14th February It's the £109 miilion pound question


In a world exclusive interview, the as yet to be named winner of the £109 million Euro Millions jackpot prize has confirmed that he / she / they are still unsure whether he /she / they will be able to afford both heating and eating this year.

As the cost of living continues to rise and with many people start wondering if they can actually afford the cost of just surviving, our newly crowned multi millionaires are also finding themselves counting the pounds and pennies. Lots of them.

Speaking to Grace Under Pressure's very own spend thrift shopper, Titas Anattschuff,  the UK's newest millionaire(s) revealed, "Judging from our latest enegy bill it looks as if we might just about be able to heat our house and shop at Waitrose for about 6 months but its touch and go. If push comes to shove we'll just have to start shopping at M&S to make the money go further and be forced to wear several more Merrino wool sweaters in order to stay warm."

"When we heard all about our win our first thought was that we might be able to treat ourselves and the family to go and see Adele at her residency in Las Vegas, but having seen the price of the tickets well even we couldn't afford to heat, eat and have a seat!"




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