Jack the Giant Slayer Blu-Ray Competition

Warner Bros. is proud to announce the arrival of Jack the Giant Slayer on DVD & Blu-ray and to celebrate they are giving my lucky readers the chance to win a copy of Jack the Giant Slayer on Blu-ray.  

About Jack the Giant Slayer:

Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing Jack (Nicholas Hoult), into the battle of this life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom and its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend... and gets the chance to become a legend himself! Directed by Brian Singer (X-Men, Superman Returns)

Starring: Nicholas Hoult (About a Boy), Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge!), and Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones). 

Celebrate this classic story with NEW content exclusive to the Jack The Giant Slayer Blog App! 

You have the power! Control the moving GIFs and power the action in the movie with a swipe of your mouse! The Giant Soundboard lets you compose your own mashup of sounds from Jack The Giant Slayer, which your kids will enjoy for hours! Test your bravery and take the How Brave Are You? QUIZ to see if you’re as brave as our hero Jack.

The question is... are you courageous enough to rescue the princess? Are you brave like Jack?  Take the quiz to find out!

Leave a comment below to let me know how brave you are, also what your favourite sound is?

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The 12 Days of Canvas Competition

The 12 Days of Canvas Competition

(A sponsored post) 

 

It’s (nearly) Christmassss!

Everybody needs a reason to be merry at Christmas and what better way to create some Christmas cheer than to have a sweepstake and give away some amazing prizes!

YourImage2Canvas are currently running the 12 Days of Canvas Christmas competition on their Facebook and Twitter page. The 12 Days of Canvas started on Monday, 10th December and will run until Friday, 21st December. 

Each day, for twelve days, a new fun competition is announced on either the YourImage2Canvas Facebook page or the YourImage2Canvas Twitter page. Participants then compete from 9am to 5pm in a sweepstake to win canvas print prizes; entrants can win some fantastic prizes including YourImage2Canvas gift vouchers and beautiful canvas prints. The perfect last minute gift or a nice home addition for Christmas.

Are you looking for a last minute Christmas present or stocking filler? If you have a friend, wife, husband, brother or cousin then a personalised canvas print is the perfect sentimental gift, and a great way to showcase special photographs around your home.

Just like YourImage2Canvas on Facebook and Follow them on Twitter to see how you can get involved.

Good luck!

Reasons to Be Cheerful

I've been very lax of the blogging front recently, with the Little Lady and general CBA syndrome, but I'm trying to get better.

I enjoy the theory behind Reasons to Be Cheerful (#R2BC), check out this post from Michelle at Mummy from the Heart for a full description.

There must be small things I am grateful for each week. I will try to keep this in mind...

1. My baby is a healthy and happy girl. Now obviously, this isn't specifically related to just this week, but in the news this week an 11 month old boy was killed and there is an investigation into a one year old girl's death. My heart goes out to both families involved, and also to anyone else who has lost a child.
2.  I have partnered with Warner Bros. to start a new competition on my blog to win some Friends goodies. See 30 Days of Friends Competition. 
3. I have finally made a start on decluttering by selling on eBay, although at the moment, my house looks more cluttered whilst I sort it! 

So that's my reasons to be cheerful this week, how about yours?

Congratulations, you've won. No, not really!

At 13:17 today I received this email from bezier.com on behalf of Boots:

You won!

You are the lucky winner of:

A trip for two to Barcelona courtesy of VO5 Extreme Style

We will be in contact with you shortly to arrange your prize.

Oh fantastic, great news. Especially after the recent sh*t!

But wait....

One and half hours later, I get the following:

We sincerely apologise, it appears that due to a technical error you have received an email stating that you have won a trip for two to Barcelona. We are sorry to say that this is not the case.

We apologise again for any inconvenience caused.

Apologise? Judging by Boots Facebook page, everyone who entered this competition received the same email.

Boots.com have copy and pasted on to several posts the below response:

Hi Everyone, Due to a technical error an email was sent to some of our customers saying that they had won a competition to win a trip to Barcelona. Unfortunately, this isn't the case and we would like to say how sorry we are for the disappointment this has caused. 

Many Thanks, Julieann 

Update:
Boots.com have now issued an email: 

Firstly, we want to say we’re really sorry for the emails you’ve received this afternoon in relation to the VO5 competition you entered.  Sadly, due to human error and a technical glitch we’ve sent the wrong email to you.  We work really hard to bring you exciting offers and competitions and are truly sorry for any upset caused by this as we know how very disappointed you must be. 

 

Unfortunately, it’s really not possible to send everyone to Barcelona (as much as we would’ve loved to!), however we have entered you into a draw for a second opportunity to win a trip to Barcelona.  We’ll be selecting the second winner on November 19th.  Additionally, and because we understand how let down you’ll be feeling, we’ll be adding an extra £10 worth of points (1000 points) onto your Boots Advantage Card for you to treat yourself next time you’re in store.

You’ll see the points appear on your account in the next few days and we’ve got our fingers crossed for you in your re-entry into the competition.

The Boots Advantage Card Team

I have heard approximately 9000 people got the original email. That's a major fail for any company, especially one as large as Boots.