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how do you intend to handle the advents

so as we hurtle towards that time of year again whats going to be your plan of action

will you be picky with what you enter? will you forgo doing the normal comps? will you forgo the dailies? will you give the advents a miss completely? will you cancel christmas? will you curl up in a ball in the corner of your room and rock back and forth? :rotfl:
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  • PennyRT
    PennyRT Posts: 384 Forumite
    I don't do dailies which I'm sure will help me.
    Not sure how those who do, will be able to do both!

    I probably enter them all in the first couple of days and then drop ones that are too much effort or overly complicated to enter. I find I get into a routine of doing and remembering the ones I really want to win or like entering.

    The "fun" ish Facebook ones are normally best for me.
  • hamsterfan1
    hamsterfan1 Posts: 8,281 Forumite
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    I think the latter -last year I ploughed through the dailies as well as normal comping & won more from the "normal" comps than I did the advents
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  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
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    so as we hurtle towards that time of year again whats going to be your plan of action
    will you be picky with what you enter?
    will you forgo doing the normal comps?
    will you forgo the dailies?
    will you give the advents a miss completely?
    will you cancel christmas?
    will you curl up in a ball in the corner of your room and rock back and forth? :rotfl:


    will you be picky with what you enter? :D:D def will be more picky/choosy this year :rotfl:

    will you forgo doing the normal comps? no :eek::D
    will you forgo the dailies? again no :D

    will you give the advents a miss completely? nope :D

    will you cancel christmas? i'd like to but don't think i can :D:rotfl::eek::D

    will you curl up in a ball in the corner of your room and rock back and forth? :eek::rotfl::rotfl: felt like that doing that sometimes :rotfl:but no :D


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  • nanto3girls
    nanto3girls Posts: 5,974 Forumite
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    I'm going to be more choosy this year.Going to miss 1st week of Advents,as i will be away.
  • Havent decided yet.

    Will Not be giving up my dailies at all. I will be picky (which I am anyway). TBH Im nervous as Ive not experienced them yet and somedays I struggle to find an hour free to comp so got no idea how I will cope TBH. Looking forward to it though.
    Current Aims: Laptop/PC, decent money, holiday
    Best Wins: Ipad, Nintendo 3DS, £400 Shopping Spree at LK Bennett, £100 Boots vouchers
    Total Wins (Since April 2012) £3442.56
    Big thanks to all who post comps :T:beer:
  • Last year I just did the ones I came across, bookmarked the interesting ones and used my own list. I didn't even realise there was a thread for them, but then again I only use the main Comps board. Will be doing the same again this year :)
  • Not sure tbh!

    This will be my first Christmas comping. My DH has offered to help with advents so we'll both set up bookmarks for some each and stick with mainly our fav ones to start with and see how it goes.

    I'll still do my 30-40 daily comps as they're quick to do and then try do as many of the end date ones as I can.

    I've been trying to get ahead by doing my usual end date ones and then any posted that day for any up until the end of the year so I've got a head start on end date comps for December. But I've no idea if that will help much.

    Excited about it anyway :D

    May you all have lots of luck, Emma xx
  • sheils6
    sheils6 Posts: 15,850 Forumite
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    I won't do that many of the advents unless I really want a prize or I reckon the chances of winning a prize are good. I have plenty to keep me going with the normal comps and the dailies!
    Good Luck to everyone anyway what ever you decide to do. x
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  • bertie200
    bertie200 Posts: 474 Forumite
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    I have been fretting about the advents for a while! last year was my first advents, think I will do the same.

    1. do advents
    2. do dailys
    3. check main board for any comps that finish on the day
    4. go through the rest of the main board.
    5. try to get a few hours sleep!

    I think I caught up with the main board on xmas day and boxing day!
    bertie200

    2011 - best wins - Coca-Cola Fridge, Galaxy Tablet, Kodak Printer, Roberts DAB Radio, £200 Voucher, John Lewis Hamper, Tassimo Coffee Machine :j:j
  • Geezawem
    Geezawem Posts: 300 Forumite
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    ah it`ll be fun this year im sure! ive started entering a lot more comps this last few months so therefore i expect to enter more advents aswell! thing is ive just started working again after a long struggle to gain employment so that will definately have an impact as my comping time will be cut down a lot from last year. thinking ahead i`ll:
    1. do any advents im interested in.
    2. do daillies/mag comps
    3. try and do comps posted that day on the board
    4. sit in my chair rocking back n forth whisky bottle in hand!! ;-)
    Comping Life- wake up in morning,get excited about postie comin,bit more excited as u check emails 1st time,get deflated NO wems!,get more deflated as postie brings junk,enter comps,go to work,wonder if delivery vans brought a surprise!,come home nope no surprises!,check again for wems nope still disappointed!,enter more comps,time for bed,REPEAT!
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