Hey Sweeties,
Before we begin, I just wanted to take a moment and apologise because owing to my wedding being imminent, my blog at the moment has had to take a back seat, hence why there is a temporary shortage of new posts. Like I said I do apologise but hopefully you can understand and your patience is much appreciated. In a couple of weeks things should be back up and running as normal, so stay tuned!
In the meantime, a short while back I was reading a copy of Grazia magazine and on the back page was this feature –Me, My Selfie and I (with Liz Hurley) and it sounded like an excellent tag to recreate for the blog. FYI, I am not going to specifically tag anyone to do this post, it’s open to everyone! Please just link back to me if you do so I can see your posts!
Here goes!
Who is your best friend?
I’m lucky as I have three – Ian (soon-to-be husband), Kate, and Tree who is also affectionately known as ‘Wifey’.
What’s your biggest regret?
You can’t live life with regrets, only lessons you learn from. I think however if I hadn’t had a chance to live by myself before moving in with Ian, I would look back and regret not giving myself the opportunity to have done that.
What’s your biggest extravagance?
My holiday last year with Trek America took a lot of saving and is the most expensive holiday I’ve done to date, but equally one of the most rewarding things I have done for myself. Most recently though I have just splashed out on a new car –I look at it as my last single gal gift to myself before I get married. I’ve worked for it after all!
When was the last time you were embarrassed?
I sometimes say things before really thinking them through… for example, saying how I sometimes miss having a banana for breakfast can be so easily misinterpreted and results in an awkward silence. Ha!
What’s your type?
I like guys who have a quiet confidence about them and I find ambition very attractive. I wouldn’t otherwise say I have a type because rarely those sort of things (looks and personality) really match up when you constrain yourself to a certain characteristics. Like I said, it’s the one with a quiet confidence who isn’t immediately on my radar who turns out to be a total gem… and the love of my life.
When did you last lose your temper?
I generally don’t lose my temper, but I can get stressed which occasionally causes me to have a mini burst of emotion. Wedding planning is stressful though, even if you’re having a really simple do, there are still plenty of decisions that can cause disagreement and I’ve had a few emotional breakdowns along the way.
What from your past would you like to delete from the internet?
I didn’t really join the internet until around 2006 (on bebo!) by which point I was just enjoying teenage freedoms and life in the real world. While there are probably far too many night out photos still floating about out there, there’s nothing I would actually seek out to delete.
Who owes you an apology?
Without naming names, only one person really comes to mind but really it’s anyone that prices their friends out of friendship because they feel the cost of something overrules the true value. Funnily enough I wrote about this very thing a while back, here.
Who or what would you put into Room 101?
See above!
Tell us a secret?
I don’t really have any to be honest, nothing that I haven’t already shared previously anyway.
The biggest misconception about you is?
I think people that don’t really know me, can sometimes see someone that is quite serious and maybe shy. But once I relax around new people and environments, I’m actually really fun and I’m up for a laugh as much as the next person. I’m becoming more open about my social anxiety though which helps people, particularly work colleagues, to understand me better.
Who do you miss most?
Despite moving around a lot in the past, I’ve lost a lot of ‘friends’ but the ones still with me are the only ones that matter. I’ve been fortunate that I haven’t lost any family to date, unless it was when I was too young to really remember them; I would have loved to have known my Grandads better before they passed.
Biggest life lesson?
Becoming your own best friend is so important, and knowing yourself before you embark on any life changing decisions. Once you know who you are and can trust yourself as you would a best friend, you can be the best judge of anything going forward.
And finally… (sorry, I’m terrible at selfies!)
Until next time x
