I’m pleased to announce that I have a winner from the Panera gift card giveaway.
Drumroll please…
The winner is none other than my fabulous sister Abby!
I know, I smell a scandal too. But trust me, it was fair and square. I used fancy software to pick the winner and everything!* But let’s face it, even if I hadn’t – Abby probably deserved to win more than anyone else who entered and here is why:
1. She actually goes to Panera on a fairly regular basis
2. She is a swim coach (i.e. she could use the money)
3. When I visited Abby she brought me to Panera for breakfast 3 times in a row!
4. She visited me when I worked at Panera
5. She drive 5 hours each way to watch Matt compete in the Ironman
6. She brought Matt 2 12 packs of his favorite beer ever: Fat Tire
7. She looks just like me!
8. Her younger sister got married before her, she needs this people!
9. Her dog, Bexley is a big fan of the bear claw
10. She is trying to kick her Starbucks habit – what better way then to switch to Panera!
So in the end, Abby was destined to win.
*Full disclosure — after writing this, I was curious to re-read Abby’s comment to see what she said was her favorite thing to eat at Panera. I was shocked to see that she didn’t even enter the contest! I had added her name into the computer system because I assumed my ONLY sister would enter my first even blog giveaway! Talk about rigged!
My mom won something?!?! It’s funny because she doesn’t even remember reading a post about a gift card giveaway (clearly she would have entered if she read the post) but now she feels guilty and thinks there should be a re-draw so one of your more faithful readers can win….
Totally rigged!! Abby, please send me more Fat Tire. Molly keeps drinking them.