Howdy

So it's been quite a while since I posted here. Something happened that made me not want to blog particularly and so I didn't, and the longer I left it the harder it seemed to come back. But anyway, here I am, and I've decided to make a shedule for both this blog and my other one so that I can give them and myself a bit of organisation and structure. When I've finalised that structure I'll let you know. But until then, we're heading into winter (which is my favourite) and I need a new coat, plus I always want new boots. Here's some that I'm currently considering. So much choice, what's a girl to do?

Coats by emma-68 featuring platform heels

Clockwise from left: Dorothy Perkins, £69; H&M, £35; H&M, £40; Topshop, £75; New Look, £55; New Look, £15

A plan. Kind of.

So I have a gameplan with regards to my blog. I'm going to make a schedule for it. And I'm going to stick to it. I realise that may be hard to believe if you were around for my failed photo challenge and my doomed book challenge. Nevertheless, this will work. I have a good feeling about it. 

I don't quite know what this schedule will be at the moment, it's a work-in-progress, but as soon as I've finalised it I'll let you know. I'm thinking it'll be something like I'll post on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, although what kind of things I'll post on each respective day I'm not sure yet. I think this will be good for me and good for my blog to have some kind of structure and encourage me to be more organised. Before I was happy to just update my blog as and when I felt like it but doing that is meaning there are often huge gaps between posts (which you've probably noticed) because it always feels like I've posted more recently than I actually have. For instance I thought I had written my last post about a week ago when actually it was on the 3rd of October. Oops.

So anyway, that's my plan and hopefully I'll have my new system up and running by next week. Fingers crossed. In other news, I've been poorly sick with tonsillitis and the most horrendous cold, so I've been at home surrounded by tissues and watching Game of Thrones (I am officially obsessed).

Song of the Day: Zoom by Last Dinosaurs

Currently reading: We Need To Talk About Kevin, although I haven't progressed any further with it than last time. Sigh.

Hi

So you may have noticed my unplanned absence from blogging. But honestly, sometimes things happen that you don't really want to talk about, or feel like you shouldn't talk about, but when that's the only thing you can even think to talk about, sometimes it's better not to talk at all. Does that make sense? Good. Moving on.

The idea of blogging again after such a long time has felt pretty overwhelming because not only had I not written anything personally, but I also hadn't read any of the blogs that I follow since the beginning of September. Now that's a lot of blogs. I kept putting off logging into Blogger and Bloglovin' because I knew there would be a lot to read, and the longer I left it, the worse I knew it would be. But yesterday I spoke to my mum and she reminded me that the last time I had blogged was the middle of August or something. So I decided to fix that today.

I'm already excited about Christmas. Online websites have already added a Christmas section with gift ideas and trees and decorations, making my inner 5 year old squeal with delight. I'm working Christmas Day this year, which I'm surprisingly OK with. Last year I was dead set against working it (which worked out wonderfully because I didn't have to), but the more I thought about it this year, the more I realised that it really wasn't a big deal - I'm sure my family will be nice enough to wait until I get home to eat! Plus the tips will probably be pretty good.

Talking of work though, I've started to get increasingly annoyed at customers who think me and the other waitresses are the same person. Last week I took the meals out to two ladies who were sitting in the section of another waitress, so I hadn't served them at all up until this point. So I put the meals down and one of the ladies asked if they could order more drinks, so I said yes, and then she said, "We'll just have the same again, please." 
So I said, "I've got no idea what you've had I'm afraid, I'm a different person." I said it with a laugh and a smile, but the lady was very apologetic which made me feel quite bad. But to be honest, the number of times I've been confused for another waitress is ridiculous. And it's not just a case of two of us looking quite similar, as it's several different people that I have been confused with. And I know other waitresses have had similar experiences. I guess that when some people go out they don't really pay too much attention to you as a person, which is pretty rude considering you're trying to help them have a good evening. Oh, and another work annoyance is when customers assume that every single member of staff knows what's going on with every single order that has been taken. The other week I had literally only just got into work, I hadn't taken any orders yet, and a lady came up to the bar and said, "Have you forgotten about my coffee then?" I'd never even seen this woman before. 

OK that's my work rant over, and hopefully I'll get into a better blogging routine soon.

Song of the Day: Long Division by Death Cab for Cutie

Currently reading: Technically I'm reading We Need To Talk About Kevin but I haven't picked it up in ages. Oops.

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You're probably not going to believe this but...I finished a book. That's right. A whole book. OK, so it was The Catcher In The Rye which isn't exactly a long, difficult read, but still. I finished it. And I can officially cross it off my list, which you can find here. Although maybe don't click that link as you will then see how horrifically slack I have been. Anyway, as I now seem to have some kind of momentum going with my reading, instead of trying to finish It, On The Road, and A Clockwork Orange, I'm going to read something brand new and not stop until I've finished it. Then I can go back to unfinished books at a later date. I am definitely not going to finish all 30 books by the end of the year but I'm hoping to do over half of them, I'm pretty sure that is do-able at this point.

So that is how I spent the majority of my day, sitting outside in the sunshine reading a book, whilst my mother painted the garden fences. I like to think I was a big help to her.

Song of the Day: Blue Light by Bloc Party

Currently reading: I'm about to start We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

I've been a very bad blogger

Oh hey, middle of August, when did you get here?

Sorry I disappeared for a while, please don't shout at me. I have been pretty busy but to be fair nothing that justifies an absence of this long! But anyway, I got my haircut today and figured I may as well make a return to this poor, neglected blog.

I bought this shirt yesterday and I loooove it. I also bought a couple of other bits that I am excited to showcase at some point. Although I do think it's worth mentioning that even though it's August and still technically summer, I have already purchased two items of knitwear. Bring on autumn/winter (my favourite seasons anyway!).

Shirt: H&M

Leggings: Dorothy Perkins

I cut off my feet in these photographs because I'm wearing socks with sheep on them over the bottom of my leggings and it is not a particularly blog-worthy look, I'm sure you'll agree!

I promise it won't be long until I post again this time!

What are we supposed to do now?

I've just been watching all the London 2012 montage videos on the BBC website, my dad has downloaded the closing ceremony soundtrack and that has been blasting all morning, and I am so very, very sad that it's all over. It's hard to know what to do with yourself after something that has pulled you in so completely is suddenly gone. The pictures in the papers and the headlines about how well London did have made me well up with pride, which is a lovely feeling, because us Brits don't tend to be overwhelmingly patriotic at the best of times. My personal highlights of the closing ceremony have got to be the Spice Girls and Eric Idle. Oooh, and Take That were fantastic as well.

So yes, London 2012 has drawn to a close, but at least I know where to find some awesome montage videos if I ever need a burst of national pride. Cheers London, you've been awesome.

Song of the Day: Waiting For My Chance To Come by Noah & The Whale

Currently Reading: ALL OF THE BOOKS

Olympic Fever

Yes, yes, I'm aware I've been a tad absent lately, but I have been to Barmouth visiting Daf's family and also I'm just a bit rubbish. But let's talk about the Olympics shall we? Aren't we doing well?


I was saying to my dad the other day that every time Team GB win a gold medal I get an undeserved feeling of accomplishment, like I have just won a gold medal. And I think that's what I love about the Olympics this year; because they're in London I feel a lot more involved than I have done during previous Olympics (despite the fact that I live nowhere near London). I don't know, perhaps it's because I'm in the same timezone as all the action. But anyway, at the moment we seem to be winning gold medals left, right and centre, and the fact that a nation as small as Great Britain are currently sitting third in the medals table is fantastic, and I'm feeling pretty proud of my country right now. Here's hoping Andy Murray wins himself a gold medal or two today.


Finally, here is a photograph that I took of some bubbles when I was in Barmouth. (Bubbles are very hard to photograph).

Song of the Day: Waste by Foster the People. I feel like I might have used this as song of the day before but I can't remember so I'm just going with it.


Currently reading: Oh, so many books.