How compers do their Christmas shopping!

• Buy online with PayPal and you’ll be entered into the weekly draw to win £40,000 (ends 5.12)
• Use your MasterCard and enter online (up to 3 times daily) at mastercard.co.uk to win one of 1278 prizes (ends 24.12)
• Enter your Visa transaction details online at visa.co.uk (up to 10 per day) to win a £2000 daily prize (ends 9.1)

Yesterday I decided to walk into Nottingham City Centre on a mission to pick up some boots at Barratts for their photo competition and do some shopping the old-fashioned way. I soon realised Christmas shopping with a pushchair isn’t the easiest day out!

Whilst in town I popped into:

• Early Learning Centre – their catalogue has an entry form in to win £500 ELC vouchers (closes 31.12)
• Clintons – buy anything from the Boofle range of knitted toys and enter your receipt details via form or online at clintoncards.co.uk/boofle to win £4000 High Street vouchers (closes 5.12)
• Lipsy – their free mag has a comp in to win a £1000 wardrobe which can be entered online at www.lipsy.co.uk (closes 15.12)
• Debenhams – pick up a Vivienne Westwood Naughty Alice leaflet, visit naughtyaliceviviennewestwood.co.uk and hold the barcode up to your webcam to enter a draw to win a £450 goodie bag. Also in store, I found an entry form on Triumph bras to win a Style Makeover (closes 5.12)
• Currys/PCWorld – pick up a free gift guide and enter the unique code online at www.15milliongiveaway.co.uk to see if you’ve won a prize (closes 20.12)
• Furniture Village – Complete a Toy Story entry form and post in store to win one of two family adventures to the Caribbean (closes 23.12)
• Beaverbrooks – There’s a postcard inside their free magazine to win £2500 to spend in store (closes 7.1)

The best way to comp and shop is to plan your route beforehand so you don’t miss anywhere out – it might seem like a hassle to try and fit comping in around your shopping, but once you get used to it, you’ll love to come home with an extra bag stuffed with magazines and entry forms – it gives you lots to read in the evening, too! Don’t forget to pick up local free magazines when you’re out and about at the hairdressers, coffee shop, leisure centres and shopping malls – these usually have very few entries for their comps.