Hello everyone! How was your week going, any nice wins to report? Another nice Twitter win here of a £Nothing new for me to report, but it has been a crazy busy week. My children are now officially broken up for the summer – half of me wants to shout “hurrah” and the other half wants to slink away into a quiet corner and forget the fact that I am still not very organised for it. I do love having the children home; it just means I have to juggle everything else around them even more than I usually do. I will end up working some odd hours and comping less often, but it is worth it to be making some fun memories with the children while they are still small and want to be spending time with us! I am sure it won’t be too many more years before the eldest daughter decides that she is too cool to be spending all her summer holidays with her parents, and will want to be off with her friends instead – so better make the most of them while we can.
One way I try to keep everything juggling in the air during the summer holidays is to use more convenience and pre-packed foods. That isn’t to say we live on ready meals, but where we might have eggs, toast and cereal if we are having a leisurely breakfast, if we are in a rush or I am working then the children might just have a pot of yogurt, some fruit and granola for breakfast instead. If we do this however I like to make sure we get good quality ingredients and brands, so I don’t feel so bad about not cooking form scratch every meal of the day.
When I do the first summer holidays shop this weekend I will be picking up some multipacks of Activia yogurts. Both me and my eldest suffer somewhat from digestive issues, and like to take a daily live culture yogurt to keep everything running as it should. As an added bonus Activia are running a fabulous promotion at the moment to win 1,000s of Happy Days! Pick up a promotional pack of the popular yogurts and enter the promotional code at http://www.activiahappydays.com/ to find out instantly if you have won one of 2,000 vouchers to be used at buyagift.com. There are 250 x £1.000 vouchers, 500 x £500 vouchers and 1,250 x £150 vouchers to be won, and all unsuccessful entries get a 25% off code too. If you are a winner you could be spending your vouchers on whatever you fancy including maybe a short break in Europe, indoor skydiving, an animal experience or a family trip to the theatre – lots to choose from whatever your interests. If you win you can choose to use the whole voucher in one go, or split it over several experiences. Each promotional code can only be used once; you can enter multiple times but can only win one prize during the promotion. All entries need to be in by 23:59 on 30th September 2015, so pick up a few packs this weekend and you could be winning some Happy Days with Activia!
If days out and experiences are on your Wish List, here are some other fab comps for you have a go at this weekend:
Summer is here, so how would you like to spend it with a loved one on one of three spontaneous nights out? One Stop Convenience Stores on Facebook are giving you the chance to win either a luxury afternoon tea for two, £100 of Restaurant Choice vouchers or £100 Love2Shop vouchers – each prize comes with a bottle of Echo Falls Fruit Fusions wine too! To enter simply use the Facebook app by the closing date of 23:59 on 20th July 2015.
Fancy taking the family on a fun day out to a Gulliver’s Theme Park this summer? Baby Swap or Shop is giving away 3 x family tickets to one of the fabulous family friendly theme parks in Bath, Warrington or Milton Keynes. The parks are designed for children aged two – 13, so it doesn’t matter if you have a toddler or a teen; there really is something for everyone! To enter register with or log in at the website and answer the question (Our advice – 3) by the closing date of 20th July 2015.
If you have children or grandchildren I bet you are familiar with the Horrible Histories series of books and TV programme. Well there is a series of stage plays too – the latest offering being Barmy Britain. This fun and silly show introduces the audience to the craziest characters in British history using sketches, music and audience participation. To win a family ticket to see the show at the Garrick Theatre in London visit the London Calling website before the closing date of 20th July 2015 and enter you details.
Do you have a nature lover in your family, or maybe a Lego lover or a Lego-loving nature fan? Whatever their interest pop over to the Boo Roo & Tigger Too blog to enter their competition to win a family ticket to the Sea Life Centre in Birmingham, in conjunction with their Lego City Deep Sea Experience attraction, which will be running throughout the summer months. To enter use the Gleam app before the closing date of 24th July 2015, and you can tweet daily for extra entries too.
Fancy a family trip to the zoo this summer? I have very fond memories of going to London Zoo as a child with my family, and my children both love anything to do with animals now. Yours online is giving five lucky winners the chance to visit Woburn Safari Park to meet their resident elephants, wildebeest and lions! Enter your email address at the website for a chance to win, and you can enter every day until the closing date of 29th July 2015 for extra entries.
Happy weekend comping everyone, and lots of Lucky dust to you all!
Kirsty x
