Category Archives: Competitions

  • 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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  • By: Miss Thrifty
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  • Posted: December 22, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

WINNERS: How To Look Good Naked book giveaway

Thanks to all who entered the How To Look Good Naked…Can Change Your Life book giveaway. Congratulations to the two winners: Emma (commenter #6) and Julie Sutherland (commenter #13)!  The winning numbers were picked out of Photo Matt’s virtual hat. … Continue reading

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COMPETITION: Win a 42″ LG Flatscreen TV

Want to win a 42″ LG LCD Flatscreen TV? There’s a new giveaway over at Coolest Gadgets – and one lucky entrant is going to have a very Happy Christmas. Here is the win a TV competition page. If you … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 19
  • Posted: December 13, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

BOOK GIVEAWAY: How to Look Good Naked…Can Change Your Life

Here’s another book giveaway – and this time I have two copies to be won! How to Look Good Naked…Can Change Your Life is a glossy hardbacked book, based on the successful UK television series, which is filled with pictures, … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 22
  • Posted: November 4, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

BOOK GIVEAWAY: On The Plot With ‘Dirty Nails’

If, like me, you like growing your own vegetables but you are no Bunny Guinness, this little book is something of a godsend. Why? Well, it is jam-packed with handy hints, which is good. But what makes this book great … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: September 17, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

Money Supermarket Competition: Win £500

The price comparison site Money Supermarket is running a video competition called Let’s Have The Savings! The winner gets £500 prize money. To enter, you have to make a short video of yourself as you embark on a fun way … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 31
  • Posted: September 2, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

GIVEAWAY: Win Threadless tees!

Threadless makes great T-shirts and posts them around the world. So when a new voucher codes website got in touch, proffering Threadless freebies for Miss Thrifty readers, my inner hipster sat up straight. Here’s the deal: 1. Visit the website: … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: July 26, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

COMPETITION: fantasise about your dream wedding and win £500.

Optimal Print, which produces business cards, wedding invitations and the like, is running a wedding-themed competition. You don’t have to be affianced to enter, though. First prize is £500. Second prize is an iPod Touch. Third prize is, erm, a … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 2
  • Posted: July 19, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

Britain’s Most Thrifty Family?

A nice TV researcher from a production company called Betty asked me to post this request. Happy to oblige… Does your Dad wrap your Christmas presents in newspaper? Does you Mum ration your loo roll? Or are you a proud … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
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  • Posted: June 10, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

COMPETITION: Win a 42″ TV!

The LG LF7700 has a 42″ screen (i.e. it’s huge) and retails at £850. According to this review, it is swish in appearance and has an integrated Freesat HD tuner. Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 1
  • Posted: May 10, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

News of the World COMPETITION: Live Like An MP For A Year!

UK residents aged 18 or over can enter this News of the World competition.The winner receives £75,000, to fund a year of trumped-up bills and decadent living. Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
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  • Posted: May 6, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

COMPETITION: Win £1000.

Thanks go to Miss Thrifty reader Sarah, who wrote in with the news that Baco (as in Bacofoil) is running a prize draw to win £1,000 cash. Go to the competition website to enter. The site also features money-off vouchers … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: May 3, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

COMPETITION: Win A Credit Crunch Wedding

For £999, couples get a civil ceremony-average cost £520- evening DJ and disco (£850), a wedding planner (£150 to £300), function rooms and catering (£5,700). Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 3
  • Posted: April 29, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

COMPETITION: Your rent or mortgage paid for a year.

The first prize is your rent or mortgage paid for a year, to a maximum value of £10,000. Hmm, a relatively modest mortgage then. Not that I’m complaining, mind. Continue reading

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Fancy being on telly?

Production company Tern TV is currently making a thrifty-themed series for Sky. The researchers are looking for willing case studies. Apparently they are Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 1
  • Posted: April 21, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

Win a Holiday Home: A New Competition

There’s another “win a house” competition on the block: this one (left) is a Grade II* listed cottage in the Cotswolds. The 350-year-old stone property, located in Broadway village, is located 20 minutes drive from Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon. It comes … Continue reading

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