50 Things About Me

I've seen this on quite a few blogs and have always found them interesting to read. Not that everyone wants to know every little detail about you, but I figure they're fun to read and fun to write, so what's the harm anyway? As long as it's short and sweet I suppose, so here goes:

1. I was born in Namibia
2. I'm Sagittarius, which means I get bored easily, love to travel, take risks and often put my foot in my mouth.
3. I get impatient very quickly.
4. Poor service, food or attitude = no tip, simple as that
5. Ace of Base was my favourite band in my early teens.
6. I hated high school
7. I enjoyed primary school
8. Was a school prefect in Std. 5
8. I've been dancing since I was six
9. Not a big sports fan
10. I can't ice-skate
11. I can only go to sleep when the door is just a crack open.
12. "Dating the Enemy" is my favourite Romantic Comedy movie
13. I'm addicted to "Criminal Minds", "Dexter" and "Desperate Housewives"
14. I am a cat and dog lover equally
15. I often dream about our family's pets that have passed which is very special to me.
16. I'm not a big fish lover (the pet, not the food)
17. I can't grow plants
18. I hate elevators
19. I'm collecting the "In Death" book series by JD Robb (aka Nora Roberts)
20. I love reading
21. Last year was the first time I'd driven the N1 by myself.
22. I don't eat funny things like snails, calamari, mussels, oysters, etc.
23. I will always have a John Lee special when we go to Spur
24. "Dumb and Dumber" is my favourite Comedy movie
25. I have a yearning to visit New York City and Italy, have had since I can remember.
26. I wanted to be a Fashion Designer at one stage
27. I was very shy and introverted at school.
28. I'm an early morning person
29. I hate waking up late on the weekend
30. Selfish, arrogant and vain people irritate me and I avoid them like the plague.
31. I've worked at 3 Recruitment agencies
32. I studied Interior Decorating and love doing it as a hobby
33. I got engaged on my 20th birthday
34. My first job was making frozen yoghurt
35. My last job was being a PA
36. I now work 2 part time jobs while trying to get my gift and invitation business off the ground.
37. I prefer winter to summer
38. Christmas is right in the middle of my husbands birthday and my birthday.
39. I hate queues and would rather come back the next day than stand in one.
40. I like playing The Sims
41. I really do believe in karma
42. My favourite colour is burgundy
43. People usually think I'm about 17 when they meet me for the first time
44. I was a pro at pretending to be sick when I didn't feel like staying at school
45. I wish I was a little bit taller
46. My car's name is Icy
47. I love watching natural disaster movies
48. I want to learn to speak Italian
49. I believe in ghosts and am 99% sure I saw one or two when I was younger
50. Ferrero Rochers are my all time favourite chocolates

Night of comedy, wine & pizza

After another typical Monday this week, I was looking forward to settling in at home and watching a DVD under some warm blankets with the hubby, eating some good comfort food and sipping hot chocolate while it rained and poured outside. Typical Monday evening? Usually yes, but not this time. Geoff surprised me late Monday afternoon by telling me about a comedy show playing at the Barnyard Theatre at Willowbridge that night, and asked if I wanted to go. The best part about it was that it was free - but still, getting dressed up to go out in the freezing cold vs staying indoors all warm and cosy....tough choice (or so I thought). Then I remembered that it's been a while since we last did something like this during the week, and 99.9% of the time you end up having the best time. So I got home, dressed and off we went to brace the cold.

We didn't have time to eat before we left, so it was a good time to finally try the pizza at Col'Cacchio - which I've heard is pretty amazing. The service was friendly but not overbearing, the atmosphere was divine; warm and cozy, and the food was good (not as good as Massimo's pizza, but close!)

After we'd finished eating, we walked upstairs to the Barnyard Theatre. I've never been there, and was really impressed with the layout of the place, and how warm it was inside! We found some seats towards the middle of the room, and settled in to watch some comedy from the likes of Richard Hardiman, Mark Palmer, Rob Van Vuuren and Paul Snodgrass to name just a few. I can honestly say that I can't remember the last time I laughed so much that I had tears in my eyes and my mouth actually hurt! The comedy these guys came up with was insane. We actually did get to have hot chocolate that night, and later in the evening ordered a bottle of wine. It was even better than sitting in front of the TV at home under blankets!

What a perfect evening! Geoff even won himself a signed soccer ball by one of the Cameroon players. Pretty cool! This is definently a night I'll remember for a long time to come, and even though every night can't be as spontaneous as this (or we'd be in a lot of debt!), once in a while to remind us that there is so much to celebrate in everyday life, is worth getting a little cold for. :)