Challenge - Day 12: Whatever tickles my fancy

Hi Guys,

Running a day late with the challenge but hey ho I do have a life you know ;)

So today I can blog about whatever tickles my fancy....hhhmmmm.....

I was going to blog about what facebook has done to our wardrobes but I've got a bigger and more important topic to blog about (even more important than facebook and clothes?! WOW!!) - I want to talk about Marie Curie Cancer Care. It's not a topic that tickles my fancy so to speak but it's definitely what I need to talk about today.

Basically, on August 21st I am going to be doing a sponsored 10k walk (that's faaaaaaaaar!) to raise money and awareness for the Marie Cancer Care charity.

Please please please sponsor me. One penny, one pound. It's all much appreciated. Please support and donate and spread the word. Thank you.

http://www.justgiving.com/onepenny

Example of my stupidness/ramble

Wow this is so embarassing!!! I was just reading over my challenge
post re a photo from over 10 years ago and I stated the wrong month as
my birthday!!!!

I must have been drunk or dazed cos my brother was born in October not
me, I was born in December!

Jeez I'm such a doofus!!

Well anyway I'm in bed trying to chillax. AK didn't end up coming over
cos it was getting late but I'm seeing her Monday so it's all gravy.

Tomorrow is sf's birthday so I just wrapped her present and wrote her
card. I meant to take a photo of her present so I could blog about it
after she's received it but I forgot :( ...and why does envelope gum
taste so disgusting?!

Tomorrow is payday/ dress down day at work. Hope I don't forget in the
morning and turn up to work suited and booted (that's happened a few
time so I've just set a reminder on my mobile lol)

Personally I don't like dress down day. I like dressing up and I don't
do the casual loom well at all. Even if I wear jeans it's never jeans,
trainers and a t shirt. Fuck I'd rather eat poo (slight exageration
maybe).

No idea what on wearing tomorrow especially because I'm going to sf's
house for a lil party straight after work so I need to look casual yet
party ready yet not like a streetwalker. Tough!! My other option is to
wear whatever to work and then change in the toilets but that's long
and I will try to avoid that if I can.

I hope you all have a great friday tomorrow :)

Thank you guys :)

Hello!

I've gone a bit crazy with trying to add gadgets to my blog. God knows where my blog archive has gone :( I'm such a tech crappie that I am just going to go to bed and hope that when I wake up it's back.

But anyway! Purpose of this post? To say a massive THANK YOU for click click clicking on my blog link that I cheekily posted on my twitter and facebook :)

I've had a great evening looking at my blog hits go up on the blog counter lol so than kyou thank you keep clicking!!!!

xoxo

Dear....Mary Kate and Ashley

Hi guys,

Just thought I'd quickly throw down some random words before dinner time as I miss rambling.

I've had a busy week, work wise and socially. I've been sleeping really late every night and jesus I feel it in my old bones!

I plan to get my hair cut (trimmed) in about 2 weeks but not sure if I can handle the emotional turmoil I go through every time a pair of scissors comes near my hair so we will see. Plus I think I should wait for my next credit card bill before I start planning to spend even 50p!!

On Monday AK came round and we ate kebab and had a good old girly gossip. She took her epilator back (bye bye!) and penny palace felt empty without it.

On Tuesday I went round to SF's again for food and girlie gossip and that turned into a much longer night than planned but I had the best time. Also managed to pick up another epilator from her (which I've used and love, but will review after about a month) so I haven't turned into a gorilla as I feared lol

Wednesday....I was home alone and I had spaghetti bolognaise and cheesy garlic bread (that I put together myself) for dinner. This will also be my dinner for today (and was actually dinner on Tuesday at SF's too!). Luckily I love spag bol lol

AK is at a wedding close by to me so she said she might pop round later but generally speaking my plans for this evening is to just relax, eat and then pick up all the crap laying around as it has got to a point where I can't take two steps without tripping up.

I made an order for some fancy (full) slips the other day and picked them up at the post office yesterday. I was so excited to get home and try them on....they don't quite fit. I'm so pissed off with myself for being so optimstic when ordering them, I knew I should have gone for a bigger size but the site had the crappest return policy so I am stuck with them. And they were expensive (well, they were a bargain but I could hav egot plain polyester for £5 at matalan kmt) so I will make them work.

Today I made another trip to the post office (I've been at least 3 times in July and haven't burst into tears once, really proud of myself!) to return some asos stuff - the package was nearly 3kg!!! That will be some welcomed money back onto my credit card!!!

I'm really proud of myself because last night I was browsing through the ASOS site and it said that it was the last day of sale and I was so tempted to buy a few hundred things but I kept my 'no asos' pledge and just logged offline. [Edit - after a better look the sale stuff is still online but under 'sale' not 'clearance' - i am so clever (!)]

However, I am now on asos looking at the new stuff. I don't think I said how long I was boycotting them for; tomorrow is pay day........*haha* ......hhmmm I've had a look at the curve collection - dress wise I'm only medium-loving one but it's more for autumn so I won't rush to buy that. Had a look at the normal collection and there's 2 dresses I like but I think I'll try hold out for a reduction cos one of the dresses I already have in black (x2) and navy and the other one I wouldnt be able to wear to work so it's a bit pointless considering I work 6 days a week and day 7 is PJ day!! lol

Oooooh, 6:10pm it's officially dinner time!!

Thank you for reading,

Bye xoxo

Challenge - Day 11: A photo of you taken recently

This was quite a difficult one because generally speaking I only take pics of myself to put on my blog so you guys have seen all the pics, and the pics that don't make my blog but are ok for human eyes goes onto my facebook and i assume its mostly my facebook buddies reading my blog so......I know you've seen this pic already but *shrugs*

This pic was taken by my cousin in May I think and I thought it was fitting with my previous post to have a pic with me and one of my beloved elephants lol

And....that's it! :)

Challenge - Day 10: A photo of me taken over ten years ago

This is me :)

I think this was my 6th birthday? Really random guess, but it's definitely over 10 years ago haha!!

Even though I can't remember how old I was in the photo I can totally remember the outfit I was wearing:

I've got on a black velvet hairband. My hair was so long, probably waist length and I was only allowed to have it down on special occasions. School hair was mostly ponytails (sometimes plaits but my mum was not patient).

I'm wearing white opaque tights. I've always loved wearing tights. I had a pair to go with every outfit.

I am wearing a white cotton petticoat with a lace trim. It doesn't seem that my dress sense has changed much since I was young lol

My dress is difficult to describe but you can just about make it out in the photo - it was what I would say autumn colours with the main colour being burgundy and it had a random print on it. It had buttons from the waist to the neck, and a cream lace collar. It was a typical little girls length; mid shin.

Bearing in mind that I was born in the cold month of October I had on a creamy cable knit cardigan over my dress. I wish I could get away with wearing cable knit nowadays!

And last but not least (what does that mean?!), the best bit about my outfit: my shoes!!! Black patent round toe ballet pumps with a black disk with a gold embroidery pattern. They were the bomb! And if they came in my current shoe size I would buy 10 pairs now!!!

Challenge - Day 9: A photo I took

This is a picture I took in Thailand 2008.

This was the last time I went to Thailand. It was a bittersweet trip; it was literally a last minute thing; basically my mum got a call on Friday (for example I can't remember the days now) to say my Gran was really ill, might die type thing and to come asap, and then 2/3 days later me and my mum were on a plane to Thailand.

It was the toughest trip of my life, simply due to where we were actually going - to be honest I was more emotionally all over the place for my mum, not my gran. I hope I don't sound crazy cold but that's the truth - obviously I was beyond devastated to think she was dying but I was so much more upset for what my mum must be going through.

(Erm...I guess this would be a good time to say that my Gran is still alive by the way!!!!!! - Sorry, SF always complains that I tell sad stories and never say things are ok til the end).

My mum and I really bonded on this trip (we fought like cat and dog but closer cat and dog!!) She knew how hard it was for me to be in the middle of (gorgeous) nowhere and plus I spent my life savings to fly us out last minute and for accomodation etc. I am glad I could do that for my mum.

So that's the story behind this picture :)

Challenge - Day 8: A photo that makes me angry/sad

Hi Guys :)

Apologies again for being behind with 'the challenge'. Been a very busy few days but I'll update you on that later maybe (but my main blogging focus is obviously challenge posts so we'll see how I get on).

With no further ado, here is a photo that makes me really really angry and overwhelmingly sad:


I'm not what I'd call an animal person. I'm barely a people person so to me animals are way way way off the scale. If I was on a desert island and had an option of being stranded with a pet, I'd choose to go solo (unless the pet was Jacob from Twilight haha).

Cruelty against elephants breaks my heart. I do not know why. My mum finds it really random. The reason why I think it effects me is because I am from Thailand, and in Thailand you have elephants walking along the road in Bangkok (and elsewhere). I am not pointing fingers or judging you, but me personally, I would never support elephant cruelty by paying to have a photo taken with/on an elephant or pay to feed it a banana. I feel really strongly about this. Whenever I say I am from Thailand a lot of people will mention elephants and I just grit my teeth and clench a smile and ignore the questions. I am not going to preach but I am not going to encourage it either.

To me, elephant cruelty doesn't have to be as portrayed in the photo - it's just the fact that the elephant is being forced to do things, or taken out of a comfortable habitat (being in London zoo is better than being forced to give people rides and then not fed if noone buys banana's for it).

Elephants are old wise creatures. Of course no human or animal should be treated badly, but elephants are definitely my 'thing'.

So yeah. Now I am riled and have to do two more challenge posts! ARGH lol

xoxo

Challenge - Day 7: A photo that makes me happy

This photo makes me happy for quite a sad reason. This was taken at the end of 2003, 1st year of uni. A few weeks later in the early days/weeks of 2004 I would become a different person. Broken and sad.

This is a picture that would only say so much to me, because to you it's just a girl in a badly taken picture (webcam woo hoo!) so I will try my best to explain to you what this picture is about.

I can tell from the background that this pic was taken in my bedroom back in London (as opposed to in Kent where I was at uni) which meant I would have been quite happy to be visiting London because I did not like Kent/being away from London - there was no KFC at the time, for god's sake!!!!

I am supporting my infamous big fringe - and this was the first time I had one (not counting if I had one under the age of 5 years old) which meant we had just had a house party in the Kent house where everyone was drunk and I woke up in the morning with a haircut. I was bloody traumatised at the time but in retrospect I would probably have had the same hair style for my whole life is that never happened and I've given myself a fringe a few times since - noone apart from me seems to like it though... KMT

The jacket LOL Faux fur from a charity shop in Kent (Canterbury btw) I still have it in my wardrobe at my parents house taking up loads of room but I won't ever throw this away unless an animal tries to make a home in it...and even then I might still keep it. I brought it before I....gave up on life I guess...and to me it's a symbol of my more happier, carefree and fun side.

And another symbol of "before", my infamous giant hoop earrings! Throughout my late teens I had the worst taste in jewelly. Gigantic crosses throughtout school, and then gigantic hoops throughtout college and uni. I use to be able to put them all the way up my arm, and they fit around my ankle too.

Erm, so wow I feel a bit vulnerable now. But that's the point of my blog; to be open and honest, and to talk about whatever so there you go!!!

This photo makes me happy because it reminds me of who I can be....Penny from the block lol

Challenge - Day 06: Whatever tickles your fancy

So this would have been Friday's post but I was otherwise occupied so here I am doing it now. What shall I talk about?

I want to talk about being fat. Yes, i said it, FAT.

This isn't going to be a massively long post but just a few things really.

What makes people think it is acceptable to come up to me and ask "Are you happy with your weight?" Do i look unhappy? Do i ever seriously complain? Do I not, despite being fat look better than you anyway? Are YOU happy with being so ugly/stupid? Maybe you and I should go to a special camp - oh wait - damn. I can lose wait but you can't hide your ugliness or stupidity. Nevermind.

It would be totally unacceptable for someone to come up to me an ask "Are you happy being yellow?" - and to be fair, I can't change my skin colour and I could change my weight but whatever.

Point being, it's not nice. I don't appreciate it. I don't appreciate having to feel like I am defending myself. Sure, I would love to be skinny, but I know that I am not doing anything towards that particular look so obviously it's not traumatic for me to be fat.

And argh argh blah blah blah. I am going to go eat a horse now.

Apologies/Challenge - Day 05: My favourite quote

Hi Guys,

Hope you have all been well. Apologies for my lack of posts, I am ashamed to say that I am currently 3 challenges behind but I will be catching up with all challenges by the end of today.

So today the topic is: "Your favourite quote". This was easy peasy for me as opposed to the other ones; this quote has been my favourite since school and it is ...*drumroll*... "Love is eternal for as long as it lasts".

Now, I don't know if I am cheating once again, but what defines a quote exactly? This is what wikipedia defines a quote as: "Quotation is used in text to indicate the words of another speaker or writer."

With that definition in mind I hold up my hands and admit that my 'favourite quote' is in fact not technically a quote because it was never said by anyone (to be fair, for the past 18 years I thought that this was a quote from the brilliant Oscar Wilde - but after much googling I admit that I am wrong, and slightly sad but nevermind).

There is a very very similiar quote but minus one word, and for me, it's that one word which makes my quote so amazing. The common quote is "Love is eternal as long as it lasts". This particular quote was from the mouth/pen of Vinicius de Moraes and I believe it was part of a song. (BTW, it's missing the word "for").

But anyway, my love for my fake quote (which I guess, if you like it, you can say it's MY quote!!!) is for several reasons, but the main reason is because when i (mis)heard it it helped to form the person that I am now. I try to be a happy person and to please other people and find joy in everything (at least when I'm around other people - I wallow in misery only behind closed doors) and some of my inspiration and motivation comes from the fake quote.

A lot of people get down beaten, spiteful, cynical, miserable, grumpy, unkind (and all the other crappy grey words you can think of) because they feel disappointed or let down by themselves, family, friends, situations, etc but I try not to let this happen to me. I try to cherish the moment as it is. To me, the part "for as long as it lasts" plays a huge importance in my approach to life. Like I spoke about in an earlier blog, I don't have any regrets. I might have done stuff I'm ashamed of or not entirely happy with, but at the moment I did it I thought it was ok and so i take that feeling or thought forward with me, not the aftermath of misery!!

It's difficult to explain (I'm much better at explaining why it's my fav quote face to face) - but I think if you know me even as an acquintance you can imagine why I like this quote and why it inspires me.

But in the sense it was (not!) written for - LUUURVE. I see people sad all the time about break ups, fights, seperations etc and everyone seems to forget the love that was shared and was real, even if it was 3mins or 33 years - for me the 'eternal' bit of the quote means real and deep and true. SO if anyone said that they'd "love me forever" I would believe it even if 1 day later we broke up, because I'd hope that the person meant it at the time it was said and that's enough for me.

I'll stop here cos I could go on and on and on trying to explain myself, and I've got a few more posts to get out tonight!!

:)

I want a playsuit....I think...

I want a playsuit for about a week now. Been searching on the internet like crazy but they don't seem to do them for a girl of my size. But I've just stumbled across this article on Jessica Simpson in a playsuit and I think that I should give up because Perez is right, just because they make it in your size doesn't mean you should wear it. Click the link for pictures and to see what he says - he isn't too kind!

NOT Cute, Jessica!

Do you think I should give up my search? Or do you think if I get a decent one I will be ok?

I want shoes!

Both shoes are from the new Evan's collection, £29.50 each.

The black pair are 'suedette' and are actually the same shoe I wore to my graduation but in the peep toe style. If you go onto the site and zoom in you'll see the patterned heel. Very tempted to purchase as I know I can walk in them, and everyone always loves the subtle heel.

The beige pair are the ones that have my heart speed up though. 3.5inch heel which is doable for me, and i've been after some nude leg lengthening heels for ages, and these look perfect. I'm going to try to hold out until evans have a promotion on shoes so fingers crossed that is soon!!! The question I have with these are: are they 'leather' or are they a satin?I want 'leather' so that I can wear them anywhere and everywhere.

Love!!!!!

Review - Epilating

Hello All,

This isn't really a review as such, just more of a ramble about my experience (so far) with epilating.


If you're a follower of my blog you'll know the story but I'll quickly recap for any new readers...basically now that the summer is here I was sick of shaving my legs because I was having to shave everyday which was not good for my legs - red bumps, ingrowing hairs and the worst thing was i kept cutting myself (see older posts for funny story involving a sanitary towel cellotaped to my leg!!!) so then I started wondering about epilating - talked to friends, facebooked a few queries etc and then my lovely friend AK offered to lend me her epilator so that I could see what it was like and decide whether I wanted to commit by purchasing my own. SF then offered to give me hers because she found it too painful to use (ouch!!). So at the moment I'm using AK's epilator (pictured) and currently awaiting for SF's.


I'm not going to review the actual epilator I'm using at the moment (Philips Satin Ice in case you were wondering) because it's the only one I've used and I can't compare it to anything. It comes with an ice pack thing but AK didn't bring it round so I'm not using it/haven't used it.

So I have been epilating for 2 weeks, just about every day (maybe minus Sundays) and I love it!!! I shaved my legs on Xday and AK came round that same evening. Tried to epilate but there was no hair to pull out so just kinda ran the epilator up and down my legs. Quite a good idea actually because it helps you past the first stage of fear, cos boy when you switch the epilator on and the 'teeth' start spinning and the scary noise is deafening you it is the most daunting thing. It took me ages to actually work up enough courage to touch the epilator to my skin!! My heart was beating and my palms were sweating!

The next morning I tried again and this time it caught a few hairs and there was pain but it didn't hurt - same as plucking your eyebrows really. And basically it's been like that every morning. (Some people have suggested that I epilate at night to minimise redness but for me this would be pointless as in the morning hairs would be coming through and I'd have to epilate again anyway. What I've found out through my 'research is that people have different standards of what acceptable hairlessness is - a lot of people told me that I wouldn't have to epilate everyday but from my experience I can't imagine not doing everyday - I wear either skirts or dresses and never trousers so I guess the people who don't epilate everyday wear trousers more than I do, and plus if they've been epilating longer they're already seeing the long term effects).

Unfortunately, epilating (for me) has the same problems as shaving minus the blood bath. I've got the worst case of in-growing hairs ever and it looks bad, but I've been brave and bared my legs anyway (hey - i didn't max out my credit card at asos only to not wear the bloody dresses!!!)

I do exfoliate my legs every morning in the shower with those shower puff things but the hairs are just under a layer of skin. With this in mind my next step is to try to overcome this problem and you can see in the pic below my weapons of choice:

What I've been doing for the last few days, which is really pathetic, vain and time consuming is using my beloved tweezerman tweezers to pluck out the individual ingrowing hairs. However, this is becoming a bit dangerous as each day I become a bit less patient and less careful I end up stabbing myself. £20 tweezers can cut through the skin :(

So my next two weapons are the 'Silkimiz' which are basically sandpaper that you use on your legs - no idea how it's suppose to minimise hair growth but I thought it would be good for a more hardcore exfoliation - tested it out as soon as i get home, and i will give it another chance but at the moment my view is that it's useless. Very cheap though (99p for 3 mitts, so maybe 6 uses if i'm lucky).

The other thing is the bath brush thing - one side for massaging and the other for exfoliating. I haven't used this is the shower but i've been randomly brushing my leg and i don't think the brush hairs are course enough.....we'll see though, I'll keep you updated.

The other things pictured are shaving gel, not too sure why I included it in the photo but hey it was 2 for £3 :)

My conclusion on epilating? It's not perfect but it's good and it's eaaaaaaaasy. I was worried that it would be time consuming but because i've fitted it into my daily routine and i don't have a lot of hair to epilate I'm probably doing both legs in under 10mins as opposed to others who say it takes 30mins. One tip: if just epilating up your legs (like you would with a razor) is capturing hairs then try gentle small circular movements - usually works!!

Any questions or tips give me a shout in the comments below :)

Challenge - Day 4: My favourite book

This is very difficult for me as I love reading and have read a billion books (maybe I am slightly exaggerating) but I have managed to make my choice and I'm only slightly cheating ;)

My fav 'book' is The Chronicles of Narnia, which is a 7 book series by C S Lewis.

I love all 7 books and even if you haven't read all of them most people would have read at least one. This is a classic and the 'book' that I would make sure my children read - I don't think a childhood would be complete without being familiar with one of the stories.

I have a set of books similar to the one pictures and I think my love for it is obvious because it's one of the few things which came in a set that I haven't destroyed/lost; I always made sure to put my book back into the case.

I love these books because I can, even now, pick any of them and read it and every time I feel that I am part of the magic world of Narnia. The books teach you something as well as being entertaining, and even though I've read each book at least 20 times my heart still skips a beat at the 'scary' bits.

The Chronicles of Narnia are part of my life, and they have accompanied me through from childhood to adulthood - and that's why I love them :)

Challenge - Day 3: My favourite TV programme

As you guys know I'm not much a tv watcher but one programme that I know that I'll enjoy and so I guess makes it my favourite is... Come Dine with Me.

I'm sure many people will agree but one of the best things about cdwm is the narrator Dave Lamb. He's so funny and sarcastic.

I also enjoy the food aspect of the show. I'm equally amazed by the great cooks and appalled by the crap ones. I cannot cook but I still enjoy watching other people cook. I usually watch cdwm online whilst I'm eating my own dinner and I often pretend I'm eating whatever 3 course meal is being served instead of my toast or instant noodles (or fish fingers if I'm feeling plush).

I love being able to see how other people live and to get to have a look around their houses. I find the way people present their dining table/room really interesting as well because my eating area is so plain.

So that's my fav tv programme, what's yours?

Challenge - Day 2: My favourite movie

Welcome to Day 2! Doing ok so far ;)

My favourite movie is...Hairspray!! (the 1988 film starting Rikki Lake)

I love this movie for so many reasons:
• it's funny
• it was quite radical at the time
• the main character was a fat girl
• there was a character called penny in it!
• the songs and dances were great
• Amber the bitch was my idol (I'm bad to the bone lol)

Hairspray is a movie I could watch every single day. It's so camp and
funny but with a great message. I own both the original and 2008
remake on DVD which says a lot about my love for the film because i'm
total I own about....2 DVDs lol

If you haven't seen it (have you been living under a rock?!) then I
recommend that you do watch it :)

Challenge - Day 1: My favourite song

Day 1 of 'the challenge' and I think that this is a difficult topic.
Sure, it looks easy but committing myself to one song in the public
domain is tough...

Songs, the lyrics and the tune can lock into our minds and hearts in
the most amazing way. I know that smells also have the same effect but
obviously not for me! So for me personally a song can make my heart
break itself and heal itself.

After much thought I have decided that I cannot name just one song out
of a million that I love. I'll pick a few and explain why they were
chosen to represent my favs.

• Mariah Carey - 'Hero'
The song loved by all the crap x factor contestants lol!! No need to
say much, this song is fantastic and really stands the test of time. I
chose this song because for me it was also the song song that made me
realise that I love music. This song was (and often still is!) on
repeat with me warbling along feeling like a diva. I had it on tape,
cd, my laptop, mp3 player and now my ipenny and this will be the song
that I'll
never forget the lyrics too!

• Backstreet Boys - 'I'll never break your heart'
Ok ok stop laughing! I know this is a lame arse song (but arguedbly
the best love song back in the day!) but this really takes me back and
even though I'm sure it use to make me cry my poor little heart out
now it just makes me smile remembering those days.

• Usher - 'You make me wanna'
I just love it! If it was released tomorrow you wouldn't imagine it
was over a decade old so even though it's old school it makes me feel
cool listening to it.

Ok, I think 3 songs are enough!!
What did you think of my choices? Do you have a favourite song? Share
it with us in the comments below :)

Introducing... the 30 day challenge

Hi Guys!

Starting from tomorrow (Monday 19th July 2010) I will be embarking, via my blog, on the 30 day challenge. Basically this means that I have to blog every day for the next 30 days on the following set topics:

Day 01 — Your favorite song
Day 02 — Your favorite movie
Day 03 — Your favorite television program
Day 04 — Your favorite book
Day 05 — Your favorite quote
Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 — A photo you took
Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 — A fictional book
Day 14 — A non-fictional book
Day 15 — A fanfic
Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 — A talent of yours
Day 20 — A hobby of yours
Day 21 — A recipe
Day 22 — A website
Day 23 — A YouTube video
Day 24 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 — Your day, in great detail
Day 26 — Your week, in great detail
Day 27 — This month, in great detail
Day 28 — This year, in great detail
Day 29 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 — Whatever tickles your fancy

I think that this will be quite fun for me to do, and i hope it is fun for you to read. So please join me on this journey and hopefully I'll manage the whole 30 days!

(In regards to my 'normal' posts, I will do those as usual aka as and when I have something to post - This challenge comes at a great time for me since I've put myself on an ASOS ban lol).

Asos in a box

YAY my most successful ASOS haul (in terms of the dresses, not the experience BOOOOOO!)

So I was shocked when I went to pick up my parcel from the post office and she handed me this big box instead of the usual ASOS black bag. I was going to say this wasn't mine but I saw the 'asos' so *shrugs* This box housed 8 dresses *gulp* but like I said, this is my last asos haul for...a while. A) because the service was bad and they need to be punished; B) I'm broke!!! and C) I have run out of wardrobe space; the rail broke yesterday lol

Please note, apart from the dresses shown I also received an additional 3 dresses which were dupes of my favourites from previous hauls. Cos I'm sad like that. "Love it, get it" - I might get that tattoed onto myforehead ;)

Sorry that all the pics are the wrong way round - if anyone knows how to rotate please send me a comment! Thanks :)

[Dress 1]

[Above] First up we have a black linen workwear dress. This is the same as I got in my last haul but in a bigger size. The fit last time was fine but it was way too short, I'm glad to announce that the length of this is fine back and front and I'm so happy it fits cos I did love it first time round.

[Dress 2]

[Above] Next we have a dress from the 'normal' aka non-curve range. It's not a great picture since the dress is so so creased so it hangs a bit funny but I do love it. It's a gorgeous peach shade, but not a bright peach and I think the colour suits me. I do look a bit pregnant in this dress but i don't care. The sleeves are fluttery and the hem goes up at the front. Very pretty dress; wish I had this to wear for the wedding!!! This dress came in about 5 colours, I also wanted it in a royal blue and of course black but they're out of stock in my size. Nevermind, I think I've got enough black dresses!!!

[Dress 3]

[Above] This is a surprise purchase and love! This is the same dress I got (and returned) in my 1st ever asos haul, the flamingo pink one that I couldn't even photogragh myself in because it was beyond hideous. Well, amazing what difference black can make!!! I paid £32 for the pink one and afterwards the black one went down to £20 so i thought i'd give it a go and WOW!!! I think I might wear this to SF's house tomorrow (birthday party). The only thing I worry about is the material - it's really thin and thin material = roll of flab escaping!!!

[Dress 4]

[Above] This dress.....hhhmmm I don't know. It's definitely a keeper but it's a 'like' not 'love'. I was actually going to get this dress in coral to wear to the wedding but didn't because the colour was a bit bright for me (wanted it in cream but everyone kept saying cream was a no no - obviously a lot of the other guests didn't get that message). Glad that I didn't get the coral because it would have been horrid. The material is a bit cheap. Really thin and shiny. If anyone smokes next to me I'll have to move away in case i catch on fire!! The best thing is that it has pockets :) I love me some pockets. The left sleeve (right sleeve is fine) is really really tight...not sure if it's a fault or if my left arm is fatter than the right...?

[Dress 5]

[Above] This is another linen workwear dress, this time is cross-hatch (black and white, so overall the dress is dark grey) . Sorry the picture is awful but the dress is so wrinkled out of the box and it was the last dress I tried on so I didn't even bother to zip it up (hence my missing arm trying to hold the back together lol). Don't love this dress but good to have in the wardrobe to whip out for work.

....So that's it!! Everything in this haul is being kept. For those interested, the other 3 dresses are the pencil dress (my absolute fav one) and two fitted waist dresses (the one i already have in black andd navy) - they went in the sale so thought i'd stock up lol

Hope you enjoyed my haul :)

Come Dine with L

[Pic above: Me and P]

As you know I went to see L yesterday. I had the best day. Great company, greeaat food and there was even music and dancing!!

L prepared us a most wonderful meal, and I'll reveal her Come Dine with Me style score at the end!
We started off with tomatoes stuffed with brie and pesto, which was eaten with crustini (posh bread?) This was unbelievable yummy. I don't even know what pesto is but all the flavours together were amazing. Typing about it makes me drool!


We over a while, not one course one after another which was nice actually. It definitely makes you appreciate the taste more rather then stuffing it down my gullet as fast as i can like usual. As my mum says, "it's not a race". I also got a text from my mum saying "Eat slowly when you see the food ok" which made me laugh.

So next up we had a warm potato salad (my black olives went into it):

Sorry the pic is blurry but anyway this had potatoes, olives, salad leaves, spring onions, tomatoes, seasoning and balsamic vinegar. I heart balsamic vinegar!!!

And then finally we had ribs, corn and I had coleslaw (L is anti coleslaw). I forgot to take a pic of the main once it reached the main table (the food distracted me!) so here are the ribs when we were turning them over:


For dessert (this was a few hours after the starter) we had home made choc chip cookies. They were delicious. I had them plain but also with whipped cream on them which was heavenly, and i let P have a lick of cream too. He was also a fan :)

So overall I had a fantastic day/night. L gets *drumroll) 9/10. She lost a point because I didn't win at Uno, which isn't her fault but oh well HAHA

Thank you L for the best day ever :) And a special thanks for my doggie bag!!! I had a cookie for breakfast and just ate the ribs with rice now and oh my god :)

Letter to myself

I was just reading some stuff I wrote when I was 'younger' (cos I'm so
old now!) and I wanted to write a letter to my young self. It's nearly
2am I'm not drunk but just feeling a bit soppy and plus it's my blog
so bare with me and let me indulge myself!

Ahem here goes:

Dear Penny,

I know that sometimes life seems hard and some days you think you
can't make it through but I am writing to let you know that everything
turns out ok in the end and some things will be more amazing than you
could ever imagine.

You are not a bad person. And a lot of your weaknesses are actually
your strengths. Don't change who you are for other people, just keep
going as you are and you will get there eventually.

Try to enjoy what is happening around you and try to cherish the good
moments and just hop over the bad stuff, they are not obstacles, they
are just tiny cracks in the pavement that you can easily navigate.

You can't control your life as you are not an isolated object as you
sometimes wish; everything and everyone is connected and you can't
control everything and you cannot control other people. So just let go
and relax a little!!

People will come and go out of your life and that's ok. Don't take it
personally and just be happy for the time that was shared whether it
be hours, days, months or years.

Try not to spend all your money on clothes, you will want Sky one day
and kick yourself if you can't afford it. Plus you can only have so
much clothes before the rail breaks.

Also, if you can learn to drive!! Again, stop with the clothes
shopping!!!

I know that you like to please people but be true to yourself because
you have to live with your decisions and actions forever. The human
mind is an amazing thing and can forever hold onto memories that's
you'd rather forget so be warned!!

Most of all, just enjoy life. Unfortunately happiness is not promised
to anyone but don't be scared. You are strong in your own way. Love
yourself and that's enough!

A friend from the future xxx

The story of the black olives

Hi folks,

So I'm on the tube on the way to see L for girl talk, dress evaluation
and food! I am starving.

Tube is being a bit slow. I just wrote the entire last post waiting
for the tube to pull out of the station!!

Before I got to the tube station I went to my mini tesco's for black
olives (no stones) but they only had green. They are for the posh
potato salad. I'm told that there is a supermarket at Brixton (where
I'm catching a bus) so fingers crossed that I cam get my hands on my
only contribution to foodage.

I've also for L's asos dress in my bag. I've never seen her in a dress
before (apart from in fitting rooms) so no idea of she'll like it.
We'll see!

..on the 2nd leg of my journey; considering how behind I was running
and the signal failure I'm not doing so awful for time.

...oops! I just jinxed myself. We're now held at a red signal to even
services out. I just want to get to my ribs o don't care about the
service!!!

....ok I'm home now! Had a really lovely day (and night!), will blog
about it later.

Goodnight xxx

Yippee I have tv!!!!

Hello everyone :)

With great joy I can announce that after 1 year and 1 month of not
being able to watch television (but of paying my bloody tv license!!)
I can now watch my television :)

For those who were unaware of my plight basically the story goes like
this:

•I move into penny palace in June 2009.
•In august 2008 I buy a big fat stonking tv.
• Tv not picking up analogue or digital channels.
• Comet man (who I got the tv from) visits twice, nothing is wrong
with the tv.
• I spend the past year calling my building people, they keep telling
me someone will call me and arrange a visit.
• Summer, autumn, winter, spring and summer pass by.
• Finally, yesterday after speaking to the building people and
hearing the same old "someone will call you back" someone actually did!!
• A visit was arrange for 9am today and I get a text saying the visit
will be between 8-10am.
• I wake up at 7am and get dressed (properly as I have a date with L
afterwards)
• 9:40am I get a call from the guys saying they are stuck in traffic
but will be with me soon.
• A while later the two most gorgeous guys turn up and sort out the
aerial connection.
• I serve them diet coke with ice.
• They teach me how to use my remote
control.
• We flick through all the channels together.
• They even set up my subtitles cos I told them I need them.
• I love them (the guys and the tv!).
• They leave.
• I'm happy.
• I blog whilst on the way to L's.

And the princess lived happily ever after :)

EFF you Parcelforce and Asos

What happened to the customer is always right?! What happened to doing what you are suppose to do?!

*Apologies in advance. This is a rant. There will be a lot of swearing, please do not continue to read if you think you will be offended. *

As you guys know I've been planning this day with military precision and looking forward to it loads (to get my asos dresses) and woke up at 7am this morning eager to greet the delivery man (parcelforce - bastards).

Well, at 12:39pm I get an email saying there was an attempted delivery but there was no one here. Er, hello I AM HERE and no one rang the bell. Thinking maybe I blackout'd at exactly 12:39pm I ran down to my mailbox to check for the delivery card and lo and behold there is no fucking delivery card.

So I email parcelforce, and get an automated email saying they'll deal with my query within 2 days. Lucky the parcel wasn't a kidney fucking wankers. And then I email asos and they basically blame me and repeat what the original email said about there being noone to sign for the package. BULLSHIT. So I call Parcelforce and they basically try to blame me for living in a flat and blah blah blah turns out i am right, the lazy mofo's did not attempt to deliver the package.

Luckily I've sorted it out for my package to go to the local postoffice tomorrow and i can pick it up free of charge (and even this was a headache becasue the postoffice say i need the delivery note and obviuosly i dont have one). Thank god I didn't actually pay for the next day delivery otherwise I'd shoot them all.

Conclusion. No more shopping with ASOS I am not impressed. Initially I was not angry with them at all because it wasn't their fault but after the emails they could have dealt with it much better. How dare you blame the customer. Knobs.

And where possible I will try to avoid dealing with companies who have parcelforce deliver their stuff cos parcelforce are crap. Simple.

*breathe in breathe out*

Monday morning blues

Good morning my fellow earthlings!!

The facebook statuses are telling me that people are unhappy with tfl
and the weather. I'm so glad that I don't have to 'do' public
transport on a regular basis anymore, once a week is more than enough
hassle for me.

Weather wise - the fresh breeze is nice but I did want to sit on my
roof so boooo bring back the sunshine pretty please!

I woke up at 7am today, excited bout my Asos delivery lol I've
unloaded and hung up my laundry, transferred money into my account
(phew!!) and spoke on the phone to the house people re my tv and the
bathroom extractor fan.

Unfortunately because I'm an owner I'll need to get someone to sort
out the extractor which is fine, I only realised yesterday that I had
one so I will survive. After being transferred to every departmen I
finally got through to someone who helped me re the tv. I'm
now waiting for someone to contact me to arrange a visit, hopefully
this will happen but hey it's already been a year so I'm just trying
to stay calm.

The service for everything (bank and house) was so bad. I know what
it's like to work on the telephones and I'm proud of the fact that I
was decent and respectful to every single person who came through to
me. I'm happy that I don't have an urgent problem cos I'd probably die
before they got their arses in gear!!!

It's now just about 12pm and I'm still in my pyjamas :) Waiting
patiently for the asos man. It seems that asos use a few different
delivery companies which is a shame because my 2 previous deliveries
were from a different company from today's and they were fantastic;
emailing on the day an hour time slot that they'll deliver in.

This time my parcel is being delivered by parcelforce and all it says
on their tracking website is that it's on it's way. That's useful to
know, thanks so much(!)

Per usual I am hungry. Looks like I'll be eating basically the same
thing I had yesterday but a slightly downgraded version. Hey, food is
food!!

I know this is sad but I miss work already andi haven't even been
away for one bloody day yet! I know I'm lucky though to do a job I
love and with people who make me smile. I've had jobs where I've come
home crying everyday so on truly grateful.

I think I'm going to go put on some clothes now so bye for now x

Bedtime blog

A blog before bed is always a nice way to unwind, even if it's a rant.

I think this post is just going to be a ramble about my day and my
plans for the week.

So today was a blessed pyjama day. But I did my hair and make up cos
was feeling and looking mega dead, plus I wanted to road test my hair
doughnut.

Verdict on hair doughnut? I love it!!! It's so easy to use and the
result is good. Like I said, the larger size would have been better
but this is still great. I've watched a video on YouTube on how to
make your own doughnut out of socks which I'd like to try doing but I
need to buy socks in which case it might be cheaper and easier to buys
big doughnut lol otherwise I could always go to my parents and steal
my dad's (clean) socks but isn't that a bit skanky?!

Anyway, my pyjamas and I did not do much today. I was online a lot and
I did a bit of hoovering. The most active thing I did was move the
sofa in the living room but once done I moved it back to it's original
position cos that was the best place for it. When I moved it back I
pulled/sprained something in my arm :( My friend did warn me but
obviously it was an accident. It hurts :(

So I've got the whole working week off. Tomorrow I'm at home waiting
for my asos delivery and I hope I clean the windows, clean the kitchen
and spruce up the bathroom and living room.

Tuesday will be spent with L looking at the dresses she got and
eating :)

Thursday is Mys birthday and the reason why I ended up with a whole
week off!! Card and present purchased, just needs wrapping.

So Wednesday and Friday are free. Tomorrow I'm going to call 'the
people' and see if they can send someone to look at my tv aerial and
bathroom extractor fan on either Wednesday or Friday. I also need to
sort out my finances tomorrow urgh :s

I was reading a magazine earlier today and there was a sample of Nivea
q10
face cream in there so instead of letting it go to waste I used it to
cream my feet and omg nowy feet are softer than my face lol

Well goodnight everyone xoxo

Wedding part 3

Welcome to part 3 and the final in the 'wedding' series. This is just a quick and fun post with some sneaky pictures attached (taken in church).

I think that I was a very considerate guest. I fretted over what colours I could wear or couldn't not wear for either upsetting or upstaging the bride. I thought about appropriateness in regards to being in the house of God. I worried about whether I'd be over or under dressed (didn't want to let her down or embarrass her!)

My brother made the comment in church "A lot of girls are just wearing their party clothes" - is that good or bad? Going to a wedding isn't just about being pretty it's all the other things that I mentioned in the 2nd paragraph and more. It is difficult because she need to factor in church and the dinner and the party bit and it's hard getting an outfit that will be great for all 3 bits.

There were a few obvious camps in regards to outfits:

• over dressed (up staging th bride)
• over dressed (going to a rave)
  
• under dressed (going to the supermarket)
  
• too much flesh (Yes, God moulded you from Adam's rib but he does not need to see your tits again!)
  
• mutton dressed as lamb (not my mum!)

There was one girl in church who was wearing the most random creased white linen shirt over what looked like a purple skirt and I even pointed her out to my mum and said "what is she thinking?!" but when we got to the BAC the truth was revealed. The linen shirt was gone (to Oxfam I hope) and she was wearing a show all purple satin dress with all her bits on show and she was strutting her stuff. I was really impressed that she had the initiative to not go to church like that so pat on the back for Miss Thang!

My mum had a girl crush and I admit she was my fav too but I wouldn't admit that to my mum cos I'm jealous. [Mum's crush pictured below] She was gorgeous, and her outfit top to toe was perfect. Hair, makeup, bag, shoes, dress, jewelry, al 5 stars. And her date got 5 stars from me too lol

Below are just a couple of pics I took as we were leaving church.






And that's it!

Wedding part 2

[Above: pic of me in church]

Welcome to Part 2 :)

Firstly, apologies for the poor pic quality, i was asking my mum to take photo's of me and she is not very good so we're just stuck with duds and me being no supermodel makes them even worse but nevermind.

My wedding guest journey/experience has been long (a few months of anticipation and preparation). I've spent so much money on dresses and accessories (a lot of money if you factor in the fact that the wedding guest searching got me addicted to ASOS: Declined!!!!) and in typical Penny fashion I've just stuck with what I know best and the most plainest thing I could get away with.

[Below is a pic of me outside of the church]

I am wearing my blue ASOS dress (£28), my House of Fraser 'Linea' clutch bag (about £14.50 but i got further discount) and you can't see in this pic but i've got on my strappy clumpy evan sandals on (£10 in the sale)

My hair was a complete disaster that day - partly due to me abusing it recently and partly due to the heat, and partly due to what i think of as 'bad genes' - even though none of my relations has hair the same texture as mine. I did blow dry it all and straighten it all but the sweat and humidity was just too much. I put olive oil in it the night before but that just made it curl even more. I was asked if I had weave so that confirms that I am back in danger zone - maybe it's time for a haircut!? :(

[Pic below is me making friends in the lobby of the BAC before we were seated]

[Pic below is me outside the side entrance of BAC and you can see me shoes. And please not that I am not orange!!!!]

[Erm, pic below is me with my name plate on my head. Cool]

Was I happy with what I wore? No not really. I felt very comfortable in my dress. If I had worn the orange print dress I would have felt too 'in your face' and 'not me' and if I had worn the cream pearl dress ?I would of had to do a lot of tummy sucking and since I was in public for 10 hours I'm glad I wasn't wearing it. My choice of outfit allowed me to blend into the background and be able to move around freely withour worrying about rolls, or my bum or my legs. The only thing I cringe at with the pics are my arms - i didn't realise they were SO flabby but any of the other dresses wouldn't have hidden the fact so i made the best choice out of the 3 dresses.

The thing that let my outfit down was my shoes. They were toooo casual. I wore them instead of the planned becasue my mum told me to and when will i bloody learn not to listen to my mum about anything. She is almost always wrong, and always wrong when it comes to clothes, shoes, make up, hair etc The only good thing about wearing those shoes were at least my toes had some fresh air. But in the bigger scheme of things I wish I had my black and gold heels on or the navy blue almond toe shoes. Well, thank god I don't lnow any of the people from the wedding on an every day basis so I won't have to face them again lol

In case you are interested my finger nails were decked out in beige style (beige) and my toe nails were urban princess (pink). I was going to do fingers and toes in navy blue but a) thought it might be a bit dark and matchy matchy and b) I didn't have time to do both so thought I'd just leave them as they were.

Interestingly my mum also had a similair combo: she had london (mink/taupe) on her fingers and a burgandy on her toes. She wore a white tank with sequins around the neckline with a chifffon print skirt (main colours were egg blue, white and a creamy beige). She wore lace white pumps and a white leather handbag.

My brother wore a Prince of Wales patterned suit with a silvery grey tie. He wore no nail polish on his fingers or toes lol

So my lessons learned for next time:

• DO wear what you are comfortable in
• DO waterproof your make up
• Don't listen to my mum!

If you have any questions about any of this wedding series then please ask :)

Part 3 coming right up!!

"I do" - Wedding part 1/3

Hello my beautiful blog reading friends :)

Hope you've had a great weekend. I can't believe its nearly 5pm already. Usually at this point on a Sunday I'll start to feel a bit sad that my only day off is nearly over but since I have a glorious 7 days (from yesterday til next Sunday) off from both jobs I am feeling totally chillaxed (only slightly guilty that i'm still in my pj's lol).

So yesterday I attended my first ever wedding and wow it was amazing. If I ever have a chance to attend another wedding then I need to ensure that I purchase some waterproof (esp mascara!) make up cos god I wanted to cry every single sloppy second (managed to hold in in until the first dance then it was booo hooooo) and actually yesterday was so hot even if i was dried eyed, waterproof makeup is also suppose to be sweat proof so......nice image (!)

Anyways, I'll post a few posts about this because ~I can only upload 5 pics at a time.

This is Wedding part 1: This will just be about the actual wedding and my experience and thoughts, that type of stuff.

Part 2: This will be some pics of moi and be in a more typical 'penny for your thoughts' style aka my dress, my shoes, my hair. Shallow, moi!? lol

And Part 3 will be more of the usual style, talking about what everyone else wore!

So, firstly, a big and heartfelt congratulations to Mr and Mrs Andrews!!!!!!! I went to the wedding as a guest of the bride T. I'm not sure I explained the backstory when i first mentioned I was going to a wedding so apologies if you know this already but: I've known T for nearly the whole of my life. Her sister Z was my best friend from nursery school. We lived down the road from each other, and I spent a lot of time with Z and big sis T. It's always the way when you are younger but anyone who is older then you always seems to mature and always grown up (even if you are 5 and they are the grand old age of 8) but I've always looked up to and admire T. She's strong and smart and the kind of woman who made it worth burning bra's for. Being able to share her most special day with her was an honour, and my mum especially was touched to be sent her own invite and see a girl she can remember with dusty knee's in her bridal gown was wonderful.

The wedding theme was orange and everything was gorgeous.

Like I said I've never been to a wedding so no idea what the timings would be like. The church bit was quite short (about an hour - flew by!). We sang hymns, a few readings, prayers and bam they were married. And then more hymns, readings and prayers. It's quite weird but considering I was at the event from 12pm - 10pm I never really saw the bride. I was sat in the inside so at my next wedding I will make sure to sit by the aisle!!! But i saw enough to know she made my heart skip a beat and she was beautiful.

[Pic below was taken in the church]

[Pic below was taken at the reception, this was at the Battersea Arts Centre]

[Pic below is bride and groom having their first dance. I was too emotional I couldn't remember how to zoom in lol][Pic below is of Z looking shimmer as chief bridesmaid leading bride T into church]

It was a very long day and it was boiling. If I ever get married I think I might have a winter/non summer wedding cos I can't imagine what it was like for T in her dress, or even husband A in his morning coat.

After the church bit we got into a coach that took as to the Battersea Arts Centre; journey was about 2 hours and I slept most of it, like a fat cat lying in a sun spot lol

This is awful to say but I wish I had gone with a friend instead of my mum because I had to keep asking if she was ok and making sure she was all right when I just wanted to let my hair down and have fun. We had already argued about 10 times before we even got to church. Opps. And plus I didn't even get to see the cake being cut cos had to get my mum home. I missed out on cake. Nuff said :(

Ok I'm going to stop here now; i think most of you have been to a wedding and unless you know the person or were there it's all a bit boring to read about so lets go onto part 2......!

Can't sleep

Hello :)

I should sooo be asleep right now and I'm sure I'm going to regret
this in the morning but I can sleep because a) I'm excited about
tomorrow b) it's too hot
And c) I've got sudocreme smeared all over my face so can't get into a
comfortable sleeping position (I like to sleep on my front).

Bit worried that neither my brother or mum have contacted me re:
tomorrow. I sent them a text earlier this evening and it would be nice
if I got a confirmation of my suggested meeting plans.

Anyway...girl talk time. Woke up today with 2 spots on my face (hence
the sudocreme). Sods law innit!! I've been epilating for 4 days now
(detailed review to follow) and hopefully tomorrow the epilator will
be effective enough otherwise I'll have to shave my legs in the
morning and I'll have to start all over again.

I'm not a 'get ready the night before' type of girl because any plans
usually go wrong so I just do whatever I need to do on the day. The
only prep ive done is put olive oil in my hair cos it's
Been looking like a helmet of candyfloss all week!!

Oh jeez it's nearly 11pm. Goodnight and goodbye once more
X

Something old, new, borrowed, blue

Woo hoo I am so excited - T's wedding tomorrow. As you know I've been thinking about what to wear for ages. I can't even blog about it now because I might change my mind in the morning.

I've never been to a wedding before so really looking forward to it. I can't wait to see T in her wedding dress. I hope I don't cry. And I don't even have any mascara to be on the safe side.

Church service starts at 12:30pm; mum and bro are going to come to mine and then we are going to get a cab to church. After church service T has arranged a coach to take the guests to battersea arts centre, and then food and party time (i dont think they call it party time but whatever). Not sure how long we'll be staying since my mum usually sleeps early due to old age (bless her cotton socks) but as long as i see all the lovey dovey bits and the atmosphere and be able to share in her amazing day then thats cool. We'll be getting train and tube home from Clapham Junction (note to self: don't forget to touch in and out!!! LOL).

I think my bro is wearing a grey suit and still no idea what my mum is wearing.

Oh wow the heat from the laptop is melting my brain - time to go.

I hope you all have a great weekend, hopefully i'll get loads of pictures and i'll share my day with you soon xxx

DECLINED

OMG OMG OMG



So I went to try to purchase my asos goodies again (after being declined the other day). Was excited since i transferred money into the account yesterday and then BAM got an email saying purchase not processed as card declined. DECLINED?! AGAIN!? FFS :(

I was angry and bloody worried. So called up the bank and got through to the nicest guy and explained the situation. He said he'd never heard anyone so passionate about dresses before (boy, i was going on and on and on and on lol) and after a few questions he explained that my payment wouldn't be processed til Monday morning - and he apologised because he knew that i needed the money by Sunday 2pm to get my delivery on Monday.

So........I put it onto my debit card. By monday I will put money into there so that my mortgage is ok. I'm not that stupid!!!!

I also returned my 1st asos order at last (A went with me to the post office, no tears or tantrums) so at least I'll be getting nearly £100 back into my account. And from my 2nd order I'm returning about £60 worth of dresses so if you average my 3 purchases it's not toooooo terrible.

And that's the story of my sad materialistic life!!! Feel free to donate money to me lol xoxo

Primark 'haul'

Hi guys,

Well this is a bit of a bummer but I just went to take photo's of my primark 'haul' and there's only 2 items!!! -NOT because i brought loads and it's disappeared but because for some reason i thought i had got loads of stuff :( -actually there were 3 items in my bag but the 3rd was a bed spread and i don't think anyone cares about that.

Nevermind, here are the two things i got:


I got (my mum paid) a pair of navy shoes - same as the ones i have in black and grey. Was planning to wear it to the wedding tomorrow with my navy dress but they clash but I think i'll keep them anyway, i'm sure i'll find a use for them!

The other item is random but its a cream net skirt. It's designed to be worn alone (as a normal skirt) but i am going to wear it underneath my dresses to add a bit of fun to my sad life. It's not to everyone's taste but it makes me happy so *sticks tongue out*. I bet this becomes one of those things that end up with the price tag still on it by the time I'm 40 years old.

This next pic is just of my hair doughnut in case you didn't know what one was - sorry for the terrible picture quality, i didn't realise it was so dark!


And that's the end of this lame-arse haul!!

*hang my head in shame*

Sorbet, doughnut and chicken

Hello!

I'm in bed just trying to wind down after a long day; thought I'd just
do a quick post.

(I did shop today so there'll be a haul post soon!)

So I left home at 8am and got home at about 8:30-45pm. And I've only
eaten one meal (a snack box from kfc). But surprisingly I'm not
starving, too hot and bothered to be hungry.

I didn't go to my normal workplace today; I went to an exhibition at
the Olympia centre in Kensington. The journey there was a bit of a
nightmare and to really p*ssdd me off I realised at the end of the day
that I forgot to touch out my pay as you go oyster at the barriers
(cos there aren't any and I'm an idiot) so I was charged £6 to travel
from one way from Stratford-Kensington Olympia. Not a happy bunny,
especialy considering my personal current economic crisis!!!

The exhibition was a 3 day event but I only could attend today's (last
day) and I wish I had at least done two days since there was so much
to see (at the stands) and learn (at the presentations and lectures).
Each second of my day was jam packed and my poor little feet (and
ankles) are aching. I had a little trip up some steps which was bloody
embarassing more than anything!

Oh i lied about my food intake. I did have a 20minute gap between
lectures and I gatecrashed a networking session that was serving
refreshments aka dry snadwiches and cheese. I got my picture taken
whilst stuffing my face. Hope i dont end up all over the intranet!

I was knackered by 5:30pm and as well as my feet my brain was also
aching a bit. So many big words were used; in one lecture I didn't
even understand what the title meant but I sat there nodding
enthusiatically anyway lol

After that I met up with my mum at marble arch. She was out looking
for something to wear to the wedding (a bit last minute.com,
especially compared to my 3month search!!)

We had a kfc snack box each (I could have eaten a bloody bucket though
I swear down!) and then we hit primark :)

I brought a pair of jeggings a while ago that so did not fit, I must
have been really optimistic that day! It was a few days past the 28
day return period and I was hoping they would let me exchange it and
thank god they did no problems. Apart from the queuing, returning
things at the marble arch store is so much easier than doing it at
your local store (even if that's where the original purchase was
made). Like I said, I will do a haul blog soonish.

I also managed to get my hands on my hair doughnut at last woo hoo!
However, I've just kinda realised I brought the wrong size...I got the
small (regular size) one from claires accesories for £3 when really I
need the large...rather than returning it I might just get another
small one; do you think that will work? Or will I end up looking like
Marge Simpson?

I also fulfilled my dream of eating strawberry sorbet (gosh, I'm not
great at keepin track of my food intake am I!) I've been craving it
for a good few months and finally dragged my mum (she had mango
sorbet) into selfridges foodhall :)

In regards to my mum's outfit - no luck. She got a pale pink quilted
bag and the cutest pale pink and gold pumps but that's it. I won't be
seeing her again until Saturday at the church so I hope she doesn't
turn up in an adidas tracksuit lol. I was really mean (and maybe
hungry) cos I told her she was mutton who had swallowed a whole sack
of spuds. Naughty Penny!!! Bless her though she texted me when she got
home saying it's so difficult to find an outfit when she's so beautiful.

Hhhmm...this post is not quite 'quick' but
anywho...

Tomorrow is a big day at work. The people my team have been training
for the past few months have a massive presentation to basically get
buy in for their project. Big wigs from everywhere are turning up. We
are providing lunch and I think that will be the highlight of my day.
We are not participating tomorrow but if anything goes wrong it's our
heads that will roll *gulp*. Actually I will be participating; I'm
clicking the PowerPoint slides haha Wish me luck!!!

I'm getting in for 8am to set up (I'm thinking of treating myself to
acdonalds breakfast...should I?) so hopefully if I can get out by
4:30pm I can send back my asos package (I've been lugging that bloody
thing back and forth all week!!)

Ooooh my credit card. I've made made small purchases (like my arsehole
oyster card top up) and it's gone through so looks like it just the
major purchase I didn't have enough for. I've sorted myself out though
and put a bit of money on there so as long as I put in my asos order
by 2pm Sunday I'll have my dresses on Monday.

I love my priorities though; I transfer
money so I can get my dresses but I'm not even sweating about paying
my mortgage. I'll be stressing out about that soon trust me. I swear
this is my last asos purchase for...let's say 3 months? Yeah, 3 months
is good, I'll have made back the money by then lol Do you like how I
haven't put myself on a shopping ban though? Lol

Ok that's enough from me. As always, thank you so much for reading :)

Sweetdreams everyone xxx

Blame it on EK

Hello everyone!

I wasn't going to blog today cos I'm in a bit of a mood and my life is boring. But my friend E is also bored and wanted to read a post so this particular post is dedicated to her :)

Nothing in particular, just some randomness.

Yesterday I had a fabulous day. First day back at work after my Monday off, was nice to see my buddies after the long weekend. Plus I wore my gorgeous new asos dress with my evan shoes. I actually spent the whole day in those shoes and even walked home in them. Do not know how i did it; I kept sliding out the open toe bit (strap can be adjusted but i'm too lazy to even do that) but they were amazingly comfortable. Great buy!!! (I did have a trip in them crossing the road but oops it was worth it haha).

By the end of the day I was in a bit of a mood but that cloud lifted cos my friend came round for dinner (oven pizza, garlic bread, hummus, some garlic thing and my new fav - taramasalata) and we also had apple crumble and custard for dessert. Yum in my tum!

She also kindly bought round her epilator so I could test it out but unfortunately I had shaved my legs that morning and after about 20minutes of pretend epilating I gave up trying and she said I can keep hold of it for a while (and hopefully i love it since SF will be kidnly giving me hers to keep forver yay!). The good news is that if the one i'm borrowing at the moment works then I'm set for the wedding :) - I will do a post on my first foray into epilating once it can actually grab a hair. NB it could not possibly grab a grain of sand. KMT

I just tried to buy some dresses on asos but got an email saying they couldn't process my payment, because my card had been declined. FFS ARGH!!!!

Just tried to call my bank to sort something out aka rob them but the automated voice recognition system thing was annoying me so I've hung up = no dresses = now i am in a mood again.

But I guess if I can sort out my finances by Sunday 2pm I can still order my stuff for next day delivery on Monday.....can anyone lend me some money?!

I really need to nip my asos addiction in the bud though. I have no credit on my card and no money in my account and my mortgage is coming out on the 16th and all I am concerned about is my asos purchase. What a loser. (But I'd rather be a loser with loads of dresses then a loser with no dresses lol)!

Erm, I was going to post some pics of my purchases but obviously there's no point til I raise some funding.

Well I'm going to natter on the phone with L so goodnight everyone xxxxx