We won another award!

March 30th, 2010 by Penny Golightly

What a fantastic day it’s been: Times Money has just named @PennyGolightly as one of their favourite money tweeters on Twitter.  @PennyGolightly comes in at number 14!

Can’t tell you how happy I am with this, it’s been such a lovely surprise. If you’d like to read the full article, head over to Times Online for their list of their top 25 personal finance tweeters.

Many thanks to The Times Online , and to everyone who follows on Twitter or facebook. Your support is much appreciated and I’m very grateful indeed. This follows on from a Lovemoney.com Most Loved Blog award earlier in March and really I can’t say thank you enough to everyone who reads or comments.

To celebrate, let’s have a Twitter-based competition. Follow me on Twitter (@PennyGolightly) today or tomorrow for your chance to win a mini weekend-away kit in time for the Easter break. What’s in it?

  • A packet of Cadbury’s finest choccy Mini Eggs
  • A 10ml Green People makeup remover & cleanser
  • A mini Madara Eco regenerating night cream
  • A pocket-sized Green People SPF15 sun lotion
  • A 75ml Sanex DermoMoisturising shower gel
  • Samples of Aveeno unfragranced body lotion
  • Samples of Body Shop Nutriganics day cream
  • A handy shower bag with hook by Bio Oil
  • A selection of Halo travel wipes: eye makeup remover, deodorant, hand sanitiser and more
  • One or two other goodies…

See you over at http://twitter.com/PennyGolightly if you’d like to enter the competition, or just read the regular tweets, updates and links.

Competition time

March 16th, 2010 by Penny Golightly

As promised, here’s this week’s competition to celebrate this site winning the Lovemoney.com Most Loved Blog award.

I’m giving away a nifty little prize, which includes a gorgeous cookbook, 15 tasty heart-shaped chocolates, and an eco-conscious Lovemoney.com cotton shopping bag.

The book is 200 Cakes and Bakes by Sara Lewis. If that name rings a bell, it’s probably because she’s the author of the bargain bon viveur classic, Ultimate Slow Cooker. Each recipe in the cake cookbook is fully illustrated, which I love, and there’s something to suit every mood and palate.

I’d like these goodies to go to a good home, so here’s the competition. Winning the award was very encouraging, but of course there’s always room for improvement so let’s have your wish list for this site. Please leave a comment below, and tell me one thing that you’d most like to see added to www.pennygolightly.com. For example, you might want a search box adding to the home page, or a newsletter, or more posts about vintage fairs, or anything else that could help regular readers to live a champagne lifestyle on a lemonade income.

The winner will be announced at noon next Monday, and it’s open to anyone in the UK. If two or more people post the same winning idea, names will be drawn out of a hat to allocate the prize. Get commenting!

We won an award!

March 11th, 2010 by Penny Golightly

There’s been some excellent news at www.pennygolightly.com. The blog has just won an award, and I’m really delighted.

It’s a www.lovemoney.com ‘Most Loved Blog’ award. Thanks very much to them for picking this as one of their favourite personal finance sites – the PG blog hasn’t been going that long in real terms, so this kind of support is very encouraging indeed.

A massive ‘thank you’ is also due to everyone who’s helped with software, design and content management ideas (especially Pete), to everyone who’s given constructive feedback and shared their bargain tips, and to everyone who follows the blog or uses the forum.

Look out for a prize giveaway later which includes chocolates and other lovemoney.com and Penny Golightly goodies.

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