Just a quick note to say that Dreamy1’s prize has arrived… She won the 5GB Microdrive. Unfortunately, she recently dropped (and broke!) her camera, so she couldn’t post a picture. As an aside, she’s also getting the shaft on her extended warranty coverage from Bank of America/Visa. Anyway, I encourage you to stop by, check out her site, and congratulate her.

In case you haven’t heard, CleverDude was the lucky winner of my box’o'bricks. Being a good sport, he even posted a picture. Credit for the enclosed note goes to my lovely and talented wife, although he did decide to censor it. For the full message, take a look at this picture, which I snapped before shipping the prizes out to the winners.

Interestingly, Mr. Clever went to Home Depot just one day earlier and bought himself eight bricks for use around the house — if only he had waited, he could’ve saved a few bucks! Looking on the bright side, he and CleverDudette (a.k.a., Stacie of BuildingNutrition.com) now have a few spares for future brick emergencies.

Just a quick note to say that I’m (finally) mailing the anniversary giveaway prizes today. In the interim, I thought y’all might enjoy seeing a picture of the prizes. To the winners: You won’t know what you’ve won until the package shows up on your doorstep. Again, I encourage you to take a picture of your own when you get your prize and post it online — I’ll happily throw a link your way if you do. Anyway, congratulations again to the winners, and thank you to everyone else for your support! As NCN would say, you guys rock. Oh, and thanks to Henry of BinaryDollar for serving as my inspiration on the box of bricks idea.

Update: Sadly, I was only able to fit five bricks in the box. However, it still weighed in at 19 pounds, 11.4 ounces! Given that I used a prepaid box, I was able to ship them out for $8.95 — otherwise, it would have cost over seventeen bucks.

Well, the big giveaway is now a thing of the past, and I’ve selected the winners. Here they are, presented in alphabetical order…

Allen
CleverDude
Dreamy1
MoneyWalks
quartersaver
tmg

Note that I’m still not ready to announce who won what, as I’d like to stretch out the suspense a bit… Especially for the “lucky” winner of the bricks…

Stay tuned, though. I’ll be announcing who got each prize sometime soon. And remember, if you’re one of the winners and you happen to have a website of your own, I’ll happily link back to you if you post a picture of your prize after you receive it.

Time for the final update on the anniversary giveaway… As I write this, we’re just shy of 450 comments on the original contest announcement, and I’ve received three more entries from bloggera who’ve posted an entry (and followed the rules):

BasenjiMom
Plus6
JDHarper.com

Remember, you get a single entry for posting a comment on the original contest announcement (and promising to tell at least one friend about this site), whereas a blog entry gets you three additional entries (if you follow the rules). See the original post for details. But you better hurry! The contest closes at 8PM tonight.

Thanks also to Saving for Wealth for sharing this with their readers.

Time for another update on the anniversary giveaway… We’re now closing in on 450 comments on the original contest announcement, and I’ve received two more entries from bloggers who’ve posted articles highlighting my past posts or reviewing this site. Here they are:

The D’s
My New Choice
WiselySunshine

Remember, you get a single entry for posting a comment on the original contest announcement (and promising to tell at least one friend about this site), whereas a blog entry gets you three additional entries (if you follow the rules). See the original post for details.

And keep in mind that the contest ends at 8PM EDT tomorrow (Friday) night.

Time for another update on the anniversary giveaway… We now have well over 400 comments on the original contest announcement, and I’ve received two more entries from bloggers who’ve posted articles highlighting my past posts or reviewing this site. Here they are:

The Golden Parachute
Clever Dude

Remember, you get a single entry for posting a comment on the original contest announcement (and promising to tell at least one friend about this site), whereas a blog entry gets you three additional entries (if you follow the rules). See the original post for details.

Thanks also to Rich Teacher, Poor Teacher for linking to the contest.

Time for another update on the anniversary giveaway… We’re creeping ever close to 400 comments on the original contest announcement, and I’ve received an additional eight entries from bloggers who’ve posted articles highlighting my past posts or reviewing this site. Here they are:

The First Time Homeowner
Money Mythos
The SEM Zone
SF Money Musings
Scary Debt
Giveaway Project
Not Made of Money
See Me Sell a Screenplay

Remember, you get a single entry for posting a comment on the original contest announcement (and promising to tell at least one friend about this site), whereas a blog entry gets you three additional entries (if you follow the rules). See the original post for details.

Thanks also to the following sites for linking to the contest:

The Sun’s Financial Diary
Cash Money Life
Zuiken.net
Foximus

Time for another update on the anniversary giveaway… There are now well over 300 comments on the original contest announcement, and I’ve received an additional four entries from bloggers who’ve posted articles highlighting one of my past posts or reviewing this site. Here they are:

Living Almost Large
Savvy Steward
Money Walks
Viva
Advanced Personal Finance
ArsGeek

Remember, you get a single entry for posting a comment on the original contest announcement (and promising to tell at least one friend about this site), whereas a blog entry gets you three additional entries (if you follow the rules). See the original post for details. And remember, if you have multiple sites, you can make submit multiple blog post entries (one per site). Just be sure that the articles are substantially different from each other. Oh, and keep in mind that your site doesn’t have to be about personal finance to be eligible. In fact, I’d be thrilled if people with unrelated sites decided to participate. After all, that gives me a chance to reach out to an entirely new audience.

Thanks also to the following sites for linking to the contest:

Arghyle
Get Rich Slowly

Time for another update on the anniversary giveaway… There are now well over 300 comments on the original contest announcement, and I’ve received an additional four entries from bloggers who’ve posted articles highlighting one of my past posts or reviewing this site. Here they are:

No Credit Needed
One Million to My Name
The Baker Family Blog
Financial Dispatches

Remember, you get a single entry for posting a comment on the original contest announcement (and promising to tell at least one friend about this site), whereas a blog entry gets you three additional entries (if you follow the rules). See the original post for details. And remember, if you have multiple sites, you can make submit multiple blog post entries (one per site). Just be sure that the articles are substantially different from each other. Oh, and keep in mind that your site doesn’t have to be about personal finance to be eligible. In fact, I’d be thrilled if people with unrelated sites decided to participate. After all, that gives me a chance to reach out to an entirely new audience.

Thanks also to Geezeo for linkg to the contest.