50th Post - Things About Me!

I was struggling to come up with a good 50th post. Most people seem to do contests or giveaways for important numbers, but as the 50th has kind of sneaked up on me I've opted out. I need some time to think up a unisex prize! So my first giveaway will be on the 101st post!

I decided that for the 50th post I will tell you some junk about me! You probably think you know some good stuff already, but I'm going to give you more!! Yes, I am feeding your addiction! I'm not sure what number I'll go to as I'm not sure how much I'll be able to think up!! Here goes nothing...

1. I have a handbag fetish, but they have to be ridiculously small

2. I'm really easily scared

3. I'm a qualified lifeguard

4. I know all the words to 80% of songs by Harry Chapin (test me if you like lol)

5. I got a tattoo on my back when I was 17 - before it was "the thing to have"

6. I've never watched a Star Wars movie

7. My bestie moved to Australia 2 years ago and I'm still sad about it

8. I have dreams 6/7 nights a week

9. I've totally abandoned my other blog over the past 3 weeks in favour of this one!!!!

10. My hair is very long and occasionally tucks in my pants! - That's the hair on my head BTW.

11. The photo attached to this post is where I live (and was taken last night)

12. My parents had a house in Florida until I was 15

13. The only famous person I've ever met was Joe Lawrence from Blossom (lol), but my boss knows Chris Martin from Coldplay (nah, I didn't think that counted either)

14. I would rather laugh and pretend I'm ok than cry and let someone in

15. I'm addicted to Gossip Girl

16. I love Ed Westwick / Chuck Bass!!!!!

17. I think I might need glasses / contacts, but don't want to admit it (other than to you)

18. I tell people I've never smoked - but I did (bad girl!) but only for about 2 weeks!

19. My name is Jennifer but it's only used when I'm being told off!

20. When I was little I had an ENT check and ignored the doctor because she called me Jennifer. She sent me to a hearing specialist as she thought I was deaf - clearly just ignorant!

21. I don't have any middle names

22. I can bake a pretty good cake!

23. I procrastinate...a lot

24. I've lost my ability to tell lies (possibly a good thing that I believe comes with age)

25. I can text without looking at the screen with no spellcheck

26. I hum to fill silences

27. I love the sound of rain hitting plastic / glass

28. I'm 100% nonreligious

29. I believe teaching about masturbation in schools would reduce teenage pregnancies

30. I have no idea what I want to do when I "grow up"

31. I used to cut my arms (until I was 18) but to this day I have no idea why!

32. I'm not very good at understanding myself

33. I learned to talk at 13 months and my parents were upset because they couldn't shut me up

34. I can touch my nose with my tongue

35. I have my tragus pierced (with a sparkly blue bar)

36. I'm good at problem solving

37. I struggle to listen positive things people say about me

38. I wish I'd tried to learn one of the many instruments my parents sent me to lessons for

39. I don't like people who lie

40. I struggle to hide it when I don't like someone

41. I don't trust my judgement

42. I buy perfume because I love the bottles (I have 37)

43. The only thing I've ever won was a kissing contest

44. I don't take myself seriously

45. I watched the complete collection of Dawson's Creek in week (I was sick)

46. I stayed up until 5am one of those nights

47. By the end Dawson was irritating me so much I skipped through every scene with him in

48. I love making friends

49. I hope to meet some of you fabulous people in person one day

50. A friend at work is learning French and got it in to her head I must be good at French (WTF?), every time she asks me something I Google it - I have a French translator on my Iphone now!!

50 will do - it was a struggle and this has taken me almost an hour!!!

I'm going to give you a guided tour around my house sometime soon! That's probably not as exciting as I think it is.

I Heart Shoes - Closing the Chapter

Something About Me!

I like to post every day (keeps it sort of interesting - and keeps me out of mischief) and so to fill the gaps when I can't think of much you might want to read (like my wine dilemma over here!) I will be telling you (possibly rubbish and boring) facts about me. So...to kick off we will start with my obsession for shoes.

I know what you're thinking....predictable / unoriginal...much! I forgive you. BUT I went a step further than most 20 something girls. I turned my obsession into a business!

For 3 years I imported shoes from Asia and wholesaled them online from my own website. I also dabbled in dropshipping but it was a bit too complicated for my small brain capacity.

I sold stiletto shoes, peep toes, platforms, ankle boots, knee highs, thigh highs, stripper heels, sexy steel heels, kitten heels, black, red, white, pink, blue, two-tone, stripey, lace-ups, killer heels and probably a few more. You name it I had it. My only criteria was that they had to have a heel. Strictly no flats!

Last year I made a massive decision (it's been a bit slowed-down because of the worldwide financial issues - not just my own). The decision will be revealed at a later date. Got to keep you interested somehow!

So at the end of last year I sold my domain name (it has since been snapped up by an adult / erotica site - it was a fantastic name though so I'm not too surprised!), sold-off nearly all of the 3,000 pairs of shoes I had left, from my final order, at extremely reduced prices, and relinquished responsibility of the back rooms of my dad's industrial unit back to him. I think he was pretty pleased to get rid of the ladies shoes / lingerie that had packed out the back half of his manly (can we say "grrrr") construction equipment unit. Bless dad! He once told me that he never thought it be sick of the sight of ladies lingerie...until I moved the stuff in. I'm impressed I managed to achieve that!

I still have about 200 pairs of said shoes left over. These are all stacked up in my old room at my parents' house - they have a 5-bedroom house for just the 2 of them so don't feel too bad for them. Although I do dread the day I go to their house, let myself in and find my mum strutting around in a pair of 8" platform stripper heels! I would literally die!

Anyway, I've decided to get rid of the last 200 or so pairs of shoes. I thought I would keep them in case I changed my mind on "the decision" and it would be my way of starting up again. Today though, I changed my mind and I'm about to close the door on that chapter! Instead of wholesaling this lot though I'm going to make a quick buck (although it'll take me a while to do...so maybe a slow buck) and list them all on EBay, that way I should make a bit more out of it instead of rubbishy wholesale prices.

NB the picture is just the ones I actually kept for me and not for the "just in case"!!

Introductions - A Helping Hand

OK, so here's an overview of my 'characters' - I will fill the main few in now (but as it's 3:22am and I can't seem to think properly) and every time I post about another friend I shall add their info down here too!

Jen - That's me! I am the secret keeper and a friend to most I'd like to think - but you can't please everyone! I have a lot of secrets of my own, not necessarily because they're really bad, but for me I've always thought that old saying "a problem shared is a problem halved" was wrong and it should actually be "a problem shared is a problem doubled"...this will become clearer as my secrets come out!

Mitch - Bless her! Mitch has been my friend since school, she joined when we were 16 so she was bit of a latecomer! She was bright, bubbly, funny, beautiful, exciting, vivacious, exotic and everyone wanted to be her friend...She was also everything you'd want to be until last year. The previous year she met, and moved in with, her BF, let's call him...actually, let's just use his real name...Tom. Tom was pretty nasty and with Mitch's self loathing spiralling out of control she became anorexic. On Valentines Day 2008 Mitch weighed in at 4st 9lbs (65lbs) - for a 5'5" 24 year old that is pretty terrible! The road to recovery has barely begun so I'm guessing you can figure out some of the issues that'll come with Mitch.

Bex - Bex was my roommate at uni. We had some of the most amazing and hilarious times together, we were quite a bad pairing and were forever getting each other in to trouble. Bex is a confident and beautiful dancer as well as other things.

KP - Possibly the funniest of the bunch. Miss KP has recently taken the plunge with a new job, new responsibility and a totally new city! Not knowing a soul in her new town I'm sure she'll have some stories!

Toni - I've only known Toni for a short while, maybe 12 months, but she is an incredible girl. She has had severe depression since the age of 13 and I think she deserves a medal for coming this far. She's only 22 yet is extremely wise...although clearly not on everything or she wouldn't be on here! There's a chance I will cave and tell Toni about this blog so I thought I may as well use her name!

KPC - AKA BF. KPC stands for "Kung Pow Cow". KPC is a black belt, a surfer and my best friend!

This is all sounding a bit miserable, but trust me it isn't. I have have put a bit of a dull spin on things, but mainly because I have my first post for each in mind and they aren't pretty. A lot of things seem to have happened recently and so there's been a lot of advice flying around. I'm amazed I ever get any work done!!