luck

We all know that the husband and i are polar opposites. (cue the horrible paula abdul dance moves now...a possible video of the day?) you name it, we disagree on it. usually. we did, however, discover a new show - The Black Donnelly's - that we both heart very much (but you would never catch him using the word heart to describe anything...)

we also are different in another way. he's lucky. i'm not. this one is not something we can change. it's fact. he always wins door prizes. at work. at auctions. at charity events. he walks home with the coffee mugs and the desk organizers and the mp3 players and walkie talkies. he wins at backgammon, every time we play, because he rolls doubles on almost every turn (guess who NEVER rolls doubles?) He rules at Risk for the same reason. he gets the sixes...while i'm left with the ones and twos. bah. He wins at War in Vegas. like $200 each time he plays. he just gets the good cards. also, he gets sent free things in the mail - last year, for NO reason, Xbox sent him a free FIFA game. just like that. for free. he traded it in, since he already had it, for his GOW. he gets bumped from flights and then gets $500, just like that. i get bumped from a flight and get jack. i'm lucky i even get home.

i never win anything. i mean, sure, i once won a cd from the cactus. and when i was a kid, i won a $50 gift certificate to this crappy store in Bayshore Mall for guessing how many jelly beans were in a jar (and i bought myself a clock that had a giant flamingo on it. i kid you not. i was such a dumbass in those days). but...that's it. i've never won anything. i'm NOT lucky.

so, it really should come as no surprise to me that when we pulled up to the Tim Hortons drive-through this afternoon, and we both ordered the same coffee....that when he rolled up his rim to win, he actually won...and i didn't. he actually handed me the first cup and said, "here's yours. you didn't win anything" and then he took the second and said "and here's mine. the one with the free cup of coffee in it." it wasn't until 20 minutes later, when we'd finished out cups, that he was able to prove he was right. i had little doubt, though. it wasn't anything exciting, a free cup of coffee...but a free coffee is better that one you have to pay for, i always say. AND in the last 4 days, he's won three free cups of coffee. where's the justice?

what about y'all? are you lucky? unlucky? what's the best thing you've ever won?

song of the day: it's another Imogen Heap this week. i'm WAY WAY loving her these days. Today it's Goodnight and Go.

video of the day: ha!!! Augusta's local NBC affiliate shocked a few viewers with this blooper. Look at the words in the graphic, oops! maybe next time, you shouldn't use google image search to find your on-air TV graphics.

see all about my near-death experience on the icy, snowy roads last night at Cheaper Than Therapy.

Comments

[Sarah]

I won a free tim hortens coffee last week too!
But 3 years ago, I won a Tim Hortens mountain bike - now THAT was cool! Other than those wins, really not lucky either .. never won anything else...

[Haley-O]

I'm generally a lucky one. I used to win ALL the turkey draws at work -- until the last one, when Jenny said "Haley better not win this turkey draw" -- she totally jinxed me. Anyway, yeah, I've won at bingo, too. And, I, like, daily win a million bucks on email and on the internet -- I'm like, always, the lucky 1000th visitor. I just never click that "congratulations" button.... ;)

[Amreen]

i never win anything ever so i can relate! that's hilarious about your husband - he's got a lucky stary following him. Oh i forgot, i won a soundtrack to the movie Monsoon Wedding at the premiere...very exciting, my only win ever. I am loving Imogene Heap these days? have you heard the soundtrack to that recent movie, Holiday (Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz) - she's all over it and she's also on the Garden State soundtrack with her band Frou Frou

[Jodi]

OMG - I had to laugh so hard because when I tried to go to Cheaper Than Therapy today it was blocked by my corporate security as "Tasteless Content". hahahahahaha - I wonder what you said in your post today. I can't wait to read once I get home.

[Tara Willoughby]

Not so lucky. I have a GF who has made it her part time job to enter contests. She is the one who stands at the store and fills out every form, and actually wins, bikes, BBQs, snowblowers, etc. Man I enter so many of those online ones that autofill is a permanent fixture on my search bar.
My DH says he has luck, well he has more than me. He jokes he has african luck, only it didn't work on our recent vacation to Cape Town, becasue they were all africans LOL
Have a great day, luck is you won't get stuck in traffic on the way home!!!
Tara