I (well my XH) won a destination wedding and honeymoon in Hawaii from the knot of all places! I didn't believe it but it was totally legit - airfare and hotel and a wedding package for up to 30 guests I think. We already had our wedding planned so we just did a private vow renewal. But they went all out for the ceremony - musicians, cake, flowers, did my hair and makeup, photographer, etc. So basically we were married twice and it didn't stick, ha!
how ironic! maybe three times would have been the charm?
Post by underwaterrhymes on Sept 26, 2012 21:33:55 GMT -5
We won our trip to Jamaica for our honeymoon from Brides.com. All-inclusive isn't our thing, but it was free. (Well, mostly. We paid for a few extra days and our flight, but it was still worth about $2,000, and saved us a bunch.)
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
Tickets to the avant première of Trainspotting & the party afterwards (the whole thing was in a club) - from the radio. 100€ on a scratch off ticket.
In the 80's I won a pair of Frye slouch boots from some teen mag contest had to mail in a bajillion post cards for the drawing but it was worth it. Another time I won a couch from a local furniture store it was pretty random and at the time I didn't need it so I gave it to one of my friends
I won about $1600 at this tiny casino outside the town my inlaws used to live in. I never, ever, ever win anything. This was about a month or so before our wedding. I was able to pay off the balance on our reception venue with it. So awesome.
$200 from a slot machine. I walked away after that! Started with $20. I also won $100 playing bingo. Really, I'm not a gambler! I've only gone a few times!
I also won over $500 on slot machines in Vegas one night. I put $20 in and won the "jackpot" on the penny slots ($100 something) and I brought those winnings over to the $1 Wheel of Fortune slots, my favorite, and won $500 on a spin of the wheel. Come on, big money!
Post by mrssavy42112 on Sept 27, 2012 8:13:11 GMT -5
I won tickets to an off-broadway show. I won a pair of free boots from Steve Madden on their Facebook page. I also won entry to an AM New York event where I got to meet Kelly Bensimone and to get my picture taken by Patrick McMullen.
Just some small things. I won a magnet set from a tv show fansite, a pizza stone from a work raffle, and ski passes at a hockey game. They never frickin sent the ski passes.
I win movie tickets basically once a week from a local radio station. They do a trivia question every morning on their facebook, and out of everyone that comments with the correct answer, they pick a random winner.
...they only have like 18 people that 'liked' their page, so my odds are pretty good.
I won a Pepsi at a roller skating rink back when people did that. It's the first thing I ever won. And close to the last. $250 at bingo (and was a loser the following week while my friend was a winner. Shouldn't have said "why don't you go first?" after all. Fortunately it was only $15 so I'm still $235 ahead.) $25 the first scratch-off ticket I ever played in CA also back in the day; a friend bought the ticket and gave it to me to play after XH and I split "to make me feel better." It worked.) I can't think of much else, and actually can't think of anything I've won since DH and I got together almost 20 years ago. Glad I won him because I'm certainly not doing well in any other sweepstakes.
OTOH, the guy went to a business meeting in some podunk town in Idaho and on the way to the hotel desk decided to slip some coins into a slot machine. He won $1100. He's on crutches, pulling a suitcase and can't leave the machine for fear someone would take the winnings. Someone finally got a casino/hotel employee to come over, they did the money thing and asked him to put in another quarter so the jackpot didn't show as won. He won another $20 off that quarter. And his first trip to Vegas, his first time he came out ahead $400. Which is several thousand more than he came out with the last time he went. :-(
We're pretty sure the magazine originally intended to just find someone with a spare bedroom for a treadmill and some hand weights, but we ended up getting something like $35k worth of equipment AND our basement refinished to boot.
We've since moved and got to keep all of the equipment, but now the gym is broken up into two rooms with a play area in between, so it's not nearly as impressive as it was in our old house.
Post by sparkles17 on Sept 27, 2012 12:52:16 GMT -5
I won a flat screen TV at my office Christmas Party last year. I've won concert tickets on the radio and won tickets to see Mary Poppins on Broadway back in the Spring. Never anything huge though. My Grandmother has won 2 cars. SO wins stuff on the radio all.the.time, he has a serious knack for being the right caller LOL
Oh I win at every shower I go to. Even if it's just lotion, I win.
Me too. Usually its the word scramble game or word finds, something like that. I seem to have a knack for words.
I've won a few bucks here and there on scratch off lottery tickets. I don't think I've ever won more than maybe $10 on a single ticket though.
I won Green Day tickets on the radio once. The local rock station does a spelling bee type contest every day and I spelled "dialogue" right. It was a fun concert!
I'm still dreaming of the day I win the Powerball or Mega Millions though. I don't see it happening anytime soon, but I already planned out how to use the money.
My family thinks I'm lucky. I find four leaf clovers all.the.time. They try, but never find a single one. If only they were actually lucky, I'd have all the luck in the world, lol.