Graduation is right around the corner. (And for those unlucky few…you’ve already passed that corner. Sorry guys.) And you’re about to start getting a whole lotta gifts…and wishing that a whole lotta them came with exchange slips. I mean, there’s not really much to do with a full-length nightgown that says class of 2011 all over it. Thanks for nothing Grandma.

So we’re trying to ease the pain of leaving college as well as the pain of bad gifts by giving you the chance to win your own. We’re teaming up with Shutterfly to offer you a kickass prize: a Shutterfly personalized photo book. What’s a photo book? It’s a hardcover book filled with YOUR PHOTOS.  It’s like bringing Facebook to life! Oh and that’s not all (It never is with us). We’re also giving away 100 custom graduation announcements  along with the book. ANNNDDDD we’re giving away ANOTHER photo book to a CollegeCandy newsletter subscriber. That was exhausting just to type.

Here’s how to enter to win:

1. Sign up for the newsletter AND leave a comment below telling us what you’re going to miss most about college. That’s it. You’re automatically entered to win.  Oh, and make sure to use your real e-mail address so we can contact you if you win. Oh, also, Shutterfly is so excited to keep giving stuff away that they’re offering another way to win big.

2. Contest closes at 11:59 PM on May, 8 2011

3. Please note this giveaway is only open to US  residents. Also please expect 4-6 weeks for delivery. For official rules and more legal mumbo-jumbo, click here.

[Welcome to my Weekly Love List. A list, on all things I love. Because if I love them - well then obviously you may (and should) love them too. As the Backstreet Boys song says (and yes I am actually quoting them) “My Love is All I Have To Give.” So with that throwback, here are this week’s list-worthy things…]

1. Cover Girl Last Blash Mascara. Until this moment I have been shelling out prime dollars for department store mascara. But with one stroke of this bad boy I was hooked. Hooked and fluttering my eyelashes all night long!

2. Astrologyzone.com: Maybe I’m a sucker, but I am addicted to this site that gives you a detailed (we’re talking like 3 pages baby!) horoscope for the month. I had a chance to hear the astrologist who runs the site, Susan Miller , speak once and I was hooked. Yes I’m into things like The Secret and all that other new-age stuff, but even if you aren’t there is something just so fun about horoscopes. It’s like playing M.A.S.H. when you were a kid. (Although that was never fun if you ended up in the shack married to Steve Urkel). Read More »