But, when the big day dawned, you couldn't tell.
This weekend, the huz and I will mark this special moment in our lives with a little weekend getaway from it all.
But I couldn't leave you, dear readers, out of the celebration! That's why I am so excited to introduce you to the newest Apartment 34 sponsor Lo & Sons Handbags.
These incredibly versatile and hardworking bags are exactly what a girl needs to make it through her day, from home, to work, to the gym, or traveling, for business or pleasure.
And here's the best part. Lo & Sons is offering Apartment 34 readers the chance to win TWO handbags and TWO plane tickets (!) anywhere in the U.S. for yourself and the special woman in your life - Your Mama!
Here's how you enter:
- Leave a comment on Apartment 34 about where you'd like to travel and why
- Like Lo & Sons on Facebook and let them know your favorite memory about your mom or someone else very special to you.
- Tweet about the giveaway for an extra entry - just be sure to include @loandsons tell me in the comments that you did!
Here's to getting away with the ones you love,
*Mrs. E
wedding photography by jose villa
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133 comments:
Ooh, I would love to travel Florida with my mom. I live in Seattle & she lives in MI so we don't get to see each other anywhere near as often as we'd like. We used to take all our family vacations in FL and it would be great to take her there!
xoxo,
g
www.fleckbites.com
And CONGRATS on your one-year anniversary! My husband and I are celebrating our two-year in two weeks :)
I'd like to fly to New York so my mom can meet my special someone's mom :)
too fun! happy 1st anniversary to you and your hubs!
i would love to take my momma to northeast...maine or boston. i've never been to either, and she goes on and on about how fab both are. plus, she reeeeeally deserves a girly getaway!
thanks to you and lo&sons for the great giveaway!
I'd love to fly with my mom to NYC, a place she's never been. From the day she and my dad took me, their adopted (and only) daughter, into their arms, I've felt so loved and cherished. In a way, it breaks my heart to be *potentially* moving away after graduation to a place she's never been, and I'd love to be the tour guide on her first visit!
My dad doesn't like to travel and my mom wants to badly. I would love to take her on a trip to Italy, a place she has wanted to travel to all her life, and show her how much we all appreciate her love and support!
(I tweeted as well! http://twitter.com/ashley_hollier/status/60863686180474880)
I would LOVE to travel to NYC!!! My Mom grew up in Buffalo, NY and said that she has never been to the city before. New York is so exciting and there's is so much to do, I think we would have a ball! :)
vandango33 at gmail dot com
here is my tweet! http://twitter.com/#!/egood33/status/60865084100055040
vandango33 at gmail dot com
I would fly to Ft. Lauderdale and take my mom on a cruise. We had an absolute blast on our first one, and we've been wanting to do it again ever since! Thanks for the great giveaway.
x Hilary
oneclutteredlife.blogspot.com
how fun!! happy anniversary :)
i would LOVE to go somewhere warm with my mom! she has always told me she likes san fran and ive never been there so i think it'd be the perfect place. what a fantastic giveaway! xoxo jcd
Ahhh this is sooo awesome! My mom's birthday is tomorrow, I wish this happened a week ago!
Anyhow, I would take my mommy to Florida, so we could visit my oldest sister and my 2 year old niece. We'd hit up some beaches and some malls and catch some sexy tans. Oh yeah, hot mama! Hehehe!
-Natalie Varela
pepione@things-galoure.com
just tweeted! xoxo jcd
@cornflakedreams
Tweeted!
@pepione
Natalie Varela
pepione@things-galoure.com
well if it's in time for my dad's 60th birthday -- that's where I would use the tickets for! it's gonna be a big bash!
I would love to travel to Charleston, Sc with my momma! She is from the south and hardly ever gets to go back bc she is so busy up here!! plus living in pittsburgh we hardly ever see that sun and lord knows we could use some vitamin D!!!!
Great idea! Would love to take my mom somewhere fun like Manhattan and treat her like a queen :).
and I just tweeted! congrats on your anniversary!
Oh my goodness - I would love to travel to New York City with my mom! I am going there for the summer for a magazine internship, but I don't have my plane ticket yet and I'd love for my mom to come with me to get me set up and see the city! As of right now, I'll be headed to NYC all by my lonesome- without my mom or my hubby!
Oh, and I tweeted it!
i want to travel to NYC with my mom cause we both love the shows, the shopping, the food, and just the awesomeness of that city! i live in hawaii and she is in california so i don't get to see her that much and it would be awesome to take a getaway together to one of our favorite cities!
I would love to take my momma to Austin, TX! For the sun, cultures and cuisine!
Congratulations on your One Year Anniversary!!! I would love to sweep my mom off her feet and travel to San Diego. She is in Idaho. I am in Maryland. We are too many miles apart from one another, and I truly believe dipping our toes in the sand/water and enjoying an ice cream cone (our favorite dessert) would be the perfect gift for her/us. Thank you so much for this giveaway opportunity!
I would love to take my mom somewhere sunny and relaxing!
I would love to take my mom to Virginia to see her sister, whom we haven't seen in ages!
tanforsyth@hotmail.com
I wish you happy anniversary, and many many more in the future!
I cant believe its has been a year! I feel like I just found you right after you got married- Happy Anniversary. And what a lovely giveaway.
Happy Anniversary!
I would love to take my Mom (& Nana) to Key West! I have been every year for the past few years with my bf and his family and I know they would LOVE the Keys!
I "like" Lo & Sons on facebook and wrote about my fav memory on their wall
I tweeted about this giveaway!
(sbowyer2)
If Hawaii counts, I'd love to go to Hawaii with my mom! But if it doesn't count, I know she'd really enjoy going to Yosemite National Park.
-- I also liked Lo & Sons on Facebook + wrote down my favorite memory.
-- I also tweeted (instantphoebe).
I'd love to travel to Paris with my Mom, myself, a friend, anyone. The art, the shopping, the bread! oui s'il vous plaît.
I would love to jump on a plane to Chicago and visit my friend that just gave birth to a baby boy! I am sure she could use the help right now!!!
Or maybe down to Atlanta so we can see the B.F. Mom & Brother!
What a wonderful giveaway!
I'd love to go on a trip with just my mom. If we were to go anywhere in the U.S. I think we'd pick somewhere like New York as neither of us has been. We love to window-shop and what better place??
I would really enjoy spending quality time with my mom in NYC. Ever since I moved out 2 years ago we haven't been as close, this would be a great way to show her that I love and appreciate her :]
Sorry - I had to delete my last comment, I didn't realize it was anywhere in the US. Sooo... I have to change my destination. I would pick Washington DC! Why you ask, well because of the Japanese Cherry Blossoms. My mom is originally from Japan, and I think she would love to see the Cherry Blossoms!!
Many warm congrats!!! What a wonderful milestone to be celebrating :)
Oh my goodness what a great giveaway!! I would love to travel somewhere beachy! Florida perhaps?
Happy (belated) 1 year anniversary! Hope you have many many more years of happiness!
I liked Lo & Sons on facebook, wrote my favorite memory on their wall & also tweeted about the giveaway!
My mother hasn't had the chance to travel very much in her life so she would be happy to go on a trip anywhere! She loves the ocean so I think she'd really enjoy Florida.
Oh we would go to the San Fran area -- visit my husband's one brother's family Los Gatos and the other brother's family in Sonoma County! Miss them and free tickets would get us there faster than saving our pennies :-)
Happy Anniversary! I love my 1st anniversary (actually I loved all 7 so far!!)
Happy anniversary! I would love to travel West... maybe Oregon? Thanks for the chance to win! Great giveaway!!! xo.
nicole.boddington@gmail.com
Here is my tweet!
http://twitter.com/mommieblogs/status/61081455589212161
i would loveee to go to florida with my mom!
and i tweeted about it!
I live in Seattle and my mom lives in Connecticut and I'm getting married in March in Mexico. She wants to be involved in the planning, shopping for the dress, and I'd love to fly somewhere warm with her to do some mother-daughter time and have her be a part of planning the big day.
I am not sure where I would go with my mom, but it wouldn't matter too much since we hardly get to see each other living so far away!
I tweeted!
jessicahills22
First off, this is the sweetest giveaway ever! Second, congrats on the anniversary! My man and I are celebrating 8 years together (not yet married) this weekend! And finally, I would just love to take my mom to either New York, because she loves the city and on our first trip out we had barely enough time to see or do much of anything! Or I'd take her to Ohio to see my sister, who we never get to see. It would be a really special visit if we did, though.
Thanks so much!!
Aw this is such a good giveaway! I would like to travel to New York with my mam because we always have such a ball together when we go there!
p.s. you are friends with Anna Chatelain, one of my dear friends! Just wanted to stop by and say hello.
Also,today is the last day to enter the $150 jewelry giveaway on MY blog! Would love if you entered!
http://www.ashesoflaughter.com/2011/04/150-jewelry-giveaway.html
xx,
Erin
Congrats! Happy 1 year. I'd like to travel to WI to see my mother. I moved to MT a year ago for work, and it's tough getting home to see her. It takes a day to get there by car, and costs a lot to fly!
I would take her to the bay area in San Francisco to show her how beautiful it is and convince her that it won't be so bad if I eventually move to the other coast
I'd love to travel to Virginia or North Carolina -- being in the North, we are tired of snow in April!
Just tweeted the giveaway!
The bags are gorgeous and that's the greatest giveaway in the history of giveaways.
What a great giveaway. I'm in Fashion Design school and I'm dying to go to to LA or NY to see their fashion/garmet districts. And my mom would love a trip to go shopping.
I also sent a tweet!
@electricmixer
I grew up in RI going to the beach with my mom but I live in Seattle now so I rarely get to see her. We had a memorable drive across the country a few years back but never made it to Southern California, where she grew up. I'd love to travel there and sit on the beach with her.
I would love to take my mom to New York City! We are from a small town in Virginia and it would be a treat for us to go just the two of us for a girls trip.
Aw, thank you SO much for the retweet! YOu are too sweet! :)
xx,
e
www.ashesoflaughter.com
I would love to take my Mama on a trip to the upper east coast during the fall (Cape Cod, Vermont, Maine). We've taken a lot of trips together as a family over the years but have never managed to get up there. I think it would be so fun to see the beautiful fall leaves changing, do some botique and small town shopping, eats loads of amazing fresh seafood and just unwind and relax as mother and daughter (maybe even a little spa time hah).
Happy Anniversary!
I'd love to take my mom to some place in the Carribean! She doesnt get to travel much and I know she would love the beach and warm weather!
What a great giveaway! My mom would love this bag with all of its compartments! If I won, I would take my beautiful mother to Napa Valley for some much needed r&r.
Ana
ana.janca@hotmail.com
I would travel to Cape Cod with my Mom. Our family is from there and it's just so calming spending time with family, stuffing my face with lobster rolls, vintage dress shopping, pretending I have a Boston Accent and have her just shake her head.
Amazing giveaway... Would love to travel to northern california.. we moved from there about a year back (after spending a decade) and am feeling homesick for the ocean,fog,sierras.
I would love to take my mom wine tasting in Napa Valley - I think it would be a fun girly getaway!
Tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/lacretia/status/61152401440256000
I would love to take my Mom to North Carolina, where my two older sisters live with her only grand children. She has only seen them once when they were first born and they are 3 now! Although she would love to go as often as possible, she doesnt have the resources to. I can only imagine how happy this would make her. <3
Erin, this is amazing! I just left a comment on their Facebook wall... Every night before I go out with friends, my mom says, "If you can't be good, be safe." It has guided the belief that you can go out and have a good time without getting into {too much} trouble ;)
And I just tweeted (@mackenziehoran) — thank you, Erin!!!
I would go on a honeymoon to Fiji!! We've been married for 7 months now and have yet to make it to a honeymoon due to work schedules and renovation of a house. Luv those bags!!!
Most. Incredible. Giveaway. Ever. I would surely go someplace WARM & SUNNY to escape chilly Seattle for a few days... Palm Springs, perhaps? :)
I also tweeted! @McKenzieG_
AWESOME giveaway! I think my mom and I need to go to NYC. No doubt about it. Yep, I'm packing my bags already :)
I would love travel to Italy it is next on my list!!!
* Like Lo & Sons on Facebook and let them know your favorite memory about your mom or someone else very special to you. DONE.. so easy I love my mom!!!
* Tweet about the giveaway for an extra entry - just be sure to include @loandsons tell me in the comments that you did! of course my twitter handle is bmds99
First off, congrats!
Second, I would go off to Seattle with my mom and sit at all the cafés and sip on coffee together. OR I'd hit up New Orleans for some of their Jazz festivals coming up. My mom loves music!
- I also "liked" them on FB & left them a comment
- I tweeted them here: http://twitter.com/#!/cmvillegas/status/61220572633382912
Thanks for the cool contest!
Cheers to many more happy years and anniversaries!
These bags are simple and classy LOVE!
Hmm - I think we will take the tickets to Santa Fe for our 10year anniversary coming up :)
I would love to take my mom on a surprise trip. I've been out of state for grad school & would love to have a graduation/i love my mother a lot vacay!
i would take my mom to New York to visit my sister. Girls reunion!
I would have to seize the moment and go to NY. It has always been my dream to go visit (and one day call it home!) I'm in need of a mother-daughter-sister trip there!
I would really love a Mother/Daughter weekend in NY. My mom and I have talked about it many times, just haven't taken the steps to make it happen!
Love Love Love your blog and the featured bags!
My daughter's birthday falls on Mother's Day this year, and the weekend most years, so we try to take a mother/daughter trip every year to celebrate. I would take her to Key West, Fl.
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/lethe1998
I liked Lo & Sons on facebook, wrote my favorite memory on their wall.
Happy Anniversary! Our 1 year Anniversary is coming up as well (mid-May) and plane tickets would be the best gift for my hubby! A dream of ours is to just show up to the airport and pick the next flight out that interests us. The spontaneity sounds thrilling!
Congrats!
I'd love to go with my mom to Cali... southern probably. We LOVE it there! She doesn't live close to me now so that would be the perfect way to relax and catch up together on the beach.
I really want to go to Seattle to visit my best friend. It's been too long since I've seen her!
I would love to travel to New York! Broadway never fails to turn me into a complete nerd. Live theater is so magical. :)
This is such a generous giveaway! I fell in love with the Lo & Sons bags when I saw them a couple of weeks ago :). I'd for sure take my mom to New York - she's never been and has always wanted to go. I think it'd be a great girls bonding experience, plus I can't remember the last time my mom took a vacation - the few times she's gotten on a plane in the past few years it's been for work. She has always worked hard for me and my brother - when we were young and our parents first divorced she still made sure that we got to go to Disney :). If I had plane tickets taken care of, I'd be able to treat my mom to a fabulous trip!
Liked on fbook and commented :D
Best wishes,
Ann Marie
Also tweeted about the giveaway via @stellawishes !!
Dearest Erin,
Congrats with your 1st wedding anniversary!
Great giveaway and I've liked LO & SONS on FB; tweet about them: AngelsnRosebuds Mariette Vedder
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Would love to take Mom to the Hyatt Regency at Coral Gables, Florida.
Enjoy your trip!
Mariette
oh la la - amazing giveaway! I want to take my mom to the Pacific NW since we have never been to this part of the country.
xo, rebecca of loving. living. small.
My favorite memory with my mother is what we call "bonding." Most weeks, on Saturday or Sunday, my mom and I have lunch and run errands....sometimes it's shopping, sometimes its boring but it is with her and its our time.
I'd love to take her to Hawaii!
Wow ~ mom memories are so dear to my heart. So many to share, but one of my favorite and most endearing is how she always would come and tuck us into bed at night. And then right before she went to sleep (hours later of course), she would come into the room again, kiss me on the forehead, make sure I was covered with the cozy duvet and then whisper, "I love you". I've since adopted this bed-time routine and late-night check-on-her moment with my little crumb. I hope it is as comforting to her as it has always been to me.
And where would I LOVE to take my mom.... well, I would love to jump on a plane with my little girl and fly to Georgia and surprise my mom/her grandmother because we so rarely get to visit her.
I'd love to go to to North Carolina again. Before last summer I'd never been east of Colorado - and it was so much fun seeing more of the U.S.!
mika@50kpgs.com
What a fun idea! I'd like to travel to Vancouver, BC Canada with my mom! I was born there + have never returned since our family moved just 3 years after I was born (that's over 30 years ago!) I see family photos (+ Super8 film!!) of Vancouver, and hear all the stories from family members, but I don't remember it at all. I admit-- I AM JEALOUS! It looks + sounds so fabulous! My mom + I work together everyday (we own + operate a catering company + food shop) but rarely get the chance to travel together as mother + daughter. We have talked of returning many times but have not been able to schedule the trip. What a treat this would be for my mom (+ best friend,) and myself! ;) I will tweet abt this now + like on Facebook too! Happy Anniversary you fabulous duo, you two!
emily coTTon
www.cyds.biz
I would have to toss a coin on this one. I would either fly myself and my mom to Seattle to see the town I miss and to get a great haircut and have a fun time with friends for our shared birthday. My other choice would be to fly us both to Chicago to see my grandfather who just celebrated his 90th birthday. I love to travel with my mom- meeting up with her somewhere would also be fantastic.
Happiest anniversary to you and your Mr.!
Happy Anniversary, sweet friend!! What a fabulous giveaway -- wow -- I would love to take my mom to California!! Possibly Napa? How fun would that be!! I love her with all of my heart and would totally love to be able to give her something, since she is always taking care of everyone else!! Big hugs- Tulip Louise xoxo
I would love to take my mom on a trip to Michigan so that she can see her family that we have not seen in 12-13 years. That would be so wonderful!
I would love to take my mom on a yoga retreat like she took me last year!
Happy anniversary!
Think I'd like to fly with my new husband to New Orleans to do some building repair work in the mornings, some exploring in the city in the afternoons. Never been, but this would be a treat like none other!
I would LOVE to travel to India. My mom is a recent travel lady having gone to Hawaii twice and planning a trip to NYC. We would both love to explore this culture! And besides, the food is amazing.
I would love to take my mom to New York. She has never been to a big city like that and I think it would be amazing to see her experience that!
Amazing giveaway.. I would love to travel to any big bustling city- namely NYC, I just want to soak in the culture!
I would love to go to San Fransisco with my mom. We have talked about going there several times, but it has never happened. Now that I am "all grown up" we never take trips as a family anymore. It's always traveling home to see each other and it would be great to go somewhere new.
I would take my mother to Spain so we could sight see the royal palace, enjoy tapas and watch some flamenco like two young women. :)
I'd love to travel to anywhere in Europe because I have never been. I'd love to go to Eastern Europe especially because I studied the Balkans (randomly) in college.
my mom and i need a get a way. we'd pack our bags and head to california, no question. lady loves to sun on the beach, and i love to read in the sahde. i think there is plenty of both in california. a match made in heaven. xoxox
hadleigh-on-sea.tumblr.com
Tuscany, with my family - for the food, wine, and relaxation!
It would be an absolute dream to see my most wonderful and most deserving Mom, Ashley, go to San Fransisco. Of course I wouldn't mind being there with her (!!), but more than anything, I would love for HER to be able to do something she's wanted to do for so many years: go to California. When I was able to travel to San Fran with my boyfriend for business, I was seriously contemplating turning my ticket over to my Mom, who I truly believe would find her niche in this hippie/cool/cultural/anything-goes heaven on earth. She is the essence of San Fransisco and so deserves to experience it first hand. With a heart of gold that is always bursting at the seams with unparalled love and generousity (I mean really, she is an angel), my sis and I would be the happiest girls in the world if we could play any part in giving her the gift of her dream vacation.
Thanks for this fantastic opportunity :)
.....and cheers to you and your guy, and to many, many more years!
xo Kate
www.kateshouseofhappy.blogspot.com
Oops, does this still count if I spelt the dream destination wrong (ah, the downfalls of relying on spell check)! San Francisco.
Sorry/thanx!
I just heard how gorgeously funky Savannah, GA is. I'll fly there, thank you very much!
My mom lives in Michigan, so two tickets would be the perfect way for my sister and I to visit her this summer! We live in DC and NC. I also tweeted about the giveaway from @ewester
Thanks!
I'd love to go somewhere beautiful and sunny with my Mama--she loves the beach! Maybe PR or Florida.
She also wants to go to Germany sometime, which is where her parents are from...so perhaps Europe?
jschraug at smith dot edu
I meant to write "perhaps Europe later in life?" :P
That would be so awesome something to do before my mom totally forgets who I am!
I would probably take my Mom to New York, neither of us have ever been! Or I would take her to Switzerland to visit her Mama!
I also "like" them on FB and posted my favorite memories of my mom. Thanks again. xoxo.
nicole.boddington@gmail.com
I'd like to go to Seattle with my Mom. We're both East Coasters, but she used to live there and would really treasure that trip.
I'd like to visit Australia with my mom because my sister will be studying abroad there!
I would love to travel with my fiance to Hawaii for our honeymoon. We are getting married in October of this year and planning has been such a crazy process we have not even begun to think of our honeymoon. After such a tedious and intense year of planning for our wedding, we need a break. I am fortunate to be working with the amazing Jesi Haack on my wedding, so this helps in my crazy planning process, but I am a bride that can become crazy about the details. I think I may be driving myself and my fiance bonkers with design wedding details (pinning away inspiration, constantly talking and thinking wedding)....I am such a detail oriented person and want to make my wedding such an enjoyable experience for all our guests that I am having a hard time just relaxing in the process. This trip would allow us to do just that, relax and enjoy eachother without interruption after all our hard work.
Where would I like to travel? I think it would be easier to answer with placed I don't want to visit; that list would be shorted! I think Iceland tops my list at the moment, but Poland, Australia, Antarctica, Turkey, and the Galapagos are high on the list too. Really, anywhere I haven't already been would be awesome!
Maybe this will help my chances a bit - in addition to commenting and tweeting, I've also Liked the fan page on Facebook and left a mommy memory and quote.
Fingers crossed!
What an amazing giveaway! I'd love to go anywhere right now, but Australia and New Zealand are currently at the top of my list!
hey there! also posted one of my favorite mom memories on Lo and Sons facebook (+ liked it!), and just tweeted (@katebergeron) about how this is kind of the sweetest giveaway ever.
thanx!
kate
Would love to fly to Hawaii!
lovewantvintage(at)gmail(dot)com
Would love to head with my mom to the northwest. It seems almost as cool as she is!
My grandmother, whose favorite place in the world was Arizona, just passed away. She lived in MA to be near my mom towards the end of her life, and I'd love to fly out with my mom and spend a day scattering grandma's ashes and visiting her favorite places in her memory.
I liked Lo & Sons, wrote on their wall and tweeted about the giveaway!!! My Mom lives in the bitter cold of Minnesota. I live in New York City. I'm getting married this next year. We had always talked about taking trips together, but it's never quite happened. I'd really rather not be like that ABBA song, so I'd like to take her some place warm to explore.
Happy Anniversary! I love reading all of these posts about moms and daughters, it is so heartwarming. My Mom and I love the beach and a beach getaway weekend would be the perfect time for catching up, relaxing and just spending some quality time together! Im thinking San Diego or Key West...mmmm sounds lovely.
xxkristin
What a wonderful giveaway. My mother's been an absolute rock through this past year. Can't think of a more lovely way to thank her. Perhaps a foodie trip to Austin (we've been hearing all about their food trucks!) or a trip to San Francisco with down time in Marin.
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