Imagine my delight when I opened my emails this morning to see a message from the National Lottery saying they had “some news about the ticket you bought for the Friday 16 September draw.”

Now I’m the kind of girl who keeps her feet on the ground.  Not for a moment did I think I’d won the mega millions first prize, but I did allow myself the fantasy of thinking that maybe a few thousand would be winging its way to me and the shopping list was already forming in my head.

Imagine the disappointment then, when checking my account, to find I’d received a message congratulating me on the fact that I’d won ………. £2.50!!!  I’ll try not to spend it all at once!