A Blog Award and the Winner for the February Contest...

A special thanks to Alicia for giving me the Versatile Blogger award! I've never won a blog award before, so this is exciting! As one of the rules for receiving this award I'm suppose to share 7 things about myself, so here it goes!

1. My mom entered me in a beauty pageant last year. I had to send them a bunch of photos of myself and as it turned out, I was successfully chosen for the 2nd round (damn). This involved doing a televised performance on stage, and walking down a catwalk in a bikini and heels. Of course, I humbly turned down the offer as I wasn't quite ready for the country to realize my lack of singing, dancing and high heel wearing abilities.

2. I can only play one song on the guitar, and that is "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam.

3. The first time I went backpacking, just as the plane was preparing to land, I remember freaking out a little bit and thinking, "what the hell did I get myself into?!?!" Of course, I then proceeded to having one of the best times of my life  :)

4. I'm the fastest shoe shopper you'll ever meet. Every few months or so, I'll feel the urge to buy a new pair of heels, flats etc. This leads me to run to the nearest Aldo, find the cutest pair in my size, quickly buy it before I feel compiled to buy anything else, then run out of the store. The whole process takes about 10 minutes.

5. Some of the weirdest places guys have asked me out include: an elevator (this made for a very awkward ride), a phone store (a Virgin kiosk to be exact), on the subway, and in a library. Some bad pick up lines include "I'm rich," "I don't see a ring on your finger" and unbelievably, "the weather is beautiful...beautiful just like you."

6. I am a sucker for accents (some accents I love more than others).

7. While living in Chicago, I once made an audition tape with my friend for a MTV reality show. I never submitted it, but it totally would've been well received by MTV due to the large number of times I said the word "like" and my preference for wearing cleavage enhancing tops and short shorts (all very good attributes for a reality tv star in the making).

And I'm sure everyone's curious to see the results of the February contest.

And the winner is...

Congratulations MIRIAM!!! 

I thought it would be cool to actually post the list ranking so everyone can check to see how they scored. A huge thanks to everyone who entered. I'm planning on making another contest sometime soon, so be sure to check back!