Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Valentine Giveaway - How It Went Down

You just can't pick a weener without some vino.  I thought this would be appropriate:

And since I was preparing to feel no pain, I thought it only fair to bring the winner picker up to speed with his favorite hallucinogenic.  He can smell catnip a mile off, believe me.

After spending a ridiculous amount of time writing everyone's name (many of them twice) on little slips of paper, I rolled them into balls and plopped them into a lovely vintage cut glass pedestal rose bowl.  If you're going to have your pet, now high on catnip, pick the winner you really need to insert at least a bit of class into the proceedings.

By now BooBoo is screaming, jumping up and down, writhing on the floor, and intent on burying his claws in my face.  He nearly nailed me:
We don't "do" catnip very often, BTW.

Next, I upended the bowl over the cat and it started raining prize balls!  BooBoo, totally unimpressed, just laid there in the middle of it all.

Now here I'm getting s**tfaced but apparently the catnip high is similar to crack: intense but short-lived.  So I sprinkled more on him and on the balls, scooped them into a pile, and decided the first one he showed any interest in would be the winner.  The rest of the winners were chosen by the tried and true method of scooping up a handfull, throwing them at the cat and then declaring the one he batted at "Booby Prize Winner!" or "Second Place Winner!"  Thank god my husband wasn't here for this or I'd be writing to you from the loony bin.

"OK!" you're screaming.  "Enough of the freaking cat already!  What's the Grand Prize and who won it?!!!"
Voila!
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Grand Prize (Limoges dish & loads of candy & stuff)
Cul de Sac Shack

First Prize (a little less but still a pile of candy & stuff)
Everyone Goes To Mick's

Second Prize (not quite so much candy & stuff)
The Lucy & Dick Show

Booby Prize (sorry Anna) (a minor reduction in the amount of candy & stuff)
Monkeybox

Marian In Memoriam Prize (something vintage)
1950's Atomic Ranch

You Make Me Feel Good Reading Your Blog Prize(s) (something "different")
Chickens In The Basement
Midcentury Madness
Storybook Ranch
The Absence of Alternatives
(The cat sat on all four of these at one time so it had to be a tie.  Ewwww.)


The Cat Chewed Up The Slip Your Name Was Written On But I Could Still Just Barely Read It Prize (something chewable)
DismantledFashions

You Follow My Blog But You Didn't Comment Prize:
Crazy Suburban Mom

I Never Win Anything Whiners Prize (which you'll probably whine about since you didn't win the Grand Prize.  But then again you can't whine anymore since I'm making sure you DO win something)
Old Glory Cottage
Things Rattling Around In My Head
If I Didn't Have A Sense of Humor
The Alcazar Alca-Blog
Noteworthy Musings
Pixie
svelteSTUFF
and last but not least . . . Wungee

And remember, even if you didn't manage to win anything this time, I've still got so much stuff left to give away that I'm going to have to do more giveaways--so stay tuned. 

Thank you all so much!!!!

ATTENTION ALL YOU LUCKY WINNERS!
SEND AN EMAIL TO ME AT chris.1950@hotmail.com WITH YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO I CAN GET THESE OUT AND IN YOUR HANDS!  I KNOW AT LEAST ONE IS GOING TO ENGLAND. 

16 comments:

  1. You crack me up! You can make something as mundane as picking winners for your giveaway a blast! Next time I'm going to have to figure out a way to get some catnip into my balled up name!

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  2. HILARIOUS!!!! And Congrats to the big winners!! (I think BooBoo just tossed my ball in last because he knew I'd tell his cousins in Alabama to hiss at him if I didn't win something!!) THANKS!!

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  3. You are so funny! I'm so excited! I can never again say that I am not a "weener"! I can't wait to see what shows up in the mail. We'll all come see you in the poor house! After mailing out all of these goodies, you should be broke! Happy Valentine's Day! I really mean it!
    Anna

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  4. Haha! That was by far the most entertaining way to pick a winner I've ever seen. I'm glad I was the chewed up winner! I'll email you now :) Thanks!

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  5. I won the BOOBY PRIZE! Wait'll I tell the Hubs.

    That's a lot of packages to mail -you are generous!

    THANK YOU!

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  6. the whiner's prize...just my speed! Thanks for being such a gosh-darn gernerous gal! I have emailed my address to you..

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  7. Wow! Grand prize! Boy do I feel special! Thanks! I love your sense of humor.

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  8. That explains the itchy eyes & runny nose-There was a cat sitting on me!!

    Wow! wow, that's a lot of winners, mama. You are too kind! and hilarious...hahahhhah!

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  9. Sean and I had such a good chuckle reading this post! SOOOOoooooo funny! We LOVE it and love you, too!

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  10. Oh boy...that was so much fun to see my name on the list of weiners, weeners, winners??? Thank you and thanks for the laughs.

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  11. YIPEE!!
    I guess I can't deem this 'BAH-HUMBUG DAY' this year!! Thanks for such a FUN! giveaway!!!
    (and I wasn't even drawn 'last'8-)! )
    Sue

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  12. The first thing that popped in to my mind was that scene from the Steve Martin movie The Jerk---when he sees his name in the phone book..."I'm somebody!" Well now I'm somebody 'cause I finally won something. Thanks for
    making my day.

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  13. Hey, I don't mind whining to get the Biggest Whiner prize - and it seems I am not alone!! YAY!!!
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    Barbara
    http://ifididnthaveasenseofhumor.blogspot.com

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  14. A whiner indeed! I have never whined in my life!! Well, maybe a time or two, but not recently!! ;-) lol

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  15. I meant to add that I loved the episode of the nipped cat! We have mean 'nippers' and those that get so mellow they're like goo. I prefer the mellow types. lol

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