When in Rome....

After the guitar was delivered, I was curious to see what the whole "sweepstakes" thing was all about. I figured if I had the dumb luck to win once by only entering once on a website just so I could gain access to read some "members only" content (by the way I think that is complete bollocks when companies make you do that), then I surely could win some more if I actually tried.

And you know what? I was right. Boy was I right.

I did a Google search of "Sweepstakes" and found a site that looked promising. After browsing through the listings on the site, I began to think about it all and considered the amount of spam and other junk I manage to attract without giving out my info to random sites. But I saw a Sweepstakes that was being hosted by a tried and true brand in my family. Entenmanns. You know. Those wonderful little choco glazed doughnuts... the coffee cakes OH! the coffee cakes! And the list goes on. So I figured, what the hell.

I signed up and played their little instant win game..... and lost. Damn.
But I thought back on all the nice times that the Coffee Cakes had shared in my Families life and decided to stick it out. Tried a few more nights in a row, all losing.

Then, just as I began to recoginze the "Sorry, Not a winner" page that followed the game with a jaded and audible sigh, it happened.

Oh, no. They were no longer sorry. They were happy. And so was I!!
Look:

And that was that. I had done it. A grand prize trip for four to Rome, Italy.

I got all the details and will be taking my trip (hopefully) in April '06 if I can get an open booking.

The trip works out to Round Trip airfare for 4 on American Airlines, transportation to and from the airport abroad, 2 double suites for 7 days / 6 nights at the Hotel FortySeven in Rome, a rental car and $1050.00 spending money.

Here's a link to the fabulous hotel that I get to stay at: http://www.summithotels.com/hotel_horizontal.cfm?id=FCOFS&

If anyone has any tips or advice on things to do or see in and around Rome that are not the normal tourist fare, I'd appreciate the comments or an email!

Neikopie Winning Tally:

10/2/05 Pink Metro Rock Candy Electric Guitar ARV: $400.00

10/16/05 7 Day /6 Night trip for 4 to Rome, ITALY!! ARV: $11,700.00

Holy Smokes! I'm a Winner!

A while back I received an email from a company stating that I had won their sweepstakes. At first glance I thought it was spam and almost deleted it. But after reading further, the details became more and more clear and I realized that it was legit.

After a few exchanges of emails with the company, I was still a bit unsure that I had really won.

But low and behold, a few weeks later the lovely UPS man came a'knocking and handed me my brand new merch.

And thus begins the...

Neikopie Winning Tally:

10/2/05 Pink Metro Rock Candy Electric Guitar ARV: $400.00