Another Great Giveaway!

If you are anything like me, you love a great kitchen appliance. Something that makes your job as a cook easier and rewarding. And I like nothing better than cooking with a slow cooker. I put everything in the pot, and then sit back on the sofa with my feet on the coffee table and good book in my hands, while the slow cooker does the rest. What’s not to love about that?

My old Rival crockpot was starting to bite the dust. I began looking around for a new one and found one that I am absolutely in love with – The Cuisinart 6.5 Qt. Slow Cooker. I ordered this bad boy from Cookware.com and couldn’t wait for it to arrive. It met all my expectations, and then some.

It has a 24 hour programmable cook time, three cooking modes, retractable cord storage,  a cooking rack for use with bakeware, and my favorite feature – keep warm. Yes, once the cooking time runs out, it changes to the Keep Warm mode. If you don’t get to the slow cooker right when the food is done, no big deal. It will keep it warm, but not continue to cook the life out it. I can’t tell you how many times I was delayed for some reason and by the time I got to the slow cooker the food was burnt at the bottom and dried out. Nothing is more disappointing than the heavenly smell of a roast cooking all day, only to find it inedible later. But I digress.  I’ve used it several times and I love the thing more than my children. Well, not really – but my children don’t cook for me, so it’s a close second. (YES, I AM KIDDING HERE.  MY KIDS ARE MY WORLD!)

So why am I telling you about this? Because I’ve partnered with with CSN Stores to give you the opportunity to win a $70 gift certificate to use as you like at their participating stores. You can put it towards a slow cooker like mine, or anything else your little heart desires.  Websites such as Cookware.com and FitnessEquipmentandMore.com are among those you can use with this certificate.

Here’s the low down:

First, this giveaway is open to residents of the United States and Canada only. I apologize to our other friends elsewhere, that’s just how it has to be this time due to shipping restraints. Canadian entries need to also be aware that you may incur international shipping cost upon ordering , should you win the certificate.

Please read the instructions for entering carefully. If the steps are not followed to the letter, your entry will be disqualified.

Your privacy is important to us. We will never share, sell or use your information in anyway outside what is required to send you your prize. As soon as the winner is drawn, all information will be deleted.

Check this blog for your prize. I will have no way of contacting you if you win, so please check back on the day of the drawing to see if you’ve won. I’ll give you further instructions as to how to claim your prize from there. If the prize is not claimed within one week from the drawing, a new winner will be chosen.

Okie Dokie. Now that all that is out of the way, lets get to the meat of this thing!

To Enter:

Leave a comment under this post telling me what you might do with your $70 gift certificate, should you win.  Be sure to leave your name in the comment as well so I can properly identify the winner. (It can simply be your first name and last initial,  if you wish, just so long as I can identify you when the drawing is held.)

Bonus entry: Spread the word about this giveaway, with the link to this post,  on twitter, facebook, your own blog… where ever you like. Then come back here and post the link to your post, tweet or whatever in the comments section.

Entries must be received by November 28th, 2010, midnight central time.

The winner will be drawn at random on Nov.29th, 2010.  Again, be sure to check back here on that day to see if you’ve won.

So that’s all there is to it! Wouldn’t that $70 go along way towards a great Christmas gift for someone you love? Or a great gift for yourself! *Wink-Wink, Nudge-Nudge, Say No More! * So get to commenting, and spread the word for your bonus entry!