And the winners are…
By Never teh BrideIt’s official! The first ever Manolo for the Brides Sweepstakes is over. Dunso. Finito.
The first $50 prize winner, as chosen by a random number generator was Claire, of Confessions of a Chronic Dork. She described her ultimate wedding wish thusly:
I would love to have a live swing band at my wedding. There are only two problems with that fantasy (other than the fact that I’m not yet engaged): 1) Money. 2) Neither the boyfriend nor I know how to swing dance. We’d love to take lessons sometime, but as the relationship is currently long-distance, that might be hard. But I can dream, right?
On to the second $50 prize winner! Kristin, concerned with her coiffure, wrote:
If the budget allowed, I would be flying my hairdresser to my DW in Cancun. In all of my 25 years, she is the only person who has known what to do with my coarse, frizzy, not-curly-but-not-straight ramen noodle hair. It makes me a little scared to think about the pompom I am going to have on my head on my wedding day, what with the humidity and all… and my dearest LeeAnn won’t be there to flat iron it, spray it down or coax it into submission!
And now, on to the $150 grand prize winner, Debra. She’s already married, and from the tone of her comment, it must have been a beautiful day.
There’s not much I would change about my wedding. To me, it was a dream. Nonetheless, I would have loved to be able to fly out my overseas relatives to attend the wedding…we had lots of his family there, which was nice, but I missed being able to share such a wonderful day with my extended family.
Congrats to the winners are in order, and I absolutely have to thank everyone who entered. I LOVED reading your ultimate wedding wishes! FYI: Either I or the Manolo himself will be contacting the winners shortly.
If you commented to let me know that Manolo for the Brides is on your blogroll and I haven’t added you yet, rest assured that I’ll be doing that tonight. With so many comments coming in, I figured it would be easier to update my own roll en masse once the contest was over.
Cheers, and thanks again for playing!
April 28th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Wow, I usually never win anything. This will be awesome for buying textbooks next semester. Thanks!
April 28th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Congratulations to the winners! It was a lot of fun reading all the entries.
April 28th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Love your site! I added you to the blogroll at Stella Event Design!
April 28th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Yay! I am TOTALLY calling LeeAnn for a haircut.
Loved reading everyone’s entries… this was a great idea.
April 28th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
WOW!! I’m so excited. Who knew that reliving my wedding would win me $150?
April 28th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
I added you to my blogroll and forgot to mention it in my post… If you’d like to add me to yours anyhow, I’d love it tons.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
It’s funny, you only post the comments that don’t criticize you.
April 29th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I’m not sure what you’re referring to Tobe, considering that your comment in the Man Registry Post was and remains posted. If you had a comment in that thread or another thread that was deleted accidentally — the spam catcher isn’t foolproof — just repost it.
May 1st, 2008 at 1:03 pm
I said you had criticized that man site for being stereotypical - what do you call your photo for this entry? Can anyone say sterotype????
May 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, Tobe, so I’m glad you reposted your comment.
Just for you, I’m updating the image to something that I hope will prove less offensive!