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What were your best wins in 2009, many thanks to MSE and all posters

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  • the beginning of 2009 was definately better for me
    the best win of 2009 would have to be our holiday to Bluestone in Wales for 8 people:j
    MAKE £2022 in 2022 no 29 £2022/£434.10
    Mortgage@ 1/1/2022 £17540 / £1601.39
    pay all your debts by xmas 2022 £15000/ £1865.29

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  • My best wins were:

    Bonkers cash, helped me out so much at exactly the right time, and i've made some brill friends from it too:D
    Xbox 360 guitar hero bundle(massive thanks cg):j:j:j
    john smith shirts, as they made lovely personlised xmas prezzies!:T:T:T
    Big thanks again to everyone who posts comps and good luck to everyone next year! :beer:
  • Barnabysue
    Barnabysue Posts: 9,058 Forumite
    Mine was an Armani Goody Bag which contained an Armani handbag, Sunglasses, Mobile Phone and make Up. I also had a 32" TV and a Nokia 5800 plus loooooads of smaller wins.

    Many thanks to all comp posters.
    Luck is believing you’re lucky – Tennessee Williams

    May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light. May good luck pursue you each morning and night – Anonymous
  • doodygirl
    doodygirl Posts: 1,209 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    edited 18 December 2009 at 5:46PM
    I have a few, this was my first year of comping

    £1,000 towards a holiday
    nokia 5800
    Ipod touch
    night's stay in Alton towers with food, tickets and spa included
    A night's stay and 5 course meal at Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir hotel By far the best win ever!!!!
    £100 marks and spencer vouchers


    Thank you so much to all that post this site has changed my life I love you all have a merry xmas everyone :beer:
    Wishing everyone the best of luck for 2020 ☘️
  • ClarkeEJ
    ClarkeEJ Posts: 2,392 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I have had an AMAZING year for wins... including 4 holidays..... :eek:

    My best wins this year are:

    £500 Lipsy Vouchers
    Holiday to the Mardi Gras in New Orleans
    ITV Dickinsons Real Deal £2640
    Holiday to Cyprus
    Nintendo DS
    Haven Family Weekend Caravan Holiday
    Monster Jam VIP tickets and Hotel
    Ashes Tickets and Hotel
    Nokia 5800
    19" LCD TV
    iPhone
    iPod Nano
    Disneyland Holiday

    Thanks to all posters... xxxx

    :j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j
  • bellola
    bellola Posts: 840 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Had a really great year with loads of small and medium prizes. As well as a few bigger ones.

    My faves were:
    Big box of L'Oreal make up
    £200 HMV vouchers
    Nokia 5800
    Ipod Docking Station
    Flip Video Camera
    Beyonce Tickets (most amazing night ever!)
    Smaller cash/voucher prizes
    Tickets such as VIP racing tickets, Clothes Show Live tickets

    Thanks to all posters, you're fab!
  • cabco22
    cabco22 Posts: 278 Forumite
    I started comping in June and have had some great wins - I have won tickets to something every month and I love the randomness of these wins so I think these are my favorite things I have won this year. These are some of my favorites

    3 different Movie Premieres in the West End (the best being Ingloroius Basterds

    Sport - Rugby double header at Twickenham, Spurs v Wigan (9-1), Ringside Boxing Tickets (sat behind Joe Calzage and 3 from Strictly!)

    Prescilla Queen of the Desert tickets again in the West End

    Music - Beverly Knight and Uriah Heep(awsome night out)

    and lots of family days out including Legoland and Pantomime tickets.

    Also won a really nice Digital Camera and a Great Taste Hamper which I'm hoping will be great as I'm still waiting.

    Anyway probably listed way too many but they've all been great and a big thank you goes out to all the wonderful people who post and I wish all my fellow compers a great Christmas and winning new year!


  • schizometric
    schizometric Posts: 716 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 18 December 2009 at 10:09PM
    Oh god, I've had tonnes. We won a Lenovo laptop worth 1k in Jan, a holiday to Mauritius worth 6k a couple of months ago (not taken yet mind) and an adventure holiday to Morocco in Feb (whilst "only" being worth 1400 for both of us - we took it in Oct) which was the most incredible experience of our lives! Loads more too, including an ipod touch and a Sizzix machine/bag/accessories - as per the sig (about another 4ks worth in fact), but these were the biggest/best!

    Thank you so much to all posters :) we've really won some incredible things!
    2008-2011: £23k of wins :eek:
    2011 best win: my wedding ring :o
    2012 best win so far: iPad 2!!!! Holiday to Austria (given to family member) :j also £100 & 2 wine cases
    Thank you so much, all posters :beer:
  • I've cut back on what i've been entering and really only going for stuff I want to win so I'm extremely grateful for everything I've received - especially little bits for my nephew who was born late December last year :)

    Best wins for me though would have to be £300 Laura Ashley sideboard. Wasn't expecting to like the distressed look but I absolutely love it and it's filled with my library of books :D Won my mum £100 from one of the magazines so I was happy to see her smile and go round telling everyone :D

    Hoping there will still be some great wins coming up for everyone and hope we all have a fantastic 2010 :D Thank you so much to all of those posting comps/answers!
    TWBM in 2010 (#200): DSLR Camera, DS, £1K+ cash
    2010 Comping Challenge A-Z (#108) A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.Q.R.S.T.U.V.W.X.Y.Z
  • My best win in 2009 has to be my 7 nights in Sydney, Australia with flights and accomodation included. Went the end of November and had a fantastic time!
    My second best win has to be the £500 worth of shoes which I won with Shudoo. 4 pairs of shoes worth £300 were chosen for me and I had £200 to spend on shoes of my choice.
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