Summer Comps Round-up

Hello everyone!  How is your week going, any nice wins to report?  Just a few small wins this week so far of a pack of football sweets from Sky Sports and another book from Goodreads – that’s five this month so far, going to be busy this summer!  How are you coping with the summer holidays if you have little ones home, or how have you been enjoying the summer itself?  Not been particularly summery here on the Island, but if I am being truthful I am secretly quite pleased.  I love the summer and not having to wear lots of layers, but I do get very snappy and irritable when it gets too hot, and that’s not fun for anyone!  Been swimming a lot as a family this week, helping the girls practice what they have been learning at their swimming lessons.  I am still hopeful of getting away a few more times in the tent before the kids go back to school as well – keeping everything crossed for a period of dry weather!

As the summer season is so short in this country, and unpredictable too, when the sun does shine we need to make sure we get out and make the most of it.  We love picnics, beach trips, walking on the Downs, Frisbee throwing, kite flying, football chasing – anything we can to get moving and get out of the house.  With summer being well and truly upon us here are some great comps for you to enter for prizes that might just make your summer that bit sweeter:

• Do you love treating yourself to some lovely new make up during the summer?  Sometimes it is nice to freshen up your make up routine when the weather heats up – it’s fab being able to use bolder, brighter more tropical shades that you might not feel comfortable with in winter!  Capital FM is giving away 5 fabulous beauty boxes packed with festival beauty must haves, sunny shades of nail polish and Hawaiian Tropic treats!  To be in with a chance of winning one you need to register with or log in at the website and answer the question (Our advice – Rita Ora) before the closing date of 23:59 on 31^st July 2015.
• Fancy relaxing in your garden in a stylish hammock from Bear and Bear worth £59?  Love Chic Living is giving away this relaxing prize which is perfect for lounging around in the garden, making the most of the summer sun!  To enter you need to use the Rafflecopter widget and tweet the mandatory message.  There are other entry methods available too after this Twitter one has been completed, and entries close at midnight on 2^nd August 2015.
• We tend to change our eating habits here during the summer too.  With the children being off school meal times are much less rigid and more sociable affairs.  I like to make picky, buffet style meals we can all serve ourselves too, as well as plenty of things to dip and new foods for the children to try.  I would love to win the bumper summer selection food hamper from Cottage Delight that the Fuss Free Flavours blog is giving away.  It contains all the perfect ingredients for a summer picnic such as jams, dressings, breadsticks, honey and even a bottle of Scrumpty Dumpty Cider!  To enter this competition you need to engager with the Gleam widget by answering a simple question, and there is even a daily entry option for extra entries.  This one closes on 9^th August 2015, so plenty of time to get involved.
• I love nothing better than settling down with a mug of coffee and a good book or three during the summer - when I get the chance!  Caboodle has a great competition running to win 10 bundles of their beautiful summer reads sets.  Join in and you could be getting lost in Far From The Madding Crowd, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin or The Sound and the Fury – there’s a gripping beach read for everyone!  To enter you need to visit the website and enter your details by 13^th August 2015 – good luck!
• Has your family BBQ seen better days?  Crusted on food, rusty metalwork and wobbly legs – sounds like ours!  Enter the competition being run by The Daily Express and you could be winning a shiny new all-singing, all-dancing gas BBQ, branding irons and a stash of Old Jamaica ginger beer to wash all that BBQ food down with!  To enter you simply need to supply your details at the website by the closing date of 13^th August 2015 – easy!
• Do you love gardening?  Fancy winning free plants for life to spruce it up year on year – I bet you do!  This is the amazing prize being given away by Thompson & Morgan in one of their current photo competition.  The prize entitles the winner to £100 to spend on plants every single year – that’s an awful lot of flowers, shrubs and trees!  To enter you need to submit a photo showing the great results your plants have achieved by using some of the brand’s Incredi-range of premium fertilisers.  There are some great tips on taking fabulous plant pictures on the website, but make sure you get your entries in by the closing date of 2^nd October 2015 – happy growing!

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

Kirsty x