Giveaway! Crazy CatLadyBox November 2015 Review & 10% Off Coupon
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November 2015 Crazy CatLadyBox
This is the first CRAZY CatLadyBox we have received and my kitties may not let me go back to being a plain ol’ Cat Lady after this month! November’s box is so leopardy and filled with fabulous, bold designs and quality products that sparkle, shine, and delight!
The CatLadyBox costs $34.99 per month (less for multiple-month subscriptions).
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I have to say, it was very difficult to stop and take pictures before opening this month’s package!
Cat Watercolor Art Print postcard by Francesca Rizzato – Value: $5.00
I adore this watercolor print… aaand pretty much every other cat print in Francesca’s Etsy shop, Miao Miao Design. I am excited to frame this postcard and display it in my office! This print is gorgeous, unique, and absolutely perfect for November’s theme. If you’d like to order this print, the smallest print available is 8″x10″ & costs only $15.00!
The back of the card has a description of the items contained in the box and the reason for hand-selecting each item for this month’s box.
The founder (a.k.a. the coolest cat lady in existence), Dorian Wagner, writes a letter for each month’s box welcoming the subscriber to the CatLadyBox family, explaining their mission, and further describing what is in each box. I love this personal touch!
“Cats Are My Bag” Black & Gold Tote by Xenotees – Value: $15.99
This bag is TOTES cool. Some girls are proud of their shoe and make-up collections; I am proud of my kitty and tote collections! I am going to rock out this bag basically every time I go out in public. Etsy has been suggesting Xenotees to me for what seems like decades… so naturally, I logged on after receiving my CatLadyBox and added an item to my Christmas Wish List from Xenotees Etsy shop. It’s a hand towel… that says, “Cats are my jam” and it’s only $10.00 so basically, yeah. Perfect Christmas gift. (Are you reading this, parents? Big fat hint here.)
Leopard Cat Watch – Value: $29.99
(available now at The Tiniest Tiger Studios for only $19.99!)
Yup. Most favoritiest item in the box this month! My everyday watch battery just died and I was lost, cold, and alone. This utterly adorable watch brightened up my week and I cannot wait to wear this to work tomorrow. (It’s cool, my coworkers already think I’m nuts. Total dog-people, if you know what I mean.) Animal prints usually don’t fit in with my style, but the leopard print fits so well with the cat face that it completely works and is purrrfect. Another great gift option for the holidays right here!
Cat Outline Keychain by The Empurrium (Neon Green) – Value: $7.00
I love this handmade kitty keychain. It’s a little bigger than most keychains I use, but because it’s a cat silhouette, I am completely going to rock this one out on my office keys. The kitty is made with glitter vinyl on the front and backed with black vinyl, which is perfect for my inevitable coffee spills that happen on the daily. The little pink plastic snap makes it easy to remove as well. This is SO cute and at $7.00, would make a great stocking stuffer for the kitty fanatics in your life!
Catnip Drumstick by Housecat Club – Value: $5.50
Vegan. Organic. Eco-friendly. Drumstick. It was very difficult to get a picture of this hand-sewn catnip toy. Three of the five cats would not leave it alone and once the drumstick was out of the package, I did not see it for several hours. Huge win with the kitten critters, it’s seriously cute, and came just in time for turkey day! Our kittehs are spoiled and have a stocking for Christmas. I found the purrfect kitty stocking stuffer at the Housecat Club website that is also only $5.50, which I fully intend to get with the 20% coupon code also provided in my CatLadyBox!
Cloud 9 Cat Treats (What the Fish?!) – Value: $3.99
I have never heard of these treats before and my kitties were very glad they came in this box! Cloud 9 treats are packed with protein and contain ZERO cereal fillers, so they’re easily digestible for feline tummies and are apparently incredibly delicious. All five of my cats came swarming over to get a taste of these delectable morsels and were quite sad when I closed the (adorable) container and put it away for later. This is another cat-tastic stocking stuffer idea! (Because I’m pretty sure this container will not last until Christmas.)
Our Thoughts
November 2015 Total Value: $67.47
November’s box was filled with great gift-giving ideas for both cat ladies and the lovable felines that make us who we are. The value and style of this month’s box knocked my socks off. My kitties and I couldn’t be happier with everything we received. My favorite item has to be the Leopard Cat Watch. Rambo and Katie’s favorite item is the Housecat Club Catnip Drumstick. Agi, Cooper, and Tidbit’s favorite item is the Cloud 9 Cat Treats.
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Sarah & the cats
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My baby is named Tucker. I don’t know how he got his name. I am not his original owner.
One of my cats name is Skylar- I was searching for the perfect name for a week or so. One day I looked up in a closet and on the top shelf was a Nike tennis show box with some things stored inside and on the side of the box was the shoes name”Skylar” it was perfect for him and his beautiful blue eyes.
My cat’s name is Scooter.He is a older cat we adopted last Spring so I am not sure why they named him that.
Well I have 8 right now and they are Mya & Hope (came with that from the shelter), Mama Grey (because she is) Brownie (because he is a brown tabby)Gretal (because I always wanted a cat named Gretal and she fits the bill), Pepper (Because since I take in multiple black cats I run low on names for same) Rocky and Ricky (aka Monkey)-these 2 brothers came to me at 5 weeks old and I originally named them Ricky and Lucy until Lucy turned out to be Fred so I named him Rocky. The MOnkey is because he is one.
My cat’s name is Marmar–she was an outdoor cat that had kittens in our carport, so we nicknamed her “Fat Mama”. It slowly morphed into Marmar instead.
That’s hilarious! I love name-morphs! We named one of our cats Katie the Kitten, after an old golden book, but it slowly morphed into Katie kitten.. Kitten mittens.. Then just Mittens… 🙂
One of my cats’ names is Ryder and I named her that because she is a rescue and was found under a Ryder truck.
My five month old kittens name is Keala Rayne. Years, and years ago, my mother wrote a book and a dog in the book she named Keala. She doesn’t remember how she came up with it. So, we used Keala because it was unique and fun for a spunky kitten. As for Rayne, I actually really like the name ‘rain’, so to make it a bit different, I changed the spelling up.
I recently rescued two kittens and my boyfriend named them Bubs and Lu. My boyfriend really likes the famous cat ‘Lil’ Bub’ which is how we ended up with Bubs. And Lu is short for Lu-Bear because he originally started off as bear, but my boyfriends one-year old niece called him Lu, so it became Lu-Bear.
I have three kitties and one extra one that seems to have adopted us!
Cocoa… My son named him. He is black and white. He was really young when he chose the name.
Peanut…I named her that because she was so little.
Sissy..She is a girly girl kittie
Fred..our new adoptee..I don’t know..he looks like a FRed.
My cat’s name is Echo – he is a black cat and it seemed fitting. Thanks.
My cats name is Lucky because he was a runt and his mom rejected him, and he was hand nursed until he could fend for himself, but he was lucky to be alive so hence his name.
My cat’s name is Samsonite Il Gato. 🙂
Originally it was Sam but I thought that wasn’t a powerful enough name so I changed it to Samsonite – then I added El Gato which means “the cat” in Spanish because I also speak Spanish but then I started to learn Italian so in honor of that, I changed it to the Italian “Il Gato”.
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My cat’s name is Ruby, it seemed like a cute name for her and it fits her well!
Archie! He was a shelter cat so he came prenamed. We call him Archibald when he’s in trouble.
I have two cats. One is Mogwai, she’s a little mischief maker and I was pretty obsessed with Gremlins when I got her. Her sister is Smeagol, she looks exactly like a furry Gollum (yes, she really is that ugly.. but also adorable!).
My cat’s name is pretty self-explanatory: he’s a gray male cat so his name is Gray Boy. 🙂
MY CATS name is Daisy and because she always hides behind a daisy plant
Our cat’s name is Bouzer. My mom named the cat Bouzer because she said it was a Bouzer!
Our cats names are Thomas, and Trisha. Thomas we got because I wanted to name him Tom because he is a tom cat and hubby didn’t like Tom, but loved Thomas. Trisha is a name my hubby picked out, we wanted another T name to go wwith Thomas’s name.
his name is buttons… i came up with it because his moms name is Boots and i thought they went well together.. plus he is a manx and has a wittle nubbin for a tail like a button
Our cat is named Mikey. He was a rescue cat and came with his name.
Snickers! We always name our pets after chocolate!
I have two cats: Katinka Ingabogovinanana (Tinks) and Leeloominaï Lekatariba Lamina-Tchaï Ekbat De Sebat (Leeloo). From Zoolander and Fifth Element respectively. I learned later that the same actress plays both characters!
My kitten is a feral kitten who was born in the wild. My husband named her scarlett because a marking near her mouth looks like a scar but really it is just her fur marking.
Our two kitties are Mr. Doof and Miss Kitty. We didn’t actually come up with the names so much as just started calling them that Hahaha
I don’t have a cat but this box would go to my cousin if I win who has a cat named Bazel!
My cats name is Desiree and I found her in my yard when she was about 5 weeks old. I had always desired a tiger tabby and that’s what she is, so the name Desiree is what I choose to represent that desire.
Mittens, because of extra toes on his white paws & black body.
We found this tiny kitten at the farm we get hay. The farmer said to take her she’d only get killed there. She’s black with a white tip on her tail. “Tippy” became “Pippi” (more literary) and now Pippi is a princess.
My Cat’s name is Buddy. I came up with this name because he was there for me when my mother died. He has dried my tears and cuddled and snuggled me every time I felt sad or I cried. I still feel sad and he knows when I am sad and will come and talk to me and love me. He has been my Buddy and best friend.
My cats name is Snickers. My daughter named her after the candy bar
I have a cat named I named Rowdy because when he was a kitten he was unusually hyper. He still lives up to his name and he’s 10.
My cat’s name is Socks because of his adorable white paws.
We have 3 cats and their names are Lily, Daisy and Pumpkin. My daughter named Lily after the girl on Hannah Montana years ago, and we chose Daisy to keep with the flower theme. We adopted Pumpkin last year, and that was the name he had.. It suited him so we kept it.
Our cat was given the name Pepper at the shelter we adopted her from. We liked it so we kept it. But we also call her Pepperoni and Peppercorn lol
My cat’s name is Gizzie. She is about 12 years old and is a rescue cat. She was given up because she does not get along with other animals, but by herself, she is a joy.
My cat’s name is Gizzie. She is about 12 years old and is a rescue cat. She was given up because she does not get along with other animals, but by herself, she is a joy.
My daughter named her after a local high school band because when they practiced in a nearby garage, she would sometimes howl along.
My cat’s name is Mittens, because she is all gray except for her white paws.
Our cat’s name is Peaches. My daughters chose the name because she has light orange fur.
I have 3 cats! Samantha(sammy) Because I love Sammy Hagar! China(China Cat Sunflower) From a Grateful Dead Song..and Lily..just cause I love it!
My cats name is is Brook. I named her that because it is just a favorite name of mine
Sammy and Leo and Ralph well when I picked out Sammy from the shelter he looked like a Sammy to me so there you have it. Leo and Ralph were cats that someone could no longer care for so we took them and they are a great addition to the Family. We also Had Smokey who pased and Midnite also. I love cats
Her name is Lotus Heart, my four year old named her. We call her Lola.
My cat’s name is Frankie. He just looked like a Frankie. I wanted to call him Snarf (he had respiratory issues) but my mom wouldn’t let me.
My cat’s name is Gigi. That was already her name when I got her from some friends who were moving and couldn’t take her.
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Penny; she was named after Penelope from Homer’s, ‘The Odyssey’, bc she was always waiting at the door for me when I got home when she was a kitten.
Zoey because she looks like a zoey
I have three cats. Pumpkin is named for his orange color. Anastasia and Shadow weren’t given their names for a specific reason. Thanks.
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My cat’s name is Jobe (A.K.A. GOB) from the Arrested Development character.
Our 2 cats are Frankie and Fats. Frankie is named after a cat we used to have and Fats is named because he does the fat dance on you
tigger ,actually my son named him!
Fancy Pants. Her butt is white.
My newest kitty’s name is Bear: we found her in the alley when she was about a week old, just a teeny little thing, but she had big meaty paws, so I said “My, look at those big bear claws!”. And it stuck.
My cats name is Gracie May. When I found her she was so skinny, her fur was horrible, and she was one mean cat. I wanted her to have a beautiful name she would grow into. I knew she would turn into a wonderful cat. I was completely wrong, lol She is still very mean. She hisses, bites and smacks you with claws out when you walk by. She is healthy and her fur looks great. She loves her toys and it brings me joy to see her playing with them. It makes me feel she is happy.
I have five cats. There’s Harry. She’s named after Harry Potter. Yes, Harry is a girl. Then, there’s Bella who is named from the song Bella Notte. She is beautiful like the night. Next, we have Cleo who is named after Cleopatra because of the markings on her face. Finally, there is Jake and Molly. I do not know how they got their names. I adopted them when their human passed away (my aunt).
My cats name is cookie. My son picked the name
My little girl’s name is Catniss. She got her name from The Hunger Games, of course… But with a fun play on the name.
Cat is our cat name. It was a cat that took up at my house that me and my neighbor started taking car of.
My cat is named Daisy because it’s a name I always liked.
My cat is Lucy named after the Peanuts character because she is so sassy
My first cat’s name is Lilith, named after Adam’s first wife who refused to be subservient to him and has, as a result, been vilified throughout history. I’m not religious, but I find the mythology interesting.
Rusty and Smokey, because of their colors.
My cat’s name is Boo. I came up with his name because he is a black cat 🙂
Pewter is his name as he is that color a tuxedo cat.
I HAD a cat named Scarlett and I guess I just liked the name. I’d like to win this for a friend of mine though. She has one cat on her own and her boyfriend and her bought two together.
My daughter named our cat Marley after Bob Marley.
my cats name is cotton and I came up with this name because her fur feel like a cotton ball
Mollie and Maddie… just popped into my head… lol
My cat’s name is Mr. Bubbles. I had a childhood cat named Simbad. I had a million nickname for Simbad, Simbubbles being one of them. I had Simbad from the time I was in Jr High until I was 25. I was devastated when I had to put him down due to feline leukemia. I waited a few years and then got another cat. I named him Mr. Bubbles in remembrance of my late Simbubbles.
My daughter named our cute cat Princess. It’s her favorite name to name ANYTHING lol. But its cute. She definitely is a little princess.
My cats name is oshka. It was going to be Occie…but my son couldn’t say it and so we had Oshka♡
Our little kitten is named Fritz. He joining a home with an older amle cat whose name is felix so fritz just seemed to fit!
I have one named Harvey, after a movie with Jimmy Stewart.
Depends on the cat. I have Pookie who is just a cute cat, Prissie who is queen of the roost, Luckie because of the circumstances I got her, and Scrappie who was a real scrapper as a kitten. All rescued all loved very much.
my cats name is lilly and it was just a name we like but the funny thing was we named the cat thinking it was a girl and it turned out to be a boy but we kept the name anyways.