Share Your May Wins

Hello everyone!  How was your week, any nice wins to report?  Well here we are in May, and meant to be in deepest spring, although it has felt more like a very long winter here on the Island the last month!  I had tried to pack the girls’ winter coats and tights away several times, but I keep having to get them out!  Here’s hoping May is the start of some warmer weather for us all!  April wasn’t a great month for me prize-wise, as I have been very busy getting ready to move house, as well as working and school/family engagements.  I did manage to win five smallish prizes though, and here is a run down:

• A Haribo tote-bag, from their instant win gam
• A pint glass, from the Brakspear instant win game
• A bundle of Dan & Phil foodies, for my daughter from Top of The Pops Magazine
• A Ravensburger jigsaw, from Cuddles Magazine on Facebook
• A Disney Junior DVD, from the Disney Junior Facebook party

As you can see I have had a few nice little wins, two of which were from instant win competitions.  Even if I am really pushed for time I always try and do at least the instant win comps, as well as any holiday or short break competitions as a bare minimum.  My daughter was thrilled when the Dan & Phil goodies turned up; as it was a surprise package we didn’t know we had won. 

Enough about my wins in any case, let’s see what some of our lovely members have been winning during April

Kayaaaa has had another prolific winning month bagging herself such lovely prizes as a pair of tickets to Groove Festival in Malta, a Barbour beach bag, a digital watch, a Wonderbra, a pair of shoes and a bundle of stationery goodies to name but a few – phew, well done!  VillageFox had a slow start to her comping month, but made up for it by winning  a 3D Magic Dough kit, some Batman V Superman action figures, some kids’ DVD and a Project MK2 doll amongst other things!  Prince_huggy broke a dry spell by winning tickets to see Jeff Lynne’s ELO worth 95 each, and KSlade had some luck with the instant wins securing herself a football and tickets to see Olly Murs at an intimate gig.  Hamish666 managed to win a security camera from MyFamilyClub worth £130 and a cross stich pattern, and Falkor won a £25 clothing voucher and a blu-ray box set.  Pinkscatty had a lovely win from The Guardian of a weekend stay in London including rail travel, overnight stay and dinner at the new Turner Contemporary Art Centre, and paul408091 had a lovely win of some Scottish beef goodies, including an apron, chopping board and books.  Dig76 will be able to rest easy on the memory foam pillow they won from Ideal World on facebook, and sloopy123 will be cooking up a storm with the Pyrex dish they received from Colmans. 

Without a doubt my favourite prize won by a member this month has to be the awesome trip to LA won by Jesterminnit!  This amazing prize won from Capital Radio includes four nights in a luxury 4-star hotel, a trip to the studios where Walking was filmed and $250 spending money too!  I love it when a member wins one of the big prizes that we all see advertised, as it reaffirms my faith that the promoters really do give these amazing experiences and holidays away to real people, and compers to boot!

A few members reported that they were currently going through lean spells, some since the start of the year.  I agree that 2016 hasn’t been a great comping year for me either, but I know people have been winning big prizes, just not me lol.  I think comping is becoming an ever more popular hobby and pastime, and more people than ever are joining in.  Don’t let that put you off though, be consistent with your comping efforts, spread your entries around between online, postal, creative, social media and local comps and focus on winning things that are most important to you first - don’t give up and carry on comping!

Let us know how you get on with May’s comps by commenting below with your wins.  Don’t forget to upload a photo of your wins too for a chance to win a £50 voucher here. 

I look forward to hopefully being able to share more of my own wins next month, and to reading all about yours! 

Happy comping everyone, and lots of Lucky dust to you all!

Kirsty x