Since Tuesday night, I have been hoping against all hope that a 'news about your ticket' email might appear in my inbox.By Wednesday, I knew it wasn't going to happen and started scanning the pavements - there was always a miniscule chance that the winner of Europe's biggest every lottery win would have somehow carelessly dropped their ticket on the way to cash it in at the newsagent and I would find it while out walking Hobbs.
Today, we find out that the lucky recipients of enough cash to sustain even the most exgravagant of wish lists are a lovely couple from Largs, who somehow managed to hold their nerve and talk calmly about a win that makes them almost as wealthy as Posh & Becks (and look at how much posturing and pouting she had to do to rack up that fortune!).
Green with envy, my boss and I watched their televised press conference and found all feelings of 'it should have been me' fade away as they revealed themselves to be the kind of people who should win that kind of money - our biggest fear had been that some monumental waster was going to claim the cash, rather than a couple who say they will use that lovely lolly to help others.
So tonight I'm raising a toast to Colin and Chris Weir with not a jot of jealousy (okay just a teeny bit) that I could have cleared my debt - and that of a Third World country - had I been the winner. I hope they have the health and happiness to really enjoy the good things their one hundred and sixty-one million pounds (gulp!) can bring to them and those they choose to share it with.
Besides, I'm not stranger to winning.
Just last Friday I cleaned up on the Euromillions; although I have to admit, I had no idea they had prizes as small as £5.80.
BEATS MY £5.10 THE TUESDAY BEFORE
ReplyDeleteIf we clubbed together we could buy another five tickets and you just never know...
ReplyDeleteAlexis
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When I started my no-wasting-money-for-a-year project I wondered if I should stop buying lottery tickets but I found out if I don't I will never win either ;-) so instead I decided I can buy one ticket a month which in Norway is a £5 expense a month. I still wonder if it is stupid and I should stop buying tickets though....
ReplyDeleteElla - this is a tricky one! You don't want to waste the money, but you also don't want to rule yourself out of winning anything.
ReplyDeleteIf the ticket is £5 a month, is there something else you can cut back on to save you £5, so it would balance out and you wouldn't feel so guilty about buying the ticket?
You could see it as an added challenge which would which would make you a winner anyway!
Alexis
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