In a completely unexpected and rather startling turn of events at last night’s Celebrity Cookie Auction, this Evening Sun reporter’s Raspberry Pecan Thumbprints pulled out a surprising victory. That’s right – my cookies took home the Tastiest Cookie award!

Too boot, they also raised a whopping $260 in the live auction, thanks to a heated bidding war. I’m not going to lie, it was pretty exciting.

For all my shameless self-promotion over the last week, I really didn’t expect to come out on top. After all, I was up against some stiff competition. Somehow, though, my little darlings pulled it off – beating out the goodies baked up by more than 30 of the area’s actual celebrities.

To be honest, I was just happy to make the top 10. I was delighted when a friend called to tip me off to this fact a couple of hours before the Night of Cookies and Cream was set to start. But almost instantly, I was beset by nerves. I wasn’t too sure how they’d fare in the event’s live auction. I stressed about it the entire time I was at the gym. (Since I knew my dinner would consist of cookies and milk, I thought getting a pre-event workout in would be a good idea.)