50 facts about me!

So, I’ve seen a lot of posts on 50 random facts recently, soooooo I decided to jump on the band wagon and make a list of 50 random facts about me. At first I didn’t really know where to start but then when I got into it and reached 50 it was hard to stop, which actually quite surprised me. But, it is quite hard just sitting there thinking of things about yourself!

I decided to do this post because I personally found that once I started watching videos and reading posts I really enjoyed finding out more about everyone… well, being nosy! It was nice to see through the person behind the blog, if that makes sense? I thought it could be quite nice to share some facts about me as I haven’t ever done anything like this before and I never really tell people too much either. So here goes...

1. I'm scared of the dark
2. My dad ran over my foot when I was younger because I had decided to get out of the car before we were parked!
3. I absolutely love eating out
4. I have weird/scary dreams quite a lot
5. I can be quite stubborn sometimes
6. I HATE spending money on cabs
7. I'm currently in my longest and happiest relationship with my boyfriend Ashley (almost 3 years)
8. I'm one of eight children
9. Cadbury flake yogurts and pic ‘n' mix sweets are my absolute favourite things everrrrrrr
10. My favourite dinner is a beef stew (with dumplings)
11. If I was to get pregnant I’d be more worried at what my sisters would have to say than my mum
12. I currently have 7 nephews and only one niece (& 2 more babies on the way)
13. My family are majorly important to me; I hate not seeing my niece or nephews for a long period
14. I never tell people my middle name, ever!
15. My feet click every single time that I walk without shoes on (it annoys everyone)
16. When I was 16 I broke one of my toes playing ‘blind man’s bluff’ / ‘murder in the dark’
17. I find trusting people difficult
18. I have an OCD issue with touching public doors and anything in toilets
19. I get tonsillitis about 3 times a year and have already had it this year!
20. If I won the lottery I would buy all my family members houses but they’d all be on the same street
21. I can’t swim
22. I once smoked when I was 11 and was caught by my older sisters and have never touched a cigarette since (lesson learnt)
23. I always have cold hands and really cold feet
24. I wanted to be a lawyer from a very young age but turned to fashion at 17
25. I believe love is the key to a happy life
26. I'm determined to go travelling after university
27. I don’t want to have children until I'm over 25
28. I’ve never ever dyed my hair
29. I’d love to go to Paris or Venice (just to cruise along the canals) with my boyfriend
30. When I was little I chose not to speak for years, I would just point to things
31. I'm the first member of my (massive) family to go to university- applause myself!
32. I hate it when people are moody around me
33. My favourite films are The Notebook and Big Daddy
34. I sometimes get a habit cough (it once lasted about a month and its majorly annoying). I think I’ve discovered that nerves can trigger this off sometimes, but I literally make myself cough like once every minute when it’s happening
35. My favourite two items are my mulberry bag and Aqua Master watch (both of which my boyfriend bought for me)
36. I love pie and mash with the liquor
37. Cute days out make me extremely happy
38. I am the owner of an annual pass to the sea life centre in Southend ( the joys of being an auntie)
39. When I was younger I used to fake my eye tests just so I could wear glasses (but it never worked!)
40. I love sitting in bed with a cup of tea and biscuits
41. My boyfriend said to me I can be quite negative (great!) so this year I'm trying really hard to be positive about everything!
42. When I was about 14 I would cry over everything, the slightest disagreement or if someone would shout at me I would burst into tears (I think I'm only just getting over this haha)
43. At the age of about 9, my friend, my sister and myself prank called my (primary school) ex-boyfriends house so much we got into trouble by the police, oops!
44. I'm rubbish at geography, people always quiz me because its ‘so funny’
45. I have the worst memory ever! This never helps me with disagreements where I want to be right!
46. I’ll never eat all of the meat on my plate and I always have to leave the last bit of a burger but I don’t know why I do it
47. There’s one dream I’ve always remembered since I was younger and was of a purple which coming from the ground trying to capture my sister, brother and myself
48. I love my granddad more than anything but hardly get to see him, he means the world to me
49. I made my little sister believe we were both going into Big Brother when she was only about 8 (she told everyone and was excited for weeks)
50. I'm literally late for EVERYTHING!

I hope you all enjoyed finding out a little more about me, even if most of these were really random, haha. I'd love to read more of these, I think it's a great idea... so if anyone has blogged their 50 facts leave a comment with your blog link below :)

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It’s a Celebration!

Hey lovelies! The past two weeks has been hectic (as per) for me but I’ve finally managed to sit down a put a post together! I'm excited to blog because I’ve just got so much to talk about and so many posts to write up. I had my 21st birthday on the 16th January and was having birthday celebrations over that week so it has all been very fun and exciting, but my birthday week ended with a very self pitiful hangover and then I was ill for the following week leading from that, maybe a week long hangover? Haha, no I was really ill and in bed for about 4 days! I couldn’t even put a blog post together (again, feeling sorry for myself!) anyway, I'm much better now and have finally gone back to uni for the upcoming term, which means I will have plenty more time and a much better routine for blogging!

I can’t believe I'm 21! As they say, time really does fly! I had an amazing birthday and was so grateful for everyone who celebrated it with me and made my day/week really special! I received some lovely presents and really was very spoilt this year. Now I'm just sad it’s over!

To start off my birthday I unwrapped some lovely gifts, I'm so excited about everything I received, I'm definitely not meaning to brag about what I got its just I’ve wanted some of these things for ages (and I'm just so happy with them all) and feel very lucky, my very lovely boyfriend surprised me with way too many presents including a Pandora ring, Daniel Wellington watch and a lovely pair of Dr. Marten shoes in cherry red (amazing) but my favourite gift from him was the 21 flake yogurts he had bought me! Anyone who knows me know I absolutely love flake yogurts and eat way too many of them, he was really cute and wrapped up 21 of them for my 21st in a little mini mouse bag :) so sweet of him! I also received lovely little bits from the rest of my family, another really pretty watch from Next, a fur stole, a bowler hat, cupcakes, makeup, a Pandora charm, balloons, sleep rollers, a spa day and money :) I was so grateful for everything I had received; everyone went to such an effort for me! 

I enjoyed my birthday morning with my mum, sister, brother, niece and boyfriend for some birthday pancakes in Frankie & Bennies for breakfast. It’s the first time I’ve eaten there for breakfast as I’d usually only go for dinner but it really was lovely in there! I then spent the day with some of the family and then got dressed up in the evening to go for dinner and cocktails at Las Iguanas restaurant with my crazy family and boyf, a few cocktails later and everyone was very merry! Then came the birthday cake and I had the whole restaurant singing ‘happy birthday’- always an extremely embarrassing moment I'm sure many would agree? But when the cake reached me I was sooooo stunned by the amazing cake my mum had ordered me! My family definitely know me too well, getting me and Mulberry bag style birthday cake filled with Mr. Simms pic ‘n’ mix sweets, my absolute fave! If there was an award for best birthday cake I'm sure this would win, I was literally so shocked at how brilliant it was and so, so grateful! The restaurant really was fantastic and the food was excellent, they catered well for all 14 of us and I couldn’t have asked for a better evening!

On the Saturday following my birthday my lovely older sisters had surprised me with a spa day at The Hilton Hotel, London! It was amazing to all spend the day together being pampered and enjoying champagne and cupcakes! I had never been to a spa before so really didn’t know what to expect, but was so excited! They were a bit short staffed when we arrived which made everything a bit unorganised but we still made the most of our day out and I was treated to a facial (which was amazing!) and a pedicure (however, not quite a pedicure). The whole day was really lovely and we all enjoyed the use of a steam room and sauna too! I then rushed home to get ready for my birthday celebrations with friends, another fantastic night, well what I can remember of it! 

 

When Jamie from Made in Chelsea decided to join our table in the club!

Party time!

The best birthday cake ever!! The detail was amazing!

Lots of lovely gifts!

Dinner & Cocktails!

 Thank you to everyone who wished me happy birthday and those who made my day amazingly special!!
I'll be doing outfit posts from these few days too :)

January Wishlist...

1. Blouse | Topshop- £28

2. Tube Skirt | Topshop- £20

3. Glitter Socks | Topshop- £3.50

4. Embellished Crop Top | Topshop- £59

5. Nails in Solar | Topshop- £6

6. Real Techniques Brushes | Boots- Ranging from £6.99 to£21.99

7. Necklace | River Island- £12

8. Velvet Skater Skirt | Romwe- £22.49

9. Ipad | Apple- £399

10. Lips in Rio Rio | Topshop- £8

11. Chunky Heeled Boots | EBay- £38.99 + £6 P&P 

I put this little (expensive) wish list together as these are pretty much all of the items I am really loving at the moment! Need them in my life! I know the majority of these are from Topshop and this may as well have been a Topshop wish list but there are also other bits from around the internet I really want! The Topshop embellished crop top is something I really love but I haven’t seen it in any stores lately to try on but I'm going to hunt it down soon (hopefully)! These boots are also a recent find from eBay and I'm really fond of them at the moment, they may need to go onto my birthday wish list for the family (need to produce this haha) at the moment I don’t really know what I actually want for my birthday so it’s becoming annoying and desperate to ask for something! Also, I’m debating whether I want an iPad… If I had one I’d want to be able to do more on the go and with easier access to the technology I need for uni work and blogging! Obviously I will have to save for this for a while but my 21st birthday is coming up so any money from that could go towards it, that’s if I decide to save for one. Does anyone have one and find it handy for work/blogging or is this a device purely for use of apps, games and social networking sites? Does anyone blog using just their iPad? I need some help on this decision haha! Any advice on getting one?