Two silent auctions That I'm glad we went to

This weekend was filled with Mike and I attending two silent auctions. Saturday's was in conjunction with a spaghetti dinner / bake sale which was held as a benefit for my Mother's cousin who has terminal cancer. Though I do not eat spaghetti, we bought two dinners for Mike and I spent the time while he was eating,buying buckeyes and chocolate fudge as well as purchasing and placing tickets in the containers for various auction prizes.In the end, I didn't win anything but a warmed heart for being a part of this worthy fundraiser.
This afternoon, Mike and I attended our Church's Chinese auction. This event has been a big fundraiser for many years now and is always a good time. Though I didn't do as well as I would have wished here, the fifty dollars that we spent on tickets(not to mention the several baskets that our family donated ) did win us a gift certificate for two foot long peperoni rolls ( from the place that makes the best(even better than my homemade)pepperoni rolls that I have ever tasted) as well as a hand made afghan. More than the prizes though was the great time that were had at both events. Sure I could have just sent a check to both worthy causes and called it a day ( which I considered as our lives have been so busy lately )but we had so much fun in actually going and participating. This has me thinking. when our lives are their busiest, is when I seem to feel my most depressed.Perhaps I should remember this and re energize in the fun things instead of eliminating them, Just something to think about