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September 20, 2018: Winner!

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Day 13 | 30 Days of Writing It is official. I won! I finished the Old Chicago mini-Oktoberfest-tour and won the coveted sweatshirt.  I have been eying this treasure ever since the mini-tour was announced on 9/1. Old Chicago gave me twenty-five days to complete the tour, which entailed drinking/eating twelve items off of their exclusive Oktoberfest menu. No doubling items for credit and only four credits allowed per day. Game on! The minute I saw it, I knew I had to win it. As I explained to Garrett on our first night out, post-tour-announcement, that only beer and pizza sounded good to me, Garrett was suspect. And then when we arrived at OC and I only allowed him to order from twelve choices (Oktoberfest menu), he knew I was up to something. "They've got you hooked on 'winning a prize', don't they? Come on, what is it?" I quickly pointed out the sweatshirt on display. "Garrett, I REALLY want that sweatshirt. And this is totally doa...