August 29, 2007
Land’s End Back to School Contest
Getting ready for school with Land’s End…
It’s time for back-to-school shopping! And I must admit with Jackson heading off to kindergarten, I am probably even more excited and nervous than he is. I am savoring all the anticipation and preparation, while still somewhat in shock that my baby is heading off to school already.
What about you and your kids - is your house buzzing with first-day-of-school excitement? What purchases are your kids most interested in?
According to a recent survey, 97 percent of kids 6 – 12 report that they “love wearing a new outfit to school on the first day of class.” When pressed for what they thought was the most important, must-have item, girls chose jeans (27 percent), while boys chose backpacks (34 percent).
This past week we hit the store to buy Jackson’s school supplies and today Jackson tried out his new Land’s End Backpack.
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The Ergo Backpack features:
- A back panel that adjusts for the best fit
- Extra comfy memory foam shoulder straps
- 360° reflective trim to improve visibility
- Hip belt to help stabilize the load
- For music addicted kids - a MP3/CD player pocket and cord port that keeps them connected to their music
- Two sizes - the Ergo - 17″Hx14″Wx7 1/2″D and the Ergo Jr. - 14 1/2″Hx14″Wx7 1/2″D
This backpack is perfect for keeping your kids comfortable while packing all their stuff back and forth to school. You can check out Land’s End various backpack styles to find the right pack for your student.
And as usual, Land’s End has a ton of totally cool clothes for the new year too. From adorable Mary Jane shoes to great jeans to colorful tees and polos - I could go crazy shopping for it all!
If you have some items still to buy on your back to school list, don’t forget to check out Land’s End.
And if you want to have a free shopping spree - leave your comment to be entered in our Land’s End contest. Thanks to Land’s End, we are giving one of you a $100 gift certificate to get your student(s) suited up in style! Just leave a comment and you will be entered in the draw. We will announce the winner in one week. (This contest is only open to US shipping addresses.)
Good luck and have a great school year! 
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771 Comments on Land’s End Back to School Contest »
#1 - rebecca @ 4:51 am
What a great giveaway. I volunteer at a school with lots of underprivileged kids. Wouldn’t one of them love to have this?? Thanks for the invitation to play along, and for your generosity.
Rebecca (ceadmile00@msn.com)
#2 - Irreverent, Barefoot Ragamuffins @ 4:55 am
I love Land’s End. They make stuff that will actually live through the torture of child using it all year.
#3 - Alexis @ 5:59 am
This would be perfect to use with my three kids. Lands End stuff never wears out!
#4 - Anastasia @ 6:21 am
Looks comfy! Almost makes me wish -I- was going back to school with a new backpack!
#5 - Cara's Coffee Break @ 6:32 am
Awesome giveaway - LandsEnd makes quality stuff that really last!
#6 - Heather @ 6:58 am
Wonderful giveaway. I’d love to win!
#7 - Jodi @ 7:02 am
Great giveaway!!! count me in!
#8 - JEnn M. @ 7:05 am
Wow, I am excited about this one, please enter me!
Thank you~
Jenn
#9 - JEnn M. @ 7:05 am
Wow, I am excited about this one, please enter me!
Thank you~
Jenn
#10 - Melanie @ 7:08 am
Great website/blog! Love the contests and especially the pictures! I love the one of the little girl doing the bike trick, how cute!!!!
#11 - Adventures In Babywearing @ 7:15 am
Would LOVE to enter!!
Steph
#12 - TheAngelForever @ 7:16 am
Land’s End has amazing things. My son is starting school in a week (open house for PreK/K children tonight). We sure could use some nice new clothing for him. Thanks for the great contests. Best wishes to Jackson on his first day (and Mommy too).
#13 - Where the Boys Are @ 7:17 am
Please sign me up! Land’s End is great stuff.
#14 - Where the Boys Are @ 7:19 am
Oops! I used an old url - please delete my first entry and use this one! Thanks.
#15 - Ruth :) @ 7:23 am
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Sign us up!!
#16 - stephanie @ 7:34 am
Me please! I LOVE Land’s End.
#17 - The Preacher's Wife @ 7:34 am
with 4 kids, i could use this! Land’s End clothes wear so well!
#18 - Melissa Markham @ 7:42 am
What a great give away! Thanks for offering it!
#19 - Gem @ 7:44 am
We’re heading off to school for the first time after homeschooling for 3 years. I never knew how much preparation there was!!! School uniforms have our “what to wear the first day” worries covered, and Land’s End has perfect pieces that fit the school’s uniform requirements! Count me in.
#20 - Mama Lily @ 7:45 am
with 7 to outfit, this sure would come in handy. Count me in.
thanks
#21 - Dawn @ Coming to a Nursery Near You @ 7:45 am
ooooh, how neat! We’d love to go shopping at Land’s End!
#22 - Jen @ 7:49 am
That’d just be great!
#23 - Glass Half Full @ 7:51 am
I bought Matt a Lands End backpack and lunch sack this year. And don’t get me started on their WIDE shoes for kids….
Count me in!
Lori
#24 - Kim @ 7:52 am
Enter me please… Thanks
#25 - Shana @ 7:54 am
What a great contest. I bought my oldest a book bag at Wal-Mart and he has only carried it 5 days and the strap is braking. AHHH!!! SO this would be nice to win.
#26 - Heidi @ 7:56 am
My girls would love THAT shopping spree!
Sign me up!
#27 - Lu @ 7:59 am
We love Land’s End! Please sign me up!
#28 - Lisa @ 7:59 am
Lands’ End is one of our favorite retailers AND we’re due for new backpacks, so I’d love to win. Thanks for making it possible.
#29 - Lauren@Baseballs&Bows @ 8:00 am
I love Land’s End! Please include me!
#30 - Michelle @ 8:03 am
We love Land’s End and purchase almost all of our clothing through there. I just bought my daughter the ergo backpack along with the matching lunchbox. She was so excited when they finally came in the mail
#31 - Cory @ 8:07 am
What a great contest. Please put my name in the hat. Thank you, Cory
#32 - Amberly @ 8:09 am
Yeah, we could use that!
#33 - Debi @ 8:11 am
Oh, please count me in! What a fun prize! (I told the kids they didn’t need new clothes for school this year…at least not yet. But wouldn’t it be fun to surprise them with a few new things.)
#34 - TCC @ 8:11 am
I love the backpack too. My oldest has had it since Kindergarten (he is now in first grade). I think my favorite thing about Lands End is the quality that lasts!
Boy would I love to win this!!!
#35 - Tamera @ 8:19 am
please enter this lands end fan!
#36 - Donna @ 8:24 am
Lands End is my favorite place to get clothes for my 4 children. We sure could use the gift certificate to get some things for the fall.
#37 - Taowyn @ 8:26 am
I love Land’s Ends comfy clothes.
#38 - Deb @ 8:28 am
Lands End clothes are great quality, which is perfect for us since with 3 girls everything needs to get handed down… Thanks!
#39 - Ana @ 8:29 am
I love Land’s End. Please sign me up.
#40 - laurie @ 8:32 am
please include me, school starts next week!
#41 - Aimee @ 8:33 am
Count me in! This would be a great prize if I won!
#42 - Carrie @ Three-Girl Circus @ 8:34 am
We LOVE Land’s End!
#43 - Summer @ 8:34 am
Thanks for the great opportunity!
#44 - debbie @ 8:36 am
I have 5 kids, would love to win! :o)
deb
#45 - Amy @ 8:41 am
Love Lands End!!
#46 - Tracy @ 8:42 am
I would love the gift certificate. We love lands end.
#47 - lisa @ 8:43 am
Please sign me up! Thanks!
#48 - Dirkey @ 8:43 am
I would love to win!
Thanks!
#49 - ChupieandJsmama @ 8:44 am
Count us in! Yesterday was our first day of Kindergarten
#50 - Jennifer @ 8:49 am
We love Lands End alot!
#51 - kelli in the mirror @ 8:49 am
Oh my goodness I would love this! Lands’ End has great stuff.
#52 - Barbara H. @ Stray Thoughts @ 8:49 am
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#53 - Gretchen @ 8:55 am
Count us in!!
#54 - Mama Zen @ 8:56 am
Wow! Great contest!
#55 - Shauna @ 9:04 am
Count me in!
#56 - Mikki @ 9:10 am
Wow! I just love stopping by here. It’s like a yummy cup of coffee all the time.
What a great contest. I love LANDS END, but can’t afford it all the time. So count me in on this one. I could get definitely find $100 worth of stuff in no time!
Thanks a bunch!
#57 - Elizabeth JOhnson @ 9:12 am
That looks like an awesome backpack. My son’s is already starting to rip after 7 days of use :(((
#58 - Crystal B. @ 9:16 am
What a great giveaway. Lands End has great items.
#59 - JessicaB @ 9:17 am
This would be great. My little one just went through a super big growth spurt and we are still recovering her wardrobe from it.
#60 - Tiffany@naturemoms.com @ 9:17 am
I love Land’s End!
#61 - Jennifer @ 9:21 am
What a great giveaway (and Jackson looks so cute in that backpack!)
#62 - Alyssa Avant @ 9:22 am
Love love love land’s end!
#63 - Angela at mommy bytes @ 9:22 am
I love Land’s End!! Thanks for sponsoring this contest.
#64 - And Miles To Go.... @ 9:23 am
I would love to be entered into the contest.
#65 - Sue @ 9:24 am
we LOVE Land’s End — my husband worked there when he was in college — we would LOVE to win!
#66 - Jean @ 9:25 am
Oh please pick me. The boys didn’t get “new” clothes for back to school, since they got new ones in the Spring.
#67 - lauren @ 9:30 am
I LOVE Lands End. When we visit hubby’s Grandma who lives near the HQ, we hit the bargain nooks which have slightly defective or overstocked items. We’ve found some great deals that way.
Hannah-Bear is not in school yet but she is growing like a weed. Can we still enter?
#68 - Colleen @ 9:36 am
Lands End has some really high quality products! I received a very nice embroidered beach towel once from being in a wedding party!
#69 - Penny G @ 9:38 am
A Lands End gift certificate would be great. They have lots of great things in their catalog.
#70 - Lisa @ 9:49 am
We are Land’s End backpack owners here too. They have great stuff for all ages. Thanks to Lands End and 5Minutes.
#71 - Lucy @ 9:49 am
We could always use some new backpacks around here. Thanks!
#72 - Celeste @ 9:54 am
Sign me up, please!
#73 - Demeter @ 9:54 am
Wowza, what a great giveaway! Who can say no to $100 worth of quality clothing?!
Enter me, too, please.
#74 - Nichole R. @ 10:01 am
What a great giveaway! Please sign me up!
#75 - Capturing Today @ 10:01 am
A great giveaway! My girls love clothes!
#76 - Naomi @ 10:04 am
I have been wanting to try their kids’ clothes…
#77 - diatribal @ 10:05 am
I love Land’s End. Count me in!!
#78 - T with Honey @ 10:06 am
You have some of the best giveaways!
#79 - Natalie @ 10:06 am
Sign me up. I LOVE Lands End. We’ve worn their clothes and shoes. Almost hated for my babies to grow and give up my Lands End diaper bag and hooded baby blanket!
#80 - Ally P @ 10:07 am
You have the greatest contests!!!
Good luck everyone!!
#81 - Christy @ 10:13 am
I love Land’s End clothes for kids. THey last forever! Enter me
#82 - Melody @ 10:13 am
I’d love to have this one for my kids!
#83 - Jana (sidetrack'd) @ 10:15 am
Land’s End is great! Thanks for another wonderful giveaway!
#84 - Mindi @ 10:16 am
My oldest has started back to school in the first grade! She is loving it! Yes, she had to have a new outfit for her first day. We looked at the Land’s End backpacks but we haven’t decided on one yet. Love Land’s End, especially their shoes for kiddos!
#85 - Chris @ 10:16 am
Thank you Land’s End!
#86 - jenna @ 10:23 am
Wow! I love Land’s End anything. They have great, quality products. Enter me please!
#87 - Lissete @ 10:25 am
Great giveaway! Count me in please.
#88 - April @ 10:32 am
With 5 kids any extra help in the clothing shopping dept helps. Count me in.
#89 - Jill H. @ 10:33 am
What a nifty backpack! Count me in!
#90 - Mommy @ 10:34 am
With three children, It sure would be fun to go on a shopping spree for them!
#91 - Amy Castellano @ 10:34 am
I love Lands End! In fact, I am wearing a t-shirt and a pair of shoes from them right now!
#92 - Beth @ 10:35 am
This is great! Thanks for the chance!
#93 - CPA Mom and Soccer Mom Angela @ 10:36 am
$100 at Land’s End. How sweet would that be!
#94 - Crystal D @ 10:36 am
yippee
#95 - Alexia @ 10:37 am
I love Land’s End products - please enter me!
#96 - Tom Showers @ 10:39 am
Hope I win!
#97 - Colleen @ 10:42 am
Land’s End makes great quality products. Thank you for this chance to win!
#98 - Lori - Queen of Dirty Laundry @ 10:45 am
Oh goodness, could I go crazy at Land’s End! Thanks for another great giveaway!
#99 - Shama-Lama Mama @ 10:47 am
Oh, we LOVE Land’s End! Please enter us!
#100 - Rani @ 10:48 am
What? You mean to say the hand me down backpack that I sent with dear daughter to K this year isn’t going to last all year? I think we will need a new one in a month with all the papers she keeps bringing home. Thanks for the opportunity to win. Land’s End also makes the BEST diaper bags and I am expecting #3 in November. Please PICK ME!
#101 - Marilyn @ 10:50 am
Fine quality item!
#102 - Denise Mower @ 10:58 am
Enter me!!
#103 - Alison @ 11:02 am
Wow, great contest.
#104 - Juliet A @ 11:06 am
I love Land’s End - their stuff lasts forever.
#105 - Kim @ 11:08 am
I really need this! I am tired of making my daughter wear stuff from our second hand store but who can keep up with kids as fast as they grow.
#106 - Beth F. @ 11:09 am
What a great contest!
#107 - Andrea @ 11:14 am
Wow…that is awesome!!
#108 - Lynnae (From Under the Clutter) @ 11:19 am
I love Land’s End! Their backpacks are the best! Count me in and thanks for a great contest!
#109 - Brandy @ 11:23 am
I would love to win.
#110 - LeAndrew W. Taylor @ 11:23 am
I love Land’s End! And with two children starting school this week, I could definitely use the Land’s End giftcard! Count me in on the giveaway!!!
#111 - Tessa @ 11:27 am
I like lands end. that would be really neat to win a shopping spree with them.
#112 - Michelle @ 11:28 am
Would love this! Lands End has awesome stuff! Thanks.
#113 - lace @ 11:28 am
We have a little one starting preschool 2 days a week very soon. She is excited. She would love to have her own backpack. She has been asking for one since Christmas.
#114 - Shannon Baas @ 11:28 am
I could use some lands end stuff.
#115 - Tiffany M @ 11:28 am
Enter me, please!
#116 - bree @ 11:31 am
this is excellent!!! thanks Lands End!!
#117 - Richelle Robinson @ 11:34 am
I could use this with my 3 boys!
#118 - techchick @ 11:34 am
My daughter used Land’s end all through Junior high and high school…they have a fantastic guarantee of their workmanship and it is the number 1 backpack for girls in her school! My son would really like to use one of these now, too! Thanks for such a great contest.
#119 - margaret herrin @ 11:35 am
Love Lands’ End
#120 - dina quandt @ 11:40 am
With three kids, Land’s End is high quality and lasts thru all three!
#121 - Cicily @ 11:43 am
What a great contest!
#122 - valerie mabrey @ 11:47 am
Love this! Have three kids and a HUbby…life is good when I find time to enjoy it!
#123 - Sharold Friedrich @ 11:47 am
Love Lands End
#124 - Kari @ 11:52 am
AWESOME!!!
#125 - Tricia Bostrom @ 11:54 am
Life happens so fast! I can’t believe my baby is a junior in high school this year. School shopping sure puts a dent in the wallet so this shopping spree would be a blessing!
#126 - Cole's Mama @ 11:55 am
Sign me up! This is a great contest!
#127 - Joseph @ 11:57 am
I’d love to win this.
#128 - Jennifer @ 12:03 pm
perfect timing! Both of my kids need new clothes–boys are so hard on their clothes. My oldest does not have a pair of jeans without a hole in the knee!! I could spend that $100 at Lands End in about 5 minutes!
#129 - tammy b @ 12:05 pm
oh, that $100 would be soooo helpful in decking out my 1st grade daughter and preschool twins (also girls…pity me in about 4 years)!
#130 - CoachJ @ 12:06 pm
I could use this! My kids are growing so fast-they need new clothes NOW!
#131 - Elaine @ 12:06 pm
Oh, I would love some extra spending money for shoes and backpacks, maybe even some winter boots.
#132 - Lynde Foy @ 12:12 pm
Wow! Thanks for the great contest! Love Lands End clothes~never thought about buying bookbags from them, but will now~especailly since my boys go through about 3 per school year!!!
#133 - Charlottalove @ 12:14 pm
OoOoOoooo…I love Lands End! Count me in.
#134 - Jessie @ 12:17 pm
Wowzers - what a generous gift! It would be used to get the girls nice fall/winter jackets at our house! Love Lands End! Thanks for a super contest!
#135 - Nicole L. @ 12:18 pm
Oooh! I hope I win!
#136 - Micah Leonard @ 12:20 pm
Cool contest!
#137 - Anne-Marie @ 12:20 pm
What a nice gift! Please include me in the drawing!
#138 - Janine @ 12:23 pm
Love their stuff - count me in
#139 - Grace Papaseraphim @ 12:23 pm
I love Lands’ End! Have been shopping with them for many years. Thanks for a very generous contest!
#140 - Julie Robinson @ 12:26 pm
I was just asking where to find a great backpack for the smaller kind. The Jr. would be perfect. Great giveaway!! Count me in!
#141 - Peter Grotsky @ 12:27 pm
Everything I have from them is great. Good fit and looks good on me.
#142 - Carrie K. @ 12:30 pm
Please throw my name in the hat! Thanks!
#143 - Cindy McCloakey @ 12:31 pm
This would be great - I love their backpacks. WIth four girls, we always seem to be replacing them!!!
#144 - Ashley @ 12:31 pm
know many kidies that would love stuff from here!
#145 - Tam @ 12:32 pm
Sounds great, we could really use this
#146 - Lesha @ 12:34 pm
Great contest!
#147 - Saph -Walk With Me @ 12:36 pm
That’s an awesome prize! Please count me in! =)
#148 - In the Trenches of Mommyhood @ 12:39 pm
Land’s End, here I come!
#149 - Jen E @ 12:44 pm
I LOVE Land’s End!! Count me in!!!
#150 - Joanne Schultz @ 12:46 pm
Land’s End has great stuff- high quality, fairly reasonable prices. Count me in!
#151 - Jennifer Barnett @ 12:50 pm
That looks like it would be great.
#152 - kailani @ 12:54 pm
My daughter would love this! Thank you!
#153 - Audrey @ 12:57 pm
A Lands’ End GC would be great, thanks for the giveaway!
#154 - Tasra Dawson @ 12:59 pm
Kids go back to school 9/4 so this would be wonderful!
#155 - Briggie, Woodbury, NJ @ 1:00 pm
i love lands end and would love to win!!!
#156 - Tanya Moyer @ 1:04 pm
How cool - love Land’s End! Sign me up please!
#157 - Michelle Rosborough @ 1:10 pm
nice
#158 - Montserrat @ 1:13 pm
We are huge Lands’ End fans around here. Living out in the country where the nearest town is 45 minutes away and it’s biggest store is Super WalMart we love shopping through the internet and Lands’ End is one of the top stores we shop.
#159 - Melissa @ 1:20 pm
Love the Land’s End clothes for my son! Please enter my name in the drawing. Thanks!
#160 - Rebecca Peters @ 1:20 pm
This is great! I love lands end
#161 - Carey @ 1:22 pm
Please count me in! My daughter could really use a new backpack now that shes in the middle school.
#162 - Eva Pepitone @ 1:23 pm
Land’s End - wow! I’ve got a senior who has THE longest legs. Could really use a pair of jeans!
#163 - Lindsay @ 1:24 pm
enter me please
#164 - The Wooden Porch @ 1:39 pm
Very cool! You guys have the best contests!
#165 - Susan Dinsmore @ 1:40 pm
I love Lands End. LOVE LOVE LOVE….PICK ME
GOOD QUALITY
#166 - William Nunnally @ 1:41 pm
Lands end….very cool stuff
#167 - Vicky Molina @ 1:42 pm
i love lands end…….great prize
#168 - Lorna Renee @ 1:45 pm
My son has a form of Autism called ASPERGER’s Syndrome. His AS sometimes makes him feel awkward around others. Lands end clothes and backpacks help him begin the new year with CONFIDENCE and STYLE. THANK YOU LANDS END!!
#169 - Vail @ 1:46 pm
I LOVE Land’s End clothes! They have such a great selection and excellent customer service. Enter me please!
#170 - Angela @ 1:48 pm
Land’s End has the best warranty, it’s unbelievable! Check out their website and read if you don’t know about it. Hope I win the gift card!