Recently, I got tagged on Facebook to participate in this challenge. You had to list 25 random things about yourself and send it to 25 people. Since, I've already finished the challenge, I figured I would share my list with you all, as well as add a few more to the list.
Enjoy!
1. I LOVE Subway. I eat there about 2-4 times a week. I have the same veggie sandwich each time. You would think that I would get bored eating the same thing, but I actually look forward to it every time.
2. When I was a Brownie in the U.K. (a Girl Scout), our craft project one week was knitting. I had so many holes in my small square that I said it was a pattern. Needless to say, I never picked up knitting needles again.
3. If I was to get a part-time job, I would love to work at a florist or at an invitation store.
4. Instead of having a new year's resolution, I created a 101 list. I have 1001 days (2.75 years) to complete it.
5. I LOVE to travel. The best part about exploring a new city is getting lost(in the daylight) and finding the small things that make a city great. I'm anxious to go back to Paris and Italy.
6. One day, I want to own an apartment in Paris.
7. Andrew is right 95% of the time, but for the 5% of the time that I'm right, it's glorious!
8. My favorite flowers are yellow daffodils and my favorite florist is Toni's Flowers. The best bouquet of flowers that Andrew got me were these small daffodils. They smelled gorgeous! He surprised me with them after I received my first internship.
9. I love to gift wrap. It's very relaxing to me.
10. I work out about 4-5 times a week either running or doing pilates. Since, last June, I have lost 10 pounds and I have run two 5K's. In 2009, I would like to run at least one 5K under 30 minutes and a 10K.
11. Even though I shouldn't drink it as much, I love diet coke. I prefer diet coke from a fountain though and not from a can.
12. When Andrew and I are apart, I miss him...even if it's only for a couple of hours.
13. I REALLY want a dog. One that is smart, likes to cuddle, run and doesn't shed too much. If we got a chocolate lab, we would call it Rolo.
14. I'm a bookwork. I LOVE to read. I love it so much that I have a "Red Light Book" in my car. Normally, I read chick-lit. My favorite author is Sophia Kinsella.
15. I talk to my Mom nearly everyday.
16. In April, Andrew and I have been together for four years. In September, we will have been married for two years.
17. I've never taken a beach vacation. Even though I really want to go somewhere tropical this year, I'm afraid at the same time because I don't want to get bored.
18. I'm a cupcake connoisseur. If a city has a cupcake bakery, I have to visit it. So far, the best cupcakes that I have eaten have been from Kupcakz in Tulsa and Sprinkles in Dallas.
19. I nearly lost my big toe on my left foot. One afternoon in the U.K., I was playing hide and seek and I was looking behind a pavement stone (a section of the sidewalk). Before I knew it, the stone had fallen on my toe. For several weeks,
20. Lazy people really frustrate me, as well as not using time efficiently.
21. I'm an alien in residence. I was born in England, but I have lived in the U.S. for 17 years. I would really like to vote in the next presidential election.
22. My Dad is a Merchant Marine Captain. When I was younger, my Mom, Sister and I would fly out to visit my Dad on the ship for vacations and sail around the world. Because of this adventure, I've traveled to Singapore, Indonesia, Belgium, Norway, as well as many other places. My parents are the reason why I love to travel so much.
23. When I met Andrew, it was love at first site. I know it's cheezy, but I know that he was the guy that I was going to marry.
24. Andrew and I are not ready to have children, but when we are I really hope we have at least one girl. If we do, I love the names Kate, Sara and Grace.
25. I LOVE celebrity gossip. I check People.com at least several times a day.
26. I don't iron anything apart from my collared shirts and the bed sheets.
27. I still have my stuffed teddy bear that I was given the day that I was born. He sits on my bedside table.
28. "Hitch" and "Under the Tuscan Sun" are two of my favorite movies. In addition to probably every romantic comedy.
29. The songs "Switch" from Hitch and " I like to move it, move it" from Madagascar are two of my favorite songs.
30. I have a very hard time making large purchases.
31. Unless I really need something, 80% of the time I end up taking it back. I have been known to make several trips to the mall or stores in general, which drives Andrew crazy.
32. Even though I don't like this trait, it seems that I'm always attracted to expensive things. For example, shoes, clothes, etc.
33. I seems that I love anything with bows on it.
34. I HATE oranges. When my Mom was pregnant with me, she would eat oranges all the time. Now, I can't stand anything that tastes or smells of oranges. The only thing that I like about oranges is the color.
35. I'm probably the most pickiest eater around. The foods that I do like though, I love. I never have a problem trying anything sweet related.
36. I love shoes. They make an outfit.
37. On the weekends, I have to get at least 10 hours of sleep each night to function throughout the weekend. Just ask Andrew.
38. I'm the "perfect pancake maker" in the family. When I eat my pancakes, I have to cut them like a pizza. Normally, each pancake will be cut into eight slices.
39. This is the first time in U.S. that I have had true friends. Ones that I can talk to on a daily basis and hang out with several times a week. In the past, I have had friends, but we would never hang out.
40. I HATE ants and snakes. When I see them, I get goosebumps all over my body and start to squirm.
41. When I was younger, I wanted to be a teacher. I used to play "school" in my bedroom. My stuffed animals were my pupils, I had a chalkboard and a real chalk holder, I made pencil holders out of empty toilet holders and I created and graded assignments.
42. Yes, I had a real chalk holder. I bought it from a teacher supply store and it was purple. What can I say? I didn't want to get my hands chalky.
43. Throughout my life, I've always tried to think of ways to make money. In the U.K., I picked the rose petals off the neighborhood bushes, smashed them up and made perfume, as well as dried some and made potpourri. I would go from door to door selling my creations.
44. In sixth grade, I had a scrunchie business. I would make them and sell them at school for $1. I had a catalog with samples of my fabrics and I would package up the orders in brown paper bags. The business was called "Scrunchies-N-More" and it was probably one of my most successful businesses. Even though the business was called "Scrunchies-N-More," unfortunately I didn't sell anything else, but scrunchies.
45. My two favorite quotes are "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away" and "To the world, you may be one person, but to one person, you may mean the world."
46. In high school, I used to wear business casual clothes everyday. As a result, I didn't wear jeans until I started college.
47. I love my job!
48. I can't wait for the day that we own our own house.
49. In college, I was the captain of the novice rowing team.
50. I've been known to dance in my chair, bob my head and even whisper sing at work when I'm listening to my ipod and working.
If you have read this long post, then it's your turn to participate. Tag! You're it!
-N
