Do you know where this picture was taken?

·         Thorpe Park

·         Chessington World of Adventures

·         Alton Towers

·         Legoland

·         Warwick Castle

·         Madame Tussuads

·         Lego Discovery Centre

All you  need to do is have a go at guessing the correct answer in the comments section (below) and if you get it right, you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a Merlin Annual Pass.  

The deadline for entries is this Friday so get guessing!

The game is quite simple; all you need to do is have a pull on the Pup-o-matic (which works in a similar way to a slot machine, but instead of boring fruit symbols you get to play with the Andrex Puppy and his friends) for a chance to win one of thirty top prizes every day for 21 days with a total value of over £20,000.

There’s a whole host of fun things to be won from a Sony Cybershot Digital camera to gift vouchers for all your favourite stores (all chosen by the Facebook fans), as well as many smaller prizes such as money off coupons and Andrex Puppy goodies.

The Facebook page is here, give it a go

Visit Norway are looking for outdoorsy, ordinary people to be the face of their next postcards.

Not only do winners get to feature on the cards, they also win a photo shoot in Northern Norway.

All fans have to do to enter is to upload their photo to mock postcards.

Feel free to enter here: http://www.facebook.com/postcardmodels.

The past year has been tough for everyone, with food prices, bills and unemployment levels on the rise (not to mention the horrendous weather we’ve had recently!) but none more so than for parents bringing up children.

Andrex want to help alleviate some of the financial woes people are facing, and give families some extra money to allow them spend more quality time together.

Andrex is giving people the chance to enter into a draw to win their mortgage (or rent) payments for an entire year – up to the value of £12,000. 

The promotion is running on special packs of Andrex, for one week only in ASDA stores from the 15th of March. Simply sign up at www.andrexpuppypoints.co.uk/asda, enter the code on the inside of pack and you will qualify to one free entry to the competition

So in short …

Step 1 – Buy your special promotional pack of Andrex from ASDA stores from the 15th March (for one week only)

Step 2 – Go to www.andrexpuppypoints.co.uk/asda and sign up

Step 3 – Enter the code on the inside of pack and you will qualify for one free entry into the competition

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Rose at Doodle bread asked us to try out a Doodle Bread kit this week. We had great fun as you can see from the photos.

Doodle Bread has shapes running through every slice.

The colour from Doodle Bread mixes come from powdered vegetables, seeds and grains so it won’t send the kids doolally!

The kit was so easy to use and the step by step instructions ensured that we put our ‘doodle’ in the right place! it was really messy which made it even more exciting, the 3 year old especially liked getting his hands in there.

Once baked they ate the lot in one go. The 3 year old particularly liked the beetroot coloured star in the middle.

The Doodle Bread kit was a real winner and something we’ll definitely use again … in fact we’re going to try out this chocolate and vanilla star loaf recipe next time.

If you’d like the chance to win your own Doodle Bread ‘make your own bread that doesn’t look like anyone else’s in the world, ever’ kit then please leave a comment below. A winner will be picked my my ever present independent adjudicator (aged 5) on Friday 12 February. Open to UK residents only.

Secret Abilities … everyone has them.

Take the husband for example, he can mimic things. He can do ‘the till at IKEA’, Donald Duck and a dolphin which is really useful in our every day life. I think he’s channeling Sgt Larvelle Jones from Police Academy. Clearly he has too much time on his hands.

My secret ability? Well I can spread my toes like a monkey. Not many people can do it … I state proudly as if everyone would love to. Fortunately for you guys I am not about to demonstrate my ability as a) I haven’t painted my toenails in the last three months recently and b) I don’t think Rosie Scribble could take any more video footage of my family, let alone my feet, this week!

So, do you have a secret ability? … or know someone who has (no matter how small). Share it and you could win a prize of £1000. If you don’t have a secret ability, you can always try to fool the judges – you may find that they simply want to believe. Enter here.

Here is an example of a dog with secret abilities. It can actually smell true love. If only it were my dog, I could make a fortune.

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The Netherlands is where it all started for Douwe Egberts, some 250 years ago, and we’ve been following the fascinating stories behind coffee ever since. We love hearing about your ideal endings to the coffee story – the kind of special coffee moments that you look forward to enjoying, week after week.

In return for sharing, we’re inviting one lucky winner and their friend to experience where it all began.

The prize

You’ll enjoy 3 nights of 4* accommodation, flights and transfers, £100 spending money and a whole host of Amsterdam’s cultural and culinary delights.

*The winner will be selected as the most original and humorous entry. Closing date is midnight, December 31st 2009.

Click the link below to enter the competition:
http://behindeverycup.douwe-egberts.co.uk/

Christmas Hamper Competition

Douwe Egberts are sponsoring another competition for the UK readers of my blog to giveaway a Christmas hamper (6x Etienne Products, Cafetiere, 2x Mugs,1x Thermos Travel Mug, 1x Douwe Egberts storage tin) to the value of £45.00.
The competition relates to the three Douwe Egberts videos being posted on my blog over the next 2-3 weeks (the first was posted last week, so have a look back!)

There will be a question which I will post with the final video next week. So keeping watching the videos and keep your eye out for the question.
Good luck Closing Date is December 5^th 2009

If you’d like to follow Douwe Egberts to keep up to date with the competition and other news, here’s the link:  http://twitter.com/EtienneBlends

I got so distracted with making dinner that I almost forgot about the competition. I had to whip up a bolognese sauce whilst writing names on pieces of paper and folding them. Just call me Mrs Multi-Task.

With our independent adjudicator present, who happened to be asleep at the time, the 5 year old pulled a name out of the pink Disney Minnie ear hat. She shut her eyes in a professional ‘no peeky’ fashion and didn’t even let her brother’s snoring distract her.

So without further ado and waffling the winner is …

Who has won …

2 nights for 2 adults and 2 children (aged 11 or under) at the 4* Best Western in Stoke on Trent including B&B and a 1 day family pass to Alton Towers for a family of 4. The total prize value is £300

Congratulations to Wife of Bold and thank you to everyone who entered.

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Don’t forget to check out English Mum’s face-lift … well her blog’s face-lift, she doesn’t need one! www.englishmum.com … launched today don’t you know.