Yesterday, it was time to pick a winner for the $75 gift certificate to
OnlineShoes.com from the
230 comments that people wrote on my post from last Monday. Those 230 comments translated into
403 entries because you could post about the contest or “follow” my blog to earn more entries. Well, a winner was chosen from those 403 entries.
Here’s how it went down (for accountability purposes): I wrote the numbers 0-9 on 10 little slips of paper:
First, I drew for the first digit of the winner (the “hundreds” spot):


I don't know why I'm so giddy...
I had to try a few times to get the first number: the entries only go into the 400s, but I first drew a 9. And then a 6. Finally, I drew a 3, so the winner was going to be in the 300s:

You can see the first 2 little slips of paper next to me
Then I drew a 5.
Finally, I drew a 2. I was pretty excited:
So the winner was number 352. I looked at my 16 page list of entries. Number 352 corresponded with
Julia from California who is training for her first marathon this winter! PERFECT!
So Julia, enjoy your $75.00 gift certificate to
OnlineShoes.com! Get some new shoes for training! Thanks everyone! And a big thanks to
OnlineShoes.com for giving away goodies!! Have a great week everybody!
(p.s. Yes, that's a hot dog giving a thumbs-up on my t-shirt. And yes, it says "Weinerland" under the thumbs-up-giving-hot-dog. What of it?)
Congratulations Julia! That is so awesome. And good luck with your Virgin Mary training. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve, for the contest.
You rock!!
Congrats to Julia!
ReplyDeleteLove the shirt you're wearing Steve!
Great shirt man! Congratulations to Julia!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Julia!
ReplyDeleteYou do look giddy...ha ha!
Congrats to Julia...
ReplyDeleteand, congrats to you, Steve, for owning such a sweet t-shirt!
Congrats Julia!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks again for doing this contest Steve - it was really fun!
Congrats Julia! best of luck on your marathon. you never forget your first time. hehehe
ReplyDeletelove the shirt steve. may need to bite yo style.
Wait. I live in MN near you Steve:) HAHA. I think it would have looked fixed had i won. Julia your name rocks and hope the new shoes make your training even better!!!
ReplyDeleteYou really do look giddy. THat's funny. :o)
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Julia.
Congrats Julia...(I'm not bitter....really I'm not...:(...;)
ReplyDeleteThat's super awesome!
ReplyDeleteThat's great for Julia! Congrats! And weinerland... REALLY? ha ha ha
ReplyDeleteYou're such a giddy school boy! LOL.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Julia!
Holy cow that's a lot of comments/entries!
ReplyDeleteForget the t-shirt, I was wondering what's up with the leather (pleather?) couch? Are you making a Boogie Nights sequel?
ReplyDeleteYou are too much! I love these pics of you pulling the numbers out of the hat. Too adorable! Christine
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