How grown up are you?

The lovely Trouble Doubled has tagged me in this meme about how grown up we are, started by OneDad3Girls. He got the idea from a national newspaper of a list of 50 things that prove you are 'grown up'.

This could be interesting...

1 Having a mortgage 

Yip

2 Mum and Dad no longer make your financial decisions 

Good grief, absolutely not!

3 Paying into a pension 

After a fashion...

4 Conducting a weekly food shop 

Yes, I can manage that - and a weekly Meal Planning Monday!

5 Written a will 

On my to-do list...

6 Having children

Tick!

7 Budgeting every month 

Not really - just a rough ball park figure...  

8 Cooking a meal from scratch 

Yes, one of my favourite things to do!

9 Getting married 

Yes, since December 2007 

10 Getting life insurance 

This is where I start to glaze over...

11 Recycling

I'm quite good with this - I feel guilty if I don't!

12 Having a savings account 

Yes, thank you

13 Knowing what terms like 'ISA' and 'tracker' mean 

More or less

14 Watching the news

This is where I know I'm grown up now, because I used to hate being subjected to the news, now I choose to put it on!

15 Owning a lawnmower 

Yes, but this is The Daddy's job

16 Doing your own washing 

Well I think I'd be in a pickle if I didn't 

17 Taking a trip to the local tip

Yes, I love a good clearout

18 Planting flowers

Yes, I love this although I haven't managed to do much for the last couple of years

19 Being able to bleed a radiator

Yip

20 Having a joint bank account

Yes, makes life much easier

21 Having a view on politics

I suppose so, although the whole thing bores me to tears...

22 Keeping track of interest rates

Oh gosh, no, I have far better things to do with my time!

23 Finding a messy house annoying 

With two little ones around I have no choice but to live with it!

24 Being able to change a lightbulb  

Yes  

25 Owning a vacuum cleaner

Yes, I have a Dyson ball and Little Man follows me round with his replica!

26 Holding dinner parties 

Well, if you count a roast for the family and pizza from a box for the girls then yes - I don't have time for anything else!

27 Listening to Radio 2  

Ooh yes, I need Chris Evans to wake me up in the morning

28 Enjoying gardening 

Yes!

29 Spending weekend just 'pottering' 

Excuse me while I just change my wet pants. That's hiLARious.

30 Mum starts asking you for advice 

31 Carrying spare shopping bags just in case 

No, but I always wish I'd remembered!

32 Like going round garden centres 

Sad, I know, but yes

33 Wearing coats on a night out

Hec yes! Always have - when I was at university I even took a scarf and tucked it in my sleeve when I took it to the cloakroom in a club.  I do not do cold. 

34 Going to bed before 11pm 

For this one I shall quote my friend Trouble Doubled:  "Before blogging, yes. With blogging, not a hope in hell." 

35 Making sure mum and dad are phoned at least once a week

We usually see my dad a couple of times a week - he only lives two minutes away (great for emergency childcare!)

36 Classing work as a career rather than a job

Not anymore.  I used to be very ambitious, now my children come first.

37 Repairing torn clothes rather than throwing them away

Most of the time I would probably throw them away, but a couple of years ago I tripped down some stairs wearing heels (I don't do heels, and it was the beginning of the night so I was stone cold sober!) and put a big hole in the leg of my brand new Coast trousers.  They were £80!!!  I had them repaired.  Oh, and I was ok, I landed on my feet (not sure how)

38 You iron 

Life is too short.  The Daddy irons his own work shirts but I still think he takes them round to his mum's because I never seem to see any...

39 You wash up immediately after eating 

This is The Daddy's job - I do the cooking!

40 You enjoy cooking 

Love it

41 You buy a Sunday paper 

No, too many blogs to read

42 Always going out in a sensible pair of shoes 

Oh dear, yes, I'm afraid so

43 You like receiving gift vouchers

Ooh yes

44 Work keeps you awake at night 

Well as my work is caring for two toddlers, not a chance, unless it's them waking me!

45 Filing post

Doing what?

46 You have a best crockery set 

No 

47 Able to change a car tyre 

Why have a dog husband and bark yourself?

48 Being sensible enough to remove make-up before bedtime

I'm quite good at this because mascara is a nightmare on pillow cases - not that I wear make up all that often!

49 Being able to follow a receipt

Why would anyone not be able to follow a receipt?!

50 Owning 'best' towels as well as everyday towels

I have guest towels for when people come to stay but that's it

So I reckon I'm about 68% grown up, according to this.  I'm not sure if that's good or bad!

I'm now tagging 

Belfast Mummy

Multiple Mummy

Sarah mum of 3

to find out how grown up you are!  Let me know how you get on and pop on over to One Dad 3 Girls to let him know too. Enjoy!