WOW, what a blast the Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop has been! 679 entries for my Holiday Gift Giveaway hop – $25 Starbucks Card!!!!!  For my first giveaway,  I can say it was a HUGE success. I learned SO much in the process and have met some amazing new friends along the way, both on my blog and at the blogs I visited for the hop. SO FUN!

For my first giveaway, I wanted to be sure I got all the details right, so I took screenshots along the way for the selection of the lucky winer!

Congratulations to the winner, TerriAnn @ Cookies and Clogs!!!!

CookiesandClogs was selected by the following process.  First the random number was generated at Random.org:

Then I found entry #289:

And confirmed the mandatory entry (following on Google Friend Connect):

CookiesandClogs = TerriAnn van Gosliga

And finally I confirmed the winning entry (which was liking It’s OK to be WEIRD! on Facebook):

I e-mailed TerriAnn and heard back from her almost right away.

“Oh, wow! Thank you so much! After entering 247 giveaways I was a bit disappointed to not win ANY of them . . . until now. Also, congrats on your first giveaway, and what a successful one at that.” 

WOOHOO!  First giveaway complete and one happy new blogger friend with coffee soon coming her way!

Thanks again to everyone who entered and helped make my first giveaway such a success! Thanks to a Simply Stacie, Little Yayas, My Wee View, Review Retreat and Stockpiling Moms for all their work on the Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop. You ladies are GREAT!

Stay tuned for more giveaways coming soon!