Moocher Monday Giveaway: Gift Certificates to Mr. Pickle's!

It's no secret that Monday is the least favored day of the week. After two glorious days off with Friday and Saturday (like two cool kids whose parents don't care how late you sleep in, or how much red licorice you eat), here comes Monday, like a Debbie Downer, forcing you out of bed against your will at an unseemly hour, and then urging you back to work. No matter how much you love your job, Monday morning brings out a bit of the blues in all of us.

Well, The OC Gazette is here to bring you good tidings of better Mondays! We've been offering weekly giveaways for a few months under the moniker "Moocher Mondays," in an effort to redeem the least-best day of the week. From concert tickets to restaurant gift cards to theater tickets to clothing to spa treatments, we've given away a whole boatload of goodies to our readers and Facebook fans as a way of saying, "Thank you, gentle reader. Here's lookin' at turning that foul Monday into the start of a prosperous week!"

And now, to the point! Today is, as you know, Monday. Go ahead, let out a long sigh. Now suck it back in, because your luck is about to change! Today, we're giving away goodies to not one, not two, but THREE lucky readers! We've got three $10 gift certificates to Mr. Pickle's Sandwich Shop to give away today! Mr. Pickle's is a fun and fresh local eatery where you can find such scrumptious sandwiches as the "Hang Loose," with hot pastrami, bacon, cream cheese and avocado (!), or how about "The Hot 'T'" - hot turkey, melted pepper jack cheese, baja and cranberry sauce? These are just two of the TWENTY specialty sandwiches available at Mr. Pickle's, not counting the seven classic sandwich choices available! You certainly have options at Mr. Pickle's, which is more than most Mondays can offer you. 


Mr. Pickle's Sandwich Shop is located in Lake Forest, at:
23591 Rockfield Blvd.
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Phone: 949.770.2685


To enter, simply peruse Mr. Pickle's menu and leave a comment on this post with the sandwich(es) you'd buy with your gift certificate! Please also include your email address, or we won't have a way to let you know you've won! Your information will not be used by us for any other purpose than to contact you regarding your prize. **** For an extra entry, become a follower of this blog! Scroll down until you see the "Followers" section on the right hand side of this blog. Click "Follow," and then leave a second comment letting us know that you're now a follower!


Three winners will be selected using random.org tomorrow morning at 11am, so leave your comment before then to be eligible! 


Good luck and hope this helps turn your Monday around. ;)


-Blythe


on my iTunes: George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord"

Honeysweet Swimwear Giveaway!

It's Moocher Monday at The OC Gazette! For those of you who haven't been following us on facebook, get over to our fan page and hit like right now, because every Monday we give away free shwag from some of our favorite Orange County local businesses on our page. Our magazine is dedicated to all things local in Orange County, and first and foremost that means Orange County businesses. If you spend locally everyone in the community benefits! Moocher Monday is also a way for us to say "we love you" to all of you loyal readers. You guys are the greatest!

 

Today's giveaway is from Honeysweet Swimwear, the hot new swimwear line from Newport Beach. You might remember that we announced a "casting call" for them on our facebook when they were looking for local OC girls and women to be their swimsuit models. Here at the OC Gazette we are all about companies that keep things local, which is why we can't get enough of this up and coming business!

Founder Ryan Baker started the line with the intent of making high end swimwear with the best materials and the perfect cuts for every body, no matter if you're 20 or 45. The line will debut early in 2011, but we pulled some strings and nabbed a Honeysweet Swimwear tee and hoodie to give away to you guys today! You should feel special, because these things are flying off the shelves like hotcakes. It's no wonder. I got mine last week and not only are they both incredibly soft and comfy, they are cut perfectly! Most hoodies are bulky with silhouettes that are almost equivalent to those of a potatoe sack, but these are form fitting and use a much softer and thinner material. These two items are a precursor to the kind of quality we'll all be seeing in Honeysweet's 2011 swim collection. Are you excited yet? Then head over to facebook and become a fan of Honeysweet Swimwear and The OC Gazette and enter to win! We'll be giving away one tee (take your pick of small or medium), and one hoodie (take your pick of medium or large).

If you don't win, don't panic. I repeat, don't panic. Both the tees and hoodies are available on the Honeysweet Swimwear website for purchase!

- Amy
Listening to Deer Tick's "Art Isn't Real (City of Sin)"