Tuesday 8 November 2011

My Luck is Turning.


Last Saturday I won €5.

At my local supermarket checkout, the cash machine suddenly rang bells, spat fireworks, and coughed up a fiver. It seems I could have won anything from 5 to 100 Euros, but just 5 was fine. I had to take my winning bill to the reception area and was then presented with the green plastic credit-card style thingy (above), which is impregnated with the €5. When there, I happened to ask the lady if 'everybody' won. No, she replied indignantly, just a random privileged few. So I feel blessed.

I never really win anything, I'm just not that sort; so this was an unexpected surprise. I also noticed, this morning, that my Leclerc supermarket 'loyalty card' has notched-up nearly €50 this year, so the Christmas turkey and Champage will be a seasonal gift to the Magnon household from the immensely wealthy M. Leclerc.

Merçi Monsieur.

15 comments:

  1. Yahoo that is so great!!! it is so funny when you never really have the luck any prize is just wonderful..I am very happy for you..

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  2. Well done you. A win is a win whatever the amount. Treat yourself to something nice today with you 5 euros (like an Italian villa or Greek island)

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  3. this is when the trouble starts... the evil of gambling.. beware my friend beware

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  4. You luckly little devil. Enjoy!
    Denimflyz

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  5. Congrats on your winnings! I need to go buy a lotto ticket. Thanks for the Mecca pilgramage comment... hee hee.. :)

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  6. While cleaning out my wallet yesterday, I noticed several, well actually, ten, store-loyalty cards...I suppose I'm not very loyal.
    Congrats...5 euros is, well 5 euros!

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  7. Good for you. It's the little things that saprk up your day.

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  8. C'est le Big Bang! Mwah ha ha!

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  9. Many congratulations !
    At least with such a win it will not attract any begging letters from Bath :)

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  10. 5 Euros = 7.0075 Cdn Dollars....sorry not enough to buy an island here Cro...but it will buy you a Vente Pumpkin Spice Soy Latte! Cheers

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  11. Woo HOO! Break out the brass band, by golly. We've gotta celebrate the wins, and this a big one. Money FROM a grocery story?? That's HUGE! Good for you. All I ever get from the grocer is a big fat bill. (oh, and a smile ...)

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  12. Cro...you lucky ...jammy old thing...not so much the old you understand! ...but I am sooo jealous as I've never won anything...oh wait a mo. I did win something when I was 10...does it count?

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  13. Mrs Magnon already knows you are a winner. No plastic card needed

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