Showing posts with label winner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winner. Show all posts

Friday, May 11, 2012

We Have A Winner!

Congratulations to Pam, the winner of our One Year Australia-versary Contest! I wrote down everyone's name on little pieces of paper and drew one randomly from a bowl just a few minutes ago. Pam, please send me a message with your address, and an Australian prize pack will be headed your way in the near future. Thanks to everyone who entered our contest; it was fun to "meet" some of my closet readers and hear from friends and family.

Sorry I've been slacking on the blog lately...I've had a busy week of work. But I'm off today, so I hope to get a few posts lined up for next week. Here's a sunrise picture I took the other morning from our balcony that you can admire while waiting for other posts. Sometimes there is something good about getting up early!

Good morning Australia!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Zack Yo-Guessed-It!

Over the past twelve weeks, we've had a good time making use of a Groupon-type coupon I bought for us each to get one frozen yogurt creation per week. This place, called Yo-Get-It, is on Fitzroy Street, and it's kind of like Yogurtland in Denver, where you pick your flavors and toppings and pay by weight. The fun part is that if "yo-guess-it, yo-get-it," meaning that if you guess the weight of your creation exactly, you get it for free! We've been trying for weeks, and we've gotten sort of close a few times, but last night, on our last visit using our coupon, Zack guessed his dessert's weight exactly! We were so excited, as was the cashier. She took his picture, and soon it'll be flashing on the TV screen inside the store. This is my horrible phone shot of my winning husband, complete with his sunburnt face. Since he was getting this one "free" with our coupon, he actually got a second one for free last night. He had no problem with finishing both!

The weather has been strange lately. One day it's hot and sunny and the beach is packed; the next day it's gray and rainy and cold. This picture, taken from our balcony, is just a small sample of the craziness that is St Kilda on a warm day, especially on the weekend. We spent Sunday afternoon on the beach (hence Zack's sunburn), and we definitely weren't alone. Today it's been raining all day-ugh! Later in the week is looking nice again; I'm just hoping we have good weather when my family gets here. And yes Dills, we'll take you to Yo-Get-It!

Friday, October 21, 2011

Winner!

I got this nice surprise in the mail the other day. I won a contest and got a $50 gift certificate to spend at some stores in a nearby suburb! I entered an online contest where I had to say in 25 words or less why I enjoyed shopping in Elsternwick. To be honest, I've never shopped there (unless you count going out to eat once and going to their movie theatre a couple of times-shhhh!), but I wrote some cutesy little rhyme, and apparently that worked. I'm not even sure how many people entered and how many winners there were, but hey, I'll take it. And since the weather has changed from sunny and hot to rainy and miserable, maybe today is a good day for some shopping?!