35 THINGS ABOUT ME
Happy New Year my darlings!
I’ve been a bit slow on updating my blog these last few months (apologies! still new at all this) as I had focused so much of my time + energy on our gym, BENCHMARK FITNESS Burlington, growing it and bringing some super fun things to our gym community leading up to Christmas.
BUT I’M BACK!
Not only is this my first blog of 2021 but it’s my birthday today, YAY!
To celebrate another year around the sun I thought I would bring you a few things you may or may not know about me…. 35 of them to be exact. One for every year!
I was born + raised in Winnipeg, MB
I went to an all girls school from grade 3 to grade 12 and absolutely loved it!
I modelled all throughout my childhood - from baby sleepers up until my teens
I moved to Toronto, ON at the age of 18 and pretty much knew I wouldn’t be going back to Winnipeg
I graduated from the Fashion Communications program at Ryerson University (loved it!)
I was the first employee hired when Hollister came to Canada (pretty proud of that haha)
I danced for 15 years - jazz, ballet, tap, modern + musical theatre
I’ve taken the same brand of vitamins for over 18 years
I took Japanese for 3 years in high school and was actually pretty good! Even won the award one year…. now it’s my go to party trick
I loveddddd the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer in high school, like a lot.
I’ve always had dogs growing up and can confidently say that won’t change any time soon
I don’t have any allergies
I love coffee and will always search for good coffee spots any time I travel
I love dolphins and used to ask my dad for a pet dolphin growing up (Flipper, obvi) who would have clearly lived in our pool
One of my top 3 Best Day Ever moments was swimming in the middle of the ocean with dolphins in Hawaii… can’t wait to do it again!
I have a fear of heights (and snakes)
I’m naturally blonde
Growing up I didn’t really enjoy reading and now I’m mildly obsessed with reading
I love hand written notes + cards
I love plants, real plants, none of this fake stuff
I love serving - I started as a bus girl at the age of 16 and worked as a server throughout my early 20s
I wanted to be an actress growing up, for years….
I love candles
I love the ocean and the sound of waves coming in (would LOVE to live near the ocean one day)
My favorite color is pink
I don’t own a scale - I don’t have the healthiest relationship with them so I just don’t own one
I had braces for about 3 years and am so grateful to my parents for that investment (I also took the colored braces elastic game very seriously)
My favorite sport to play and observe is basketball (GO RAPTORS!)
I’ve always wanted to take tennis lessons (and rock all the cute outfits)
I’ve only ever owned Mac computers
I love California… Malibu, Santa Barbara, San Fran, Napa, Sonoma all of it!
I was previously engaged before Matt and I met (so was he!)
Matt and I met at work
Matt proposed in Luxembourg Gardens in Paris when I was visiting my bff…. a complete surprise (I think I’ll do a separate blog post about our proposal, it’s pretty epic)
My deepest desire + purpose is to INSPIRE
Cheers to that!!
Alli xx
