Tonight, Sam and I went to the Diamond Wireless Christmas party for Sam's work. Our good friends Kory and Torrey were going to be there and there was going to be free food, so we were excited. When we got to the country club, we noticed the large table full of prizes for the raffle drawing. There were gift cards, movies, and headphones, but they also had some crazy items like a 32" TV, a camera, an ipod, a wii, and a bluray player. I stared at the prizes and thought, "I've got a feeling Sam and I are going to go home with something tonight....." Then I ignored myself and went with Torrey to choose a table.
We started with dinner which was AMAZING!!! Super delicious spaghetti and chicken with tasty salad and rolls. Mmmmmm....so good! Anyway, the theme they had going for the night was "casino," so they had blackjack tables everywhere. We were each given a ticket when we came in that was worth $1000 in chips (NOT in cash, mind you, otherwise I would have $1000 in my pocket right now). For every $100, we got one raffle ticket. The idea was to gamble away your ticket and make as much as you could for the raffle. At first, we were just going to stick with the tickets we got because the chances were ridiculous anyway, but Sam and Kory decided to play after watching for a while. They ended up doubling their money in about 2 rounds, so I decided to join too. Our dealer, John, was super funny and kept helping the people who were doing really bad. He would do a bonus round every once in a while where he would purposely let all of us win so we could have a chance. I started losing pretty bad, but about halfway through, everything changed. Sam and Kory lost nearly everything, earning them their respective nicknames at our table: "Cocky" and "Guts." Sam jokingly turned to me and said, "I'm sorry, Lauryn, but we're not having Christmas this year." Meanwhile, I was sitting quietly in my corner, biding my time and betting wisely. All of a sudden, I started doing AMAZING. In a stroke of genius, John dubbed me "The Silent Assassin" as I climbed to the top and won the most out of everyone at our table. They announced a change in the rules because everyone was doing a lot better than they had planned, so it ended up you would get one raffle ticket for every $500. As it turned out, I finished with about 64 raffle tickets which I entered proudly (I got a feeling....wooo ooooo).
Yes, I had a lot, but in comparison to some of the other people's winnings, it was a very VERY meager amount. We waited for the raffle to begin. They announced that the first person to be drawn would get first pick of the prizes and so on. Everyone knew the TV would be the first to go. Sam and I have wanted a new TV for a while because this is the beauty we have right now:
Gorgeous, isn't it? Well, we did get it for free off of KSL, so I guess I shouldn't be complaining. A crap TV was better than no TV at all. Anyways, I had all of the tickets between 815270 and 815333. The raffle started and the first number started out "8......1...." I sat back and glanced at my tickets wondering what the chances were of me actually winning. "....5...." My heart started pounding a little and I started to get my hopes up, something I had been trying not to do all night because I didn't want to be disappointed. ".....2....." I frantically searched my tickets and realized that this really might be happening (I got a feeling....). "....9...." AH! I'm so close!! If only two more numbers match up, then.....wait a minute....don't I have ALL of the 290's.....? Holy crap....I DO!!! Could it be???? Doesn't that mean.....????? "....5." Oh hey.....this is the winning ticket.....WHAT????????????? I ACTUALLY WON!?!?!????!?!??? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
After a slight panic attack, I shot my hand in the air and yelled, "That's me!!! I've got it!!!" I took my ticket up to the front, staring at the TV on the table the entire way. My hands started shaking as I handed it over. I held my breath until....."We have a winner!!!"
"I got a feeling! (Wooooo oooooo!!) That tonight's gonna be a good night!" Sam, Kory, and Torrey were cheering for me and, like an idiot, I couldn't stop smiling a ridiculously stupid grin. My sweet husband came to the front to claim our prize.
Yes....it was real. I won something!!! ME!!! Lauryn "The Silent Assassin" Doria! :D All in all, a GREAT night! When we got home, we proceeded to quickly set it up. We stared in awe at it's glossy appearance and clear screen in all of its 32-inch glory. (And yes, I realize that a 32" screen doesn't seem like much, but compared to our old hunk of junk, it is an INCREDIBLE difference!) I'm so excited to watch all of my Netflix obsessions on this thing (currently, I'm addicted to Monk). Raffle tickets for the win!!
We had so much fun at the party with our friends! It was a fabulous night and we are very happy that we ended up going (and not just because of our winnings, although that definitely had something to do with it). Here's to next year's Christmas celebration!
Oh....and on a completely unrelated note, we're giving away a large, heavy metal box with terrible audio quality and a fuzzy screen. We used to call it a TV. Feel free to call or email me if you're interested. Thank you.
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