Coach Holiday — A Girl Can Dream, Can’t She?
Santa, Baby remains one of my all time favorite holiday songs.
Eartha Kitt is so elegant. So fabulous. So unabashedly materialistic! Eartha is cooing about the kind of Christmas most of us dream about. So maybe this year Santa won’t be bringing you a yacht or the deed to a platinum mine. But thanks to the Coach Holiday Blog-a-Day, you might just win something special from an esteemed accessories brand.
Coach specially selected thirty bloggers (including moi!) to share their favorites from the Holiday Collection. And one lucky reader will get to win a special prize! I’m super stoked — this is my biggest giveaway yet!!
Coach has a gift to suit your every need, but my absolute favorites from the 2009 holiday collection are as follows.
The gloves. Coach has ‘em in every color, but I’m especially loving the motorcycle gloves. Paired with a simple black sweater and jeans, they’re subtle but effective statement makers.
The Sabrina Bag. Does it get more classic than this? This is the perfect size purse for work, play, and the wee hours in between. Love the shape and the capacity — this is the kind of purse any bella would be proud to take a-traveling, am I right?
The Textured Metallic Audrey. It gets no flyer! This purse turns heads. Trust me! The Textured Metallic Audrey was my companion on the Oasis of the Seas cruise, and I got nothing but questions about it. The wonderful thing about being on that particular ship was, I could just point the curious onlookers in the direction of the Coach store right there on board!
So 30 days, 30 blogs. Click here for the complete list. And to win a Sabrina purse of your very own right here on Afrobella — leave me a comment and let me know — have you been a good bella this year? Tell me the best deed you did in 2009!
Comments will be closed by Thursday night — or when I get to 100 comments. Whichever comes first, then I’ll choose a random winner! Please note — contest winners must have an address within the continental United States. Good luck, bellas!!
*** edited the next morning — WOW. Over 100 comments overnight?? That’s an Afrobella record, y’all! I’ll honor my first promise and keep this open till Thursday! Good luck everyone…
*** edited Thursday at 8:45 am Central Time — OMG. 450 comments. And SO many of them are inspiring and beautiful…I’m verklempt! Talk amongst yourselves! Will post a winner by tonight! Could it be you?? Hang in there and keep your fingers crossed!
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I have tried to be a good bella. My good deed this year was mentoring/tutoring homeless people. But the best bella was the woman who organised the program. She is such a selfless person and is an inspiration to me.
enter me please! the best thing i have done this year is donating food to the needy
Enter me! I adore coach but am using my money this holiday season on my friends and family not myself, thus it would be a delightful treat and surprise.
I’ve been a good bella, a busy bella, but a good bella. I have taken care of my aunt after two surgeries in addition to juggling full time college and internships. In addition – but I do this every year – I collected children’s books for local schools and shelters as I believe that books as a child are just so important in fostering growth and creativity plus I loved them growing up.
I try to be as good of a bella as I can.
Last month on my way back from this poetry jam thing, my roommate and I are going back home. She drives a truck(the reaction we get when folks see 2 black chicks hop out of an old truck makes my day!). As we’re going along, I tell her that I think I just saw someone on the side of the road. She’s like girl you always seeing things, but I’m sure of it. I make her turn around and sure enough this guy was there. We’re in school, so it was like a frat guy but he was soooo wasted like her couldn’t get up. We were so scared b/c he tried to get up many times and slammed his head onto the concrete sidewalk(no joke) like 3 times! He came up to the truck and we got scared again because well we didn’t know what he’d do. What did he do? He banged on the windows telling us to help him, then somehow flopped in the back of the truck. We called the ambulance and they took him to the hospital. whew! we were just glad he got medical attention.
(hope i get the purse)
i like coach bag.
hope i can get the purse!
The best thing I did this year was last May when I cut my hair short and donated my 18 inches hair to Locks of Love. Back then I was depressed and in the middle of a divorce. Well, when things are down, there’s only one direction one can go: sideways. I hope the recipient (especially the children) are happy and smiling again seeing their faces in the mirror.
The best thing I’ve done is volunteered at my local library!
Please enter me !!
enter me please!!!
happy holidays
I adopted a dog from a shelter! The dog was going to be put to sleep but we rescued it instead!
Wow, just trying to think of things I did this year makes me feel I don’t do nearly enough charity work! The funnest thing I did was participate in an after-school program for an organization called La Familia. The kids were a blast!
I try to do one anonymous good deed every day–sometimes they are big but mostly they are just little things to brighten someones day.
I have to say, ive been bad this year. but this year has been bad right back.
so i think the best thing ive done this year is forgive.
Hey I think i’ve been a good bella this year lol
well a good deed that I am proud of doing this year is really helping out with the charity drive at my school. We raised about $1,000!
We’ll I hope I win, love the bag.
Happy Holidays
I have been good this year. I went to a soup kitchen and fed the hungry
I’m definitely been a good bella this year. I traveled to Africa to design technologies for developing countries. Love the blog !!
A good deed that I did this year was taking care of my mother while she was recovering from her surgery. I am so proud of not only my mother for sticking it out and staying strong, but also proud of myself for being a patient person. I also joined a club at my school called R.A.K.E, which stands for random acts of kindness and etc (:
Hi there, I would love to be entered!
On Monday night I helped organize a benefit concert for a local orphanage – to provide a holiday to a number of teenage girls who do not have families to spend the season with. Next, we get to go shopping! (of course tehy all want Twilight stuff!)
I have definately been a good bella this year. I am taking care of toddlers whose parents are in esl classes while they are playing with me. im actually heading out ther right now
Hi there.
The best deed I’ve done this is just my volunteer works. I voulnteer at least 50 yours at different places every year.
Please enter me! Thanks.
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Hi there!
The best deed I did in 2009 was taking shifts at work for a sick friend and also helping out my friends in college with a really hard project I completed and they had troubles with.
Thank you for entering me!!
hi,
well the best deed this year was to go to the food bank more often than not to help more and more people fresh food and it feels so good
please enter me!!!!
I have !
the best thing I did this year was take care of my sick mother who has depression.
I love her dearly (:
so it was out of pleasure and care to do it !
thanks for the giveaway !
My best deed this year was sign up to go to another country and fix and give out wheelchairs to those who are in need. The actual trip is not this year, but the tickets have been bought, and the fund-raising for wheelchairs has begun.
Hi Afrobella!
This year I wanted to give back to the community and make a difference. Two months ago, I raised more than $4,000 to create a meal to feed the homeless of San Francisco this holiday season as part of the Asian Chefs Association event =)
Thank you for your consideration =)
My good deed this year would have to be being a part of Make-a-wish foundation. Being able to volunteer, dress as Minney Mouse and visit young sick children. Not only have I been able to help young children but its been a very gratifing experience for me as well.
The best deed that I did for this year was to give two friends a gift f $1,000.00 each. I am very spiritual and I was led by the spirit to give and I felt so good about giving.
Thank you for your consideration.
My good deed this year would have to be being a part of Make-a-wish foundation. Being able to volunteer, dress as Minney Mouse and visit young sick children. Not only have I been able to help young children but its been a very gratifing experience for me as well.
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I like to think I’ve been a good Bella this year
I give to charities and buy the homeless hot meals so hopefully Santa will approve! Thanks for the chance!
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The best deed I can think of off the top of my head from 2009 was when we took in a dog who’s owners were getting rid of him. He was in bad need of a costly surgery on his eye. His previous owner didn’t want to spend the money to have it fixed. I was so glad that we were able to take him in and have it treated, otherwise I don’t think she would ever have brought him to the vet. Sadly we don’t have Charley anymore as he passed in October.
Have I been a good bella? Lets see. The thing that stands out the most to me is the friendship I made with a 93-year-old woman. I feel like I got so much more out of our friendship than she did. Just listening to her stories inspired me to lead a better and fuller life. The joy that every day brings her is amazing, as is her love for sparkly shoes. Knowing her changed my life the way so few friendships do. I had to move across the country and I miss her everyday. Now we are pen pals and that is nearly as much fun.
xoxo
Hey bella! One of the deeds I like to do throughout the year is to always offer food to anyone who looks in need of a meal. Whenever someone asks for money, I prefer to offer food. Be it a sandwich from subway or a hot dog, chips, and juice from the gas station, it seems to go a lot further than 50 cents from the drink holder in my car. I hope everyone can do the same during this holiday season, and make someone elses day a little brighter.
My best deed- I have been a good college student this year
Please enter me too
My best deed this year would be helping fellow residents in my building set their goals and plan their college classes.
Please enter me!
One good deed this year? I work at CVS and one customer was trying to by food with her benefit card and the machine wasn’t taking it so I paid for the transaction so she would be able to have food.
Please enter me. Thanks so much
The good deed I did in 2009 is helping someone get on an escalator. What? how is that a good deed you may think?
THe old woman’s daughter told me her mother had a fear of escalators and has been waiting there for 10 minutes for her to get on the escalator so they could go down.
I came up to them, held her arm and helped her step on the escalator, and she could not stop thanking me. I felt good that I made someone else feel good =).
xoxox
I help out my classmates during finals week!
Enter me please!
I Love helping people.. I strongly belive that good deeds are blessing in our heart and homes. I try to be a better person every day by doing good thins for other.. even if its helping kids aroung the neighborhood with their homework..( hispanic background main language spanish) But one that made my heart shake was this morning. coming out of a doctors office (where i volunteer to traslate) and there was this elderly lady that would barely hold on to her self and maybe her daughter. well it was raining and I grab my umbrella and that lady by the arm, and walk with them to get their car( it was raining so bad here in ga.) it broke my heart in pieces just because i don’t have my grandparents here with me.. I ended up wet and step on a puddle, but it was all worth it.. Oh and then i went and grab my baby to get her in the car.. it was all a coinsidence that i helped her.. i was only suppost to get my daughters blanky to cover her from the wind.. please enter me. please.. low on cash it would be a great persent for me.. please enter me..
good deed gone bad too.. I was going back home one afternood and it was raining. so i saw a lady walking on the side of the road.. i felt so bad for her i wanted to give her a ride, but how could i put a stranger in the car with my 5 month old baby. so i drove to the nearest store and bought an umbrella, when i got back she was gonne.. i drove for like 10 min looking for her, and never found her. So now i cary that same umbrella just in case i come across another person that might need it..
The best deed I did in 2009 happened as I was walking towards a building on Campus. As I approached I noticed that there was a woman calling for people as they passed. I approached her and noticed she was blind. I asked her if she needed anything and she told me she was stranded and needed to call for a ride. I then let her use my cellphone and talked on the phone to the person giving her a ride and gave them directions. One of the few days I felt genuinely good about myself. It was wonderful!
Well, how do I enter, it can’t be as easy as asking you very nicely to enter me could it?!?
The best deed i did this year and I am so proud of myself for it because I learned so much from it. I went to Mexico with my school to build a house for a family there. It was build from scratch and it was a team of 11 students. None of us had any building experience. it was amazing to be able to help the family to give them house. I was so touched by this trip. It was the best thing I think i did this year.
I’m so excited for this, could you please enter me? This year I’ve been interning at the American Diabetes Association helping out those living with this condition
I will continue working there in 2010 
I am a nurse who works with Oncology patients. I have previously worked with bone marrow transplants and deal with death often. So this past year I signed up to become a Bone Marrow Donor because the chances of people being a perfect match are very slim. So go out and sign up.
Well, I’d like to leave you a poem first. Here it goes:
A Coach bag is what I seek,
to make me feel stylish and chic.
I’d love to stroll around,
flashing this bag around town.
I hope this comment shines through,
and somewhat amuses you.
Please, let this bag be mine,
so the diva in me can shine!
On a serious note, I’ve lost 48 pounds so far. I’m hoping to reach my fifty pound goal by this Friday. It sure would be nice to celebrate such a great scale victory with an awesome new purse.
P.S.- This is an enjoyable blog to read. I’m happy I found it.
This year my good deed was to listen to everyone’s problems. Thank you and good luck to everyone
Yes i have totally been a good bella. The best thing i have done is to send good thoughts and vibes to my friends and family and praying that they all get what they want !!
I’ve done lots of little good deeds this year, but what I enjoyed the most was volunteering for the Dress for Success Gala this past spring and I got to meet & take pictures with Michael Phelps mother & sister (they were so sweet!)
oohhh- i hope i win! now let’s see, good deeds i’ve done this year. . . hmm. . . i did most of my shopping on ebay and consignment stores this year thus making the world a greener place! haha! i also volunteered at Chicago Canine Rescues adoption drives this year. <3
Coach is my favorite!!!
I have been a good {fashion}bella this year…
I gave away over half of my wardrobe to one of my friends who is going thru tough financial times.
I gave 2 Coach bags to my little sister
I donated my time to a local animal shelter. I helped out at adoption events to find homes for dogs.
I also voluteered at a nursing home.
Happy Holidays!