a little gift for me

Dutch ovens and gravy boats are two things that my grandma keeps telling me that I need.  For the first few Thanksgivings that I hosted at my house, she probably mentioned dutch ovens and gravy boats at least ten times a piece.  She said things like, "If you had a gravy boat, we wouldn't have to use a bowl and spoon for the gravy," and "This would have been a lot easier if you made it in a dutch oven."  

As graciously as possible my replies went something like this, "Grandma, I'm a vegetarian.  I've been a vegetarian since I was 12 or 13, I don't find myself in need of a gravy boat very often.  A spoon and bowl work just fine for the one day a year that you all come here and someone else makes a turkey in my kitchen," or "Grandma, I don't even know what a dutch oven is, let alone how to cook in one."

So what's my point? 

In the last few months I've done two giveaways in conjunction with CSN Stores.  I've been thrilled to do them because the truth is that I LOVE to give people stuff . . . you may have already figured that out since I'm spending an entire year making gifts to give to people.  I have a few more giveaways coming up in the next few weeks, and I am really excited about them.  

However, today I get to tell you that in the midst of all the giveaways for others, I'm actually going to get a little gift just for me . . . well, it will probably be for my entire family, but still . . . it's a gift that I get to keep because CSN has given me the opportunity to review a product from one of their millions of stores.  Okay, they don't have millions of stores, but if feels like they do because in the over 250 stores CSN provides, they pretty much have anything and everything my family needs . . . or wants.

Truth be told, I could probably get on of these:

or one of these:

But I probably won't because I still think a spoon and bowl work fine, and I have yet to learn what it is a dutch oven does.  Can anyone enlighten me?

So . . . stay tuned for my review of the mystery item from CSN.  In the meantime, go check out CSN for yourself . . . maybe you are in need of a dutch oven or a gravy boat.  ;)

Craft on!