Comfort Zone Check: Way Outside!
So I got this email the other day asking if I wanted to do a giveaway. Now other than the book reviews I do for MotherTalk, all the giveaways I've done have been things I've supplied myself. Apparently my blog is not on the Nintendo Wii giveaway radar or the DisneyWorld focus group radar. Oh well, I'm happy in my little corner of the blogosphere with my books.
Back to the email. The company is called Eden Fantasys and I'm not going to hyperlink just yet--I got some 'splainin to do! Drew, who wrote the email was obviously somewhat acquainted with my blog, and seemed to think I would be a good fit for getting the word out on his company. My first thought was "???" Why would he think that? I mean I'm about as family-oriented and PG as it gets. I'm not Aaryn Belfer (who contributed lube to our BitchHer bags) or Bad Mom (who thinks proper storage of "toys" would make a useful high school class). I'm way more Mrs. G--who makes no bones about being a very modest person (in spite of her stable of Secret Boyfriends and Daily Mancake). Hmmm, maybe Drew realizes that I'm probably not comfortable shopping at F Street Bookstore and the Internet might be able to serve me?
I started ruminating on it--I do have a big family and we all know where babies come from--maybe that's what Drew was thinking about when he picked me. Or maybe he was focused on the self-confident, 21st century feminist vibe (pun unintended but humorous nonetheless) I give off (or at least I try to give off). Then again, maybe it was the post from my summer vacay where I blogged about the interesting games I found in our rental condo. Could it have been that my whole family is still laughing about the time Grownup Girl encouraged a friend's mother to teach her daughter about masturbation? Whatever--I was intrigued.
So I'm going to do it. Yes, I am family-oriented, but we all know that whatever makes a marriage (that would be marriage between any two people--BOO Prop. 8) stronger makes the family stronger. And we all know that hawt green beans is an important part of marriage-- and anything that helps with the cooking is welcome.
This is the product I picked--The Bedside Lover's Tool Kit. (If you're so inclined you can shop around the site on your own as well--I'm sure Drew over at Eden Fantasys would appreciate it). Leave me a comment and I'll pick a winner randomly and have it mailed to you in a plain brown paper box. Unless Aaryn or Bad Mom wins and then I'll have the mail carrier ring your doorbell and yell, "Your box of 'marital aids' has arrived. Have fun!"
I want to win this so bad just for the sheer joy of finally winning something. Of course there's also the added bonus of knowing that my husband gets home before I do and will open the package and wonder who the hell sent it to me! I'm laughing already! God, if I don't win, I may just order the tool kit and have it sent here anyway. I have to set up a hidden camera for this!
Posted by: blognut | January 15, 2009 at 12:35 AM
sounds good to me! will it ship outside of the States?
Posted by: marit | January 15, 2009 at 01:35 AM
I love the GUG story...I missed that one before...too funny.
**blushing** we already have this box. Coach got it for us a while ago. I rate it: "two thumbs up"
Posted by: Suzanne | January 15, 2009 at 08:46 AM
It doesn't seem to come with an iPhone charger. ???
Posted by: Cheri @ Blog This Mom! | January 15, 2009 at 09:52 AM
You wild thing you. Well, I pass because (A) there is no lover in my bed these days...and (B) when the lover gets back, I'm not thinking we'll need any assistance spicing anything up in that department! Nothing like a forced abstinence to put the rev back in your motors.
Posted by: Mary Alice | January 15, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Pick me, I love marital aids!
Posted by: Megan | January 15, 2009 at 10:15 AM
dude. i got the very same email. from exactly that guy. who referenced stuff i'd written. clever, no?
Posted by: kate | January 15, 2009 at 10:53 AM
That is the craziest thing! I went to a party once and purchased some, ahem, marital aids. Yeah, nearly burned off Mr. D's prize gem in the process of applying said aid. Yowza!
Posted by: green girl | January 15, 2009 at 11:51 AM
I think it was definitely the board games that did it!
But I have to admit, the prize does look nice. If I win, my husband might just like that fact that I blog!
Posted by: kcinnova | January 15, 2009 at 01:24 PM
This is a cruel post BECAUSE I CURRENTLY AM SINGLE. But inventive none the less.
Posted by: Suzy | January 15, 2009 at 02:51 PM
Marital aids? Man, I am all about those these days!
Anyway, marital aids would be much appreciated here since being pregnant has not made for much enjoyable "marital relations" these days.
Did you know you can get marital aid videos all netfilx style thanks to the internetz! I am not a huge fan but someone else in the house is and we'll I am open minded (I did work at a "marital aids" shop back in the day).
Posted by: Talina | January 15, 2009 at 03:58 PM
I think you should stamp "SEXXX Toys" all over the brown paper. :)
Posted by: mandy | January 15, 2009 at 04:46 PM
OOO! OOO!! pick me! pick me!! and you can totally embarass me and have them deliver it with a megaphone. can you deliver it to my sister's office? she would DIE. hmm... not that i want to kill her. it would be hilarious. even if there wasn't a megaphone involved.
Posted by: ms. changes pants while driving | January 15, 2009 at 04:57 PM
Awesome! This post is very timely as I've been wondering if I should get an "upgraded" marital aid. Off to peruse the site. And Drew, a coupon code would be great!
Posted by: Melanie @ Mel, ADramatic Mommy | January 15, 2009 at 06:11 PM
::::blushblushblush::::
um, put my name into the hat please
Posted by: gary | January 15, 2009 at 06:22 PM
I'm with Ms. Changes: I've got a good friend who just got married a few months ago!
Posted by: Manic Mommy | January 15, 2009 at 08:28 PM
He wrote to me, too. He's two-timing you! I was similarly taken aback.
And, no, I'm not interested in the giveaway. We don't need help. We just need some privacy.
Posted by: suburbancorrespondent | January 16, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Sometimes I think my little "corner" of the blog world is just that. Little.
Posted by: apathy lounge | January 16, 2009 at 10:13 AM
The "honey dust" with it's own "feather duster" Haa ha ha. Okay, I'm in.
Posted by: Heidi | January 16, 2009 at 12:10 PM
LOL - I got that email - maybe I need to dig it up!
Posted by: magpie | January 16, 2009 at 01:16 PM
I already have a couple of these items, but don't use them nearly often enough!!!!
Hey, I just put a post up that has the picture of your get together with the other bloggers - the shoes one. Hope you don't mind. Let me know if it's a problem, and I'll take it off!
Posted by: jenrantsraves | January 16, 2009 at 02:46 PM
Sigh. What? Must the Matron cover her eyes when she comes her now, you naughty thing, you!
Posted by: Minnesota Matron | January 16, 2009 at 06:27 PM
I came across your blog from foolery, it's my first time here and uhhh, well... I think I'll be back! I love marital aids! I'm also not opposed to stamping SEXXX toys all over the brown paper package. What fun!
Posted by: imom | January 16, 2009 at 06:41 PM
I swear I bought the 1984 version of that box for my husband as a honeymoon gift!
Loved the links - and your daughter will remember that little slip the rest of her life!
Posted by: Susan | January 17, 2009 at 12:03 AM
I'm not interested in the give away. But I would love to get e-mails asking me to give away thing (though I am not as confident as you, here. my comfort zone is a little more shy).
Posted by: Nadine | January 17, 2009 at 05:55 AM
Back in my more frequent fishnet days I got carried away at one of those lingerie parties and bought that kit! Too funny.
Posted by: JCK | January 18, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Jenn,
This is totally awesome timing since my laptop boyfriend has been captured by a band of renegade Apple Geniuses in the repair shop. I am unable to get into the Blogophere. (I've had to get my Obamagasms from television.) So . . . more time for green beans . . . and now they'll be served with extra hawtness!
With gratitude from:
Cheri, Tom, Kate, BOSSY, and the iPhone boyfriend.
Posted by: Cheri @ Blog This Mom! | January 23, 2009 at 09:20 AM