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Anyone else fed up of ADVENTS!?

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  • paadzer
    paadzer Posts: 1,846 Forumite
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    I am enjoying them :)
  • Barnabysue
    Barnabysue Posts: 9,058 Forumite
    I was 10 days ahead before the Advents, now I'm struggling to complete comps on the day that they end. Mind you a lot of that is to do with my new puppy, I'd forgotten how much they keep you on your toes, comping peacefully seems like a distant memory.
    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
  • Im fed up with neglecting other areas of my life due to the comps. I enter normal dailies first as Ive been lucky with those in the past, then its either comps ending tomorrow or advents.

    Im worn out, but I think thats because Im finding myself busy without comping with Christmas shopping, wrapping, school activities, coursework, exams and general life. I should really give it a break for a bit and just maybe concentrate solely on mag dailies (like I keep promising myself), but I find I just can't.:rotfl: Obviously hooked. Just a bit worried its becoming a bit unhealthy for me TBH :o
    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:
  • its very time consuming but being my first year of them im doing some that have the bigger prizes have won a kindle so cant be all bad
    What goes around-comes around
  • I_luv_cats
    I_luv_cats Posts: 14,457 Forumite
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    edited 20 December 2012 at 1:38AM
    Buggy Advents aside they are more fruitful for me! (I've won more individual prizes this month than in the whole of first 8-9 months of this year!)

    Pringles is my friend = 8 real wins!


    It's a struggle though to keep up with the normal day-day competitions.

    Am doing around 40 daily Advents, did get up to 50+ though loads have ended now
  • Okay I have to admit that I really love Advents. OP, why do you hate Advents?
  • surfboard2
    surfboard2 Posts: 2,006 Forumite
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    I probably wouldn't be fed up of advents if i was winning with them.

    But, i'm yet to win anything and therefore it can be tempting to give up.

    Took a little break from the advents last weekend as i was struggling to keep up.
  • i've only won one which i do every day and thats the heart radio advent(3ds) i'm only doing certain ones with good prizes
    Need to find time for more comping
    Trying to lose weight through Slimming world
  • vanpopple
    vanpopple Posts: 1,287 Forumite
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    Hi all & bluebella,
    Yes same here although Ive won loads of comps including £250 cash from the o2 money machine advent (which has paid for christmas for me & oh)
    Started to get a bit bored at the weekend - it was like everyday was the same, the same comps, the same comments and to be honest i was losing track of what day it was.
    But thankfully many have now ended & ive slimmed right down on them, and i cant even be bothered with the games playing ones like Gaultier.

    But overall best month for prizes and the £250 cash which has totally altered our christmas, but CANT WAIT for january!!
    (and being a capricorn ive got my fingers crossed for a mega month-well you gotta have faith & believe)

    Nice to have met you all if the world ends tonight, and if the world has then please ignore post on friday.
    Still comping, after 2 heart attacks 4th feb & 6th feb, and a stent put in.. 45 years old only:eek:
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
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    vanpopple wrote: »
    Hi all & bluebella,
    Yes same here although Ive won loads of comps including £250 cash from the o2 money machine advent (which has paid for christmas for me & oh)
    Started to get a bit bored at the weekend - it was like everyday was the same, the same comps, the same comments and to be honest i was losing track of what day it was.
    But thankfully many have now ended & ive slimmed right down on them, and i cant even be bothered with the games playing ones like Gaultier.

    But overall best month for prizes and the £250 cash which has totally altered our christmas, but CANT WAIT for january!!
    (and being a capricorn ive got my fingers crossed for a mega month-well you gotta have faith & believe)

    Nice to have met you all if the world ends tonight, and if the world has then please ignore post on friday.

    vanpopple I completely agree - I think it is the repetition of visiting the same pages to do or say the same thing is what bores me. If it hadn't been the fact that I have been lucky this Advent, I would have probably given up many of them at the weekend! So looking forward to a break now!
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
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