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More like Less Money More Problems! I'm going to be hit with lots of bank charges next month, going to cost me about £100 :( I've also got other things to pay for like rent, bills, haircut, eyebrow threading, friend's birthday present & party, sofa/chair covers, removal people & van....... ouch. I think I'm going to put off the glasses until my next pay. The haircut.... well I can't claim it's essential but I do need it.... ha ha. And for the rest of the month I'm going to have to be really careful. *sigh* well that's the plan.
I've got other plans.....
♥ look better
I think I'm an average looking girl. I'm not that good looking, I'm not that bad looking (most of the time), I'm just somewhere in the middle. But, I believe I could look better. I wear make up but I think I could wear it better. I've never really worn foundation. For the last 2 years I've worn a Benefit face powder but it's now running out, and also, I think I need more coverage now that I am 27 *sob sob* and so, I have been looking in to foundations and have decided that tomorrow, when I get paid, I will be taking advantage of the 3 for 2 offer on Max Factor in Boots, and buying their Experience liquid foundation, and also their minerals foundation. I'll throw in their False Lash Effect mascara to complete the trio. I currently use & love that. I've no idea what shade to go for, I'm hoping it's easy to choose when I'm in the shop. I need contact lenses & glasses. I MUCH prefer contacts. In fact I hate wearing glasses because I feel like they make me look bad. I feel like however good I think I look, when I put glasses on they bring the whole look down a touch. The thing is, I need to wear glasses to work because long days + sitting in front of a computer all day + contact lenses = headache. I had an eye test last week and I could do with new glasses but as I said I will get them in my next pay. I will need to choose nicer looking ones. The ones I have just now are not bad but I think I could do better. I'm paying much more attention to my wardrobe and keeping it up to date & also only buying clothes that will suit my shape. Then there's my hair. My hair can be good but I need to spend more time on it in the mornings. This will lead on to my next plan.
Wow, that probably sounds really vain but it's true...
♥ get up earlier and have some routine in the mornings
I'm so bad in the mornings it's unbelievable. It doesn't matter what time I set my alarm, I get out of bed at the latest time possible. Either that or I get up at a reasonable time but then I mess about watching tv or on my phone, and then I'm rushing about to get out the door. This is ridiculous, because I only live 10 mins walk from work. This is all going to change in a week because I am moving. I'll only be a 15/20 min walk from where I am now, but it'll still be a longer walk. I cannot be late for my work, it's just not an option so I have to make sure I'm on time. I don't want to be rolling out of bed like I have been doing because I won't have the cushion of the tiny walk to work. SO my plan is to get up earlier, give myself time to wake up, have a cup of tea, quick shower and time to make myself presentable and then being able to walk leisurely to work without being late!
Gotta be done! xx
I feeling a bit sorry for myself :( stupid I know but I can't help it.
Yesterday was my work Christmas night out. I had a great time during the day - me & my manager went out for our own wee Christmas lunch to Pizza Express (oh the glamour!) and had a few drinks and a great laugh. After that we went down to the bar at work to watch Come Dine With Me. Now, I know that might sound weird but CDWM was in Edinburgh this week, and one of the guys works in the building I work in, and a crowd went down to the bar to watch the final episode, which was also his night. It was good fun. Then we headed up the Royal Mile to a fancy little cocktail bar called Monteith's, which is really nice with lots of fairy lights. My friend met us there, then we went to a dodgy bar which I hated! We were only there for one though, and then headed to the hotel which our dinner was. I was a bit tipsy by then and having a good time.
Then it all started to go wrong.
Nothing really happened I just stopped having a good time and I wasn't having a laugh and kind of felt like I didn't fit in. I moved to Edinburgh properly about a year ago and I feel it's been difficult to make proper friends here. I have made a few I would say but not enough to make me happy :-/
I have my friend S who is a lovely guy but sometimes he's hard work. He can be veeeeeeeeeeery quiet and I feel like I have to make all the conversation, and then if I stop doing that, he won't start and will just stay quiet and I feel awkward :( I also have my friend (another S) who moved from Glasgow to live with her bf and is one of my proper friends from home, but now when I meet her in Edinburgh I feel bored because all she does is moan about bf and all their troubles. But, then I think "is the common denominator, me?" I have to have some part in it, right? So that makes me feel shit.
I miss my friends from home and how easy it is to be with them. I told my bf about this last night and his suggestion was to arrange to meet my friends tomorrow in Glasgow for lunch which I have arranged. I don't do this that much coz it costs to get here and back but I feel I need it.
The other thing is...... I seen pictures of me from last night and I look so fat in every picture :( shallow I know :(
I know this is (hopefully) just a phase I am going through like we all do from time to time xx
Heeeeeeeeey :)
I got my eyebrows threaded for the first time today. I usually get them waxed but I've wanted to try threading for a while. A colleague recommended that I just have a look in the windows of the little Indian fabric shops at the top of Leith Walk, and that they would probably have signs in the window advertising threading. I was a bit scared at the thought because I'm always a bit hesitant when trying new eyebrow places. I've had an eyebrow disaster once and it's sooooo bad coz it's right on your face and you can hardly do anything about it! Anyway, I was brave and decided to go for it. I'm a bit more handy with an eyebrow pencil these days and thought if it was messed up at least I could save it a bit.
So the first fabric shop on Leith Walk had a little sign outside advertising beauty treatments, including eyebrow threading so I hopped in. The woman behind the counter said it cost a fiver and said to go through the back and I'd probably have to wait 10 mins. I went through and there was a small room, with 2 big chairs in front of mirrors, a treatments bed and a few chairs for people to sit and wait on. There was 2 women working, and the waiting chairs were full so one of them told me to sit on the bed, so I did. I'd been sitting there a good few minutes when I realised there was a tiny baby just lying on the end of the bed! Bit surprising but hey ho. The baby started to cry and another lady came and took it away.
Eventually........... it was my turn! I'd heard that sometimes you have to hold your eyebrow up for them, so I said to the woman that it was my first time so she knew to tell me to do stuff. I didn't have to hold my eyebrow up but I did have to hold it down at one point. I must say, it was sore!!! But in a few minutes it was over and I handed over my fiver. After that I was straight on the bus to Asda which took ages, and so it was a while before I actually got a chance to look at my eyebrows properly and see if I liked them. I did look in the mirror in the shop but my brows were all red so I couldn't really tell. When I got there they had calmed down and I was really happy with them :) they are a nice shape and look more even than they usually do. Plus, it was only £5! I usually pay between £10-£15 for waxing. I'll definitely be back there, and hopefully it won't be as sore next time!
In other news, I had a busy weekend last week. On the Friday night I went to my friend Steven's flatwarming/birthday party. It was good and a met a few nice new people. On the Saturday, me & bf went to Glasgow. When we got there, he met his sister for lunch and I met my friend. We had lunch then took a walk along to Sloane's market - http://www.sloansglasgow.com/market which sells some lovely little things, and I bought 2 rings and a necklace. Then my other friend came along and we went to the pub, and bf met us there later. Me & bf had to leave eventually as we were going to my uncle's 50th. All of my family went for dinner. We had a private room in a local pub and it was lovely. After the meal, most people went home but me, bf, my aunt & uncle stayed til closing time and had a great time! There was a singer, and usually I hate live music, but I really enjoyed her singing. She was a great singer, sang great songs and also had a laugh with the crowd. She did little dances, and was even up dancing on a chair at one point. Also there was people up dancing the whole night, and dancing on tables! Great fun :)
On to this weekend :) last night we went to see Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows :-D I looooooooooved it :) I want to see it again. Today I got my eyebrows threaded, as I mentioned above, also got a little bit of shopping in ;) tonight me & bf are having a "bed night" which is when we got to bed really early and just watch tv, eat sweets & cuddle etc :) might sound silly but we love it ha ha :) xx
I had a great time on Saturday. My friend Steve came and picked me up and we drove off. I was a tiny bit worried because Steven is lovely but he can be very quiet at times and it feels a bit awkward, but I needn't have worried! He was great company on Saturday and we talked and laughed all day. We drove to The Fort which is a big kind of outdoor shopping centre/retail park in Edinburgh, and went to a couple of shops there. I was on a mission to get all 4 different shades of Nails Inc polish free with Glamour magazine and I was successful! I got 3 of them in Superdrug & the last one in Boots :) we then nipped to Ikea where we walked round for a while and spent ages smelling all the candles. We both came out with a bag full of them! After that we took a short drive to a lovely little pub called The Stables which was a proper old fashioned pub with a coal fire and we had lunch there. We drove back in to town after that and went round Sainsbury's, before he dropped me off home :)
After I got home me & bf went out to get Christmas decorations! :) we got everything we wanted. We came home to watch X Factor but didn't have a great night because the guy upstairs decided to have a party with a million people at it and blast his music :( hate hate hate hate.
On Sunday I got up early and went to a Spin class. I used to do them all the time when I was younger but gave them up years ago. It was tough but I really enjoyed myself and I'm looking forward to going to my next one. After that I met my friend Sam and we went for lunch, then viewed a couple of gyms in Edinburgh. I think will be joining Factory Gym, but we are trying to get a discount on the joining fee before we do it! xx
Sooooooooooooo, hi :)
I went to the doctors on Friday regarding my pill/headache issues. She was about to give me a different pill but before that she took my blood pressure. My blood pressure has always been fine. For some reason, on Friday it was too high :-/ she said it could be connected to my heart issues, maybe not but she wasn't comfortable giving me another pill while my blood pressure was up and so asked if I would come off it for 6/8 weeks and see how it goes with everything. Which means relying on condoms for a while, eeeeek. I'm back at the hospital on Friday for my heart so I'm just playing the waiting game just now to see what happens and see what all the doctors are going to say.
In other news, me & bf took Friday & Monday off work :) so on Friday after the doctor, we went for breakfast./ I had lovely pancakes & syrup, yummmmmmmmmmm. Then we went to have a little look round the shops, then to the cinema to see Despicable Me in 3D, which was so funny :) we then went for lunch and then back to the cinema to see Red, which was great too. Had a cosy night in after that :) On Monday we plan to stay in aaaaaaaaaaaaaall day and watch films in the flat with loads of sweets & chocolate. Might sounds sad to some people but I am looking forward to it :)
Yesterday I went shopping. I went to La Senza and got measured, then bought 2 bras in my new size. Well, it wasn't really a different size, the thing was that I don't really suit a plunge bra, I much more suit a balconette bra! It's true, my boobies look much bigger & better in a balconette bra! I then headed to the train station to make a trip to my nearest Primark, which is in Dunfermline. Normally I can get a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunfermline & back no problem, but I discovered yesterday that there are engineering works from now til December, which made my trip a million times more difficult. I had to get a train from Waverley to Haymarket. At Haymarket (which is still in Edinburgh), no one knew what was going on, not even the staff. They didn't know which train was leaving from which platform and when, so it was a little difficult! Finally managed to get to Dunfermline and got my shopping done. Getting back from Dunfermline was even more difficult than getting there! When I got to the station in Dunfermline there had just been a train to Haymarket cancelled, and there was no information about the next train. Eventually got one, then had to wait aaaaaaaaaaaaaaages for a train at Haymarket to Waverley. The platform was so busy and there was loads of screaming, crazy kids :( I hate kids at the best of times but when they're shout & screaming it is just my worst nightmare. Anyway! Made it home eventually!!! :)
Got home, put my shopping bags in then headed back out to the supermarket to get some vodka for a party I was going to last night. I bought Absolut pear vodka & lemonade. My friend brought over orange vodka & champagne! We had a drink in mine then headed to the party, which was a bit weird. The birthday girl had asked everyone to dress "formally". I enjoyed getting all dressed up but there was actually guys wearing tuxes & bow ties, and everything was a bit strange & subdued and we just got bored so we sneaked out! We walked about Edinburgh for ages before finding food then heading home. Had a bit of a headache this morning but fine apart from that :) xx
