They met through an online dating agency and were so poor they needed a loan to pay for their wedding and honeymoon six months ago.
But yesterday Ed and Michelle Edwards were celebrating a £1,925,567 online Lotto win.
Computer engineer Ed, 43, said: "I haven't been able to sleep. It's surreal."
The couple plan to quit their two-bed rented cottage and splash out on a five-bed home before Christmas.
Michelle has already bought her dream car - a Mini Cooper S Convertible - and plans to quit her job.
Ed wants to see the Great Wall of China and they plan to take their four teenage children on holiday to Florida.
Ed added: "Everyone dreams of what they would do if they won, but when it happens you realise your ideas were just silly.
"I wanted to copy Billy Connolly, who went to the North Pole and ran around naked. I love the internet."
Divorcees Ed and Michelle realised they were in love on their third date through Direct Dating agency two years ago.
Michelle, from Yeovil, Somerset, said: "We had a cup of coffee on our first date because we couldn't afford lunch. Next time we went for a walk and Ed helped me clean out the fish pond. But we knew we were going to be together on our third date.
"Ed told me we had won on Sunday. I started screaming and I think I cried.
"We've both had tough times since we got divorced.
I was living on £70 a week and Ed didn't have much, but you make the most."
Ed won £7 on EuroMillions last Friday and Michelle persuaded him to reinvest it in the rollover Lotto draw on Saturday. They got five tickets and bagged a share of the £7.9million jackpot with three other winners.
Ed said: "We started a shopping list after 10 minutes.
Having had nothing we couldn't wish for more than this.
"Everything has just been a total whirlwind."
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