Listography - Top 5 Men I Used To Fancy

Or in my case, Top 5 Boys I Used To Fancy, as considering my age, it would have been wrong to fancy men at the age of 10!!  I have not taken part in Listography for a couple of weeks so I did not want to miss out on this one!!  Proper showing my age now!

1:  Jason Donovan - In his Neighbours days, I loved the Scott and Charlene relationship and longed for it to be true in real life!  He was my first proper crush and I still have his album proudly in my collection!!



2:  Keanu Reeves - When I first watched Speed, I fell in love with this man, and embarrassingly, remember crying myself to sleep at night because I loved him so much!!! Oh dear! But, he is still in my list today, I just dont have the tears as much any more!!



3:  Tony Mortimer - Lead singer of East 17, I was a huge fan of them and was lucky enough to meet him briefly!  I thought he was "well fit!" but nowadays he is far from my type and I see he is a bit more "chubbier!"







4:  Phillip Schofield - The silver fox is still a crush of mine now, but back when he presented Going Live, I lookd forward to seeing him, and of course, Gordon the Gopher!



5:  Jamie Theakston - um, what was I thinking?!!  I think he is a bit of a creep now, but back then he was right up my street!!



I seemed to have formed a "type" back as a teen, the clean cut, boyband type look!  Thats definetely not the case these days, in fact, quite the opposite!

Thank you to Kate, over at Kate Takes 5, please check out others lists, which is what I am about to do to make me feel better about my list!

365 Day Photo Challenge - 59 / 365

59 / 365 - On Bonfire Night, we paid a trip to Colchester, where in the Castle park, we watched a beautiful firework display.  We did have trees in our way however, but I managed to take some haunting pictures with the firewroks set off behind.



365 Day Photo Challenge - 58 / 365

58 / 365 - OMG!!! I went to see Hurts do their last gig of their tour at Brixton Academy. They were magnificent and when their album track, Devotion, played I was joking about how funny it would be if Kylie Minogue walked onstage, (as she duetted with them on this track originally).  Well the joke was on me, as she bloody well DID walk on stage!  I was in such shock, I cried like a silly little girl!  She not only sang Devotion with Hurts, Kylie stayed on to sing her hit, Confide in Me, which the band have covered before. What a treat!!



365 Day Photo Challenge - 57 / 365

57 / 365 - On friday, I drove on the motorway on my own for the first time without anyone in the car helping me!  It was to take Jacob to meet his Grandad at Cambridge services, which invloved me going on the M25 and M11 with great success!  As a reward for our efforts, Jacob received a magnum ice cream!



365 Day Photo Challenge - 56 / 365

56 / 365 - My little man thinking he is a wrestler, climbed up this wall and then proceeded to jump off onto the soft mats below!  What a monkey!



365 Day Photo Challenge - 55 / 365

56 / 365 - Love this, watching the sun go down and the moon come out, very spooky and autumnal!



365 Day Photo Challenge - 54 / 365

54 / 365 - A bit of an arty picture!  In the car park for Toys R Us and this was my reflection in the miror, I noticed the usual backwards "R" in the middle was now reversed!  Yes, I was bored!



My Love Mondays - My Love For Fancy Dress!

On this Halloween day, I have a fitting theme for My Love Mondays!  I just love to dress up!  Be it for a party, for myself or for my fiance (look away now, kids!), there is nothing more fun than donning clothes that are beyond the ordinary!
  My favourite outfits would be the ones that make me feel sexy: Moulin rouge-type corsets, stockings, short skirts, anything that make me feel like a proper woman! 

Or not!

On another note, my previous Halloween celebrations have involved me dressing up as a witch, for three years in a row!  Definetely time to think of a new idea!  For a recent work bash, this was my costume for the theme of fictional characters:

My favourite outfit!

And there is also nothing better than standing out from a crowd!

I love the look on people's faces when they have to double take!  What is the harm in being a bit different to everyone else?!  This Halloween, Im not doing anything, probably gives me time to re-think my witchs' outfit!

And its not just me that loves to dress up, my poor son, Jacob, has caught this addiction as proven in these hilarious pictures!

Oh, I have so many more but I would be here all day!  You get the idea, like mother, like son!

But its not always trashy outfits I love to wear!  I have my moments where there is nothing better than wearing your more formal clothes:

Yes, my love for fancy dress is a little extreme but I wouldn't have it any other way! xxx





Baby, its dark outside - Bring on the S.A.D!

Ugh, its glum!

Yes, it is that time of the year where I get a little bit more moany than I normally am!  I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, (s.a.d) and seeing as the clocks went back last night, so far, I feel OK!  Well, that is actually a lie, today I feel ok, yesterday I felt the full blown effects of it.  I was very fed up, went into my own little hole, could not stop crying and just felt miserable and blue.  I dont have much to feel miserable about really.  The only thing I am stressed about is I will be moving in the next couple of weeks, which may have something to do with how I am feeling.  But, I also know that S.A.D takes me over from now until when the clocks go forward again!  So, all I aim for is March, bright light, the sun and summer clothes!

On a positive note, I do like the cosiness of having the heating on, curled up in my pyjamas, watching christmas movies and never leaving my home!

I hope that this winter, I have enough to distract me so that before I know it, it will be Spring again, once I have moved, decorated, got numerous birthdays out the way, christmas, and my birthday, we will be well on our way to the beach!

And of course, its my first winter of blogging, so I am sure that will be my biggest distraction and am looking forward to moaning a bit more on here!

365 Day Photo Challenge - 53 / 365

53 / 365 - My brother, Scott, with his nephew, Jacob xx



365 Day Photo Challenge - 52 / 365

52 / 365 - A rare picture of me with my Nan, continuing her birthday celebrations xx



Saturday 9s - Halloween Theme

There are many blog posts at the moment about Halloween and I have yet to do mine!  So, I am tying it in with the Saturday 9s meme!

Saturday 9: Mr. Roboto

1. Do you enjoy holidays like Halloween or is your approach more robotic?

I used to enjoy Halloween, I like the atmosphere and fun of it all, but this year, I have been quite stressed with moving so I have given it a miss!

2. Have you ever been to a haunted house?

Ooh no, and you probably wont catch me going to one either!  The closest I got was at Alton Towers,a ride called Hex, set in a big castle and I was scared whitless!

3. What are you doing for Halloween this year?

Moving!  Well, packing my home up anyway!  On the actual day, I will be working the night shift at work so hopefully that will have its fun moments!

4. What was your lamest Halloween costume ever?

I like to think my costumes have been quite creative! (althought judging by the pictures below, I seem to have an ongoing trend for being a witch, lame!)

5. Is handing out candy fun for you, or more of a nightmare?

That side of it is a nightmare, especially living on the first floor of a flat, as traipsing down the stairs every two minutes is not my idea of fun!

6. Do you buy trick-or-treat candy and end up eating it yourself?

Ha, no, my son probably would help himself to some though!

7. Did you carve any pumpkins this year?

No, I wouldn't have the foggiest idea where to start!

8. What was your favorite costume as a child?

We did not really dress up for Halloween as a child, thats why I like to do it more as an adult!

9. What is your biggest pet peeve about trick-or-treaters?

When their tricks are designed to destroy or cause mess!  And the fact that they call every second of every hour!

So this year, we are really not celebrating Halloween, which I am a bit gutted about but we have no time!  And my son is not too bothered.  In previous years I have had a Halloween party at home, gone to a Halloween party at a nightclub and taken Jacob trick or treating.  So, I see it as taking a year off this year!  And considering I am busy packing up our home, I dont have the time to be buying sweets and fancy dress costumes!

  Instead, I will celebrate on my blog, with a collection of photos of our celebrations of previous Halloweens!

This was me last year, taken at work! I was a waitressing witch and made the shift even more interesting!

2009, and this was taken very late in the evening, judging by the fact my red hair is showing through my purple wig!

2008, and sensing an ongoing witchy theme here!  Note to self, must try and be more imaginative next time I dress up for Halloween!