So here’s the deal.
I go to Raley’s everyday for coffee and/or lunch. What’s Raley’s? It’s a grocery store. They make delicious soups, and sandwiches, and sushi. Since I only take a 30 minute lunch break, and it’s within walking distance from work, it just makes sense that I go there on the daily.
It was a normal afternoon. I probably went to Raley’s for some soup… but perhaps I was grabbing a beverage. It was like a Tuesday or something, I don’t remember the details. But I saw a sign that looked something like this:
This caught my attention for two reasons:
- I <3 Disneyland
- My boyfriend <3′s Star Wars
It really seemed like the perfect combo of awesome and fun.
I know there are a lot of people out there who like to enter contests. I’m not one of them, never have been. But I’m nerdy and the poster had a QR code and it was a trip to Disneyland. What’s the worst that could happen if I entered? I’d forget about it, and never win. And I’d lose like 30 seconds of my day filling out my name and e-mail address. I figured my win to lose ratio was pretty even on the “doesn’t matter” scale.
So I lasered the QR code with my iPhone (or at least that is what I like to think I do when I use a QR code scanner) and entered my name+e-mail. I met up with my boyfriend for coffee and then I completely forgot about the contest altogether.
October 12th rolls around and I’m driving back to my office from my morning trip to Raley’s for coffee. I receive an e-mail. I don’t recommend doing this, but I read the e-mail while driving. It said something like “Congratulations you’re a winner”. Normally I’d delete it because those things are ALWAYS spam… but I saw the Star Tours logo and it all came rushing back to me. (still driving) I read the rest of the e-mail and long story short… I won the grand prize.
What? Up until this point, I was convinced people didn’t actually win the contests they signed up to win.
So what do I get?
- Round Trip flights
- Ground transportation
- 2 night stay in a Disneyland resort
- 3 day park-hopper passes
- A private tour of Star Tours
- A nerdy merchandise basket full of Disney+Star Tours stuff
Now… for the last 2 months, I’ve been telling Jason to take me to Disneyland. Why? I don’t know, I just really want to go there and I feel like everyone I know is going. He always rolls his eyes and laughs… like I am a child (but it’s deserved, 97% of the time I act like a child).
After I won this all inclusive trip I called him to let him know that I can manage my own life and find ways to go to Disneyland for free. He didn’t believe me at first. But after a few: “No I’m really serious, like seriously serious” he realized I wasn’t all crazy and we got wayy too excited.
Obviously there were 2 spots left. So on October 12th, I had a lot of friends. People texted me, and messaged me, and facebooked me… and I was like whoa… I know what you all are doing.
So anyways, it wasn’t too difficult for me to decide that I wanted these guys to go with us to the happiest place on earth:
*I asked about dogs and the administrators were all, “Uh… dogs are not eligible for this prize.” Which was totally rude.
So the KleiGuerAlkers are going to Disneyland in 2012. And you all should be jealous because it’s going to be magical.
The moral of this story is:
- Make sure to stay really close to your friends if they seem like they often have good luck.
- ENTER EVERY CONTEST YOU SEE EVER.
Now watch this, because it basically mirrors the reaction I had when I found out I won this trip.
OMG, I love it, Rachel! That is so awesome!!
Jack reacts like that (for real) to certain presents…most recently his birthday when we gave him a certificate for karate lessons. Totally started crying. He couldn’t believe it. It was awesome.