Hampertastic!

I had some super news at the weekend from Emma - I've won the Kerrygold hamper in her recipe competition at her Bagladee Reviews site! Yippee, those cheddar cheese truckles won't last for long in thie house I can tell you. Of course, the chocolate will be winging its way over to JoJo in Japan, who pointed me in the direction of the competition - thanks Jo!

I also popped into the APC Express depot to fetch a parcel which turned out to be a selection of Hipp Organic baby foods with a bowl and bib set, a prize from Mother & Baby magazine. Luckily the best before dates aren't till 2010!

Prizes today:
Hipp Organic Stage 2 hamper - £15
Kerrygold Hamper - £25

Total 2009 prize value:
£9,804

Yet another Magnum moment

Whoops! I forgot about this prize and just remembered when I saw the card in my purse! A win from the final Magnum draw, meaning I won £40 in total from the promotion. I've still got uneaten stickless Magnums filling up my freezer!

Prizes today:

Pre-paid £10 Maestro card

Total 2009 prize value:

£9,764

A simple prize

I drove over to Arnold this morning to receive a parcel that had mysteriously gone to my old house! Turned out to be a Simple goodie bag from the Times Online, and I'd just forgotten to update my address online!

Prizes today:

Simple goodie bag - £20

Total 2009 prize value:

£9,754

Tasty London!

I was a lucky winner on the TimeOut website today - an annual membership to Taste London - yum!

Prizes today:

Annual Taste London membership - £69.95

Total 2009 prize value:

£9,734

Kerrygold Garlic Butter on my shopping list!

I've just spotted a tasty hamper giveaway on Emma's Bagladee Review website!

To enter, I need to concoct a recipe using Kerrygold garlic butter and post it here on my blog - I've adapted one of my favourite Spanish tapas dishes for this! Now I feel hungry, and nothing to eat in the house except Doritos and McVities biscuits... argh!

Garlic Mushrooms with Sherry

Take 400g of mixed mushrooms (you can use button and chestnut, or try some exciting wild ones like oyster & chanterelles) and chop roughly. Heat two 20g portions of Kerrygold garlic butter in a pan and add one small chopped onion. Cook gently for about 10 minutes, then turn up the heat and add the mushrooms. Cook for about 5 minutes until soft, then add 150ml sherry (fino or amontillado - not Harvey's Bristol Cream!) and a pinch of nutmeg. Finally, stir in a handful of chopped flat leaf parsley and season to taste.

Yum!

Fluttering my eyelashes....

Not much of a surprise to receive one of these today, as there were 7,000 mascaras to be won! Still, I make a point of NEVER paying for mascara so it's gratefully received... thanks Rimmel!

Prizes today:

Rimmel The Max Mascara - £6.49

Total 2009 prize value:

£9,674

Time Out Tokyo

A prize from Sky magazine today... not sure if I'll be heading to Tokyo in the near future but as it's my favourite city in the world, I'm sure this guide will definitely come in handy one day!

Prizes today:

Time Out Tokyo guide - £12.99

Total 2009 prize value:

£9,668

mummytips competition: The Earls Court Baby Show

Haven't had chance to blog for ages due to having far too much work on, and then a wonderful 5 day trip to Valencia (oh, and I hadn't won any prizes to tell you about either!) But I've just seen this FAB competition at www.yummymummytips.com to win Baby Show tickets and loads of baby goodies, so I've dusted off my rhyming dictionary and got my fingers crossed....

mummytips: The Saturday Review - The Earls Court Baby Show