30 things Meme

I saw a meme – 30 things you (probably) already know about me, and thought it looked fun.

1. I don’t have a middle name
2. but I used to pretend it was Olive Isabella
3. I used to have terrible hayfever as a child, which gave me nosebleeds
4. I’ve worn glasses since I was about 7 years old
5. I broke my arm when I was 2 years old by falling down the stairs
6. then I broke my leg just after my sister was born by falling off a step
7. which gave me a gammy leg which aches when the weather changes
8. I was taught to knit when I was small
9. but I only really started knitting in 2007
10. I used to dance (ballet, tap, jazz and acrobatics) and have medals for doing so
11. and I performed on stage
12. I had a speaking part in the Wizard of Oz when I was 10
13. and I was really jealous that I didn’t get to play the melting witch because of my hair being short
14. I have been to only five foreign countries
15. and only three of the four countries that make up the UK
16. I used to have three invisible friends
17. they were called Ippy, Steven and Mina
18. I was never anorexic
19. although some people thought I was
20. I have a 1st class degree
21. but I got an E in my Maths ‘A’ Level
22. My first car was a Ford Escort
23. and I have driven a real tank
24. I cry at sad movies
25. and sad commercials
26. I used to be a size 8 at university
27. but then I got a job at Subway Sandwiches
28. I don’t object to sunbathing topless
29. I am afraid of cows
30. and I have vertigo