50 Random Facts About Me

I have loved reading this tag all over the blogging and youtube community and after being tagged by Laura I couldn’t wait to do it myself. I was expecting to find this a struggle and it almost worries me how easy it was. Too easy. Oh well, hope you enjoy learning more than a few pointless facts about yours truly.

  1. I have two big obsessions (probably more but two is enough to disclose for now): tea and nail polish. it can be a little ridiculous actually.
  2. I’m a Pisces and live up to quite a lot of the typical traits.
  3. My favourite flowers are hydrangeas, forget-me nots and peonies.

    I love Hydrangeas so much that they were a big part of my wedding!

    I love Hydrangeas so much that they were a big part of my wedding!

  4. My favourite colour is periwinkle blue
  5. I’ve been a vegetarian since 1st Jan 2014 and have loved making the change.
  6. I would love to go vegan but I also love cheese. So for now, no deal.
  7. I’m not a morning person (but would love to be). Instead I stay up all night reading pointless things on the internet when I should be sleeping.
  8. I find doing dishes super relaxing but I really hate vacuuming (no one said these facts were going to be interesting).
  9. I have pretty bad asthma and have to take my inhaler where ever I go.
  10. I also have eczema and hayfever/allergies.
  11. You probably had no idea, but my favourite animals are foxes, followed very closely by cats.
  12. I love churches as well as other religious buildings and could spend my life wandering from one peaceful building to the next. Something about their history and their stories as well as the effort that goes into them, whether its the art or the architecture or just the overall sense of spirit.
  13. I really hate asparagus and asparagus rolls are my idea of hell on earth (I’m really sorry Nana).
  14. Baking is one of my favourite things to do but I take any cooking failures extremely personally so the whole thing can be a bit love-hate.
  15. For 3 years I lived in Sydney, Australia and was lucky enough to call Manly Beach home. It’s a beautiful place and I can’t wait to go back some time soon.

    Manly was one of those places almost too beautiful to ever appreciate properly. Image Credit

    Manly was one of those places almost too beautiful to ever appreciate properly. Image Credit

  16. I try to use contact lenses but ultimately I’m too lazy and cbf putting them in every morning. Also my nails make taking them out even worse then trying to force them on my eyeballs. Its a mission that I just don’t care enough to bother with.
  17. My parents divorced when I was one year old and I find it super weird to think of my mum and dad together.
  18. I have always wanted to write fiction and I really hope that one day I can motivate myself to do so.
  19. Coke over pepsi. Always.
  20. I am extremely clumsy and always have been. I would always come home looking like I had been in a fight but it was usually just a fight between me and the concrete floor (or a glass door).
  21. When I was a child I wanted to open up an animal shelter in my home and even had drawn out floor plans of how it would all work in a giant house I was somehow going to obtain. It was a little strange but the good intent was there.
  22. I’m a terrible gambler. Don’t take me to the casino because we will all end up regretting it.
  23. I make daily to-do lists to help my chaotic mind in order. It works, sometimes.
  24. My favourite holiday is Christmas and it makes me go a little crazy. Okay, a lot crazy. Bonus fact – my favourite Christmas movie is Elf.
  25. If I had to choose one makeup item to use forever it would be a lipstick. I love bold bright colours, but if I could only have one it would by Ruby Woo by MAC.
  26. My favourite ice cream flavour it orange chocolate chip. Hands down, for life. Summer in a cone.
  27. I have a terrible tendency to sign up to things for free trials and then end up signed up for life because I am too lazy to figure out how to terminate my subscriptions.
  28. I played the flute throughout Intermediate and High School but am now trying to learn the guitar. Its not going so great.
  29. My favourite family summer spot is Hot Water Beach on the coromandel (as well as nearby Hahei). Its our yearly family getaway and I couldn’t choose anywhere better.
  30. The first chapter book I ever read was Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox.
  31. I am yet another art history nerd and my favourite artist is J.M.W Turner (but there are so many who I love).

    Turner

    The Slave Ship by J.M.W Turner, and the first piece of his that I came across.

  32. I would love to work with kids, either as a teacher or psychologist.
  33. I have been married for two years and been with my husband since I was in 5th form (around 9 years ago).
  34. I’m allergic to seafood but the allergy only developed around 4 years ago (I didn’t even know that was possible).
  35. America’s next top model is my guilty pleasure and I have watched every single episode, sometimes twice. It’s not something I’m proud of.
  36. I have two fox soft toys. One is 20 years old (Cedric) and the other is 1 year old (Basil).
  37. Sticky date pudding is the best desert ever (especially when smothered in caramel sauce), closely followed by creme brûlée.
  38. My favourite comfort food is a big steaming bowl of tomato pasta covered in cheese. All of the cheese.
  39. Merlin is my furbaby. We adopted him on 1 Jan this year and he’s now 5 months old. Feast your eyes on his cuteness, you know you want to.

    50 random things about me

    I cannot deal with his cuteness.

  40. Dual citizen, woo! (NZ and Australia)
  41. I am not a sports person in general but love watching tennis and would love to learn to play but am too uncoordinated to ever be any good.
  42. I don’t like white chocolate (except for Milky Bars, cause there is something special about those). Don’t even get me started on white chocolate brownies.
  43. My favourite word is Echo and I have no idea why.
  44. My favourite movies are Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Fall. Don’t make me choose.

    The cinematography of The Fall is indescribable.

    The cinematography of The Fall is indescribable.

  45. I’m also a sucker for disney movies (Disney night anyone?) with my favourite being Beauty and the Beast.
  46. I have a Bachelor of Science (majors in Psychology and Biology) and a Bachelor of Arts (Major in Art History). I really want to go back and do more (but without the poor student..)
  47. I hated blue cheese for most of my life but in the last year or two have realised how it is actually the BEST CHEESE EVER.
  48. I had a big crush on Elijah Wood when Lord of the Rings came out (and I was around 12/13). Like an obsessive crush. Creepy level crush. I even had a movie cut out of him (its super weird, I’m so sorry).
  49. I’m not the best with crowds. Sometimes I’m late to work because I try and avoid the crowded elevators and end up letting several go up before eventually getting in and trying to hold by breath for 7 floors. Its weird (a lot of my facts seem to be weird, I should probably have chosen more carefully).
  50. I spent ages trying to come up with a fact good enough to finish on and found it the hardest part of the entire tag. Does that count as a fact? It does now.

I’m probably the last person to do this but if you haven’t yet, then I tag you! Go forth and share 50 random facts that are probably a little too revealing about how strange you are as a person (you did such a great job of hiding it up until now).

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  • http://lenatalksbeauty.wordpress.com Lena Talks Beauty

    Orange Chocolate Chip ice cream is the besssssst, closely followed by Mint Chocolate Chip. Yum. This was interesting reading :) I’ve been tagged but I need to get around to doing it.

    • http://myfoxycorner.wordpress.com myfoxycorner

      Mint choc chip is definitely a good second choice! You should definitely do this, I enjoyed reading everyone’s way more than I had expected :) x

  • http://www.memoirsofagaijin.com Francesca

    ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND IS MY FAV MOVIE TOO!! AND ELF IS MY FAV CHRISTMAS MOVIE TOO! Reading this has reminded how much we have in common. So awesome. <3

    • http://myfoxycorner.wordpress.com myfoxycorner

      Ahhh I forget how much we have in common too! And it makes me miss your wonderful face xx

  • http://www.facebook.com/784975036 Christel Hansen

    LOVED THIS LIZZY! I cracked up at number 11 😛 Who would ever guess that?!
    Oh man orange chocolate chip is my LEAST favourite hahahaha, I think because as a kid that’s all we ever had!
    I used to play the guitar! I actually still have my acoustic and electric ones… poor things never get any love!
    I love reading everyone else’s facts, I found this whole thing so difficult to do – currently trying to convince Camille to do it! oxoxo

    • http://myfoxycorner.wordpress.com myfoxycorner

      Hahaha some people might not have clicked… Oh no! It’s your least fave? What’s your most favourite flavour?? Tell Camille I also think she should do it xx

  • http://reallifeauckland.com reallifeauckland

    Yes for blue cheese!!!!!!!!

    • http://myfoxycorner.wordpress.com myfoxycorner

      YES YES

  • http://gravatar.com/beautylustnz Beauty Lust

    LOVE LOVE LOVE! I’m so glad everyone’s jumped on board with the 50 random things tag, it’s been such a good way to get to know a bit more about each other.

    P.s Elf is my fave Xmas movie too :p

    Sx

    • http://myfoxycorner.wordpress.com myfoxycorner

      Elf is such a great movie, I feel like it captures my christmas spirit 😛
      I’m glad too! I didn’t think it would be so much fun to read them all but everytime a new one is posted I get super excited!! Thanks for reading xx

  • http://danslechamp.wordpress.com tallulahcardno

    Orange chocolate chip is the best ice cream ever, yay!! My and you are both Christmas crazies, <3 Elf!

  • http://lipsnberries.com Nishu

    Loved the post Lizzy! I’ve done the tag myself and its so much fun. Love reading everyone’s else’s too. Goes on to prove we are all weirdos! haha

  • Rebecca

    That was so interesting, thanks! It’s exciting to find out the things you have in common with people. My parents also divorced when I was one and I it’s weird to think about them even knowing each other, to me they are strangers, haha.