Aussie Mega Shampoo

This little surprise turned up the other day - a bottle of Aussie Mega Shampoo personalised with my name! Sadly my camera was not in the mood to take a decent photo of it.

Value: £5.99
2013 Total: £2465.81

Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art

My first win from Waterstones in a long time. It's a very large, in depth guide to Japanese Art, complete with lots of information and many glossy pictures. A very good guide if that's what you're interested in.

Value: £40.00
2013 Total: £2459.83

A hundred Pieces of Me by Lucy Dillon

A way way advanced copy of 'A hundred pieces of me' by Lucy Dillon (it's not due out till Feb next year!) It came with a very pretty slipcase and matching notebook.

Value: £6.99
2013 Total: £2419.82

Lots of spoilers, so review is on goodreads here

£100 HoF Giftcard

Amazing win!! A £100 Giftcard for House of Fraser. I cannot wait to go shopping!

Value: £100
2013 Total: £2412.83

Tesco Finest Chocolate

A freebie from a bzz campaign - two bars of Tesco Finest Chocolate. It's really yummy and very, very chocolatey.

Value: £1.50 each
2013 Total: £2312.83

£2 McCain Voucher

McCain were giving out a £2 off voucher to the first 1000 people to follow them on twitter!

Value: £2.00
2013 Total: £2309.83

Babycham Glasses

A pair of limited edition glasses to celebrate Babycham's 60th anniversary.

Value: No idea, I'll just say £1 each.
2013 Total: £2307.83

Jumper from omgfashion

So it turns out jumpers are really hard to photograph?
This was a win from omgfashion on twitter. I must admit I was kind of expecting it to be a bit cheap and scratchy, but it's actually really, really nice. Lovely and soft, very cosy and warm for the winter months!

Value: £12
2013 Total: £2305.83

£20 John Lewis Voucher

This was a win from the start of the August which has finally turned up! The company in question dragged their feet a bit but at least it's here at last (and perfect timing too, I really need some new clothes!)


Value: £20
2013 Total: £2293.83

Marc Jacobs Daisy Perfume

A fab win from Scentsational perfumes! A bottle of Marc Jacobs Daisy. I've always wanted a Marc Jacobs perfume because the bottles are such fab designs! I love the massive flowers, and it smells lovely too!

Value: £48.00
2013 Total: £2273.83

Wonderland Wigs Giftbox

A lovely win from Wonderland Wigs, a giftbox containing lots of goodies! It all came lovely packaged in a black box with pink ribbon. Inside it contains:

Hair Extensions - £8.99
False Eyelashes - £4.79
Crystal Wire Extensions - £9.99 (These look really funky!)
Hair Bumpit - £2.99
Hair Bands - £0.99
Hair Clips - £1.99

Value: £29.74
2013 Total: £2225.83

Tango Goodies

Tango are so good to me :) I haven't even finished everything I won before! These goodies aren't from a competition this time. They were asking people to fill in a survey for them and we got sent all this as a reward! Very generous!

Value: £3.27
2013 Total: £2196.09

Never Coming Back by Tim Weaver

Another o2 freebie - a copy of Never Coming Back by Tim Weaver.

Value: £7.99
2013 Total:  £2192.82

Hollow Pike by James Dawson

This freebie came from the box of OMG. A lot of the stuff I get in these boxes is a bit hit-or-miss but this book was a nice surprise!

Value: £5.24
2013 Total: £2184.83

Hollow Pike Review

Sadly, I wasn't hugely impressed with this overall.

The way the characters spoke bothered me, especially at the start of the book where it felt like everyone spoke like they were in Mean Girls. I felt especially vindicated when later on the main character actually watches Mean Girls, so I guess I was right. The author watched this film and now thinks all teenage girls talk this way. And it's really irritating.

I didn't really care for any of the group of friends, none of them had much of a personality and I felt like the love interest in particular was lacking a few brain cells. He annoyed me.

The plot could have been good, it had so much potential from the blurb but sadly it didn't pay off. The twist at the ending was really lame and the culprit felt more like a panto-villain than anything actually scary.

Mentos Pure Fresh Gum

Mentos were giving out vouchers for a free pack of their new gum in a resealable pack. I like the gum, it's very fresh and minty.

Value: 59p
2013 Total: £2179.59