Winner, winner, chicken dinner

by eatpraytri on July 27, 2012

I’m a winner.

I don’t know what it is, but I have this knack for winning things.

I think it must run in the family because my dad once won something by being the LAST name pulled out of a bowl.

Not the first name. THE LAST NAME.

Hundreds of names in the bowl and they pulled out every single paper and his name was the only one left.

Are the odds of that the same as being the first name pulled out? Chew on that one for a while.

Anywho…I have won lots of things in my life…

  • $250 cash on the radio for having my number called (how I got said number I have no memory of, I just remember winning the cash)
  • A t-shirt and tickets to a monster truck show from another radio giveaway
  • $1000 on a slot machine once in Vegas. I loathe slot machines and was only playing because my grandma forced me to. I was flippantly going back and forth between playing one credit and max bet and whadda-ya know, on a max bet spin I won a jackpot.
  • Various prizes and giveaways at numerous work functions, parties and banquets
  • An awesome headband

And now it has happened again. TWICE(<—- correction, THREE times…I just won something else!)

I don’t enter near as many blog giveaways as I should. I want to make sure other people have opportunity to win too. I know, I’m so considerate. ;-)

But if its something I really want….I will enter.

And I won. Of course***. :)


First up. Some NUUN.

This stuff is the bomb.com. I usually hate flavored water but this stuff is GOOD. Not too sweet, just the right amount of flavor to tease my tastebuds.

When I saw that I had won on RicoleRuns I was escatic.

When it came in the mail I had to employ Pauls help. Two tubes of NUUN and an awesome water bottle

But the tubes were stuck in the bottle and I could NOT get them out for the life of me. Bringin in the big guns. Or fingers. Whatever.

Success!! Now I can put the new stash in my drawer with my old stash. They can all rest comfortably together in harmony.

Next up. Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I have never met a cheese I didn’t like. When Jenn was giving away some awesome Belle Chevre, I knew I was in.

When I got the email that I had won, I think I might have let out a little squeal at my desk at work.

This stuff is gooooooood

***(I really don’t win as much as I say I do. I probably enter like 3 or 4 blog giveaways a week…so winning a couple of things is bound to happen right? Right.)  

And just so you know….

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Corrie Anne July 28, 2012 at 12:08 am

Wow!! You are really lucky!!!!!! I’m kind of notoriously unlucky, but I did win some granola once!
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Ricole July 27, 2012 at 3:09 pm

Hahahahahaa!!! I’m so sorry! I never envisioned that happening!!!

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eatpraytri July 27, 2012 at 7:10 pm

oh gosh don’t even worry about it! Paul has the longest fingers ever so he got them out no problem!! :)

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Jenn L @ Peas and Crayons July 27, 2012 at 2:50 pm

I’ve always wondered about that phrase!!! haha good to know! Will you come to vegas with me and be my lucky charm? =)
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eatpraytri July 27, 2012 at 7:09 pm

Absolutely!! I’m actually moving and gonna be like 4 hours from Vegas. I think there might be a lot of weekend trips in my future ;-)

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Dad July 27, 2012 at 10:59 am

Was I really the winner ?? It cost me $43,000. I still have the prize. Todays value might be $125,000.
It still cost me $2000 a year to keep it. Somehow I don’t feel so lucky. I’m going to buy some lottery tickets. Maybe a big lump sum will make me feel lucky.

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eatpraytri July 27, 2012 at 12:42 pm

do it!!! You are soooo lucky to have a daughter like me!! :)
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Maren July 27, 2012 at 10:43 am

You are so so so lucky! I never win anything! I’ve been eyeing those Nuun drinks at the fitness store.
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eatpraytri July 27, 2012 at 12:43 pm

you really should try…they are the best thing I have had in terms of sports fitness drinks.
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Min @ savortherainbow July 27, 2012 at 10:00 am

Whoa baby! Congrats!! I’m the opposite of you. I NEVER win anything…
$1000 from slot machine? That sounds really good right about now ;) . And $2 for chicken dinner? Those were the good days that I didn’t get to enjoy…
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eatpraytri July 27, 2012 at 12:44 pm

I know, me either!! I want a $2 chicken dinner!!!
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Laurie @ Love, Laugh, Laurie July 27, 2012 at 8:22 am

That’s some crazy good luck!! Enjoy your prizes :)
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eatpraytri July 27, 2012 at 12:45 pm

Thanks Laurie!! I will! (and have been) ;-)
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Mom July 27, 2012 at 7:54 am

Are the odds of being the last name left in the bowl the same as being the first named picked? What a great question! Any statisticians read this blog? It seems to me that the chances of being picked next would improve after each name was removed; on the last draw with your name still in the bowl, your chance of being picked with be 100%. So, I would think your chances of not being picked and remaining in the bowl would be less after each pick. Having to survive all those picks probably means that being the last picked is less likely than being first picked — but I can’t do the math. Can anybody help me out? (Cinnamon has been asking questions like this all her life. No wonder my hair is so gray!!)

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eatpraytri July 27, 2012 at 12:46 pm

I doubt any statisticians have time to deal with my silly questions. Although I do think this is a really good one. On the surface it seems like the odds would be the same, but I don’t think they are. I agree being left in until the very end has to be a much rarer occasion than being first picked. I’m tired now.
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Gina July 27, 2012 at 7:53 am

This is weird. Just last night I was wondering what all these little blue “n’s” were on people profile pictures on twitter. And then you posted this and it’s the same N as the Nunn stuff! So, thank you for clarifying that! I still have no idea why people have it on their pic, must be some sort of ambassador or the stuff or something but at least I know what it is now!
ps-can I have some of your luck? I never win crap!
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eatpraytri July 27, 2012 at 12:48 pm

crazy! I’ve wondered that SAME thing before. I mean I knew that the blue “ns” were for NUUN, but I couldnt figure out why they were on the peoples pictures on twitter! Our minds work alike. And now I have solved a mystery for you! We should be a mystery solving duo you and me.
I will try to send some luck your way. Especially for the internet to come back on???!? :)
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Rebecca @ Blueberry Smiles July 27, 2012 at 7:36 am

Haha-that winner winner chicken dinner answer is so funny. Love fun facts like that. Congrats on your giveaway wins–so fun!

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eatpraytri July 27, 2012 at 12:48 pm

thanks!! :)
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Alex @ therunwithin July 27, 2012 at 5:29 am

oh man delicious cheese! I have never had nuun but am dying to try it. You are lucky!
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eatpraytri July 27, 2012 at 12:50 pm

you should for sure try it. I think you would really like it! :)
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Liz @ iheartvegetables July 27, 2012 at 5:07 am

Hahaha oh my gosh that’s so cool!!! I wish I was that lucky! :) I’ going to have you enter giveaways FOR me ;)
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eatpraytri July 27, 2012 at 12:51 pm

right? Maybe I should make a business out of it. HA!
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Brittany @ Itty Bits of Balance July 27, 2012 at 4:20 am

Too bad chicken dinners definitely don’t cost $2.00 anymore :( haha. But that’s really interesting regardless!
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eatpraytri July 27, 2012 at 12:51 pm

right? I had a feeling it had SOMETHING to do with casinos, but I couldnt remember what. So I looked it up and was like “oh yeah, thats so funny!” hahaha
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