So....let's hope I can actually think of 50 facts....I'm not actually interesting.
1. I'm naturally blonde
2. I have an older brother and a younger sister
3. Haribo eggs are the best.
4. I'm a qualified hairdresser
5. I dyed my hair black when I was 14 and hid it under a hat, which I pulled off whilst my mum had her friends round so she couldn't fume.
6. Cheese is the best comfort food. Cheesy chips, cheesy mash, cheese on toast....
7. I can't eat gluten.
8. I want to move to Bondi Beach and marry one of the lifeguards because I am in love with him. (Reidy)
9. I have had my hair most colours, red or forest green were my favourites.
10. I secretly want to be a kardashian, but its too high maintenence for me.
11. I will go to war for my friends.
12. I can be quite cold, I find it probably too easy to cut people out of my life.
13. The nicest thing anyone has ever done for me was secretly make his band learn 'teenage kicks' and play it at their gig because me and my dad used to scream along to it in the car. (this is why this friend is one of the best people on the planet).
14. I am obsessed with peanut butter.
15. I drink bourbon.
16. And cider.
17. I watch Pretty Little Liars over and over.
18. Me and one of my best friends absolutely hated eachother until we were 18.
19. I have had a crush on one of my friends for about...8/9 years.....
20. Cheese always goes on top of beans.
21. I used to get into clubs when I was younger and when I was 15 I threw up all over my friends new shoes. He's still not forgiven me.
22. Dubai is one of my favourite places ever.
23. I am super messy.
24. I'm obsessed with washing my bedding.
25. After watching Sin Nombre, my good film buddy friend Joseph, told me to watch Martyrs. I was so confused.
26. I met one of my best friends, Erica, at work, we bonded over those two films and went on our first date that night.
27. Chilli makes my face and mouth swell....I'm working on building up a tolerance because it's suddenly all I want to eat.
28. I remember everything about people I like. Not important things, but like the smallest details. How I met someone, what they smelled like, what they said....and I never forget.
29. I used to morris dance. (not like the men with ribbon, the one with the really horribly competitive girls)
30. I can't eat broadbeans. I ate one in primary school thinking it was a pea and threw up on my teacher. Vile.
31. I hate being alone at night in my house incase a ghost gets me.
32. I love candles.
33. My sister and I, if we had been told off by my dad, would make him a cup of tea to say sorry and would put salt in it and run away.
34. When I was 8, my brother wouldn't speak to me because I was showing him some self defence moves I had learned and grabbed him by the ears and knee'd him in the nose...and we got it on film.
35. There are 9 years between my brother and I and 3 1/2 years between me and my sister.
36. I am obsessed with crime and murder documentaries, and read loads of real crime books and give myself nightmares.
37. Me and my mate were really into the West Memphis Three case and we went to see Eddie Vedder last year and were late, we walked in just as he was talking about Damien Echols, it was emotional haha. A moment I'll never forget.
38. I was a full on goth as a young teenager.
39. I used to be vegan.
40. I would love to have blonde hair again.
41. I have a dog, named Alfie.
42. I had to walk out of Evil Dead because it made my ex feel sick and he doesn't like horror movies. I was so sad...still not seen it.
43. I want 20 kids. Well, no, not 20 but you know, a few.
44. I'm named after a Hall & Oates song.
45. Grande, wet, soy, chai tea latte is my Starbucks drink of choice.
46. I touch everything I walk past in shops, or I have to make a conscious effort to keep my hands in my pocket.
47. I have a 'christmas sandwich' that my friend Jenny made me one year and its the best. Turkey, cheese & onion sensations and black pepper mayo.
48. I have a thing for gingers. Frank Carter, Max Branning etc....
49. Naked Green Machine is the only smoothie I can drink.
50. I'm so hungry now I've written about so much food.
Sunday 29 September 2013
Monday 23 September 2013
A Week in Pictures
So, I've not done one of these before, but I thought it'd be a nice little post.
It started off a little bit sad, and angry, well, no, a lot sad and angry, and one of my best mates was home for the weekend and he took it upon himself to pop round and bring some flavoured vodka and cheer me up.
What a guy. Seriously, any lovely ladies out there? He's a total babe! So yeah, he made me feel much, much better by making me laugh and making me listen to horrific music.
Then the day after that was my mates birthday night out, which was...a very, very weird night.
I've done a fair bit of cooking and baking this week too!
Also visited one of my bestest in her new flat...and got a sneaky Dominos.....
Then on Saturday, I went out for a birthday do-over with my friend because the last one was odd....I also wore pink....I've never worn pink before.
Also got back into running this week to try get back in shape.....I'm trying, I'm trying.
Might do one of these a week?
It started off a little bit sad, and angry, well, no, a lot sad and angry, and one of my best mates was home for the weekend and he took it upon himself to pop round and bring some flavoured vodka and cheer me up.
What a guy. Seriously, any lovely ladies out there? He's a total babe! So yeah, he made me feel much, much better by making me laugh and making me listen to horrific music.
Then the day after that was my mates birthday night out, which was...a very, very weird night.
I've done a fair bit of cooking and baking this week too!
Also visited one of my bestest in her new flat...and got a sneaky Dominos.....
Then on Saturday, I went out for a birthday do-over with my friend because the last one was odd....I also wore pink....I've never worn pink before.
Also got back into running this week to try get back in shape.....I'm trying, I'm trying.
Might do one of these a week?
Sunday 22 September 2013
Thursday 19 September 2013
Cha cha cha chilli
Random little recipe post!
It was soooo cold and miserable here today that I decided to make a big pot of lovely warm chilli!
Ingredients;
1 yellow pepper
1 red pepper
1 large red onion
2 large cloves garlic finely chopped
1 chilli deseeded and finely chopped
Handfull of cherry tomatoes
2 cans of chopped tomatoes
1 can kidney beans
1 can of baked beans
1 sachet of chilli con carne mix
OR
2 tablespoons each of; chilli powder, cumin and smoked paprika (or to your own taste)
Lean minced beef or veggie option
I chopped my peppers quite chunky, diced my onion, chopped my garlic and chilli finely. I then heated a tablespoon of oil on a low heat then added my chopped veg and slowly softened them (I was wanting to kill time so I did it slowly).
I then added my beef and browned it.
When that was done I added all my canned ingredients starting with the tomatoes then beans and then my spice mix.
I then let this slowly heat up until we were ready to eat and voila!!
Was delicious!!!
I had mine with a slice of toasted gluten free seeded bread with garlic and rosemary butter that I made the other day!
p.s my mum always puts dark chocolate in her chilli...which is AMAZING...but I didn't have any, otherwise I would have :(
It was soooo cold and miserable here today that I decided to make a big pot of lovely warm chilli!
Ingredients;
1 yellow pepper
1 red pepper
1 large red onion
2 large cloves garlic finely chopped
1 chilli deseeded and finely chopped
Handfull of cherry tomatoes
2 cans of chopped tomatoes
1 can kidney beans
1 can of baked beans
1 sachet of chilli con carne mix
OR
2 tablespoons each of; chilli powder, cumin and smoked paprika (or to your own taste)
Lean minced beef or veggie option
I chopped my peppers quite chunky, diced my onion, chopped my garlic and chilli finely. I then heated a tablespoon of oil on a low heat then added my chopped veg and slowly softened them (I was wanting to kill time so I did it slowly).
I then added my beef and browned it.
When that was done I added all my canned ingredients starting with the tomatoes then beans and then my spice mix.
I then let this slowly heat up until we were ready to eat and voila!!
Was delicious!!!
I had mine with a slice of toasted gluten free seeded bread with garlic and rosemary butter that I made the other day!
p.s my mum always puts dark chocolate in her chilli...which is AMAZING...but I didn't have any, otherwise I would have :(
Saturday 7 September 2013
Golden Brown #binthebeds with St Moriz
Ok so, I know when I think of fake tan, I dont think of someone with an lovely golden all year round glow, I think of some kind of oompa loompa looking Jeremy Kyle reject
BUT, I am a HUGE fan of fake tan.
When I go on holiday, I dont tan, I mean I literally cant bake in the sun I hate it. I cant sit still, I get so fed up and restless and I dont change colour anyway, I go a nice shade of pink and then end up whiter than before. So when Im on holiday and everyone is sizzling away, Im usually in a one piece or an oversized tee with sunglasses and a big floppy hat with a book under a big umbrella.
Oh, thats after slathering myself in factor 50.
I know vitamin D is important and I do go out out in daylight - Im not a total vampire! I love sitting by the pool, or in the garden, I juat don't like total exposure.
Ive been this way since I was younger and got burned in Greece. It was horrible.
But my main reason for staying out of the sun is because my Dad died of skin cancer when I was 17.
He was diagnosed in November and passed away the following June.
It was the second time he'd had it.
It was down to the damage his skin suffered when he was younger and would go out in the sun and burn, not every time he went out, obviously, but on those odd occasions when his lotion was a lower factor.
It was a horrific thing to witness, as is watching anyone suffer with an illness.
It has made me so, so cautious with my skin and I vowed to never sunbathe or go in the sun without sufficient protection. And I havent.
And along comes fake tan. I really dont mind being pale at all, it suits me because thats just naturally how I am, but sometimes I just want a little bit of colour in my life!!!
I think fake tans have come so far ...(remember those 'tan towels'?!?!)
I remeber begging my mum to buy me some St Tropez when I was a teenager, because that was the best ever according to everyone else but it was more than £20 so she fobbed me off, but my best friends mum bought her it so we helped eachother out....it was a streaky hot mess!!
But these days there are tans by millions of brands and in a load of different forms (mousse, lotion, spray etc.), and to suit every budget.
My all time favourte two are Fake Bake and St Moriz. I only get fake bake when Im feeling flush or ask for it to fill my christmas or birthday list.
But St Moriz is my all time favourite, go to tan. Its so affordable and such great quality!! It doesnt streak on me and never makes me orange!!
Ive used the mousse for years and I love it. But just before christmas I won a christmas set on twitter (woooooo best set ever!!), and this came with the lotion and I fell in love!! I haven't been able to find the lotion in shops near me yet but I WILL hunt it down, its and absolute godsend.
I am so gutted, they just tweeted that theyre giving samples away in Liverpool today and I cant make it down!! I might shed a little tear.
They're giving samples and tips and are spreading the word on fake tanning, rather than using sunbeds. Which are super bad.
I love that theyre getting out there and actually interacting with people.
Definitely my favourite brand.
So run out and get some and #binthebeds !!!!!!
Friday 6 September 2013
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