And the joke is on.....ME (and 19 other people)

So some of you may know and others may  not, but this is the funniest story of my life from last week, so get ready to laugh, especially if you scrapbook!  This last weekend was the Scrapbook USA Expo in Sandy and Robert's Arts and Crafts was the huge sponsor and they held a scrap-booking competition and my team won from the Provo store, WAHOOO!  So we were asked to come down on Friday for a scrap off.  We were told that we would be given a bag full of goodies to do the comeptition with and that we just needed to bring stuff as if we were going to a crop.  So our team brought a few papers, a little ribbon, some buttons and our cutters and glue.  We show up and there sitting on the table is a shelf, yes a shelf made of wood, you would hang it on your wall, and some really ugly paper and ribbon, that didn't match the paper they gave us, a few craft jars, some 2 inch candle holders made of wood and absolutely hideous, an apron, and a few hooks.  We were given an hour to decorate the apron and the shelf.  Then we were told that we could use whatever we had brought.  All the other teams were excited because each member had a suitcase full of stuff, we looked at our little bags and went, um........HUH?!?  Needless to say we lost.  Here are the winners, the team that had paint that matched the ugly paper, ribbon that matched the paper, wood and a saw (we think that they knew what was going to be happening!), the team that didn't use anything that they gave us except the shelf and the apron (go figure!) and a team that did a Halloween theme, once again they didn't really use what we were given.  The losing teams, oh yes us, we used everything they gave us (BIG MISTAKE!) and so did the other team.  We laugh about it but really, a scrap off where you have to paint a shelf?!?  So the joke was on us!