07/07 - Sunday, Sunday

06/07 - Escapism

After yesterday I decided to immerse myself in a little escapism this evening.. I thought I'd share the new game I'm playing, it's awesome! I've been playing the sims game for probably more than 15 years now and at 27 show no sign of losing interest.. Am I alone in assuming if have "grown out of it" by now?

05/07 - Work Limbo

I know many of you worry about me venting my frustrations about work on the Internet but you needn't. The job I hold has never been secure and never less than right now so I very much doubt any rants or rambling in here or my vlogs will do much to make it worse. With a break for the baby I've been at my current job for 2 and a half years and I'm still a temp. I am paid considerably less than a contracted employee to do the job I do and in recent months that's made me less and less attached to the job. You guys know I've been considering going it alone as a full time blogger for a while now and that decision is a tough one that I just can't make. I'd planned to reduce my hours but in the coming weeks it may just be taken out of my hands entirely. It could be for the best.. It's hard to make that leap and if I lose my job I know I'll be fine so I'm not fretting too much financially but in the past week we've lost 2 people and today it was Danielle (pictured). You may know her from my vlogs or on on twitter as @officialskinner. Danielle really brightened up a very tense working environment and when she left I will admit.. I shed a tear. She will really be missed and the one other temp and I that are left are now left in this no mans land wondering if we'll be told we're no longer needed at a moments notice. Like I say it's not the money, it's the people. You see these people everyday, they become like family and suddenly you may never see them again.. Oh and you don't have a job. I've been made redundant before, the whole office just like this and it's absolutely gutting on a social level. Right now I don't know what I'm hoping for, it's going to be a totally different place to work now and I can't imagine it will be for the better but for those of you who have been following the wok drama, this is an update. It's very much a one day at a time situation and once I do eventually go I'll tell you the WHOLE story ;)

04/07 - I Heart (Hate) Blogger

I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the blogger app on my iPhone. I love the idea of blogging on the go and especially for this blog I want it to be as easy as possible to post daily excerpts without having to sit at my desk. I already take my beauty blog pretty seriously, I treat it like a job now and so this is my little haven of relaxed ramblings. Unfortunately for the last few weeks the app has been temperamental, I write my posts and believe I've published them until days later I take a look and.. they're not there. I'm not sure if it's my internet connection when I'm away from home or what but this evening I managed to 'retry' every post and they went up fine.. just not when I wrote them and isn't that the point of daily blogging? *SIGH*

Anyway.. just a little post to say I'm trying to keep on top of it and will be more diligent in future, I appreciate those of you who have followed me over to this more personal space so I don't want you to wonder where I've gone.. I am indeed still here with lots to say!

03/07 - Twitter Party Reminder

Thought I'd take a second to remind you guys that I'm running a Twitter Party with Fee from MakeupSavvy.co.uk 7-8pm tonight. The invite is below, anyone can join in using the #SEVENTEENonthespot and if you do you will be in with a chance of winning 1 of 6 goody bags so.. why not get involved?

02/07 - What The Pollen?

Guys, what the f**k is going on with the pollen right now? I have never in my life seen it like it is at the moment, it's crazy! I hear it's the highest pollen count we've had for 50 years and that they expect everyone to develop some form of hayfever this summer because of it, whaa? No surprise I have been feeling fluey for the past couple of weeks. I actually had no idea what the fluff was until I asked you guys in a vlog.. it looked like a dandelion (above) but I never thought it could actually be related.. turns out it is so if you're eyes are itchy, you're headachey and suddenly have the sniffles... this is why!

01/07 - Sports Day Snapshot

Today was Ella's first sports day I actually managed to see between bad weather and work schedules. As you can see Milo enjoyed himself, cheering on his sister and Ella came second in the obstacle race - woohoo!