Get this Girl a Lotto Ticket: Fascinating Tales About Luck

Well, I am not much of a lotto player. When I turned 18 it seemed like a monumental occasion and the only thing to do (since I wasn't a smoker) was to buy a lotto ticket. So, I went to a gas station at 12:01am on my birthday. I gleefully ran up to the counter and requested a lotto ticket, license clutched tightly in my hand. The cashier tossed the requested lotto ticket onto the counter. I sweetly asked,"Don't you need to see my ID?" She sighed loudly, shifted behind the counter and answered with a nod/grunt combo. Still smiling happily I tossed my license onto the counter. I knew she would have a change of heart when she realized that I had just turned 18 moments before. She barely glanced down, clearly not long enough to notice my date of birth.

Not catching on that this woman had no interest in me (she was working at midnight for heaven's sake; I have worked the night shift and now know that it is almost impossible to feign interest when you pass a certain hour) I pointed to the date and said, "It's my birthday. I just turned 18 a few minutes ago." The woman realized that I was not going to leave without a little enthusiasm from her. "Happy birthday," she said in a monotone voice. Ouch, it finally sunk in. If I had a tail I would have tucked it between my legs as I hustled out of the convenience store.

Once outside joy washed over me anew. I was going to win a million dollars I just knew it. I got into the car with Eric and scratched (yeah it was a scratch ticket and I am sure the grand prize wasn't a million) and....I lost my dollar.

This wasn't the first time I had been unlucky. I recall a raffle in jr. high. The raffle was such that every name was eventually drawn and every person won something. I was the last name drawn. My prize was a small bicycle frame. Other prizes had been cool things like boom boxes and games.

Anyway, it would appear that my losing streak is officially over. Yesterday I went to my mailbox and found TWO packages, the spoils of my recent winning streak.

I recently won the Advent giveaway on the Lineanongrata blog. I opened up the first package and found this lovely card made by Julia (see her website here).


Next there was this beautiful handcrafted bag. I am sorry I didn't have time to iron it and it was a bit wrinkled after the trip over from France to Denver. Isn't it just beautiful?!


Inside of the beautiful bag was a tiny and elegant purse. Look at that fabric. It's just perfect. Thanks Julia!!!


As if that wasn't enough I had a second package from Meg over at Becoming Whole blog. She is the author of the books Becoming Whole and Breast Cancer Exposed. I won this wonderful cookbook called Greens Glorious Greens. While it isn't entirely vegan I can certainly veganize most everything in the book. I have been perusing it this evening and I am really excited about it. The focus of the book is on greens (genius I know), which is something I always long to make more interesting. I can't wait to try out some of the very creative recipes like Apple-Cinnamon Beet Greens. Thank you so very much Meg. I am a cookbook-aholic.


So, you can see that maybe I need to try my luck at the lotto once again considering that I am smack dab in the middle of a winning streak. Thank you Julia and Meg!!!