I love Good Housekeeping Magazine

I love Good Housekeeping magazine .. especially when I am featured it it!   You can imagine the scene as my mother got her copy .. she rushed out bought 5 more and gave one to all her friends . I did draw the line when she mentioned she might pop a copy of he article onto the fridge.  I'm not four mum I insisted .. but I was grinning,  because she's just bursting with pride!

When I started tweeting last year I had no idea that it would lead to some really special friendships.  In fact I had no idea where it would lead.  It all looked rather complicated and clicky (no pun intended.)
It took me several weeks to get going, but once I did I met likeminded people who love food and all that goes with this.  I am part of a community and I like to think I contribute and listen to my fellow tweeters.  What I had never imagined was that I would make friends.  Real friends that I treasure and trust and wouldn’t be without.

 So when my fabulous recipe book publicist Kate called me to say that Good Housekeeping magazine were interested in my unusual friendship I was delighted to chat to them and share my story about one particular friend who I me on Twitter. My Friend's name is Helen and she has a site called Fuss Free Flavours.  I really treasure our friendship.  She’s a great foodie and a wonderful lady and a friend who is generous and funny.  Under normal circumstance I am not sure we would have had the chance to get know each other ... I am not, however, going to tell you the story here. You can read it in this month’s Good Housekeeping on page 38.

What I will tell you is that the photo shoot was absolutely brilliant. We  went to a location in London for the shoot and it was such fun.  It was lovely to have the chance to have my make up done and hair and styling was amazing.  The staff were lovely down to earth people who made us all feel very special and the attention to detail and getting the story and the real feel for us and our friendship was superb.

I’ve had many reporters and articles written about me by journalists in the past. All the articles have been good but none that have quite captured the essence a story and they just got feel of our friendship so perfectly. The team checked all their facts and the tone to get it dead on.  Impressive when you consider the amount of work they have to do to get such a publication out.   For this reason I shall say that if I were only to buy one magazine then this would be it  … so after years of reading my mum’s I’ve stopped pinching it and subscribed myself.

So in the mean time you can win a year's subscription to Good Housekeeping Magazine by telling me who your best friend is and why in the comments below .. it's that simple to enter!

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There is one main way to enter  .. just leave a comment below. There are 3 more chanced to win .. .  and you must leave a separate comment for each bonus entry otherwise they will not be counted. For a chance to win please comment and tell me who your bet friend is and why they are such a great friend.

For a second chance to win please tweet this post using the button below and you MUST comment with your twitter ID telling me you have done so.

For a third chance to win please follow me
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For a fourth chance to win please like my facebook page and comment below to tell me you have done so. Each Comment counts and an entrance and you can have a maximum of 4 entries to win this subscription

This giveaway is open to all readers over 18 with a UK mainland address.  There is no cash alternative. The winner will be chosen using an online randomiser and announced on the winners page on Thursday 29th September. You need to leave your e-mail address in order to comment, I am the only person that can see it. Please do not include your email in the actual comment as well.

This competition on behalf of The National Magazine Company Limited trading as Hearst Magazines UK and they will be responsible for sending the prize to the winner. Their decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Closing date: 2pm Thursday 29th September