Challenge

My amazing friend M challenged me to give 10 facts about myself and then answer 10 questions she provided and since I loved reading her answers, here are mine :)

Facts:
1. I've become completely obsessed with my nails and nailpolish in general. I now have all these topcoats, undercoats and a wide range of colors. I don't think I can go to a beauty store without buying a new color. Just yesterday I bought a polish in "black diamonds" color and as soon as I finish this post, I am going to do my nails :D

2. I love all things Nordic. I'm obsessed with Swedish novels (Girl with a Dragon Tattoo series) and TV shows (Wallander). I've watched the entire Danish drama Borgen with subtitles and loved it. I constantly talk about Finnish food - rye bread, the butter, the salmon and the deer and Finnish cottages. And I love to follow blogs of girls that live in Sweden and Finland. (M :))

3. For the past year I've been really keen on the idea of having as little as possible. For example - clean out my closet to leave on the key, quality pieces and learn how to mix and match things so well that I only need to pack several things on a trip. That has also led me to pre-plan my outfits which I've never done before!

4. I really like to be outside. For me, even ten minutes of fresh air can make a huge difference for the day. Hiking, jogging, or just walking around is my favorite.

5. I really love to read but I'm often bad at finishing books. I will start three books at the same time and keep them by the bed and I can never clear that area because I'm always "in the process" of reading them!

6. I always have at least 25 tabs open on my Google Chrome browser. It's a combination of university pages, streaming movies, tv shows, news articles, youtube clips and always my gmail.

7. My current background photo on my laptop is a photo I took with my DSLR camera - a closeup of berries in a winter background. I love taking photos outdoors and it makes me happy when I create something that I can look at for a long time.

8. When I have internet, I always spend at least 5 minutes a day on instagram. I follow all the fashion bloggers and trendsetters, as well as all the fashion houses and brands and it's a very quick and visual way to see get inspiration for outfits and all things fabulous. I have to add here that I also like looking at pictures of food :D

9. I am very conservative with my accessories. I wear the same watch, rings and bracelet all the time. Once, I love something, I love it. I keep telling myself to get more accessories but when I get to the store, it's so hard for me to find something new! So I end up wearing the same things all the time!

10. Travel is my oxygen. In 2013 I plan to travel to at least 5 new countries!

M's Questions:

1. What music are you obsessed about at the moment?
This is hard..my music choice depends on my state of mind and what I'm doing. I love to find music that noone else knows about. Usually the songs are really unique and intense. I am constantly obsessed with Florence and the Machine, any remix that has beautiful vocals and a sick beat, Adele when I feel like singing along, any Clint Mansell soundtrack when I just feel like music without words. I've had Santigold's "Disparate Youth" on replay as I've been doing applications :) (Also, sometimes I like to listen to girl power stuff like Ciara's "Like a boy" or life power stuff like Jay-Z's "Onto the next one")

2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now?
In a beautiful apartment in Europe, with a lot of light, beautiful cups and glasses and a teapot, with cozy furniture and tooons of books and art, doing what I love and having a lot of traveling planned. I would get a coffee machine so I'm always ready for M's visits. :D

3. What new language would you like to learn?
I am like 50% through French and 10% into German, so I should probably prioritize at least a little advancement on those.. but I would absolutely love to learn Spanish.

4. What's your biggest dream at the moment?
To create a lifestyle where I can see the people closest to me as much as possible, while also traveling and discovering new things all the time.

5. How do you like your eggs? (lol)
Ha! I am an egg lover. I like them boiled (that's usually my breakfast), poached (I am not good at making poached eggs, but restaurants are!), fried (this is embarrassing but I actually dab my fried eggs with a napkin because I don't like too much oil) and omellette if I'm having a big brunch after a big party night :)

6. You just won the first prize in a competition organized by a traveling agency. You get to take your best friend with you and travel to whatever destination you wish. Where would you go and why? How would your friend's preferences affect the choice of the destination?
Oh, this one is easy. Iceland. Because my best friend and I already decided that we would both love it there. I wouldn't go anywhere she wouldn't want to go and I wouldn't want to go anywhere I didn't want to go, but the world is big and we have tons to explore!

7. What would you cook for a dream date?
Honestly this one depends on the setting for me. If this is in a warm location - then grilled fish, vegetables, light salad and cold dessert to serve with white wine. If this is in a cold location - then bake meat with potatoes, vegetables baked in a sauce separately, bread and guacamole and olive oil as appetizers and hot, freshly baked dessert with red wine.

8. What's your relationship like with chocolate?
Very intimate. :D I absolutely love dark chocolate. I sometimes eat white chocolate, never milk chocolate, but the dark.. ohhh my. When I was studying for exams my mom bought me a chocolate as big as my pillow and I nicknamed it the exam candy :D I can even admit that I always, always have dark chocolate in my purse. And I have now discovered how tasty it is with a cup of latte.. As M once said: "there are coffee days, there are chocolate days.. and then there are days when you can have coffee and chocolate.. and those are the best" :D

9. Light or dark shades in nail polish? Why?
:D See my Fact #1! Right now I'm wearing light pink, but soon it will become diamond black. I often wear shades of red because my outfit is always some combination of black and gold with red lips so red nails are always perfect! When I feel edgy, I like very dark colors or very unique colors (like a purple grey that looks awful in the bottle but somehow really cool on the nails).

10. Let's say you're going out with your friends next weekend. What kind of an outfit would you put together?
I have to start with the shoes. I would either wear my new black suede Michael Kors pumps because they are the highest shoes I have and they just go with everything or the Zara golden pointy toe shoes because they are a combination of gold, burgundy and black and sooo comfortable. Then I would wear a dress. Mostly because I don't get to dress up that much, even in clubs, so if I was out with my best girlfriends, I would feel confident and fun and I would wear a dress. I would love to have a golden dress actually and try to pull off the greek goddess look. That's been my dream!