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Best 5 things you have ever won?

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  • Amy83
    Amy83 Posts: 451 Forumite
    1) British Airways flights for 6 people to Toronto, Canada
    2) Holiday to India for 2 people
    3) Weekend in Istanbul
    4) £200 cash from broadband someone or other
    5) VIP screening of Cars 2 premier for 20 people (sent my nephew and all his little friends, limos, TGI Fridays, the works!)
    Aiming for that elusive 'debt free' by Christmas 2012
    :rudolf: [STRIKE]£6,000[/STRIKE] £4,279 and counting... #217 paid off £1721 :rudolf:

    23.01.2012 - Started diet (Weight loss 22 / 31lbs)
  • secretshopper75
    secretshopper75 Posts: 1,285 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Trip to LA, trip to Tour de France, £1000, LFC vip tickets and meet players at Melwood, Hot air balloon flights, Ticketmaster vouchers £250
  • kerrimouse
    kerrimouse Posts: 1,538 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    1. £1,000 cheque
    2. Moped
    3. 3 night champneys spa break for two - which included all meals and a massage & facial for each guest
    4. 12 x Thorpe Park Tickets, 12 x Alton Towers Tickets, 12 x Chessington World of Adventure Tickets and 12 x Sea-Life Centre Tickets
    5. £250 beauty hamper
    :wave:
  • DancerKaz
    DancerKaz Posts: 1,191 Forumite
    I think mine would have to be:-

    Hand made King Size oak bed (my first BIG win)
    47" TV and blu ray player
    iPhone 4
    Miele Steam oven
    XBox 360 with Kinect
    2010 Total £6,094 2011 Total £4,542 2012 Total £1,845 2013 Total £2,274
    2014 Calendar £10 Amazon £8 Grolsch Dreamboats&Petticoats Tkts Liverpool Tkts Pizza VIP Airport Liz Earle Products Madhur Jaffrey's 80th BirthdayManicure set Lip BalmDog FoodFestival of Speed TktsCockney Rebel TktsJury's Inn StayErasure TktsShrek Tkts£1,000!!!

  • Nuttynel
    Nuttynel Posts: 307 Forumite
    A Week holiday at any Haven Site
    A Washing Machine worth £876
    £500 Spa Voucher
    £300 Baby Pack
    2 Flights to Tenerife

    thanks to all the posters x
    FEB WINS : Baby show tickets, £300 baby pack, 4 in1 cooker, £150 screwfix vouch, £10 asda vouch, Vibrator :rotfl:, CW hair set, Jute Bag, Expresso Maker,Meal F&Bennies, Meal Zizzi's, Meal Giraffe,Palmers pack, silver earrings, a cushion, toy truck, xbox game &
    more
  • becnsean
    becnsean Posts: 135 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    i havent won 5 big things. only big prize was an ipad2 which was a much bigger shock!
    jan wins- 1D mug, baylis & harding gift set, £100 VIP cocktail card, £50 ax paris voucher, hervana brolly, disney cd, cereal, DOI mug, jessie lion teddy, sealife centre pass,
  • superhez
    superhez Posts: 2,261 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    ooh let me think :think:

    1. £1750 (Real radio)
    2. Years supply of wine
    3. Ipad (Real Radio)
    4. Wii (x2)
    5. Fridge Freezer

    wow done not bad in my 3 years comping when I think about it :D
    June Wins - Antandec travel mug
  • purplevamp
    purplevamp Posts: 11,007 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    These aren't neccessarily my biggest but they are some of my best since I started comping on MSE: (too many to choose from :p)

    1. Signed Steel Panther CD
    2. Tickets to Paranormal Activity 3 @ Big Brother House
    3. Small TV, DVD and MP3 package
    4. Wii console
    5. £2,500 bathroom (I gave this to my Mum)
    Mortgage: Was: £154,495 Oct 2039 Now: £77,930.43 April 2037
    Swagbucks ~ £50 (2025 ~ £240)
    Surveys~ £63.29 (2025 ~ £238.94)
    Make £2026 in 2026 #18 ~ £286.44 ~ (2025 ~ £2,368.64)
    2026 Decluttering Campaign ~ 66/2026
  • tesuhoha
    tesuhoha Posts: 17,971 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    I've won not necessarily in this order

    a hotel stay + theatre trip to see Breakfast at Tiffanys (though not taken due to blizzard conditions, being completely snowed in and trains cancelled - it was January 2010)

    £1,000 TK Maxx vouchers

    A Dsi

    Sony blu-ray player

    A stone bird bath
    The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best






  • 1- 4 day trip to World Cup in South Africa including pass to take photos from side of the pitch at match
    2 - 3 day break in Venice including 5 star hotel on the Grand Canal
    3 - Trip to Las Vegas staying in Caesers Palace Hotel
    4 - Laptop
    5 - Weeks holiday in 4 star hotel in Cornwall

    Had some amazing experiences!!
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