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In a pleasant surprise last night, I discovered I am all out of my Movember thank-you notes (pictured above)!  That means last month was a very successful fundraiser, thanks to all of you!  I apologize to anyone who donated in the last few days as I’ll need to make another batch of notes before I can get yours in the mail.

If you, too, would like one of these limited edition thank-you notes, stop by my Movember site to make a last minute contribution.  I’ve decided to keep my moustache for a few more days because I’m only $311 away from my goal which would mean keeping it for December!  I’ll see where we’re at this weekend before I pull out the razor.

Our team, The MOXstaches, raised over $3000 last month, helping bring the Microsoft total above $33,000!  Excellent work and special thanks to all my Mo Bros and Mo Sistas at work and those supporting our team!

Here’s a shot of the Moustache Cake I made for our party yesterday:

When I tally everything up, I’m only short of my goal for tomorrow by $511.97!  If I manage to collect $512 by noon tomorrow, I’ll be stuck with my moustache for all of December!  If not… the mo’ could be no mo!

Thanks again to everyone for all of the Movember support so far – we’re almost done, and you’ve helped our team raise over $2,500 for a worthy cause!

Actually, that fork is empty because I already stuffed myself with leftovers from last night’s Thanksgiving dinner.  My moustache is starting to fill in as nicely as my stomache has been the past two days!

Just 4 days of Movember left!  Thanks to all who have generously contributed to my efforts and to my team, the MOXstaches, for sticking through the month!

This is it, folks – just 7 more days to help me raise $1,500 or else this Mo’ will be No Mo’!  I’m very excited about the progress our team has made in just three short weeks – regardless of how badly Google is schooling us, we’re definitely helping to make a difference during Movember.

And now, for inspiration… The Final Countdown!

(I’m having trouble uploading larger files lately, but here’s a preview for now)

No huge updates here – my moustache is still just kind of… fuzzy.  We’re rounding out on the 3rd week, and pretty soon I’ll be able to get rid of this funny-looking lip sweater!

Unless…

I’ve decided that if I, personally, SOMEHOW manage to raise $1,500 by noon on November 30th, I will keep my moustache for the rest of the year!  That’s right, you can keep this ugly thing on my face until “Manuary” 1st by supporting the cause and donating under my name.

As a team, The MOXstaches are doing awesome!  We recently passed the $2k mark!  Google is kicking our butt this Movember.  Lesson learned: don’t try to collect donations at work immediately following October’s “Giving Campaign”.  We should have been more prepared a month earlier!