£10 Co-Op Voucher

A very useful prize from a daily Co-Op competition - a £10 voucher! I have a shop just down the road from me so this will come in very handy!

Value: £10.00
2013 Total: £2179

Candyland Sour Snakes

My second win from Candyland's sweet giveaway - a pack of sour snakes!

Value: 65p
2013 Total: £2169

The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden

My first win from the mag dailies - a copy of 'The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden' by Jessica Sorensen. This has had some fab reviews so I'm excited to start reading it :)

Value: £7.99
2013 Total: £2168.35

The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden Review
Ho and hum. I really hated this at first. The writing is seriously, seriously atrocious. I don't think it ever saw the inside of an editors office. But the thing is, I am an absolute sucker for a love story. And once this got going it was a very cute love story. I actually think I would have preferred it without all the torture, torture dramarama because so much of that had me rolling my eyes and laughing at loud (I think I was supposed to be 'moved'. Oops.) The dialogue is clunky in places, nobody talks like that in real life. A lot of the minor characters are kind of like bad caricatures (Daisy, I'm looking at you). Also Callie wrapped her legs round his waist EVERY time they kissed, who does that?! (No one, is the answer.)
Still. I did kind of like it by the time it finished. It helps to skim read so you don't notice the bad grammar as much. I might even try and read the next one!

Pouch of Echo Falls Wine

When I had the WEM for this I was expecting a small pouch of wine, but this is huge! It's 1.5ml which is the equivalent of 2 bottles of wine, but much lighter with less packaging. It doesn't look quite as classy to carry about though haha! ;)

Value:  £9.99
2013 Total: £2160.36

Bodyshop Hand Cream

Vouchercodes.co.uk were giving out vouchers for a free hand cream from Body Shop - my mum loves rose scented stuff so I picked this up for her. I've had a sneaky sniff and it smells gorgeous!

Value: £5.00
2013 Total: £2150.37

Candyland Refresher Gums

Candyland Refresher Gums Review

Candyland are a new (I think) sweet company, and they've been doing several giveaways on Facebook recently. I won a pack of Refresher Gums and have to say they are really yummy! They're juicy and full of flavour, and kind of taste like a mixture of fruit pastilles and wine gums. Yum!

Value: 65p
2013 Total: £2145.37

Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

This is another freebie courtesy of topcashback - they were offering 100% cashback up to £5 on book purchases from Amazon, so I used the opportunity to buy Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver. I got the money back a few days later! This is book 2 of the Delirium trilogy - I won book 1 awhile back and loved it, so I'm super excited to start reading this!

Value: £3.86
2013 Total: £2144.72

You can find my review for Panemonium on GoodReads (it contains spoilers so didn't want to post it here).

Bottle of FruitBroo

FruitBroo Review

I have been so excited about FruitBroo ever since I discovered it via a competition - it's a fruit concentrate that goes in hot drinks, the bottles have such a funky design and the flavours all look delicious! They were giving away thousands on Facebook and I didn't win a single one and I was so upset - then two weeks later they were giving away one bottle on twitter and I managed to win that instead!

The bottle is a lot smaller than I imagined but it says it makes 15 cups so it's pretty good value for the price. I received 'Apple, Ginger & Spice' flavour which is really warming in the autumn and winter months - quite festive too! The only gripe I have with it is that I felt the flavour wasn't quite strong enough - I'll probably have to use an extra spoonful of syrup next time to see if that helps. That being said I would still quite happily buy FruitBroo in the future - it makes a great alternative to other winter drinks, and it adds some much needed variety into this market.

Value: £2.50
2013 Total: £2140.86

Little Mermaid Blu-Ray

This turned up out of the blue the other day - a copy of The Little Mermaid on Blu-Ray. I am really pleased with this one! I love Disney :)

Value: £14.99
2013 Total: £2138.36

Ecover Washing Up Liquid

Won in an instant win - a bottle of Ecover Washing Up Liquid. It smells lovely!

Value: £1.35
2013 Total: £2123.37

£50 Amazon Voucher

Eek! Just received an email from National Express containing a £50 Amazon Voucher. Brightened up my morning!

Value: £50.00

2013 Total: £2122.02

Grace Cole Body Butter

A win from a facebook daily - a tub of Grace Cole body butter. I received strawberry & kiwi and it smells divine!

Value: £5.00
2013 Total: £2072.02

Whose Bed Is It Anyway? by Natalie Anderson

Another win from Goodreads! :)

Value: £3.49
2013 Total: £2067.02

Whose Bed Is It Anyway? Review

This was a bit difficult to start off with. I found both characters quite irritating, and there was a few too many sweethearts and darlings for my liking - there was even an oh my at one point, which gave me bad 50 shades flashbacks. Anyway. Once the story got going it did improve, and by the end I found the whole thing quite cute.

Signed Lovelace Poster

This is a pretty cool win - a Lovelace poster signed by Amanda Seyfried. It's huge though!

Value: Not sure, £9.99?
2013 Total: £2063.53

Rekorderlig Cider

Wowee! An amazing win from twitter - two cases of Rekorderlig Cider. One is passionfruit flavour which is lovely and fruity, really refreshing. The other is orange and ginger, which tastes a lot like gingerbeer, and that is really nice as well! Very pleased!

Value: £30.00 per case
2013 Total: £2053.54

Signed copy of Covet & Crave by Felicity Heaton

A signed copy of 'Covet & Crave' (2 books in one) by Felicity Heaton! :)

Value: £4.49
2013 Total: £1993.54

Cloud Nine Magical Potion

This was my final win from the Stella giveaway in June, here at last! A Magical Quick Dry Potion from Cloud Nine. It looks really pretty, I love the blue colour! It smells SO NICE in my hair as well.

Value: £17.95
Total: £1989. 05

Frizz Ease Smoothing Kit

A surprise win from a daily competition John Frieda were running - they were giving away 200 products at random every day, and these turned up yesterday! 4 sachets of Frizz Ease Miraculous Recovery Conditioner. Although they're only sample size, they add up to 100ml all together which is nearly the same as the full size 125ml pot...and they fit through my letterbox this way, which is nice!

Value: £3.93
2013 Total: £1971.10

Collin's English Dictionary

An o2 freebie - a Collin's English Dictionary. Always handy to have around the house!

Value: £1.49
2013 Total: £1967.17