August 4, 2008 | Contests
With all this talk of back-to-school, I know that all of you pretty people already have a handle on the backpack situation, right? You invested in a sturdy pack with a great warranty and your kid is ready to go? You… didn’t? Or that old backpack has finally given up the ghost? Well, fear not!
Enter the Lands’ End back-to-school experts. They’ve got it all—pack, clothes, uniforms, shoes—and they’re always coming up with new stuff, too. Why, just take a look at this MultiTask Backpack that I love so much I sort of want to marry it. It’s got a separate compartment for shoes! A “stash panel” for a jacket! A million little features that make life more wonderful, and at the heart of it all, it’s still a Lands’ End product with the assurance that it is “Guaranteed. Period.”
You could buy this pack—currently on special for $34.50—or you could try your luck at winning one from me and the pretty, pretty folks at Lands’ End. One lucky Want Not reader is going to receive the MultiTask Backpack absolutely free, and you get to pick the color, too. (I’m partial to berry. Too bad I’m not eligible to win.) Want it? Simply leave a comment on this post by 3:00 p.m. Eastern (noon Pacific) on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008. One comment per person, valid email address required, sob stories about the sad state of your current, inferior backpacks are optional. Winner to be determined by random number generation and maximum load.
(Psssst! Want to do a little shopping while you wait? During this contest you can use code BACKTOSCHOOL with PIN 2382 to ship your Lands’ End order for free!)
Ready? Go!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Pretty Mir - I think I’m in love as well. But will it work for a 49 year old woman taking a French class in the spring?
August 4th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
My daughter would love one of these!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Oh so pretty, and Berry is a wonderful name for a color!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Wow!
pick me, random generator!
Please?
August 4th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
My daughter starts kindergarten in September and needs one of these!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Oohhh, pick me please
August 4th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Wednesday is my Birthday, if that counts for anything…
August 4th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Oh, please, pick me. I’ve got to buy six new backpacks this year. A free one would help SO much.
And Wednesday is my daughter’s birthday, if that helps at all!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
I love Land’s End! Great stuff!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Me, me! I want one!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Oooh, I homeschool, but that would be awesome for trips out!!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I have twin daughters …so please please pick me. would love to get a free one
August 4th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
OH, Mr Handsom Random Number Generator…. please pick me!!!!!
Frugal Carol
August 4th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Backpack! I’ll take one!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
This is my lucky number.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Oh please Mir!
I desperately need this back pack!!! Do you REALLY want to hear sob stories??? REALLY?!??!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Hey, this is awesome!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
It would be much appreciated!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Definitely need a backpack!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
My daughter would love one as well!!! Thanks Mir.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Ah, what a great backpack! I don’t need one myself, but would be more than happy to win and donate!!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Ooooh, so many pretty colors…I can only hope I have to make a tough decision!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Mmm…how nice. This would be great for our little one.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
OH would love one of those for my DD.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
This would be great for my son! I need a bit of luck lately…
August 4th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
This would be great!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
My daughter would love this - but if its too great I may use it myself (college!) and just buy her one of her own!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I like the berry too!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I would really enjoy!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Sounds good!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
My daughter would love to go back to school with this.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
OMG. I really really need a new geocaching backpack!
You are so pretty, beautiful and wonderful!
Oh, so are you random number picker thingie!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
The olive one is pretty, too!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Pick me!!!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Pick me!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Gosh, I think I love just about anything from Lands End!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Looks like a great deal!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Oh….awesome!!!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
If I don’t win one, I’ll be forced to BUY one.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
we Lands End backpacks!!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Cool!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
This would be perfect for my son!!!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
are you sure you don’t have two to give away? My girls would claw each others’ eyes out for SHINY! NEW! BACKPACKS!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I still have my ancient blue Lands End backpack I got for second grade - and I’m almost 30. It is, however, held together with duct tape in a few places, so a new one would be awesome!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I like the cobalt blue. looks like a great bag.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
ooh pick me pick me!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Shut! Up! I was dazzled by the wonders of such a backpack and then - we could win one?!!! I NEEEEEEEEED one! My kids can get their own bags! They don’t need to carry around extra shoes! In fact, they give whatever they ARE carrying to me to carry FOR them, so obviously, this bag is rightfully mine.
(Glad you’re back, Mir.)
August 4th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
[To the Dora tune]: Backpack, Backpack! Backpack, Backpack!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Ohhhhh. I SO want that backpack for myself, er, for my daughter. Yes. My daughter.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Ooohh!! Pick me!!!! Do you think this backpack could carry me around in it?
August 4th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Love the Lands’ End quality! Great giveaway, Mir, thanks for the opportunity to participate!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Hope I win!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
We can never have too many backpacks at our house. We could use it to carry my daughter’s pink tiger-striped (SERIOUSLY) karate sparring gear!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Pick Me! Please!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
My daughters back pack is in the saddest shape. I think we lost a million pencils from the holes…..We have not found one that the 2 of us can agree on so we have not bought one…but what better than a free one without Bratz or My Little Pony on it! I am not a big fan of character things:)
August 4th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
We love lands end
August 4th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Wow, we could really use one of those!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Sign me up.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Oooo, sounds great!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Thanks for the chance!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
With three boys, we could use a good sturdy backpack!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Me too!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
yay! we all loves backpacks!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I would love to surprise my neice with this backpack. Thanks for the giveaway.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Wow, you sure can’t go wrong with Land’s End unless it is Land’s End FOR FREE! Those people really know how to put together a bag. Sign me up!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Oh, pretty, pretty Mir! Oh, pretty, pretty backpack! Oh, pretty, pretty random number generator! I love you all!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
My kids have Land’s End backpacks from last year - they are holding up great. But my cheapie old backpack is literally falling apart. So, pick me and I promise to give it a good workout!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Oh please! My son needs a nice sturdy backpack!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
When it comes to maximum load, I can take a lot. But only if it isn’t actual weight.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Pretty please pick me!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Oh please oh please. My son NEEDS this backpack. I hope I win…oh, great and wonderful random number generator.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Count me in! Last year’s Land’s End backpack is still going strong, but a new one to stock up for next year would be great. That’ll be about the time elder child’s backpack will be passed on to younger child.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
pick me! pick me!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
With everything she has to lug back and forth - my daughter could SO use this backpack. Please pick me.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Oooooh!
Gosh I love lands end. I want the backpack.
But can you use your pull with LE to decry the loss of the Do It All Diaper Bag? That thing is the best bag ever if you have two kids in diapers or use cloth and need extra space. And while I know mine will never die, I wish I could recommend it to other people still. *cries, shakes fist at heavens*
August 4th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I am in! Thanks!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
enter me! My daughter starts school this year…sob!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
pick me!!!!!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I’m too cheap to buy one right now- free fits my budget perfectly!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
They look very well made and stylish - that’s a nice combo in a backpack!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
So I am finally not one of the last ones to enter a contest.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Hey Mir, you’re already married. Please give one of us a change
August 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Oooh, the cranberry is definitely the way to go. Thanks for the tip.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
I would like a backpack please! Thanks!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
I’ve always picked Jansport packs for my kids–they seem to last indefinitely! However, my 12 year-old “lost” his six year-old backpack at camp this summer, so we’re in the market.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Me, pick me!!! My niece will LOVE this backpack:)
August 4th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
nice backpack!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I could use a replacement pack!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Ooooh, please please pick me! If their backpacks are anything like their clothes, this will last forever. Pretty please with bacon on top? Mmmm - bacon…
August 4th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
another lands end backpack for second born (bc big brother’s will last forever and therefore, won’t be handed down) would be awesome!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I need to get a backpack for my stepson. This would be perfect!!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
yes please, count me in. I would love to move up from my 3 year old’s former diaper bag!!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
That would be lovely. Thanks!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
I’d love a new backpack!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Your contests are so nice!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
would love to have this. tried to order one from Land’s End earlier and it was back ordered.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Definitely something we need! Thx!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
My last one gave up the ghost after the cat peed on it and I tried to clean it. Yeah, they have a good warranty and all, but I felt a little guilty asking them to compensate for my annoying little pet. I’d love to have a new one, even though I’m not in school. They have the perfect compartments for overnights at grandpa’s too.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Big boy is starting Kindergarten…gotta have one!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Ohh, pretty pretty blue backpack.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
My kids have great backpacks. I want this pretty pretty one for MYSELF.
(No sob story, just personal greed here.)
August 4th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Ooooooo-this is an awesome pack! I’m partial to the Garnet.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I have got to have this. Pretty please!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Please enter me.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Great timing on this contest! I really like the cobalt color. Matches our school colors!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
6 kids…always need backpacks!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I’ll let you borrow it to carry your shoes around in for a day if you pick me.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Oh please pick me! I have three hooligans to get ready for school including a kindergarten-bound 5 year old and a middle schooler that needs uniforms
BOOH! Save me some cash and let me win a black one!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
pick me!!!!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I’ve got a 2nd grader who needs a backpack!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
I’ll throw my name in for a cool back pack!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I would love to have this for my daughter!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
ooohhh!!! i would love this for my son!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I’ll give the random number generator another try…
August 4th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I don’t have a child whose heading back to school, but I need a new backpack for myself…
Pick me please!!!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
My Granddaughter would think you are as wonderful as I do, oh Pretty & Wonderful Mir. Pick Us!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I’ve been waiting for a free shipping code from LL Bean to buy my little one her first big-school backpack, but I’ll be glad to have a free Lands’ End one instead!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
great for my daughter!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Wonderful! Please enter me.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
This would be great to haul all of my geek tools with me when I volunteer. The backpack I’m currently using is 15 years old and literally falling to pieces. I think I can see it cringing when I reach for it every Monday night… And I may just need to order one anyway because if I can get a bicycle helmet in that stash panel, this bag will be perfect for running errands!
Thanks Mir!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Awesome! We definitely could use this.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
oooh, pick me, pick me!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Backpack, backpack! (just a little Dora lingo)
August 4th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
that would be one less to buy… pick me please!!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
What an awesome backpack! Those Lands’ End folks are clever.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Pretty Mir, pretty backpack……pretty cool giveaway!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
No sob stories… just really want that backpack. :-D:-)
August 4th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
woo hooo!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
This contest is one of the best so far.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I’ve been hearing a lot about these backpacks lately, thanks for the chance to win one.
Check out my back to school and $50 Amazon GC giveaways if you get a chance.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Add me to this evergrowing list!! Way cool contest as always…
August 4th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Backpack! Backpack!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
What a cool backpack!!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I love backpacks. They make me happy.
August 4th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
I really need to learn how to sweet talk the random number generator. “Oh, my, what large numerals you have…”
August 4th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
awesomeness!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Wow! Sweet!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
We dont NEED backpacks….just want this one.
August 4th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Starting Law School this fall, always need new bags!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Hoping the Random Number Generator gives me some love this time!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I heart backpacks!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
My daughter would be so happy if I won. She is tired of using the same old backpack.
August 4th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
My oldest is starting kindergarten and I’ve been putting off getting a backpack because that would mean he was really old enough to go to school.
August 4th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
My, random number generator, you are looking mighty pretty today! Please pick me!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
me, please! love ya, mir…
August 4th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Pretty Mir, Let it be me. I’m all about the concord purple.
August 4th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Why is olive “vintage”, I wonder? I mean, if they really want a vintage color, wouldn’t it be mustard yellow? or even black and white?
August 4th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
My daughter starts 1st grade and could use a “big kid” back pack. How exciting this would be….
August 4th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
ooh, pick me please
August 4th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Yes, please!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
*bats eyes at random number generator*
August 4th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
We definitely need a backpack. Thanks for the giveaway.
August 4th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
I’m feeling lucky, random number generator!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I want one to use as a diaper bag!
ddashby16@hotmail.com
August 4th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Would love this one. Went through 2 (!) inferior ones last year!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I want vintage olive. My son’s backpack finally bit the dust last year…third grade is tough on backpacks.
August 4th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Enter me!You can never have too many backpacks!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I don’t think there is a backpack that is NOT inferior to Lands’ End…
August 4th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Goodness, I’d love this one!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
My Eastpack is 10 years old, and finally died on our last trip to Disney. I’d love this!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
ohhhhh, loving this backpack! I, um, my kid needs one and would love this!!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I love Lands End, too!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Love these book bags. they are really sturdy and can outlast even my kids, who are well known for not taking care of things like they should. you didn’t hear that from me, however.
August 4th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
maybe this is my chance!! Pick ME!!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
I would love one of these, for my son OR me!!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Me, me, pick me!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I’d love it if you picked me, oh pretty Mir/random number generator …
August 4th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I would love to with this for my daughter…. or ME!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Wow. This is a popular one. Count me in!!!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
markie needs a new backpack! Fingers crossed…!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
my daughter would love a berry backpack!!!!
thank you!!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
I sure hope my number is picked. Although I doubt it….but at least, I still have two days to dream it will be picked.
August 4th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
I would love to win this for my daughter, whose backpack is a terrible mess. 12-year-old girls are harder than boys are on backpacks!
Thanks for hosting this contest.
August 4th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Awesome! Thanks
August 4th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Ooh! One of my three kids would love this!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Awesome, I swear my daughter needs a backpack every 3 months - she’s so rough on them!!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I love backpacks. Always useful!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
cool! ty!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Pick me, pick me, pretty please!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I’d love to get one of these for my second grader, but they are too expensive for the budget this year. Please pick me!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
ohhhh, I would love this for one of my kids!!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Oooo, I’d love a blue one!! It’s awful pretty! Doesn’t compare to you, Mir, but still awful pretty!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
We collect backpacks (ok and purses) at our house. Thanks!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
No sob story. Would love the backpack though. *grin*
August 4th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Love Land’s End backpacks! Pick me!