Everyone wins ... literally

Last Tuesday, my neighbor called and told me that on Monday, her sister had won a contest that Sunny 92.3 was sponsoring. Listeners were asked to submit their favorite recipes that included mayonnaise, and each day a winner would receive a $50 gift card to Walmart and would be in the running to ... wait for it ... win a Hellman's Mayonnaise NASCAR jacket.

I know. You are now wishing you hadn't missed out on this contest. I'm so sorry.

Well, my neighbor entered on Tuesday and, lo and behold, she was that day's winner! So at this point I figure no one must be entering this silly contest and I sure could use $50 to Walmart so I decide to go ahead and enter as well. It briefly crosses my mind to submit a recipe for Mexican grilled street corn we had at cooking club in July, but my conscience shut that one down pretty quickly since I've never even made the corn.

I opted for my go-to lunch of avocado on whole-grain toast smeared with mayo (which of course is usually the generic version, but what does Hellman's need to know?!) and mustard and my conscience felt much better after that.

I also felt even better when the next day, I got my call from Patty at Sunny 92.3 that I was Wednesday's winner! At this point I immediately email my friend from cooking club who brought the Mexican grilled street corn and urge her to enter this recipe. She does. And has a genuine interest in winning the jacket. For the fun of it I'm guessing.

Well, I'm guessing you know what is coming next. On Thursday, this friend wins and on Friday, wouldn't you know, she wins the jacket.

Have you ever heard of contest victories coming this easily? Now to really gild the lily, today the girls and I swung by the radio station to pick up the Walmart gift card. The receptionist made some kind of mistake which led her to offer me my choice of either a Walmart gift card or an American Express pre-paid gift card.

I imagine you can guess which one I chose.

Thank you Hellman's, AMEX and Sunny 92.3 ... you made my day!