fair hands!

♥ On Saturday (tomorrow) the first giveaway is a very special one. Covert Candy, the revolutionary clothes swapping site are offering you £20 worth of free credits to get you started trading in their growing community. The competition will begin at 12.00 GMT 15.08.09 and run for 24 hours. Entry will be via comments.

♥ On Sunday win this whimsical print titled 'A Room With a View' from the outrageously talented Virginia Kraljevic. The competition will begin at 12.00 GMT 16.08.09 and run for 24 hours. Entry will be via comments.

♥ On Monday you've got every chance of grabbing this stunning 'Mon Amour' necklace from This Charming Girl worth £10. The competition will begin at 12.00 GMT 17.08.09 and run for 24 hours. Entry will be via comments.













♥ On Tuesday there's another cute accessory that's prime for the picking! This time it's your 'Dream' necklace from the darling Jesophi. The competition will begin at 12.00 GMT 18.08.09 and run for 24 hours. Entry will be via comments.


♥ On Wednesday Fashion In Store have done us proud again and are offering you your own little slice of Suzy Smith in the form of the simply fabulous 'Rhianna' Clutch worth £21! (Only open to readers in the UK.) The competition will begin at 12.00 GMT 19.08.09 and run for 24 hours. Entry will be via comments.




♥ On Thursday we've got a big prize from Americas Basics who want to send you back to school in style with a bundle of their great quality essentials! (Only open to readers in the US.) The competition will begin at 12.00 GMT 20.08.09 and run for 24 hours. Entry will be via comments.





♥ On Friday there'll be a very special giveaway from me to you; a surprise goody bag that I'm currently conjuring including an array of hand-picked delights roughly to the value of £30. This competition will run all week starting now and entry is a little different:

Link to Charade from anywhere on the web, letting all your friends in on this fabulous freebie-week, so that I can check it out via a link left in the comments section of this post. A straight-forward text-link from your blog or twitter will score you one entry, but to triple your chances of winning you can post the birthday banner to your blog or website for three entries!

(for true size see above)

Code for Charade First Birthday Banner:

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Paste this into the body of a post on your blog or page on your website for three chances to win my surprise goody bag! You're free to alter the size if you'd like to paste it to your sidebar - just as long as it's readable.

Any questions? Birthday wishes? General small talk? Email me mycharade@hotmail.com because I love hearing from you. Otherwise, pop back every day this week to drop a little comment that might bag you a big prize.

Happy Birthday to Charade!

*** Competition Now Closed ***