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February has been brilliant for me...lots of small prizes including, puy lentils, a book and football tickets, a cycling book, jeremiah weed glass, another book, orange juice cartons, Yorkie mansize buttons, Kelloggs all bran cereal prize, £100 Wonga money, 3 kong kozie toys, Ugg boots (again), ear plugs, Paul's Boutique beatrice bag, hotel chocolat chocs, a bird feeder cafe, Thorntons chocolate hamper and an iPad mini.......don't you just love comping! Thanks for all the help. Can't wait for my next win, thank you Prizefinder.

I finally won!! I started comping last year after I won a John Frieda competition and I was hooked! However, since then I have not had much luck at all :( Until now!! I received an email early February from Interflora to say I had won the runners up prize of an Interflora bag (pictured) and that it would be delivered on Valentines day. Then about a week after that I received a telephone call from my social radio and I've now won a new Apple iPod touch which I am hoping will arrive anytime now! Both were found through ThePrizeFinder so thanks guys for all the comps! I am even more hooked than ever now! I will have my head in compers news once again tonight as soon as i get home! :)

In Dec 2012 I decided to pay for a subscription to Pushchair Trader VIP service for a year as they always seem to do really good comps, I always see lots of winners and I know a few people who would benefit if I won something from there. After almost a year I had not won a thing. I'd almost given up hope. My mum who is fab took us all on a family vacation to Florida. Their time difference is 5 hours and to my surprise my mobile started ringing at 4.30 am and I wondered who it would be. It was Pushchair Trader telling me I had won the Dec 1st advent comp. I was so excited and very awake and explained to the lovely lady where I was and what time it was. She said sorry bless her and then she told me that I had won the newest Pushchair from Britax - the Britax Affinity worth £600 and they had 6 colour choices to choose from. I don't have it yet as it gets released in March 2013 and I will be one of the first in the UK to have it .... even Pushchair Trader have asked if they could have it first so they can take a pictures of it for their website as they really can't wait to look at it too! All I have to do now is find someone to give it to or maybe keep it for future bump as you never know...

I am probably the least domesticated person you can meet, yet, at the end of 2012, I managed to win some lovely “domestic” prizes for the home. Back in May 2012, I submitted my husband’s Chocolate and Caramel Cake Recipe to the Aldi Facebook CookBook Comp and won £50 of Aldi vouchers. He is the chef and the domesticated one. In October, that same recipe won us a Fabulous Kitchen Creations Mixer from a Russell Hobbs Face book comp, where you had to submit a recipe that reminded you of home. In November I won a Karcher Window Vac from SixtyPlusSurfers online comps and to top it off, just before Christmas, I won a brilliant new dishwasher from a Facebook comp run by 365 Electrical. I would class myself as the biggest hazard in my own kitchen, and prefer to be socialising, and so I thought this lovely collection of “domestic” prizes was quite ironic really! I am very grateful for all of them!

With the arrival of our new baby daughter, I was concentrating on Kids & Toys section on ThePrizefinder. I was delighted to receive an email to let me know I’d won a fab white and orange bath set by The Neat Nursery Co. that included a baby bath, a top and tail bowl and a handy organizer box for all babies toiletries. I won the competition via Yoomi on Facebook by answering a question and entering my details. It’s something I wouldn’t have splashed out on (forgive the pun!) so it’s a nice little treat.

Other small wins this month included a four pack of 9-bar energy bars on Facebook by entering my details, vouchers for Bear Nibbles on Facebook by playing a spin the wheel game, a voucher for a carton of Cravendale Milk by entering my details on their website and a pair of cooking tongs from Danepak by playing a game and entering my details.

I was looking to see who was supporting Justin Bieber on his UK Tour when I came across his website and it was offering a prize of 4 meet and greets. I thought I would sign up not thinking that I'd win or anything. 2 days later I had a phone call saying I won! It was the best moment of my life meeting him and now I'm signing up to every competition.

Currently I am unable to work due to Fibromyalgia which really restricts my day to day life as well as my bank balance. I started comping a couple years ago and my first win was a MASSIVE bunch of flowers, bottle of champagne and some chocolates. That was it - from then on I became obsessed with entering. Without the chance of winning I would not have experienced my first festival, going to the Harry Potter exhibition as well as currently going through Invisalign braces (my dentist told me I really needed braces yet couldn't afford it)! I have won bits and pieces here and there and each win is like the first - a real high! I enjoy comping so much, I have now roped in my other half who enjoys entering every now and again. Now on to my next win...

I had all but given up hope of winning a prize in February and was reading the winners blogs. One winner had found out a prize by googling her name. So I gave it a go and was so surprised to find mine on Byoutiful you with a list of Advent Calendar winners. It said winners had been notified by email, but if not to contact them. I received a lovely response late last evening and they are sorting my prize out on Monday. They think maybe their email went to my spam, so it just shows, it pays to check spam! I understand it is a Ted Baker Tote bag so I am absolutely delighted. Advent isn't over yet! So thanks Prizefinder for all your hard work at Advent time. And thanks for the advice of the bloggers.

This morning, a padded envelope arrived from Yours magazine. Sadly, not the holiday I have been dreaming of, but a DVD "Footloose in Bavaria - A scenic walking trail through Germany's Oberpfalz ergion of castles, medieval towns and villages. So the good news is I can go "travelling" whenever I want, but staying warm in the comfort of home!

And who knows when the next win is going to come along - you never know - so keep comping!

I've only been putting serious effort into comping in the past month. I tend to go for the newly listed competitions and the closing soon ones, thanks to Theprizefinder for the ease of finding these comps. I do the daily ones every day without fail. I decided to enter a photo comp with news shopper to win £500 of clothes from simply be for entering a fashion fail. I swallowed the embarrassment and went ahead and uploaded a horrendous pic (we all have one somewhere lol). To my surprise today I got an email saying I have won!! I cant believe it! I have been trying to scrimp money together to buy some clothes for my holidays in May, which is my first holiday in 10 years, so this has been a much needed prize. I have also won a Tropical Sun hamper, and some Wood Budz earphones from the Belviour daily comp.
I still cant believe I have won such fantastic prizes, and in a short space of time. If i can do it anyone can.

2013 has started quite well for me, competition-wise. So far I have won a Kingsmill apron (through their Bouncing Bagels Facebook app comp), a lovely Dove moisturiser set in a toiletries bag (from BrandRefill (on Facebook), a bottle of Rioja wine through Team Spirit (also on Facebook), but my best win so far this year has just arrived!

Through Delicious magazine I am now the proud owner of a case of 6 bottles of Codorníu Brut NV Cava, 6 prestige cava glasses and 2 fizz stoppers!

It just goes to show that we can all win the luxurious prizes, as well as the smaller ones. Every little win gives us a buzz, but when 2 large boxes arrive at your door on a Friday afternoon, it really does restore your faith in the hours spent doing competitions!

I think we will definitely be toasting the success of doing competitions this weekend – cheers everyone!