Tales of the Traveling Tote Special Edition - Where In The World Is...And A Giveaway

Today we have a special edition of our

Tales of The Traveling Tote, or

what we affectionately refer to as

TTT.

We each have taken some pieces of our

MacKenzie-Childs along with us somewhere

and photographed them on location.  We

brought a bowl, dish, cup, mug or whatever

piece we wanted to.

Your job is to guess where we went

and for followers of 

Purple Chocolat Home

there will be a surprise giveaway

of a MacKenzie-Childs item!!

Hooray!!!

Of course, Miss Madi K, my Traveling Tote,

came along to help carry all of my goodies

on the plane - clue #1 I had to fly there.

I decided to go all out and not just bring a

piece of MacKenzie-Childs, but a tablesetting!

Ahh, you know me!  Let's set a table wherever

we go, and these gorgeous scalloped MC's

plates are enamel, so they travel quite

easily.

We went there for my birthday which was in

early January - we always try to get out of the

snow and cold to make getting older a little

easier.  Clue #2 It was somewhere tropical.

Since only hubby and I were going it was easy

to pack two of everything I needed.

The plate stack was anchored by silver ruffled

placemats, and topped with silver salad plates.

They were the only breakable things, but I

wrapped them in the napkins.

I brought along my beautiful starfish napkin rings.

Black flatware went perfectly with the MC enamel plates,

and a couple of plastic goblets completed the

setting!  Those had to be plastic, as I felt the

goblets would be most vulnerable to breaking.

Clue #3 We have been here before, last spring

with some friends.  Our favorite spot to camp out

during the day by the pool was greatly discounted because

my birthday is after all of the holiday vacationers

have gone home, so we got a cabana every day.

We ordered lunch by the pool everyday

and of course it was made more beautiful

by being served on MC!

Fabulous pool side shrimp cocktails,

and yummy nachos.

For those of you who follow us on 

Tales of the Traveling Totes, it would

be so fun for you to see how supportive

our hubbies are in all of our craziness!

They help us tote our bags, and set up

our items and even take photos sometimes.

They can even be hand models!

This picture will probably give it away!

Yes, we took the Leap of Faith,

a 60 foot drop, and we have the wristbands

to prove it.

Last time my friend and I waited in a long, long

line and when we got to the front of the line

we looked down and chickened out.

This time there was no line, so we

didn't have time to get scared.  Of

course hubby blazed the trail and I

figured it went by so fast that I was

going to do it!  I closed my eyes so I

wouldn't freak myself out!  Let me say,

it was so smooth and easy.  So glad

I tried it.

Yes, you go through the shark tank

but you are going so fast you don't see

a thing.  The milder slide right next to it

lets you go slowly through the shark tank

so you can see them milling about, waiting

for dinner....hopefully not me!

Clue #4 This is the iconic view you would

see advertising this resort, although I am

giving you a night view.

My birthday week was a blast filled with sun and

fun, water and good food and being with my

best friend, hubby dear, who took this

photo on the Rapid River. (He got a

great waterproof phone cover at the resort.)

Take a guess as to where we were and leave

a comment below.  I left a clue throughout

the pictures if you look closely.

The MC prize and the prize winner will be announced

February 8th.  If you don't have a blog where I

can contact you, please leave an email.  This 

giveaway will not be limited to just US addresses -

woohoo!

Now we are back to more snow than we have

had in years and years (hooray for the water in

the spring).  This was a controlled avalanche

up Provo Canyon that closed the road for

two days.  

Take a few minutes to visit other members

of our Traveling Totes Group.  Some of 

them might also be holding a giveaway!!!!

I can't wait to see where they have gone, and

what MC dish, mug, bowl, etc they brought 

along with them.

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths 

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

 Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box

Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron

Katie with Miss Daisy @ Preppy Empty Nester

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Jackie and Miss Madi K @ Purple Chocolat Home

Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader

Cherry Kay and Carrie Ann Hall @ Entertaining Women  

Come back and visit all of us on March 1st

for another regularly scheduled 

Tales of The Traveling Tote 

and another giveaway.

I just love giveaways! 

I will also be posting this

with

Dishing It and Digging It

and 

Tablescapes Thursday