I'm a Winner

I was thinking about the times that I have won things in my life. I really have won quite a few things, although never anything of great value. I'm still waiting for that. I just know that any day the Publisher's Clearing House will show up on my doorstop and bring me my millions. Well, maybe not because I guess you have to sign up and I don't, and I also guess I won't win the lottery because I have never bought tickets. I won a silver and stone ring from a Powell, Wyoming fair a few years back, and a Halloween figurine from a boutique in Billings, MT. I won 97 dollars from a radio station in Boise along with wall plaques, a stuffed dog and several other things that I can't remember now. I have won several door prizes and prizes at baby showers and I won a Monty Dollack picture from the hotel where I used to work. I was lucky

the past two weeks also and these are my newest winnings.

This is the scrapbook that I won last week at a paper warehouse. They drew my name from the proverbial hat for this one. Very cute. It was already assembled and ready for my photos.

My second winning item are these oatmeal/craisin/white chocolate oatmeal cookies

and a bag of mocha almonds.

I won these cookies from Sweet Life in the Valley Blog Utah Valley Provo Orem Blog a couple of weeks ago from a random draw. They were some of the best oatmeal cookies I have ever eaten. They were from the website Sweet Tooth Fairy~sweet wishes granted daily

website and Megan, the owner, delivered them to me along with a bag of almonds. They were packaged in a darling bag with pink and brown stripes, polka dotted tissue paper and a brown silk ribbon. Inside was a brown and pink striped box with lid that was even cuter. I am really a sucker for great packaging and it was soooo cute I almost didn't want to open it. Each cookie was enormous and individually wrapped. I did end up sharing with Wayne and my sister Margaret but if I had to do to again.... maybe, just maybe...... I would hide them and sneak and eat them when no one else was around so I could have them all to myself just like I did when my kids were little and wanted everything I had. Yes children, I did do that and still do on occasion if I have an incredible dark chocolate bar. Maybe there was good Karma at my house because when my daughter-in-law Kee was here for a scrapbook convention last week, she had her name called three separate times in one day for 3 really nice prizes. Yea for us ...the winners!