Tuesday, 26 November 2013

October wins

The Incredible Spice Men - cookbook from click to win, take a break
The Devil In the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson - Crime Lines I really enjoyed this, look out for it if you like crime or historical fiction
A Kitkat bar! whoo!
Another voucher for zoflora
Hobgoblin Tshirt
Pokemon DVD - very happy little neighbour
£20 amazon voucher from Nature Valley
After Earth BluRay
Cornish Sea Salt salt pig - Belvoir fruit farms  (I'd best chase this, hope it's not got lost)

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

A book win - Talking To The Dead - Harry Bingham

I won this from booksbiscuitsandtea, thank you Vicky, and realised when I picked it up, that I have already read it.  Not a problem, my memory isn't great, so I don't remember who did it, but I did remember that I had a big problem with the detective.  She's lovely.  Very enjoyable character, intelligent, quirky, and I would be very happy with her as an insurance investigator say.  But.  I just cannot believe that someone who had suffered a serious mental illness, documented in her medical records, would ever get in the police.  I just can't get past this.  Still, I will ignore that, and enjoy reading the story again.

Reading an actual book, I realise how much I now prefer the kindle.  I never thought I would when they first came out, but now, with my eyes being stupid so often, I do like being able to make the text as large as is comfortable.  It's less of an effort than using my reading glasses and a paper book.  Oh well.  Thank science for kindles!

September wins

£10 Top Shop voucher 
Time Bandits bluray steelbook - Hey You Guys rafflecopter, heyuguys competitions
LA Confidential bluray - Empire
£50 Amazon voucher, National Express - bought Ian Rankin - The Impossible Dead  on kindle last night, and Lisa's having fun with latex.  Making a halloween mask, nothing naughty!
£50 Tesco voucher, Robinson Fruitshoot
Luxe Edition Crystal Slant Tweezers from tweezerman - crazy price!  These arrived today, and, okay, they are pretty, but I don't really see the point.  I mean, who would see them?  Not like you pluck stray whiskers in public.  Well, I don't anyway. Here -  sparkly tweezers - like these, but mine are purple.  I would happily sell them, half retail price, but I really don't know any sparkly princesses that would feel the need.  Let me know if you do...  Otherwise I will keep them, and use them, and wonder...
Vileda mop - Not so sparkly, but useful.
Voucher for Zoflora

Thursday, 26 September 2013

August Wins

So it's towards the end of September, but better late than never.  Been rather muddy headed.

£250 of Red Letter Day shopping vouchers, direct line promo - local paper, online
Denver Fire Pit from Posh Garden Furniture, Rachel's yoghurt - lovely, but not sure we have room
Ipod shuffle, post office daily, or was that last month? maybe, but it arrived this month. 
Pair of cabbage patch dolls, IPC magazines - will sell these, they are really creepy!
Lots of postit notes from allbabyadvice blog, rafflecopter - Lisa is putting these to good use
crime novel from books, biscuits and tea, rafflecopter 
Color mask - sat in the bathroom, I've never dyed my hair before.
collection of Jodi Picoult novels - facebook
Lovebirds by Trevor Silvester, Look, ipc - straight to charity shop, thought it was fiction
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty, also Look - enjoyed these, must pass it on to my mum.
6 driving lessons, IPC magazines - handy win for my daughter!
A can of WD40 - small but useful win.
Desk lamp - litecraft, rafflecopter - really useful win, arrived very promptly. Weekly giveaways - https://www.facebook.com/Litecraft

Thursday, 12 September 2013

Blog comp to enter, and must do better...

Just a few days left to enter this comp to win £250 of high street vouchers.


So I'll have a think, and do that tomorrow maybe.  And post my August wins.

Sunday, 4 August 2013

July wins

Lots of lovely wins again last month, even with taking loads of naps.  I don't do well in the heat.

A tiny oven glove from Borges Olive Oil.  We did need a new oven glove, and it's maybe a bit mean of me to complain, but I can only just get my hand into it!

£100 from Kumala Wine.  They gave away too many prizes on their facebook app, and honoured all prizes given.  So, thank you Kumala wine!

2 tickets to the Verdi Requiem at Llangollen Eisteddfod, local paper

National Trust family day pass

4 boxes of Dorset cereal oat granola.  Yummy!  We will buy more of it.

2 pairs of sunglasses with this is competitions.

A bottle of pepsi.  Well, it could have been a phone.  At least I drink pepsi!

Some Neal and Wolf samples, on twitter.

£100 tesco gift card, tesco/pepsi promotion.  Well done Mum for winning too!

Ipod shuffle, post office facebook instant win.

SpecialK cereal and bar, another facebook instant.

A lucky month!

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

My Daughter Graduates from University

Lovely ceremony at York University on Friday morning; it was great to see she had so many friends.  We had a good meal the night before at Khao San Road, Walmgate, York - KhaoSan-Rd-Thai-Bistro








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