Shay's Favorite Day GIVEAWAY!

Hey, hey, hey!

You guys know what day it is!

It’s September 1st which means…

…IT’S MY FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR!

Woohoo!

We have arrived 🙂 .

On Friday night, I was sitting at a high school football game, up in the bleachers next to my brother, and he said something about the weather breaking in September. I told him that was one of the reasons why September 1st was my favorite day of the year. He wanted to know what my other reasons were and I told him because:

It’s the end of long, hot August. Even if the weather doesn’t cool down immediately, you know it’s around the corner.

School is back in session which always feels like the beginning of a new year to me.

Starbucks has their fall menu out and even if I don’t always order a Pumpkin Spice Latte, it makes me happy to see it on the menu.

Football is back.

September baseball is by far the best regular season baseball.

The food starts to get cozy. I can start making chilis and soups and yummy baked goods.

The stores start to set fall decorations out.

My house smells like cinnamon and cloves.

Pumpkins begin to make an appearance and nothing makes me happier than a pumpkin.

The leaves start to change.

The mornings get crisp.

The State Fair of Texas begins.

My brother looked at me and then finally said, “You’re wrong. December 1st is the best day of the year.”.

Bahahahahaha!

Then yesterday morning, he texted me just to tell me once more, “You’re wrong. December 1st is the best day of the year.”.

I died laughing! Three days later, and he was still thinking about it. I’m still chuckling.

Whether you think today is the best day of the year or December 1st or A-N-Y of the 365 the Lord gives us to live, I think it’s always a good idea to stop and celebrate even the most random days. It’s easy to celebrate birthdays and holidays…but there’s something special when you start celebrating any old day.

I declared September 1st my FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR many many many years ago, and I always like to celebrate it with YOU with…

…A GIVEAWAY!

Because giveaways are always a great way to kick off the month 🙂 .

This year, SHAY’S FAVORITE DAY GIVEAWAY includes some of my favorite finds…

…one lucky winner will get all SEVEN of these favorite fall finds (a prize valued at over $550!).

Here’s what you’ll receive…

My new favorite combo! You will get not only the beloved QUILTED JACKET but you’ll also get a pair of my UGG SLIPPERS too! The winner gets to pick the color of each.

I am also giving away…

…a medium LANDS END TOTE!

You can pick the color (and they have new ones out now!), and it will come monogrammed and personalized just for YOU!

For years and years, I’ve changed out my spring and summer fragrance for…

…REPLICA BY THE FIREPLACE each fall and winter. It’s my fave!

This fall, I decided to swap my normal phone case, and I bought myself…

…a FANCY BANDS PHONE CASE! The winner can pick any fall themed case for themselves too 🙂 .

And your fall can be extra cozy with two of my favorite seasonal books…

…EVERGREEN and…

…THE AUTUMN RESET!

Seven prizes, one winner, and a great way to kick off September!

Here’s how you win…

You must enter via the link at the bottom of this post in order to be eligible to win (the giveaway generator will randomly select the winner’s name). There is only ONE requirement to enter and that’s “BE A POSITIVE PART OF THE MIX AND MATCH MAMA COMMUNITY THIS SEPTEMBER”.

We’re all mature, supportive, encouraging women in this community, so this time, we’re going to go on the honor system. Enter your name one time via the link below if you plan on being a fun, active, happy part of this community this month. If you only want to be fun and active today, that’s totally cool, but to enter the giveaway, I really hope you’re planning on being engaging more than one day this September. I would love it if you’re committing to the entire month.

That’s it.

There are a lot of ways to be a part of our community. Liking/sharing/commenting on photos on both Instagram and Facebook, visiting my Pinterest boards and pinning things to your own (my Pinterest is EXTRA fab during the fall!), making one of my many FALL recipes, participating in our daily blog discussions, reading the books I suggest…whatever it means to you, I just think we are all in this together, so I’m not going to ask you to jump through any hoops for the giveaway. Simply use the link to enter to win if you’re planning on being a thoughtful part of this community this September. That’s it!

I will stop the giveaway and it will randomly select a name at 3:00 PM CST on Monday, September 7th. I will announce the winner’s name here on my blog the next morning, Tuesday, September 8th.

If you are in the mood today for some…

…I have so many blog posts you might want to visit!

Pop on over and get excited about September by reading:

THE TOP 10 MOST CHARMING FALL TOWNS IN THE US (you voted!)
THE SIMPLE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT FALL
MY KEYS FOR MAKING FALL COZY
19 KEY FALL KITCHEN ESSENTIALS
TOP FIVE, BOTTOM FIVE: THINGS ABOUT FALL
MY FALL HOME TOUR {2025 EDITION}

Happy happy SEPTEMBER, friends!

I am always so grateful to spend all of my days with this community, but it’s especially sweet to be here with you during the ‘ber months.

Guess what I’m going to do to kick off fall?

I am going to take a few days off. Ha!

Tomorrow, I am going to decorate my house for FALL (which is always one of my favorite things to do!), and then on Thursday and Friday, I have a travel agent conference to attend. The good news is that it’s in Dallas which means that I can attend AND leave each evening to go watch both Lovejoy High play football on Thursday night and then McKinney Boyd High play on Friday night.

I will be out tomorrow and Thursday, but I will have a FRIDAY POST this week before we all take off for Labor Day weekend.

Needless to say, I’ll be extra peppy on Friday because I’ll have my pumpkins up.

And pumpkins always make me happy.

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