Give Me A Hand, I’ll Give You A Free Hug *Giveaway*

It’s time for this year’s installment of Give Me A Hand, I’ll Give You A Free Hug. Yes, this will happen each and every year at this time. Actually, this year I’m running much, much later that other years.

Here’s a short summary: (click HERE for more details.)

Years ago I was very poor. I couldn't afford to buy Christmas presents for my sisters, so instead I pirated burned them each a CD of some of my favorite music.

Times have changed for me, and while I can now afford “real” gifts, I still make CDs. I search and listen all year to decide what songs to include.

Here are the rules:

1. The lead/primary singer must be a woman.

2. There is no genre confinement. Country, rock, classical-anything goes as long as it’s a kick ass song.

3. The song must not have been included on previous CDs.

4. Age of song does not matter.

5. Requests are considered, however, they are not a promise of inclusion.

6. Final decision depends on whether or not I enjoy the song. (Not gonna spend money on songs I don’t like-just sayin’)

This year, we have a theme.

I’ve never intentionally included a theme, although there was one year when I very unintentionally created a man-hating CD and had all the women I love ready to dump their men....Whoops! That's probably another blog at another time.

Anywho.

Our 2010 theme is:

I’d strip to that!

See, I tend to rate songs on whether or not I’d strip to them. If I were to strip, which isn’t going to happen. At least not in this lifetime. Not professionally and probably not privately. Unless I miraculously lose a metric-shit-ton of weight sometime before the osteoporosis sets in. Or maybe if hubs takes out the garbage without provocation. Neither is likely to happen any time soon. Still, I enjoy a good pole dance in my head.

So dig deep and channel your inner erotic dancer! What song or songs would you play whilst stripping? On stage, for your better half or after one too many glasses of wine? What songs get your hips going? Got one that makes you wish you had agreed to the hubby’s plan of installing that pole in the basement?

Tell me!

Here’s the good part-I’ll take the names from all of the suggestions and throw them in a Santa hat. The one that I draw out will win his or her choice of scarves from my Esty shop-Handmade Hugs.


At present, there aren’t many to choose from, but if you don’t like what you see I always whip up a custom job.

Oh, and one last thing...make is snappy! You have until 12/16! I’m running out of time!