Were The Advent Comps Worth It?
This was my first year entering the Christmas Advent Competitions and I must admit, it was hard work! I must have entered over 100 competitions every single day. I did facebook, twitter, on line and e.mail comps. I must have spend most of December on my laptop. It was stressfull at times but was mainly organised as I followed the Loquax lists.
I kept a diary of everything I won in December to see if all the hard work was worth it. Here’s my list:
Dec 1st – A personalised Santa sack
Dec 1st – A child’s mattress protector
Dec 1st – A Nano Hexbug toy
Dec 1st – 2 x Jamaican Ginger cakes
Dec 1st – Kasabian Tickets x 2
Dec 1st – 2 packets of Dreamfields Pasta
Dec 2nd – 2 x Tickets for an exclusive gig at Nando’s where I met Olly Murs
Dec 2nd – Elegant Touch false nails
Dec 2nd – Adopt a Pickled Onion gift card
Dec 2nd – A Co-Op Winter goody bag
Dec 2nd – A Plastic card wallet
Dec 3rd – A Polka dot serving bowl
Dec 5th – Magners Advent calender
Dec 5th – An “Allotments” gardening book
Dec 5th – Original Source shower gel
Dec 5th – 2 x Bandanna Bibs
Dec 7th – 250g jar of Marmite
Dec 7th – A mini silk scarf
Dec 8th – £10 Clinton’s Gift Voucher
Dec 9th – £10 EAT voucher
Dec 9th – Gruffalo book
Dec 10th – M&S Phillips digital photo frame
Dec 10th – Aunt Bessie’s oven mitt
Dec 11th – Collection 2000 make up item – lipstick
Dec 12th – X Factor tour tickets for the show next march
Dec 12th – Ipad case and Iphone skin
Dec 12th – Ben10 Goody bag (wii game,ds game,ball and figure)
Dec 12th – Elegant Touch false nails
Dec 12th – Bouquet of flowers
Dec 13th – Magners Gift wrapping set
Dec 14th – 2 x Odeon cinema tickets
Dec 14th – Famous Grouse Xmas cards
Dec 16th – 25% off code 🙁
Dec 16th – Cars2 on Blu ray
Dec 16th – Foxy bingo Calendar
Dec 18th – Collection 2000 make up item
Dec 19th – Collection 2000 make up item
Dec 19th – BusyBuddy dog toy
Dec 20th – Mothercare Aqua Pad
Dec 20th – Healthy Snacks hamper box
Dec 20th – CooleSwan goodybag
Dec 20th – Toy Story 3 Blu ray
Dec 23rd – Drayton Manor Magical Xmas tickets x 2
Dec 26th – BornFree bottles gift set
It’s quite a long list – I had an amazing 45 wins. I’m thinking I will be doing the advents next year as the prizes are amazing but I will be a lot more selective as to what I enter. Next year I will only be allocating maybe 2 hours a day and that’s it. I must remember that I have a family life too.
I’ve seen my friends win some pretty amazing prizes through out December. Although I didn’t win anything of my wanted list, I still have my fingers crossed for some late WEMs over the next few weeks.
How did you do on the Advents this year?
