and the winner is...

... ME! Growing up I never won anything--not even a student of the month award at school. (side note: Every month I would hope that I would get student of the month... I was a good student right? And every month was a disappointment. Sad sad story of my life.) In fact, if anyone won anything growing up it was Amy. She was always winning things--coloring contests, drawings, etc. When I was in college I won a "free date" which comprised of tickets to some show in Salt Lake and a gift certificate to Outback Steakhouse. I never did use those tickets because I didn't have a car and for whatever reason didn't ask someone with a car to go out with me. But for the past few months or so I have been on a winning streak. (And now that I write about it, it will surely end.)

It all started back in May when I stopped by Molly's Favorite Things and entered a giveaway. To my utter astonishment I won the cutest little monkey backpack. I think it's adorable! And William loves it too.

Then in July I entered another one of her giveaways and, when the winner didn't contact her, I won again! This time it was a tassi... quite a convenient little thing. Especially now that I have short hair that I can't just sweep into a ponytail when I wash my hair.

I entered yet another giveaway (this time on another site) and won a custom design from Announcements to Ponder. I still haven't cashed in on that one yet. I have to use it by the end of the year so maybe I'll have some custom Christmas cards. We'll see how it goes.

Occasionally I take surveys for different companies and they reward you with points. I entered some of my points into a sweepstakes and I won a portable DVD player. I've been thinking forever that I should buy one for road trips and such but just have never actually done it. I thought this one would be some cheap-o brand but it's actually really nice!

And most recently I grabbed a soda from my in-laws fridge. On the cap it said "1 in 6 Wins." Now how often do you actually remember to get online and enter in that code on the inside of the cap? I usually forget about it and throw it away. This time I thought "why not?" and set the cap on the counter. Then I got annoyed that it was just sitting there so I finally got online and entered it in the computer... and I WON! It was just a coupon for a free soda--but still! When I told Rich he got pretty excited. I didn't think it was a big deal... it's only a free soda right? But then he said, "Who ever wins something from a soda can?" And really it's true... have you?

So there you have it. My winning streak. Now I probably won't win a thing for the rest of my life. It was good while it lasted.