2 posts tagged “raffle”

I won a modest prize in the Willy St. Fair raffle. Two soups, sandwiches and beverages from Mildred's Sandwich Shop. Not a bad return on my $5. I will henceforth be a sucker for all things raffle, at least the small local ones. Your odds are certainly better with those. Remember I won a bike in August! I'm also developing an attraction to onlline contests. My parents won a wii through their coke rewards this year! It's all made me a little more eager to court the fickle Lady Luck. Here's my most recent attempt at prizewinning glory, Dream Trip 2008. Please visit and vote for me!

Last night I was a good sport and attended my company’s Golf Outing/Dinner Benefit even though wallflower-me didn’t really want to. In addition to the $15 I paid to attend I purchased $20 worth of raffle tickets. I dined on a plain bun and potato chips. The meal wasn’t very veg-friendly but hey, it was for a good cause so I’m okay with that! There was a pasta salad but it was dressed in some sort of mayo…ugh. Whatever…I ate enough to mitigate the effects of the two free drinks included in the cost of admission. I also had a piece of cake. I was surprised to see the cake decorator recreated the event’s logo (that I had designed) in frosting. Don’t think I’ve ever had a logo turned in frosting before – hope this won’t be the last time! The raffle started while I was polishing off my slice. I figured I had pretty good odds since though the group was big it wasn’t “national sweepstakes” big. They gave away several of the smaller prizes. The guy to my right won two different hotel stays, the realtor at my left won something after standing by me for a few minutes while waiting for his drink. That’s okay, because the bike is mine, I joked. Yeah, so imagine my surprise when after an hour or so of fruitless ticket checking the number on my ticket matched. For the bike! I threw my hands up into the air and strutted up to my new Trek Mountain Bike. Not a bad return on a $35 investment in good works. The good cause would have been enough but I’m not going to pretend I’m not THRILLED to win something this nice. My Trek hybrid was my high school graduation gift which makes it about 12 years old! Military Ridge State Trail here I come. Happy early birthday to me!