Pick Me Up! Special

Published by TI Media Limited Pick Me Up! Special Series is your monthly feast of the best real-life stories from Pick Me Up! The series comprises of nine ‘Seasonals' and four ‘Best Ofs', featuring the best of Pick Me Up! Each bumper issue is crammed with a variety pack of true stories, your favourite features, money-saving tips, laughs, health ideas, great looks, budget beauty, food ideas to put a smile on your face and 12 puzzles. A fun package to keep you truly entertained!

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September special

Hide and seek

Pick Me Up! Special

Your pick me ups

ANIMAL MAGIC • Our readers have captured their adorable animals on camera…

LIVING NIGHTMARE • Nikitta Byrne, 26, from Cardiff, went to a party to let her hair down – but what happened that night was sickening…

The biggie

LOOSE MOOSE! • Natalie Bucklein, 23, had a bit of a hairy proposal…

Let’s get LIT • September is National Literacy Month and while many of us love cosying up with a good book, keeping up with your reading habits and even getting into the hobby itself can sometimes be a challenge. But if you want to get your head stuck in a good book, we’ve got all the best stories here for you…

5 questions with… • Joseph Coelho, current Waterstones Children’s Laureate

Sign me up!

ALL FOR YOU • Jo Calver-Henshaw, 45, from Southend, made a life-changing decision for her future family after learning the shocking reason why she couldn’t have children…

Brainwaves •  Check out this amazing advice from our readers…

SUPER EASY TIPS

HEART ON MY SLEEVE • When Emily Severn, 22, from Nottingham, met her idol, she had no idea where it would lead her…

Movie links • Name the films in which these stars appear together to link Kristen Stewart and Seth Rogan.

Mend a broken heart • When Evita Bolmane, 31, from Skelmersdale, was advised to terminate her baby, she took a leap of faith to let her girl live…

Easy eats

DEADLY CONSEQUENCES • Stacy Feldman found out the truth and the countdown began…

Your dilemmas

Crack it

Summer’s light • After her little girl was born with Down’s syndrome, Leanne Tennant, 43, had to watch her struggle through her biggest battle yet…

Your home • September is the start of autumn, but that doesn’t mean it has to be doom and gloom! Brighten up your home with Dunelm’s Pride & Joy range…

There you'll always be • When Joyce Jackson, 79, from North Wales, went on a mission to scatter her husband’s ashes, she didn’t think anything could get in her way…

A WOMAN’S CHOICE • In the 21st century more and more women are choosing not to have children. Here is why it’s outdated, and a little rude to constantly ask women when they’re having kids.

Follow it • Solve the puzzle to spell out a term related to the picture. The arrows show you where to put your answers. The answer is spelled in the yellow squares.

Three in a row

PARTY STARTER • When Lynne Cole, 58, decided to get back to her partying roots by joining her children at a festival, she never knew how much of her youth she could reclaim…

Your style • IN FOR A RIDE

SEVERED AT THE BEACH • Lucy Gotellier, 47, from Kent, dropped her son at a school trip, yet something was lurking in the sand…

Spot it

AHOY there • Shiver me timbers! Speak Like a Pirate Day is almost upon us. On 19 September it’s time to get out your best Blackbeard impression – and what better place to talk like a pirate than on one of these themed days out? But be good – or you might have to walk the...