I won £333k on People’s Postcode Lottery… I was ecstatic until call from my boss seconds later ruined everything
A MUM who won £333,000 on the People’s Postcode lottery was ecstatic – until a call from her boss ruined everything seconds later.
Angela Plant split the Millionaire Street Prize with a neighbour in the Hertfordshire village of Abbots Langley.
She wanted to go on a shopping spree after presenter Danyl Johnson knocked on her door with the huge cheque.
But just seconds later Angela’s boss rang her up asking if she could do a shift the next day at the old people’s home where she works.
Angela said: “I’m going to work tomorrow. I do their shopping, take them out for a coffee.”
She added: “I just chat to them. It keeps my mind buzzing and I love it.”
Angela said she would stick a “little bit” away – but plans to splash out on a string of exotic holidays.
The wish list of getaways includes a Greek wedding for her eldest son and a trip to Florida for her first grandchild, who is due in December.
She said: “I’m speechless. Oh my God! I was expecting about £10,000 or £15,000.
“I’m in shock. I just kept seeing threes and thought, ‘When are the threes going to end?’
“I would have been happy with £333, that could still get a bit these days.
“This year has been up and down. I’m just going to make sure all my close pals and family are looked after.
“I had a couple of knee replacements two or three years ago. Before that, I couldn’t walk down the garden path.”
She added: “You don’t want profit in the bank, you want to go out and spend it.
“We’ve got our first grandchild on the way, and she is going to be spoiled rotten.
“I’ve always, always wanted to be a grandmother. She is due on December 19. We’ll have a really good Christmas.”
Angela said: “It’s important to do things as a family. Good memories last forever.
“I’ve got good memories from the past of going with the children to Florida, so I would like to take my granddaughter there.”