My slightly crappy day ends up super sweet...

Today was a bit stressful at work... with all this snow (where the heck is Spring already?!) and trying to get dug out and to work, PC troubles from a power outage in the building last night during the storm, and some heavily pressing deadlines... well, the resultant crankiness was not at Defcon 4, but it wasn't pleasant. 

Things started to pick up after I left early to accompany my mother to an appointment. Afterwards we hit the local Ruby Tuesday's for a peppercorn mushroom sirloin with extra mushrooms, cheddar mashed and the new grilled green beans (yum!) with peach tea. (Although the peach bits kept getting stuck in my straw. LOL)  Sometimes good food and good conversation over dinner can change the color of the sky in my world. =)

Then I got home and my furbabies were so excited to see me.  It's hard to be too cranky with these fuzzybutts dancing in glee because Their Person is home. =)  Some puppy roughhousing and a few kitty snuggles later, and life was even better. 

After that I figured I'd pop online to check my blogger dashboard. I opened it up in Google Reader, and, lo and behold, I saw MY name in the middle of the screen. I actually won a blog candy draw!  Really. Me! Who never wins anything randomly drawn! I had to read it a couple of times, but I knew the comment was mine. I remember wondering if it was too meh when I made it. I wasn't feeling overly mushy-gushy that night, but I really wanted to wish Michelle at Stamps, Paper, Scissors and Donkey Smiles a happy blogoversary. (Her third!)  I thought the candy was pretty sweet, but dismissed the idea that I'd actually win it. I am shocked. Squee'ing in excitement, but shocked. 

So this:

(see here for more detail about the crafty stuff I won)

will be added to my crafty stash as I get started in earnest in my Crafty Year goals this coming weekend.  I can hardly wait! Yay!

Happy Crafting!