TGIF, Winners! and Active Giveaways!

TGIF Butterflies! Are you stoked it's Friday? What are your plans for this weekend?  We have two winners to announce and two active giveaways as well!

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First the winners:

NANO $50 Gift Certificate Winner - Ferriz

Winner Kalso Earth Prance Boots - Naddez

Congrats to our winners! Happy Jewelry Shopping to Ferriz, and enjoy your boots Naddez, wishing you a toasty warm winter with your new boots!

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Active Giveaways:

SmartLight - The Lamp For Learning! Review and Giveaway! Ends 10/26


BEARPAW Taylor Boots Giveaway! Ends 10/29

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Have a Wonderful Weekend!

Weekly Moment of Gratitude! + Winner Announcement! + Giveaways!

This week, I am grateful for:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ -  I had a really great time at the Bridesmaid DVD Launch Party earlier this week, in case you missed the recap and photos, they were this week's Wordless Wednesday. The party was great, donations were made to a great cause, there were bouquet tossings for prizes, spa treatments, never seen footage, a great candy station, tarot card readings and Yellowtail Wines was the event beverage sponsor!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - I also attended a Hair Color 101 Event with L'Oreal and I will share more about that soon!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - And there is a special announcement I can't post about just yet, but will soon!

Hope all my butterflies are having an amazing weekend!

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What are you grateful for today? I'd love for you to write in and share what you are grateful for this week. The more you say it, the more you speak it, and the more you live in gratitude, the more you will find reasons to be grateful for, and the more reasons that the universe will send you to be grateful for. So join me on this journey of gratitude and inspiration. And you can post here daily (even though my list will be posted weekly).

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

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Active Giveaway

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Kate Spade NY for Lenox Vase with 1800flowers Bouquet of your choice Giveaway! Ends 09/29 - 1 Lucky winner will take home a Kate Spade Butterfly Vase (Pleasant Hill Bouquet is the name of the Vase) and also a $100 Savings Pass from 1800Flowers.com to fill their Vase with beautiful flowers. (ARV $175)

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Giveaway Winners:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Earthies Talera Shoes winner - 'Vicki S.'

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 1 Year Supply of Crest 3D Whitestrips Giveaway winner - 'Linda K.'

Thanks to both of our wonderful sponsors for hosting these fantastic giveaways! Stay tuned this week butterflies as Earthies will be back again with another great giveaway! (Rumor has it a great pair of boots will be in one very lucky butterfly's future!) And see, some people think going first on a giveaway is not good, but Linda K was our very first entry for the Whitestrips Giveaway and the Random Number Generator landed on her! #1 can be lucky!

Gratitude Journal Reco:

For those of you who are interested in keeping a gratitude journal this year, here is my recommendation and where to purchase it:

Make this Your Best Day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

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FTC Disclosure: Journal Recommendation uses an Amazon Affiliate Link. Ascending Butterfly lists winner's site usernames for privacy.

Weekly Moment of Gratitdue + Winners + Giveaways!

This week, I am grateful for:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ -  While I haven't had tons of time to enter too many sweeps, I've had a few really awesome wins this month, a dress from @DVF (Diane Von Furstenberg) from Fashion Night Out see more and take the reader poll HERE, and a $100 JC Penney Gift Certificate from a win from @imnotobsessed. Fun wins I'm truly grateful for!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Taking some time to completely disconnect this weekend! Cook my favorite meal and have some great wine, music, dancing and laughs.

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Caught up with some movies I've missed and I'm watching the Emmy's!

Hope all my butterflies are having an amazing weekend!

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What are you grateful for today? I'd love for you to write in and share what you are grateful for this week. The more you say it, the more you speak it, and the more you live in gratitude, the more you will find reasons to be grateful for, and the more reasons that the universe will send you to be grateful for. So join me on this journey of gratitude and inspiration. And you can post here daily (even though my list will be posted weekly).

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me on Twitter here (@Tracy_Iglesias) Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field at Twitter:

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Active Giveaway

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Kate Spade NY for Lenox Vase with 1800flowers Bouquet of your choice Giveaway! Ends 09/29 - ARV $175

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Giveaway Winners:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Zippity Doo's Giveaway winner - 'Jammie'

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Timi & Leslie Hannah Handbag Giveaway in choice of color (August's Featured Handbag of the Month Giveaway) winner - 'Tee'

Gratitude Journal Reco:

For those of you who are interested in keeping a gratitude journal this year, here is my recommendation and where to purchase it:

Make this Your Best Day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

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FTC Disclosure: Journal Recommendation uses an Amazon Affiliate Link. Ascending Butterfly lists winner's site usernames for privacy.

Winner Announcement! - ZIPZ winners!

We have 2 WINNERS!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - '1955nurse' and 'Danelle Johnson' are our ZIPZ shoes winners, congrats and enjoy your new sneakers! Hope you'll share a picture wearing your new kicks!

Today and most of the week, I have tons of events in conjunction with Fashion Night Out, so you'll see shorter posts, but hopefully more frequent! (There will be a slight delay with entries appearing for the giveaways, but no worries your entries are coming through, we just moderate all entries before they appear on the site! I can see a lot of you were busy entering for the shoes last night!)

Our Zippity Doo's Winner will be notified by tomorrow and posted shortly!

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**We post winner site user/member names for privacy (except of course if their real name is their username!)**

Sunday Moment of Gratitude! + Winners!

This week, I am grateful for:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - For the Smooth Cruise! I got to see Najee in concert on a Smooth Jazz sail. The weather was awful, it was pouring and no one was able to sit out on deck. For last year's sail, I sat out on the deck the entire sail and I enjoyed that serenity. Great music, great view, great company. This year when I realized I couldn't sit out on the deck, I wasn't so happy at first. I arrived on the ship, looking like a drowned rat, because despite my umbrella, the winds were making it so that I arrived wet anyway. So there I was wet, uncomfortable and forced indoors. But it truly turned out to be a blessing in disguise! I met great people that I would never have met if I sat on deck, and had a wonderful time. In fact, the cruise didn't even feel like it was the full time, because the time went so fast talking to everyone at my table! Spoiler Alert: OK, so it wasn't a movie, so this technically isn't a spoiler, but there will be an encore sail in October, and I'd highly suggest you keep checking our Today's Butterfly, because there may something special coming up for BOTH of us! :)

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - The Help, that movie is a *MUST* see, as you can see Friday I gave you a teaser, and Tuesday I'll have a full review, but for a movie to make my Sunday gratitude list, you know it must be good!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - It was an incredibly busy week this week, between events and errands, I didn't feel like I had enough time to get everything done, but somehow I did. I'm filled with gratitude for my busy and productive week!

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What are you grateful for today? I'd love for you to write in and share what you are grateful for this week. The more you say it, the more you speak it, and the more you live in gratitude, the more you will find reasons to be grateful for, and the more reasons that the universe will send you to be grateful for. So join me on this journey of gratitude and inspiration. And you can post here daily (even though my list will be posted weekly).

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me on Twitter here (@Tracy_Iglesias) Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field at Twitter:

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Active Giveaway!

1) Ends 08/08/11 - Jockey Staycool Collection Giveaway - 3 winners!  Enter HERE

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For those of you who are interested in keeping a gratitude journal this year, here is my recommendation and where to purchase it:

Make this Your Best Day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

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BORGHESE GIVEAWAY WINNERS:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Eclairre

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Alicia E.

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FTC Disclosure: Journal Recommendation uses an Amazon Affiliate Link. We list winners by their ascending butterfly usernames instead of full names for privacy purposes.

Sunday Moment of Gratitude! + Official Winners List for Dads N Grads June Buying Guide!

This week, I am grateful for:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - For being able to enjoy the Delta Faucet Event this week, I didn't think my schedule would permit me sneaking away that day, but I am so glad it did, it was not only informative but it was also very enjoyable. (And I discovered an awesome Prosecco too - Thanks Delta!)

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - For Air Conditioning! With triple digit weather here in New York City coupled with high humidity, I've seen news stories of people actually collapsing from Heat Stroke, both above and underground on the subways. I'm truly grateful I got through this super hot week and weekend! How are you holding up where you live?

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - If you are a music nerd like I am (they don't call me the #TwitterPartyDJ for nothing), you'll understand this one, but I am truly grateful I was selected for the @Klout @Spotify Perk, if anyone needs a Spotify invite, feel free to DM me via Twitter @Tracy_Iglesias

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What are you grateful for today? I'd love for you to write in and share what you are grateful for this week. The more you say it, the more you speak it, and the more you live in gratitude, the more you will find reasons to be grateful for, and the more reasons that the universe will send you to be grateful for. So join me on this journey of gratitude and inspiration. And you can post here daily (even though my list will be posted weekly).

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me on Twitter here (@Tracy_Iglesias) Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field at Twitter:

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Active Giveaway!

1) Ends 08/02/11 - Featured Handbag in the Spotlight Giveaway July - Elliott Lucca Drawstring Crossbody Handbag!  Enter HERE

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For those of you who are interested in keeping a gratitude journal this year, here is my recommendation and where to purchase it:

Make this Your Best Day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

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OFFICIAL WINNERS LIST FOR JUNE DADS N GRADS BUYING GUIDE:

Shenzhen Ceramic Knife Winner:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Huhbaby2

SodaStream Genesis Soda Maker Winner:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - talliana

Joya Shoes Winners (There were 5 winners for this giveaway, Thanks JOYA shoes!):

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Mummytotwoboys

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - savvymomnyc

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - mindy25414

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - ardy22

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Sweetsue

Smooth Jazzy NYC Smooth Cruise Winners (2 Winners):

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Wendy W.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - LaLicenciada

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FTC Disclosure: Journal Recommendation uses an Amazon Affiliate Link. We list winners by their ascending butterfly usernames instead of full names for privacy purposes.

Today's Words of Inspiration: Keep The Dream Alive + Owe you some names!

@Greeting Card Universe

Today's Quote:

Your key to success today is to "keep the dream alive" no matter what obstacles you face. You may want to check in with yourself to see if you want to keep moving forward in the same direction, and if you have to change that direction, but don't give up if you feel challenged. Your feeling of your purpose or mission is likely to be stronger than usual today; heed that feeling.

Today's Challenge: Keep the Faith. The Faith in yourself, in your abilities, and in your Dreams. Let those dreams be the motivator to make the changes you need to make, to get what you want and deserve!

Today's Breathing Affirmation: Close your eyes, take a deep, slow breath in through your nose, and affirm "Today I will take action to move closer to making my dreams come true."

My apologies for the delay, but all the Dads N Grads Buying Guide Giveaways have finally been closed out, and winners have been drawn and notified. Once all winners confirm, I will post an official winners list for the ShenZhen Knives, SodaStream Genesis Soda Maker, Joya Shoes (5 winners!), as well as the Smooth Jazz NY Smooth Cruise Winners (2 winners!) Giveaways! If you haven't already done so, don't forget to enter our active giveaway for an Elliott Lucca Drawsting Crossbody Handbag in YOUR choice of color HERE.

If you haven't had a chance to read it, please make sure you check out the NY Women's Empowerment Summit 2011 Recap HERE. This is 16 of the most powerful and successful women in their fields who took time out of their busy schedules to help the Make A Wish Foundation who received the proceeds of the ticket sales, and to share their insights, wisdom and what inspires them! It was like having access to high power mentors, and the beauty of it is, that by reading the recap, you can get motivated to push aside your excuses to living the life you both want AND deserve.

I want all my Ascending Butterflies to feel empowered to reach for the stars! No matter what your goal is, I want you to come here everyday and find a new inspiration that helps you reach it!

What is your Dream? What star are you reaching for?

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Winner Announcement - The Borghese Spa Bella Tote Winner Is

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WINNER: Thanks to Borghese for hosting our Spa Bella Tote Giveaway, the lucky winner who will receive the signature B Tote filled with wonderful Borghese Products is:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - mframe00

Our annual Dads N Grads Buying Guide has begun with the Fogless Shower Mirror, if you haven't already done so, be sure to enter HERE (this giveaway ends 06/15 so be sure to enter before it closes!)

And if you haven't already, I could use a one time vote (no worries it's not a daily, just a one time vote, I am the one on the top of the list, Tracy, wearing a red leather jacket!) HERE

I am happy to return all vote requests, so if you are in a voting contest, and have voted for me, just leave me the link to your contest and I'll be happy to return the favor! :)

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Sunday Moment of Gratitude, Winners List, Active Giveaways and MORE!

This week, I am grateful for:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - For another reminder to simply be grateful for each day! As you know, I spent the bulk of the week at the BlogWorld East New Media Expo which was sharing space with BookExpo America. I didn't have much time to visit BookExpo, but when I did get a chance to visit, Jane Fonda was speaking, I had a chance to stay and hear her Questions and Answers with the audience, and she was asked "What inspires you?", and her response was quite simple yet very profound "Still Being Around", "Just the fact that I'm still here inspires me". Her response has stayed with me all week. And when problems seemed to overwhelm my thoughts, I remembered that just being here really is the gift, and if you have another day you can let it be a clean slate or merely a repeat of the one that came before.

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Even though I'm spending mine mostly getting caught up, I am very happy that it's Memorial Day Weekend! How are you celebrating this weekend? At the beach? Family Barbeque?

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - The opportunity to learn from my peers in the industry. BlogWorld has helped me to feel even more energized about my blog and my writing. The only real roadblock to my success are my perceptions and thoughts, and those can be always be improved and changed to suit my highest good!  I will post more recaps about specific sessions and some over due event recaps throughout the week.

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WINNERS: Thanks for your patience everyone, I have a long overdue winners list to share! CONGRATULATIONS to our 8 winners!!!!

1800baskets.com Basket of YOUR Choice ($100 and under) Giveaway, 3 Winners:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Eyewonit
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - ChicnSavvy
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Ericka T

MOR Cosmetics Heart Shaped Tin in Scent of Choice Giveaway, 3 Winners:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ -Cataroo
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Kkenty (If you are reading this, I sent you an email regarding prize fulfillment that needs to be answered before you can receive your prize, please answer as soon as possible).
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Hoa

Earthies The Veria Shoe in Color of Choice Giveaway, 1 Winner:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Saraanny83

$200 B-Glowing.com Digital Gift Certificate, 1 Winner:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Patricia S.

Please Note: All winners have confirmed! We post winner usernames only out of respect for privacy.

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What are you grateful for today? I'd love for you to write in and share what you are grateful for this week. The more you say it, the more you speak it, and the more you live in gratitude, the more you will find reasons to be grateful for, and the more reasons that the universe will send you to be grateful for. So join me on this journey of gratitude and inspiration. And you can post here daily (even though my list will be posted weekly).

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

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Active Giveaways!

1) Ends 05/31 - Featured Handbag in the Spotlight: Pelle Camden Belted Leather Satchel Giveaway! Winners choice of color! ARV $225 (Birkin Style for the girl who doesn't want to sacrifice style while sticking to her budget!) Enter HERE

2) Ends 06/02 - Borghese Spa Bella Gift Set Giveaway! - Filled with amazing products in a perfect summertime tote, keep it for yourself or give it to someone special. Enter HERE

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For those of you who are interested in keeping a gratitude journal this year, here is my recommendation and where to purchase it:

Make this Your Best Day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

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FTC Disclosure: Journal Recommendation uses an Amazon Affiliate Link

3 Winners and a Giveaway, Oh My!

All winners listed below have been notified and have confirmed their wins.

 

Giveaway Name: Perfect Pairing Lindt Chocolate Giveaway! Ended 4/07.

Winner: CLC408

Special Thanks to Lindt Excellence for hosting!

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Giveaway Name: Rebecca St. James I Will Praise You CD Review and Giveaway! Ended 04/12!

Winner: Margaret R.

Special Thanks to Rebecca St. James for hosting such an inspirational giveaway!

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Giveaway Name: Yanni Truth of Touch CD Review and Giveaway! Ended 04/15

Winner: Erin Cook

Special Thanks to Yanni for hosting!

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Active Giveaway!

1) Ends 04/30 - Win a Rug Mother's Day Giveaway with Madison at Main! Enter HERE

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FTC Disclosure: All winners have been notified, all wins confirmed. Sponsors will be fulfilling directly to prize winners.

Winners! Winners! Winners!

We are a bit overdue for a winners list! While winners have been notified and have confirmed, I haven't had a chance to make a winners post in awhile!

Giveaway Name: LUMIXYL Brightening System 8 weeks to a brighter you Giveaway! Ended 3/21.

Winners: Natashagt (twitter winner), Suzanna (facebook winner), susiebhomemaker (GFC winner)

Special Thanks to Lumixyl for hosting 3 winners! This allowed us to pick one winner per channel, a google follower, a facebook 'Liker', and a Twitter Follower!

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Giveaway Name: $50 Novica.com Digital Gift Code Giveaway! Ended March 28, 2011.

Winner: Beth E.

Special Thanks to Novica.com for hosting during our 'It's MY Birthday, but You get the Gifts' promotion!

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Giveaway Name: Spotlight Handbag of the Month Giveaway (MARCH) Ended 04/01/11

Winner: hondaray6

Special Thanks to Wilson's Leather for providing us with such a lovely Spring Bag for our Spotlight Handbag Feature!

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Active Giveaways!

1) Ends 04/12 - Rebecca St. James I Will Praise You CD Review and Giveaway! - Enter HERE!

2) Ends 04/15 - Yanni Truth of Touch CD Review and Giveaway! - Enter HERE!

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Vote Needed!

I am a finalist in Mom Central Consulting's 'Grow Your Personal Brand' Grant Program. I would love your vote, but I would also love for you to read my entry. My essay is entitled 'Project Chrysalis'. A project, which many of you know has already begun. The essay questions I was asked to answer really made me think, about my 'brand' and most importantly about my goals both personally and professionally. I hope reading my entry brings you inspiration! This is a DAILY, 1 click, no registration required vote request. You can vote by pressing the image below or HERE:



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FTC Disclosure: I was not asked to write about Mom Central's Grant Program, nor does writing about it improve my chances. I feel the message they are sending by supporting bloggers efforts to grow their brand is an important and powerful one! All winners listed in winner announcements have been notified directly via email and have already confirmed their win.