In all my time in Colorado, this weekend was the first time I hit the slots in Blackhawk. And I loved it!

I started things off with some penny slots, with a little confusion (so many buttons!) but also little luck. So we moved on to the real action – blackjack. And I was on fire! I can’t emphasize this enough: winning is awesome, y’all.

Soon I was ready to try my hand at rolling with the big boys. Mainly I wanted to try craps because it looks so fun in movies, but I couldn’t figure out what to do. It looks complicated, plus there is always a huge crowd of people who don’t particularly look like they want to answer any questions I might have. (Gamblers aren’t as chatty as you’d think.)

But I still wanted to try something different. Feeling lucky and emboldened by a quick google search, I hit the roulette table and took a chance on red – and it paid off! I’m not sure whether it was my lucky heavy lipstick or mismatched socks that made me such a big winner, but it felt amazing. After a few more rolls of the ball thingy I decided to quit while I was ahead, and then promptly lost all my profits at the next blackjack table. Of course.

Besides having the time of my life, I learned two valuable things this weekend:

Lady luck is a fickle mistress. And I look pretty good in lipstick.