I Say Her Husband Is Entitled To At Least Half

IT'S A CORKER
EXCLUSIVE Single mum Jennifer has first taste of champagne.. well she has 
just scooped £8.3M 23 24 30 31 33 37
By Richard Smith Richard.Smith@Mirror.Co.Uk 17/04/2007
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A SINGLE mum tasted champagne for the first time yesterday as she toasted a 
Lotto win of £8,372,751 - just two months after leaving a hostel for the 
homeless.

Delighted Mirror reader Jenny Southall has never driven a car, had a foreign 
holiday or flown on a plane - but that's set to change.

The 43-year-old, who quit her £5.85 an hour job as a supervisor at Cineworld 
as soon as a Tesco worker confirmed her win, said: "When the woman printed 
the slip showing what I'd won I started dancing from one foot to the other.

"I suddenly felt sick - and still do, although now it's a very excited sort 
of feeling."

After separating from her husband five years ago, Jenny said her annual 
earnings, when added to family tax credit, came to £9,000.

She went on: "It seems like an out of body experience. I've always wanted to 
live in a big house so I won't hear my son playing the drums - and now I 
can. My sister lives in Spain. I'll probably buy one there too."

Former neighbours yesterday said Jenny, from Newport, Gwent, wound up in the 
hostel with her teenage children after selling their £120,000 home because 
she could not afford the mortgage.

But now Jenny, who has been re-housed by the council, could buy all 45 
houses in her old street and still have almost £3million left.

She said: "I went out shopping and spent about £1,500 on phones and clothes.

"I finally have the money to take driving lessons and when I pass my test 
I'm going to buy a brand new car - probably a pretty red one. "I've bought 
my sons an Xbox.

"I've never been on a foreign holiday, never been on a plane and never had a 
passport.

But this morning somebody mentioned a shopping trip to New York and a bell 
went ping in my head.

"My sister Jan drools over Egypt and I would love to see it.

"That's what you dream about - the impossible places."

Jenny's children - university student daughter Lauren, 19, and schoolboy 
sons Kyle, 17, and Jamie, 14, are understandably thrilled.

Kyle said: "It's crazy, man - so much money. I don't even know how to start.

"Money was a big issue but now we don't have to worry."

Jamie added: "I've hardly stopped smiling since she told me."

Jenny, who has been dating an office worker for eight months, also revealed 
how she kept her ticket safe: "I put the ticket in my bra for safe-keeping - 
but it was getting a bit sweaty so I put it in my purse."

Last night ex-husband Waynne, 42, a warehouseman who lives three miles away, 
said: "I've texted congratulations to Jenny but I will leave the next 
contact to my ex-wife. I'm happy for her and the children.

"It makes not a jot of difference whether she gives me any money or not."

Jenny won with the numbers 23, 24, 30, 31, 33 and 37 in the draw on 
Saturday, April 7.

date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:53:02 GMT author: Avenger