I won an award?

I didn't really know what to think.

What was I supposed to think?

I mean, I get a lot of spam email. When your email address has been plastered all over the www - on purpose, of course - you have to get used to getting random marketing email, miscellaneous emails from bizarro people, and - of course - the occasional real piece of electronic mail.

So when I got an email from Wedding Wire with the subject "You've been Selected to Receive An Award," I was more than a little skeptical. And when I say skeptical, I mean I skimmed the email and then ignored it.

But.

Somewhere along the way I remembered seeing that same nifty little logo featured on KristenLeigh's blog.

And suddenly.

I got excited.

Waaait. Does that mean that in some alternate universe I have been classified by robotic computers (or random statistics or some other impersonal means) in the same category as Kristen Leigh?!?

THEN I let my self get a little excited.

I still realize that this is a massive marketing scheme and a rather brilliant one at that.
I still acknowledge that I have millions of miles to go, photographically, before I will be in the same category as a "real" photographer like Kristen Leigh.
I still hope to eventually win a "real" award.

But in the meantime, I'm a WeddingWire.com 2010 Brides Choice Award Winner and I'm gonna call it my first professional award and do a little happy dance.

:-P