We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide
Competition tagging is now live - Please tag your posts 🙏
🏷️ View / Follow Tags

2013 Wins

So as 2013 is coming to an end what have we all won during the year?

I seemed to average a few wins a month throughout the year most of which were small but welcome and kept me going :) Here's my list:

January

Pepsi T Shirt
Designer Bag
Box of Sweets
Steam Iron

February

Family Cinema Tickets
House of Lies DVD

March

Naturana Nightwear
Song for Marion CD Soundtrack
2 Space Penguins books
Girls Season 1 DVD
Tree Fu Tom DVD

April

Cuddly Toy
Pair of Cineworld Cinema Tickets
1 Night Break at Knights Residence in Edinburgh
Cruise Travel Book

May

Game of Thrones Mug Set
Pack of Aero Bubbles
The Croods Goody Bag

June

Airbrush Fake Tan and 2 Nail Polishes
Indoor Golf Set

July

Julia and Her Bears in London Book
St Ives Apricot Face Scrub Sample
The Complete Studio Ghibli Collection

August

Gregg Wallace Cookbook
Sinkstation
Precious Things Book
Dorkius Maximus Book

September

Parcelgenie Gift
Dream Outfit from Goddiva
Family Tickets to Ripley's Believe it or Not and a Ripley's Believe it or Not Annual
Personalised Razor
Pizza Kit
Rugby Shirt
Spongebob Brickshift Game

October

Frankensteins Army DVD
Handwash
Epic Backpack and Goodies
A Blood Pledge DVD

November

£5 Scratchcard
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids DVD
Deodorant

December

Sleeping Beauty Panto Tickets
£10 Itunes Voucher
Toothbrush
Can of Pringles
Tub of Sweets
Netball
Ballooning DVD
£100 House of Frazer Voucher
Crochet Necklace
Elizabeth Arden Lip Gloss Set
Angry Birds Mug
£2013 in 2013 challenge - £2235.75/£2013
«134

Comments

  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    lovely wins, well done :T:T
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • libra10
    libra10 Posts: 20,086 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Lovely wins, congratulations, well done.

    Wishing you luck for next year.
  • Well done :)

    My wins for the year were:

    Cinema tickets
    Tesco pedometer :rotfl:
    Phone case
    John Lewis pamper day including £100 cash, £225 voucher & make up lesson
    '6 of the best' Benefit products
    Bare Minerals lipgloss
    iPad mini
    Blender, hand mixer and hand blender
    2 CDs
    Body cream
    £100 high street vouchers

    It's felt slow at times but when you put it all together I'm pretty pleased :)
    2018 wins: Aspinal of London jewellery box, Boudavida gym outfit, HP Pavilion laptop, The List party tickets, All Points East festival tickets, Kiehls moisturiser, By Terry cc serum, Nars Liquid Bronzer, Benefit highlighter, Nars illuminator, Fresh advanced lip trio set, Cetaphil sample set, signed copy of My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
  • These are my 2013 win highlights in no particular order off the top of my head (all are separate wins) :)

    Toshiba Laptop
    Canon Powershot Digital Camera
    Samsung TV
    Kindle Fire
    Windows Tablet
    De'Longhi Coffee Machine worth £1200
    Weekend break in Bournemouth for two with meals
    Mini Break in Glasgow for four with flights/meal/transfers
    £1000 cheque
    Sony Camcorder (bought with £100 Cash Converters vouchers)
    HUGE Meal for 4 at The Real Greek
    Personal Shopping Experience at House of Fraser with £250 vouchers
    Merlin Family Annual Pass
    4 tickets to see Bon Jovi at Hyde Park (won a pair on two comps)
    Overnight Novotel stay

    Plus a load of smaller wins: tickets, books, DVDs, vouchers of £25, £50, food, etc :beer:

    Wow, it's only when you see it as a list when you realise how much you've won over a whole year, gosh!! :eek:

    Plus I got to meet Benedict Cumberbatch three times and Tom Hiddleston once - for a fangirl this is THE ULTIMATE WIN!!!! :D
    Make £2019 in 2019 No 153 - £4517.17/£2019
  • wow some great wins, well done guys :) xx
    2014 - Dinner for 2 at Charing Cross Hotel,
    Kindle Fire HD, 2 x tickets to La Boehme opera, Clipper tea set, Liz Earle treatment, lampshade making kit


    2013 - Edinburgh flights and kindle paperwhite
  • first78
    first78 Posts: 1,050 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Wow!! There are some great wins!!

    All I've won this year is an Oilily handbag.

    Maybe I'll have more luck next year!!
  • These are my 2013 win highlights in no particular order off the top of my head (all are separate wins) :)

    Toshiba Laptop
    Canon Powershot Digital Camera
    Samsung TV
    Kindle Fire
    Windows Tablet
    De'Longhi Coffee Machine worth £1200
    Weekend break in Bournemouth for two with meals
    Mini Break in Glasgow for four with flights/meal/transfers
    £1000 cheque
    Sony Camcorder (bought with £100 Cash Converters vouchers)
    HUGE Meal for 4 at The Real Greek
    Personal Shopping Experience at House of Fraser with £250 vouchers
    Merlin Family Annual Pass
    4 tickets to see Bon Jovi at Hyde Park (won a pair on two comps)
    Overnight Novotel stay

    Plus a load of smaller wins: tickets, books, DVDs, vouchers of £25, £50, food, etc :beer:

    Wow, it's only when you see it as a list when you realise how much you've won over a whole year, gosh!! :eek:

    Plus I got to meet Benedict Cumberbatch three times and Tom Hiddleston once - for a fangirl this is THE ULTIMATE WIN!!!! :D


    Wow you did do well this year!!! Well done on such amazing wins and fingers crossed it carries on next year :)

    Well done everyone else too :D
    £2013 in 2013 challenge - £2235.75/£2013
  • TREEZ
    TREEZ Posts: 817 Forumite
    Lots of little wins for me this year but the `biggies` were an Ultimate Football Experience with Jamie Redknapp for my little boy and an Italian Chef for the night which was a great treat for me!
    Wishing everyone the best of luck for 2014 xx
    2018 wins - The Missing Girl Book, £25 worth of doggy treats, 2 Beach Towels, Bottle of Ribena
  • kisto
    kisto Posts: 7,075 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Thank you so much to everyone who contributes to these forums.

    I've had a fab year. Worth all the hours spent in front of the computer!!! :beer: :j:T


    Sons of Anarchy - Harley Davidson Iron 883
    Tune Hotel Stay
    American Fridge Freezer
    £200 hair treatments at Daniel Galvin
    Portable PA System
    Monster Noise Cancelling Headphones
    PureDKNY Rose Perfume
    London Theatre Trip (We Will Rock You)
    Sony Xperia SP
    iPad Mini (x2)
    Ragdale Hall Spa Trip
    Best Loved - Two nights B&B for two plus dinner on one night at Bibury Court, Gloucestershire.
    Quinoderm Twitter - Cath Kidston Washbag
    Capital FM - Clothes show tickets
    Hair colour sprays
    Discovery Foods - Enchillada Kit
    Lindor Chocolate (Biscuit Bingo)
    Little Tikes - Two torches Twitter
    £10 RGB Voucher (RGB)
    Antenna Ball (Vauxhall)
    'Strindberg: A Life' (Yale Books)
    Haribo (Wine gums, pen, mug and bag)
    Food Network - Turkey
    Hillarys Blinds - A Hotel Chocolat Mountain Mayhem Giant Slab
    Furniture Village - Cushion
    £50 National Book Token gift card!
    £10 gift card TK Maxx
    Sennelier Aqua-Mini set watercolour paints
    6 x Goodreads books
    Swimming accessories
    six bottle case of Moet and Chandon champagne and a copy of THE LOOK OF LOVE on Blu-ray
    £230 worth of yoga equipment!
    Los Cabos drum sticks, a 14” Remo Ambassador drum head and Liquid Rhythm software from Wave DNA.
    F1 Cap
    £200 to spend at Brook Taverner
    Bulmers branded fridge and a case of Bulmers
    £100 Go Ape gift voucher
    Mandara Spa Amber Heaven Spa Get Away Bags
    Next Four Person Hamper (£40) and Picnic Blanket (£10)
    £25 John Lewis voucher.
    a pair of tickets to the Bristol Foodies Festival
    limited edition apron and bag of Burts Chips
    Uomo aftershave
    Scultura black kettle and toaster
    Disney Nature’s Chimpanzee: The Making of the Film
    mini chocolates and prosecco
    Dustpan and Brush
    500 Tesco Clubcard points
    Allstar Movie Goodies
    Decleor goodies
    £5 Costa Coffee gift card
    'Put one in the Oven', Ginster oven gloves
    Conti4x4Trophy T-shirt, Neck Buff, Sigg Bottle and £10 Starbucks gift card
    2 tickets to see Woman in Black and Overnight stay at The Strand Palace Hotel
    Love Story with Murders by Harry Bingham (book)
    Franke Tea Set and Oven Glove
    £10 on Birthday Bingo
    a pair of tickets to Gadget Show Live
    Jodi Picoult The Storyteller (book)
    Tower Block DVD
    M&S Towel Bale
    New Girl: The Complete First Season boxset
    Life of Pi goodies (Scarf, mug, notebook and a bracelet)
    Brother's Cider Goodies
    Simon's Cat book
    Clarks Shoes
    Ambre Solaire Factor 50 sun lotion
    Aussie 3 Min Miracle Shine
    Mysterium - The Black Dragon (Book)
    Ways To See A Ghost (book)
    Plantronics Calisto 620
    The Family film merchandise
    P&G Hamper
    2 x pair of tickets to Stitch and Craft show
    5 x Blu-Ray films
    Lucy Bee Coconut Oil

    (plus there's probably some I've missed off of there)!
    :T*Thanks to all who posts comps * :j
  • Started comping this year and am so proud to have won this list. Thankyou to all the contributors we couldn't do it without you:

    1. Kelloggs Bran Flakes
    2. Day Pass to Chessington World of Adventures
    3. Charles Worthington Conditioner
    4. Twilight makeup palette
    5. Blonde Hair set
    6. North East Live tickets + hotel stay
    7. The Barrow Story Book
    8. Hand and nail cream
    9. £5 luncheon voucher
    10. Hot Sauce
    11. Apricot scrub
    12. Apron
    13. Charles Worthington Curl Spray
    14. £100 - Take a Break
    15. £10 Asos voucher
    16. Safe haven dvd, book and pyjamas
    17. Usborne travel games and book
    18. Delamere dairy sun shades
    19. £20 amazon voucher
    20. Candyland gummy sweets
    21. £200 of makeup
    22. Tshirt
    23. Real radio goodie bag
    24. Lee kum kee tshirt
    25. Comfort umbrella
    26. Headphones
    27. Avon mascara
    28. Baby lips
    29. Vue movie pack
    30. Papermate pens
    31. Jelly belly beans
    32. Koala toy
    33. Cravendale mug
    34. A monster christmas dvd
    35. Wisdom toothbrush and toothpaste
    Keep Sprinkling Lucky Dust :A
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 354.8K Banking & Borrowing
  • 254.5K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 455.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 247.6K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 604.5K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 178.6K Life & Family
  • 262.1K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.