HTC One X+ Giveaway! [CLOSED]

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Earlier this month I was sent a brand new HTC One X+ by HTC to try out and review. I have to say, this phone is a lot of fun! It took a little getting used to, adjusting to an Android phone after having an iPhone for so long was a little tough. But this phone is really cool, it has Beats audio, lots of storage, and takes awesome photos and video! HTC wants to share the love with you, too! They're giving away one AT&T optimized HTC One X+ to one lucky reader! That means the winner will get a FREE brand new smart phone, and if you have AT&T you can hook it up to your plan! If you don't have AT&T, you can still use the phone over wifi, which is what I've been doing since I got it. It's still lots of fun! 

I'm keeping this giveaway short and sweet... All you have to do to enter is leave me a comment below telling me your favorite color! Make sure you leave me your email address! I'll need it if you win :) You must be a follower of my blog to win.

You can get one additional entry by tweeting the following: 

I just entered to win an #HTCOne on @susannahbean's blog! 

Enter here: http://bit.ly/X9hbKJ #TroopOneX

Leave a separate comment with your twitter name or a link to your tweet!

This giveaway ends Friday, so hurry and get your entries in! UPDATE: I've extended the giveaway deadline until Wednesday February 6th! Open to US residents only.

// THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS! //

**Disclosure: This post is sponsored by HTC. I received an HTC One X+ to test and review, but everything I say is my own opinion. If you win, HTC will send you an HTC One X+ of your very own within four weeks. This phone will be optimized for AT&T, but HTC is not responsible for service.

Mexico!

Earlier this month Chris's family took us to Cabo San Jose, Mexico, and today I thought I'd share a few photos with you! On this particular day we took a (long) walk from our resort into town to explore the local art district. 

This is the view from our hotel porch. The palm trees all had light switches attached to them! 

Leaving the resort.  

We stopped at a tourist-y market, Chris made a weird face.  

I really wanted to bring home a pretty blanket, but I decided it would just take up space.  

Creepy cape-mask things. 

I loved how colorful the buildings were.  

 

The highlight of the day was when we stopped at a blown glass factory and watched a demonstration. The guys blowing the glass were intense, they were wearing shorts and tennis shoes, no aprons or anything. We had friends in college who had a blown glass set up who wore thick leather aprons and work boots, the dudes in Mexico had nothing like that! It made me nervous, haha. 

These are the only photos from our trip that I'm going to post. The rest are shots of the family as we lounged around the pool, so I think I'll keep those to myself :)

Well shoot.

Hey there, guys. I really didn't mean to disappear for weeks on end! We got back from Mexico last week and I pretty much instantly got sick. I've never gotten sick from flying before but man, whatever I picked up kicked my butt. It started with a cough on Thursday, and then Friday it was a fever, coughing, headache, sneezing, and congestion.I haven't been that sick in years, and I really was just miserable. I didn't leave the house for five days, I could barely move off the couch. It was rough!

And then yesterday, all of a sudden, I felt fine. I'm still a little stuffy and have a lingering cough, but I feel a million times better now than I did over the weekend. Chris came home from work last night and I was in real clothes (!!) and makeup (!!), and he asked what I wanted to do. So, we made dinner and then headed out to the theater to see Django Unchained. It was completely spontaneous and only due to the fact that we got gift certificates for Christmas, but we went to a super late showing and had the theater to ourselves. It was nice to be out in public again :) I really loved the movie, Tarantino is a badass and the history dork in me loved the story (no matter how ridiculous it was).

Anyway, now that I'm feeling better I'm going to catch up on emails, and I plan on sharing a few photos from Mexico soon too! Thanks for putting up with me :)

A little sun and sand.

Hello from sunny Mexico! Chris and I got in (with his family) yesterday, and aside from the ridiculous wifi situation we're having a blast. I'm stoked to be out of the cold and snow for a little while! I'll be back soon, hopefully with a tan :)