Yep, it sure is! Today was “Let’s-be-crazy-gambling-fools-day day” for my family. And what a day it was! But I suppose I should start from the beginning, no?

LBCGFD day all started many years ago, when, after my father would return home from a long and boring airplane flight (for work) bearing gifts of scratch-off cards.

Although I was much younger then, when my ability to distinguish awesome things from non-awesome things was still being developed, I still knew that these lotto cards were, in fact, awesome. And they are. Still.
Anyway, it ended up that what ever money we won (or didn’t win) went into a special fund, our “scratch-card” fund. Ever since, we’ve bought scratch cards on and off, eventually winning back the $15 we put into the scratch card fund to start off.

But, because all things like that end terribly wrong, we lost those $15 and all the other winnings (a grand total of maybe $20. maybe).

Today, however, we broke our 6 month scratch card hiatus at The Taste Of Chicago, (which was, by the way, delicious. can you say “I can has turkey leg?”? OM NOM NOM!) due to the very attractive booth at where, if you purchased $35 of lotto tickets, you could spin a wheel with prizes to win.
So, $35, a t-shirt (our wheel winnings), and a belly full of food later, we arrived home, ready to scratch off our cards.

We won $4 and a free $1 scratch card. Whoopie.

But, I suppose it could be worth it. We’ll see when the cards are cashed in for new cards. Who knows? We could be the next mega-millionares!

**update**

Steve McNair just died. I beleive he was shot? RIP.

Okay folks, it’s shameless self promotion time! W00T!1!11!!!
Well, not exactly self-promotion, more like this-benefits-me-ever-so-slightly-because-it-is-something-that-my-parents-own-and-therefore-helps-earn-extra-income-promotion. It’s pretty cool.

Let’s take it from the top. Thisis my mom. She blogs. Her blog is, according to alexa.com, cooler than mine is. Does this mean she is cooler than I am? No, but it does mean that she has way more time to blog, and has money to spend to promote her blog, whereas I only have a measly 70 cents.
She also owns a stationary company, Zuzus Petals. She also is my mom. Yeah. I’m that awesome.

Anyway, she’s not the topic of this post here. No, the topic is one of the coolest ideas that she has ever had (so far as I know)
I present to you….(drum roll please)….

The staycation shirt!!! w00t w00t!!!
The perfect shirt for those of us who don’t go on giant, amazing, extravagant vacations but chill at home instead.

Take a gander:

Also available in mug, sweater, boxer, thong, button, and dog shirt (and others). Pretty badass. Check it out here please.

Feel free to contact with any requests (there are only like 6 cities out now).
contact email: stacy@zuzuspetalsonline.com

enjoy your staycationing…

Chicago is home to some awesome places including China town, The Sears Tower, and Michigan Avenue. Not only that, but Chi-town has the awesome McCormick Place- home to many conventions, the most well known being the auto show. The auto show is cool, you know, see some sweet cars, get in a bunch of cars, pretend like your driving 120 mph, go on the Jeep exhibit and get driven around a sweet course, eat some crappy food, etc. But the auto show is no way as cool as some of the trade shows there (or anywhere else, for that matter).

So why are trade shows so sweet? Well, ominous voice that was typed without my consent, trade shows are awesome because you get a ton of free stuff. A TON. While going to the International Housewares show, my family and I scored 20 free seasoned skewers, 4 cedar wraps (the good kind, not likethese,trust me), a ton of free food (I was full and we ended up not going to lunch), 4 giant pixie sticks, 4 nerds ropes, 4 recycled water bottles, a microfiber cloth, a recycled bag, and 2 free Berghoff root beers (if you don’t know what they are, go buy some. now.).
So check around your area, find some trade shows open to the public (the International Housewares show ISN’T OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, I just know people), and go get free junk!!! woo hoo!!!!

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As you can see by the recent lack of posts, I’ve been busy. Mainly, I’ve been baking in this Chicago sun. For those of you who don’t know, Chicago is cold as Alaska in the winter and hotter (and certainly more humid) than, to be clean, the underworld (this is G movie speech for hell. But I do love Chicago. For those of you who also are suffering the I-need-to-get-out-of-my-house-and-do-something-in-society-that-is-semi-productive fever or you recently made a fortune off of blogging ($0.02 FOOLS!) and are planning a trip that you can’t wait for, fear not. We are almost done with winter. Now I’d like to present some pics that help your fever/anxiety. Oh, and be sure to get some cowbell. Check it: