Monopoly

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to have received a limited edition Monopoly board game. I had entered a facebook competition with Virgin Hot Air Balloons and had somehow managed to pluck the exact cubic feet of air that one of their hot air balloons holds out of thin air. Apparently the answer is 425,000 cubic feet or air in case you ever need to know. They told me that they would send out a prize for the closest answer and I was really excited to find out what I had won. 
When the large rectangular shaped box arrived at my door I was even more intrigued. As I unwrapped the brown paper from around it, I was excited to find a board game. Me and my friends have games nights all the time so this is a perfect prize for me. My current Monopoly board game was my mum's from when she was a child, therefore it is ripped, missing pieces and just in a bad way. This particular version is called the Virgin Money Edition. All of the squares which are usually properties are based on Virgin businesses such as Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Trains, Virgin Hot Air Balloons, Virgin Books and so on, which makes the game a lot more interesting. I cannot wait to play this with my friends and be able to review it properly. But so far so good.
I love entering competitions and I class it as one of my hobbies. The main reason I enter is because it's fun, the prizes are always just a bonus. I love the kind of competitions with effort involved, such as making videos, taking photographs to a theme, making up slogans etc.