A French Connection
A few days ago I spotted the Lending Stream What Dave Did competition on a friend’s Facebook wall (thanks Lynn!) – as the prize was a weekend in Paris I immediately entered my ‘creative cash-making story’ and started to round up votes. Since I started comping back in 1998 I’ve been trying to win a Paris trip with no luck – we even paid (gasp!) to go there overnight on Eurostar last year but had to cancel as Ryland was poorly. Surely I was destined never to get there!
There weren’t many stories in the competition – most had no votes at all – so I didn’t have to do too much badgering until the last couple of hours, when the chap in second place overtook me with a surge of votes. Luckily my trusty Facebook and Twitter friends rallied in support and at midnight I finished 12 votes ahead. It was a nail-biting wait until Lending Stream finally confirmed my win at 4’o’clock today – hurrah!
Whilst I was waiting to hear from Lending Stream, the results of the Ford Ka Discover a style you’ll love competition were revealed too, and I’ve been chosen as one of the four lucky winners of a day shopping with a fashion blogger. And guess where I’m off to with the lovely Emily from My Fashion Life….? Yes, PARIS of course! A day trip on Eurostar with lunch and £350 to spend on clothes – plus a Ford Ka for 2 months. What an amazing prize!
So after 13 years of trying I’ve finally got my trip to Paris….twice over! I’ll be dusting off my school textbook and watching ‘Amelie’ and ‘Nikita’ to get in the mood… my shopping trip is next Friday, so do pop back to check out how I got on.
Finally, can I just say a giant ‘merci beaucoup’ to all of you who took the time to watch my video for the Ka Style competition, and ‘heart’ my story for the Lending Stream one – your support was so important in helping me win these fantastic trips. Bonne chance mes amis!
Oh my word it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m trying to set up an account lets see if it works or i’ll have to ask the kids x
well done chick glad we could help you out well done so glad you won hope you have a great time and enjoy some well deserved vino when you are there abiento
Thanks Di. I’ve set up an acount now so will try this reply and see if it works!
Well done Di where’s the the third one then, they always come in threes!
Pauline
I would recommend setting up a Google profile Vic! The problem with blogs is that Blogger/Blogspot/Wordpress presume readers are all bloggers and already have their own blog names to comment with.
Use this link to set up your google account (you’ll just log in using your email address):
https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
I recommend using iGoogle too – you can customise this and use it as your homepage.On my iGoogle page I have Google Reader (for all the blogs I subscribe to), Google Calendars, Google Docs (where I keep my prize spreadsheet) and Google Maps.
Hope this helps!
Well done Di – an inspiration as always!
Quick question – when I’m commenting or entering a blog comp I never know which profile to select in the the box below the one I’m typing in now as none of them seem to work?
Vic x
Well done!!!
So glad you got your dream trip…shows that if you persevere, it pays off 🙂 x