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Two Ways to Win 10 Pieces of Milani Makeup (a $59 Value)

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  • WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Laura! Congratulations, Laura! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. πŸ™‚

Top o’ the morning to you, lass! Happy St. Patrick’s Day. πŸ™‚ There’s green all over the place! — green clothes, green beer (soon) and now green makeup in this here giveaway.

Tabs and I teamed up with drugstore brand Milani on today’s prize package of 10 pieces of eye makeup and nail polishes in festive shades of green.

Kermit the Frog once said, “It’s not easy being green.” Well, we’ll see about that. The giveaway starts in three, two, one…

A Makeup and Beauty Blog Giveaway!

  • There are two ways to enter, and you can do both of them for two chances to win. First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, a comment about anything at all, like, are you wearing something green? Do you believe in luck? What was your most memorable St. Patrick’s Day? Have you ever had green beer? Do you have a favorite Milani product? You get the idea.
  • Second, you can enter by following me on twitter Twitter @karenmbb and retweeting (RT) the following message:
    • Follow @karenmbb and RT to Win 10 Pieces of Milani Makeup (a $59 value) http://bit.ly/gAZ7VN

  • The deadline to enter is Friday, March 18, 2011 at 11:59PM (PT).
  • Entrants must enter using a valid email address and/or Twitter account to win.
  • A maximum of two (2) entries per person — one within the comments at the bottom of this post, and a second entry via Twitter addressed to me @karenmbb.
  • Contest is open to individuals of the United States (sorry, ladies living overseas; I promise a giveaway that includes you soon) who have reached the age of majority according to their local laws (18 in the United States with these exceptions: Alabama and Nebraska, 19; Mississippi, 21).
  • Tabs and I (heretofore referred to as “T-Money and K-Dawg”) will select one (1) winner at random from the entries either left in the comments at the bottom of this blog post or addressed to @karenmbb on Twitter.
  • The winner will be announced here within 48 hours of the deadline.
  • Void where prohibited by law.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

  • WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Laura! Congratulations, Laura! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. πŸ™‚

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  4. I love wearing green eyeliner. It makes my brown eyes pop! Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!! I married an Irish man πŸ™‚ so that makes me Irish today

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  6. aah! I tried to have a St-Patrick’s day make up but I realised that I only have kaki green, not true green.. so it is kind of fail.. πŸ™‚

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  8. Wearing Revlon Jaded on my nails for St. Paddys!
    I could really use some good luck… I just broke off a 6 yr relationship :-/

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  9. One of the things on my List is to go to Ireland. Since I can’t afford it going green will do! πŸ™‚ Happy St. Patricks Day everyone!

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  10. Despite all the green clothing I own (it’s my favorite color), I somehow managed not to wear anything green today!

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  16. Happy St. Patty’s Day, everyone! Be safe and don’t drink too much! Although I’m wearing gold today, my green necklace is a sure fire way to not get pinched! πŸ™‚

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  17. I don’t have very much green in my wardrobe, but I did manage to find an argyle sweater that is green and beige!!! That’s my green for the day! πŸ™‚

    Also RT on twitter.

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  22. Milani isn’t sold anywhere in my state and it’s one of my favorite drugstore brands! Also: My homemade neon green buttercream frosting I made last night is awesome. Hooray for St. Patrick’s day!

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  24. Yes, I am wearing green! But I’ve never actually done anything for St. Patrick’s Day, so they’ve never been memorable.
    Green make-up is lacking in my collection as well!

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  29. I like very much the Milani Liquify Eye. I think is a dupe for Urban Decay 24/7 Liner!

    Happy St. PatrickÒ€ℒs Day!

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  30. I don’t think I’ve ever remembered St. Patricks Day until I had already been pinched numerous times and then I somehow found something green to throw on. I’m not even wearing green as I type this.. silly me :p
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  31. This year I cannot partake in green beer or regular beer, since I’m 8 months pregnant, so someone please have an extra drink for me! Also my son is half Irish so he will get to celebrate when he is old enough to drink. (and most likely before he is old enough).

    Happy St. Paddy’s to everyone!

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  34. I’m as Irish as they get, and I’ve worn green all week just to prove to my officemates that I can go at least a week without duplicating clothing or accessories! Makeup, though, that’s another story — a pile of green Milani goodies would help a lot for next year. Thanks for the chance, Karen (and Tabs too!).

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  38. i went to an all girls’ catholic high school on the upper east side of manhattan an we always had st. patrick’s day off because of the proximity of our school to the parade on 5th avenue. also as i type i am wear a green holo nail polish by nubar called reclaim. happy st. patrick’s day!

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  39. Green is my absolute favorite color! Although, I somehow managed to not be wearing it today… if someone tries to pinch me, I might just pinch them back!

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  40. Wearing my green eyeshadow (have gotten a lot of compliments @ work), and green nail polish. I love milani makeup they have great eyeshadows that I love!!

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  43. Ò€œMaybe mistakes are what make our fate… without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had never veered off course we wouldn’t fall in love, have babies, or be who we are. After all, things change, so do cities, people come into your life and they go. But it’s comforting to know that the ones you love are always in your heart… and if you’re very lucky, a plane ride awayÒ€ Carrie from SATC πŸ™‚ <3
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  44. Every year I tell myself that I’m going to drink green beer, but then I forget to get the green food coloring.

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  46. I totally forgot it was St. Patrick’s Day, too! But i’m still in my pajamas, so I guess I have time to wear green if I want too πŸ˜‰

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  50. i’m rocking the green today! (it’s my absolute favorite color.) i’ve never tried milani make-up – always thought about it, they always seem to have gorgeous colors!

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  54. I’ve never drank green beer, but that’s definately an idea! I’m nor about to drink on weekdays, but if st. Pattys ever falls on a Friday or Saturday, I’m down! I love mcdonalds shamrock shakes, but the ones I go to always seem to have some technical difficulties πŸ™

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  55. Milani is fantastic i know they sell some stuff by them at our local kroger store, i have never purchased before but they look fantastic. st pattys day is the best every year we are in the parade, passing out beads. and no ive never had green beer but im going to have to tonight. πŸ™‚

    happy st pattys day all of you guys πŸ™‚

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  64. Milani has been my new BFF lately with their awesome Lip Flash pencils and their Glitzy glosses πŸ™‚ Been wanting to try their baked shadows.

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  69. I honestly don’t do anything for St. Patrick’s. Having red hair, people always assume I’m Irish (I’m not) and then take that as open game to make digs at me using stereotypical Irish-type things (my family must all be drunks, right?) It all kind of puts me in a bitter mood and then I feel bad because why let all these people ruin what’s supposed to be a lighthearted day of wearing green and celebrating those who ARE Irish. I dunno, wake me up during Oktober Fest, lol (because I AM German)
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  70. Hi Karen! I hope that you, El Hubs, and Tabs are having a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day. Sadly, I am celebrating by going to the eye doctor (I completed screwed up my glasses, and I am past due for an appointment).

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  72. I love reading this blog <3, it gives me great ideas and new products to try…when I have the money :P. Unfortunately I won't really be able to celebrate st.patty's day because of work and we have to be extremely conservative in our uniforms, green contacts are the only way I can celebrate! Enjoy your st. patty's day Karen!

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  74. Help, my office is right across the street from the biggest Irish pub in Milwaukee, and the crowds of people having a blast have been tempting me all day! My day would be so much better with some free GORGEOUS makeup in my fav color!!! πŸ™‚

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  84. Hiii!
    So I’ve never won anything in these sweepestakes but Im going to put my faith in the ole Irish luck and see what happens! πŸ™‚

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  87. The only thing green is my nails which are painted Mint Sorbet by Sally Hansen. Green beer just sounds fun but I’ve never had one!

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  96. We don’t have St. Patrick’s day here in Portugal and, although I have heard about it, I had no idea it was today, but the funny thing is that I dressed green and put green eyeshadow today πŸ˜€

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  97. I’ve never tried anything by Milani so this giveaway is kind of exciting!
    today I learned that you are not supposed to spell it “Patty’s” but “Pat’s” is totally acceptable and “Paddy’s” is a proper way to spell the celebration. I feel so late in clearing my ignorance!
    I am just going to go hang out with a friend, probably go to the mall. hope you have a good St. Paddy’s, Karen!
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  99. For each petal on the shamrock
    This brings a wish your way –
    Good health, good luck, and happiness
    For today and every day.
    ~Author Unknown

    Happy St Patrick’s Day!!! I would love to win that giveaway and use those colors to
    enhance my green eyes!!!!

    Laura in SC

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  103. I will be wearing green today, I work for Starbucks, and I will be wearing green eyeshadow too!! I like green beer, but not enough to go out of my way tonight after work to get one. I would be more inclined to go out and get cornbeef and cabbage, but unfortunately, my other half doesn’t like it. I like Milani products, I have a couple of things by them. I hope you have a great day and thank you for the opportunities of winning fantastic stuff!!!

    I tweeted: @beanagirl01

    Have a great day!
    Tina H

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  106. Re-commenting because I think my first one got lost…

    Wow, I’d love to win these Milani items! I had read so many good things about Milani, but unfortunately I couldn’t find there products anywhere locally. I finally resorted to emailing Milani to ask who in my area carried it. I got a replay pointing me to my local Kmart and, while they do carry it, they have a very limited selection. I keep going back though, hoping they will expand their offering. Personally, I have had great luck with Milani. I’ve tried the Lip Flash lipstick pencils, Glizy Glamour lipgloss, Liquif’eye metallic eyeliner and Runway Eyes shadow. Beyond their general fabulousness, the only thing I really noticed was that, in order to get the color payout I wanted, I had to use the shadow wet. No big deal though, and once applied it blended easily and wore really well. So thanks for putting this giveway together. I’ve got my fingers crossed…

    Also tweeted…@turtlegirl922.

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  108. I’ve only ever tried green beer once, and it was in Berlin, in the middle of June, because it was the touristy thing to do. Haha.

    Happy St. Patty’s Day!

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  109. I have to work tonight, which means royal blue scrubs. But that’s okay–I’ve got green nail polish on, and I plan to work a gold and green eye tonight!

    Happy St. Patty’s!

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  111. I’m not wearing anything green during the day. It’s finally warm enough to wear this cute tank I got and I’m taking advantage!

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  113. happy st.pattys day . I wearing green nail polish to celebrate . I was end up looking for four leaf clovers on this day. Maybe ill get lucky today : )

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  116. Everything is blue in Ireland for St.Patti’s day. But I’ll be ignorant and stick with green because green is a much better color in my book. πŸ˜€

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  119. What’s Irish and stays outside all winter? Patty O’Furniture.

    Yes, I had to do it. πŸ™‚ Happy St. Patrick’s day, everyone! And thanks, Karen, for another good giveaway opportunity.

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  125. Someone close to me told me she is going “husband shopping”. reminds me of a quote, “If an attractive, successful man who has it together in his 30s and early 40s were a product, it would be sold out and off the shelves as fast as it hit them.” !! – Happy St. Patty’s day to everyone πŸ™‚

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  127. I’m not wearing green today… but I do like my lime twist carmex lip balm… the cap of this is green lol… btw.. love this site.. and this is my first post πŸ˜€

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  135. Well, I forgot to wear green today; boss “rescued” me by sharing one of her green bead necklaces. But I am of Irish descent.

    And I’ve never tried Milani makeup before – what a fun way this would be to get introduced to the products!

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  139. I love green, but green eyeshadow makes me look too ruddy! But I’ll be rocking green nail polish tonight, maybe Essie Pretty Edgy?

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  149. Tabs aka “T-Money” you are one fabulous cat! Keep up the great work! Oh and Karen, love your blog too! πŸ™‚

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  153. Hey Karen, I wore green but by mistake! hehehe Would love to try Milani but we don’t get it in New Zealand πŸ™

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  155. I was scolded at work by our resident Irish worker, for not wearing green. I instantly thought of a funny comeback: “I have green in my wallet! Jefferson, Lincoln and Washington!” ha! Happy Green Day πŸ˜‰

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  156. I made 48 cupcakes last night and frosted them green…. it took 4 hours but it was worth alllll the time in the world

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  168. I love St. Patricks day! Green is my favorite color ! πŸ™‚
    Hope you’re having a wonderful St. Patricks day!

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  170. I am wearing green today, but since it[‘s my favorite color, that’s not something out of the ordinary for me. I wore my pale green NB sneakers, a green & white patterned cotton scarf, and and green eye makeup all from UD. I was also going to do my nails, but I ran out of time before I went out.

    Thanks for the giveaway. It’s so up my alley.

    PS: I Tweeted too.

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  181. Toady was my birthday! I wore a green shirt and a headband with four leaf clovers on springs, ahahah. After school I biked around in beautiful weather. All in all, a good day. Thanks for doing this giveaway!

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  186. Happy St, Patrick Day!!! Thanks for the giveaway!!! I had never try it before, so this is the great way to try it out.

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  187. So glad St. Patty’s day fell on a day when I don’t have 8AM classes and I can actually spend time on eyeshadow!

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  189. I just bought my first Milani blushes today! I wanna go back and get some of the baked eyeshadows and blushes. They looked so pretty.

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  200. We are very Irish, storytellers, talkers, etc. Last night, my little boy (age 5) said, “Mommy, I am going to catch a Leprechaun!” I asked him how, and he explained that he was going to spread honey all over the kitchen floor and hope the Leprechaun would stick there, but if he didn’t stick, my son would just follow the honey footprints to the pot of gold. I was so happy to have gotten wind of the plot early! I got him off to bed, and this morning, he found a wee tiny note and two “gold” dollars on the table. He was so excited. Best St. Patrick’s Day ever!

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  204. I didn’t wear green today, but I didn’t get pinched at all. I think everyone around me was just looking forward to happy hour later on in the day, haha.

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  206. I don’t know why my exes keep asking me if they cant talk to me! Hey it’s been a decade, and I’m happily married..

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  209. I love Milani products! I used the liquid eyeliner which was great and their nail polishes. Also in a dance concert that I was in, we used their eyeshadows for really intense looking makeup that would show up through the stage lights. I highly recommend Milani because they’re products are inexpensive and work well!

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  213. I went out for wings and green beer with 5 of my girlfriends! Lots of fun! Hope you enjoyed your St. Patrick’s Day too!

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  220. I am wearing green, but was quite disappointed to see that no one in the mall today seemed to have caught on to the green wave. Although, there was a lady in Sephora rockin’ bright green eye shadow πŸ™‚

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  222. I am off to go turn over a few chairs and scatter some papers around so the kids think the leprachon came to our house!

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  223. I’m wearing my favorite green sweater – a cropped cable knit cardigan. With very bellbottomish jeans. Should have worn my clover necklace.

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  234. i want to win anything i can for my mom. she got me this far, now i am in college for materials engineering, and it would be nice just once to see her get something great just for herself.

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  235. I didn’t even realize it was St. Patrick’s day! I’m so glad I had tiny green embellishments on my cardigan b/c I was about to be pinch-attacked by my 11 year old mentee πŸ™‚
    Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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  237. i want to win something for my older sister. she is my inspiration and my mentor. and, if she doesnt like somethng, i always get it !

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  242. I’d love to try these Milani products out! I don’t have much green makeup, so these would make a nice addition to my collection πŸ™‚

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  244. I love green makeup! It complements asian skin tones so well.
    Too bad I can’t get Milani makeup where I live πŸ™

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  246. thanks for having this giveaway! yesterday as i was getting ready for st patty’s today, i realized i have no green clothing. of any sort. nor hair ties, nor jewelry, but strangely, i had nearly six bottles of different shades of green nail polish. WOOT. emerald green base, black pot of gold painted on the fourth finger with glitter nailpolish making the “gold” in the pot. so fun to paint!

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  248. I made sure my boyfriend wore green today… but I, myself, forgot… I got pinched a lot by him when we were out today πŸ™

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  255. I wore a green dress yesterday for Saint Patty’s and got lots of compliments. The green make-up would have punched it up even more!

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  258. I looveeee green eye makeup. i just purchased the UD 24/7 liner in mildew and can’t wait to add more green eye shadows to my collection as well!

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  262. This would be awesome for my mom. She absolutely LOVES green and would totally paint herself green everyday if it were sociably acceptable. I’m sure these products would be a better alternative especially since now the chemo is done and she can have the energy to wear makeup again.

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  265. I’ve been wearing Zoya’s Ivanka since Tuesday so I didn’t have to worry about wearing more green for St. Paddy’s day!

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  266. Wonderful giveaway. I’m honorary Irish. I used to love going to the Jersey shore when I was a teenager. Lots of Irish (real Irish from Ireland) used to come there to work for the summer. I met lots of nice guys and girls while I stayed down there. Lots of memorable times during those summers. An Irish accent is a big turn on for me! Thanks for this giveaway.

    makeupgirl21@comcast.net

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  269. One year in middle school my mom got me a pair of green and white striped toe socks for St. Patty’s day. I most definitely still wear them πŸ™‚

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  278. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Cheers to finding your site- I am uber obsessed now and check it obsessively πŸ™‚ Here’s hoping my last name -“Green”berg- will give me enough Irish luck to win this contest.

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  286. I had a quite boring St. Patricks day. All I did really to celebrate it was wear green to shield off the pinchers (;

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  287. I love green but sadly I don’t have ANYTHING in green. πŸ™ And nope, I’ve never tried green beer. Sounds interesting! The Shamrock Shakes at McDonalds sound cool too…but it looks kinda gross. LOL.

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  289. I was so busy at work in the last couple of weeks and realized that it was St. Patricks day during my morning meeting several people in the room were wearing green. I was under the impression, that there were few more days left…. time truly flies πŸ™‚ I love green eyeshadows… this is such a lovely giveaway. Thanks πŸ™‚

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