The Dark Academia Tote | Valued at $224.98

Valued at $224.98 | Raffle Tickets: $2 each | Winner announced August 30, 2025—pickup in-store. 

Calling all lovers of slow mornings, annotated classics, dusty libraries, and oversized sweaters—this is the tote that speaks your language.

We’ve curated the ultimate literary-luxury-meets-melancholy raffle prize for the romantic intellectuals, the cozy introverts, and the "Born to Read, Forced to Work" crowd. Whether you live for candlelit study sessions, curling up with dark prose, or pretending your life has a soundtrack composed by Chopin and a plot twist written by Donna Tartt—this is your moment.

For just $2 a ticket, this aesthetic-heavy, soul-soothing, bookish indulgence could be yours. 

WHAT’S INSIDE THIS BEAUTIFUL, BROODING TOTE:

• Any book of your choosing (up to $20 value) – Finally, pick up the novel that’s been staring you down from your TBR pile. Choose something new, something dark, something you.

• Any bookmark of your choosing (up to $4 value) – Choose between a laminated one or a fabric one!

• The Charmed Page canvas tote ($15) – Understated and chic—like a book bag carried through centuries of quiet rebellion and romantic idealism. Can fit up to 20 paperback books! 

• Disco Suncatcher ($42) – Let fractured light dance through your windows as you read your latest obsession in golden hour glow.

• Moon incense stick holder ($17) – Every narrative deserves an atmosphere. This piece elevates even your most existential inner monologues.

• Mini moon bath bomb ($6) – For those nights you soak in warm water and literary angst, processing plot twists and personal growth—lavender scented with cornflower. 

• Bumblebee jasper crystal ($24) – No spells needed. Just a grounding stone that reminds you to breathe through it all.

• Crystal candle: Black Tourmaline & Red Jasper ($20) – For journaling, dramatic letter-writing, or recovering from your latest book hangover.

• “Born to Read, Forced to Work” Denim Hat ($29.99) – Say it louder for the overworked romantics in the back.

• Winter smudge wand ($12) – Refresh your space, clear your mind, and step into your poetic main character energy.

• Incense sticks ($13.99) – A mixture of our five signature scents from Sea Witch Botanicals.

• Cucumber melon wax melts ($5) – A nostalgic nod to simpler times with aventurine crystals embedded. 

• Bookish Glass Cup ($16.00) - for iced coffee, herbal tea, or dramatic sips while reading something soul-crushing

Why Enter?

Because this isn’t just a tote, it’s a curated collection of comfort, ritual, and readerly joy. It’s for quiet mornings and golden evenings. For lighting a candle, opening a book, and disappearing for a while.

And above all, it’s our way of saying thank you.

Thank you for shopping with us, attending our events, recommending us to friends, and reminding us that indie bookstores still matter. We’re still here because you are.

Each $2 ticket goes toward supporting your local literary hideaway, The Charmed Page.

🎟️ Buy one. Buy five. Buy ten.
Stack your odds. Fill your tote. Romanticize your life.

Winner announced August 30, 2025 @ 2 PM—pickup in-store.