GREAT MONTH OF WINS IN OCTOBER

Isn't it funny how you can go months and months without winning a competition and then all of sudden lots come around at once - like buses!

This month I have won three cookery books, two lots of curry ingredients (shame the cookbooks are all for Italian food!), two bracelets (both destined to be Christmas presents) and some sweets.

It's really satisfying when you get an email or a DM on Twitter starting with the words "Congratulations!"

Now my teenage daughter has caught the bug and asks me every day how many competitions I have entered. It's also good for my weight loss campaign (42 lbs gone, 23lbs to go) as I spend my lunchtimes on the computer comping and not eating!