Note: This contest has been completed. But check out the book and bikini anyway, as they make for a perfect summer love package.
Who’s ready for a dose of sunshine? To celebrate the new paperback for Meeting Your Half-Orange: An Utterly Upbeat Guide to Using Dating Optimism to Find Your Perfect Match, I’m doing a giveaway: Win a brand new paperback of Meeting Your Half-Orange and a fabulous Kushcush “Milla” bikini to wear on your winter beach vacation while you read it! What a perfect way to attract your other half.
Kushcush is a Los Angeles-based company founded by designer Kerry Cushman (see the whole gorgeous line here and read her posts at Designer Style Diaries). Kushcush suits have been featured in W, In Style, OK!, Marie Claire, WWD and on the E! network and the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit book Heaven and have been worn by Kim Kardashian, Jessica Biel, Nicole Ritchie, Audrina Partridge, Nicky Hilton and others. And if you win the giveaway, it will also be worn by you! This “Milla” style is part of the as-yet-unavailable Spring 2011 line and flattering on absolutely every body—so good, the style made the Us Weekly Buzz-o-Meter because they thought so, too.
If you don’t have a beach trip planned yet, well, what better way to look forward to one than with a hot new bikini (hello, healthy body inspiration) and an optimistic book to read on the sand, right? The way I see it, “A Book and a Bikini” is the perfect formula for feeling fab about yourself as you set off toward meeting your half-orange.
HOW TO ENTER:
Contest runs from Tuesday, January 11th to Friday January 14th at 12 midnight.
To Enter: Comment below with one thing you “love” about yourself or your life—Meeting Your Half-Orange is about optimism, after all! Maybe you love your friends. Or your job. Or your laugh. Or your photographs. Or your feet. Or, uh, maybe you love your taste in bikinis and dating books. That’s it. Just tell us what you love in the comment box below and you’ll be entered to win!
Note: Contest is only open to residents of the U.S. and Canada. One entry per person. We’ll choose a winner from comments on TheDatingOptimist.com and DesignerStyleDiaries.com in a random drawing. Be sure you’re using a working email with your comment, as we’ll be notifying you via email after January 15th if you’ve won to get your address and bikini size.
Big love and best of luck. Every Kushcush bikini reads “Love Your Bikini ” on the tag. Now it’s your turn…tell us what you love!
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What a fun contest! I love thinking about beach weather – especially since we are getting 8 inches of snow tonight where I live! As for what I love, it’s my sense of humor. I think I have a great one and while it can be a bit dirty, I think that’s perfectly okay!
Thanks!
I love my teeth…and the smile that sits in front of them!
I love my husband. He is truly my Half-Orange.
I love my friends (and my ability to attract and maintain such awesome friendships).
I love my independence! I spent so much time growing up being worried about everyone else and their perception of me. But now, I feel like I can have my own opinions and voice them. And, if they want to do one thing, I don’t have to say yes. if all my friends were jumping off a bridge, I wouldn’t (unless, it looked really fun!)
I am my own person, and no one can take that from me.
I love my zest for life. And the fact I bring that enthusiasm into everything I do; I’m not afraid to show it or own it.
I love laughing at even the smallest things, and doing it everyday, no matter what!
I love mimosas, happy hours, flirting with cute men and traveling!
I love the peace, love and silence that my pretty apartment offers me.
I love my unique laugh and my ear-to-ear smile. It’s contagious and worth catching
I love my niece! She’s two and I just taught her to run around and say, \I go nuts!!\
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I love living in DC with such a variety of people to see and things to do – makes life so interesting and fun!
I love my ability to make people around me laugh!
i love my sense of adventure & desire to make the most of my life!
I LOVE that I have an amazing little brother that I adore (and I think he kinda likes me too). I also love that I can entertain myself and others with my witty (and, let’s be honest, sometimes sassy and snide) thoughts/comments.
I love that I have an adorable pup to snuggle up with at night. I love that I have goals that I’m working toward and family to laugh with along the way!
I love my best friend who writes me letters and draws cartoons for me when she is having slow days at work.
I love that I am doing the things I love. Traveling for three months in Spain, learning Spanish, seeing new sites and meeting new people. I feel so unabashedly lucky!
I love that I was named Coxswain of the Year for 2010 in the Rowing Illustrated Golden Oar Awards.
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I love my ability to make others around me laugh and feel comfortable in many situations. It really is essential to find humor in every day living, and I know that my half orange will appreciate this about me as well.
I love my sense of humor. I’m pretty damn funny! LOVE this giveaway. A lot!
I love that I thrive off of “deep” conversations. I really hope to date someone who can balance out my serious-ness, but I really do love those serious and deep conversations.
I love getting back to the things that matter to ME – I love the things I’m good at, writing, keeping in touch with the girls, and outdoor activities!
I love the fact that at the age of 40 I’m in my final semester of college! Right after I ended my long and exhausting marriage, I began my first day of college at the age of 36, and while it has proven far more challenging than I ever imagined, I’m so proud of myself!! I’m completely open for the BIG love of my life to join me as I move forward into a life overflowing with gratitude and fulfillment!
I love that I am pursuing things that I am passionate about – hope to find someone equally excited about life! Thanks for hosting this contest
I love my ability to see the best in people, I love that I am open-minded and I love my sense of humor
I love that it is Tuesday afternoon and I am eating a carmel apple at my desk. My lovely workout instructor at my work gifted them to us for a New Years treat! I love having a close group of friends to kick butt with every Monday and Wednesday!
What I love about my life? I have -so- many good things ahead of me!
I love that I have a steady job, amazing friends who make me smile ’til my face hurts, and a fabulous future career;
I love knowing that my half-orange is out there somewhere, just around the corner, waiting for me to stumble upon him and say, “Hey there!”
I love my friends, who are really so much more than friends. They are family.
I love my job!
Great contest!
I love my (lack of) height…at 4’10″ I get noticed a lot and I’ve totally embraced it!
I love spending time with my close friends and family, preferably on vacation somewhere where I can relax with a great book.
I love love my feet! I think they are the cutest part of my body.
I love that I have finally learned to “let go” and ALLOW wonderful people, events, things to come to me.
I LOVE that I have found a great balance of challenging work that provides abundance while still having plenty of time for taking care of myself through exercise, getting creative playing music, enjoying time with friends that I love and still having space for my half orange when we find each other. =)
I love that when I’m passionate about something, I have an infectious way of getting others excited too, like how I’ve told several of my friends over the past year about Dating Optimism! I’m looking forward to 2011, and what my smile and newer sense of optimism will bring me…perhaps my half-orange!!!
I love my ability to see past people’s flaws and recognize the good person that usually lies within them.
I love this snow we are getting in western PA. Enough to be pretty and not enough to shut down everything.
I love that I laugh often and when I laugh, I laugh hard. I’m usually the person who’s laughing the longest and sometimes I randomly laugh about something even though it happened awhile ago. I also love that I’m so honest and genuine.
Great contest Amy! I love my open-mindedness.
I love my little pet Servo! And he loves me back of course (cause I give him food!). He keeps my anxiety down and is so cute its painful sometimes.
I love this contest <3 I'm just thinking about a planning a spring break trip!
I love my openness to try new outdoor adventurous activities! live life to the fullest everyday
I love my new found love for life
I love my mom.
I LOVE THE WOMAN I HAVE BECOME!! Just the fact that I have the confidence & the body to wear a bikini is revolution for me! For so long I was overly critical of myself, always thinking that someday I would be the woman I had promised myself I’d become inside and out. Recently I woke up and realized that “someday” had arrived!! So now, I smile because my soul is lifted, and I strut when I walk because I know where I am going!
I love how much I have accomplished as a single female. When I was a teenager, I assumed I would get married right out of school, be a stay at home mom, be taken care of, etc. That has changed SO much! Now, at almost 27, I have a career of my own with a professional designation, I own my own condo, I’ve travelled alone and I have completely learned how to have fun in the single life before meeting my half orange. I have created my own life, and while it meant I didn’t get the relationships that I wanted when I was younger, I couldn’t be more grateful for the lessons:) (course, NOW would be a nice time to meet my half-orange!)
I love the fact that, though it has taken most of my adult life, I have finally figured out who I am as a woman and grown completely comfortable in my own skin. I set my sight on a goal and make it happen, and I don’t let obstacles make me stumble or forget the ultimate objective the way they did in the past. I am now on the path to my CPA and full financial independence, and the taste is sweeter than any dessert I have ever tasted.
I love how much I want to help people and how good it feels when I know I have! (And I would LOVE a new bikini!)
I love my positive outlook on life. Just today my coworker who sits behind me told me that every time he turns around I am like a ray of sunshine. I thought that was really sweet of him, just a nice reminder that your mood can affect everyone around you, and its best to make the most of what you have!
I love that when I meet my half-orange, he will love seeing me in this bikini!
I love my belief in love! It drives my career, my choices, and my relationships with myself and others. I believe in loving myself completely before i can give myself to anyone else, in loving others completely, and in giving yourself to the world through love in your career and the choices you make every day! It’s what makes me me!
I love,love,love…Optimism…! Laughing, smiling, looking for the bright side….oh and yes..always the excited butterflys in your tummy feeling of love! : )
I love my job. I get to work with great people and help others in a meaningfule way. I am in a position where I have a positive and lasting impact on another person’s life and that’s just awesome!
I love waking up in the morning and looking forward to a new day! Each day brings new possibilities and so much to look forward to.
I love that I got to laugh with my kids about yellow snow for 20 minutes while walking to school!
I love my faith! No matter how tough things get, I know it will all work itself out. Also? This fun giveaway:)
I love really, truly knowing life is what you make of it. I love that I have up days and down days. I love my amazing friends, my adorable niece, my fantastic family. I love my two old-fart cats that keep me company at night. I love that I believe that I will meet my half-orange
I love my free spirited personality. I love that in my search for inspiration and joy, my sharing it inspires so many others. I love my perfectly imperfect body. I love how I love. I love my passion. I love my future!
I love my zest for life, adventure, and challenge. And I love knowing that everything that brought me to where I am today is going to lead me to amazing things in my future!!
I love the quote “Your life is about to become amazingly, fantastically, enjoyably fabulous” because it makes me believe it’s true and look at life a bit more positively. And..duh…I love this blog!
I love my friends and my sense of humor. I have great delivery.
I love my dog!
i realize m late but i just wanted to say..i love love
it saved me, love is like that – it will change you forever..when u can give up your world for that one heart, and ur entire life for that one moment..thats it.
m fortunate to be able to feel this everyday
-to my love