At the Dupont Circle House Tour a little over a week ago I bought four raffle tickets at $1 each in an odd burst of feeling lucky. I didn't win anything (although not many people bought tickets, I think). Well, I got a letter today explaining that they unexpectedly had prizes left over which were supposed to go to random volunteers that evening... but that didn't work out for some odd reason. That left them going back to the remaining raffle tickets to give away 6 prizes. And I won a $40 gift certificate at Pizzeria Paradiso! I virtually never win anything, especially something I actually want and will enjoy using (it's yummy pizza). It is a shame how much self-pity went to waste last week.