You may be wondering why this $40 gas purchase would provide any kind of thrill for me. It's because I hit my goal of $40 on the nose! Not $40.04, or $40.28, but $40.
Luck is a funny thing. Sometimes it's there, and sometimes it isn't. We treat it as a sentient entity that can fulfill or foil our plans and ambitions. A new survey asked people if they felt lucky and 60% said that they do. Their reasons for feeling lucky included getting lucky, (wink, wink, say no more, say no more...