Ecover free samples competition

How cool would it be to not have to think about laundry for a whole week? Imagine it – someone turns up, collects your dirty washing, and brings it back clean, like magic! It would be amazing wouldn’t it?

Well, that’s what you can win in today’s competition, all thanks to the very lovely people at Ecover. Ecover are all about lightening the load when it comes to laundry, as you’ll remember from their support with my 23 super cool laundry hacks, and they are firm believers that there are better things to do in life than washing. One lucky person then will have the laundry load taken away completely for a week, hopefully freeing you up to do something much more fun instead! View Post

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Seriously, it’s gigantic! And I’m giving one away over on Instagram until March 23rd, so if you fancy winning this beauty, get yourself over there now.

I don’t need to say more than that do I?

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Most Friday nights go something like this:

Me: “What do you fancy doing this weekend?”

Belle, sighing heavily: “Nothing.”

Me: “You don’t fancy a fun outing somewhere?”

Belle: “No. I just want to watch TV.”

Hmmm.

That’s no fun is it? I mean, she is 13, and she’s meant to hate me I know, but come on, it’s the weekend! What generally happens though is that we drag her out, she sulks for about the first twenty minutes, and then it’s like the clouds in her head part, and she starts to have fun. Once she gets over that idea that she has to have a miserable time, to make a point, she’s brilliant company and we have a lovely time.

Mini golf is one of her favourites, and she loves a spot of dressing up, but she even lets me take her to places like Gnome World. She’s a good sport.

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WallSnaps personalised wall art competition voucher code

Ta DA ta DA!!

*fanfare*

It’s competition time! I love a competition, but I haven’t had one for a while, so I’m excited :-)

This is an example of my excited face: View Post

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Recently I wrote a post for The National Trust about this year’s Christmas wrapping theme. The idea behind it was to show that with minimal cost and effort, you can produce something handmade that looks pretty cool and makes people think you’re generally very thoughtful and kind.

Christmas wrapping themes

If you fancy turning your hand to something homemade this Christmas, why not enter the National Trust’s handmade Christmas competition and snaffle yourself a prize in the process?

How to enter the National Trust handmade Christmas competition

There are a total of 11 prizes up for grabs – first prize is a bundle of craft and foodie treats, worth £50, and there are 10 runners up prizes of dark chocolate and ginger truffles. (Yum.) View Post

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Fancy yourself swooshing down the slopes? Like the idea of sipping a little something in the evening, feet warming by a fire, admiring the snowy views?

Well, good news – all you need is a child aged between 6 and 11, and a packet of felt tips. It’s couldn’t be simpler!

The competition is being run by Goodyear, the tire people, and is all about reinventing the wheel. Yes, yes, I know the idea is that you don’t reinvent the wheel, but Goodyear is all about innovation – cars wouldn’t be much use in the snow if they still used solid wood cart wheels would they? In the case of tires, progress is definitely a good thing.

The competition is to celebrate the launch of the new Goodyear winter tire – the UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 – and to enter, Goodyear are inviting children aged 6 – 11 to design the tires of the future, using their favourite Goodyear template. The tires should be practical for snowy weather, but funky too – let your imagination run wild.

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Guess what? I have another competition for you up my sleeves! I know, another one! I bet you’re glad you still read this blog aren’t you?

This competition isn’t to win something for your kids, which is always nice, but to win something for you. Or for someone who is a bit like you that you haven’t got a Christmas present for yet.

If you’re an avid Slummy enthusiast, then you may remember a few years ago when Bee got some lovely clothes from Joe Browns and all of her dreams came true, including THAT dress. You know, the lovely yellow one with the pretty pattern on it that I secretly wished was mine.

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As it is the season of giving, I have another new giveaway for you all! How generous am I?!

This time I’m giving away something lovely to drink, (wait, why are you automatically assuming it is gin?) from one of my favourite tea companies, Piacha. So not gin at all, but tea. Which is a lot better for you in the long run and dare I say it, even tastier.

Piacha is not only an online tea store but is also a tea bar on the very glamorous Upper Street in Islington. If I lived in London I would be going there to do my work all the time. In Taunton, when I’m not in my office, I have the choice between Starbucks or Costa, and it all gets a bit depressing after a while.

Why do Taunton cafes not have beautiful things like this? Christmas mulled tea Piacha 1_s

In fact, if you DO live in London and are a freelancer without a desk, I would highly recommend Piacha as a place to go and work. They have a lovely range of teas specially brewed for you to order and relaxing and grown up jazz music is always playing in the background, in amongst chic designer ornaments and pretty things to make tea with. When I visited as part of my London cafe crawl, I felt very proper and grown up indeed sat in there with my laptop doing my work.

I know that most of you don’t live in London, so if Piacha sounds like your kind of place, you can recreate it in your own home by entering my giveaway!

I’m giving the lucky winner a set of coloured teas, one of each colour, which you will get to choose, should you win. Each colour represents a different type of tea – black, green, oolong, herbal, white and rooibos/hibiscus. The prize would not be complete without something special to make your tea in so we’re throwing in a stainless steel tea infuser as well, so you can feel like you are in a glamorous and grown up tea bar even when you are just in your own kitchen that, if it’s anything like mine, usually has a dollop of ketchup encrusted on the counter top.

Piacha tea

To win, all you have to do is take a look at the website and decide which tea you think looks like your cup of tea. (See what I did there?) Leave your answer in a comment on this post, and make sure you let me know you’ve done it in the Rafflecopter widget. There are lots of other ways to enter too – do as many as you can!

The competition will close on Piacha’s first birthday – 16th December at midnight. Good luck!

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UK and over 18s only. The winner will be notified within 7 days and has 30 days to claim their prize. Judge’s decision final. By entering the competition you agree to be contacted by Slummy single mummy and Piacha for marketing purposes. You are free to unsubscribe at any time.

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Yet another competition! I’m just too good to you. I’m just throwing competitions at you, you’re entering them to win lovely things… I think this relationship is working really well, don’t you?

This week I have a great competition for you courtesy of Muddy Puddles, a company that’s committed to making durable, practical and protective clothing that ensures your children can go outdoors whatever the weather. Their clothing is particularly useful for those times when you have had a particularly stressful day and ask the kids if they would ‘like to go and play outside for a bit’ when what you really mean is ‘get out of the house for an hour so I can drink this cup of tea and look at a magazine in peace’. Now you can kick the kids outside whatever the weather! Or take them on a wholesome family walk, whichever you prefer.

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It was back in April that I first discovered Lily & Me. We were away for the weekend at Ladram Bay in Devon, and we happened upon the House of Marbles. It was one of those wonderfully random places – a marble museum, tea shop and mini shopping centre all in one, stocking lots of lovely local brands, including Lily & Me.

I was drawn to the Lily & Me rail because of the beautiful patterns and got sucked in by the soft fabrics and gorgeous shapes, which looked like they would be really easy to wear, yet flattering and stylish at the same time. I got in touch, as I was interested in the brand, and discovered that the company is run by a fantastic family team. After some chatting, I paid them a visit last month to their design barn in the Cotswolds and found out all about how Lily & Me came to be, and their plans for the future.

Lily & Me is all about pattern. I met their designer, and learnt about the process behind coming up with new designs and colours for every season. I could reveal secrets about the spring/summer range for next year, but I would have to kill you, and that could get me in trouble. View Post

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Christmas is nearly here. It’s basically only a few days away, right? With that in mind, I have a present for you! Well, the opportunity to win a present.

I’m giving away a little selection of goodies from Belle & Boo. Belle is an adorable little bob-haired girl and Boo is her small bunny companion. As you can imagine, all of the products are really cute. Cute coming out of their ears. 

As well as the lovely characters and the beautiful quality of the products, I particularly love the fact that the company is based in Bristol. One of my favourite things about Bristol when I lived there was all of the independent shops and brands that sold lots of pretty things that you can’t find anywhere else. Luckily though, Belle & Boo products are all available online, if you don’t fancy a trip to Bristol to find them.

I’ve really loved this company for a while now, especially because I have my very own Belle, and so they make ace presents for her. It’s not that I have deliberately given my children names that lend themselves to gifts, but it wouldn’t really be Christmas without Bee saying “Oh wow… a fridge magnet with a bee on it… yay… thanks…” 

I have a lovely little bundle of things for give away today, not least this cool snowman wall sticker, which you put together yourself as individual stickers:

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bake-a-wishDo you miss the Bake Off? I do. Mid weeks are just not the same without that precious hour of sugar, butter and flour fuelled escapism.

Fear not though, baking need not have disappeared from your life altogether! To support the annual Bake-A-Wish fundraising, this October Fairy are partnering with Make-A-Wish® UK to encourage the nation to get their baking hats on and share their festive recipes, as part of a competition to find the UK’s best festive cake.

Inspiration comes from research that shows 35% of us don’t even like Christmas cake, and around two thirds of us are turning to less traditional alternatives, like chocolate cake or red velvet cake. Your recipe should be as imaginative as possible, and the competition closes on October 23rd, so get your special chef’s thinking cap on.

Maybe something like this?

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