Vote for My Pizza!
Remember this pizza? Well, I entered it into the Boboli Great American Football City Tour Recipe Contest, and it was chosen as 1 of 4 SEMI-FINALISTS!!! 
Semi-final voting starts today, so please vote for my Autumn Maple Bacon Pizza (Christina H.). You can vote once a day until next Sunday, January 18th, so be sure to vote for my pizza everyday! 
If I win, the prize is a huge LCD television, which Mr. Mal is really, really, really excited about it! (I’m excited, too, but not nearly as excited as him! )
Breakfast
Breakfast was a lovely bowl of banana-walnut oatmeal topped with the very last spoonfuls from my jar of Barney Butter. 
Looks like I need to order more soon– lets hope that free shipping code still works! Barney Butter please come to the east coast soon!
Question of the Day
Have you ever won anything? Contest, promotion, sweepstakes, giveaway, etc.? If so, what’d ya win?
Tags: walnuts
Justy2003 — January 12, 2009 @ 7:46 am
So cool about the contest!
I won $500 at our after-prom in high school, but I had left already so I didn’t get it!!!
The next year I did get $100 though…I stuck around that year
Off to vote for YOU!
Alexia — January 12, 2009 @ 8:01 am
Good Luck! I hope you win!
I won a radio contest when I was like 10!
I won a 6-pk of Kick (it’s kinda like Mountain Dew with 3 times more sugar), a t-shirt, and an ice scraper for my car, well, my mom’s car. 
When Joel and I were in Hawaii I won a DVD on Manta Rays but I never went and picked it up from the place where I won it.
Thats about all I have won. Ha Ha!
ashley (sweet & natural) — January 12, 2009 @ 8:05 am
How cool!!! This is a timely question b/c I was just a random winner of Amanda @ Run To Finish’s HHBC! I’m getting Naturally Nutty PB, Bumble Bars and some cool traction things to put on my shoes. It was a very exciting day.
justjen — January 12, 2009 @ 8:09 am
I won a free night at a local hotel once when I went to their grand opening and entered my business card. I think that’s the only time I ever won anything!
K — January 12, 2009 @ 8:11 am
I voted for you
Best of luck!! Your’s sounds the best anyway!
Victoria — January 12, 2009 @ 8:19 am
I voted for you! That’s so exciting! I’ve never won anything.
EL — January 12, 2009 @ 8:26 am
I voted!
jenna — January 12, 2009 @ 8:28 am
good luck
Inna — January 12, 2009 @ 8:28 am
congrats on being a semifinalist! I voted for you- hope you win!
I once won some tickets to a comedy show from the radio but I didn’t get to go because i was out of town the day of the show
Lindsey (Mrs. LC) — January 12, 2009 @ 8:39 am
Wow, I hope you win, that would be fantastic! You should re-post the link to vote everyday since we can re-vote everyday.
As far as contests I’ve won, I won some ZAP peanut butter (never got it though haha) and an ipod shuffle. 
tami — January 12, 2009 @ 8:40 am
in college i won the price is right, not the actual show, just a game the residential life office put on…i was only 13$ away from winning BOTH show cases but i did win a fantastic american tourist luggage package and a few other travel like things. We still use the luggage. It looks like we can vote more than once for your pizza?
ttfn300 — January 12, 2009 @ 8:43 am
how cool is that about your pizza!!! my tv just died, so i’m jealous of the chance to win! (why couldn’t i have been in the market around all those sales??) anyways, i’ve won a bunch of cookbooks via blogworld… when i was in junior high i won a cd alarm clock by selling a bunch of magazine subscriptions or something
hmm… maybe some other small things, but not as memorable i guess!
Julz — January 12, 2009 @ 8:43 am
I VOTED FOR YOU!!! I mean PLZ… You KNOW I got love for YO GURL.
Umm… Contests… I actually once won a radio vacation thing on Q102! Granted when I finally was giving the hotel in MEXICO my info they informed me that I had to be married to do it… Pshh, asses.
Kristi — January 12, 2009 @ 8:46 am
HI TIna! I won a jar of Barney Butter
I also won a radio contest when I was a sophmore in high school to go see a sneak peak of the movie ROAD TRIP. Other than that, I haven’t won anything…. 
Amanda — January 12, 2009 @ 8:54 am
Oh, how exciting! I voted! My fingers are crossed for you!
I won a $100 prepaid debit card from mycokerewards.com recently. But then I had to use it to renew our car tags so it wasn’t that exciting.
Lee (seelivelee) — January 12, 2009 @ 8:56 am
oh tina that bfast looks divine divine divine!! i have never won ANYTHING POOR ME!! hahaa
IowaJen — January 12, 2009 @ 9:08 am
This isn’t something I won myself, but I benefitted from it. My brother won a 4 night trip to NYC to see a taping of The Daily Show from his cable system and the nice guy that he is, he took his big sister. It was a thrill seeing my celebrity husband in person finally!
Alyssa — January 12, 2009 @ 9:09 am
I just voted for you! Can we vote once a day?
And the best thing I ever won was a car on the Price is Right!
VeggieGirl — January 12, 2009 @ 9:17 am
I voted!!
**I’ve won many things – don’t want to sound like a snob though by going into details, so I’ll just leave it at that
Happy Monday!!
Emily — January 12, 2009 @ 9:29 am
i won 4 dollars the other day on a scratch off lotto ticket! haha
Sammie — January 12, 2009 @ 9:29 am
I won the Pile on The Miles Challenge that Bobbi over at In Her Shoes sponsored. That was actually my first time winning anything. Still waiting for the prize. You have my vote – I hope you win.
Meg — January 12, 2009 @ 9:30 am
I hope you win with your fabulous pizza. I will definitely vote.
I have won a couple giveaways on blogs, including your Barney Butter one!
Leah — January 12, 2009 @ 9:31 am
I won a Play Station 2 system at my high school senior party – guys kept bribing me with cash to buy it off of me, but little did they know what a huge gaming nerd I was!
Tina I voted for your pizza! So far it looks like you’re in second place – good luck!
Sarah (Tales of Expansion) — January 12, 2009 @ 9:34 am
Congrats, I’m going to vote for you now!
When I was 11, I won a kickball in a raffle, haha. Oh, how could I forget this one?! When I was 18, I won an essay contest from YM mag: a weekend trip to San Diego and a makeover!
Quinn — January 12, 2009 @ 9:35 am
Good luck! I will keep voting and hopefully you’ll win the LCD TV!!! Just in time for the Superbowl!
Lacey — January 12, 2009 @ 9:40 am
i just voted and you’re now in the lead! you have 32.63% of votes.
Cat — January 12, 2009 @ 9:53 am
what’s the code for the freeship for Barney Butter?? Did I miss that? Good luck Tina!
Heather McD (Heather Eats Almond Butter) — January 12, 2009 @ 9:55 am
I hear ya on the Barney Butter…I’m on my last jar…I’ve even begged my Whole Foods to start carrying the stuff. Let’s keep our fingers crossed!
Congrats on the pizza contest. I’m going vote as soon as I finish commenting. I know I’ve won something in the past…oh yeah, I won a big bottle of wine at this fashion show fundraiser. I think I was 12, and the whole audience burst out laughing when I went to claim my prize. I promptly handed it over to my mom.
Casie — January 12, 2009 @ 9:56 am
I voted!! Looks like yours is the best!! Good Luck!
Heather McD (Heather Eats Almond Butter) — January 12, 2009 @ 9:57 am
OK, just voted. Good luck – your pizza looks awesome…but that Boston Cream Pie one doesn’t look too shabby either. Best of luck. I’ll keep voting!
BethT — January 12, 2009 @ 10:06 am
Exciting! Will totally vote for your pizza.
The best thing I ever won was a “fitness makeover” from Shape Magazine. Another reader and I won a trip to a spa in Utah, where they made over our fitness and eating habits. They featured us in a big spread in the magazine. It was a pretty amazing experience, except for the fact that the staff from the magazine were a little snooty and the other reader didn’t exactly need a makeover as she looked like a supermodel…guess I was their example of an “average” reader
Danielle — January 12, 2009 @ 10:16 am
How exciting I’m heading over to vote for you as soon as I comment.
I won a $500 gift certificate to my college bookstore first semester freshmen year, I didn’t even know I had entered any contest, that was an awesome surprise!
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that you win!
Carolyn — January 12, 2009 @ 10:22 am
Just cast my vote for you.
I actually won some Arnold bread from your website!!!!
carolinebee — January 12, 2009 @ 10:27 am
I’ll go vote for sure! That is an awesome prize…hm well I won the BSI Eggplant when Meghann held it
and I won a smoothie king gift certificate from another blogger 
Mark — January 12, 2009 @ 10:30 am
Good luck Tina!
Deb — January 12, 2009 @ 10:32 am
I voted !! Good Luck !!
I have to try this Barney Butter. Do you still have the free shipping code?
Mel — January 12, 2009 @ 10:34 am
Congrats on the pizza contest! I’m on my way over to vote!
Erin — January 12, 2009 @ 10:34 am
I voted too and I’ll do it every day! Woo hoo!
I’ve won some cool stuff, but by far the BEST win of my life was: pull-up champion in 3rd and 4th grade!
sirenjess — January 12, 2009 @ 10:36 am
No, I have never won anything. congrats on the pizza. That’s really cool.
Tina! — January 12, 2009 @ 10:49 am
A semi-finalist…How exciting! The only thing I’ve ever won was a cake during a cake walk in the 4th grade….not nearly as cool as a big screen TV! Good Luck!
kate — January 12, 2009 @ 10:55 am
hey hey. i wanted to email you about this, but couldn’t find your email on here. what did you decide about the workout videos? i’m looking too.
oh, and congrats on the pizza! i’ve “favorited” the voting link, so i’ll pitch in when i can!
Tina — January 12, 2009 @ 10:55 am
@Deb: Sadly, the code doesn’t work anymore.
Tina — January 12, 2009 @ 10:57 am
@kate: Hi Kate. I’m not sure what workout videos you mean. Do you mean the yogadownload.com workouts? If so, I am in LOVE with the free 20-minute workouts! I’ve done 4 or 5 now, and love them all!
zestycook — January 12, 2009 @ 11:10 am
Tina – I will be voting! Daily
Good luck!
bobbi — January 12, 2009 @ 11:37 am
oooo I hope you win! I have won stuff in the blog world, gift certificates, barney butter, running gear, but never any cash prizes!
Rebecca — January 12, 2009 @ 11:42 am
Hey! I went and voted for you! Oh, and i hope that it’s okay but I mentioned the contest and my blog and for people to go vote there:] Good Luck!
Rebecca Platt — January 12, 2009 @ 11:43 am
I voted for you! good luck. I hope you win and I want to make that Pizza now.
Ashley — January 12, 2009 @ 11:48 am
congrats on the pizza competition! I hope you win!!!
Alyssa — January 12, 2009 @ 11:53 am
I saw your response to Deb… I used the free code to order Barney Butter this morning and it worked?
Tina — January 12, 2009 @ 11:54 am
@Alyssa: What code did you use?
Rebecca — January 12, 2009 @ 12:00 pm
*relieved*haha you’re welcome.. after I wrote it I was like.. oops I should have checked beforehand, lol
Jasmine — January 12, 2009 @ 12:03 pm
i just voted, you were in 2nd place with 31.53% of the votes!
Alyssa — January 12, 2009 @ 12:03 pm
@Tina: “Runtothefinish”
Tina — January 12, 2009 @ 12:06 pm
@Alyssa: Sweeeet! Thank you! It worked!
Samantha — January 12, 2009 @ 12:11 pm
Just voted! Good Luck!
Rachel — January 12, 2009 @ 12:20 pm
I have been reading your blog for the past couple weeks. I’m not even sure how I found it in the first place. I really enjoy it! I voted for your pizza! GOOD LUCK!
Bridget P — January 12, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
congrats on being a semi-finalist! I’m voting now…
Marianne — January 12, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
Ooooh, congrats on being a semi-finalist. We should all make your pizza in honor of that accomplishment! HA!
I’ve won a few random things. I won a Beverley Hills 90210 calendar when I was younger, a couple of stuffed animals, tickets to see Duran Duran, a hat like the ones our Olympic athletes wore at one of the Games, $168 playing bingo on my Alaska Cruise 5 years ago, tickets to a movie premiere, a BSI contest…lots of little things, but never any huge prizes.
Andrea (Andrea's Eats) — January 12, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
I just voted for you!
Good Luck!
Sarah (lovINmytummy) — January 12, 2009 @ 12:59 pm
I remember when you made that delicious beast! I hope you win!
I never win anything based on luck…its always been blood, sweat and tears. I won a bunch of sports and academic junk back in high school and college…nothing relevant now =(
What is the story with the BSI contests? I haven’t seen anything for awhile.
junghwa — January 12, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
actually i’ve won a jambajuice giftcard. heehee i was amazed because i’ve never expected to win esp w/o a blog. i didn’t have a blog then.. so yeah. but NOW i have my own blog. i actually started yesterday~
please visit me when you have the time!
thanks!
Missy (Missy Maintains) — January 12, 2009 @ 1:22 pm
I will be voting for you everyday! How exciting!
When I was in high school I won a contest off of Seventeen.com where got to take a Limo to New York, go to lunch with the boy band Soul Decision, be in the TRL audience, and go to an Nsync concert! I got to go backstage and met Joey, JC, and Lance. Let me just say I was a hardcore Nsync fan so this was the best day of my life!
http://www.missymaintains.blogspot.com
Kate — January 12, 2009 @ 1:54 pm
I don’t even like pizza, and OF COURSE i’ll vote for you! Good luck!
Allison K — January 12, 2009 @ 2:11 pm
The only thing i have ever won is a pair of ski goggles in a raffle. They were donated by a locally famous (Tahoe) skier. My mom won a TV once maybe that will be good juju for you to win this TV..I’ll go vote!
Sarena — January 12, 2009 @ 2:19 pm
Good luck on the contest. It is sad to say, but I have only one a science fair in 5th grade, so I got a trophy for that.
By the way, that bowl of oatmeal looks so good!
Ashley C. — January 12, 2009 @ 2:27 pm
congrats on making the top 4, I will definitely vote for you!
Liz — January 12, 2009 @ 4:02 pm
I voted! Good luck.
I had never won any contests until I came to law school this fall, and since then I have won both a Black’s Law Dictionary (worth like 80-100$) and a $25 Amazon gift card, both of which I won from law research websites just for using the sites. There is fierce competition between these websites for my business, so they give out tons of free stuff and have tons of giveaways.
Tania — January 12, 2009 @ 4:34 pm
You got my vote! your recipe looks the best! still missing out on all the great products you guys have down in the U.S. like those boboli pizza crusts!
Becca A — January 12, 2009 @ 4:36 pm
Way to go Tina! I’ll be sure to vote for you.
I’ve won one of the BSI (what is going on with that?) and I’ve won two blog contests.
Becca A — January 12, 2009 @ 4:38 pm
Oh and the prizes were a great book (BSI), a basket of Hershey goodies, and I just recently won a Kashi coupon
Lori — January 12, 2009 @ 5:48 pm
I have been reading your blog for awhile and really enjoy it. You deserve to win with your pizza recipe so I will be voting everyday for you. Good luck!
I did win $1000 on a radio contest once. They just randomly phoned numbers and you had to answer a certain way to win. Thankfully my then 6 year old had recorded it on the phone for me and we won.
Natalie Rae — January 12, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
I voted!
Just this year I made the decision to go to my first concert alone with Yelp.com Seattle Elite and was rewarded with winning Kathy Griffin tickets-
katey — January 12, 2009 @ 7:46 pm
I won a mountain bike from Big Y once….then it got stolen. I was traumatized!
claire — January 12, 2009 @ 9:13 pm
I won a Wii and American Idol game from an Edy’s/American Idol contest last year. I had TOTALLY forgotten about it and thought it was bogus when the letter came. Nope, I have a free Wii!
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Elina (Healthy and Sane) — January 13, 2009 @ 8:27 am
I voted for your pizza on Boboli. I was actually inspired by it, and made a very similar one a few weeks ago. It was delicious!
I won a goodie basket at Sephora about a month ago. It was full of random creams and cosmetics. Really random, like a vibrating mascara
Btw, I just noticed that you added me to your blogroll. Thanks so much! I was super excited to see that!!!
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Angie — January 15, 2009 @ 8:31 pm
I’m behind on blog reading but I wanted to let you know I did vote and will vote every day through Sunday.
I have won a few things. A digital keychain, Internet Password organizer book, $75 Visa gift card, foot pampering package, yoga/pedicure flip flops and more. Love entering giveaways and contests.
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