February's in's and out's

As promised here are a few of my ins and outs for the past month. When
I said mentioned doing this a few days ago my mind was ablaze with
things to write about and now my brain is empty but I need to
perservere as the end of feb (edit: crap! Got 43mins til its march!)
is drawing near so here goes:

In's...

Nutella - I am loving this at the moment. And especially loving the
glass jar it comes in. My friend ate tons of the stuff and washed them
out and now she has a set of 6 and uses them as drinking glasses.
That's my aim, I'm on 2 so far :) but eating the nutella with ready
made pancakes and icecream. Very nice :)

Pretty umbrellas - I love pretty umbrellas, makes me feel part of a
different era twirling one around. But then I always end up leaving it
some place which is crap, or forgetting to let it dry properly.

Treseme Intense conditioner- can't remember the full name but it comes
in a huge tub and u leave it in for 5 mins. The first time I used it I
hated it. Didn't do anything for me at all. But for the past week I've
gone back to using it cos I ran out of my beloved patene that I got
from Thailand and it's really good (still not as good as the Thai
pantene though). I think ur only suppose to use these types of
conditioner about once a week but tbh I use it every time I wash cos
my hair is so dry.

Chicken thighs- so easy to cook!! Chicken breasts always worry me cos
their so fat and I'm scared I'll kill myself one day. Chicken thighs
look ugly but i find it much simpler to cook. Chuck on some seasoning
etc and chuck it in the oven and ta-da!

Bubble gum pink nail varnish - these last few months due to weather
and work I've been sticking to naked nails but now that it's getting a
bit lighter my talons are back to their trademark tacky :) my manager
hates pinks, he's goin to freak out tomorrow lol

Out's...

Wet feet- hating the rain especially cos it seems to only fall when
I'm wearing crap footwear. If I wear boots it stays dry, if I wear
pumps it start pouring. Argh!

John freida/frizz ease thermo protect spray - suppose to do the same
job as my loreal hot spray but sucks. Much more expensive and it
stings my head!!! Used it twice and thinking of binning it. Can't even
give it away cos I don't want to inflict pain on others!!! Shite!

End of festive socks - it's nearly march now so I guess it's time to
put away my festive socks. Had my reindeers one on yesterday and L was
not impressed and asked why I was wearing out of seasons socks :( I
might be a rebel and wear them all year round. Why should we
discriminate against penguins and reindeers and snowflakes etc and
banish them to only Xmas time?

Getting ur hair cut - why can't hair just know it's loved and
cherished and just grow grow grow?! I spend so much time and money and
all I get are crispy bits and major split ends. Gimme a break!!

Ironing bedsheets - holy cow. Washed my sheets and duvet cover etc the
other day and finally dry. This is actually the first time I've done
them cos I usually do the stereotypical drop off at my parents. Now I
need to iron them. I've never ironed before and can't imagine getting
to grips with the sheets. I mean, how am I even going to start? (and I
don't have an ironing board..)

Days getting lighter - yes that's right. I'm not happy about the days
getting lighter. I still don't hav any curtains in my bedroom (no one
to put up my rail) so lighter days means the sun burning my retinas at
5am. It's not a nice way to wake up.

..But not light enough to wear bronzer -the lighter days made me
rethink my make up. I decided it was time to get rid of my winter face
and embrace my spring face. Bad idea. Too much bronzer (and I love to
chuck all make up on with a trowel!) in the winter makes u look like a
retard. Lucky I didn't put on my red lippie and electric blue
eyeshadow ;)

THE END!
Sorry this has been the lamest in's and out's known to mankind.
Hopefully marchs will be better! And apologies for all the
exclaimation marks!!!!!!!! Lol Took nearly a week to write this crap
so everything is disjointed and I seemed to have thought that
exclaimation marks would detract you.

Hope everyone had a fantastic February and let's hope March rocks too :)

Goodnight x

Hair today gone tomorrow

On the way home from work. On the bus stuck in traffic. I can't
believe we pay so much for public transport and it sucks. District,
jubilee, circle, victoria and central lines having problems (and
probably more lines but try don't effect me). But the amazing thing is
that I was 3minutes early for my shift despite taking a new route
thinking I was smart not realising it was a one way road so instead of
being able to get a bus I had to walk half way but never mind.

Work was great. The interviews were good. For lunch I went to the
Chinese buffe by myself. I don't think the staff there have ever seen
anyone eat so fast lol I know I'm suppose to be saving money but to be
honest by te time I fill up my basket in sainsburys the Chinese works
out to be cheaper.

Early in the day I got a call from S asking if I wanted my hair cut
today (her cousin cuts hair and I've been saying I wanted her to do
mine since oct/nov!) and so I said yes. And then spent the rest of the
day panicing! I'm glad it was a random thing and not planned cos I
probably wouldve chickened out.

So that's my big news of the day! I wanted E to cut my hair cos she
has long hair and I know she loves it so I knew she wouldn't be too
generous with the definition of an inch (like when you ask for 2
inches off and they cut off 6, if I wanted 6 inches off i would have
asked for 6!!). I'm happy with it but still sad cos it's not as long.
The girls keep telling me it's still long but obviuosly to me it seems
short. Not as crispy though, thank god!! I won't be able to give my
full thoughts until I wah and style it myself (oh my god my bus has
only moved forward about 3 cm since I started typing, lucky I had a
big lunch!!!)

I'll def get my hair cut by E again and I know I should go back before
2011 but I doubt it lol everytime I get my hair cut the hairdresser
says I should get it cut every 6-8weeks but a) I can't afford that and
b) I'll never be able to keep my ankles (thats my goal haha) warm at
that rate!!

I've scheduled 3 interviews for next Saturday and 2 slots incase my
manager wants to put anyone else in. And I have literally hundreds of
online applications to get through. I love doing it but it's a big
responsibility for the company but also for the interviewees, I'm
playing god during the recession, I wish I could give everyone a
job!!! People find it weird that hiring is one of my main roles (I'm
the only one who does it for several locations) but I am surprisingly
harsh, even my manager says I'm too fussy. Not to sound coceited bu I
guess I'm comparing the candidates to myself. "good enough" is not
good enough for me. You need to be rocking it to get past me!

Oh god bus still stuck in traffic. Looks like I'm going to be on the
bus for an hour with still the tube and another bus to get :(

Ding dong

Today has been Boring. Yep, Boring with a capital B.

My 2nd day of annual leave has reminded me why I never use up annual
leave for pj days. I get 25 days a year and this year (august to
august) I had 35 days as I had 13 (carried over 10 days) from the year
before (I lost 3 days, no day off and no pay - which is why I'm taking
random boring leave, use it or lose it!!) so from today til the last
day of july and I have 28 days left. If I won the lottery of be so
happy cos I could go Thailand and stuff my face but the reality is
that I'm broke and I really doubt any of those days will be spent
abroad. So it looks like I many more boring days to look forward to!

And the big joke is that I idont ven get to sleep in cos some mofo at
9am was ringing my doorbell (the d!ckhead was ringing all the numbers
trying to get someone to buzz him in and someone did. Don't u know we
have squatters u mofo?!). So anyway that nearly gave me a heart attack
so I coudlnt get back to sleep. Watched 'this morning' but it was so
crap. Ruth langsford needs to rethink her hairstyle. But then again
she shahs eamon holmes so I guess her hair is the least of her
problems. And Gaby roslin (sorry for all the bad name spellings!)
should have left the planet when the dinosaurs did. U r not relevant,
bigger off. And that goes for today's panel of loose women (apart from
demise welch).

I read two great books today. I knew I'd be happy with cecelia ahearns
book cos that's the equivalent of candy floss (book of tomorrows, if u
like chick lit then read it!) but I did find it a bit weird cos I
swear I could have read this when I was 13...The other book was daddys
girl (not a dodgy incest story but a suspense and crime story)
by...someone...I'm going to try to read all her books, she's become
my new patricia cornwell.

I've been trying to do my February in's and out's but it's proving
difficult. The other thing about this random day off is that's it's
thrown my week into disaray and I think my brain is confused. Who am I
kidding I am this thick every day! Lol

I've got 2 people to interview tomorrow so I'm going to sleep so I
look awake during the interviews. Plus I'm still on my 'be late and be
killed' thing so sweetdreams x

Train spotter

On the way to L's. Not sure if I'm running late or not, which sounds
odd but it's cos I'm connecting to an overground train and I'm awful
with them so even if I was early but then couldn't find the gate I'd
end up late anyway (last time I visited we got onto the wrong train).

....it's 11:16pm now! Just got in a bit ago. Had a fantastic day.
Technically I was late cos I missed the 10:19 train to streatham hill
(I got to vic tube at 10:17 and by the time I reached the platform
train was gone) but I managed to get on the 10:23 to streatham common
and L picked me up from there so that was groovy.

We went to costco to stock up for the rugby party she's throwing on
Saturday. (I wanna go so bad, it's American themed party food!) And
now I officially know that there'll never be a housewarming party
(everyone still asks) cos I am not spending that much money on food
and drink. Even if people came bearing gifts I'd still be spending at
least £200 (but maybe I'll throw a one year anniversary party,
hopefully by June I'll be more settled, and I'd have English party
food aka sausage rolls and cheese on toothpicks!! Lol u wanna come?!

And then we went to 2 sainsburys (very long shopping list but we were
good and the only things we got that weren't on the list was: a big
bar of galaxy cookie crumble (I needed a sugar fix), olives (me again,
impulse crave) and chipolata sausages (we ate samples at costco and L
like them).

Then we reached home and she made us amazing blts for lunch and we
watched 'the holiday' which I chose and enjoyed despite refusing to
watch it with R and hating Kate winslet (argh her face! Her voice!)
Yet another day being mocked about my need for subtitles. Why r people
hating?! Lol

I even walked (well not much walking but we were outside) P, Ls pooch.
He was so well behaved and understands finger pointing.

Then we had chicken wrap thingies for dinner and I have some pieces to
P after scrapping off the marinade (it was spicy) but then he didn't
eat his proper food. Can't hate him for having good taste!!

Originally I was going to leave after dinner but Ls bubbie said he'd
drop me to Brixton tube once he got home so I did that instead cos it
was raining and I would have had to get a bus to the railway station
and I hate the railway (cos I'm train illiterate) and I feel much more
competant on the tube (and it turned out to be much quicker).

And now I'm home. It was such a nice day. I was very well watered and
fed and it was nice to just lounge with a friend and talk loads of
waffle. I wish I could be paid to just sit at home!!!

It's just gone 11:30pm now and I should sleep so that I don't mess up
my body clock but I need to wind down so I'm going to read a bit now.

I hope you all had a nice day too. I'm looking forward to day 2 of my
annual leave :)

Goodnight x

You're dumped!

I'm just blogging as I tidy. Just to prolong the agony lol

Happy Im doing this though, just dusted the dresser and it was not
pretty. I've washed all my jars and stuff and just rearranging stuff
now.

A thing I have issue with are my alice bands. I have loads. Even
before it became a trend I always wore an alice band at home to keep
my hair out of my face. I've got this flat round plastic thing from
ikea and it's quite good at keeping it together so my aims are to put
the alicebands in there afte use and also to not put in other bits of
junk. I see this lasting for 3 days. (edit: omg the new storage hasn't
even lasted an hour I've decided to dump big hair clips in there too!)

I've found the most manky clear mascara. But it's not clear it's a
grey/mud colour. I can't image how much bacteria is there waiting to
get onto my eyes. Yuck. Bin!!

Found something else but pondering what to do with it. It's a sachet
of powered vitamin c. Ur suppose to just pour it into ur mouth for an
instant hit. Which I'm very tempted to do...but it expired
28/02/09....oh lord! I opened the sachet and stuck a finger in yuck
yuck yuck, bin!!

Just found a Tubemap showing an incomplete jubilee line which is extra
hoardliscious because if I was still at parents I'd understand but are
u telling me that I moved and brought the map with me?! Bin!

(it doesn't look like I'm going to find treasure!)

Shite! Moved onto cleaning my bedside table and feeling grown up
cleaning my lamp...I've broken it :( another bin entry. And now I need
a new lamp but I'm kinda happy cos I've had my eye on a 'crystal' lamp
for ages but couldn't justify throwing out the one I had. Problem
solved :)

Mulling over the broken lamp, question: can I chuck it in my normal
bin or does electrical goods have a special rule? I don't wanna
electrocute the bin man or anything (yes yes I know no one will get
electrocuted when it's not connected but u know what I'm trying to
say!) just popped the question onto my facebook status so hopefully
I'll get some answers (my fb buddies are really good with helping me
with domestic stuff, if I start a status saying "help please" or
similar I always get a few replies)...someone has mentioned a pink
recycling bin; never seen one before and if I did I'd nick it ;)

Mess all over my bed but I've got a bad headache and feeling peckish
so I'm going to eat bread and butter. At least the toothpaste trick
kept me away from the doritos...hhhmmm doritos.

Sayanora!

Did ya miss me?

(Photo of my boyfriend lol ...Aum Atichart Thai Actor. Erm, he's not really my bf)


Hello!

Hope you are all fine and dandy :)
I've tried not to blog for a few days because I'm conscious of
spamming my own blog so these 3 whole days have felt like years! Did u
miss me? Anybody? Hello?

I'm very very excited I have the next two days off work. I've never
taken annual leave just for the sake of it before (which might explain
why I hve 30 days from now til august) so looking forward to spending
a nice long girly day with L and then a pj day on Friday :)

Got home from work a bit ago an i've already brushe my teeth and all
that jazz cos recently I've been eating a lot of junk so hopefully
this will stop me (and there's nothing for dinner anyway cos i forgot
to defrost any meat).

Haven't 'done davina' for a few days but my living room is full to the
brim of wet laundy cos I washed my bed sheets. The scene reminds me of
when I was little and I use to play camping with my mum and brother.
We use to just all sleep on the living room floor (but I'd get into my
bed cos I can't sleep with anyone else, even when I was a newborn i
slept by myself) but it was still fun. The three of us wouldn't fit on
my living room floor now! ...which reminds me, I have a sofa bed and
need to figure out how to set it up.

So apart from avoiding exercise my plan for tonight is to sort out my
bedroom. My dresser looks like a rubbish dump. I like tidying crazy
mess cos often I'll find a long lost goodie. Maybe I'll even find some
money!

Now that I've done my three days penance I think going to go back to
spamming my blog with nonsense cos I enjoy it and that's what counts.
I'm definitely ok with my news year resolution, we're in week 8 or 9
of 2010 and I've made at least 60 entries so I've already met my
annual target lol and I'm averaging 1.2 visits per blog so yay and a
massive THANK YOU :) is really nice to know that someone somewhere is
reading my words. It's waffle but it's still effort!

I had a really (unexpected) loooong lunch today (got in trouble for it
boo) but it was nice. My old section went on a lunch and I joined them
(aka gatecrashed). We went to nandos an I had a mediterranean salad
and then I got someone else to get my book stamped and then I used the
next stamp to get a free 1/4 chicken. When my stuff came (and I had
halloumi cheese and shared chips with A) the chicken was as big as my
thumb, I was not impressed but was going to eat it but bless her A
called the waitress back and said I had asked for a breast piece (I
hadn't but I always will from now on) and she took the chicken thumb
away and returned within a minute with a big fat juicy piece. Very
happy :)

Ok I guess that's enough stalling, time to tackle the crap. Next blog
will be my February in's and out's (I don't think I've done my feb one
yet!!)

Ciao cherry pies!

Lazy Sunday

Hello!
So today was an 'extra' day for me. Usually I work mon-sat and use
Sunday as a rest, play and chore day
But since I played and rested on my Saturday off today was going to be
a chore day.

Things to do included: take out trash, clean kitchen floor, clean
bath, water plants, dust, Hoover all rooms, wash all windows and
reorganise make up.

And basically I did nothing. big fat zero.

I can't believe time flew by so fast while I starred at the wall all
day. Seriously. The only chorey type thing I did was hang up my clean
laundry. And I did that in my pjs while waiting for my bread to turn
into toast.

U didn't even turn on my laptop and the only tv I watched was 20mins
of Mulan2 and a few of the dancing on ice contestants. I was reading a
book but only about 3 pages. I really want to know what happened to
all the other hours!!!

I need another day off. I'm going to start a petition.

Dear Jennifer Aniston

Hello!
(Wow it's 00:00)
So R and S have been and gone. We're like locusts when it comes to
food. I'm surprised we don't eat the sweet wrappers!! Had a very
lovely day.

So we ate greggs (I had a sausage roll and cheese&onion pasty) and
what seemed like a million big bags of crisps, a bit of chocolate and
those 'random' sweets. And then later we had Chinese takeaway (I had
chicken and sweetcorn soup, and Singapore fried rice - gosh it was
spicy!) And then what party would be complete without icecream and
cake? Chocolate cake of course, and cinnamon caramel waffle icecream
and latte icecream. Yum in my tum :) - this wasn't all in one go btw,
this was what we are from 3pm-11:45pm. And we were really good;
usually we drink gallons of fizzy drink but today we had diltute,
aren't we a healthy bunch lol

We watched a few films: 500 days of Summer, a lot like love, and He's
just not that into you. ***SPOILER ALERT*** I'm gonna chat about them
now, so if u don't want to know what happens then please stop reading!

500 days of Summer, did I like it? Yes. Did I love it? No. It was a
'quirky' movie starring zooey dechanel and Joseph Gordon-levitt
(apologies for crap name spellings!!) and it's about a guy falling for
a girl and the movie moves back and forth over the 500 days (zooey's
character is called summer). Basically she's not that into him, she
likes him, they do have sex but that's it. He, on the other hand,
loves her. We argued amongst ourselves, I think R and S hated Summer
for leading him (Tom) on but I think she was fair enough. She told him
at the beginnig she wanted things to be casual and ok she used him but
big deal, stop being such a cry baby. And blah blah blah she marries
someone else at the end. I think my problem with the film was that it
was trying so hard to be clever that it left me underwhelmed.
Conclusion? Watch it but don't expect any miracles.

Next film was A lot like love starring Ashton kutcher and amanda peet
(her mum is called penny! ...penny peet haha). They meet and the film
follows
them over the course of 7 years and the almost getting together and
then losing touch and then bumping into each other and the situation
or timing is never quite right blah blah blah. They do get together at
the end, yay for them. It's just a typical chick flick. I love Ashton
kutcher (cos I think he's a sexy mofo) so 5 star rating for being fit.
Same goes for amanda peet! Lol I like movies like this cos you never
have high expectations and so they don't tend to disappoint.
Conclusion? A chewing gum for the brain type movie. Watch it if it
comes on Film4!

He's just not that into you: this is the second time I've seen this
(we watched it on the plane to new york). It's difficult for me to
judge this one. I try not to watch a film if ive already seen it but
this was on a background noise while we ate our takeaway. The first
time I watched this I loved it. Mega loved it. But this time round I
found Everything majorly annoying. So to be fair I am going to review
it on my first reaction and put in those square brackets my present
feelings. I loved the characters [found everyone really annoying
especially gigi, what a stupid desperate loser], the pace of the movie
is great and I like the way the stores interlinked, great for someone
with a short attention span/ not a lot of patience [I still think
this]. Too many stuff to mention actually so I'll cut to the
conclusion: if u haven't watched this movie you should defintely watch
it. Out of the 3 this is the best all rounder and even if u don't love
it it gives you some good pointers lol ....oh I wrote this blog to
jennifer aniston cos she stars in it and he character is so sad
because he's basically playing herself and there's a scene (getting
fitted for bridemaid dresses) that makes my heart bleed for her.
Pathetic. Me and her!!!

Dear Susan

Hello folks!

Just a (hopefully) quick entry while I wait for my friends to turn up
at mine.

Was watching gossmakeupartists video on skincare and it reminded me of
how weird I find the whole "you must take all your makeup off at
night" and
I find it weird because, why wouldn't you?! Why aren't these legions
of women washing their faces?! Even if I had no makeup on I wash my
wash before I go to bed, and with make up on it's the same but takes a
bit longer. To me it's like not wiping your bum after you've done a
poo. Erwgh!

So my friends S and R were suppose to be at mine for 2pm and we're
having a get together/ kiddie birthday type thing (aka stuff our faces
with junk) but running late cos football is blocking up the roads. And
that's another reason why I like having my own place at this age. I
never had friends round at my parents house, not really because they
said no but because I am the sort of person who values her space I
didn't want my friends intruding on my parents space. So now I have a
space for people to come and that's cool. It's by no means party
central. Quite a few people have asked to come over and I've said
'no'. If I wanted u here I'd ask u. Simple as! This isn't after school
club! But anyway I love having the people I invite over cos it means
I'm never late and I don't have to get dressed! Sometimes I feel
selfish but then it's not my fault, better then hanging out on a park
bench so that we all have to travel and stuff.

I really need to clean my house. Last night I had a nightmare that my
kitchen floor was covered in giant crumbs and when I went to clean the
floor there were rats as big as cats under the crumbs and then they
tried to eat me and I stabbed them with two kitchen knives. Strangely
enough I woke up with a big scratch down my arm and leg!

Oh yeah! I moved desks at work. I'm 4 floors down from before which
equals
4 times as much distance between my friends (...not sure if the maths/
logic is right but u get what I'm trying to say!!!)

I've moved all my work stuff and junk and everything is positioned as
it was before. Sat there Friday afternoon muttering "I like it I like
I like it here it's really good" again and again and again (with no
punctuation) until my manager told me to shut up but I didn't cos it
was another method for me to cope with the change and then he joined
in with my mad mutterings lol He wants me to get rid of the hot pink
ceramic flower pot that I keep my stationery in and so gar I've held
my ground and he's given me a Tuesday deadline for it to be gone. I
can't tell if he's serious or not. Is it against the law to have a
pink flower pot on ur desk?!

Ooooh! Party guests have arrived!
Have a lovely Saturday :)

(and wow look at me finally blogging in real time!)

Walking on sunshine

Welcome to part 2 of the 'happy' blog.
Things that fill my heart with sunshine aka things that make me smile/
happy.

It's a cliche but for me it is often the small things that count so
these things might seem a bit random:

I love when I finish a product. My heart leaps with joy when I
squeeeeze the last of the toothpaste out of the tub or when I've used
my last babywipe. I always feel such a sense of achievement!

Painting my toenails. I always feel a bit naked if my toenails aren't
painted so I do feel so happy while I'm painting tem and for me I feel
that it's the easiest way to pamper yourself and to show ur feet
that you care. And I always feel that much better knowing that I've
got pretty toenails.

Getting my favourite seat on the bus/tube/plane/coach. I know my
journey/day is going to be great if I get my favourite seat. And if I
get it on the way home it usually brightens up a not so good day.

Being with people who I feel comfortable around and who know my
habits. I don't like being with people who question what I'm doing and
shine a spotlight on my weirdness. I'm happiest when I can just be me
and if I start howling at the moon the people I'm with just keep on
doing what they're doing!

Blogging fills my heart with sunshine! Even the mega boring ones.
Blogging at the end of the day is like talking to a friend on the
phone. And it's free!!!

Backstreet boys! I've got a handful of they're sons on my penny pod
and everytime I hear one my heart skips a beat. Soooooo many memories,
happy and sad. And remembering how I felt in 'those' days makes me
laugh at myself.

I heart getting into a cool bed. I cannot sleep in a bed that is warm,
it makes me feel dirty. When I was younger and my mum did the whole
tuck into bed routine I use to always get into an argument with my mum
because she use to sit on the edge or end of the bed and that meant
that I couldnt get in until the bed had cooled down lol

Which leads to my next one; arguing with my mum! Me and my mum are
always arguing or talking rubbish. I was/am such a little madam and
she just ain't having non of it. My mum doesn't take any crap from me
and takes no notice of my quirks. One of the things I miss most about
living at home is the dialogue with my mum. We use to chat some breeze
lol Now we talk on the phone but it's not the same because at the end
of the day I live alone in my own home so I can howl at the moon all I
want (ps I do not howl at the moon!!). But it's great when we meet up
cos we just get right into the flow.

Eating dinner at home with my brother. When we were younger I was a
pig and my brother was quite a fussy eater (we're both pigs now lol!)
and when we ate dinner sitting opposite together I'd always stare at
him and psych him out into giving me his food. So even now at age 23
and 25 when we eat together and make eye contact he'll go running to
mummy, "penny's looking at me!!!!!!". Nothing tastes better then food
from someone elses plate! Especially sausages ;)

Well it's 3:44am now so I think I should stop blogging and start
sleeping before the sun comes out and fills my eyeballs death rays (I
have no window coverings in my bedroom cos there's no one to put up
my curtain pole).

Well, night!! Sweet sweet dreams :)

..brown paper packages tied up in string...

...these are a few of my favourite things...

Hello! So my last few blogs have either been blah blah or boo hoo, so
the next two blogs are going to be around my favourite things and
things that fill my heart with sunshine :) As you cam probably guess
from the title, this blog is going to cover some of my fav things.
Let's get started...

One of my favourite musicals is the sound of music. When I was younger
I had this on a tape and for some reason it missed the ending...I got
the bit where the Nazis are after them and the blonde dude (the eldest
girls beau) sees them hiding and then the tape skips to when they're
on the moutain top. So I went through my entire childhood not knowing
that captain Von trapp had been shot. Can u imagine how gutted I was
when I found out?! I liked my version much much better. But despite
the confusion I love the songs and the characters. And of course the
curtain outfits!

My favourite Disney cartoon was the little mermaid. I wish I was ariel
but unfortunately I'm more a flounder. Or if u were being mean, I'm
more like the sea witch :( Again, loved the songs but my main reason
for loving this was because I fancied the pants of prince eric. Is it
weird to fancy a cartoon character? Cos I like a lot of them! Lol

My favourite item of clothing as regular readers will know is the
cardigan. I feel sorry for people who live in warmer climates and who
have sun all year round because they can't really appreciate the true
joy and genius of the humble cardigan. I won't list my reasons because
I've said it a million times, but we all know that cardigans kick ass!

My favourite fizzy drink is fanta red in thailand, from a bottle and
never a can. I'm making this distinction because I know some dodgy
shops in the uk sell the canned version and it tastes like tinned
syrup, which isn't terrible but not fantastic. One of my favourite
reasons for going to thailand is so that I can drink gallons of the
stuff.

My favourite footwear I've ever owned are my office ankle boots
'journeys end'. They are tan leather and cut very very low (kinda like
trainer socks!) an they are gorgeous. People always compliment them
and they are so versatile and make even my legs look a bit longer. I
loved them so much I bought 5 pairs in total (they were expensive to
me so I didn't bulk buy but i regret not buying another 10 because
they don't do them anymore). I'm holding onto one last pair but they
are battered belong belief and no longer draw compliments but odd
looks but I don't care. I want to be buried in them.

Favourite Internet site....this is a toughie!! Well for internet
whatever (cos that's a search engine not a site?) then google is the
best thing ever (go google big jugs!!!) but otherwise...ooohhh it's
between YouTube and facebook but I can't decide. (I would have also
thrown in Twitter as a contender cos I really like the concept but it
sucks when no one cares what you're tweeting, might as well keep
talking to myself and save cyber space).

Favourite item of stationary is post-it notes!!! I heart post-it notes
in a big way. What I like doing is writing on little post-it's and
sticking them in my diary because I don't like writing on the actual
diary page in case something changes. A waste of time but hey, my diary!

Favourite dessert...I have a simple (and unbreakable) rule when I'm
choosing a dessert. I always have to pick the most chocalatey one. So
if I'm craving jelly and custard but there's chic fudge cake then I
have to get the cfc. It's sometimes hard to follow the rule but I know
its the right thing to do. Hhmm...I didn't name an actual fav dessert
and I don't want to discriminate
so sorry.

Okie doke that's it. I'm sure I'll be revisiting this topic again one
day but until then, what are some of your favourite things?

Memories are for life, not just for christmas

I've touched on this before, the whole best friends forever shattered
dream scenario but I just realised something even worse. When you lose
touch or fall out with friends, you also kinda lose the the memories
you shared.

I've just been on facebook and through looking at a friend of a friend
of a friends pictures I stumbled across two very familiar faces, both
mega crushes 'back in the day'. One was the guy featured in my most
embarassing moment (codename strawberry head because his head was
strawberry shaped) and the other guy was codenamed snoopy...cos he
looked like snoopy. And I must say, I have good taste cos snoopy has
grown into a handsome man (he was older so he's probably hitting 30 or
maybe even 30plus). (strawberry head still looks like a strawberry
nevermind lol).

And so anyway I was mega excited. Like OMG my childhood crushes. And
so many memories came flooding back and I was thinking, 'who can I
share this with?' and the sad sad answer was 'no one' :(

There's only one person who would have really understood my glee but I
don't talk to her anymore. We didn't fall out but our friendship just
kinda fizzled out I guess aka she found better people to hang out
with. I was writing on her wall "hey guess who I've stumbled
across...remember when..." but then I thought, what if she doesn't
remember? What if she just doesn't give a sh!t? What if she blocks me?!

And then I got thinking about aaaallll the friends that have come and
gone. The 600plus people on my fb for example that I don't talk to.
And sometimes I do want to say 'hey' but i'm worried they'll think I'm
weird or a loser and so another day goes by and another and another
and then it's another year, or 5, or 10 that have gone by :(

And then I thought about all the memories that have gone with the
people I've shared those times with. Obviously I remember but I feel
that without someone to share it with, to laugh or cringe, those
memories don't seem real.

I want my friend to say 'oh my gosh I remember strawberry head! It was
so funny when u fell in the bush!!' and for us to laugh together again
like we once did.

But life is like a river. It doesn't stop and so you can't stop, not
even to freeze the most precious memories or funniest times or
exciting moments in your life.

So I guess my message to myself is: the first sign of craziness is
talking to yourself.

Oh sorry wrong blog topic! Moral of this story is, life goes on and so
you have to go on. Take time out to be sad but don't let that sadness
blacken your heart or dampen your spirits. You've got new friends and
new memories to be making. Maybe the friends will go but you'll always
have the memories. And hey, I'm lucky, I'm a blogger so I've always
got somewhere to dump my emotional sh!t!!!!

Live in the moment!

X

Day in the life of

Hello blog reader and welcome :)

I've just been watching a relatively new youtuber who seems to have a similiar approach to blogging/vlogging as i do. She has videos on everything and nothing. And it's not too awful.
I know my blogs in the last 2 weeks or so have been terrible and have no objective whatsoever and i apologise. But I aint stopping. I'm gonna keep reeling out the crap til i find my 'flow'. So happy reading!! ;)

Today was a blah day. Blah weather. Only one 'exciting' thing at work and one angry thing on te way home (stories to follow). Blah dinner. And now i've missed my bedtime so i'll be having a blah sleep too!

So at work it's been decided by the powers that be that my team (all 3 of us) are to be moved. Both of bosses aren't there so its up to me to go househunting with the biiiig boss. Find a home. Not loving it but staying calm. Get back to my nest/desk and start picturing myself at my new home (i find thinking through scenarios calming and it helps me to adapt and settle quicker). So im all ready to go, ive decided who's having which desk and where im going to park the extra pedestal and i've emailed A and A telling them of my move. And then i find out we're moving somewhere else. argh. i dont hate change but i dont love it. especially when i'd spent the whooooooooole morning trying to get into the right frame of mind. and now i dont even know where my new home will be :(

Fast forward a lot of hours. Been to sainsbury and bought 235252 big bags of crisps for S's birthday party. Walking home in the drizzle. And then some d!ckhead purposely drives through a big puddle at the side of the road and drenches me head to toe. My hair is wet. There's puddle water in my mouth. My bags of crisps are wet. I was so angry. I wish i had a brick in my hand, if i did i would have thrown it through his windscreen. friggin asswipe. some people are so...mean. the only good thing about the situation is that i did not scream and stamp my feet like a little woman. i was not going to give the fucker the satisfaction. like i said on twitter, i hope one day the pr!ck drowns to death in a puddle.

on that happy note, goodnight! x

I heart grapes

(Photo from maybe 10 years ago hence the pigtails and lack of smudgey eye make up)

Ok,

Even though I totally missed out on pancake day (no ingredients...and no frying pan without a dent!) i am still 'doing' lent. So what have you given up? I have given up grapes for lent. Now, i know what you are thinking...GRAPES?! Yes. Grapes. I'll be honest with you, the choice was totally random, was put on the spot and didn't want to seem like a bad jesus lover so i said the first thing i could think of (thank gosh i didn't say chicken wings!!).

Well i am suffering now. i have the biggest grape craving in the wooooorld! Its amazing how, when you know you can't have something, you want it like crazy. I can't get grapes off my mind. I'd be happy even if they were leathery red ones with giant pips. I don't care. I need me some graped. Feed me Seymour, feed me!!!!!!!!

And my final words of wisdom.....boogies are a good source of protein.

I heart alco pops

Today was really nice...

All in all my day at the other office was great. A real eye opener and
not as scary as I thought it would be. (And I looked great, like fat
yellow barbie). The staff were really nice and have asked me to visit
again (which I need to do anyway). And i realised that I am good at my
job and I shouldn't forget it on the stressful days. Often u don't
know ur strengths till ur put to the test and let's just say today I
aced it :)

I got home and got up to date with my Internet stuff and then I put
dinner in the oven (fish fingers, cheesy chips and a ton of ketchup)
and then I put on my davina DVD. I didn't finish a 30 min section
(ek!! I didn't warm down!!!) I got about half way when dinner was
ready and I couldn't wait a minute longer. I did the top workout and I
had to use a bottle of smirnoff ice and a bottle of lambrini as dumb
bells cos I don't own any hand weights. I'm quite proud of my
lightbulb moment :) and even though I didn't do the whoooole thing I
was sweaty and felt the ache!

Ok this is a bit random (and a bit late) but I'm so happy that I
graduated. It's so nice to go to work but then to be able to leave it
behind. When I get into my flat I can close the doors and then that
time is purely mine. I can sit am stare at the wall until bedtime,
it's my space, my choice and my time.

This is even more random, but you know chicken sandwiches from a shop
(e.g. Sainsburys or greggs); is the chicken used 'real'? Cos I had a
chicken club baguette today and it's toooo yummy to be real and for
that price. Just wondering.

Oh god. Talking about food, I'm craving so bad. Being poor sucks big
time. I miss going out to eat. I want to go to water margin. Ping
pong. La tasca. Massis. Wasabi. Jesus I want to be able to afford
mcdonalds!!!!

Well Im going to be poor for the foreseeable future so I can only
dream of eating that stuff. Reality is own brand fish fingers (which
are 64p for a reason!!!!).

I forgot today was the first day of lent. What have you given up? I'm
giving up any food item that costs more then £1 lol Seriously I'm not
sure. I'm so stripped down to the basics I don't have anything to give
up. I don't want to give up on bread or eggs or cereal otherwise I
might die and I'm sure Jesus would be sad. And aside from food I have
already stopped buying make up, clothes, shoes, bags, even bloody
intense hair conditioner!!! Can I give up my tv license please?!

Aaarrgghh!!

I am a moderately calm person (well, I'm very highly strung but I'm
not kill-my-baby angry) but there are some things that really make my
blood boil.

I'm a scaredy cat. I avoid confrontation like the plague. If someone
steps on me I apologise. But some things make me want to say "WTF?!"
and then commit some serious GBH.

This is just a blog about things that make me wanna inflict pain, puke
or just pull my hair out.

First thing on my ARGH list: rude people. Ill mannered. Ignorant.
Think they're cool. I'm not bothered about the why but I hate rude
people. And 'rude' covers so many things. People who talk down to
other people. People who have no notion of personal space. People who
simply have no manners; u won't go to hell for saying 'please' or
'thank you' you know!!! And likewise, people who won't apologise.

Hmmmm this is not a good topic to blog about before bed, my blood is
beginning to boil lol but I'm a pro so I'll battle on ;)

I really don't like it when people cut or file their nails in front of
me (esp on public transport for god sakes!!). I just think that nails
are a part of you and as you're filing away I am breathing in ur
nails. That's like me sticking my head into a urn of ashes. Makes me
gag YUCK. And the worst thing is, the person doing it doesn't even
think it's yuck, which makes it even more yuck. (anger is stripping
away my language skills - sorry).

People who don't wash their hands after using the toilet. Or who do
but only after they've rrfreshed their make up and fiddled with their
hair. YUCK again!

Continuation from first peeve - people who are rude to waiters, sales
assistants etc we're all people buddy! And you're ugly so f*ck off!

Strangers who invade my private space. And I'm not talking about peole
bumping into you or stepping on your toes. I'm talking about people
who delibrately reach out and physically touch you. For instance, once
I was walking down a street and one of those charity muggers aka
chuggers stopped me. But he didn't do it by jumping into my path,
waving a clipboard or by fake grinning at me. No. The mofo grabbed my
arm. Don't f*cking touch me. I jerked away so hard I nearly took his
hand with me.

The death of the queue. I think I've actually mentioned this in an
earlier blog but it breaks my heart that the queue becoming extinct.
Life is so much better when people stand in a line.

Zombies. Those people who seem to have no spark in them. They're alive
(and u only know that's when u hold a mirror under their nose) but
that's a bout it. The whole cliche about the difference between being
alive and actually living. Zombies are those people who are just about
nonexistent. Talking to them drains your energy (but thank god they
don't try to rip your limbs off and you). Listening to them drains
your energy (usually have a very slow and boring monotone voice).
Looking at them can make u go brain dead (usually wear sludge based
colours, anti make up and don't seem to read fashion magazines - both
sexes). I'm being a bitch. But you know it's true!!!

I'm going to stop there before I beat someone up. Tell me, what makes
u go ARGH?!

Things I've learned

It is true, you do get wiser as you grow older.

Since living by myself i've learned loads of stuff and thought I'd
share some lessons with you since caring is sharing and all that jazz!

So:

•don't put ur hand or even a finger tip into a pot of boiling water.
It hurts. A lot. And ur finger could melt into whatever ur cooking.

•don't eat (unintentional) raw meat. In ways it's even worse then The
previous item.

•don't eat raw meat when you're down to your last toilet roll. Nasty.

•don't get ur hair caught in the hairdryer motor. If u do, switch off
dryer before trying to salvage hair.

•Make sure to close the washing machine door before starting a cycle.

•never trust those utility people. They lie. And they don't give a sh!
t about you dropping dead.

•don't let R eat on ur sofa. Unless u love removing stains. (love u
R!)

•brute force is not the answer to
everything. Sometimes it is wise to stop, take a deep breath and think
things through.

•make sure to shut the french doors (I think that's what u call
them..) when it rains heavily

•don't use the oven immediately after you've cleaned it. It is
possible for eyeballs to melt.

•love ur nosey neighbour. At least he takes action for all the lazy
moaners (Inc me).

•sugar on chips is not good. Sweetener is even worse.

•oven instructions are there for a reason. Adding an extra 20mins
"just in case" means you'll be having cereal for dinner again.

•don't be lazy buying essentials. Otherwise you'll be having cereal
with no milk. Or worse, eating soya butter for breakfast.

•screw the lid/put the top back on bottles. This 2seconds of exertion
will save u having to clean up when u grab the top of bottle/jar and
find the rest of it being pulled down by the amazing force of gravity.

•if u live alone and u don't do the dishes, the dishes won't ever be
done

•and it's skanky to eat out of the pot/pan. U might not see anyone
but god knows.

Erm that's it for now. And oh!

•It's not so bad cleaning the toilet if u live alone. Love ur loo and
it will love u x

DVD review: Davina Fit

So today I'm really proud of myself. I did my Davina mccall work out
DVD for the first time :) and I'm going to do a review of it now. Many
thanks to beautiful Cee who gave it to me for Christmas :)

Its the latest DVD, called Davina Fit. Its made up of four 30 mins
sections: aerobics, top, bottom and kickercise and then there's a
extra yoga stretch section and Davinas big night out which I haven't
watched but it's her talking to 'real' people who have used her
workouts and bettered their lives.

I did the aerobics section (which includes warm up and down and some
other thing that I don't know the word...ab exercises basically) and
it was really good. The moves were simple enough for me to do (and I'm
not very coordinated) and the pace was reasonable for someone of my
fitness level (lowest level ever!).

The best thing about this DVD is that davinia does all the workouts
with two trainers beside her, janet and mark. And all three have
different fitness levels, so u follow whoever suits ur needs. So for
example, when their doing the more vigorous moves if u can't keep up
with davina and mark you can follow janet (janet doesn't like to jump
it seems). And it's good for me because it doesn't make me feel like a
defeated loser, it keeps me going. And likewise if ur finding the
routine a bit lame davina and mark tell you how you can make it a bit
more challenging ("if you can, squat lower"). Davina loves to say squat.

One thing I found really annoying (apart from davina and her gurning
mug) was the camera angles. Often the camera was panned in on davina
mug whereas I would have preferred if it was always panned out so that
I could see everyone head to toe but I guess once I've done the
routine a few more times I'll be fine.

An aspect of workout DVDs generally that I was worried about was
space. This DVD is fantastic for a tiny space (not sure how the
kickboxing will work..I'll let u know!) my only problem is that I have
low ceilings so I bashed the lightshades a few times.

Erm...anything else? Can't think. Would I recommend it? Yes! I enjoyed
the workout. I liked the way it's in managable sections. I love
Janet!! (though hopefully one day I'll be able to keep up with davina
and mark) and the music is good. Well it's not good
It's not in your face and it's not too current which could date the
DVD and make it annoying/boring after a while. I loved it so much that
once I'm 'good' and fitter I'd definitely buy more of davinas workout
DVDs, love the approach!

(saying that, recently really wanted the pussycat doll dance workout
DVD but not sure of I'll have enough space...)

My plan is to do the aerobic sessions as I am at least 3 times a week,
as advised by davina, and once my stamina has improved I'll move onto
the other sections (and then id do aerobics twice a week and the new
routine once or twice) as fat burning is the main objective at the
moment. Toning lard isn't really going to work!

I'll keep u updated with my progress an I'll also do another review
once I've moved onto another section (so hopefully before 2012 lol).

My aching (but proud) muscles are going to bed now. Night zzzzz

X

Hello Moon

Yay tomorrow is Wednesday my fav day :)

Today was...everything. Good. Bad. Long. Short. Tiring. Productive.

Been arriving at work for 9am for the past two days. Really happy with
myself. Had the worst headache today and thought it was the earlier
start but I've still got it :( I don't often have headaches and find
it difficult, as opposed to a bad tum which I can take in my stride.

Not a great day for a headache (I guess no day is ever a good day but
u know what I mean!!). Luckily I didn't have any meetings or training
sessions but I had aloooooot of reading to do and I hate reading off
the pc screen as it is. It had to be done though and I'm glad I got
all my little admin bits out of the way. Felt a bit like school
actually but thank god no homework lol

Well hopefully I'll be a-ok in the morning because I won't be based in
my office I'll be somewhere else. Ill be observing and interviewing
people so I need my wits about me. Got my notes and tools of the trade
ready (aka my biro and pad of paper lol).

Not sure what look im going for. Its an enviroment ive never been in.
Haven't decided on a handbag because the bag I choose will depend on
if it's raining/how much it's raining. Decided on an outfit already; I
don't usually do that because it depends on how I'm feeling on the day
but this morning I put the outfit on and I thought I looked nice so I
took it off and hung it back up to wear tomorrow and put on something
else for today. (hideous outfit!) I'm worried it might be a bit too
dressy but i don't have anything in between, it's either smart blouse
and skirt or leggings!

Well up next is my davina workout DVD review! X

Hair care

(Photo from 2008...and between then and my last hair cut I only had one trim....so you can imagine how long my hair was at the last cut, and how crispy!!)

So as we all know, I'm suffering from extra crispy hair. For the past
week ish (argh I can't remember what day I started!!) I've been laying
offf the hair straighteners. If I really have to i do the front
section but I think that's only been once, mostly I've just been
rocking some super grunge hair lol

Seriously though it's not so bad as I thought. I have had two days of
brush back alice band and ponytail combo (which I know isn't a sin but
I've got a shite hairline so it is terrible on me) but I've also had a
few days of 'interesting' hair. And a few questions asking if I had a
weave or extensions in. I don't know if that's good or bad.

Oh yeah I did a big messy bun on Monday and didn't tell u the results.
It was easy to do and it stayed put all day (leaned slighty to the
right but nvm) but I got strange looks alllll day. And it wasn't
paranoia cos it was also coupled with a lot of, "....er...I like ur
hair" or the dreaded "oh new hair" which doesn't even commit to a love
or hate.

A said that she loved it, "very Audrey Hepburn". Which was nice and
appreciated but at the same time, I know that audrey was not a short
fat yellow girl with a frizz ball attached to the top of her head. I
had a black shift and pearls on though so maybe that's what confused
her lol

Also, because I'm not 'doing' my hair I find that my routine has
changed slightly. Normal I have it out on day one and up on day two
but now it's vice versa; I have it up usually a bun or pony with the
front pinned back and the second day I have it out a bit wavy and the
front plaited or pinned. It's not really good or work but I like
having my hair a bit wavy. Go with what nature intended!

But despite the long week hair still crispy so Saturday after work I
put olive oil in my hair and didn't wash it out til Monday morning!!!
Conditioner of hair is better but still crispy. I wasn't expecting a
miracle but was hoping for a bit more softness and shine :(

Well Ive asked S to speak to her cousin who cuts hair and hopefully
she'll give me a trim soonish. The thing I'm worried about is how much
to take off. I want to keep it long and trying to grow out the layers
but I can't just have 1inch off, for it to get rid of the crispiness
I'll have to lop off prob at least 5inches and that's saaaaad (to be
honest only a skinhead style would get rid of all thesamage I've
inflicted!)

So what do u do to treat ur hair? Any miracle products or even home
made potions you swear by? Let me know!

Addicted

Today a friend asked me if I had an addictive personality and I said
yes. But thinking about it, I'm not (so much) addictive, I'm
obsessive. I can't skip or speed up routines because everything has to
be dine and it has to be done in a certain way. The 'bad' thing about
this realisation is that generally wing addicted to something means u
can try and stop/lessen it whereas being obsessed is just plain crazy
and how do u 'cure' crazy?

Anyone reading this who knows me well is probably nodding like that
Churchill dog lol I am a contradiction, laid back but at the same time
very partiular. And I think it is part of my obsessive nature. I blame
my dad. If u don't like me, go speak to him. And then you'll know that
u have it easy with me lol

How to marry a ghost

This entry is two things: firstly a retraction and apology; and
secondly, a story of me and my life as a 'ghost'.

So I apologise to the author of 'how to marry a ghost'. I said in an
earlier book that basically this book sucked and I'm sorry. I spoke
too soon. It was a good book and the character of lee was well written
and an unusual person to have as a heroine.

And now me. If ur a friend of mine then I'd say go read my facebook
notes if u haven't. I read them the other day and I don't know what I
was thinking at the time but reading them now my heart just aches.

I am a ghost because I am here but I am not here. Because some people
see me an some people see straight through me. I'm neither here nor
there. I scream at night but no one comes. I hold out a hand and no
one takes it.

In the book the character lee craves her own space and can't connect
with anyone on a 'normal' level. She is a ghost writer; she lives
through other people. She is liked by those around her but she doesn't
know what to do with 'it'. She doesn't want to drive peope away and at
the same time she doesn't want anyone in her space, r around her full
stop. This is me!!!

My Saturday

Good morning:)
So I'm on the way to my Saturday job. Week 2 of my "don't be late"
goal. left early but bus not due for 13mins (bout 2mins left if it
gets here on time!) so if I'm late I will be really angry.

A bus that's not mine just pulled up. Packed to the brim, I hope I get
onto my bus otherwise I will def be late!!! (I think I will be late
because I need to be on my train like NOW!!

Ok I'm on the tube (and have remembered my earphones thank god!!) and
just missed an announcement that could either have said that the tube
I need to change onto is ok or that it is suspended. Fingers crossed
it ok! - I got off but there was no tube for over 10mins so I jumped
back onto my original one...so I'm taking another route that is
loooong :(

....on my lunch break now. I was on time to work. Clocked in 9.30 in
the dot! Never walked so fast, legs still hurting, im such a lazy cow
lol Having a sandwich and some sushi. I hope that when Stratford
westfields open there's a sushi place I love it. Expensive though, all
those little bits add up, esp when ur as greedy as me!!

I hate eating lunch on my own I feel like a right loser :( hopefully
the day will speed by. I have next Saturday off so yay!!

Sushi making me feel sick but a waste of money to stop, hope I don't
throw up!

....on tube home now. Very hungry lol thinking about getting a
kebab...feet wet and aching. X

Madam Wishy Washy

I feel to delete my last blog cos it's so crap but then hey if u don't
want to read it u can skip it ( and I mean that in the nicest 'i
respect u an the piwer of ur braincells' sorta way!)

Nearly 10pm. Just did a survey on facebook about how to wash my navy
and white striped cardigan. (So I'm standing here for a bit to make
sure I've shut the door and don't end up with a mini flood.) actually
got a few responses which was nice :) got a 'wash it on it's own'
which won't happen; what a waste of water, electricity, detergent! Got
a 'hand wash' erm nope and then got one 'wash it with blacks' and 2
'wash it with whites' from extremely trustworthy sources so that's
what I'm doing. Hate when it says "wash with like colours" I don't
have a whole load of stripey navy and white stuff, I'm not a sailor!

I seperate my clothes into three loads: 1. handwash (all colours
together cos it's either black, beigey brown, shades of grey or navy)
2. Black, which is black, darker greys, hot pink (like my apron or
festive socks) and 3. Whites, which is plain white and light patterned
whites ie kitchen towel. On tv ads I know they do dark, light and
colours but I don't need a colour load cos I dot have anything to put
in that pile. I've got a green dress, that goes in with the black. 2
mustard yellow items goes either blacks or whites. And thats it! Yeah
I've got a saaaad wardrobe!

Me and my mum use to argue all the time over laundry at home cos I use
to be so fussy and question everything (but never do it myself cos I
was lazy) and she use to get really stressed doing it and then one
day, one shruken garment too many, I ended up taking responsibility
for my own crap which worked out well cos we stopped arguing (and she
use to hide the stuff she destroyed and deny seeing it and I thought I
was going mad!) and my clothes had a longer shelf life. My dad was
also a problem. He loves to be useful and if he sees ur clothes
hanging to dry he'll pop it into the tumble dryer. NO!!!!!!! I only
tumble dry bedclothes an towels. Never ever tumble dry my clothes.
It's like my parents were put onto this earth to shrink my shit. Do
they think that lf they shrink everything I'll go on a diet to fit
into my barbie clothes?!

Haha talking of washing I just glimpsed outside my window and thought
it was snowing but it's just my dirty window lol how do I wash the
outside of the window when I live on a first floor apartment? (no way
no ladder!!)

Ok it's 3 mins to 10pm, real bedtime now. Got 2 awareness sessions to
do tomorrow which I'm looking forward to cos just reorganised the
presentation pack today. Hope I remember what I'm saying!

Have a great Friday x

Can't stop won't stop

Enjoying this blogging toooo much so thought I'd keep rambling until
bedtime.

One more book thingy! Saw the
movie trailer for lovely bones. Read the book....I seldom watch films
if I've read the book cos I find that it destroys ur vision of the
story.

Aw one dance crew has to leave. Love one crew, don't like the other
crew but there's a deaf guy in it and I hope the judges pick on merit.
Positive discrimination is illegal! ...suspense.....the crew I like is
staying!! .....aw don't cry losers :(. (presenter was mario lopez).

Oh. It's over. duh. Looks like I can be in bed 9pm on the dot if I
leave the living room in a tip. Why not?! Let's live crazy!!

Goodnight x

The truth is out there

Just finished dinner. Watched tv for the first time in over a week.
Big mistake. Eating whilst watching x files nearly had me gagging loads.

Watching Americas best dance crew for the first time. No idea if it'll
be any good but it's presented by that dude from saved by the bell so
*shrugs* can't be bad! ...wow these people can dance but really
unattractive so no wonder why they're not pro. Sorry. T'is true. and
another wow the guy from n sync (who isn't justin!) is a judge. Third
wow a million fili boys, like being back at school lol

Really happy, got my £10 Argos voucher today (for doing a survey). Not
sure what to get. I'm thinking: White coat stand, been wanting it for
ages; conical tong, also been wanting for ages since I saw lollipop26
review one of YouTube; a slow cooker or a steamer, boring but
practical! I also want a exercise ball, a bedroom lamp, a laptop
table, a rug, framed 'art'...list is endless! And the problem is I
don't want to end up getting something more then £10 and pay the extra
cos that defeats the purpose of not spending. I could either get the
chepaer steamer which comes in at £9.99 or if it has no expiry date il
hang onto it until I can add some cash and buy something a bit more
exciting.

Reading a novel written by a Viet author and it's about 2 viet sisters
discovering stuff. Usually I avoid these yellow people books cos the
point of readig is to take u to a different world, a different way of
living. I don't want to read about rice and noodles, slangy eyes and
prejudice. That's my real lie every day!! However I'm only a few
chapters in but its growing on me. Recommend: "short girls".

Was in whsmiths the over day and saw the new jodi picoult book. Can't
remember the title but it's about the mum with the brittle bone
disease daughter. Sounds very original picoult and I very much look
forward to reading it (when it gets to the library lol.)

Reading another novel at the moment (I read a different book for each
room. This one is living room, viet is toilet - ab fab place to read!!
- and a really crap chick flick in the bedroom) and I don't get it.
It's called 'how to marry a ghost' and it's a mish mash of genres.
Generally speaking I wouldn't mind but this isn't a great book so I
think it needs to find itself a stronger identity.

Oh yeah before I go, spoke to British gas. Couldn't get through to the
dude who sent me the bill (the guy who told me to stay with bg and
he'd help me) but spoke to someone with a brain and I've paid my bill
(late payment charge sorted out!). Didn't speak to super dan at eon
cos by the time I got round to making calls it was late and I know he
does early shifts (that's how much of a loser I am lol).

Assuming Americas best dance crew will finish by 9pm so I can sleep at
a good time (the reason why I'm watching tv and not online cos I need
to get to bed at a decent and when I'm online I lose control!!!)

Ciao! X

Gas ggrr

Hello! I feel as though I haven't blogged in a while but I'm sure I
did yesterday but anyway...hope y'all had a good day and none of your
body parts froze and dropped off!!

I'm glad it's wednesday. I think it's my favourite day. Mist people
love Friday but cos I work Saturday (and sometimes sunday too) Friday
does not herald much joy from me. Sunday, though usually my day off
isn't my fav because I spend a lot of it just stressing that it's only
one day. It's like a bit fat tease and by 4pm I'm worrying that my
rest day is nearly over. Bet u glad u know that!

Bit pissed off cos I've just chucked my merino cardigans in the wash
(hand wash cycle) and got into bed and then realise left my mobile in
the living room so i went to get it and I could hear drip drip drip,
switch the lights on and lo and behold bloody machine door wasn't shut
properly (totally my fault) but isn't the machine suppose to not run
the cycle?! Thank god it was hand wash cos if it was a proper wash I'd
be swimming in my flat by now!!

Another reason why I'm not a happy bunny is because I got my gas bill
today. My first ever even though i moved in June time. Even though
I've called them every frigging month. And the bastards British gas
have a nerve to charge me for late payment!!!!!! And that's not even
why I'm piseed off, I'm just pissed off cos getting the bill from them
just reminded me of all the shit I've been through with them.
Dickheads. The last person I spike to when he said he was sending me a
bill asked if I wanted to set up a direct debit over the phone and I
said no. When he asked why I said, "im going to switch companies, I've
been trying to sort out this problem for over 7 months if it was an
emergency I'd be dead by now" and when he offered
me his direct number (cos bless him he was the only decent member of
staff I spoke to) I declined saying, "thank you but I can't stay with
a big company like British gas for one decent agent, what happens if
your on lunch or annual leave or you're off work sick?!" and thank god
he left the issue and sent me my bloody bill. When I got off the phone
I had so much adrenaline pumping through me and felt quite emotional
(I think it was just relief someone finally listened to me!!) but my
manager who was sitting next to me said he hoped I hasn't spited
myself (because I hadn't done any price comparisons) and I was a bit
worried though tbh at the time I didn't care no way was I giving
anymore money to british gas out of principle. So anyway I called eon
who do my electricity and asked to do my gas with them too (cos he
realised I'm slighty stupid the guy who first set me up deals with all
my queries even though he isn't suppose to -wrong section- but he
liases with the other sections and speaks to me direct, that's what u
call great customer service - I love u mr dan!!!!) so anyway I got my
switch over document the other day and just compared it to the bill
and THANK YOU LORD eon turns out to be cheaper anyway!!!!!!! Big sigh
of relief!
Moral of the story? Go with EON! They're cheaper and they treat u like
a human being :)

Sorry for the long moan but feels good to vent. Tomorrow il be calling
British gas to pay the bill and say good riddance (will ask them to
remove the late payment charge cheeky sods) and then call dan at eon
to complete my switchover. He says there should be some extra tiny
discounts that add up so fingers crossed!

...just quickly checked my kitchen floor, no flood so going to sleep
now. So happy sleeping before midnight today, I need it.

Goodnight xxx

Tick Tick Tick

If you're thinking this is going to be a bomb making tutorial or a
blog about very goodlooking boys, you're in for a big disappointment!
(though if you're a regular reader I'm sure you've learned to ignore
my random titling habits!!)

This is a blog about ticking off my to do list! YAY! Put your hand
up...Who loves list? Who loves ticks?

I live to do lists for two reasons.
1) I'm really scatter brained. I've got a memory of a goldfish. Tell
me something and if I don't note it down it will be out of my head
within 5 minutes.
2) I'm a control freak. I want down every point so that nothing is
left to chance (the chance of me forgettig and/or effing up!!) And I
love to walk around with a sense of pretend importance ;)

Some people just list the major things but I try to write everything.
So sometimes my list reads like:
•read and reply to emails
•drink list of water
•world peace
•eat lunch
•attend meeting
....riveting stuff!!! Lol

So today I had a very satisfying day. I ticked off loooaads of stuff
and so I can sleep with a clear conscience :)

All my work stuff is up to date in regards to my personal remit
(waiting for people to reply or whatever counts as a tick for me!),
though tomorrow my team will be having a meeting to plan for the next
few months so I get to do a whole new list yay!

Personal stuff I had to do is also done. I cashed all my cheques
(thought I'd lost the deposit envelope and nearly died but found it on
the floor phew!!!), I posted back the wrong electrical cupboard key
(fb1) and requested for a fb2 which meant a long time at the post
office which is, for anyone who knows me, is a massive achievement
(HATE the postoffice, always end up in tears, which I did today and my
frien found me by a pillar sulking).

Cleaned kitchen again. That's the annoying thing about cleaning, it
never ends. Everytime I cook it looks like a bombs hit, even if I'm
just making a cup of tea. I'm a really messy person.

I threw away all my dead plants (so I've only got two at the moment),
which is sad cos now my home is full of empty plant pots :( but pots
full of dead plants weren't very attractive anyway and must be bad
feng shui!

Took out the trash. Hate doing it cos I'm always running too late to
do it in the morning so I end up doing it before bed which means
venturing outside in my pjs and usually my novelty socks and pump
combo and my coat over my hot pink polka dot dressig gown. Hi
neighbours!! But always a massive sense of achievement afterwards :)

So now I can go to sleep feeling nice and smug :)

Sweetdreams!!!

Smile with your eyes!

Going to sleep now. I managed to complete my only goal of the day
(super clean kitchen) but I started that task at 9.10pm.

Spent my entire sunday aimlessly online. Bliss!!! Watched up to
episode 5 of Americas next top model cycle 13 and the gimmick for this
'cycle' is short girls (under 5'7). Haven't watched any cycle of antm
for donkey years, forgot how much I enjoy it! And the joy of YouTube
means I can just overdose on loads of eps every Sunday. Ps I'm sooooo
in love with nigel barker.

Didn't get to finish watching the gok wan fatty documentary as the
volumn in my laptop just suddenly disappeared, easily rectified by
restarting the laptop but by then I couldn't be bothered to load the
show again.

I managed to stay away from the elf cosmetics sites and I know it
doesn't seem a big deal but I'm proud of myself nonetheless :)

Via Twitter I know it's superbowl sunday in the states; I wish I was
living in a state where it's Sunday cos I could so use another day of
doing nothing!!!!

Nothing mega planned for work this week but we're having a team
meeting tomorrow so who knows what lies a head! I've got to plan two
visits outside the office (going by myself) I know one is prob next
week and fingers crossed the other one is next week too, I could
really do with staying in my building and at my desk!

I 'discovered' a new hair style off YouTube courtesy of bubzbeauty.
It's just a high up messy bun. I've practised on my uncombed day old
hair and it looks cool but will be interesting to see how it is on
'nice' hair, I don't think mine will stay put and I can't not brush my
hair for work (saying that it's not as though ie never done that
before oops lol). The reason why I'm hoping this style works is cos I
really need to give my hair a rest from heat (ie straighteners) cos
it's super crispy. I'm planning a hair cut soon but I'm sure that will
be a whole looooong blog ;)

Speaking of blogs, I've been catching up on my blog reading and at the
same time checking out on other peoples style, tone, content etc and
jeez louise I really really need to shorten my entries!!! Other people
are writing less frequently and much shorter blogs whereas I'm
blogging nearly everyday and writing essays. But it's a bit hard for
me to shorten my entries because I'm just rambling and usually don't
have a topic matter and the nature of a ramble is that it goes on and
on and on....right?! Argh I'm having blog insecurities :( Also, I love
it so much I don't even realise how much I'm typing. It might seem
long to you but if I didn't sleep so much/early then I would
definitely type even more!!!!! (haha I just wrote an essay on not
writing an essay -I'm beyond help!)

Well anyway, may the lord bless us and our loved ones and may we all
have a fantastic week ahead!

Night comrades xxx

Welcome to the weekend

Hello! So I'm writing this Sunday afternoon, hope everyone has had a
great weekend so far.

Saturday was spent at my Saturday job. The great/shocking news is that
I was a whole 3minutes early clocking in so my job is safe for now
(can't be 1min late for the next three months, which is...about 12
Saturdays, so 11 left!)

Got home very quick, not tempted to take the long route because I
forgot my bloody earphones again :( Had S over for another crab stick
fried rice dinner. Was a bit bland but the execution of the dish was
much better and I was happy to use up more spring onion and
corriander. (why do they sell such massive bunches of corriander?! I
could eat my 70p's worth for another month!!!)

Ended up I'm bed at nearly 3am and this is despite me planning to
sleep at a normal time (not extremely early or late) in order to
regulate my sleeping habit but got a bit addicted to YouTube and was
also waiting for my washing cycle to finish cos it was seriously noisy
I was scaaared! But thank you god it was fine and all clothes safely
hanging up.

Anyway I'm really proud of myself cos over the last couple of days I
had some spending temptations and I'm using alllll my will power to
control the urge. The first temptation was primark. I was ok with the
clothes etc but went to the home dept and wanted to buy a new bedset
soooo badly (all White 'grace' beautiful) along with fitted sheets,
valance etc and that together would have been about £40 which is a
bargain but it was totally unnecessary and so I put down my basket and
legged it.

Second temptation is an early pat on the back because I'm still
thinking yes no yes no maybe so....elf cosmetics are doing free
delivey til today midnight and I've been waiting for this promo to
come up for ages (they do it every thousand fans). Yesterday was the
magic day and I went online an stocked up my basket and filled in the
delivery details, about to click pay but then I thought 'hold up!!' to
save on the £3 delivery charge I'm going to buy £35 worth of make up
I don't need? It was really really tough to close that webpage but I'm
proud of myself. I need to pay the gas bill not buy bloody lipliner
and nailvarnish.

So....fast forward to today (Sunday). Woke up at 10am then went back
to sleep and woke up at nearly 1pm. Ate toasted ham and cheese (yummy)
and then I've just been lounging in my house clothes and surfing the
net. Watching gok wan 'too fat too young' as I type. Very uncomortable
to watch as a fatty but well done to gok it's a good documentary and
it's good to see him squirm instead of being patronising to those
middle aged on his other shows (he's still patronising to these fat
young people but it's a change!).

It's just gone past 4pm, and the only plan is to proper clean the
kitchen. Dinner will be warmed up fried rice so that's taken care of.

Ok let me concentrate on gok now.

Bye xxx

Product review

Hello!

I'm going to review two products: mememe 'perfecting base' and
benefits famous 'dr feelgood'.

I'll start with dr feelgood. I'm on my 6 little tub and I have spares
in my drawers. It was one of the first ever make up type product I
owed. Considering everything I know now, and taking into account the
numerous products I've used dr feelgood isn't the sliced bread of the
beauty world but it's still pretty great and I have recommended it to
everyone I know (and I have to say that it's a 50:50 love/hate
result). It's a balm that "helps to smooth away the appearance of fine
lines while leaving skin feeling and looking more silky, flawless and
matte..." - basically it makes ur face look bette even on it's own or
o er ur normal make up. With the first few tubs I went through, I wore
it over my benefits yourebel tinted whatchamacallit (original) but now
that I wear medium-heavy coverage foundation I only apply it to the
eye are and sometimes the t zone. It can pricey, especially if u wear
it all over cos then u get through it really quick but the way I'm
using it now it lasts really long so it's not so bad and I'm not aware
of a dup product so I don't have much choice (£22ish for 24g, has a
sponge inside). For me the joy was that it didn't aggravate my skin.

So now mememe perfecting base. Totally different product but I'm
reviewing them together because they both aim to 'help' ur skin look
better with or without foundation. This was from superdrugs and was
about £6-7. I'm in mixed minds with this product because I've actually
had it for agggges (well past the throw out date! Oops!!) and it never
really became part of my every day (or even once a week) face routine.
However, because of my attempted project 10 pan I thought I'd give it
another try and if I i didn't like it I'd give it to my mum.
Well...I've been using it for about 2 weeks on and off and I think
I'll keep hold of it. How I use it is I cleanse and cream my face.
Then I put the perfecting base on and pop my makeup on top. It does
help my foundation go on more easily and it kinda evens out your skin
texture (as does dr feelgood). The bottle (it's a liquid product,
looks exactly like face cream out of a pump bottle) says it's a colour
correcting serum but I can't comment on this cos I put my make up on
in the dark lol

The real reason why I'm giving this product a slot in my face routine
is because ever since I've been wearing it a few people have commented
on my face. However, simply, it breaks me out :( so what do I do?!
Stick or dump?! I'm confused.

So that's the end of my review. Sorry the perfecting base ended on a
bit of a cliffhanger. I'd say buy it, try it, see for urself. It's
cheap enough to dump but well worth it if it works for you :)

When I got my clarins make up bag u also got samples and I'm looking
forward to try out "instant smooth" which is a cream version of dr
feelgood from what I can tell. I'm excited but at the same time I hope
I don't fall in love with it cos I can't afford it!!!

Thank you for reading; have u used these products before? What did u
think? Anyone know a dup for dr feelgood? Hit up the comment box xxx

Son of a biscuit eater

Argh!!! Another shit day. Scrap that. Day was ok. But in major shite
mood anyway. And to top it off I totally burnt my dinner (which was
shitty spam and rice) under the grill so no food for me and flat
stinks big time.

If u don't like angry people or the word 'shit' then I advise u to
skip this blog entry!!!

Actually, as I type i can feel myself calm down.....still pissed off
though.

Nothing in particular just feeling argh argh argh want to shave my
head and declare myself insane so that I can go chill out in a mental
hospital for a while. At least i'd get fed right?!

It's not even 7.30 yet but I'm going to bed. Was going to go at 8pm
but obviously not eating has spep up my agenda.

I'm really nervous that I'll be late for my Saturday job cos I'm in
major trouble for lateness. And worrying about it now practically
gurantees that I won't be able to sleep and thus be late which is way
I'm sleeping now so that I can spend hours worrying and then hopefully
still have enough hours left to get some shut eye.

(crap the smoke from the grill is burning my eyeballs :( .....oooh
that's what the extractor fan does!!)

7.44pm now and I'm clean and in my nightie. Flat still a bit spammy
but no danger of choking to death while I sleep.

As you've noticed by now this is an even more random pointless ramble
then usual but I find it theraputic so screw u!! I like that I can
type all the things I can't say.

Anyway: Today was ok in hindsight. Delivered two awareness sessions,
had a pub lunch. Got library books. Wish I had stopped by sainsburys
but let's not focus on our regrets!

The first book I'm reading is quite good but the author's writing
style is really annoying and it's because she writes like I do. No
regard for grammar. Short random sentences. Very smug and intimate.
She has a book deal though so yay for her. I am cow so yay for me.

Ok im bored, I'm going to do a product review before bed xxx

Turd!

Argh I feel like shite. Tired emotionally as well as physically. And
major bad hair day to boot.

Today's meeting was tough. I've never been in an enviroment like that
before. (But im glad I had the experience.) I said yesterday I'd be
the lowest grade person there but I felt more like a sub grade
hamster. Im such a loser i wouldnt even make it into the glee club. No
one intentionally made me feel like that but I felt like it anyway.
Obviously i can't go into any detail but let's hope and pray that I am
soon prime minister (or win gmtv model of 2010) so that I can get a
bit of an ego boost!!! Lol

And i had bad hair (and bad face!). talk about kicking a girl when
she's down!! It's all the bloody rains fault. I washed and did my hair
in the morning and it looked really good (leaving in the conditioner
was a good idea) and I did my face per usual which was fine (even a
truck load of make up can't work the miracle I need!) and then I went
on my way. Drizzle drizzle drizzle equals major bloody frizz(le) :
( there wasn't a mirror or large reflective surface for me to see, but
u know when u can just feel ur hair growing frizzier and change
texture? And I could sense my made up face starting to melt too. Got
to the location and said hi and put my junk down and then went to the
loo. HOLY COW!!!! I looked like a cave woman. I tried to do damage
control; I even stuck my head under the hair dryer, but it was
pointless, I was beyond help. I bet if I had looked/felt better then I
wouldn't have thought the experience so bad.

The only saving grace was my handbag :) i was the best bag there and
the lady running the show was doing a bit of drooling (and probably
wondering who I had robbed). I knew I def wasn't taking neverfull cos
overnight I came up with reason c) apart from the rain getting in
pickpockets also love that bag and since I planned to hang out on
Oxford st I didn't want to be asking for trouble!! To be honest I was
just gonna stick with speedy and ram in the paper work but i had a
lightbuld moment. And I mean that literally!! In my bedroom there's
one light and it's over my bed. I've got two wardrobes and the built
in that I use for my bags, shoes and not much worn clothes is in a
dark corner and to be honest I can't really see what's in there at a
glance, I have to really concentrate or know what I'm looking for. But
today for some reason the gucci was calling out to me and I don't know
why I didn't think of it before. It's a perfect meeting bag and it
zips!! But I had to carry the docs in a muji black tote cos I had
loads of crap.

I'm sad to say it but I really need to rethink my clarins make up bag.
It's waaaaay too big :( all I had in my handbag today was the make up
bag and my purse. Everything else had to go in the muji. Sad times.

I've packed my bag for tomorrow. I'm using my tiny primark but a bit
concerned cos all it fits is my purse, oystercard, keys, lanyard.
Everything else is in the muji bag (still got docs cos didn't return
to my office) - and clarins is already redundant. The only make up I'm
carrying with me tomorrow is eyeliner, clinique stick foundation and
Vaseline! Ive got all day awareness sessions to deliver though so I'll
need to ponder over the lack of make up, I'll probably end up
switching to a bigger bag in the morning.

Wow these last two blogs have been boring, I do apologise! I've got a
product review coming up and a customer service rant and then to be
honest probably just more of these boring rambles until inspiration
strikes me so please forgive me and stick with me I'm sure things will
improve soon...give me some suggestions. I want to blog some big
topics but since I only work, sleep, work more and read books I'm not
really up to date with what's happening around me, which is lame but u
can't force a girl to watch tv u know!! I'll try read the Sun or
something ;)

Sweetdreams jellybeans x

Find a penny pick it up...

All day long youll have good luck.

In the chicken shop. Having a lamb kebab roll, chips and chicken
wings. A is feeling shakey, hope we don't end up in an ambulance
tonight per usual, I really got a lot of work to be doing. (I'm not a
total cow she told me to write that!)

....ok I'm at home now about to go to sleep. A made it through the
work day :)

Tomorrow I'm going to a loooong meeting in marylebone. Bit nervous cos
I don't think I was originally invited but my boss put me onto the
list so everyone there is going to be more senior then me and know
what their talking about. I hope the tube isn't packed so that I can
read my notes.

No idea what to wear. And even more concerned with what bag to carry.
I was planning to carry a new handbag I got (when I went lakeside but
forgot to mention it cos too excited about freebie make up bag, that A
pointed out cost £54 but whatever) which is tiny, like a A5 sized
paper and it's a light beigey stoney grey color with silver and gold
tiny studs/beads and a kind of big bow ruchey thing and it's an across
the body bag.£6 primark!! And in it I'd have my oyster card, name
badge, keys, ipod, phone and Vaseline and I was also going to take my
black leather document bag and put my make up bag, shoes and my work
notes (it's like 200 pages) in it but boo hoo I can't find the
document bag :( I must have left it at my parents house. And I can't
carry my speedy cos of the work notes. So I was thinking about taking
my neverfull cos I can bung everything in there easily but a) strap
hurts my arm if it's too heavy (which it obviously will be!!) and b)
if it rains or snows my bag will be full of it since it doesn't have a
zipper or anything. Really want to carry my new primarni but don't
think bringing the junk that doesn't fit in a sainsburys plastic
carrier bag will make a good impression :( ....wow that was a big
paragraph debating a bag. I won't go into clothes, don't worry!

These past few weeks have really messed up my hair washing schedule
though, I'm not happy. Washed my hair this morning and just rough
dried it. Worst hair in the building today :( but I'm washing my hair
tomorrow too so didn't want to completely fry it. So I've brushed it
and put intensive conditioner on my (dry) ponytail and will wash it
out in the morning. I read about it somewhere so hopefully I don't
wake up with a green ponytail! Saying that I sometimes put olive oil
(and a few times I've used cooking oil!) in overnight and it's fine;
not doing that now cos it takes a few washes to get out and i assume
it doesn't smell good and your hair looks greasy. I only do it when I
know I won't be leaving the house for a while.

Ok this blog is major lame but I've been a bit blaaaah today so can't
focus to even recap on actual events in my boring day.

One thing before go, I started and named (cos A found and pucked up a
penny coin off the floor) this blog at lunchtime and then at around
4pm some guy at work just randomly said "see a penny pick it up all
day long you'll have good luck", how's that for coincidence?

Goodnight xxx

Product Rave

Product = Loreal Elvive smooth silk intense anti frizz serum.

This is a hair serum that can be used on wet and dry hair.

I've spoken of my love of hair serums before and also about how hard
it is to find the perfect one (for me and my hair type). I've only
used this product twice but I want to rave about it now - I love it!!!

I bought it when it was on offer in superdrug but I think it usually
retails for maybe about £4-5?

The reason why I love it is simply because it works!!! It really
lessens the frizz and another perk is that it helps detangle wet hair
which is handy when I'm running late in the mornings!!

I can't report back on the smell but consistancy of the product is
watery. Tbh when I first pumped some out into my hand I thought "uh
oh" but I soon as I had run it through my hair I knew that this was
good. And its not just to straighten hair, it also is good to defrizz
pretty waves too. Major recommendation.

5 stars for fish sauce!!

Hello!

Today was a good day. Felt very long though. Boss declared it national
penny day and said I could do what I wanted, which sounds fun but
isn't in reality since there is nothing to do (apart from work stuff).
So I did work stuff.

Then off home (and wow it was still light, summer is on the way - and
yes I say this despite the snow that did fall in my area).

Had a lovely dinner with S and R, crabstick fried rice, which is
basically Thai khao pad pu but with cheap crabsticks instead of 'real
crab'. It was delish even if I do say so myself. I'm proud of myself
and relieved that I've finally added another dish to my repetoire
(spaghetti bol, lasagne, salmon, jerk chicken (breast, wings, thighs),
basic curry from a jar and now frie rice yay!!!). My next aim is to
make pad Thai, which is a strange choice for me cos I don't
particularly love it but since I'm starting to use those type of
ingredients (erm, spring onions) I thought I'd give it a whizz. Five
stars for fish sauce!!! *****

And now when people ask if I can cook Thai food I can say yes :)
People find it strange that I can't cook Thai food (well actually I
can't cook at all which doesn't help) but why do they assume that I
would? Just because I am yellow. Ignoramus. I was born and bred in
east London, I grew up on fish fingers and chicken nuggets (my mum
isn't much of a cook either). The only Thai we had was corriander in
our spaghetti (which is really yummy btw).

Next week R, S and I are going to have our first come dine with me
event. S has volunteered to go first. Really looking forward to it.
Wish there was a £1000 prize though!!!! R is nervous that we won't be
able to eat her creations but anything is better then toast!!! Bring
it on!

What's on my menu? Well, originally I was going to do a Thai theme:
Starter - Thai fish cakes with relish and sweet chilli
Main - beef pad seeiew (totally wrong spelling but yummy yummy
noodles, my fav)
Dessert - some sort of sorbet, either mango or lychee, but the guys
don't really like sorbet so not too certain. Proper Thai desserts are
hard to make.

Or Id want to do a lebanese style menu but the meat bits would take
toooo long to cook and the ingredients would be pricey I think. Not
sure when my turn is so I'll start researhing recipes.

Waiting for R to text to say she's home safe. My eyelids are starting
to droooooop....

Oh! The reason why it was national penny day was because the big VIP
visit was cancelled but noone bothered to tell me so I was stressing
for nothing, and I was sad cos I was early to work (and trust it was
haaard dragging myself out of bed!) and dressed all smart.

Also, my 'what's in ur handbag' post went out by accident cos I hadnt
finished it, sorry for the crappy read. I think when I'm online via
laptop I'll edit it (don't worry I don't have any more junk in my bag,
just want to add info about each item rather then just the list that
went out).

Ok R is home safe so I'm hitting the hay.

Hope everyone has a great week ahead. Sweetdreams xxx