Forty Odd Things About Me

I'm not very sure why I decided to write this post.  It just suddenly popped into my head whilst watching T.V. then as the night went on it started to become an obsession and I kept thinking about it.  So this is why I'm writing "Forty Odd Things About Me".  It really just gives an insight into who I am and my likes and dislikes.

1. My star sign is Aries-which means I'm  very highly strung and sometimes hyper-sensitive.
2. I'm also a total perfectionist and beat myself up a lot for not meeting my own high standards.
3. My favourite colour is red, not orangey red but deep blood red.
4. I love Bram Stokers Dracula starring Gary Oldman (this perhaps explains my colour preference).
5. I'm also a huge Twilight fan and I support Team Edward.
6. I'm often asked if I dye my hair-no it's naturally dark,dark brown.
7. My little niece and I have very, very dark brown eyes (sometimes it's difficult to see the pupil  as their so dark).
8. My niece and I both have  sallow skin  (my mum says my niece is my double)
9. I love fruit salads (the fruit not the chewy sweets, although I do love the sweets too)
10. I love watching Darts and support  Raymond Van Barneveld (Barnie)
11. I also love watching boxing (I used to watch this with my Grandad when I was little, he was a boxer in his early years).
12. I detest bitchy, bossy and gossipy people (especially if their out to hurt someone).
13. I was taught to knit when I was between 4 or 5 by my mum.
14. I'm a self taught crocheter.
15. My Home Economics teacher told me I was useless at sewing (my work has appeared in SewHip
Magazine and I sell my own bags).
16. I like to wear make-up and perfume everyday (my O/H says I'm high maintenance).
17. I hate ironing, I only iron as I need the items.
18. When I'm angry, stressed or in a strop I become a cleaning goddess.
19. I hate wearing lots of jewellery, I will wear single pieces instead of sets.
20. I only wear silver, except for my engagement ring, which is gold.
21. I have a very dirty laugh.
22. I love talking crude with my sister (much to the dismay of my O/H, who wishes I was more demure).
23. I love drinking freezing cold milk (even though it gives me brain freeze).
24. I only like ready salted crisps (if their Kettle Chips, you've no chance of me sharing them).
25. I'm from the Creamola Foam generation used to drink this all the time and I still have my own teeth.
26. I love Farley's Rusks.
27. I love potatoes.
28. I only wear leather shoes (my feet hurt all the time due to working in retail for many years, leather
shoes help them)
29. I talk and sing to my dog daily- he thinks he's human, so I treat him like one lol.
30. I love my dog, he's my best friend.
31. I have a miniature soft toy piglet, which I take to bed with me every night.
32. I'm not actually 40 I'm 5.
33. I love stationery and have hoards of pens, pencils, erasers, felt-tip pens, markers and paper.
34. I collect little boxes and decorative tins.
35. I collect buttons and have over 2000 different kinds.
36. When I see white feathers, butterflies I believe it's a sign that someone in heaven is watching over          me.
37. I love bootleg or boyfriend jeans
38. I love listening to the Foo Fighters but it has to be very loud.
39. I love the Fat Face brand.
40. I only wear D. C's, Vans or Vision Street Wear on my tootsies (see picture)

So busy!

Say hello to my little Leap Year nephew, Bailey. Don't be deceived by his cuteness he has his mummy wrapped round his little finger, and he's only a day old in this photo.  He had her up most of the night as he decided he only wanted two hours sleep, the rest of the time was spent exercising his lungs.  I know it's not funny but how can someone so small be so manipulative. My sister and her husband looked like wrecks when I visited. Lol!

A happy belated Mother's Day to all the yummy mummy's out there.  I was very busy yesterday and didn't have time to blog as I was spending the day with mum.  We decided to spend the day in Callander, wandering around the shops and just taking in the scenery.  We then jumped in the car and headed a little bit out of Callander to see the resident Highland cows, Hamish and his calf Honey.  Honey turned one in February, so she's still very young and what a greeting my mum and I received. This little one bounded around like a spring lamb and came running straight over to where my mum and I were standing.  This little one obviously likes the lime light and enjoys basking in it too.  I now regret not catching a photo on my camera.
It was a fantastic day full of giggles and silliness.  Whenever my mum and I are out if we see keyrings with names on we have a race to see who can find theirs first, this has become a kind of a ritual now.  My mum's name is Isabella, and well mines is Shirley not very common and not trendy at the mo so when we find one we have to buy it no matter how bad they look.This is mine:

Flicking through the pages of the keyring you'll never guess what animal is linked to my name, it just happens to be a squirrel.  I'm gobsmacked, this is just a nickname Paul thought suited me, as he thinks I look like a little squirrel lol.  My mum actually asked, "is that why your blogs named squirrel?"  Hahahaha!  I don't think my mum believed me when I said "no".  So suffice to say I had to buy it after finding this wee gem of info.