Super Duper Summertime at Heatons- WIN £75 to Spend In Store!

Heatons are all geared up for a super summer. All the ingredients of a happy afternoon in the garden, including tableware and BBQs.

The new fashion lines are bright, crisp and smart and I'm in love with the glitter kitty shoes, if only they did them up to adult size 4 I'd be having a pair! 

The new children's collection is very smart, and reminds me of Baby Gap ranges. The boy's selection is Americana themed.

How sweet is this cabin luggage? Boys' suitcases available too. Priced at €10

Lots of very reasonably priced swimwear in store too, and paddling pools. I'd recommend picking the latter up early, as we've all been caught out by the shops selling out of pools once the heat wave arrives.

There is a great selection of summer bright tableware and accessories too. I love the photorealistic kiwi fruit.

It's not only the kids who get stylish clothing, this classic dress caught my eye at €25

For summery back garden BBQs how about one of these tops, teamed with Capri denims and flip flops?

Now the part you've been waiting for. Heatons have given me a £75 gift card to give away to one lucky reader, but please read these details first- 

The £75 gift card is not exchangeable for cash, or anything else. The gift card ONLY WORKS IN STORE, IN NORTHERN IRELAND. It doesn't work for the Heatons' online store, or in the south. Good luck! 

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WIN A Large Cookies & Caramel Chocolate Wreath from Hotel Chocolat Worth £21 !

I don't often hold competitions on The World of Kitsch, but when the delicious people at Hotel Chocolat offered a prize for me to give away to my readers, I couldn't resist picking this HUGE chocolate wreath. I have one, worth £21, to giveaway to one of my readers.

I'm using Rafflecopter, which is the standard bloggers' giveaway tool. It's fair and randomly picks a winner for me. Hotel Chocolat will then send you the wreath directly, should you win. 

Later in the week I will be reviewing their Christmas range they sent me to try. Oh my goodness, they are something else. The plastic bucket of Quality Street seems so inferior after you've had your taste buds introduced to Hotel Chocolat goodies.

Oh my. I wish I could enter my own giveaway 

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So You've Never Been to Lidl? 25 Things You Might Not Know You Can Get There. PLUS: WIN £20 to Spend In-store!

Lidl isn't just a grocery shop that sells discount, European food. It's also the equivalent of a kid in a toy shop for me. Why? Because I love trying food products I haven't tried before, and besides selling brands you do know at low prices, Lidl also imports European ingredient and dishes you don't get in the big, main supermarkets.

Pushing your trolley down the aisle you'll discover those biscuits you remember buying all the time that fortnight in France. Or the pâté you remember your hotel having in the breakfast buffet when you holidayed in Spain. That's what I like about Lidl, you can relive the tastes of your holidays, as well as stock up on well-known brands at a discount. 

If you haven't visited Lidl before because of its bargain-chain status, think again. Their luxury range will go head to head with M&S any day. 

Lidl gave me some vouchers to play around with and I spent £54.31 on this tasty, little haul. 

family size luxury crips 99p. Sun dried tomatoes 99p

American style ice cream in a variety of flavours £1.99

off licence section packed with deals

roast half duck and pancakes £5.99

jar of feta £1.79   Smoked bacon £1.99.  Lardons £1.79

sirloin steaks £6.59.     Salami £4.49

pistachio fudge £1.79.  Irish yoghurt (this is the most amazing yoghurt range I've ever tasted) 59p

Kinder bars £1.68. Kinder eggs £1.71. Babybel cheese £1.74

juice £1.29 each  own-brand Oreos £1.19

clementines £1.99.  Spring onions 73p.  Cucumber 29p

cat food 25p

So how would you like to win £20 Lidl vouchers to go and explore your local branch for goodies? Simply tweet, "I've entered @rudedoodle's World of Kitsch competition to win Lidl vouchers" once and you'll be entered to the draw. Winner will be picked at random after the closing date at 1pm on 19th August 2013.

Maybe, like me, you'll fall in love with this little animal shaped waffle maker, in store now for only £9.99 You can't beat that. 

only £9.99 and in a variety of colours

WIN a Beautiful, Personalised Necklace from Lily Charmed

Lily Charmed let you design your own personalised jewellery gifts for friends and loved ones. They sent me a beautiful pearl charmed necklace to give to my Mum, and they are offering a World of Kitsch reader a chance to win their own charm necklace of their choice.​

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WIN A Huge Gift Box of Refreshers Sweets from The World of Kitsch

How do you fancy winning a huge hamper of Refreshers Bars? The chewiest, zingiest, lemonade flavour bar from Swizzels Matlow is still going strong in 2013, but I remember them being a favourite when I was growing up.

The Lovehearts Store has lots of retro sweet action for us nostalgic grown ups. You can also order personalised mini-rolls of Lovehearts for weddings or corporate events.

Swizzels Matlow sent me my own Refreshers Gift Box. My son was just excited by that many sweets, but I was keen to try the new Refreshers products. The Refreshers Rope and Refreshers Squashies in the Ultimate Refreshment Box have the same sharp, tang as the original chews.​

So, I have another Ultimate Refreshment Box to giveaway to my readers, and to win you just have to email me the answer to the question :​

Which band currently have their own range of Loveheart Sweets? The answer can be found on the Swizzels homepage.​

As always, email addresses will only be used for contacting the winner, and won't be passed on to a third party. Competition is open until 11pm on 29th of April. Open to UK residents.​

Swizzels Matlow also have a monthly competition running to ​win an even bigger hamper of retro sweets including Double Dips, Rainbow Drops and Drumstick Lollies.

To try your luck to win their competition just follow this link. Good luck with both comps!​

WIN a Selection of Luxury Byron Bay Cookies

My son must have thought he was dreaming when I picked him up from school & announced he had a hamper of delicious cookies to taste test for my blog. Lucky boy!

www.ByronBayCookies.co.uk asked us to try their luxury selection of cookies, including Lemon & Macadamia Nut Shortbread, Triple Choc Fudge and Ginger & Walnut.

Byron Bay Cookies are thick, chunky, crunchy and superior to run of the mill biccies. You'll find them in the finest independent cafes next to the pastries.

They also bake an impressive selection of gluten free flavours, so everyone in the family can enjoy a Byron Bay moment. Their gluten free mini cookie bites are available in larger branches of Sainsburys in the Free From section.

The World of Kitsch has two boxes of these delicious treats to give away, courtesy of Byron Bay.
To win, simply email your name to kitschandink@me.com before 11pm on 24th January 2013. Your email address will only be used should you win, and will not be added to any mailing lists. UK readers only for this comp, thanks.

In the meantime, I'm off to let them know my favourites-
www.facebook.com/ByronBayCookies
www.Twitter.com/ByronBayCookie

WIN Kigurumi Animal Costume of YOUR Choice!

How would you like to wake up dressed as a shark on Christmas morning? Of course you'd want to, who wouldn't? Or what about parading around the house as an extremely cosy, majestic eagle? 

The World of Kitsch is giving away one lucky reader the Kigurumi animal costume/pyjamma of their choice! Thanks to UK based Animal Costumes Shop you can win yourself a frog, wolf, red panda, lion, or ANY of the adult animal costumes featured on their site.

To enter simply email me at kitschandink@me.com with your name & the name of your chosen costume, the one you'd like to have if you win. Check out the full range here. 

The competition will close at midnight on Fri 9th December. The list of names will be sent to Will from Animal Costumes Shop to pick the winner, to ensure a fair result, as many folks I know want to enter. I won't pass on your email addresses, and you won't be added to any mailing list.

The lovely folks even sent me a fox kigurumi to try out, I can confirm it is wonderfully comfy, and I may or may not have already been prowling around my own house pretending to be one.