I won my first giveaway - uh, no wait, I won three!

Picture this: tired and bleary eyed after a drive back from ten days at the beach, I log into my emails in the hopes that I have remembered my password correctly and sift through the spam emails cluttering up my inbox. An email catches my eye...I've won a giveaway. After a minute or so of squealing, frantic clicking and hyperventilating I discover that it is in fact true - I have won my first giveaway. Oh my goodness. After the excitement died down (what am I talking about, the excitement never died down...) I log into my blog account and patiently waiting on my dashboard are a heap of comments. Smiling at all the comments left by you lovely people, my eyes are caught yet another time. Did I read that correctly? Have I just won another giveaway? Is this a joke?

It turns out that yes, I had won another giveaway and no, it was not a joke. I was excited beyond anything - what a welcome into the new year!

Then, about one and a half weeks later I open up a post revealing the winners of another giveaway and, scanning the list, see my name and email. Wait, what? Now this is actually ridiculous, this can't possibly be happening!

In fact it was happening, third time lucky!

I won the makeup prize pack from Sophie's giveaway at Born to Buy, prize pack 2 from Dawn's giveaway at See it, Love it, Swatch it and one of the prizes from Jen's giveaway at The Shopping Queen.  I couldn't believe it considering there were 6641 entries in Sophie's giveaway, 4345 in Dawn's and 6120 entries in Jen's! Oh my goodness!

Dawn wrapped up all her goodies!

Anyone who has won a giveaway, no matter how big or small, knows how exciting it is and how you cross your fingers each morning in the hopes that the postie will be knocking on your door. When they finally came I could barely contain myself.

Here is what I have won, I can't believe my eyes. I will be posting reviews on these over the next couple of months, but if you have anything that catches your eye that you would like me to get onto ASAP then let me know!

The products I am most excited about trying are:


Dawn's giveaway
- Burt's bees cuticle cream
- MUA products!

Sophie's Giveaway
- MAC lipglass (MAC!!!)
- Nude by nature illuminator

Jen's Giveaway
- Urban Decay eyeliner (Hello, it's Urban Decay we're talking about!)

So as you can see I have been so so so lucky and that this little haul of goodies will last me a very long time! These prizes are why I have restricted my spending a little (not purchasing anything from the Essence Cheery blossom collection was oh-so difficult!) because there is just so much!

I'm sure that you all understand that I am not trying to brag or make anyone feel bad or anything of the sorts, I am merely trying to show my appreciation and excitement in regards to these incredible prizes from Dawn , Sophie and Jen and the unbelievable luck I've had of late.

Sophie wrapped up all her goodies too!

Also, I would be really appreciative if you could check out their blogs (though I imagine a large portion of you would already be following these girls!). You can find Dawn here, Sophie here and Jen here.

I am so very appreciative of the girls holding these giveaways and I am very grateful for the luck I have had. I would encourage everyone to get involved in giveaways no matter how little chance you feel you have (obviously crazy things do happen!) because not only is it enjoyable for the entrants, but it spreads the word about amazing blogs too!