Ladies Who Lunch Giveaway: Mario Batali or Elle Lunch Bag

by Tara Kuczykowski on December 3, 2008 · 488 comments

Elle Christy Lunch Bag In my post the other day on seven easy ways to cut $1 or more out of your daily budget, I mentioned that packing your lunch on a daily basis is an excellent way to make huge impact on your budget. Brown-bagging it can get old and boring quickly though . . . until now.

Cosmoda sent me this adorable Elle Christy Lunch Bag, and it almost makes me wish I had an office job again just to be able to carry my lunch back and forth in it! I was surprised at how nice the quality is, and you’d totally never even guess it’s a lunch bag until you unzip it and see the insulated material inside. Both the interior and exterior wipe clean easily, and did I mention just how gosh darn cute it is?!?

Cosmoda wants to help you save money by packing your lunch and still look chic while doing it, so they’ve given me three adorable lunch bags to give away to three lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers!

Mario Batali Messenger Lunch Bag Elle Brittany Lunch Bag Mario Batali Satchel Lunch Bag

Would you like to win one of these fabulous lunch bags? Just leave a comment telling me what your favorite well-rounded lunch is that you’d pack!

Every reader has three methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, or three for up to a total of 3 entries!!!

1. Leave a comment sharing what lunch you’d pack in this sweet little lunch bag!

2. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email and leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.

3. Spread the word about this contest in some manner and come back and leave a link in a separate comment. If you have a blog, you can blog about it. But if you don’t have a blog, you’re not at a disadvantage. You could review and Stumble it. You could Twitter it. (Use hashtag #lunchbags, please.) You could post about it in a forum. Use your imagination!

It is important that you leave a separate comment for each type of entry because each comment is equal to one entry. Sorry to harp on this, but it really is that important to tally and select the winner easily, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me simplify the process!

Prize:
1 of 3 Mario Batali or Elle Lunch Bags (ARV $20-$30)

This giveaway ends at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sunday, December 7th. I’ll use Random.org to generate a number that corresponds with the winning comment number and post the winner on Monday, December 8th. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

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1 Amber December 5, 2008 at 1:23 am: I follow your blog!

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2 Rebecca C December 5, 2008 at 3:46 am: I like the Elle Brittney bag! I would pack a tuna salad sandwich and celery sticks :D

Rebecca C´s last blog post..Fly High Joy Review and Giveaway!
3 Rebecca C December 5, 2008 at 3:47 am: I am a subscriber!

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4 Rebecca C December 5, 2008 at 3:47 am: I blogged about this giveaway: Here

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5 Rebecca C December 5, 2008 at 3:58 am: Sorry about the above! Wrong link! I blogged about this giveaway: Here

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6 Cindy December 5, 2008 at 4:55 am: I have a Lean Cuisine and a Weight Watcher Yogurt and a bottled water. If you can’t guess, I am on a diet! Thanks, Cindy
7 judy brittle December 5, 2008 at 5:38 am: A new beautiful lunch bag would liven up my boring lunch of bologna sandwich,bana and some chips. Thank you so much!
8 judy brittle December 5, 2008 at 5:39 am: I’m a subscriber.
9 mary December 5, 2008 at 8:36 am: I love the messenger bag. It is so nice to be trendy while packing my lunch to work.
10 Leah December 5, 2008 at 8:50 am: These bags are so cute.
11 Marcy December 5, 2008 at 9:19 am: I have to have this one to pack my salad that I bring each day to school!
12 Chellsey December 5, 2008 at 9:49 am: My favorite lunch takes you back to the old days when I was a kid! Just plain ole peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a small bag of Baked chips, a pickle, some celery sticks with ranch and don’t forget my favorite chocolate chip cookies!!
13 Sandra December 5, 2008 at 10:06 am: Such adorable bags … I’m a PBJ girl, so I’d had that and of course a diet coke in there! :-)
14 Tricia December 5, 2008 at 10:06 am: I normally pack ham and cheese sandwich, chips, and carrot sticks or some such vegetable.
15 Tricia December 5, 2008 at 10:07 am: I am currently a subscriber.
16 Laura December 5, 2008 at 10:11 am: Too cute. I love all 3! As for what I pack for lunch, I like to make sure I have a healthy mix… so there’s usually a sandwich with tunafish or cheese&mustard (protein and carbs) and a piece of fruit. If I’m packing leftover pasta or something very carb-y, I like to bring an apple, as I keep a jar of peanut butter at my desk for additional protein (apples and peanut butter – yum!). I’m veggie and need all the protein help I can get! Thanks for a fun giveaway.
17 Laura December 5, 2008 at 10:12 am: Twittered you (LauraCh).
18 Laura December 5, 2008 at 10:12 am: I’m also a subscriber, thanks!
19 jennifer December 5, 2008 at 10:48 am: The best lunch is always dinner leftovers. However, I find that my favorite dish as leftovers for lunch is chicken and rice. When we make it at home it’s obviously the chicken and rice but we add water chestnuts, snow peas, mushrooms, and carrots. As a lunch, the only thing I add is a piece of fruit, usually pears in my house. It’s cheap for dinner and even better that it goes further as a lunch.
20 Julie December 5, 2008 at 10:51 am: I’m a subscriber.

I would take a turkey snadwich, an apple, and some pretzels.
21 Julie December 5, 2008 at 10:53 am: In this cold weather, I would take some leftover soup, some crackers, and some fruit.
22 pal p December 5, 2008 at 10:54 am: I do pack my lunch but I need a cute bag for it !!! Thank you.
23 Julie December 5, 2008 at 10:56 am: I would take a salad and some fruit.
24 Kathy December 5, 2008 at 11:16 am: I try to make vegetable soup to take in the winter.
Fills me up and cuts calories.
Thanks
25 Jamie December 5, 2008 at 12:13 pm: I pack my lunch for work every day and am getting so tired of all my handled paper bags falling apart. I’m down to my last one and too cheap to buy a “real” lunch bag. None have been cute enough to weaken my resolve and let go of the cash. But these lunch bags look pretty good. Maybe I’ll win and solve my falling-apart paper bag problem!

Thanks for the offer.

Jamie
26 Melissa Martin December 5, 2008 at 12:22 pm: Typically, it’s a sanwich and fruit, but with one of these babies I could manage to pack some leftovers every now and then too!
27 Brooke D. December 5, 2008 at 12:46 pm: I would pack a Turkey sandwich with all the veggies on it, fruit, and yogurt!

Thank you for the chance!
28 angi harris December 5, 2008 at 1:16 pm: these are adorable!! I would love to win one!! Thanks for the opportunity!
29 Janet H December 5, 2008 at 1:31 pm: I take my lunch almost every day. I ususally take leftovers. I like soups & stews in the winter. In the summer, I like sandwiches, pasta, or salads. Great looking bag! I could start a trend!
30 Lisa December 5, 2008 at 2:28 pm: My usual lunch is a frozen meal, fruit, side salad and a yogurt. Sometimes I add a bag of popcorn.
31 Lisa December 5, 2008 at 2:29 pm: I am a subscriber! Wouldn’t miss it.
32 Lisa December 5, 2008 at 2:30 pm: I’m usually a leftovers kind of gal. Right now, what with trying to polish off the leftover Thanksgiving turkey, my favorite lunch is a turkey sandwich on whole grain bread with lettuce and mayo, a Honeycrisp apple (yum!), yogurt, chips, and some kind of little sweet treat. Thanks for the giveaway – if I win, that will be a big improvement over the plastic Target bag I normally use!

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33 Lisa December 5, 2008 at 2:32 pm: I’m subscribed via Google Reader.

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34 Ginny December 5, 2008 at 2:32 pm: I’m a peanut butter & jelly girl. I’d also include a salad & probably some chips :)

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35 Ginny December 5, 2008 at 2:33 pm: I’m a subscriber

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36 lillie December 5, 2008 at 2:59 pm: These are adorable and might I add..FASHIONABLE! I save money by making my own uncrustables for my kids lunch and I would get to pack my own if I won. I’d be the ‘cool’ one at work.
37 Carrie December 5, 2008 at 3:04 pm: My favorite lunch to pack is the simplest…..PB and J, with yogurt, carrots, and some kind of chocolate goodie!
38 Carrie December 5, 2008 at 3:04 pm: I am a subscriber
39 Susan Murphy December 5, 2008 at 3:52 pm: These are super cute! Much more stylish than my recycled brown bags that I typically use :) I pack egg or tuna salad, yogurt, fruit, pretzels and sometimes a cookie if we have any. Nothing fancy but it sure is cheaper than going out every day! One of these bags would definitely kick my lunch up a notch!
40 Becky Grayson December 5, 2008 at 4:06 pm: I just found out this week that I am diabetic so I will begin carrying my lunch every day instead of a couple of times a week. I usually bring either a chicken sandwich or turkey sandwich and a cup of fruit. A dessert was usually in there as well but not any more well there will be just a sugar free one. LOL I really love these totes.

Thanks so much!
41 Becky Grayson December 5, 2008 at 4:07 pm: I am a subscriber!
42 Elaine December 5, 2008 at 5:54 pm: I like finger foods like cheese. crackers, and fruit.
43 cris December 5, 2008 at 5:55 pm: pancakes!!! yes, i did say pancakes for lunch and not for breakfast and a close second is a wrap with bacon, lettuce , tomato and cheese.

my lunch would look so dressed up in one of them lunch bags!

thanks for sharing!
44 charissa December 5, 2008 at 5:59 pm: I usually bring leftovers or a salad to work. Those totes are so trendy! I’d probably care my lunch more often with something so fashionable to carry it in. I just stumbled accross your site…I’ll be back more with hot giveaways like this :)
45 charissa December 5, 2008 at 6:02 pm: I just signed up as a subscriber!
46 Carol December 5, 2008 at 7:06 pm: I would use leftovers to take to work, or use it on a car day trip!
47 Doreen December 5, 2008 at 7:19 pm: Hi, I’d pack a Turkey sandwich on whole wheat, my daily apple w/apple slicer, water and a small bag of Honey Barbeque Chips! Yum!! :) I would love to win one of these lunch bags as the one I have my zipper broke so I def need a new one!!
48 Doreen December 5, 2008 at 7:20 pm: I’m a Subscriber!
49 Doreen December 5, 2008 at 7:39 pm: I blogged here: http://treasuredgiveaways.blogspot.com/2008/12/mario-batali-lunch-bag-giveaway.html Hope to win one of these bags! Would LOVE to show it off at work!!
50 Jeanine December 5, 2008 at 8:28 pm: I would make sure to cook extras for dinner just so that I’d have leftovers to take in this great bag.