MY LIFE LIST OF EVERYTHING!


 

MY CAN'T MISS PODCAST

I'm loving podcasts at the moment and I'm currently enjoying Giovanna Fletchers 'Happy Baby Happy Mum', Ferne Cottons 'Happy' & Frankie Bridges '........

 

MY CAN'T MISS TV PROGRAMME

I'm a bit of a TV geek and I have a few programmes I watch on catch up including 'Corrie', 'Emmerdale', 'Masterchef', 'Strictly', 'Cold Feet' & 'The Crown' to name a few

 

THE CANDLE I LOVE TO LIGHT 


Any Neom or Jo Malone

 

MY FAVOURITE SHOP

Ted Baker, Michael Kors and also Next & House of Fraser for day to day items.

 

MY SIGNATURE LIPSTICK

I've always gone for a coral shade as pale colours wash me out, but just recently I've gone for a more plum shade and I'm loving Mac ........

 

FAVOURITE SKIN CARE PRODUCTS

I swear by Elemis for my skincare

 

FAVOURITE MAKEUP PRODUCTS

My go to foundation is Estée Lauder double wear & Estée Lauder pressed powder

 

REGULAR BEAUTY TREATMENTS

I go to my beauty salon regularly for my nails, brows and facials

 

SIGNATURE SCENT

Very retro but I always have a bottle of Samsara by Guerlain because I've worn it for years and it's very nostalgic for me. I love trying different scents but my current favourite is Daisy by Marc Jacobs

 


MY FAVOURITE YOUTUBER

I watch all Lydia Ellise Millens Videos. I love her style and I especially enjoy her home content

 

MY FOOD WEAKNESS

A medium cooked fillet steak & chips

 

FAVOURITE RESTAURANT

A beautiful restaurant near my home in West Yorkshire called The 3 Acres & The Box Tree in Ilkley

 


FAVOURITE ICE CREAM

Rum & Raisin

 

FAVOURITE HOTEL

Salutations in Ambleside in the glorious Lake District

 

MY FAVOURITE TIPPLE 


A Pink G&T or a cold glass of Pinot Grigio Rose wine and I never say no to a glass of champagne

 

MY FAVOURITE SEASON

Spring, the promise of new beginnings, lighter nights and better weather

 

MY PET

My beautiful Cavachon dog Dora, I adore her!

 

THE FIRST THING I DO IN A MORNING IS

Have a cup of coffee

 


MY EXERCISE REGIME

I go to the gym regularly and use the treadmill, exercise bike, rowing machine as well as swimming. I also enjoy Hot Yoga

 

MY FAVOURITE FLOWER

Daffodils as they represent the new beginnings of Spring & I love Gladioli & Roses

 

ON TOAST I LOVE TO SPREAD

Marmite - I'm a lover not a hater

 

MY CURRENT BOOK

Sophie Kinsella 'My not so perfect life'

 


MY FAVOURITE FILM

Ben Hurr (the original), Dirty Dancing & Seven Brides for Seven Brothers! 

 

THE BOX SET I WATCH OVER AND OVER

'Sex & The City' & 'Friends'

 

MY FAVOURITE HOLIDAY

Australia, Dubai & Florida

 

MY FAVOURITE CITY 


New York

 

MY FAVOURITE DESTINATION

Bermuda & St Thomas British Virgin Isles in my beloved Caribbean

 

THE PLACE I WANT TO VISIT THE MOST

The Maldives

 


THE SONG THAT GETS ME ON THE DANCEFLOOR

Anything by Abba!!!

 

MY FOOLPROOF DINNER PARTY DISH

I love to entertain and if it's an informal gathering of friends & a games night I'll do hot beef sandwiches or a huge hot and cold buffet. If it's a sit down dinner I'll go all out with a 5 course meal of Hors d oeuvres, a starter such as a homemade soup or goats cheese and red onion tartlets, a main course such as monkfish, sea bass or steak and a desert which I like to make from scratch but something simple like a banoffee pie or cheesecake. I'll also do cheese and biscuits and the drinks keep flowing. You'll never go hungry at one of our dinner parties!!

 

THE THING I HATE THE MOST

Rudeness & arrogance, no one is better than anyone else!

 

WHAT I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO

Play the piano & draw

 

DREAM JOB

A travel writer

 

MY BIGGEST LOVES

My children Isabelle & Max, husband Tony and my Parents

 

MY BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT

My children

 

THE THING I'M MOST PROUD OF

Apart from my children, running a successful business for 20 years after being a professional dancer for 10 years

 

MY CLAIM TO FAME

Dancing in the 1992 Royal Variety Performance along side Craig Revel Horwood and meeting Prince Charles & Princess Diana at the end of the performance on which was their last public appearance together 

 

MY HAPPY PLACE

Center Parcs in Whinfell Cumbria with my family

 

WHEN I'M HAPPIEST

At home with my family or travelling with my family

 

MY GUILTY PLEASURES

I have many but over the years I've learnt not to feel guilty about them!

Cocktails, Magazines, Treatments at my beauty spa, Candles, TV, Going to the Theatre & Cinema, Coffee, Hot Cross Buns, Fresh Flowers, Pink G&T, Chocolate, Bubble baths, lunches with friends, handbags

 

THE MANTRAS I LIVE MY LIFE BY

'Have Courage & Be Kind'

'If it won't matter in 5 years time don't spend more than 5 minutes worrying about it now'

'Life is what's happening when you're busy planning the future'

''Cherish the little things in life as one day you'll look back and realise they were the big things'

 


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