May Winnings

May was a pretty good month for winnings and my most successful month so far in terms of quantity of contests won. Personally, I was taking finals, graduating, moving, and starting a new job so I didn't think I would have much time to spend entering contests. However, I had a couple weeks between graduation and work when I was entering at least 10 contests per day.

The first prize I won was a pair of Beats EP headphones from @the_passport_office on Instagram. I was not expecting this because you were only allowed to enter once. But when they contacted me, they said they had tried contacting two other winners who didn't respond in time. So to those strangers who didn't check their DMs soon enough, thank you for the Beats.


Up next I won a couple custom corgi stickers from @taitothecorgi on Instagram. They were picking 15 winners so I knew my odds were pretty good.


Then I won a $50 Amazon gift card from @armedforcesproxymarriages on Instagram. Total entries were only about 160 so my chances were good.

I had a bit of a "dry spell" and went probably two weeks without winning anything even though I was entering a bunch of contests. Then I was one of the runner ups in a contest from @coachamyramsey on Instagram. I won a journal, but I am still waiting on it to arrive in the mail. Her messages were so great to read, and she definitely supported my idea to turn my contest hobby into an online course.

Lastly, I won a Starbucks gift card from @alwaysprettywithaurora on Instagram. This is still in the mail, but she said she would send some free skin care samples with it. I thought that was super sweet of her, and I might end up gifting this gift card to my mom.

So what have you won in the past month? Comment below and good luck!

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