10) Win the lottery, preferably big but a small win will do

I admit I'm not an avid player of the lottery - every now and then I remember to go and get a ticket and in the old days I may have won a tenner once.

I did have five numbers come up once, and it was on a day when I toyed with getting a lottery ticket when I popped to the corner shop and didn't. Then five numbers came up. I thought I'd blown the chance of a considerable amount of money and sulked most of the weekend. My now husband told me on the Monday that I missed out on about £1,600. Nice but not life changing. I got over it a bit more easily.

So in the last few months I've been dabbling with lotto and euromillions and to no avail. A couple of numbers here and there but nothing to really write home about and not enough numbers to make a difference. So I switched to scratchcards. Sometimes doing both. I was probably starting to get talked about as having a scratch card addiction. That poor Mum with the red buggy, always getting herself a card.

But no more, no, today I struck lucky. Bought two £1 scratchcards and only a double strike. Like buses, wait ages for a win then two come at once. Not exactly enough to retire on - a mere £4 across both wins - but it is a win and one that I only had so much control over without going bankrupt! Think my husband was getting a little nervous about the amount of scratchcards in the bin!

The winning Tickets!!