Category Archives: Competitions

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: November 18, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

Win a building plot on the Isle of Skye

Here’s a win a house competition with a difference: the prize isn’t a property, but a building plot on the beautiful Isle of Skye. It’s a quarter of an acre with outline planning permission, and comes free of all legal … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 2
  • Posted: November 12, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

Threadless T-shirt competition: don’t forget to enter!

Just a quick reminder: the competition to win $30 Threadless vouchers ends today (Friday). Have you got your entry in? If you are new to Threadless, just check out the Threadless.com website. It’s an American T-shirt company with a cult … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 34
  • Posted: November 9, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

GIVEAWAY: win Threadless freebies!

Longtime readers will know that I’m a big Threadless fan. For the uninitiated: Threadless produces great T-shirts with the best designs, and sends them all over the world. I’m delighted to announce that to mark its 10th anniverary and the … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 1
  • Posted: November 3, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

Win a house: just spot the ball!

This win a house competition has a twist: it’s a spot the ball contest! Remember how it was a couple of years ago, when high-profile win a house competitions were ten a penny? I chronicled them faithfully – then all … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 5
  • Posted: September 21, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

COMPETITION WINNER: win a set of gorgeous lingerie

Good luck to everyone who entered the competition to win a set of gorgeous lingeries worth up to £60 from from the hip undies website Lingerie Please. I’m about to draw the winner… Readers could enter via the blog, and … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 227
  • Posted: September 12, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

COMPETITION: win a gorgeous set of lingerie

Another week, another super competition for Miss Thrifty readers! This time we’re giving away superglam matching lingerie from the hip undies website Lingerie Please. Lingerie Please is a one-stop shop for bras, knickers and lingerie sets, with ranges from some … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: September 7, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

COMPETITION WINNER: win a pair of UGG boots

Well, the competition to win a pair of UGG boots was popular! Readers could enter via the blog, and double their chances of winning by entering again on the Miss Thrifty Facebook page, if they were fans. The UGG boots … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 528
  • Posted: August 26, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

COMPETITION: win a pair of UGG boots!

Whooga UK – coming your way! Well, I thought that with the weather suddenly turning so rotten, it was time for a nice woolly giveaway… THE PRIZE: a pair of brand new ugg boots worth up to £150, delivered to … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 1
  • Posted: June 24, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

Miss Thrifty: popping up on Facebook & a blog near you

First things first: I now have a Facebook page for this blog! This spanking new page has been unveiled for a number of reasons: because increasing numbers of you are using Facebook as your personal RSS readers, because one or … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 5
  • Posted: June 19, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

Yorkshire’s Thriftiest Granny: the hunt is on!

Do you know Yorkshire’s Thriftiest Granny? Perhaps you are Yorkshire’s Thriftiest Granny? If your answer to either of these questions is “yes”, I have the perfect competition for you. Yorkshire Water has launched a contest to find… yes, you guessed … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: June 10, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

Had we but world enough, and time…

That Cath Kidston discount I blogged about recently ends next week, on Tuesday 15 June. So if you are planning to take advantage of it, do so soon! On another note… I wondered why I’d had relatively few entries for … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 19
  • Posted: June 6, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

GIVEAWAY: win a copy of SHOO, Jimmy Choo!

“SHOO, Jimmy Choo! is your ticket to becoming a rich girl once and for all!” SHOO, Jimmy Choo!: The Modern Girl’s Guide to Spending Less and Saving More, is the thinking shoe-lover’s guide to financial security. Author Catey Hill, the … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 2
  • Posted: May 25, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

COMPETITION: win MBT shoes

I have been obsessed with these MBT shoes for years, but they are too spendy for me – even when they are on sale, they go for around £80 – £100 a pair – so I was pleased to chance … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 3
  • Posted: February 25, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

WINNER: Win a handbag competition

Whew! Thanks so much to everyone who entered the win a handbag competition. Three hundred and sixty-seven of you got your entries – and your handbag essentials – in before the deadline. Now it’s time to pick the winner! So … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 369
  • Posted: February 18, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

COMPETITION: Win a handbag!

Win a handbag – yes siree. See this one here. You like it? It’s up for grabs. This competition prize has been donated by ThisHandbag: a new site that stocks one handbag at a time, and sells at heavily discounted … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 3
  • Posted: February 8, 2010
  • Category: Competitions

COMPETITION: Win a two-night hotel break

Best Western Hotels is giving away two-night hotel breaks every 30 minutes for 24 hours, from 8 am on Tuesday 9 February. The prizes include dinner, bed and breakfast in a UK Best Western. This is a Twitter comp. I’m … Continue reading

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