AshesFromStars

So, as it turns out my new shop isn’t half as bad as I thought it was going to be, and the staff seem alright too. Obviously I’m still settling into my new job but it’s been a good week, if not a hell of a lot busier than I’m used to and I miss the boys so much! It’s weird not seeing them everyday. Really weird.

(Un)luckily for me it has been decided that the main area that is going to be concentrated on within this shop for the next couple of months is the newspapers and magazines and that I’m going to be the one doing so. I don’t mind dealing with them and the new procedures are exactly what’s needed so I can’t wait to get right into it and prove that I can turn the sales and waste around. They’re a big problem in most of the stores, so I’m led to believe, so it’s great being involved in something that obviously can bring in more money to my store - and hopefully others that are having the same problems. Plus it means I can do things my way, to a degree, and have something to concentrate on in the store.

Don’t get me wrong, there’s lots wrong with the store and the problems are being ironed out one by one and it’s taking time. My new manager is an excellent one, and has been with the company for a long while so I’m really looking forward to learning everything that I can from him. But, I do miss my boys, I can’t see me being the same with my new work mates.

The hard work that I’ve put in already is having a fantastic effect on my health - I’m down to smoking between 5 and 10 cigarettes a day because I only smoke about 2 cigarettes when I’m at work due to not having cigarette breaks and, weirdly enough, being in an environment where food is being cooked (the shop has a hot food to go takeaway) is the best appetite suppressant in the world. After smelling the bacon and sausages being cooked in the morning is actually putting me off of eating until I get home and have a big, healthy dinner. And promptly fall asleep at 8pm, waking up at 5am the next day!

I’ve also sort of picked up another job on top of my ‘real’ job - making money online. Regular visitors of this blog will be aware that I’m trying to net myself an extra £10 a day throughout October by any means possible online and I’m doing not too bad so far. I’ve raked in $32.49 through Amazon’s MTurk, £47.50 through Quidco (although I won’t count this until the money’s actually in my account) and so far I’m at £30 from paid blogging and I’ve still to list items on eBay - and I have loads for stuff to list! I’ve also come across some great websites listing freebies that I can get my hands on too - hey, anything you can get for free is ok in my book.

One such website, absurdly cool freebie finder, gathers freebies from other websites and lists them each day and offers users the chance to rate and comment about the freebies on offer - and it’s awesome. Today I’ve bagged myself 2 cosmetic samples and some ice cube trays (right ok, I don’t need ice cube trays but they’re always handy to have in the kitchen for impromptu parties). The design of the site isn’t perhaps the best in the world, nor is it the worst, but I get my updates through my RSS reader so the design doesn’t bother me - plus all the offers are separated into the countries that they apply to.

They also have this nifty feature that weeds out the scams so there’s very little chance of you not getting your freebie through the post. It’s such a fantastic little website to follow because you never know what you might get for free one day and there’s a better chance of you finding out about it through this site than if you’re only a member of one freebie website.

I really am a lazy designer. I’ve realised that I not longer try to code anything, I just search for the appropriate WordPress plugin and away I go.

I’ve also shunned everything that I believe in for this theme - clean lines, web 2.0 feel. I’ve gone back to my routes of funky, grungy layouts and I rather like it. Just the left hand side bar is annoying the life out of me. I’ll get around to fixing that later on though since I’m on my way out at the moment.

To tidy the boyfriend’s bedroom. Oh lucky me. He called me earlier to say that he’d bought a new chest of drawers from Argos for his room and that he was going home to start tidying it up to fit the drawers in and finally get rid of all the stuff in his room he doesn’t need any more… holey jeans, videos, random books that have never been opened. I’m leaving it as long as possible before heading down to his house because I hate tidying up, especially when it’s not my stuff to tidy.

Oh wait, he’s called me again. A lot of it is mine, oops. I generally leave clothes at his house all the time. Maybe I’ll be able to find my work shoes that I lost about 6 weeks ago? Or the new tshirts that I’ve yet to wear, I think they are in a bag in his room somewhere. And I wonder why I’m always broke?

I got my free ring from the Silver Jewerly Club in the post. And it’s gorgeous, it’s very Celtic looking without being the typical Claddagh style, with a cobalt blue stone. Stunning, and it matches my necklace that the boyfriend bought me in Dublin perfectly. Such a shame my battery is dead in my camera or I’d post a picture of it.

How cute is Abbi? I was going to the bathroom last night and walked past my mum’s bedroom only to see that the dog was sleeping in her bed, under the covers and using a pillow. I just had to run back to my bedroom and grab my camera and take a picture. Seriously, she’s so cute. Why waste money on pet beds when she looks so cute in my mums bed?