The Curved Opinion: favourite

24 July 2013

The Best Bits

Day 21 – Your Five Favourite Blog Posts (Your Own)

Today’s topic is a bit of an odd one as it asks you to choose your favourite five blog posts that you have written. It is a little like holding an awards ceremony but giving all the accolades to yourself….

In the end I decided to choose five posts for all different reasons, either because the subject was important to me, it was a milestone, a good memory or simply something I really enjoyed writing.

So in no particular order!

Written in September 2011, Trophy Hunting - Are We Still Neanderthals?

Animal rights is a subject close to my heart. Trophy hunting isn’t something that appears a lot in the popular press and a lot of people don’t know it exists or even what it is.

Written in December 2011, Think

I wrote this piece whilst thinking of my dad. There are too many people on the roads who have no care for their safety, or the safety of others. The “I’ve only had a couple” people and the ones who drive through a red light to show off to their friends.

Written in August 2012, Great Britain

I was still engulfed in Olympics fever when I wrote this post and reading it back now makes me remember how proud I felt of our country during the Olympics and how proud I felt to be British.

Written in January 2013, I am not a Lemming

January of this year was a time that I was finally beginning to find some confidence and realise that we aren’t all the time, and that is good thing.

Written in March 2013, SimplyBe AX Paris Dress Review

The blog post that inspired my first real smile in front of a camera.

So that’s my top five. Check out the other ladies involved in the challenge for their top five posts!

Beth http://tinkerbellandthelostgirls.blogspot.co.uk/
Claire http://lifeonadifferentlevel.blogspot.co.uk/

Emma http://meetthemillards.blogspot.co.uk/
http://felicityhart.blogspot.co.uk/
Karen http://toodulltoblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Kaye http://www.polishedcurves.com

Laura http://laurapantslifestyle.blogspot.co.uk/
Lisa http://lookingforlisa.blogspot.co.uk/

Mary http://channellingliz.wordpress.com/
Mhairi http://www.lilybobombslovelylumps.com/

Natalie http://awheelbarrowfullofstyle.blogspot.co.uk
Nikki http://nattynikki.blogspot.com

Steph http://seeingsp0ts.blogspot.co.uk/
Toni http://theonlywayistoni.blogspot.co.uk/

Verena http://APlusSizeFashionObsession.blogspot.co.uk
Vicky http://TheCurvedOpinion.com

20 July 2013

A Favourite Photograph

Day 17 – A Favourite Photograph of Yourself and Why

I have previously shared some really special photographs of me on this blog. One with my parents on holiday, another with me and my dad and my favourite ever photograph of my friends and I.

When asked to choose a photograph just of myself though, I struggle. I used to systematically detag every photograph of me that I didn’t like on Facebook (so about 99% of them).

Embracing who I am and what I look like has been a bit of journey. I have chosen a photograph though, but this one in particular marks the start of acceptance.

This photograph was taken for a review of a SimplyBe dress. This was the first time I had worn so many colours and such a loud print, and I LOVED it. It is probably the first genuine smile in front of a camera since I was a little girl, because back then you don’t care do you?

So yes, this is definately my favourite photograph of myself. Not because of a right camera angle or even the way I look, but more what I was feeling when it was taken. Happy and hopeful. You can’t ask for more.

Check out the other ladies involved in the challenge