I've Been Thinking... - 25 (Festive) Facts About Me.

Hi!!!

This is one of the posts I've been most excited about writing and it turns out Blogmas Day Ten is the day. I had the idea of writing a 25 Facts About Me post but with a Christmas twist. I figure it will give you an opportunity to find out more about me and what my Christmases are like and I think it will be really fun to write.

1. My favourite flavour Quality Street (and Roses) chocolate has always been the strawberry ones.
2. My Favourite Christmas song is Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty McColl.
3. I always wear a red dress on Christmas Day.
4. I hate when people say that 2 Become 1 by The Spice Girls is a Christmas song - it is not, you cannot put it next to 'Merry Christmas Everyone' or 'Underneath the Tree' or 'White Christmas' in your playlists, it doesn't belong.
5. My favourite Christmas snack - you know, The ones you only ever have at Christmas? - is (hands down) Cheese Footballs. Nothing else compares.
6. I went carol singing every year for two or three years as a child. My primary school teachers taught us all sorts of songs and carols and then we'd go on a 'tour' of various places local to us, singing for our parents and for shoppers in Morrison's to name but a few. It was so fun and something I'm so glad I got to do.
7. I spent a lot of my childhood Christmases in Northern Ireland staying at (what has become) my favourite hotel with my parents and I have wonderful memories of it - I love big family Christmases at home but I will always have a soft spot for light lunches, bingo, swimming on Christmas Eve in the hotel spa and going on a 'sleigh' (aka horse and cart) ride on Christmas morning.
8. Our Christmas tree is topped with an angel.
9. I have made around six Christmas cakes so far in my lifetime.
10. I love a festive cheeseboard.
11. Stilton is easily my favourite thing on said festive cheeseboards.
12. If I worked in Santa's workshop, I think I'd be a gift-wrapping elf.
13. As a kid, I played a Christmas fairy, the angel Gabriel, a mouse, an angel and a shepherd in my primary schools' Christmas plays.
14. I was actually the angel Gabriel two years in a row - I was obviously brilliant in the role.
15. I don't remember ever particularly wanting to play Mary in the Nativity play - I just wanted to be in it, I didn't really mind what I was!
16. I used to watch Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse all year round when I was younger (and the same goes for the Polar Express).
17. I really love the smell of tinsel.
18. My opinion on parsnips changes every year - some years they are a highlight of my Christmas dinner, other years I can't bear the sight of them.
19. I have a pair of Christmas Eve pyjamas that are only to be worn on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (I sometimes extend it to Boxing Day but no further).
20. They are red with white polka dots - like the background of my blog.
21. My first Christmas drink at Costa is always Black Forest Hot Chocolate - I try the rest of the menu throughout December, but I always kick off with a Black Forest Hot Chocolate.
22. I would love to visit Germany at Christmas and visit as many Christmas markets as possible while there.
23. My favourite John Lewis Christmas adverts are Monty the Penguin and The Long Wait.
24. My advent calendar this year is a Snowman and Snowdog one from Thornton's - it's very swish.
25. I would absolutely love if there was snow this Christmas - all of you, cross your fingers for a White Christmas, please.

Thanks for joining me for Blogmas Day Ten.
I'd love to know a festive fact about you so feel free to leave one in the comments. Or maybe you'd rather leave another comment or suggestion for future posts? You know what to do.
See you tomorrow.

I hope your day is fabulous and festive!

GingerSnaps xxx

I've Been Thinking... - 25 (More) Facts About Me

Hi!!!

I've been wanting to do another Facts About Me post for a really long time, and I'm finally getting round to it. I think it's such a nice way for you to find out more about me, so hopefully you're interested. Let's begin.

1. I love Italian food - hopefully one day I'll be able to go on a (food centred) trip to Italy.
2. I haven't worn Skinny jeans since 2015. I'm all about a straight leg, a boyfriend jean and so on.
3. My guitar is called Linda.
4. I watch an appalling amount a whole lot of reality television and to be honest, I have no shame. It brings me joy.
5. I have few talents but one is that I have Butlins Red Coat level skills at party dances. Saturday Night, the Macarena, the Cha-Cha Slide? I'm a pro at them all.
6. I used to take Irish Dance classes.
7. One of my favourite movie soundtracks is the soundtrack from The Theory of Everything - it's engaging and beautiful.
8. I don't take sugar in my tea.
9. I'm currently reading the second Peter Kay autobiography - Saturday Night Peter - and I laughed audibly at it at least three times a chapter.
10. I was born in Birmingham (in the UK).
11. In Year 10 and Year 11 I insisted on wearing my school blazer with the sleeves rolled up permanently.
12. I actually used to be really fussy about how I wore my school uniform - although, lol, not sure if anyone else would think that.
13. My favourite sweets are Parma Violets.
14. My favourite film is About Time - its funny, charming, full of love and feelings, it features time travel and the cinematography is beautiful.
15. I collect old (or vintage, if you're cool) children's books - Enid Blyton books in particular although I have one or two others.
16. I'm really determined to reach 25 facts...
17. I definitely have a sweet tooth.
18. My favourite musicals are Hairspray and Les Miserables.
19. I went to see Top Hat three times when it was on in the West End - it was a really great show. 
20. I once sat next to Adrian Scarborough in the Watford Palace Theatre and spent the whole play trying to work out who he was. I went home, turned on the TV and there he was, in Gavin and Stacey (which is one of my favourite shows). I've been kicking myself ever since.
21. I really like socks and own far too many pairs because I have a socks aesthetic. Not even joking.
22. I played the first Scouting for Girls album on repeat for approximately a year when it came out until one day the CD player in the car ate it. Still haven't got it back. Sad times.
23. I'm that person who always has their CDS and DVDs in the wrong cases - it annoys me to no end but I can't stop it, no matter how hard I try.
24. I'm an ENFP, for anyone as interested in the Myers-Briggs personalities as me.
25. I absolutely love ice cream.

I hope you enjoyed getting to know me a bit more today through this, it's funny how hard it is to come up with 25 facts but I did it.

Tell me something about yourself in the comments. Or maybe some other comments or suggestions for future posts. Let me know by leaving a comment.

Thanks for reading, speak soon.

Have a wonderfully brilliant day!

GingerSnaps xxx

Getting to Know You... 25 Facts About Me.

Hi!!!


Recently in Blogland, I've noticed that a lot of people have done a "25 Facts About Me" post including some of my favourite bloggers ever - more on those people in an upcoming post.

So, without further a do, here are 25 Facts About Me. The majority of these facts are not necessarily important. However, its my blog and I'll write what I want to...

 

 

"25 Facts About Me".

 

 

1. I am completely and utterly addicted to cupcakes!!!

 

 

 2. I prefer Strictly Come Dancing to The X Factor - don't judge me!

 

 

3. My favourite holiday is Christmas.

 

 

4. I love Christmas so, so, so much that I sing Christmas songs all year round (sad, I know).

 

 

5. I am very family and friends orientated. I value them all so much and my life wouldn't be the same without those beautiful creatures.

 

 

6. I spent far too much time on the internet - particularly Blogs and YouTube.   

 

7. I am a complete "foodie".

 

 

8. I really like photography.

 

 

9. My favourite restaurants are The Balcon on Pall Mall in London, Havana in Leamington Spa, Porters in Covent Garden and The Rhubarb in Leamington Spa.

 

 

10. One of the best parts about Summer is Afternoon Tea - I eat it practically everyday in the Summer.

 

 

12. I went to T4 On The Beach last year - turns out it was the last ever one - and I loved it!

 

 

13. I love everything Ginger - my hair, the flavour, the scent.... everything!

 

 

14. I am a professional theatre go-er. I go to the theatre very, very, very often - I LOVE IT!


15. I adore Lily Cole. If you don't know who she is, Google her, she's an amazing creature.


16. I use Factor 30 Sun-cream - but lots of it, because I'm so fair. I could use Factor 50 but they don't make Factor 50 Spray's typically.


17. I am part of the iPhone family.


16. I love visiting Castles, Stately Homes and Monuments. I'm really interested in History.


17. I like flowers and trees - a LOT.


18. Peter Kay is my favourite male comedian.


19. Miranda Hart is my favourite female comedian.


20. I can speak Spanish.


21. I love Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows and Cream and Lemonade and Ice Cream Floats.


22. I love Harry Potter!


23. My favourite band is Elbow (I also love Oasis, Nirvana, Fall Out Boy, The Verve, and Keane).


24. My favourite solo singer(s) are Van Morrison, Amy Winehouse (RIP) and Paul Carrack.


25. I love make-up and creating looks on myself and my friends/family. I love creative (bright, editorial) looks and also period looks (50's, 60's, 90's).

Obviously, this isn't *everything* there is to know about me but hopefully, over time, we'll get to know each other better.

 

I hope the weather is as lovely for you as it is for me right now and that if it is you're enjoying the sunshine (with an SPF and some shades - obviously).

 

Thank you for reading this post, I hope you enjoyed.

 

Have a lovely day or evening whatever you are getting up to right now...

 

 

GingerSnaps xxx