16 things about me

I’ve seen several other people doing this, and it looked like fun…so, 16 things about me that I hope you didn’t know already.

1. My favourite pair of shoes, ever, are the red ballet flats (butter-soft leather, with bows on the toes) that I am wearing right now.

2. J’adore Cheerios. The plain, uncomplicated, whole-grain kind in the yellow box. It’s a holdover from childhood. I eat them three to five times a week.

3. I have tried twice before to knit fingerless gloves (see previous post) and have FINALLY knit one that turned out beautifully. Crossing my fingers (ha) for the other one of the pair…

4. When ordering books on Amazon, I always give myself license to spend $25 so I can qualify for “FREE Super Saver Shipping,” as they always write it.

5. I’m always reading more than one book at a time…currently, I’m working on four. One novel, Inkdeath, and three non-fiction: Gail Godwin’s journals, Francine Prose’s lovely book on writing, and a Jane Austen biography.

6. I cannot resist a good chick flick for $5 at Target. I can resist $9, $10 and $13, but the $5 gets me every time (evidenced by yesterday’s purchase of Runaway Bride).

7. I spend at least part of each day thinking about Oxford, and scheming how to get back there (for visits and to live). Been doing that since I left in ’04.

8. I always, always cry at Muppet movies…whether it’s at Beaker giving Scrooge his scarf in The Muppet Christmas Carol, everyone splitting up in The Muppets Take Manhattan, or a certain green frog singing “The Rainbow Connection” in a swamp.

9. Most of my books are arranged by genre, but a select group on the mantelpiece are loosely arranged by color.

10. I “collect” rotten bananas, i.e., store them in the freezer so I have them on hand to make banana bread. Mmmmm.

11. I own six – no, seven – pashminas. I might be a tad obsessed. (Three were gifts. But still.)

12. At home, I store no less than a dozen kinds of tea on a red wire tray in my kitchen cupboard. At work, I keep half a dozen kinds of teabags on hand, and bring a mug from home to drink it in. (This afternoon: lemon tea in a red mug traced all over with hearts.)

13. I am recently obsessed with Etsy.

14. I have a lip gloss/balm obsession…I carry three tubes in my purse, keep a pot on the bedside table, and have several more kinds stashed away in the bathroom cabinet.

15. I HATE plastic bags, and own no less than seven reusable totes which I carry to the grocery store and even, sometimes, the mall.

16. Until last night, my husband and I had NEVER ordered pizza – and we’ve been together for the better part of five and a half years. So we took the plunge and ordered Papa John’s. A bit expensive, but yummy.