100 Random Facts About Me (Part 3)

You know the score!  Let’s dive straight in this time:

51.  I can’t do shopping at Primark!

52.  And I hate clothes shopping in sales (especially at Next), when everything’s a mess

53.  I can only wear Esprit jeans

54.  I NEVER wear heels

55.  My favourite animals are polar bears - it's one of my big dreams to see one in the wild

 [As I can't have one as a pet, I 'adopted' one - to pretend]

56.  Another one of my big dreams is to see the Northern lights

57.  I like personal space – and don't do well in crowds

58.  I LOVE Christmas  and everything that goes along with it (even sprouts)

59.  I love playing board games - we have an entire games cupboard 

60.  Robins are my favourite birds

[Isn't he cute?!?]

61.  I have to touch something red if I see a magpie (though, otherwise, I’m not particularly superstitious)

62.  I do NOT like dark chocolate!

63.  I love Dr. Seuss 

64.  I’ve always wanted to write a book

65.  I like feeding ducks

66.  I LOVE IKEA!!!

[I always get excited when the new catalogue arrives]

67.  I can’t hula-hoop

68.  I worry WAY too much, about EVERYTHING

69.  I never listen to the radio

70.  I rarely watch the news (it’s never happy)

71.  I believe in love at first sight

72.  I love the feeling when you’ve just had your hair trimmed.  I like to swish!

73.  I love that feeling you get on ‘pirate ship’ rides, when your tummy goes funny

74.  I used to enjoy watching horror movies, but can’t watch them nowadays

75.  My movie choices are always comedies, adventures or fantasies

These were all meant to be random FACTS about me.  But I’m afraid they’re just making ME seem rather RANDOM!!!  Oh well!!!  

That’s it for today!  If you can bare it, I’ll be back soon with random facts numbers 76 to 100.....

In the meantime, don’t forget to enter my GIVEAWAY here.  I’ll be drawing a winner this Friday.  Good luck!!! 

Carly

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100 Random Facts About Me (Part 2)

Hello again!

Thanks for all of your comments on my last post.  I'm glad you enjoyed the randomness!  Are you sitting comfortably?  Then off I go with my next 25 random facts:

26.  I love to LOOK AT fancy German cakes, but I love to EAT good, old-fashioned English cakes

[Yummy banana cake, made by Simon this morning]

27.  I always forget to take my camera with me on occasions when great photo-opportunities arise

28.  My favourite TV show (at the moment) is ‘Downton Abbey’

29.  I couldn’t pick a favourite movie

30.  Nor could I pick a favourite book

31.  I’m shy around people I don't know (though not as shy as I used to be)

32.  I’d love to be able to ballroom dance really beautifully

33.  I have a ridiculously large collection of children’s books (and PRETEND this is because of my job)

34.  I’m TOTALLY un-sporty (and always have been)

35.  The only sports team I’ve ever been in was my primary school netball team (and that was only because I was the 2^nd tallest in the class)

36.  I love quiet nights in.....

37.  And I love big nights out (in Düsseldorf)

[I think you should all visit Düsseldorf - it's great]

38.  I got engaged while I was still at school.  My form tutor said it would never last – she was very wrong!

39.  Our relationship started out as a holiday romance – Simon was a lifeguard at the holiday camp pool

40.  Over the two years before we moved in together, we took it in turns to travel the 200 miles to see each other EVERY weekend

41.  I was 22 when we got married

[This is a photo my cousin took when we weren't looking]

42.  Simon is my very best friend

43.  I have the best husband in the world.....

[Last year, in France]

44.  .... and the best family too (I’m VERY lucky)

45.  I have one sister (9 years younger than me)

46.  I love cheese sarnies – mature cheddar on crusty white bread.....

47.  ..... but chip butties are even better!!!

48.  I once drank three shot glasses full of hot, melted chocolate (at Cadbury’s World) – and didn’t feel too great afterwards

49.  I love starry nights

50.  I passed my driving test aaaages ago, but I don't drive 

That’s all for this post, folks!  Do you feel as though you know me even better now?  

  

There’s still some time left to enter my ‘Chocolate’ book GIVEAWAY, if you haven’t already.  You can find all the details here.  

Hugs to you all,

Carly

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My Top 20 Christmas Movies

Now that Christmas preparations are well underway, we’ve dug out our collection of Christmas movies, and have watched one per night (pretty much) over the past week.  Of course, there was a night off in the middle of the week for me to watch Kirsty’s gorgeous, wonderful, magical ‘Homemade Christmas’!!!  Look at my collection.....

A random mix of videos, ‘proper’ DVDs, and DVDs that came free with newspapers!  We have plenty more Christmas movies that we recorded from the telly onto blank videos too – many moons ago!!!  It’s a funny old collection, but I LOVE it!  Every December, I really look forward to finding them, dusting them off and re-watching them AGAIN for the umpteenth time.

And I thought I’d share with you my ‘Top 20’ list.  Choosing my favourite 20 was pretty easy.  But ordering them was quite tricky, as I love them all for different reasons.  Some are funny, some I remember watching when I was a little girl, some are extra-christmassy, some are really magical, some are beautiful, and some just make me smile.  If there are any on the list that you haven’t seen yet, I really recommend that you give them a try!  Also, if you know of any good ones that I haven’t included, please let me know!  One can NEVER have too many Christmas movies!!!

So, here’s the list:

1.  Home Alone (1990)

2.  Elf (2003)

3.  The Santa Clause (1994)

4.  Surviving Christmas (2004)

5.  Home Alone 2 (1992)

6.  A Christmas Carol (1999)

7.  The Snow Queen  (2005)

8.  Miracle on 34^th Street (1994)

9.  Santa Claus the Movie (1985)

10.  The Snow Queen (2002)

11.  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988)

12.  National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (1989)

13.  Christmas with the Cranks (2004)

14.  Nativity! (2009)

15.  Fred Claus (2007)

16.  The Snowman (1982)

17.  The Greatest Store in the World (1999)

18.  How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

19.  Olive the Other Reindeer (1999)

20.  Jack Frost (1998)

I hope your Christmas preparations are going well, dear reader!

I'll be back soon, with more Christmas cheer.....

Carly

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