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  • hamsterfan1
    hamsterfan1 Posts: 8,281 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    5days in Cyprus
    proud gran to 4 lovely boys and one little girl
  • dizzyc
    dizzyc Posts: 202 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary
    My wedding in the Bahamas....which included taking 2 witnesses, we also got our wedding rings, my dress and an evening reception at the hotel. All in all I reckon it was worth 20k :)
  • MimiJane
    MimiJane Posts: 7,989 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    £3000 on Loose Women - way back in 2009.
    Wins since 2009 = £17,600

    MANY THANKS TO ALL OPS
  • Juzza12
    Juzza12 Posts: 831 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    £1000

    I don't ever enter for holidays.
  • rceebear
    rceebear Posts: 2,275 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I won £2,000 just before Christmas a couple of years back which was pretty amazing as we were struggling financially at the time.
    Best wins; GoPro, £2K, Brittany week, festival tix twice, Bath break, Sweden spa break, iPhone x2, £250 Amazon x2, tech bundle, 55" TV, Haven break, £1K, Smeg mixer, 3 night spa break, Greenhouse, posh tent, house plants, 2 pairs boots, posh mattress, year tailored supps, £250 lingerie, £150 buyagift, £250 hotel
  • renegadia
    renegadia Posts: 1,921 Forumite
    Quizonaut mousemat.
    Golly, I've got the newt pregnant...

    **Gulp**
  • Moneybot
    Moneybot Posts: 11,840 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    renegadia wrote: »
    Quizonaut mousemat.

    I wondered where the newt got her new carpet from ....
    Rational judgement, now, at this very moment.

    Virtuous action, now, at this very moment.
    (Wisdom, Courage, Self-control, Justice)

    Willing acceptance - now, at this very moment - of what you can’t change
  • mansey
    mansey Posts: 4,585 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    renegadia wrote: »
    Quizonaut mousemat.

    Yeah your the type to give your knickers colour, how many times a day you poop and sacrifice your first born.........All to win a mousemat. :p
    “I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.” - Billy Joel
    C2W........718/1000......FB...........526/1000
    IG...........667/1000......MD..........652/1000
    2020 January Challenge
    Simply Media 423/1000
    Winning Moments 85/1000
  • WoodyAllenJesus
    WoodyAllenJesus Posts: 177 Forumite
    My best win was £500 of Raleigh bikes last year.
    I drive a T-reg banger so am desperate to win a car!
    Also have an iPad 2 which is 5 years old and virtually unusable so I really really need to win won of those rather than buy one!!
  • renegadia
    renegadia Posts: 1,921 Forumite
    mansey wrote: »
    Yeah your the type to give your knickers colour, (don't wear any :whistle: ) how many times a day you poop (nine, apart from Thursdays, which is seven) and sacrifice your first born (I bought a new first-born, he's called Ramon, he builds my Ikea furniture for me).........All to win [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] 36 mousemats. (...at last count):p

    Don't mock me mansey, I've been trying to win the famed Quizonaut Stress-out CD for years now...
    Golly, I've got the newt pregnant...

    **Gulp**
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