100-ish Things About Ali

  • Absolutely all of these things are true.
  • After graduating from college, I moved to Kentucky.
  • After living in Kentucky for 3 months, I moved back to Virginia.
  • After living in Kentucky, I love horse races and Ale 8-1.
  • Alison is only spelled correctly 1 way---with 1 L.
  • All the women in my family are busty.
  • Because I'm short, I have to get my pants hemmed.
  • Daffodils are my favorite flower.
  • Everytime I use my metro Smartpass, I feel like a real Washington DC-er.
  • For several years, I was a "bra specialist" at Victoria's Secret.
  • I absolutely love Washington, D.C.
  • I almost never stay for the encore at concerts.
  • I am extremely fidgety.
  • I am the only person my family to have blonde hair and green eyes.
  • I appreciate a man who likes to shop as much as I do.
  • I believe pink should be the next metro line color.
  • I buy way too many books.
  • I buy way too many shoes.
  • I call my condo "the beach house" because it's on a lake.
  • I despise matching furniture and housewares. Coordinate, don't match.
  • I do not have any tattoos.
  • I don't answer my phone if I don't recognize the phone number.
  • I don't have a spleen or a gallbladder anymore!
  • I don't mind traveling by myself.
  • I don't think my mom would read all of these.
  • I eloped in Las Vegas. Never a good idea.
  • I feel like a grown-up when I ride in cabs.
  • I feel like a true sorority girl.
  • I finally got rid of the weird smell in my living room.
  • I get excited to check the mail.
  • I grew up in a little town called Chester.
  • I had my first kiss at age 17.
  • I hate cilantro.
  • I have 2 postcards in the PostSecrets book Lifetime of Secrets.
  • I have a large closet called "The Champagne Room."
  • I have a small collection of large foam fingers.
  • I have now finished my 2nd masters degree.
  • I have reconnected with a penpal of mine from high school, Toby. He's super smart.
  • I have specific grammatical pet peeves.
  • I just opened a J. Crew card. I love it.
  • I knit, but not very well.
  • I like to sew, but my mom does it better.
  • I like to watch clips from dance movies on YouTube over and over.
  • I like to write silly poetry.
  • I love Amy Vanderbilt's Book of Etiquette.
  • I love board games.
  • I love children's books.
  • I love country music, and I don't hide that anymore.
  • I love getting pedicures, even though I hate my feet.
  • I love purses almost as much as shoes.
  • I love Sharpie Markers.
  • I love to dance.
  • I love to gossip.
  • I love to swim.
  • I love to take pictures.
  • I love writing letters and cards to people.
  • I make playlists on my iTunes to go with different parts of the day and certain occasions.
  • I make up curse words when I'm driving.
  • I own a pair of Apple Bottom stacked heels that look like stripper shoes.
  • I own multiple copies of AV's Book of Etiquette.
  • I paid to have a commissioned painting of Wila done. It's fabulous. See picture.
  • I really like t-shirts that say funny things.
  • I really love candy.
  • I sing a lot in the car.
  • I start every day with a Diet Coke.
  • I swam on the Chester Swim Team for 10 years.
  • I talk to my mother at least once a day.
  • I taught public school for 6 years.
  • I think only brides should be allowed to wear white shoes.
  • I threw up on myself on the bus before school in 4th grade. I still feel the embarassment.
  • I want a man to write love songs about me.
  • I wish I was smarter.
  • I wore a tie and a side ponytail in my 7th grade school picture.
  • I wouldn't want to live in NYC.
  • I'm not a very good driver.
  • I've always wanted to take ballet.
  • It is necessary to be at the movie theatre 15 minutes before the movie start time. It's my movie bubble.
  • Making lists is one of my favorite things to do.
  • My bachelor's degree is in English. What do you do with a BA in English?
  • My brother can quote almost any movie in history.
  • My favorite accessory is my pink laptop.
  • My favorite photos are black and white.
  • My favorite thing about DC is riding the metro.
  • My friend Jenn was my inspiration for making a blog.
  • My last name rhyme with "turtle".
  • My middle name was my great-grandfather's name: Lawrence.
  • My mom has a staring problem, but I'm much better at people watching in a subtle manner.
  • My older brother is shorter than I am.
  • My second favorite color is Tiffany blue.
  • My sorority symbol is the skull and crossbones.
  • One might say I am quite sarcastic with a morbid sense of humor.
  • Pink is my favorite color!
  • Quarters are my favorite coins.
  • Reese Witherspoon and I have a kindred connection. At least I feel it.
  • Riding on airplanes makes me feel sophisticated.
  • Shopping for shoes should happen every day.
  • Sleeping is one of my favorite past-times.
  • Smart men are very sexy. Sexy smart men are awesome. Heehee.
  • Sometimes I wish I was taller. Sometimes I don't.
  • Sometimes when I shop, I think "but what would Stacey and Clinton say...?"
  • Teaching small children for so long made me forget I am a grown up (kind of).
  • The only reason I liked working retail was because I love using a cash register.
  • The things my mother doesn't already know about me, I hope she never finds out.
  • There are very few movies I will watch more than once.
  • There's not much about me my mother doesn't know.
  • Wearing high heels makes me feel like a grown up.
  • Wila is the only real pet I've ever had!
  • Wila was on prozac for a while...like every other woman in America.
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