I'm a winner!

Ever enter a contest, but know that your chances of winning are slim to none? I did that this summer when Whole Foods had an essay contest looking forward to celebrating their 30th anniversary. I thought "What the heck, I'll submit an essay. I love Whole Foods" and went on about my day. When we're talking about essay, we're talking a 1500 character max essay, so it was fairly short. I realized that the birthday weekend was in September, just after our baby is to be born, and that the grand prize for me really wouldn't entail a 'trip to Austin' since I'm already here. I was just hoping that they would like my essay and pick me to get to participate in the VIP events for the weekend. I paid attention to the rules and how they would be choosing the essays and thought mine definitely fit the criteria.

You know what? I am one of the thirty selected winners! Just before I submitted my essay, I re-read what had been written and thought it was decent. I figured I had just as fair a shot of getting picked as anyone else, but I also knew there would be lots of essays for them to choose from. Turns out there were over 5000 entries and apparently mine stood out. Yes, I'm proud of myself. Getting picked from a random draw is cool in itself, but to win something based on a skill rather than pure luck feels even better.

Do I have a copy of what I wrote? NO! It was an online form and I forgot to copy and paste into my word processor to save a copy. Grr! Oh well. I think at some point I'll get to see my essay again. They might even feature it on their WFM blog.

I'm excited to participate in the birthday weekend festivities with Chad (and the baby). There is something each day that I'm looking forward to. Yay me!