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What has been your favourite win of 2011?... :)

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  • Deffo our break to London, posh hotel, imax london aquarium, £600 spending money wicked time never forget it.
    feb wins, head badminton kit, 250g sea salt scrub
    prizes £32.99 :j
  • My best win of 2011 was without a doubt meeting Johnny Depp at the premiere of The Rum Diary. I've been a fan since i was about 14 so this was a BIG deal for me.
    I cant put a price on the excitement of having his arm wrapped around my waist. I'll be showing the photo to my grand-children.

    xxx
    Best 2016 Wins: Ipad Air, Now TV box
  • kimmy393
    kimmy393 Posts: 5,472 Forumite
    Hmm I have won alot of great stuff this year, but I would choose the £500 of roses win I won, every first Tuesday of the month (for 12 months) I receive a £55 bunch of wonderful roses. Its lovely as I adore flowers and its a prize my mum enjoys too.
    2015 Big wins: luxury 7 night holiday in sharm el sheikh, theatre tix, £123, IPad Air 16gb, Night in London hotel celebjuicetix :, Portable dvd playerT

    Best 2014: £900 VIP cheltenham races day, £200 H&M voucher, £300 camera, 2 nights luxury apt Harrogate, 5 nights glamping cumbria
    Total:2010: £10,531, 2011:£11,075
  • Got to have two...a trip to LA for 4 which we're taking next year and aVIP day to Anfield and Melwood

    You could have popped in for a cup of tea, my mum lives next to Melwood!
  • Mine was the £1000 Phase Eight voucher. I got myself loads of new clothes for my summer holidays and a lovely leather handbag and still have £300 left to spend.

    Second favourite was the state-of-the-art washing machine with a years supply of laundry products. My sisters washing machine was on its last legs, so I gave her the machine and I haven't had to buy any laundry powder/conditioner since april :D.
    Value of prizes 2010 - 2017: £8374 Wins 2022: Magic set
    Debt free thanks to MSE
  • lizd31
    lizd31 Posts: 25,228 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    My favourite & best has to be my money cant buy dream holiday to Kenya. All expenses paid 5* luxury where I got to meet all the red nose day celebrities & to make things just perfect it was my birthday that day & I got a kiss from the gorgeous Olly Murs & Dermot O'Leary. I very much doubt I'll ever win anything like that again & I would never have been able to afford to go otherwise. It was also lovely to spend quality time with my sister who I rarely get to see. I've had an amazing year averaging a prize a day & the year ended as well as it started with 36 prizes this month including a much needed new laptop, equally much needed cash & lots of online spends & vouchers. Christmas & new year has been amazing as I havent had to spend any of my own cash to buy food, clothes or presents.

    Wishing every one of you a very happy new year & may 2012 be your luckiest ever. Sprinkling you all with comping fairy dust as we speak :) xxx
    Positivity is the key to success
  • becky004
    becky004 Posts: 5,167 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    My personal favourite is the Kindle (should arrive next week), I never want anything for myself, but had always wanted one, so my OH bought me one for my birthday in April. Unfortunately in June my son decided it served a better purpose as a frisbee :eek: (he's autistic not just plain naughty :rotfl:), so winning one is fab as we couldn't justify the cost of buying a replacement.

    My best win was the £1000 and personal shopper in Harvey Nichols (spent £100 on myself and the rest on friends and family), managed to buy gifts for Christmas, my sister's 40th and a friends 18th (gifts far bigger than I could have afforded myself).

    Next the iPad, my daughter's face was priceless Christmas morning, then the £250 from Reward Your Thirst which paid for my son's PS3, he too was beaming Christmas day.

    Last but not least for the 4 of us, in April 2012 we have a 3 night stay in a wooden lodge in Devon, daughter is bringing a friend so there will be 5 of us.

    This comp board is amazing, have made some lovely new friends, and the whole community in general is fab. Happy New Year to you all xx
    I love this board, have "virtually" met so many lovely people, people I am honoured to count as friends.
    March Wins - Product Of The Year Goody Bag

  • Polly05
    Polly05 Posts: 379 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Wow, you lot are all so lucky, amazing prizes there!
    I've only won 1 competition, a trip in a hot air balloon. Won in November, just received the paperwork in just before christmas (I was starting to think it was a joke), think I'll be taking it in Spring/Summer..
    Thanks to everyone who posts!
  • Kamaya
    Kamaya Posts: 401 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Has to be my £3700 Tag Heuer watch... which I've since sold for a healthy price and had a fantastic Christmas :)
    Best competition wins:
    2011 - £3,695 Tag Heuer watch!!
    Debt Free, thanks to MSE Forum advice and support.
  • Must be the £5,000 bed we won from Period Living . It really makes a statement in the room and has been much admired and many a joke made about it .
    Eleanor
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