12 days of Christmas advent competition - DAY 10!

Check me out! Early for todays competition as I am going out for the day.

We have a bundle of smellies up for grabs today!

Best of luck!



12 days of Christmas - day 10 - A bundle of smellies!

12 days of Christmas advent competition - DAY 4!

These days are flying by aren't they? Christmas day is three weeks away! Three weeks!!

Here, we have some lovely chocolates from Hotel Chocolat for you to win in today's advent competition! Check out my review of Hotel Chocolat here.


12 days of Christmas - day 4 - A Hotel Chocolat Christmas Goody Bag

As always, best of luck!

12 days of Christmas! Advent competition - DAY 1!

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas!

As many of you climb into the attic or loft, dig deep in the garage or shed, or just go and buy new decorations to put up today, why not take a five minute break and enter this fantastic competition?

I will be adding 12 competitions in the next 12 days. This is the first.

The Dog Doo Dahs is a really great website with a range of cards to suit your fancy.


12 days of Christmas - day 1 - win 1 of 5 personalised cards from TheDogsDoodahs.com!

The Anagranimals & The Wishing Tree review and giveaway!

Our household is a big reading one. We love books. If we go on a long journey, we all have a book in our hands. If we go on holiday, we all take our books. If we want some quiet time, we get the books out. We've always encouraged books as we believe it helps contribute to a childs intelligence and vocabulary range. With reading tests in school, C and T have always been above average. In their last tests, C was 5 years older in reading level and T was 3 years older. I hope J and Baby B follow!

When we were sent "The Anagranimals and the Wishing Tree" book written by Leith Moghli, the kids couldn't wait to read it!

It is aimed at 5-9 year olds, but each of the kids really enjoyed the story (and the pictures!)

 The story is about 6 animals who wish they could do things that other animals can do. They literally bump into a magical tree. This tree is a Wishing Tree, and it grants each animal a wish!

J loved looking through the book himself, but he loved T reading it to him too. He said he'd like to see animals change in real life. I'm not sure I would like to see a Leo-Tiga-Mur!!

The book has an open ending for another story "The Anagranimals and the Weeping Willow". We are looking forward to any future releases, especially J!

It's such a warm and fun story that any child will enjoy! In fact, that any person will, as I enjoyed it just as much as the kids did!

Thanks to Leith Moghli, I have 1 signed, first edition copy of The Anagranimals & the Wishing Tree to give away! All you have to do is complete the Rafflecopter below.

The first four options are mandatory and you MUST complete all four to be entered. The other options are free for you to choose from. If you have any problem trying to enter, please see my guide on how to enter.

Best of luck!

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A new giveaway! Win a £25 iTunes voucher!

I have another giveaway!

A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to win a big prize from Kiss radio. Part of this prize was some iTunes vouchers. As most of the apps we like to play are free, we have no use for this voucher, so I'm offering it to you, my readers. All you have to do is fill in this rafflecopter below and you will be entered. The more options you complete, the more chance you have of winning! Please ensure you complete each entry fully as stated as I will check and disqualify any that don't.

Best of luck everyone!

Just a quick note to add:
A lot of you aren't completing the daily tweet properly! You need to click on "Tweet" in the Rafflecopter, when the box pops up, click "Tweet" on that too. If done correctly, it will say "Your Tweet has been posted." If you then click "View it on twitter", it will take you to your tweet, which you then have to copy and paste the link. If you're struggling with that, just go onto your Twitter profile, find the tweet, right-click the time, copy the link then paste it into the Rafflecopter box. It is really simple when you know, any queries please ask!
See Rafflecopter's explanation video here!

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Divine Chocolate Review

*All opinions are my own. I have not been paid or received anything for this post. The items I have reviewed were part of a prize*

Upon opening my email a few weeks back, I seen one from Marie Claire Magazine. "Congratulations you have won a Luxury Hamper of Divine Chocolate treats worth £55 with Marie Claire". As expected, the kids were very excited about this one! Ten days later the package arrives. Upon opening, the kids were gobsmacked.

2x Dark chocolate with raspberries bars (RRP £2.00 each)
2x Dark chocolate with ginger & orange bars (RRP £2.00 each)

2x Orange milk chocolatebars (RRP £2.00 each)

2x Milk chocolate bars (RRP £2.00 each)

3x Hazelnut milk chocolate bars (RRP £2.00 each)

2x White chocolate with strawberries bars (RRP £2.00 each)

1x box of Dark chocolate Ginger thins (RRP £3.50)

1x bag of Milk chocolate eggs (RRP £4.25)

1x bag of Dark chocolate eggs (RRP £4.25)

1x box of White chocolate and strawberry hearts (RRP £4.50)

1x box of Milk chocolate bees with honeycomb crunch (RRP £4.00)

Of course, the kids wanted to try a bit of everything, and the Chocolate Bees didn't last very long! They were definitely my favourite!

The girls loved these white chocolate and strawberry hearts. They really were tasty! They made me think of the little favours you get at weddings - and the perfect shape too!

I'm not a fan of Ginger so let the girls tuck into these too. C informed me they were lovely, not too strong and I *HAVE* to buy her some for Christmas!

The milk chocolate eggs were gorgeous! Not too rich or sweet, they didn't last long! Again, I let C have the dark chocolate eggs, I'm not too keen on dark chocolate. She said they were like "heaven in my mouth".

The chocolate bars we shared with family a few days later. They all enjoyed each one - my favourite was the hazelnut milk chocolate bars - yum!

So, thanks Marie Claire magazine - it's safe to say that we thoroughly enjoyed our prize!

We'll definitely be visiting the Divine Chocolate Website soon!

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I've found a fantastic competition!

Head on over to the e-tailwebstores Facebook page here and enter their fantastic competition!

You could win a goodie bag worth over £250(!!) which includes:

a Yogi 3 in 1 Hair Curling wand

a £50 voucher to spend at Linzi Shoes

Dr Organic bundle: Body Oil, Hair treatment serum, hand & nail cream and more!

Macadamia Natural Oil gift set: Healing oil treatment, rejuvenating shampoo, deep repair masque and oil infused comb

Elemis 10th anniversary Pro-Collagen Marine Cream, 100ml worth £99


Don't just stand there! Get on over there now :)

My first giveaway!

After a really good week on the comping front, I have decided to hold my first giveaway, yay!

It's only a small prize as it's come from my own pocket, but you can choose what type you want!

So, for a chance to win a £10 voucher of your choice, just fill in the Rafflecopter below.

Rafflecopter is really easy to use, and there is a daily entry if tweeting. If you have any problems, please see
https://rafflecopter.zendesk.com/home or contact me via twitter or through the facebook page.

Best of luck everyone!


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I'm a winner!

I have always loved entering competitions. Ever since entering my very first one with Walls Ice Cream back in 1993 (I think) I've been hooked! I won that competition and received a Monopoly board game and a free cinema ticket to see Jurassic Park. And I've been pretty lucky with competitions since too. I enter competitions as a hobby and love winning things I wouldn't be able to buy myself or something that's not available to purchase.

For example, in 2011, I won two tickets to meet & greet the pop band The Saturdays! The competition was with Rimmel, and asked which product you thought best represented your favourite Saturday girl. I chose a foundation suitable for pale skin and Molly, because her skin seemed similar to mine. I couldn't believe it when I received the email saying I had won and couldn't wait to tell my daughter C, as it was the day before her birthday and she loves The Saturdays! And we had an amazing time - she had autographs off them all, pictures taken with them and the concert was fantastic too! When I have some spare time I'll upload the pictures.

Another amazing prize I won was a V.I.P. trip to Longleat with Thirst Pockets through Facebook. For this competition you had to buy a pack of Thirst Pockets and enter the barcode on the Facebook App. The prize included;

A 2 hour Safari tour in a 4x4
£100 voucher to use in the restaurants and gift shops
2 day passes to Longleat
2x adult and 2x child annual passes
1 night stay (Dinner, bed & breakfast) in a Longleat Group Hotel

I still remember when I received the email informing me I had won. I was on the bus with my mum and sister after we had been shopping - my phone beeped and I screamed with joy when I opened the email! The other bus users must have thought I was mad! When I got home, I quickly emailed them and confirmed all the small details. We went in November and it was so magical with all the Christmas bits around the park, my mum, the girls C & T and myself really enjoyed it! Keep an eye out for my post on the trip shortly!

So anyway, back to the topic in hand. Competitions.

As I said, I enter for a hobby, I regularly use the promoters websites and products of the competitions that I enter, but there is no obligation to do this, these products are just things that really interest me. Most competitions online just require you to enter your details and keep your fingers crossed. If anyone has any questions regarding competitions, entering them, finding them - feel free to ask :)

Here are a few fab competitions I've found on the web:

http://akufu.com/win-ipad/ - win an iPad with Akufu

www.phones4cash.co.uk - always have some fantastic competitions!

http://www.fruitypot.co.uk/win/game-play.htm - win Fruitypots - a daily game, register and click "shake". I won a lunchbox filled with Fruitypots a few weeks back.

https://www.facebook.com/myferrylink?sk=app_125122424346594 - this is another daily game but through Facebook. Just choose a glass and you could win!

http://www.phones4cash.co.uk - There are always some amazing competitions on this site!

As I find more, I'll add them for you. So please, enjoy and be lucky :)