Giveaway: One more from FinCon13.

winnerA couple of weeks ago I had the Plutus Awards giveaway: a backpack full of goodies given to winners of the awards, along with fun stuff picked up in the expo hall at the Financial Blogger Conference. This week I’ve got a prize that’s almost as good as that one.

Crystal, who blogs at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff, donated her backpack o’treats to the giveaway cause. Thanks to her and also to my daughter, who donated some of her expo hall swag, we’ve got what I guess could be described as the Miss Congeniality Awards giveaway: It’s super-nice and super-fun, but not quite as tip-top as the first-place winner.

A nice little backpack with a “State Farm” logo on it has been filled with, among other things:

Quick (and exciting!) news from FinCon13.

I'M-SPEAKING_LG(2)The bad news: Abby didn’t win the Plutus Award for “Best-Kept Secret Blog” last night.

The good news: She did win the People’s Choice Award. Her reaction was quite choice; read about it at her blog.

And I won for Best Frugality-Based Blog, which frankly astounds me: I didn’t even know I’d been nominated until shortly before the conference. We got a lot of good-natured ribbing about it being Mother-Daughter Night at the Plutus Awards.

So many thanks to all of you who voted. She still can’t quite believe it. Abby has already noted a number of new followers.

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