I haven’t blogged for ages. I have been travelling and quite honestly frantic at work working on a biggie project. I noticed on my twitter feed that quite a few people are writing 100 interesting facts about themselves. Now I have zero intention of clogging up anyone’s twitter feed but I liked the idea in theory. Some of the facts about people really are pretty cool and made me wonder if it was possible to do the same. I actually didn’t know if I could even think of 100 interesting facts about myself. I mean it’s a lot right, I'm not sure I am that interesting to be honest. So always one for the challenge I decided to try. The below is the result of my attempt. Whether or not it’s interesting is another matter all together mind. I leave that up to you...
1. I am a Taurus, Born in April, yes THE best month of the year
2. I don’t like Coffee. I have tried. I really have. Pretty much every shape and size, with and without shots. I am about the only person who goes into Starbucks and asks for Tea or hot chocolate. Yes really I do.
3. I have owned 3 homes. This is the first one I’ve owned by myself and I bought it off plan so no one has ever lived here before me.
4. I have 2 cats and frankly, home is not home when they are not in it.
5. My favourite colour is blue. Always has been. That amazing colour of the sea when you go on holiday somewhere exotic.
6. I am 5ft 9 at the start of the day and 5ft 8.5 by the end of it.
7. My Dad held me before my Mum when I was born.
8. I drive a black VW Golf and I love it. I always wanted one and last year I bought a brand new one. Everyone said there's no point buying a new one you will get bored of it in a few months. One year on and I still love my car.
9. I am afraid of heights. I got scared when I went on the London eye. Honest.
10. I drink 3 litres of water every day. If I don’t I get a headache.
11. I have one brother who is 2.5 years older than me.
12. My mum let my dad name me but she wanted to call me Louise. My middle name is Louise. My Mum calls me Lou or Looby. Pretty much always, unless I am in trouble.
13. ET still makes me cry.
14. My favourite night perfume is Chanel Allure
15. I have size 7 feet, although my left is bigger than my right since I fractured my heel.
16. My favourite day perfume is Chanel Coco Mademoiselle
17. I lived in Manchester for 11 years. It will always be my second home. It’s where I did my growing up.
18. My oldest friend I have known since we were 4. I can remember playing my little pony in her bedroom, climbing trees and getting caught passing notes in school. She is married now with a 7 year old. We keep each other young because we still laugh about how utterly naïve we were. I am lucky to have her.
19. My best friend at Uni was also called Claire. Everyone knew us as ‘the Claire’s’. A bit like having a twin although she’s brunette and looks nothing like me. She's wicked.
20. I have twin nephews. Identical twin nephews. They are the special little people. On the whole we can tell the difference apart from my Dad who always guesses and often gets them the wrong way round.
21. As much as I like being a size 10 I generally look better as a size 12. It’s a girl thing to like fitting into smaller clothes but I can look a little unhealthy if I loose too much weight. The older I get the more I am ok with that.
22. I love the sun. I know I shouldn’t sit in it but I do. It makes you feel top in my experience.
23. I always wear sun cream. I love the smell and I hate getting burnt.
24. When I was little my brother dared me to try and swallow a hard boiled egg whole. I tried. Mum came and started shouting at me when I was choking on it. When I was little I would do anything my brother asked. He was my hero.
25. I like football. I went to my first game with my brother and my Dad when I was 10 years old. I support Reading FC. They beat Sheffield United 2-0. You don’t choose your team, it chooses you.
26. I am an optimist. I always look for the silver lining.
27. My favourite food is Italian. Pasta, Pizza and Ice Cream – who could argue with that?
28. I am a chocoholic. I could eat a big bag of maltesers and not feel the slightest bit sick. It’s the devils food.
29. I have had the same mobile number since I was 21.
30. I have a degree in English Literature.
31. My favourite book is The Alchemist by Paul Coelho. If you haven’t read it, its only small, have a look. Its lovely.
32. My first crush was John Taylor from Duran Duran. He has not aged well. At all.
33. My first real boyfriend was called Mark. I was 15 and it took him 6 months to ask me out. I am not sure if I was playing hard to get or he was just shy. Either way we were together for 2.5 years.
34. When I was a little girl I honestly believed I would be married by the time I was 25 and have a family before I was 30.
35. I am single and have no children.
36. I have been a bridesmaid twice but never a bride.
37. My greatest ambition is to get married and have children.
38. My favourite smell is freshly cut grass.
39. My favourite season is Spring. Just because.
40. I was a prefect at school.
41. I played Netball for 7 years at school; I was always on the wing. My PE teacher wanted me to play hockey because she thought I was good at it but I preferred netball.
42. My favourite City, outside of London, is New York. There is just something quite special about it.
43. I am scared of spiders.
44. If I had been a boy I would have been called Robin. I am quite glad I was a girl.
45. I love to run. I think its good for the mind.
46. When I was younger I wanted to be a writer when I grew up.
47. I want to be a writer when I grow up.
48. I don’t like fish if it’s too fishy.
49. I like my steak medium to well done.
50. It took 3 attempts to pass my driving test. The first time I failed for dangerous driving, completely exaggerated by the examiner but I will tell you about that another time.
51. I love trashy TV. It’s my guilty pleasure.
52. The first film I remember seeing at the Cinema was Superman. Christopher Reeve was a legend. The new version never did it for me.
53. My first memory is standing in my cot looking out of the bars. I have no idea how old I was.
54. I don’t like celery.
55. When I was 18 I had a joint birthday party with 2 of my very good school friends. One of them died a few years later after taking drugs. He was a lovely, kind person who got mixed up with the wrong scene. As a result I have never dabbled with illegal substances. Those kind of things make you think.
56. The first concert I saw was Take That (with Robbie)
57. I do not add sugar to anything, not tea or cereal, not even porridge.
58. I don’t like whipped cream or cream cakes.
59. I take vitamin D x3 a day because I have weaker than average bones.
60. I think I have only ever really been in love once, all the other times it was lust and good friendship.
61. I am suspicious of people who do not like animals.
62. My favourite motorway (yes really) is the M4 because it will always take me home.
63. My first cat was called Sweep, Sooty, his brother, was my brothers cat. We lost him when he got hit by a car.
64. I am a huge animal lover and begged my parents for a dog when I was younger. They gave in and we got Lady, she was a mongrel and a complete softie. When she died my Mum said she could never have another dog, as it was too hard losing her.
65. I love musicals. I watched Cats with the fam when I was about 13. I have loved them ever since.
66. I do not like cabbage or suede.
67. My hair is naturally blonde although people always think it’s highlighted.
68. Shellfish makes me feel unwell.
69. I love to read. It is one of my favourite ways to relax.
70. I speak to my Mum at least twice every week wherever I am in the world.
71. I am incredibly clumsy. Bull in a china shop is an apt description.
72. I have a good job and have done well in my career. I have worked hard for this.
73. If I had to choose between a career and family. I would choose family. I hope that I would never have to choose because I enjoy working most days.
74. I drink diet coke most days. I have tried unsuccessfully to give it up.
75. I have no time for people who do not have manners or who look down on others.
76. I give myself a harder time than anyone else could ever give me.
77. My parents are still married after 40years and I consider myself extremely privileged that they are.
78. My parents have always supported my decisions and demonstrated that they believe in me. If I am lucky enough to have children I hope I can do the same.
79. I once had food poisoning from a mouldy crumpet.
80. I like being tall.
81. I have never been engaged.
82. My longest relationship was just less than 7 years.
83. I once spent New Year’s Eve at a party with Freddie Flintoff and his now wife Rachael.
84. I love Twitter and have met some fantastic friends through it.
85. I would like to run the London Marathon at some point in my life.
86. I have a Masters which I studied for part time whilst I was working.
87. I tend to follow my instinct rather than my brain. Apart from at work when I force myself to use the brain more.
88. I think coriander tastes like washing powder and should not be eaten.
89. I grew up in a village and love the countryside.
90. I have had 3 perms in my lifetime. I was a teenager. I was going for the Baby (Dirty Dancing look). That was not the result. Enough said.
91. I can be pretty stubborn.
92. I would never bungee jump.
93. I suffer from positional vertigo which means sometimes I get a spinning sensation in my head if I move my head too fast, am stressed or over tired. There is no cure.
94. I commute over an hour to work each way every day. It’s worth it because I love working in London.
95. I love Subway. It’s my favourite fast food; apart from if I am hung-over then it has to be a quarter pounder with cheese meal.
96. I can’t ice skate at all. It’s beyond embarrassing.
97. My favourite cocktail is a Cosmopolitan.
98. I was living in Manchester when the IRA bombed it. It shook the walls of our student house. Made us all appreciate each other that little bit more. It’s a shame it sometimes has to take a bomb to do that.
99. I love being an Auntie. The day my nephews were born was extremely special.
100. My favourite flowers are stargazer lilies. If I ever get them I have to cut the stamen off as they can be poisonous to cats.
If you got to the end without snoozing I am impressed. I nearly drifted off myself writing it. Well its warm outside and I did work out this morning (with tyres and bungee runs but that’s for another blog).
Laters cool dudes – time for a glass of red.
xx
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