When I was about thirteen or fourteen I won a contest through a teen magazine. I would have to ask my mom if she can remember the details more clearly but I believe this is how it played out:
- I entered a random contest through a teen magazine.
- I got a call weeks, possibly months, later from a women saying that I had won the Wild America contest. Apparently Wild America was a Jonathan Taylor Thomas movie...at that time he was my TV crush...although I don't think I actually ever saw the movie. When she called, she didn't tell me what I had won. She just needed to verify my address.
- I should have thought to ask her what I had won. I believe I was able to dig up the magazine and learned that the grand prize was a trip to Canada. I was really excited!
- A few weeks later a package arrived. I opened it eagerly and was quickly disappointed to learn that I hadn't won the grand prize. It must have been third prize or some other random consolation prize because it was a Caboodle and a Wild America poster. What a disappointment!
More recently I won a wonderful prize. In 2006, during Mr's first deployment in the Navy, they raffled off a few "First Kisses". This was a great prize...it meant your spouse/significant other would be the first one off the ship when they returned home from a 6+ month deployment. You also got to be escorted on the pier to greet them and give the "first" kisses. They typically show the "first kisses" on the local news. It also really saves a lot of time because the ship has over 1,500 people...it can take awhile to wait for everyone to come off and it's time consuming searching for your spouse in a mass of people that are all dressed the same.
This "first kiss" raffle was done at one of the monthly wives meeting. I didn't attend these meetings regularly but I had heard they would be raffling off a "first kiss" so I made sure to attend. You had to purchase the raffles tickets...but I didn't mind. After buying roughly $20 worth of raffle tickets I thought I might have a good chance because there weren't more than 30-40 people there. At the end of the meeting they drew the winning raffle ticket and it was mine! I was so excited and so was Mr.
So onward to the real reason for this post. I am excited to report that I have won another raffle! This was through a local boutique called Baby Vie. They have some really cute women's and baby clothes and accessories and they are literally right across the street from my house so I make frequent stops to browse. I started following this store on Facebook to see when they would have sales. I saw a post saying they were conducting a raffle of a few items as a way to solicit clothing donations for a local shelter. I had a few items in the closet that I was willing to donate so I decided to drop them off, knowing that it was a good cause. A few days later I got an email saying I had won a Blue Petunia Pickle Bottom Cake diaper bag!
I couldn't believe it. I actually already have an amazing diaper bag that I received as a gift from my girl friend Rebecca...Thank you girl!...so I'm not in need of a diaper bag but it was still exciting to win. I now have two gorgeous diaper bags...what more could a mom-to-be ask for?!?!
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