Bracelet Giveaway

It’s time for another giveaway, this one inspired by “old” songs on a long car ride.

I’m a bit of an 80′s girl and Mags is more of a 90′s girl.  So we thought it was time you hit up your ipods and find some songs from those decades that make you think of Christian and Ana.

Instructions:

Comment on this post with your 80′s or 90′s Christian & Ana inspired song by 8 AM EDT on May 30th and we’ll pick at least one winner submitting an 80′s song and one winner submitting a 90′s song.  Please include the name of the song, artist and if you know, the decade it came from.

You may submit multiple entries as long as they are for different songs.

When you log into Disqus please use an account that you regularly monitor. If we don’t hear back from you within 7 days of announcing winners we will award your prize to another entry.

This contest is only open to US residents (or those with US addresses). Though we are happy to hear from people all over the world.

What are the prizes?

From Brulez Rulez we have charm bracelets, specifically their Sexy Grey Darker Freed Charm Bracelet.

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Crissy

Photo Contest Winner

We are excited to announce the winner of our Photo Contest.  We received lots of great entries, everything from reading at the Fountainbleu pool to artistic settings for the books.  But in the end we selected Nellie’s photo.  Maybe its all the medical work I’ve had done myself that made me soft for the photo, but Mags also liked it.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWe are happy to report that Nellie is doing well after her procedure and her husband did take good care of her in her recovery.

We also wanted to post an Honorable Mention from Lauren for her beautiful photo. As much as we liked it, we decided to go with the more candid photo from Nellie. We thought it was beautiful enough that it should be shared with the world.

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Thank you to everyone who entered and let us into their lives a bit.  We are considering having another contest later this year, so feel free to take some pictures on your summer vacations in preparation.

Crissy

Scavenger Hunt Winner

We are happy to announce the winner of our scavenger hunt, S.S. from Canada. Please feel free to check out the questions and answers.

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Since I thought it was easier to print out your responses to check the answers, we used the 8 responses that had all correct answers.  Then we scrunched them up into balls and Mags picked one.  Sometimes it’s easier to be low tech.

We want to thank the Fifty Shades of Grey Official Jewelry at:

http://fiftyshadesofgreyfinejewelry.com/ for sponsoring the hunt with the pair of riding crop earrings.  I have to say, I was tempted to keep them for myself.ridingcrop_earringsCrissy

Scavenger Hunt Answers

The answers to the Happy Anniversary Scavenger Hunt are below. If you believe we have an incorrect answer please email us by 5:00 PM today, please include where your answer was from too. I did include some extra information on questions that seemed to have more wrong answers.

1. What is Ana’s mother’s last name? Adams

2.  How many children are in the photo of Christian from his foster home? 5 (1 sullen teenage girl, twin boys, Jack and Christian)

3. How does Taylor think Leila was getting into the apartment at Escala? Emergency stairwell with key

4. What is Christian’s favorite movie? The Piano (Chapter 23 of Fifty Shades of Grey)

5. What was Ana’s wedding gift to Christian? Cuff Links engraved with an entwined A and C

6. How much was Dr. Flynn’s maximum bet on Ana at the first dance auction? $25,000

7. What medieval town did Ana and Christian visit on their honeymoon? Saint Paul de Vence

8. What hotel room did Christian stay in in Savannah? 612

9. What song did Ana and Carrick dance to at the charity ball? Come Fly With Me

10. What time did Ana’s flight from Seattle to Savannah leave? 10:25 PM

11. What was Christian’s piano teacher’s name? Miss Kathy

12. What was the name of the Saab salesman that Christian and Ana bought her Saab from? Troy Turnansky

13. What are the names of the two additional security guys in France? Philippe and Gaston

The winner should hear from us by Thursday morning.

Thanks and good luck,

Crissy and Mags

Happy Anniversary Scavenger Hunt!

THE FIFTY SHADES OF GREY BOOK BASED SCAVENGER HUNT – IN HONOR OF OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

Thank you for joining us for the Laters, Baby – Fifty Shades of Grey book based scavenger hunt.  This is in honor of our one year anniversary today.  The hunt will consist of 13 questions from the entire trilogy.  The scavenger hunt will end at noon on Wednesday, May 1, 2013.  At that time we will post the answers in the site and tally up the responses we’ve received.  We will take the top 5 most accurate responses (plus ties) and randomly choose a winner from that group. The winner will be notified via email by Thursday morning. The contest will be open worldwide.

 Prize

The winner will receive a pair of riding crop earrings from the Fifty Shades of Grey Official Jewelry collection. You can learn more about the collection at: http://fiftyshadesofgreyfinejewelry.com/

Thank you to Valerie from Cadsawan for helping with this prize.

ridingcrop_earringsRULES

  • This scavenger hunt does not permit for teams, each person must complete it by themselves.  There is only one prize and it can’t really be split.
  • After answering the questions you must send the complete list back to us via email to: latersbaby50@gmail.com with “Scavenger Hunt Answers” in the subject line. Please include your name at the end of the email. Multiple submissions from the same person may result in disqualification.
  • You may send your answers with or without the original questions, just make sure the numbering of your answers matches the numbering of the questions.
  • No working as teams or copying other people’s work. If you are caught cheating you will be disqualified.
  • When in doubt, more information is better than less in an answer.
  • Do not post answers on the blog, other websites, facebook or twitter.
  • We will post the answers at noon on Wednesday, if you think one of our answers is wrong please send an email by 5 PM Wednesday and please document where you found your answers.
  • Judges determinations after the scavenger hunt are final.
  • We will ship internationally, but it might not be quick.

Questions

1. What is Ana’s mother’s last name?

2.  How many children are in the photo of Christian from his foster home?

3. How does Taylor think Leila was getting into the apartment at Escala?

4. What is Christian’s favorite movie?

5. What was Ana’s wedding gift to Christian?

6. How much was Dr. Flynn’s maximum bet on Ana at the first dance auction?

7. What medieval town did Ana and Christian visit on their honeymoon?

8. What was the number of the hotel room that Christian used in Savannah?

9. What song did Ana and Carrick dance to at the charity ball?

10. What time did Ana’s flight from Seattle to Savannah leave?

11. What was Christian’s piano teacher’s name?

12. What was the name of the Saab salesman that Christian and Ana bought her Saab from?

13.What are the names of the two additional security guys in France?

Thanks and good luck,

Crissy and Mags

Happy Anniversary!

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Yes, today is our 1 year anniversary from when we started this blog.  A year ago today I somehow talked Mags into starting a blog about this book that we couldn’t stop talking about. Once in a while I wonder what the heck I got myself into, and then I get a brilliant idea for another post and just start writing.

Here’s what we’ve done in the past year:

Posts: 393

Giveaways: 10, a scavenger hunt and 3 contests currently running

Photo Contest

Inner Goddess Journal Closes at 6 AM EDT Today (April 30)

Online Scavenger hunt that starts TODAY and goes through tomorrow

Book Reviews: 10

Met with E L James: Twice (NYC book signing and Katie Couric show)

Do you have any favorite memories from the last year?

Crissy and Mags

Happy Anniversary Scavenger Hunt – April 30th

THE FIFTY SHADES OF GREY BOOK BASED SCAVENGER HUNT – IN HONOR OF OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

In honor of Latersbaby.net’s 1st anniversary we are hosting a – Fifty Shades of Grey book based scavenger hunt.  The scavenger hunt will start on April 30th and close on May1.

The hunt will consist of 13 questions from the entire trilogy.  We will post the questions by 8:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.  The scavenger hunt will end at noon on Wednesday, May 1, 2013.  We will post the answers at that time and will tally up the responses we receive.

We will take the top 5 most accurate responses (plus ties) and randomly choose a winner from that group. The winner will be notified via email by Thursday morning. The contest will be open worldwide.

 Prize

The winner will receive a piece of jewelry from the Official Fifty Shades of Grey Jewelry Collection. The specific piece will be revealed on April 30th with the questions. You can learn more about the collection at: http://fiftyshadesofgreyfinejewelry.com/

Thank you to Valerie from Cadsawan for helping with this prize.

RULES

  • This scavenger hunt does not permit for teams, each person must complete it by themselves.  There is only one prize and it can’t really be split.
  • After answering the questions you must send the complete list back to us via email to: latersbaby50@gmail.com with “Scavenger Hunt Answers” in the subject line. Please include your name at the end of the email. Multiple submissions from the same person may result in disqualification.
  • You may send your answers with or without the original questions, just make sure the numbering of your answers matches the numbering of the questions.
  • No working as teams or copying other people’s work. If you are caught cheating you will be disqualified.
  • Do not post answers on the blog, other websites, facebook or twitter.
  • We will post the answers at noon on Wednesday, if you think one of our answers is wrong please send an email by 5 PM Wednesday and please document where you found your answers.
  • Judges determinations after the scavenger hunt are final.
  • We will ship internationally, but it might not be quick.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Crissy

First Anniversary Giveaway

For those of you unawares, this month (April 30) is the site’s first anniversary!  To thank all of you for your wonderful support in the past year we wanted to give a little something back to you, dear reader.  Since it’s our first anniversary we thought we would go with the traditional theme for a first anniversary, paper…

One lucky reader will win a copy of E L James’ new Inner Goddess Journal.

3Book_TwoBooks_v2How to enter:

Comment on THIS post with which was your favorite sex scene in the books.  Yes, I know it’s hard to pick just one. You can just say: the piano, R8, elevator, etc.  No need to get into the details of the scene.

Enter by 6 AM EDT on April 30th

Rules:

Contest is open worldwide (anywhere that Amazon ships).

One entry per person.

When you log into Disqus use an account that you monitor.  If we are unable to get in touch with you to confirm mailing address by the morning of May 9th we will award the journal to another participant.

Crissy

Fifty Shades of Grey Photo Contest

I thought we would let you gals have some fun with our next giveaway/contest.  We’re having a photo contest!  Yes, we want you to take photos in exchange for prizes, glamouresque style!

For those of you who don’t know, Glamour magazine for many years had a piece at the back of their magazine - where are you reading Glamour?  Readers would submit pictures of where they took their Glamour magazine.  You’re on a trip to Paris and you get a picture of yourself holding the magazine up in front of the Eiffel Tower.

We thought we would switch it up a little bit, here are the basics: take a picture of one of the Fifty Shades of Grey books in an interesting place or setting.  Submit the picture to us via email, Twitter or Facebook.  Mags and I will choose our favorite picture.  The winner will receive a Fifty Shades of Grey handcuff and tie necklace. Simple, right?

Rules

Here’s what you need to do.  Take a picture of one of the Fifty Shades of Grey books in an interesting place, setting or a compromising position. You don’t need to travel or anything, but you MUST be creative.  Traveling is encouraged though, mostly because I like to travel.  It can be any book in the series, hard cover or soft cover.  I wont eliminate the option of using an ebook, but if I can’t see the cover of the book on the screen then it wont count.

Please keep the pictures clean, as in not offensive or pornographic.  We would like to post the winning picture on the website and if it’s of you having sex while holding Fifty Shades of Grey then we can’t post it on the site and you wont win if I’m traumatized either.

So, what are we looking for?  You guys and gals surprise me everyday with the stuff you come up with so I don’t know, but I’ll know it when I see it.  But things like exotic locations, silly poses, and giraffes might earn you extra points.  I like to travel, see people go out of their comfort zone and I think giraffes are cool.  So if you manage to take a picture of a giraffe from a helicopter in Africa with your book you would have a really good chance of winning.

The picture MUST be your own.  No going around stealing peoples pictures off the internet.  If it is on the internet there is a good chance we’ve seen it already.  If you are caught using someone elses pictures you will be disqualified from the contest.

Multiple Entries are permitted.  However, they must be different pictures and settings.  Don’t take a picture from each side of the Eiffel Tower and submit them all.  But if you took one from the ground and one from the top, that would be acceptable.

Prize

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Here’s the fun part…  You win a handcuff and tie necklace from BrulezRulez.  BUT, if you knock this out of the park, I will up the prize.  I’m not sure what I will up it too, it wont be a trip to Seattle or anything crazy like that.  But an Amazon Gift Card wouldn’t be out of the question. And if I get more then one really cool entry, I may giveaway something else too.  Nothing big, probably just one of our Laters, Baby T-Shirts.  But I do want to put that on the table too.

Closing Date

While many of you could walk out your door and take a cool picture today many people cannot.  And since we want your very coolest pictures we’re going to give you time to find cool places and take your spring break vacations.  All photos must be submitted by May 9, 2013

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How to enter:

You can enter via Email, Twitter, or Facebook.
Email – email the picture to latersbaby50@gmail.com
Twitter – send picture to us at @50Latersbaby, it must either be a DM or Mention and it must say it’s a contest entry.
Facebook send us a message or post to our Facebook page, again you must tell us that it is a contest entry.

After you submit your entry I will email/message/tweet you back to let you know we received the entry.  If you do not get a reply then you were not entered.  I will try to get back to you within a few hours, but give it a day or two before you start checking to see if I got it.  This step is VERY important.  If you don’t hear back from me it’s because I didn’t get it or because I couldn’t get in touch with you.  If I can’t get in touch with you, you could have the coolest picture in the world, but I can’t send you the prize.  Keep this in mind when you enter the contest, if you don’t check Twitter much, then entering via Twitter may not be your best option.  At the end of the contest if we don’t hear back from you within 10 days then we will award the first prize to someone else.

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Other information about the contest.  We do want to use your pictures on the site.  And in particular we have every intention of posting the winning picture on the site, Facebook, Twitter.  If this is an issue for you, please let us know when you submit it.  We wont hold it against you, but we will try to find a compromise where we can still post the picture or at least part of it.

If you have any questions please add them via the comments of this page, this will allow those questions and answers to be viewable to everyone.

I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Crissy