50 Facts About Me

Thought I would do a 50 facts about me blog as a way for people to get to know me. It's actually really hard to sit down and think about these. I was going to do 25 but it turns out I can actually ramble on and I could have done more than 50 in the end!

1.  I can’t whistle

2. Night time is my favourite smell

3.  I am 25 years old

4. Sunflowers are my favourite flower

5. When I am sad I listen to Disney songs. Actually I listen to Disney songs whatever my mood

6. Pancake day is my favourite day of the year. I will eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner

7. I don’t like chocolate

8. I bite my nails

9.  I really love dates, prunes and figs

10. When I was 8 I convinced all my friends that I had written the lyrics to the song ‘Eternal Flame’

11. I hate being alone. I can’t be on my own for more than a few hours before I start to feel funny

12. I am terrified of birds – this is called Ornithophobia. My friends all think it’s hilarious.

13.  I once managed to convince a friend I was Portuguese for a year

14. My favourite colour is purple

15.  I am appalling at Maths. I struggle to add 2 + 2 if put on the spot. It’s sad but true

16. I love rollercoasters

17. One of my biggest regrets in life was giving up horse-riding

18. I lived in Cardiff for 2 years and it was the best time of my life

19.  My dream job is to work in PR/Events although I wouldn’t mind being a published author

20. Warthogs are my favourite animal. It’s just the way the run, it’s too cute

21. I have a scar on my eyebrow from when I was 5 and fell onto my dolls house chimney and part of my eyebrow has never grown back

22. I am very allergic to mosquito bites and will swell up at alarming proportions if bitten

23. I’ve never been in a limo

24. I won’t dive into a swimming pool because I am terrified of snapping my neck on the bottom

25. I don’t really like tea that much and I never dunk my biscuits!

26. I sucked my thumb until I was 10

27. I have had 5 braces as a result of the above but they never sorted out my bottom teeth which are still a bit crooked

28. I have 2 younger brothers

29. I kept a diary for 11 years (2001 – 2011) and have just started it up again

30. I lived in Portugal for 8 months when I was 18

31. I have never broken a bone

32. I have kept a blog for 3 years and I love it

33. I love travelling

34. I am studying part time to get my degree in English Literature

35. I live in London which has been my dream since I was 5.

36.  When I was 8 years old I really wanted to be a catwalk model

37. I never wear jeans

38. I want to get married in a church even though I am not religious

39. I met my boyfriend at Glastonbury

40. I have gone to the toilet in the same cubicle as Charlotte Church

41. I love sour sweets. I am constantly on the look out for the sourest sweet out there

42. I dropped out of college to move to Portugal and I don’t regret it at all

43.  I have really good reflexes

44. I wear hardly any make-up even when I going ‘ out out’. I only wear eyeliner,  occasionally mascara and lipstick.

45. I am going grey already. I pull a new grey hair out every week

46. I can’t stand marmite but my boyfriend loves it and I won’t let him kiss me if he’s eaten it

47.  I can’t drive

48. The smell of coffee makes me feel really ill

49. I hate spicy food. I just don’t get it. Why would you ruin a meal by making it so hot it burns your mouth?!

50. I love to sing. Especially at my boyfriend. Really loudly. 

There we have it, feel like you know me better?

xxx

See you on the other side.....

The time is nearly upon us! It is just over a week before I will be taking myself off to Glastonbury for 5 days and to say that I'm a little excited would be the calm version of what I am feeling.

This will be my 4^th year going to the land of mud, music, fun, and smelly toilets. My boyfriend and I weren't too sure if we wanted to go this year as quite a few of our friends aren't going and we aren't too impressed with the line up this year but when we sat down and wrote a list of pros and cons no matter how many cons there were the biggest pro was always IT’S GLASTONBURY!

It is always quite special when we get to go because I met my boyfriend there and it will be our 3 year anniversary this year so it’s nice that we are lucky enough to keep getting tickets and are able to go back. If you haven’t been you have to go at least once in your lifetime. The atmosphere is just incredible, everyone is so friendly and they look out for each other, you get to see some amazing bands that you perhaps wouldn't normally get to see – prime examples and some my favourite are Scissor Sisters, Faithless, Snoop Dogg, Stevie Wonder, and Coldplay to name a few. The not washing for 5 days is fine as everyone else smells the same and it’s what baby wipes were invented for, there are always strains of music to be heard from somewhere and on the first night going up to Stone Circle and watching the hundreds of lanterns being lit and sent on their way is skin tingling. These are the reasons that we are willing to pay £205 for a ticket despite the line up being a bit crap.

I want to see the following:

Arctic Monkeys

Mumford and Sons

Vampire Weekend

Example

The Hives

Chase & Status

Bastille

Disclosure

Rudimental

Skream & Benga

Sub Focus

SBTRKT

Netsky

Flux Pavillion

I am also taking a trip to Primark at the end of the week to pick up some bits and pieces so I can put together some Glasto outfits. I have been frantically checking the weather and although it’s still 9 days to go and could change it doesn't look too awful currently but if it does rain I've got my brand new wellies to splash around in.

So now it is just a case of buying all of our alcohol – we are going for two 2ltr bottles of vodka & mixer and rum & mixer each and some cans and boxes of wine. I really am not looking forward to carrying it all on my back though!

I am so looking forward to this, it’s going to be different as it will just be my boyfriend, our friend and me but I think Glastonbury is what you make it and we are going to make it a bloody good one! xxx

Fresh as a daisy

There is always something nice about starting a shiny new blog.

In this case though it is something of a challenge to leave behind my other blog on tumblr which I have been updating with my heart and soul for the last 3 years. I am having a few problems with the features on tumblr – you can’t comment on your posts and you can’t easily access old posts which means that you have to click like mad to get to old posts. I am hoping that I will love this one just as much as my old one!

But I’m not one to start something on a downer so welcome to my blog! I started blogging about 3 years ago and gradually it over took my diary writing and now I write all manner of things on my blog. I find it soothing to know that there is a record of my life somewhere out there, and I hope that the things I post about are helpful and provide some fun into a dull day.

For the most part my blog will be filled with recipes, London and my life in general as I skip along into my late twenties.  A little bit of background information is always required: My name is Cara, I am 25 and live with my boyfriend of 3 years and our cat of 9 months in the East of London. I moved to London 2 years ago and I wish I did more on a daily basis. I am in Business Development but wish I was in PR or Events. I am also a Open University student studying English Literature part time – I am currently in my 4^th year, with 2 more years to go before I receive my degree. It has been going on for so long I feel that I will never reach the end!

I am a social network-aholic. I like cheese in unhealthy amounts. I hardly ever wear make-up. I wish I had never given up horse-riding. I giggle a lot.  I can’t stand to be alone for longer than a few hours. I always dreamed of travelling but responsibilities won out. I can never find anything to wear. My life is a bit like candyfloss, full of happiness, sugar and air. How profound.

This is my life....