Snowmageddon Sorrows Contest

Still sad over your special plans that got spoiled by Snowmaggedon Parts 1 and 2? Northern Virginia Magazine wants to dry your tears by helping you have a fantastic, fun-filled March!

Just fill out the form below by noon 10 p.m.on March 10, telling us all about your big plans that got the boot from the blizzards, and you could win a $100 gift card to one of the following sports bars and Irish pubs—perfect places to celebrate March Madness and St. Patty’s Day!

Sports Bars	Irish Pubs

On March 11, we will select 10 winners, determining whose social scenes seem to have been rearranged most dramatically by the recent storms, and will mail prizes.

Okay, now it’s time to vent … and pray for our big-snow days to be over, for 2010 at least.

Thanks to all of you who shared your Snowmageddon Sorrows (despite delays while we transferred our server)! Now, it’s time to have fun!

While we can’t fully make up for the big mess that the blizzards made of your best-laid plans …

–  seeing an already postponed honeymoon trip to Hawaii get axed twice after pulling out all of the stops to somehow get there;
— getting stuck in Ballston with a view of I-66 instead of enjoying an ocean view in Puerto Rico (while receiving plenty of taunting texts from the lucky souls who made it there);
— missing a very special birthday celebration for the second year in a row after promising to make it this year;
— going all out preparing for a big Super Bowl soiree that no one ends up being able to attend;
— seeing your daughter’s dreams of becoming a Brownie dashed (for this year at least) after not being able to make it to the group’s first meeting;
— having to put the nix on a long weekend with the besties to look at bridal dresses (considering the possibility of being asked to wear “some vomit-colored satin sequined number”);
— being forced to pay for a fancy-schmancy anniversary trip that ended up getting the ol’ kabosh;
— having to trade a night at the theater to celebrate a big anniversary with two other couples you rarely get to see for a spaghetti dinner at home for two;
— and being required to meet strict deadlines and show up at the office when almost everyone else is off or at least working remotely (realizing sometimes it’s not so sweet to be able to walk to work)

We can help you have a fabulous St. Patty’s Day and celebrate or commiserate with your friends during March Madness. We’ll be contacting winners and mailing out prizes today, March 11!