30 things about me (part three)



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 Well here it is, the final instalment of 30 things about me. If you missed parts one and two you can click here and here to catch up. It's been a fun exercise and I've thoroughly enjoyed doing it, so without further ado;

21. I bought my first car at the ripe old age of 24. It was a VW Golf mark 4 called 'Berry'. Ahhh miss that car now I think of it.

22. I have experienced some devastating situations in my life, but my faith and love of God always brings me through.

23. Italy was the first country I ever visited. I was 16 and it was a week long school  trip with my art class. Italy is a beautiful country and I long to go back some day.

24. I used to have a six pack. I desperately want to get it back, but I very much doubt my tummy will ever be the same after three children. *sigh*

25. When my better half proposed to me he completely and utterly swept me off my feet. I'm a hard person to keep secrets from, but he is the only person who can surprise me to the point I am rendered speechless. He does it every time. Way to go boo. Love you xx

26. When I was 12 I won a Capital FM competition to see Micheal Jackson on his Dangerous tour. It was amazing and I fell in love with him deeply after that. (I think all music concerts have a tendency to have this effect on people come to think of it).

27. I was blown away when I visited New York City for the first and second time, it's just like it is in the movies only better.

28. Christmas dinner is one of my favourite meals. Yum!

29. My absolute pet peeve is when people say anythink, somethink, nothink. Do they not know its anythING, somethING, nothING??!!! It's probably a UK problem, but I'm shocked at the amount of people who do this. I've heard family members, senior work colleagues and even TV presenters committ this cardinal sin. Very annoying....

30. I have a superb memory. If you tell me your birthday I'll remember it for life.

So that's it, a bit of me. A few random facts I've shared with you.

Hope you've enjoyed reading them as much as I've enjoyed writing them.

Otherwise engaged

I love these rings, especially the fingerprints
on the inside. I know what we'll be getting.

The better half and I have been engaged for four years. Come to think of it, it's four years to the day today. O.M.Goodness!

I really thought we would be married by now, I definitely did not think we would have THREE children and not be married.

The better half proposed in glorious style a few weeks after our eldest daughter was born and  I vowed there would be no more children until we had made our union official. What is that saying about best laid plans?

Just before I found out I was pregnant with our third child I had it planned (hypothetically) that we would go to Barbados and have a simple wedding in paradise. How amazing would that have been? An amazing holiday with the girls and a wedding all wrapped into one.

Now we are in a situation where all of our money goes on the children and providing the best life possible for them. There is absolutely no money in the pot for a wedding.

Many have suggested to do something small, get family to make and bring food. The thing is we both come from very big families and I don't see how either of these suggestions could work. Admittedly I was never one of those girls who dreamt of the fairy tale wedding to her prince charming. I never had visions of the dress and the cake from the age of seven, so I'm not precious and I don't have high expectations but I would like the experience to be romantic and memorable for all the right reasons. 

Now my new target is for us to be married by 2013 the absolute latest. I'm getting concerned that the longer we leave it, the more we'll feel like just not bothering. I sense that the better half has lost complete interest in the idea, it's never a topic of conversation, it just exists silently until our daughter sees a bridal magazine or hears the mention of a wedding and asks when mummy and daddy will be getting married.

The honest answer is I don't know, our lives are so crammed with other stuff that we'll just carry on as things are. That is until 2013.......