Tag: 8 Things

I'm having a lovely lazy Friday night so thought I would do this tag that I've seen on a few blogs over the past couple of weeks, so here goes!

8 TV shows I love

• Come Dine With Me (esp the Irish one!)
• Vampire Diaries (hello, Damon? bite me)
• The Real Housewives of New York, New Jersey and Orange County, trashtastic TV at it's best
• Brothers and Sister (has been cancelled, am raging)
• Lie to me (also been cancelled, double raging)
• America's Next Top Model (where else do you think I've learned to smize?)
• Neighbours (yes, I know, I'm sad, but I love it!)
• Jersey Shore/The Only Way is Essex (car crash tv at it's finest)

8 Favourite places to eat

• The Port House on South William Street (amaaaazing tapas)
• The Oar House ( I call it the whore house, bootiful seafood) in Howth
• Golf Links in Portmarnock (gorge carvery on a Sunday, was my dad's fave)
• Can I say The Port House again?
• Toscana on Dame Street
• Virgil's BBQ in New York (very amazing)
• Olive Garden in Time Square, NY
• Kinara indian restaurant in Clontarf

8 things to look forward to

• My girlie holiday! A week in sunny Spain? Yes please :)
• An ultimate girlie night out in July, food and dancing in Buskers, we're classy us :)
• The final and ultimate Harry Potter film!
• Next Monday night :)
• My blog's anniversary in September, can't believe I've lasted this long!
• Hollier in September
• Going shopping with the cousins tomorrow,will be funny if nothing else
• Have a few events coming up over the next few weeks, can't wait for them :)

8 things on my wishlist

• Avon Supershock Gel Liner
• Benefit Cha Cha Tint
• Clarisonic
• Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation
• A nice new moisturiser/skin care set
• Lancome L'absolu Nu 203
• Bobbi Brown Sapphire eyeliner
• Mac lipstick in Hue

8 words/phrases I use a lot

• Pain in the flaps
• Shaaa aaap (said with an English accent like Phil in Eastenders)
• Absolute, as in "she is a pain in the absolute flaps"
• Ultimate, as in "am looking forward to the ultimate night out :)"
• Vamanos (totally embracing the Spanish senorita in me)
• Gee bag
• Blips (as in this costs 10 blips)
• Positively Vonnegutesque (from Bridget Jones)

8 things I have learned from the past

• Have learned not to rush head first into things
• I am a great judge of character
• My gut instinct is usually right
• To have faith in myself that I might actually be good at something :)
• Do not get locked and try to find Dakota, you will walk around that block and pass the front and back entrance about 5 times but will not see it.  Drink is evil :)
• Learned to know who to trust
• People can shock you, people you wouldn't expect
• Stick to your guns when you know you're right!

8 places I would love to visit

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Egypt
• San Francisco
• Italy
• New York again
• Vegas again
• Ocean City, Maryland again (did my J1 there and loved it)

8 things I love about winter

• My snow boots, warm, cozy and most of all, waterproof!
• Watching X Factor and Strictly at the weekends all wrapped up cosy
• I get to wear my panda hat with two bobbles for ears, girls at work tell me it makes me look "special"
• Walking in the snow, I mean casual walking, none of this trying to get home in a shaggin blizzard and the trains and busses being cancelled, no, just a nice meander through the streets, so peaceful
• Big bowls of stew, mammy style
• My birthday is in December, think I might actually celebrate it this year and do something cool :)
• Christmas! and the shopping that goes with it :)
• My winter coat, bought years ago in Old Navy, I love it and it keeps me warmy cozy :)

8 bloggers I am tagging

I tag anyone who wants to do this post, it's harder than it looks!  I was able to get the first 4/5 in each category and then got stuck :)