Ok so. Some of you don't know this about me. I like gambling. It's not a problem because I don't do it very often. You won't find me on the weekends up at Charleston Races and Slots or anything, but I love it.
I am highly addicted to Scratchers. In college, Mandy and I took all our house-collected coins to a coinstar and then went and bought $75 worth of scratchers. We actually ended up winning most of that money back! I don't often keep cash on my person because I will buy them. And waste my money.
But not today...
I went to BJs to get string cheese, popsicles and vitamins. After I paid for my items, plus the Sandra Bullock US Weekly, I passed a Scratcher machine. I had a ten dollar bill and 4 one dollar bills on my person. Uh oh....
So I started small, I used only the 4 dollar bills and bought:
One of these (because I love Monopoly):
No dice. Wasted $2.
And I bought two of these:
The first ticket was a dud. But the second ticket-- I scratched off three $10 amounts-- which means I won $10!
I could have taken my newly earned $10 bill (well, really only $6 that was new to me) and run with it, but I like to gamble (as previously stated).
So I put that $10 bill into the Scratchers machine and bought 3 new scratchers:
No luck on Aces and 8s.
No luck on Crossword puzzle. You have to scratch off 3 words to win a prize and I didn't get an "E".
Here it comes... WAHOO!! No, I didn't win $100,000. But with my winning numbers, I did win $20. Yes!
I opted not to push my luck. I profited $16 today!
Wahoo!
