Last week, I won a blog contest. $20 at Amazon.com from Jennie at She Likes Purple. Awesome, right?

Jennie had received an unexpected gift from a reader and was returning the generosity with her giveaway.

I had planned on throwing a contest of my own to pay it forward. Yesterday, my prize arrived in my inbox.

Also yesterday, I read this post by and Internet friend of mine who has fallen on some hard times. And here I am, living quite comfortably, having an extra $20 fall into my lap.

So Whitney, you are the winner of my non-contest. I know it won’t solve your problems, but maybe it’ll help just a little bit.

I’ll be in touch to figure out which gift card would help the most.