My winningsDecember 14th, 2005 @ 1:37 pm
You probably don’t know this about me, but I am a very lucky person. Let me be a little more specific. I am not necessarily lucky in life. But I do win things. All the time. I don’t have any type of “system” to winning. I don’t have lucky teddy bears that I have to rub, or certain phrases that I have to say. I just concentrate on winning. And I win.
If I play Bingo, I win. If I enter a raffle, I win. The great thing is I am never even surprised when I win. It’s like I expect that I will.
Some of my winnings include a one caret diamond necklace from Mervyn’s. This one is great because I just had to fill out a little entry form at my local Mervyn’s. I filled out tons of them, one for everyone I knew. But it was my name that won the necklace. (It isn’t a pretty necklace. A little too fancy for my taste. But it was a free diamond necklace, baby!)
Last week The King and I went to my company Holiday party. They had a drawing for prizes. Right off the bat I won a $50.00 gift card to anywhere I wanted (the top prize). I knew I would win it. Right after I won I grabbed The King’s raffle ticket so that I could concentrate on his numbers. The next number they called was his. He won a $25.00 gift certificate. Total winnings for The King family: $75.00 (which was spent this weekend on a new table at IKEA for our little apartment, and some Christmas goodies as well).
Today I got a work e-mail telling me that I won for something I had entered this summer. It was for the entire county, with a total of 27 winners out of 10,000 that entered. You had to submit how many times a week you use alternate methods for your commute to work. The Grand Prize was a trip to the Yucatan Peninsula. Alas, I did not win the trip. But I did win a $100.00 gift certificate to the Home Depot.
I wasn’t going to say anything to The King about it, and just give it to him for Christmas. But I have to tell him so that I can show off my ability to WIN. I have been trying to convince him of how lucky I am, and he hasn’t quite bought it yet.
(I’ll still probably give it to him. I mean, what in the heck am I going to buy for myself at the Home Depot? They don’t sell purses…)
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Updated 12/15/05
After reading some of the comments I remembered some other things I have won. Once I called into a radio station to have them announce a friend of mine’s birthday, and ended being the right number of calling. I won some donuts and some money (but I don’t remember how much). Also, a few weeks ago we were having a lunch at work to celebrate our construction project coming to an end. There was a raffle. I won some work gloves. Size “large”.
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Lisa
said,
December 14, 2005 at 2:29 pm
Congrats! The next time I enter a raffle, I’m putting YOUR name down. heehe maybe I’ll win something for once. (I never do.)
SO the secret is concentrating on winning. I’ll have to try that.
Corinne
said,
December 14, 2005 at 5:47 pm
*pout* I never win anything… so maybe you’re my complete opposite!
"D"
said,
December 14, 2005 at 7:14 pm
ick… I totally NEVER win anything and so about 15 years ago I totally quit entering. Maybe to win more often I have to enter more often? duh…
janet
said,
December 14, 2005 at 7:22 pm
man I am jealous! And winning gift cards is great.
At the conference I was just at (it was for law enforcement) they were raffling off police gear and other items that I didn’t even KNOW what they were (including gun accessories) and the whole time I was like PLEASE DON’T CALL MY NUMBER. And they didn’t. Probably the only time I’ll ever think that during a raffle!
pseudostoops
said,
December 14, 2005 at 8:30 pm
i once won a radio contest where i got a leather bomber jacket from the movie “independence day.” this was in 2000. can we say “cleaning out the radio station crap closet?”
Ashley
said,
December 14, 2005 at 9:11 pm
I hate people like you.
Erika
said,
December 15, 2005 at 5:06 am
I am drooling…$100 to Home Depot?
You know, I NEVER enter stuff, which obviously is the first step to winning, but when I do finally get the motivation to enter, I think “nobody ever enters these, I’ll totally win!” But people ALWAYS enter.
Jenna
said,
December 15, 2005 at 7:17 am
I have never won a thing!!!! So whats your secrect????
Elisette
said,
December 15, 2005 at 8:31 am
Hmph. I am officially disgruntled. I don’t win anything!! Of course, I don’t enter anything…
TB
said,
December 15, 2005 at 11:53 am
I’ve never been a big winner until about a year ago. I listen to our local NPR station all day at work and for whatever reason, I win giveaways for concert tickets, gift certificates and cd’s all the time. I’ve won probably 12 times in the last year. I blogged about it a few months ago. I hope my streak continues!
Elisette
said,
December 15, 2005 at 12:54 pm
When I type in ‘ho’ to my address bar, your website comes up. Hee!
AnnaBana
said,
December 15, 2005 at 2:12 pm
I once saw this show about a woman who actually makes a living off of winning contests. She works hard at it though, working full time on entering sweepstakes, researching contests, etc. She’s won a couple cars and TONS of other stuff that she sells which is how she lives off it. It was the weirdest thing.
for joke!
said,
December 16, 2005 at 2:41 am
That’s hilarious, Isabel! I like it even better that you are fully aware and accepting of your luck!
Rude Cactus
said,
December 16, 2005 at 6:08 am
Next time the lottery gets big, I’m giving you a call. How much of a cut do you usually want?
Nap Queen
said,
December 19, 2005 at 10:14 am
That is so cool!! Sounds like you are “gifted:
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said,
June 6, 2007 at 10:06 pm
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