Based on my recent stream of good fortune, I'm thinkin' about purchasing a lottery ticket for the first time in my life–
- I won one of Walmart's sponsorships to SXSW…
- Though it's not "winning a prize" per se, I'll be traveling with a group of bloggers to Kolkata, India in a few weeks, to witness and write about Compassion International's work there…
- At BlissDom '09, I won a $30 Amazon gift card, compliments of the generous people at Care.com…
It's been all I could do to keep this quiet (I had my reasons 😉 ). Not only did I win a trip to SXSW in Austin, Texas…but, while I was there…
I WON A NEW CAR!! A Ford Flex, compliments of @scottmonty!!
Ok…kidding aside, I DID get to test-ride the Ford Flex, and it's one…nice…ride! As a mom who's enduring the "mini-van/opposite-of-uber-cool" years, I liked it…I'd be happy to drive one indefinitely. One of my favorite features? The option for a built-in fridge right between the seats (cooler horrors on childhood family vacations come to mind, lol); a close second fave is its Voice Activated Navigation System with Reverse Camera System and SIRIUS TravelLink™. It's freakish what all it can tell you! I'm sure you would be much more interested in its other features but I'm impressed with their standard options.
Anyways…..I had lunch with a few friends at P.F. Changs Sunday afternoon. After reading my fortune cookie–even though I don't believe in luck or games of chance AT-ALL–I'm headed to the Golden Express to buy a lotto ticket.
Do you blame me??
Geez oh Pete, Robin! You ARE on a roll. This is definitely your year! I’d say your networking has paid off.
{{giggles}} 😉
Wow. All that and you didn’t run into a goose in flight? Seriously, this is your year! GO ROBIN!
Can I just say I thought of YOU (& your roomies) when I found out we’d be
flying out of Chicago INSTEAD of New York to India??? Cause when it was
NYC? Ai yi yi, all I could think of was A goose!! ha! Love sharing that
funny with you :).
Robin! I seriously thought you had won a car, you had me going there. LOL
You are SO MEAN!! I read your tweet and went “NO stinkin’ WAY” Yes, I did…I fell for it, but still…all the others are worth it. 🙂
I soooo shoulda waited til April 1, huh? 🙂
I’m tellin’ ya, Ford IS into social media, I could see them doing
this…though I guess a mini-Flex is better than no Flex??? 🙂
So, was SXSW everything you thought it would be?? I’m still trying to figure out exactly what is is/was. A huge concert and blogging conference. I read that somewhere it was a music happening, so I’d love to know more scoop. Can you do a post on it & tell us what we all missed.
Did you see Pioneer Woman? I saw her tweets as they were announcing all the big bloggie winners (herself included) & I’m sure it was pretty cool. Tell us more, please! Lucky you to win a paid trip out there.
hilarious! I would! Good “luck!”
ROTFL!! You are on a roll, all right. Speaking of winning, I just won a Wacom Bamboo pen tablet yesterday!! Sweetness. 😀
Wow..India…that is truly exciting and what an experience!
sandy toe
I drive a Flex and love it too– too bad you didn’t win it for real ;-). Enjoying watching the blow by blow on Twitter!
You got me on the car! My jaw was on the floor. I had to pick it back up and put it back in my face. Love the cookie fortune though. You are rawkin’ dude.
Great to do lunch and catch up. Can’t wait to hear about India. You are seriously in my prayers for that one!
You really had me going I read @JessicaKnows tweet and so thought she was far real!
It’s probably just a cadbury chocolate
Girl, you got me again! 😉
I have had a lucky streak going the past couple of weeks, too, although the two biggest things are in the works and I don’t know what will or won’t happen. I HATE that; I have zero patience. 🙂
HA! You *have* been lucky though, haven’t you?!?
You had me going too, Robin. I really thought you won a car. Scott Monty is really doing a good job with social media. Sometimes I feel sorry for him because so many people bash all of the car companies, not really knowing who received the “bailout money”. He is so active on Twitter and attempts to correct any misinformation quickly. I wrote a blog post once about Ford and he read it and commented. He’s a great example of using social media to help Ford.
Holy Moly girl…you are too much!!! I love it and your humor continues to bless me…ha!