Day 2 - Thursday 21st November

After the huge excitement of entering the Lucozade competition the day before I was brought straight back down to earth today after receiving a heart wrenching response from The Lucozade Energy Team.  I'm too upset to write more but the picture below says it all.

Terrible news from Lucozade

Day 1 - Wednesday 20th November

After the excitement of coming up with a new challenge, I sat at work quite frustrated, itching for a competition to come my way.  Being unable to seek them out though left me sitting at my desk just waiting for something to happen.  It was then that I noticed my colleague's empty Lucozade bottle sitting on her desk with the words 'Win with the YES Project' emblazoned on the side of it.  This was just the start I wanted.  I want to win and I'm saying YES to prize opportunities.  The YES project is exactly what I am looking for!

Unwrapping my first competition entry

I eagerly logged onto their website and then followed the 'on bottle' instructions, carefully stripping away the outer packaging in search of a hidden code beneath.  Bottle now naked, the code came into view and all I had to do was enter it into their system and give them loads of personal information and I was in the running to win a £100 gig voucher.  I knew this because once I clicked enter I immediately checked my email where awaiting me was the message 'Congratulations - you've just entered The YES Project and are in the running to win a £100 gig ticket voucher.  It really was that simple.  As the email went on to advise me, all I need to do now is wait for them to contact me tomorrow which they promise to do if I am indeed a winner.  Exciting times.    

The Lucozade Energy Team kindly get in touch

Measure the Treasure

I was recently standing in a queue at the local cinema waiting to purchase my traditional helping of large nacho's (with 2 cheese dips) when the woman in front of me decided to take an age to decide on her order.  She had inadvertently placed herself in the hilarious situation of calling her husband who was at the checkout on the floor below us (for reasons unknown) and creating the misunderstanding of convincing him she was asking him to place the order for her whereas in fact she was telling him what she was going to buy.  Here comes the funny bit - amid the confusion they both ended up buying the same snacks for each other, spending double the money.

Meanwhile, I'm left lingering behind her, in the slightly uncomfortable position of being at the cinema alone and therefore having nobody to talk to.  So to occupy my time I allow my eyes to start browsing the wall behind the counter and it is there that I spot the tantalising offer of the chance to win a free diet coke by asking for a scratch card when placing your order.  What a waste of time I thought, I bet nobody ever asks for their chance to win.

But as I left the cinema that evening I was unable to shake the free offer from my mind.  What if, I thought, I were to enter every competition I see, would I be able to turn a profit?  And would it make life easier, happier?  My track record is pretty good.  I am currently the proud winner of three consecutive 'Name the Bear' competitions, making me the not so proud owner of three teddy bears.  But what if I could transfer this talent onto items and rewards that I actually want?  As the saying goes, you've got to be in it to win it.

With that in mind I have decided to make a record of every single competition or prize that I sign up to win for the next 3 months.  I will look to see whether I am making a profit or a loss.  It's not my job to seek out these offers, but more not reject them if and when they cross my path.  I'm going to measure the treasure.