50 Random Facts About Me

I have seen this done a few times on Youtube and decided it was about time I did one here so that you can get to know me a bit better...

So here it goes....

1) I naturally have very curly hair but mostly wear it straight

2) I live in Cape Town, South Africa


3) I am pretty tall,  I am about 5,9 feet or so (1,77 meters )

4) I want to become a doctor and study medicine at UCT after school (which is pretty soon!)

5) I love the colour green

6) I went on student exchange last year and lived in Italy for almost two months

7) One day I really want to take part in a travel program called Rustic Pathways- it looks so amazing

8) I could literally live off Lipton ice tea

9) For about 14 years, I dreamt of being a figure skater when I grew up

10) I am fairy nervous and cautious with horses, I've had a couple of bad experiences so am a bit scared of them

11) I hate waking up later than about 9:30 (at maximum) because I feel like I am wasting the day, although at the same time, I am absolutly terrible at waking up in the mornings!

12) It is my matric dance in 3 weeks and I am so excited! I have a final dress fitting next week and my dress is a maroon, red wine colour.

13) Biggest girl crushes are definitely Mila Kunis, Emma Watson and Lucy Hale

14) I love falling asleep to the sound of waves crashing on the beach- which is why I love spending time in our holiday beach house in Plettenberg Bay

15) I love love love Pretty Little Liars and am obsessed with a far too many other series as well

16) I have mu skipper's license

17) I do art at school and it is one of my favourite subjects

18) I have 3 siblings- two brothers and a sister and they are all younger than me

19) I have the cutest, most adorable little border collie puppy named Gus.... I got him when I turned 18 so he is about 3,5 months now.

20) I love raspberries- they are probably my favourite food. 

21) I am not a fan of shellfish and most seafood in general- including sushi.

22) There's nothing better than a really good cup of tea.

23) I love theatre and music and one day I want to direct a performance where I get underprivileged children to act and perform in it- so that they can be exposed to it too.

24) My favourite shops at the moment are Cotton On, Typo, Zara and Forever New.

25) I play guitar and piano and I used to play violin too, but haven't picked it up for about 5 years. 

26) If I could travel one place tomorrow, I would go to Costa Rica.


27) I can't sleep in pitch darkness, I always need a bit of light on. 

Tahiti

28) Ever since I watched Ali's season of The Bachelorette, I have wanted to go to Tahiti.

29) I have never watched The Titanic.

30) I always dream, like I very rarely wake up and cannot remember what I dreamt that night.

31) I love the smell of the forest just after it has rained.

32) I feel super self-conscious wearing heels because I look like a giant, haha

33) Even in winter, I never sleep in long pyjamas (like long pants or long top) because I find them uncomfortable while I'm sleeping.

Snorkeling

34) I bite my nails and I don't think I have ever really successfully been able to kick the habit.

35) I was born bald and stayed like that till I was about 2!

36) I have a cat called Toffee who I love to bits- he is a fat ginger. 

37) I am very scared of deep sea, because I once went snorkelling and as we were swimming, suddenly the reef dropped from like 2m to 30m and it was so deep that you could see all the scary creatures and things below all the way down to the bottom. There were like massive barracudas and jellyfish and all these creepy things below me.

38) Some of my favourite artists are Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, One Direction, Bastille and Train.

39) I went to a Lady Gaga concert here, in Cape Town, and it was absolutely amazing!

40) I am a very fussy eater- there is a lot that I don't like.

41) I really want to road trip across the US. 

42) One of my favourite things is when it is pouring with rain and I am snuggled in bed under the covers. 

43) I have a memory box that I started when I was about 17 and every time I do something really special, I put a token from that experience into my box so one day I can look back at everything that was special in my life.

44) I used to do synchronised swimming- but after a year I stopped because I didn't think I was flexible enough.

45) If I don't become a doctor, the other profession that I have thought about  is teaching for grades 1 or 2 because I really loving working with young kids. 

46)  I am not a huge fan of movies, I do watch them, but in general I've found that I tend to get bored and find them too long a lot of the time, I'm much more into series.

47) I love summer- swimming, going to the beach, having braais (barbecues), it staying light till late, all of it.

The London Eye

48) I know that nowadays you can download all of your music and play it on your IPod, but I am sucker for buying the original hard copy- I like to have the full CD and then be able to play it from start to finish- because I think one can learn a lot about an artist listening to the full album without skipping songs, or anything.



49) One day, I would really like to live in England for a bit.

50) I am one of those people that cries very easily- happy or sad tears, hah. 

So thats 50 facts about me! I hope I didn't exhaust you reading all that- well at least now you know me a lot better!

What I Love About Winter

Okay, so don't get me wrong, I'm a summer gal, no doubt! But theres just something about winter that I love too, even though I can't stand being cold.. So because I live in a different hemisphere to most of the readers, I thought that now would be the perfect time to do this post. It is supposedly just the beginning of Autumn (Fall) here so shouldn't be cold, but something has gone seriously wrong then, because I am on holiday in Plett at the moment and it is freezing! I am so cold, it is pouring with rain, super windy and the seas are very rough- typical winter conditions. So over the past week I have had to switch into "winter mode"- drinking hot chocolate, wearing loads of layers and it made me think about the ten things that I love about winter.

SNUGGLING UNDER THE COVERS AND READING
I love being so warm and comfy when it is cold out. There is something so comforting to me where I am snuggled down into my layers of blankets and duvets and it is freezing and raining outside. 

LAYING IN BED WITH A MUG OF HOT CHOCOLATE
I very rarely drink hot chocolate in summer, in fact, the only time I really

drink it is when I am cold, in winter usually. Making myself a mug of delicious hot chocolate with marshmallows and everything and crawling into bed- nothing sounds better. 


WEARING MY UGG BOOTS
I know that Uggs are pretty much internationally shunned fashion wise, but I absolutely love them. I love mine to bits and I can only ever wear them in the midst of cold cold winter. 

FALLING ASLEEP TO THE SOUND OF RAIN FALLING ON MY ROOF
Our roof is kind of flat, I don't know how to describe it, but it is flat-ish and made of corrugated metal (rather than something like slate) and so when rain falls on it, its really loud. But growing up with this sound of rain pounding on the roof as I lay in bed trying to fall asleep, it has actually become comforting and something that I love. 

MY ELECTRIC BLANKET
Up to about 2 years ago, I refused to allow my mom to buy me one because I didn't like the idea of sleeping on electricity- and quite frankly, I thought it was unnecessary and an indulgence in a privileged lifestyle. But I must admit that I love it. We write our big mid year exams in the middle of winter and so one of my best memories is, after working for hours at my desk, climbing into my super warm bed that has been preheated for a few hours by my electric blanket. 

Warm winter clothes

THE CRACKLING OF WOOD IN OUR FIRE PLACE
We have a corner wood fire place. I love the sound of wood crackling on it, especially when I am falling asleep. 

WINTER CLOTHES
I love summer clothes too, but I love being able to wear boots (ankle, Uggs, wedged, doc martins- you name it!), scarves (I love love scarves), long pants, hoodies, blazers, coats, gloves and tights. 

HOT BATHS
It is so nice to climb into a really hot bubble bath when it is freezing cold outside. Throw in a Lush bomb and that's all I need to get me through the Winter hehe. 

THUNDERSTORMS
We don't get many thunderstorms, which is why when we do, I find them pretty exciting. I love seeing an occasional flash of lighting or hearing the rumble of thunder!

LOTS OF BLANKETS
In winter, my bed has about 5 blankets on it and I literally sleep with them all on I love being all snug and warm inside.

PUDDLES
Due to so much rain in winter, there are always puddles. There is a dip in the land level of our street and so it always fills up with water and forms a massive puddle. In winter, every time we drive down our street home, we go through it and it splashes all over the windscreen. Yes, this sounds a bit stupid, guess it's the inner-child in me talking. 

All I need on a rainy days!

MOVIE DAYS
On really miserable days, I could literally spend the entire day laying on the couch watching movies and all my favourite series with a cup of tea, blankets and the fire crackling in the corner. 

BLASTING WARM AIR FROM THE CAR RADIATOR ONTO MY FEET
Our school shoes have little cut out holes on the top, which are terribly designed for winter because water from the rain gets through and soaks our tights and socks- making our feet freezing for the entire day. One of the things that I always do is, when I climb into the car after school, blast the heat directed at my cold feet, to war them up. Just an odd little nostalgic thing I guess. 

THE SOUND OF WIND GOING ROUND YOUR HOUSE
I didn't know how to describe this but I am sure you know what I mean. Like that howling sound where the wind whips around a corner, I love it. Especially if I am warm and snug in bed. 

Is it hunger or boredom?

So recently I have been thinking about the way that our minds work in relation to being bored and wanting to eat. I don't know about you guys, but definitely for me,  I tend to search the cupboards, pantry and fridge every time I run out of things to do. So this is especially a problem for me now, during the holidays, where I actually have some time to be bored. I can honestly say that I have regularly opened the fridge more then once in the same half and hour, hoping that the second time something new and delicious would appear, hahah- I hope this isn't just me!
So the reason why I wrote this post is because I stumbled across this picture on We Heart It:

So I decided, in honour of all the delicious, amazing goodies I've been liking on We Heart It/ Pinterest, I'd make a little post of some of the yummy things I want to try/make!

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90210 fashion- ADRIANNA

ADRIANNA
Adrianna is such a beautiful person but her style in this series hasn't yet quite got its own individuality yet in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, she dresses beautifully, but what I mean is that I am finding it very hard to give her style a certain word to describe it. I guess my nearest description would be young, colourful and preppy, however at times it is also really editorial high fashion, so I mix I guess. Adrianna is a complicated character and as a viewer, you go through times of loving and hating her. She is not nearly as big a part of the California Girl look as the rest of them and often wears sun dresses and little cardigans. 

This is one of my favourite dresses that i can remember Adrianna wearing. It just fit her so well with the skinny belt and change from horizontal to vertical lines. It was also such a perfect colour for her. 

This dress looks great on Adrianna. She has a full bust and so can pull of the low neck line and she also has a small waist and so where it pulls in there is very flattering. The pattern is not one that I would usually like however, in this case I feel like it does work. 

Adrianna wears a lot of bright colours and they do work on her. You can see how this is quite a young preppy look, but done well.

This was one of the dresses that Ade wore that was a lot more high fashion, she pulled out all stops proving that she can look classy behind her sweet style too.

This dress looked really great on her. The colour, in my opinion maybe could have been a bit brighter, cause those really suit her. But the high neck works great on her as well as the slight pull in at the waist and the flawy skirt down. 

Adrianna, on the left wearing the polka dot shorts, shows that she can also do the simple look with shorts and a T shirt and in fact, this is actually one of my favourite looks on her, so I hope to see more of this among all the pretty dresses and skirts.

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90210 fashion- IVY

IVY
Ivy immediately fits the stereotypical "surfer girl" profile. She's a bit of a tomboy, not into high fashion and girly spa days, etc, has long wavy blonde hair and loves to spend most of her time on the beach, which is why you usually catch her in bikinis, shorts and a simple Tshirt or occasionally a maxi dress or two. She is a soft girl who comes off quite hard but has been through a lot and so I guess does this as a defence mechanism. Ivy's style is very laid back like I said before, mostly in wetsuits or something simple but I actually love her style. It is very boho and almost quite hippy ish- she wears lots of headbands, hats, beaded bracelets that type of accessory.

Whilst this isn't one of my favourite looks by her, Ivy does typically wear looseish clothing of a hippy sort of style and often plaits her hair or does it in a topknot. I think that the colour of this dress is really nice on her and some how it is kind of flattering, despite it having little shape. 

Ivy is wearing a simple shirt and light denim shorts here and even though the picture doesn't show it, she has paired them with some boots that go about half way up her shin. I really love this really casual look, there's something about it where less is more. 

Like I said, Ivy very often just has shrots and a bikini top on. I love these dark denim high waisted shorts as well as her sarong/cardigan/pull over (I don't really know what to call it) but they really show her beach, surfer girl style.

Again, here she is just wearing high waisted shorts and a three quarter sleeve jersey. I really really like it though, the patterns and colours work surprisingly well together and I like it's overall cut, a boat (isn) neckline and then just showing a glimpse of her midriff. 

Another look that I really like. Very similar to the others, but this is mostly the type of stuff that Ivy wears. Casual and kind of boho almost. 

A different look for her that really works. Ivy sometime wears long printed maxi dresses for parties, etc and this is one of my favourite ones. She still keeps her style by pairing it with black boots and sunnies though.

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NAOMI
ANNIE
SILVER
ADRIANNA