Live To Eat: My stainless steel cup runneth over.

Back in May, International Delight had a sweepstakes and an instant win game going on at the same time. It was the "Hey America! What's your I.D.?" promotion. At the time, all I saw was an opportunity to get a coupon for a completely free bottle of creamer. All you had to do was visit the app thingy on their facebook page, post your city and your favorite creamer flavor, and you got a coupon. I JUMPED on that shit! I signed up, posted my favorite creamer flavor to their map, and anxiously awaited my creamer coupon.

It came via snail mail, and I was 'delighted' to redeem my coupon at Walmart for a free Cinnabon coffee creamer. Little did I know, by pinning my favorite flavor to the map, I also entered into the sweepstakes.

On May 13th, I got an email saying that I was a potential winner of a Baking Kit in their sweepstakes, and to respond ASAP to confirm my email address and fill out a form. I honestly thought it was a scam at first. But, said baking kit included an International Delight Iced Coffee Apron, 5 coupons for free coffee creamer, and a Kitchen-Aid mixer. Yes, I said that right. A Kitchen-Aid mixer.

I went ahead and clicked the link in the email, and filled out the form because I figured, what the hell do I have to lose by doing this? Within 5 minutes, I got another email from them. Here..I'll just let you guys read it.

My stomach started to flutter, my heart started beating fast. It was like I was falling in love. Did this just happen to me? Am I reading this right? Please lord tell me this is for real.

Oh, it was real alright.

I was picked as a winner, winner, chicken mothatfuckin' dinner! I laughed, I cried, I screamed. Nothing like this had ever happened to me before. I have been lusting over a Kitchen-Aid mixer since I was 19 years old, which was when I started Culinary school, and I was FINALLY going to get one. For free!

So here I've waited for 8 LONG weeks (in addition to the 10 years), counting them down, checking in every so often with International Delight, waiting for the winners list to be posted (which still hasn't been), and drinkin' the hell out of some coffee. Could time GO any slower?!

This past Saturday (the 7th), I got an email saying that my package had been shipped and would be at my apartment by the end of the day Tuesday (today, the 10th). So you KNOW I've been tracking the damn thing since then. Lol.

Well, here it is. It is all in my possession. The mixer is on my kitchen counter, sparkling. And for some reason there's ethereal music coming from that direction. Ok, I'm kidding. There's no music from the heavens. But I do have my 'Good Beats' playlist BLASTING on shuffle on my iPod to celebrate. It is a joyous occasion for sure. I plan to use my apron while I'm making Brinner later, and will be using a coupon to get myself some more Cinnabon, because I used the last bit in this mornings coffee.

Happy tears, y'all. I'm gonna leave you fine folks with some photos of my winnings. Enjoy!