I stole this idea from the glorious Jane. I thought it made for a really lovely entry. And my head’s bursting from all of this subjunctive tense crap.

So, in no particular order… 100 things that make me happy…

1. The smell of sun cream
2. Watching big fat snowflakes fall
3. I’ll Be Ok by McFly
4. Seeing my name in print
5. Seeing a great new top/dress/pair of jeans and my size is right at the front of the rail
6. Uncontrollable giggles
7. Loud, drunk singalongs
8. Road trips with Gillian – where will it go? Nobody knows!
9. Taking off your shoes after a night out to get that gorgeous, my-feet-are-free feeling
10. Dancing about my room to Death on the Stairs by the Libertines
11. Babies laughing
12. Pass the parcel
13. Writing
14. Filling in the last bit of a cover sheet for an essay
15. Dino’s on Sauchiehall Street
16. When I get good news at the doctor’s
17. Playing a great new song on repeat
18. Seeing people’s faces when you get them a really clever gift
19. My two best friends
20. When things fall into place
21. Unexpected emails/phone calls/texts/comments/messages
22. Texts from pretty boys
23. Kinder Surprises
24. My grandpa’s house in Spain
25. Boys in bands
26. New shoes
27. My discount in work
28. Customers that say “thank you” and mean it
29. Brain Training on the DS
30. Loose Women at lunchtimes
31. Seeing a really great band live for the first time
32. Seeing a band play in front of their home crowd
33. Spontaneous dad-dancing
34. Boybands from my youth
35. The Enemy’s album
36. Passing essays
37. Bitching about men with Jane
38. “Never let me get like that!” And you know they never will
39. When wildly unsuitable boys approach you on a night out, and you get to do that smiling into the distance like a crazy person and walking off thing
40. Snogging marathons
41. When my hair does as it’s told
42. The posh make up bit in Fraser’s
43. The smell after rain in the summertime
44. Standing on crunchy leaves
45. When my family actually spend time together
46. My little cousins
47. Going to Gillian’s – she always has good biscuits
48. Realising I’m the one that’s actually managed to grow up and move on
49. My scar on my tummy
50. Drunken hugs, for no real reason
51. That end of exams feeling
52. Heat magazine
53. Telling people, “Journalism and French, actually.”
54. Long-winded conversations about nothing at all, but mean everything
55. When my journalistic adventures work out
56. Looking at my first column
57. When people remember my column
58. Really fancying someone
59. Unexpected compliments
60. Dancing like no one’s watching
61. Planning for the future
62. Sitting in Starbucks for ages, chatting so much you end up wondering how your coffee got cold
63. Sawyer in Lost. Preferably shirt-free
64. Watching Sex and the City and thinking, “Why aren’t they my friends?”
65. Louise Rennison books – yes, I know they’re for 14 year olds
66. Finishing a really good book
67. Inspiration
68. Free stuff
69. Achievement
70. Buying new books
71. Online shopping
72. Grey’s Anatomy
73. Crying at Disney films
74. When my alarm goes off and a really great song is playing
75. Flight of the Conchords
76. Christmas
77. Getting Elaine ever so slightly drunk
78. Cosmopolitans
79. The thought of going to France for a year
80. Not thinking anything of spending £20 on a mascara
81. Airports
82. Singing along to Moulin Rouge
83. Getting my hair done
84. My Ariel doll
85. Looking at old photographs
86. Boys with genuinely great hair and pretty cool shoes as well
87. When people realise I’m not as snooty as I first come across
88. My mum, my dad and my brothers
89. Laughing at really crap dancers
90. McFly’s first album
91. Coming home from a gig, a bit deaf, sweaty and stinking of beer
92. Net-a-porter.com and hoping one day I can afford at least one thing from it
93. My wee blog
94. Positive feedback from editor-types
95. George Clooney in series 4 of ER, when he was being gorgeous-and-lovely Doug
96. Autumn
97. Never being late
98. Proving I'm not as thick as people think
99. Sleeping solidly for hours
100. Making lists…

Posted: Thursday 24 January 2008 21:54:53