Big Night In is a newly launched campaign from Money Supermarket showcasing how you can have a great night without blowing the bank. The campaign features a competition open to bloggers who are up for the “chance to show us just how much fun you can have with £50”. Every blogger who takes part in the competition will be given £50 and will be entered into a prize draw with one lucky winner receiving £500 just for having a bit of frugal fun!
If you think you’re thrifty enough for the challenge, drop a line to competitions@moneysupermarket.com by 8 July 2013 with “MoneySupermarket’s Big Night In” in the subject field along with a few details about your BNI plans in the body of the email. If accepted and sent the 50 quid, all you then have to do is write about your evening and wait to see if you’ve won. You can read all the T&Cs here.
The Money Supermarket folks are especially keen to see how creative bloggers can be in terms of food, drink and entertainment. And I reckon that’s fair. However, at the risk of coming across as a complete fuddy-duddy, I’m going to go out on a laid back and not terribly inventive limb to say that a perfect evening at home for me would not actually entail doing very much at all.
Even casual readers of my blog should be aware that I go out a lot, usually having a fantastic time wining-and-dining my merry way around London or setting off on some sort of zany adventure. I’m not complaining about my “job” by any stretch (I really am doing what I love). However – as fun as it is – such a lifestyle wears me down sometimes and shifts my focus away from the “little things in life” that are most important to me.
A Big Night In for me might involve … Propping my feet up … Maybe ordering a pizza or having a simple fresh salad … Probably not drinking (a “night in” of any size is an excellent opportunity for me to rest my overworked liver!) … There might be some Netflix action involved, although ideally I’d be plucking on my sorely neglected guitar.
Still, all that stuff’s secondary. What would make an night at home a “big” one for me would be taking advantage of that time to spend with my girlfriend, Kemey, and our cat, Winston. That’s it. As lame as it may sound, just being able to clear a block in my calendar of non-scheduled time (and sync that with Kemey who’s work life is equally exciting but often frantic) seems like thrill enough to be honest. If super fluffy Winston’s there with us begging for a belly rub, then so much the better!
So, I’m gonna try my Big Night In over the weekend … and I’m really looking forward to it. I’m not sure if this write up meets the reqs of what Money Supermarket aims to achieve with the campaign, but I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to think about prioritising my time. It’s been a nice and relaxing exercise just writing about the downtime to come!
