You've gotta play to win...

Winner.

Want to know something funny about me!? I LOVE to enter contests. And not only do I love to enter, but I do it a lot... and I win. Front row at a Madonna concert? Thanks mtv.com. Free Caribbean cruise? Bingo! At the moment I have my sights set on a VIP trip to Disney World (including one night's stay in the Castle Suite!!!). I enter literally every day. 

As you might expect, I get made fun of pretty endlessly by family and friends for my contest fetish (I guess they didn't want to be 1 of 8 joining me on the Fage Greek Yogurt 10-day Greek Getaway!?) but the reality is it takes about 30 seconds to visit a site I've bookmarked  to click "enter" and the worst thing that happens is I don't win that $500 shopping spree or free iPad. Are the odds of winning good? Definitely not. (Part of what I do for a living is oversee the Official Rules of contests and sweepstakes, so I know that the odds are not in my favor.) But if you don't try to win, you definitely never will. So I say click to enter, visit daily, buy that Mega Millions ticket... because as the New York State Lotto is constantly reminding us... "hey, you never know".

10 reasons...

Sisterly love...

...why having a sister is the best:

1) Having a sister means you have someone to play with, at any age.  

2) Having a sister means you get to double your wardrobe. 

3) Having a sister means you always have someone to take road trips with.

4) Having a sister means you don't need your parents when one of you throws up in the middle of the night NEXT TO the garbage pail (because sisters take care of each other).

5) Having a sister means you always have someone to sit next to you on the roller coaster.

6) Having a sister means you have someone to tell you that those pants are too neon.

7) Having a sister means even though you couldn't be more different, something just makes you feel the same.

8) Having a sister means having someone to take a million "arm stretched out in front of you" self-portraits with. 

9) Having a sister means having secret noises and faces and snuggles.

10) Having a sister means having an unexplainable connection... you just need your sister in your life. Always.

Happy Birthday to my (funny, smart, wacky, beautiful) sister, who I need in my life. Always.