{"id":890,"date":"2011-01-26T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verastic.com\/?p=890"},"modified":"2011-02-08T15:37:54","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T20:37:54","slug":"verastic-is-five-years-old-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/projects\/verastic-is-five-years-old-giveaway.html","title":{"rendered":"Verastic Is Five Years Old ::: Giveaway!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Verastic dot com is five years old today. And it’s all because of you! Who am I kidding? It’s all because of me! Okay, fine, it’s all because of us both. Mostly me. A little bit of you. Hey, the point is, the blog is five *INSERT WIDE IGBO GRIN* \u00a0I’ve been waiting for like forever to do this giveaway, and finally, the day is here. The rules are simple. But before I tell you the rules, I should first mention that the following people are not allowed to participate. Well, they can participate if it so pleases them, but they won’t be winning anything.<\/p>\n

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  1. Mr. Shoes and the very fine chic he’s sweating<\/li>\n
  2. Funmie and any man she may send to compete on her behalf<\/li>\n
  3. Busola, her husband, and her son<\/li>\n
  4. Uju and any man she may send to compete on her behalf<\/li>\n
  5. Deola, her husband, and her son<\/li>\n
  6. All members of my family – known and unknown, liked and unliked, born and unborn.<\/li>\n
  7. Oh, yeah, and all sponsors of this giveaway cannot win either [even if they comment].<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Rules:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Leave as many comments as you can or want to. The more you leave, the better your chances of winning.<\/li>\n
    2. Make sure you comment with a valid<\/em> e-mail address. I’ll need to e-mail you when you win.<\/li>\n
    3. You have from now till Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 to go bananas on the comment section. After that, comments will be closed, and a winner will emerge.<\/li>\n
    4. Oh, winner takes ALL<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      What You Get:<\/strong><\/p>\n


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      Green Bow Tie from Oyato<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

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      Blue Bow Tie from Oyato<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

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      Brown Bow Tie from Oyato<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

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      Tees From One3Snapshot<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

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      ** If a man wins, he will get the Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense<\/em> tee. If a woman wins, she’ll get the Original Sufferhead<\/em> tee ***<\/p>\n

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      African Print Champion Lace Up Shoe from FunkyDada<\/p><\/div>\n

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      African Print Pillowcase from FunkyDada<\/p><\/div>\n

      *** You will receive the pillowcase and a $50 coupon code to order the shoes from FunkyDada<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

      <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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      S Cord from Akeyno<\/p><\/div>\n

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      These gifts come to you courtesy of the following sponsors:<\/p>\n

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      Sponsors of the Verastic 5th Anniversary Giveaway<\/p><\/div>\n

      Happy contesting!!!!<\/p>\n

      P.S.<\/strong> If you have any questions, leave it as a comment or e-mail me.<\/p>\n

      UPDATE: The results are out. You may check them out HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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