Woman who won big on Euromillions only bought a ticket after young son reminded her
Mum-of-two plans trip to Wales after scooping Euromillions jackpot
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Your support makes all the difference.A mother-of-two is planning to buy a caravan and embark on a trip to Wales after a £110,000 EuroMillions win when her son reminded to her to buy a last minute ticket.
Sheena Clayton, 37, almost didn’t buy her usual weekly ticket as she felt tired after finishing a night shift. Thankfully, the carer was prompted to enter the draw by her son, who she had taken to the local Tesco to buy something he had needed.
“It was only because one of my sons wanted something from the shop that I ventured out to Tesco and as I was paying thought – ahh I can buy a ticket – and I did,” Ms Clayton, from Northallerton said.
“And thank goodness I did – I guess I owe this win to my son! If it wasn’t for him I would not have gone to Tesco and would not have bought a ticket for that evening’s draw! I just didn’t feel like going online after a tiring shift in work.”
That night, she a six-figure sum after matching the numbers: 10, 11, 12, 29, 31 and the Lucky Star, 8.
She added: “I just could not believe what I was seeing. I thought someone was just playing a joke on me – I went from screaming to crying to just feeling in total shock! It still hasn’t sunk-in yet, and I just feel numb!”
The mother of two sons, aged nine and 11, said a caravan is top of the family’s shopping list, which she plans to take trips in to Wales and Scotland.
“A caravan is something we have always wanted as a family so we can go on lots of adventures with the boys.” she said.
“We had been saving up and hoped to be able to afford one next year – now this has all been brought forward and we will be able to buy it straight away – and start these adventures even sooner.
“We are currently drawing up a list of all of the places we would like to visit. It is so exciting – this win has created so many opportunities for us as a family it is just fabulous!”
A deposit on a house – as Sheena and her family are currently in rented accommodation - is also high on the wish list, together with the best family Christmas ever – and a new sofa.
Sheena, who is a carer in a residential home, says she has no plans to reduce her hours at work – she even went straight into work four hours after discovering she was a EuroMillions winner.
She added, “I love my job and I love everyone I work with so there was no way I wasn’t going into work. People rely on me.”
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