'I was ecstatic when I won'.ONE lucky family is celebrating after scooping a pounds 1,000 Asda Christmas shopping spree in an Echo competition. Andrew Rapado, pictured right, has promised to treat his wife Sheryl and their two children, Rhys, 13, and Rose, 11, to a "very memorable Christmas" after the win. Andrew, 43, from Rhydyfelin, near Pontypridd, said: "I was in work and Sheryl rang to tell me I'd won - I was ecstatic ec·stat·ic adj. 1. Marked by or expressing ecstasy. 2. Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured. [French extatique, from Greek ekstatikos, from . "The credit crunch Credit Crunch An economic condition whereby investment capital is difficult to obtain. Banks and investors become weary of lending funds to corporations thereby driving up the price of debt products for borrowers. has hit everyone, so a win like this is going to help out hugely. "I think we're going to have a very memorable Christmas this year." Andrew will be whisked to Asda's Cardiff Bay Cardiff Bay (Welsh: Bae Caerdydd) is the regeneration area created by the Cardiff Barrage which impounded two rivers (Taff and Ely) to form a new 500 acre freshwater lake around the former dockland area south of the city centre of Cardiff in south Wales. store on December 10, where his very own personal shopper will help fulfil all his festive needs. He said he has not yet decided how to spend the cash, but he predicted some of it would be spent on gifts for his son and daughter. "It's not that often you get that kind of money to spend, so we haven't given it much thought," he said. "But the children know what they want and the things they do want tend to be expensive. "They don't want the cheap stuff any more, they want things like computer games, so some of the win will probably be going on that." |
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