Mr. Parker: It's a Major Award!
Swede: Shucks, I wouldn't know that. It looks like a lamp.
Mr. Parker: What is a lamp, you nincompoop? It's a Major Award. I won it!
Swede: Damn, hell, you say won it?
Mr. Parker: Yeah, mind power, Swede; mind power.
~A Christmas Story
It appears I myself have also won a "Major Award", and it required very little mind power at all.
I've actually been holding off on this post for a short while, since my skeptical nature hasn't quite let me get excited until I had confirmation, but guess what I'm crossing off the bucketlist today, quite unexpectedly?
#40 Win a big prize
WOW!
YAY!
HUZZAH!
This is just so unbelievable, I never win stuff! Especially big stuff, thus it going on my bucket list? So just what was my "major award?"
A $1500 Amazon Gift Card!
Holy Cats!
Can you tell I'm a little excited?
I've been writing and re-writing my Amazon wish list in preparation, all the while not totally believing it would ever come. When I had called to clarify the award, the gentleman said "it'll be a while," so I definitely didn't expect to get it in less than a week! Gift cards are just the perfect prize - half the fun is in researching and comparing and weighing what to get, and yet you sorta have to blow it on FUN stuff! I mean, it's not like I can pay down my Visa with an Amazon card, so I will be spending it all fully, selfishly, and luxuriously on MYSELF! (I did end up sharing a bit with the hubs...though I waffled on it for a while ;) I made a big purchase last night already (you didn't think I had willpower, did you? Also, there was a sale :) but I think I'll wait till it all comes to show you what I picked out.
What would you get with an Amazon gift card?
2 comments:
How the heck do you randomly win an Amazon gift card? Did you enter some sort of contest??? I want the details!
Houseparty.com is a site that chooses people to "host" parties for new products, they send you a box of goodies and you get together with friends, yadda yadda. I registered to win a Martha Stewart party, but didn't get chosen. But then I was on their site and found another contest - Sargento, the Cheese company - and they had these weekly questions you just left a comment on, and SOMEHOW, my comment was picked at random and I WON!
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