One way to beat the credit crunch, or recession, or whatever your news source calls it, is to enter the next CheerReader quarterly competition and bag yourself €100 - while they still exist!
Entry is just €5 and the closing date is midnight on March 15th.
Maximum length is 1500 words.
Theme - anything you like, so long as it makes us laugh.
For the full list of rules and regs, visit http://cheerreader.co.uk, where you can also read the winning entries and runners-up from the first four competitions.
So, join in, get writing and have fun.
CheerReader - "wagging the funny, making you smile"