Merry Christmas to Me!

Novell had a little Christmas party last week that Matt and I went to. It was during work time...of course we would be there. They had a lot of great prizes they were giving out and all you had to do is spin the wheel.

This is how it worked

1. Choose 5 out of 12 numbers on the wheel.
2. Spin the wheel.
3. If the pointer lands on one of your 5 chosen numbers you win. If the pointer doesn't land on one of your 5 chosen numbers you get a consolation prize.
4. If you win, you get a chance to "upgrade" your prize by choosing 2 new numbers out of the 12.

Matt went first. He chose his 5 numbers and lost. His consolation prize was a robe...yes, a bath robe. Matt had to get back to work so he left. Then it was my turn. I chose 5 numbers and I WON!! My prize was a juice leatherman. It retails for about $100. I was way excited. Then I was asked if I wanted to upgrade. I said "sure" and chose 2 more numbers. I spun the wheel and first BROKE the wheel by knocking it over. Oops! Once they got it working again they let me spin again for my upgraded prize. So I spun the wheel and this time it was successful and I WON AGAIN! What did I win? I won a 500GB hard drive. This hard drive is great because it will back up what you have on your computer. It is equivalent to storing 142,000 pictures! It is a lot of space and retails for about $200. I was pretty excited.

I told Matt what had happened and he didn't believe me so I had to walk up to his desk to show him my winnings. Once he saw that I was serious he said "I am surprised you upgraded. If it was me I would have just stopped at the leatherman."

That is when I found out that if I would have lost on the second spin I would have only gotten the consolation prize...the bath robe. I didn't realize how much I was gambling! I thought I just wouldn't have won the hard drive. So, I am glad I won. I would have been sad if I wouldn't have won on the second spin and my leatherman would have been taken away.

I am so excited about this that I will be taking pictures of my winnings and posting them :)