To pique your interest a bit I thought I’d note a few movies for you to check out about prize winners. I actually love watching other people win prizes, unless that means I am losing the same prize. In any case, check these out and keep following our progress to see which of us wins a prize first!
Leave it to the Dutch and their weird humour to make a contest really fun to enter. Since this one depends on more friends entering, let me know if you want an invitation and I’ll send you the link to the jokiest contest.
I took a break from contests last night, after the shock of seeing how far R was ahead of me. But today, I gritted my teeth and entered a few more contests and entered:
Apprently R and I have inspired my sister and she has already entered three contests as well. I asked her if she wanted to blog here too, but she declined. I suspect she just doesn’t want other people to know about her contests and become competition.
Jan 1st: (all online)
-Win A Gift Package From D-Tox! (trivia and The Beatles!)
-Win Humphrey Bogart: The Essential Collection! (Bogie rules!)
-Win $500 With Tribute ($)
-WIN A True Grit Prize Pack! (my husband wants to see the movie)
-Win A $1,000 Gift Card At EB Games! (one of my husband?s favorite stores)
Jan. 3rd: (all online)
-Win A William Sonoma Cookware Prize Package Worth $490! (I like cooking!)
-Win 1 Of 3 $5,000 Sears Shopping Sprees! (shopping!)
-Win A $1,000 Gift Card From Either SportChek, Home Depot Or WaySpa! (shop x 2)
-Win A Blue Nile Signature Diamond! (a girl’s best friend)
-Win A Head Backpack, Columbia Backpack Or Bolle Goggles! (I paid $3 for the backpack I currently own)
Jan. 5th: (online)
-Win $1000 Tom Lee gift card (I’d like to buy my Dad a new guitar)
– Win A Costco Prize Package Valued At $2,827! (Wii games are fun)
Jan 6th: (online)
-Win A $5,000 Air Canada Vacations Voucher! (I want to fly away)
-Win A 6-night Trip For 2 To New Zealand Valued At $9,000! (New Zealand looks great in January!)
Jan. 7th: (online)
-RedFlagDeals.com New Year’s Getaway Contest! (I need to get away!)
-Win a Grocery Gift Card (A girl’s gotta eat!)
-Win a Triumph Underwear Prize Pack (We all need underwear.)
Jan. 8th (online)
-Win A Trip For 2 To Any Sandals Resort In Jamaica Valued At $5,000! (I need to get away!)
Jan. 10th
-Win The Abracadabra Fantasy Holiday Makeup Collection, Valued At $250! (I am a makeup addict.)
-Win A Trip To Spain, France, Italy, Or Greece! (Definitely want to go to any of the places mentioned; also they’re giving away George Foreman grills!)
-Win A VIP Experience To The LG FIS Snowboard World Cup! (Actually, I just want to see one of my best friends who lives in Calgary)
Jan. 12th
-Win A GoPro Hero 960 High-Definition Camera! (I love hi def!) – online
-Win Canucks tickets (I can’t get enough Canucks hockey.) in store at Golden Spoon
Jan. 14th (online)
–Win A BluRay Player! (I need one for the bedroom.)
–Win a basket of anti-aging products by Valmont (Sadly, I need these now.)
Jan. 15th (online)
-Win $10,000 In Grocery Gift Cards! (mmm…food)
– Win 1 Of 2 Prizes Of A 2-night Trip For 2 To Lake Louise, Valued At $5,000! (I’ll take a trip anywhere.)
– Win 1 Of 3 64 GB IPod Touches Valued At $429 Each! (Our iPod got stolen.)
– Another iPod contest!
Jan. 18th (by mail)
-a consumer survey that took FOREVER to complete, but I could win $5000 and I figure I’m the only person who’ll waste time filling it out!
Before Christmas, in the retro atmosphere of the Waldorf Hotel, two friends made a vow for New Years: enter as many contests as possible and see who wins the most prizes. Now, I’ve always considered myself a lucky person, not in terms of height or mathematical skill, but in my ability to win prizes. My interrupted winning streak started at age six when my parents took me to a church bazaar and I won an enormous bottle of Andre’s wine. My Dad tried to look happy, but being a painter, he already had his share of paint stripper. Since that first momentous win, I have won play tickets, gift baskets from The Body Shop, Lush, and Sephora, Canucks tickets, and a number of other prizes worth less than $300. So, yeah I don’t win big, but I do win relatively frequently.
The rules of this contest are very simple. My friend and I will enter as many contests as possible. I don’t think it matters if we enter the same contests or not, but the contest entries must be free. This is because I am as cheap as I am lucky. My willingness to do odd things to win will vary depending on whether my common sense or extremely competitive nature comes out on top. I am only entering contests that offer prizes I would actually want or would like to give to someone close to me. At the end of all this, whoever wins the most will take the “loser” out for a nice dinner and very delicious cocktails at the Waldorf Hotel in January 2012, should the world still be here.
So, start your pools now. Who’s going to win? As the days and months go by, you will learn more about us. Discuss amongst your friends and family which of the two of us seems to have the luckier profile, star sign (I’m a Cancer under the old zodiac and a Gemini under the new, BTW), and track record.
On my to-do list for the day: more contests!
My plan was to enter all of the Georgia Straight’s contests. These are the ones I entered:
Matt also sent me a link to a Boardgame Geek contest: winning the Alvin & Dexter Ticket to Ride Monster Expansion.
And then I ran out of steam on this project for the night.
Just to make sure I don’t fall behnd, I entered the Vincor Canada contest for a trip for four to go spend Mardi Gras in New Orleans. $7500 value, I can’t win because I’ll be refused time off at work. Thus the bind I am in means I have a good chance of winning as fate will want to mess with me.
First official day of the contest and I realize the contest I wanted to enter (for a porcelain Moomin mug and plate set) was for EU residents only. Doh!
So instead I entered the MTV Can Sex Friends Stay Friends $5000 contest. I just googled contests and that’s what came up. I’m desperate to not fall behind, you see.
I have no idea what $5000 has to do with sex friends, unless it’s because one needs to purchase the services of said sex friends.
So two women of my acquaintance have decided to challenge each other to enter contests this year. This blog will be the log.
I don’t judge them, just their results. The object of the game is to enter contests, and win contests.
I am sure both women will judge the real winner to be the one who wins the most prizes, in terms of cash value. I will also try to track the number of entries and the number of wins. If all goes well, they’ll update daily with the contests they have entered (and, if they’re lucky, won).
Any other terms? Not really. A contest means a contest: paid-entry lotteries don’t count. Any free-to-enter challenge (whether judged by a test of skill or essentially by chance) does.
The challenge started January 1st, the updates start now. Entries end December 31st, but any wins that happen after the end of the year still count. GO!