I love spiders and have to say as long as they behave themselves, they're very welcome to lurk in the corners of my house anytime :)

I suppose that would depend upon how you define 'famous'... I've met members of several Royal Houses, Justices of the Supreme Court, Permanent Under Secretaries of State, Chief Constables of Police, Ambassadors, Directors General of International and UN Organizations, eminent scientists, actors and actresses, singer songwriters and even a few elected heads of state... Sadly, I've also met a fair few notorious people too :(

I made a few and thus far have kept them all!

Pluto - and don't give me an argument about it not being a planet any more!!!

I suppose it would depend upon whose wedding they were attending... A hat would be singularly inappropriate for a girl's own wedding, a tiara would be far better, but going as a guest to someone elses' wedding, yes a hat is definitely the way to go!

Being home from hospital after one death (2nd November 2011, when I stopped breathing and my heart also stopped) and overall 40 days as an inpatient including 10 days on a ventilator in Intensive Care - it is true what they say, there really is no place like home!!! :)

Being home from hospital!

At the moment the tastiest thing I have in my fridge has to be a large piece of cave aged Buttisholtz Emmental Cheese...

I don't have any superstitions, but I am perfectly willing to believe I am cursed...

My friend Mark has twice risked his own life to save mine - I guess that counts as 'doing something nice'...

Because people find me 'difficult' to buy for (which I'm really not), I often get aftershave as a gift and I currently have several... At the moment, I have Grey Vetiver by Tom Ford, Le Jardin Sur Le Nil, Le Jardin Mediterranee and Le Jardin Apres Le Mousson all by Hermes, Extract of Limes by Geo. F. Trumper (World Famous Barber in Mayfair), Pursuit by Dunhill and Eau Sauvage by Dior.

I really like all of those but if I had to pick one, I suppose it would have to be Dior's classic 'Eau Sauvage.

Actually yes, there are lots (although I don't necessarilly say they would want to get in touch with me!)...

Schools:

Davenhill Primary School - Helen Fullard, Rachel Thomas, Emma Jones, Lisa Burnett, Suzanne Lyon, Jacqueline Higgins, Victoria Martin, Michaela Vermas and Matthew Cooper...

Maghull High School - Nadia Al-Sinjackli, Jayne Smith and teachers Mrs Sleeman and Mrs Grayson...

Frodsham High School - Emma Dennett, Janet Pye, Linda Whibberley, Claire Lewis, Emma Prime, Faye Manns, Tracey Lloyd and Angela Hollingsworth and teachers Mr Browne, Mrs Richards, Mr Thomas and Mr Davies...



Workplaces:

Weaverside - John Ward, Martin and Patricia Ogden, Peter and Alma Sivills, Antonia Day, Robert Taylor and Eric Oxley...

Maritime Housing Association - Ruth King and Katrina Davies...

HM Inland Revenue - Maria Stanton, Tracey Martin, Catherine Tobin, Victoria Taylor, Cheryl Calaghan, Emma Ready, Emma Boughey...

Moorepay Ltd - Nicky Wright from Crosby; Diane Willsher, Nick Southgate and Bob Vincent from New Malden; Lorraine Wait, Craig Gillespie, Clark Gunn, Amanda Doxford, Tanya Wilde, Diane and Christina from Newcastle...



People whom I've just met along the way but whom I felt were just that little bit special:

Amy Heavyside, Svetlana Francuski, Natalie Maxwell, Emma and Carly Adair, Maxine Tewkesbury, Lisa Brady, Emma Edgeley (nee Jones), Lisa Haslam, Junko Kusajima, Naomi Ogden, Collete and Christina Duffy, Mandy Wilson (Gateshead College), Dani Wickenden (Retna Pictures), Alwyn Tuddenham (Square Mile), Mandy Finlay (Hall & Partners)...

I'm sure there are others but these few leapt to mind straight away!

I would really hesitate to answer that question in a public forum simply in case the lady in question saw my reply!

Hmmm, probably 'The Chemistry of the Rare Earth Elements'...

I would have to say my iPod ... I bought the 64GB iPod Touch last year only to find that two weeks later, they released a new one with a built in camera :(

The person I would most like to bring probably wouldn't want to go...

It has to be coffee... I've never really liked tea, but coffee is one of my indulgances! Of course, it has to be freshly ground - none of this instant stuff and preferably Hawaiian Kona Kai Farms, Jamaican Blue Mountain or Australian Queensland Skyberry from the Algerian Coffee Stores in Old Compton Street in London... *delicious*

March 5th...

Nope... However it can buy revenge!!!

I would have been happy to be either an Ambassador, Archaeologist or Marine Biologist and ultimately managed to be none of them :(