Dumb Luck?

Laundry day was yesterday for me. But no, it wasn't for everyone. My mom dragged me along with my sister to the laundromat by my old job. It was late and i was hoping it was closed, but sadly i was wrong. We walked in with 8 garbage bags full of clothes. None of them were mine..oh well. There were mothers chatting away with younger daughters. Children running around screaming or silently sleeping in their baby carts. My sister and i were automatically bored. We helped my mom unload the stuff and started walking around the building. There were vending machines, soda machines. gumball machines, you name it. But what really caught our eye was a toy machine. It was a crane with a glowing claw. It was hovering over a pile of small stuffed animals for Halloween. Ghosts, pumpkins, cats...and there it was. A candy corn with tiny feet and hands! It looked hilarious, and i wanted it. As soon as i inserted the dollar i aimed for it and yay! i had it! Slowly it hovered as the claw got its grasp tightly, but oh no! the claw couldn't hold on and it dropped the sweet thing back! Why?! Oh the irony! Devastated, i let my sister take the last turn. I walked away going back to my mother, only to hear running footsteps behind me in a few seconds. I turn around and see my sister holding the candy corn i tried to get. Her smug face spelled it out for me before i could actually realize what she was bragging about. It took me some time to know that she had attempted to get what i wanted, and got it. The shame! Now i HAD to redeem myself otherwise i'd end up as a "loser" (She kept chanting a song about it,...not cool) I went back to the machine and slipped in my last dollar. I moved the claw, trying to decide on an easy pumpkin target, but it turned it out that a bear was in the way. I wanted the pumpkin, but in order to do that i had to get rid of the bear. Slowly, i tried to avoid it only to see the claw grasping it by the butt and sending it to the prize hole. (Damn it). My second shot was useless...pointless. The bear had made it soo out of reach it was impossible. So i gave the turn to one of the children around me, even though they tried to steal my bear.(They had their hands in the hole already, but when it landed there i slapped their hands away. I didn't care). It was mine fair and square) We each had a prize to be happy about. Unfortunately that wasnt enough for us. My sister wanted some candy so we went to the vending machine. I didn't have any bills left, but i did have alot of change. We both scrapped up enough to get a candy bar, what luck! We put the money in and decided between a popcorn bag and M&M's. Once i saw cheese popcorn, i dropped the idea and tried to get the chocolate. The machine was slowly turning the ring so it could drop the snack, but then the worst thing ever happened. The candy gets stuck! Unbelievable! My sister runs off to ask my mom for some money but i stay behind watching. I know there's a rule that one shouldn't hit it, but i did it anyway. I wanted my candy, and so did my sister. The ring started turning and dropped it! But the ring didn't stop turning....we were both fortunate enough to pay for one, and end up with two. Two bags full of M&M's. Was it fate that we won so much? Or was it our own doing? We're we lucky? or plain geniuses? Who knows, but we made the most out of it. Can't wait for the next time we wash =D, by the way, there's my sketch of my doll! She's adorable...i'm still thinking of her name, but it'll come to me.