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As part of my 43 things I am creating a list of 100 things which make me happy. I doubt I can do 100 all in one go, so I will keep adding and updating it in the future til I reach 100.

Update 8th October: I have now completed my full list

Happiness is…

1. My boyfriend
2. Taking photos
3. Getting letters and parcels in the post
4. The feeling of having had a productive day
5. Finding a penny (or little things or whatever) in the street
6. Seeing little kids at the park feeding the ducks (aw reminds me of when I was little)
7. Having a good conversation
8. Doing something new
9. Getting up early enough to see the sun rise (though it’s getting easier now…)
10. Hedgehogs
11. Green tea and sushi with friends
12. Lucy
13. Surprises
14. Scarves in winter
15. Things in miniature (they’re always so cute)
16. Going somewhere without a real purpose; just because I want to
17. Traveling on the train
18. Speaking to a French/German person who is patient and genuinely interested that I am making the effort to speak in their language
19. Reading Nineteen-Eighty Four
20. Reading Postsecret
21. Daydreaming…
22. Foreign things; names, places, accents, cultures
23. Sunny days where you can lie back and make shapes in the clouds
24. Strawberry ice cream
25. Thorntons Viennese Truffles
26. Postcards from people on holiday
27. Puzzles (and solving them…)
28. Looking through all the old family photo albums
29. Good Hair Days
30. Finding a spiders web early morning with dew on over it
31. Old copies of Tintin in French
32. Christmas lights
33. Peter Rabbit (and friends)
34. Pretty stationery, especially notebooks. But then I don’t want to use them cos I don’t want to waste it
35. British humour, mmm Monty Python
36. Hearing songs I used to love but haven’t heard in years
37. Laughing until it hurts. Then continuing to laugh anyway
38. Hot showers (I always have scorching showers, even in Summer)
39. Sitting in my conservatory and listening to the rain coming down
40. Not being able to find the words to say what I want to say
41. Refreshing the Flickr explore page…
42. Being the first person to be awake in the house in the morning
43. Minor chords
44. Pancakes and maple syrup
45. Being recognised by the perfume I wear
46. Scribbly handwriting - I can’t stand standard, neat, rounded stuff.
47. Long-winded song titles, in the style of Sufjan Stevens or similar
48. Finishing something I set out to do
49. Picnics in Summer
50. Olives stuffed with feta cheese
51. Things either star or heart shaped
52. Blue and silver
53. Making someone smile
54. Rainbows
55. Catching up with people you haven’t seen or talked to in a long time
56. Watching foreign films and not needing subtitles
57. The post-it note stuck to my mirror
58. Lichtenstein style pop-art
59. Hallelujah
60. My box of “memories” - basically just a box in my room I have filled with stuff which means too much to throw away, photos, travel tickets, letters, etc
61. The CD artwork on Royksopp - The Understanding. It’s beautiful
62. The smell of vanilla
63. Red roses
64. When my room is nice and tidy
65. Candlelight
66. Being tickled
67. Dressing up smart for special occasions
68. Hearing stories my parents tell of when they were little
69. Waking up when it’s been snowing hard overnight and before any grit’s been put down on the roads
70. Really big fish tanks full of lots of bright coloured fish <– as long as the fish aren’t too big because then they’re just scary
71. Shooting stars (count so far: 3)
72. Stained glass windows
73. The feel of someone playing with your hair
74. Receiving a compliment and being lost for words
75. Hugs
76. Rollercoasters - I love them
77. Funny German words - pingelig, schwanger, hochnasig usw
78. Really cheesy and overused sayings, like “you must be the change you wish to see in the world” - they make me smile
79. Rural France
80. New shoes - I’m really picky so when I find a pair I finally like, it’s very good
81. Short sentences
82. Existentialism
83. Non-pretentious modern art, I think some does exist…
84. Sharing secrets and trusting the other person to keep them
85. Those round things on tables which spin the food around… Lazy Susans
86. Adventures
87. Not worrying about what’s been and happened
88. Falling asleep to music…
89. Finding the perfect present for someone
90. That advert with the Italian cafe and the chocolates and the woman…
91. Shallow depth of field… mmm
92. White wine
93. Sheepworld - so cheesy but oh so cute
94. The theatre
95. Making sentences out of magnetic poetry
96. Mix CDs - making and getting them
97. Going to Ikea… even though I rarely buy anything
98. Moments you wish would never end
99. Alice In Wonderland/Alice Through The Looking Glass
100. This photo:

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