Category: Inspiration

Confessions of a Compaholic

I returned home last night to a lovely email in my junk folder: Dear Diana (aka SHOPAHOLIC!)   You recently entered the Snack A Jacks ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ promotion and we’re delighted to confirm YOU’RE A WINNER!! You...

Another Magnum moment

Received another £10 winning text this morning from Magnum – I only spent £10 on Magnums to enter the competition so that certainly paid off! Prizes today: £10 Magnum Pleasure card Total 2009 Prize...

Magnum moment

Woke up this morning to a winning text from Magnum – I’ve won a £10 Pleasure Card (not as thrilling as it sounds unfortunately!). My poor mother-in-law didn’t get any Easter Eggs this year,...

50 free DiTunes

Every day at 9.15am I listen to Trent FM and solve their ‘Emmagram’ – an anagram of a Nottinghamshire town. I’ve been entering on five phones EVERY DAY for a fortnight and never got...

1vs100

I spent today at BBC Glasgow recording ‘1vs100’ with 99 strangers. Well, I say ‘strangers’, but one of them was the contestant who followed me when I recorded ‘Are you smarter than a ten...

It means nothing to me

A nice win today from the Metro newspaper website – two return flights to Vienna. Only valid till the 1st July though, so I’ll have to work out when we can possibly squeeze in...

Sock it to ’em

And in today’s post….waterproof merino socks. Just what I wanted. Actually, it probably IS just what I wanted – except they’re size 9-11! Oh well… a prize is a prize after all… now I...

Come on you Reds!

Today I received a cheeky WEM (winning email!) in my inbox – tickets to see Nottingham Forest v Swansea. Yes, I know it’s not the beautiful footwork of Arsenal or the raw talent of...

Ten British pounds

Just a small one to report today… a cheque for £10 for completing a music survey online at www.heart106fm.com – this involved listening to lots of Lionel Ritchie and Michael Jackson tunes. Now the...

I can almost smell the Guinness!

Hurrah! Today I received a LWE (that’s a Long White Envelope!) from Coors informing me I’ve won a competition with Caffrey’s – a weekend break in Dublin. I’m pleased with this because I had...