£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