UPDATED:  Congrats to our winner Colleen

One of the coolest things I love about blogging, twittering, and the like, is getting to know some amazing new people.  I really have this huge supportive group of friends around me on the interweb and I appreciate each and every one of them.

People like Ali.  We started chatting a few months back and immediately clicked.  I couldn’t tell you exactly why.  Maybe it was her horror when I told her my favorite Starbucks drink was a Java Chip Frap (after she looked up the calorie and fat content – which I refuse to look at.  I like my dessert in a cup, thank you very much), or her subsequent addiction to them.  Perhaps it was the mutual desire to bang our head repeatedly against a wall after one of *those* days with the kids.  Or maybe it was just because I find her really funny and sweet.

Whatever it was, I’m really glad that I’ve made a new friend like her.  It doesn’t matter that we’ve never met in person (or if we ever meet for that matter).  Sometimes these type of friendships transcend the physical realms and exist happily in the lands of Twitter and Facebook.  That doesn’t make her any less of a friend.  I love being able to catch up with her with a simple email, or tweet, or heading over to her blog, My Life With Them and hearing about the latest exploits of her two boys.

That’s why I think BlogHer@Home is so much fun.  It doesn’t matter that we can’t be there in person.  What matters is that we’ll still all be able to get together, in our way, and get to know each other a little better (so that when we DO make it to BlogHer next year, we’ve already got lasting friends waiting to meet us).

So in honor of BlogHer, friends, and bonding over Starbucks drinks, my good friend Ali has an awesome giveaway for BlogHer@Home.

A $50 Starbucks gift card.

Yeah.  I know.  Life doesn’t get much better than $50 of FREE Starbucks.  *swoon*

Any questions about why I think Ali is the mostest awesomest now??  Yeah, I didn’t think so.

And the fact that she’s skinny, exceedingly rich, and her kids are perfect, doesn’t hurt either.  Oh, who are we kidding… well one out of three ain’t bad, right?  (I’ll let you figure out which one)

So, on to the good stuff… here’s how $50 worth of Starbucks can be yours:

• Leave a comment (any comment will do!) = 1 entry
• Visit Ali’s Blog and tell us what your favorite post is= 1 entry
• Have you made an amazing connection or friendship over Twitter?  Tell us about it = 1 entry
• Follow BlogHerAtHome and Ali on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway (leave us a comment with the link to the tweet)= 1 entry

I’ll be waiting for my Java Chip Frap to arrive by mail from the winner.

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