( CNN ) -- Let 's pretend you just won $ 40 million . Do you sprint up and down the street `` like a crazy woman '' ? Break into a `` happy dance , '' while holding your oversized lottery check ? Celebrate by chowing down at a Chinese buffet with your family ? If you 're Maria Carreiro , the answer is all of the above -- and then some . The 51-year-old grandmother could n't contain her excitement , when she talked to , sang to and danced for reporters on Monday after her big , big win . `` Thank you Lord , thank you Lord ! '' sang the ebullient , dancing Carreiro . The Portuguese immigrant bought the ticket last Friday at Variety and Video , a store in Toronto , according to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation . It was a bit of a splurge , because she did n't `` have a lot of spending money , '' but it was one that would change her life forever . After an initial check on Saturday morning , she excitedly told her daughter that she had won $ 40,000 . `` Then ... she checked on the computer , '' Carreiro recalled . `` She said , 'Mommy , you 're $ 40 million richer . ' `` What followed was pure joy . `` So I ran down the street like a crazy woman and checked the lottery ticket , and it said $ 40 million , '' she said of the winning ticket , which works out to about $ 39.4 million U.S. dollars . `` And then I go , 'Oh my god ! ' And I ran back up the street , home . And then I go , ' I need a glass of water , ' `` added an ever-smiling Carreiro , stirring laughter from the press corps . For years , she worked in factories . Beyond that , many of her days have been spent caring for her children and grandchildren . Now , the time has come to take care of all of them and herself . That includes the honeymoon she never had , in Hawaii , with her husband , who at first did n't believe they 'd struck it rich but has since quit his job . Carreiro said she also plans on using the money to buy a house `` for my daughters and me . '' ( But first , she said , the family enjoyed an all-you-can-eat meal at a Chinese restaurant . ) While there 's no hiding their joy , her family is still coming to grips with their new , much richer reality -- after years of hard work , sacrifice and doing what they could to get by . `` It still has n't sunk in , '' said Carreiro 's daughter Manuela , her eyes welling with tears . `` My dad works so hard , and we 've been struggling so much ... $ 40 million is so much money . '' New Jersey man wins $ 338 million Powerball . CNN 's Rick Martin contributed to this report .
Mommy bought a lottery ticket and initially thought she 'd won $ $ 40 million . Her daughter checked online and told her , `` Mommy , you 're 40,000 richer '' The Chinese immigrant says she 'll buy a house , go on a long-awaited honeymoon . `` We 've been struggling so much , $ 40 million is so much money , '' her tearful daughter says .