I dont have the internet in my house, which can sometimes be a bit annoying, but recently one of the four girls that i live with in London has moved out. I have since moved to her room (it’s a bit bigger than my old room) so i got the laptop out and tried to connect to a network. BT openzone is available so i tried to connect to that, but it doesnt seem to be working. And now, I think i have connected to some random network but it keeps cutting me off.
I should really think about buying my own internet. But for a 23 year old girl in london on not such a great wage - i think i will just FREEBIE it for now…
I cannot believe it is snowing today! It’s so weird that yesterday was hot and today there is snow. I bought the book ‘6 degrees’ about the effect global warming is having on the environment/weather. I haven’t read it yet but I will do soon as I think it will be quite interesting.
Luckily the tube strike is off too. It was meant to start today and end on Wednesday. But it has been called off. I don’t normally travel around London on the tube, I’m quite a lucky girl as I live a 10 min walk away from work so i don’t use the tube that often. i’m also quite central so tend to walk everywhere that i am going!
Anyone doing anything fun tonight? It’s Friday and I feel like I should be going out somewhere. For a girl in london, I am making a poor effort tonight. That’s mostly because I am ill with a cold so I can’t go out with workmates because I didn’t go to work.
I’m staying in with my boyfriend tonight. He has been away at his mum’s house in the countryside for the last few days and tonight he is cooking me a couq au van (whatever that is). I think its like a massive stew. Yay, think i would rather be a girl in london who stays inside the house tonight. There’s plenty of other nights i can go out, and its not every day that i get dinner cooked for me. hooray.
Well, I’m off sick today, I have a cold. Everyone in my department has had it already and now me too! oh well. Thought I would talk a bit about my exciting job while i’m on here as i have nothing else to write about.
Earlier on I typed in buyers associate into google and there isnt many website’s which tell you about the job. So I thought I would talk about my role in case anyone is interested to go into buying as a career. I worked in fashion buying for four weeks and decided it wasn’t for me. It’s a bit too fast paced and you don’t get to spend time with the product because the clothes are always in and out and thats it. Also, you will find that with fashion, the designers have a big input into what you should be buying. Therefore, if your quite creative, it’s a bit frustrating.
I have moved into homeware buying and I have started off as a buyers associate. i have had quite a lot of retail experience coming from a merchandising background so I’m finding it quite easy to make the transition. I am really enjoying being a buying associate so far and each day is different. In short, no day is the same as the last. But the base of the role is that the suppliers will send samples in to you. You decide whether you like the sample and what you want changed. Then you will have a meeting with the supplier to discuss changes, then a red/silver/green (whatever you want to call it) will be sent with all the changes made. This is a pre production sample. Once this is approved, a gold seal will be sent. (this is a production sample). Its a really fun and exciting job and every girls dream to be buying stuff for a living!
Watch out all you guys and girls! Its two days till April Fools Day. This is just a pre-warning so none of you gullible ones get caught out.
I had a friend at uni and her birthday was on April Fools day which is quite funny, poor girl we did tease her sometimes but she managed to laugh it off! Apparently April Fools day started off in France and they try and pin paper fishes to people’s backs on april fools. I think Italy do it too, never seen it over here though!
I think people are too highly strung in London, could you imagine trying to pin a fish on one of those city types on the tube or something. that would serve them right, they always look so miserable, always dressed in black and have a cloud of stress surrounding them!
Well, I’m not a very happy girl! The clocks have gone forward today, which is a bit annoying because i think that it shouldn’t be allowed on a weekend! I feel i have had an hour taken from me! It’s going to take a bit of time to get used to it because i think my internal body clock is going to be confused. However, its now the beggining of summer and longer days so you can’t really argue with that.
I was reading about the clocks changing and apparently Britain has only been doing it for less than a hundred years. It was some guy who suggested it because he liked to ride his horse but had to get up early as most of the daylight was in the morning! I think he was lonely because he never saw anyone else around on his rides so suggested to put the clocks forward in the summer! hehe. Its quite interesting to read about (here).
It’s going to start getting lots more fun in London now the clocks have gone forward - it will feel a lot nicer because i will be able to go out after work and stay out a bit later as it will be light. Hooray for the summer!
Guess what! I have today off work and I’m going to brighton for the weekend for a family members birthday. We are going to eat at a really lovely fish restaurant on Brighton Marina, its the best fish I have ever eaten. Then tomorrow I am going for drinks. Im looking forward to it should be good!
Just waiting for my boyfriend to get his stuff together cos he is coming too but he is taking ages and singing to himself. haha! he would be really embarassed if anyone heard his song!
I think i ate some dodgy sausages this morning, my stomach was not happy at all!
What a bad easter I am having. I have received a total of no easter eggs whatsoever. MEAN!
I have decided to look forward and not back from now on, people are starting to really annoy me as it turns out that you can’t trust anyone these days. I’m actually looking forward to going back to work on Tuesday, its more fun than thinking about all the sh*t in your life. I am really enjoying my new job. I think i will do it to get some more experience and then if i get bored, I’m going to go travelling or something. yay!
I guess having started a new job has taken it’s toll. Girl in London (yes, me) is ill! How bad. I feel like I’m getting the flu or something it’s really depressing. I hate being ill. I’m hoping I will be okay for easter because I am going to go home to Brighton and I dont particularly want to be with a cold. I’m at my boyfriends, he is out with his mates and I am so hungry but I’m achey and dont want to leave the house - so i am hoping he brings me a KFC on his way home. fingers crossed!!!
Wow, has anyone ever been to Borough Market in London Bridge. I went there yesterday (a busy Saturday) and it was AWESOME. The market is all about food, so dont go there expecting to buy clothes! There are so many fruit and veg stalls, along with meat/fish. It’s amazing, I have never seen so much fresh produce in one place! The stalls offer so much choice, you should see the amount of mushrooms you can buy from one stall! (see pic)
There were a lot of stalls offering burgers/hot dogs/chorizo rolls etc. They all smelled great, but I cant help but feel I was let down on this one occassion. I chose to eat at the corner grill which were cooking up burgers and hot dogs. At £3.80 a burger I thought it was quite pricey but I decided to get one anyway, thinking it would be the best burger I had ever eaten. Unfortunately the burger wasnt up to my high standards and tasted like it had been sitting on the grill for quite some time and wasn’t juicy at all 
What a disappointment…. I’m sure I will go back to Borough Market in the near future so if you know of any better food stalls then post a comment.
