Smash!

Remember that, as part of The List, I spent a month entering competitions/prize draws?

Well, so far I haven't heard that I've won some fantastic prize.

One of the competitions I entered was for Smashbox cosmetics. I don't remember the details now, and I didn't win, but I did receive this primer sample in the post today. Thank you very much, Smashbox!

So the hours I spent hunting for and entering these things did pay off. Kind of. And now I have a new primer to try. Yay!

The Competitions Diary

One of my goals on The List was:

049. Enter 10 competitions/prize draws every day for 1 month

I decided that ‘1 month’ would be ’31 days’ and started back in April. Today, I finished! (Have I won anything? So far, no! Booooo!)

Finishing this one was actually a relief!

Here’s my ‘competitions diary’.

The End (of the Month)

 

I’ve already posted a little about this past week – the kilo sale and Parklife café – but here’s a round-up of the rest.

Another Week Gone By...

...and another pretty quiet one! I feel I'm failing a little in my attempt to Do Things for the entire month!

As memory (and photographic evidence) seems to escape me, this was the week I...

Studied more Japanese for Busy People Vol. 1 (List item #035) with the help of Alfie, who remained unimpressed by my telling him about buraun-san no ichinichi.

Celebration of Spring

On Saturday we went to Burgess Hill to check out their 'Celebration of Spring'.
As it was Easter weekend, the town was pretty busy with people out to see the town's event and buy those last few bits and pieces before the shops closed for Easter Sunday.

The event was fairly small but included a petting zoo with cute lambs, maypole dancing, a band in the bandstand and Morris dancers, seen here. If you look closely on the left-hand side of the pictures, you can see some of the three-piece band that were accompanying the dancers.
It's a shame these ladies were placed in a little corner behind the local market stalls, as it limited the space for spectators and many people were walking past without realising what was going on! However, it was a very cheerful and uplifting performance to watch.

We were only there for a short while, but it was good to see an event that included traditional entertainment.

You can watch a couple of short videos of the dancers on my instagram, here and here


As for Sunday, it was a lazy day. I continued with entering competitions (as per my list goal) and watched a couple of films (also a goal on The List): The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery, and The Addams Family Values. I love me some Addams Family :)

Quiet Week

Though we've yet to have the weekend, I thought I'd update about this week. It's been rather quiet and mostly spent at home.

But I'm cracking on with The List!

Monday 14th

Mum and I headed into Brighton, each with some things to get. I went straight to 99p Store and Poundland and picked up some stuff from their gardening sections: seeder tray, sowing kit (x2), small pots and a watering can. 

So I was finally able to plant the Goji berry seeds that were in my surprise post from a friend! And that's another goal in progress!

060. Grow a plant from seeds and give cuttings to people

I'm going to consider this goal as in progress, as I'll give individual plants to people as they grow. For the time being, I've got to be patient and wait for the seeds to germinate!