Rating and Slating 25/03/2010

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• Sunny days - its not exactly scorching, but the sunshine we've had this last week has definitely lifted my mood
• Looking forward to a fun packed weekend - one of my besties is coming up for the weekend and we've made lots of exciting plans including going to play in the snow at Xscape on Saturday - yay!
• True Blood – I held off watching season 2 online but I’m loving it on FX HD! Alexander Skarsgard in HD = doubly delicious!

(it had to be done!)

Slating

• Car Insurance - turns out my insurance has shot up since getting my new wheels, which means even less cash to splurge on fun things :(
• Running out of reading material – now I’ve finished the Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries I’m all out of books. Think a trip to Waterstones on payday is required!

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Rating and Slating 23/02/2010

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·         The return of the internet - tomorrow hopefully!

·         Having nails - having read Leanne's blog posts and seeing the wonderful world of Konad I want it!

·         Having nearly 100 followers - I'm still surprised anyone reads this drivel, but thank you one and all!

 

Slating

·         Having the urge to splurge - the spending ban has been going quite well, however the last few weeks I've been having to try extra hard to curb myslef - I've even resorted to taking my switch card out of my purse and giving it to the Mr to look after!

·         Mini delay - looks like its going to be another couple of weeks until I can pick my new car up, which makes me sad.

·         Bad news - it seems to have been a week filled with bad news and its only Tuesday - hopefully things will get better towards the end of the week.

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Rating and Slating 08/02/2010

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·         T minus 3 weeks until I get my Mini - EEEEEEEK

·         Still enjoying the gym - I'm still looking forward to going to the gym and an actually starting to see some results - go me!

·         My new 'do - its different but I love it! Plus it gives me the perfect excuse to try out all manner of new products.

·         February being a short month - I may actually manage to make my pay packet stretch the whole distance for once

 

Slating

·         No internet access at home - STILL! You don't realise how dependant you are on something until its taken away! On the plu s side it does mean that I've got about 6 posts drafted and ready to go!

·         Valentines Day - call me miserable but I just can't be arsed with it all. To be honest I'm of the opinion that if you can't be nice to each other everyday, why bother on one day…just because Clinton Cards tells you to?? (The Mr thanks his lucky stars about this!)

 

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Rating and Slating 28/10/2009

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• UGGs - I'm on my third pair now and I honestly don't know what I'd do without them. I've even resorted to keeping an old pair under my desk at work!
• Guinea Pigs - After a trip to Pets at Home for some food for devil-cat, I finally managed to convince the Mr that we need a Guinea Pig (or two) in our lives


• New Moon Midnight showings - got my tickets booked, eeek!


• Sleek Graphite Palette - I picked this up at lunchtime and I can't wait to give it a whirl!

Slating

• Leaving the office when its dark - I don't mind getting to work when its dark, but leaving the office in the pitch black is not good (It doesn't help matters that we share a building with the probation service). For some reason everything is so much more effort when its dark - going to the gym, going to the cinema, doing the washing...I just want to hibernate!!


• Not being able to get a hair appointment when I need one as my hairdresser's going on holiday - I'm sure if she saw the state of my roots she'd be on the first plane home.

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Rating and Slating 19/10/2009

The original plan was to put one of these together every Tuesday, but this week it’s a little bit early as I’ll be at the match tomorrow night cheering on the (not so) mighty Owls.

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• My new blue woolly beret from Next – I’m very much a hat person, and I love my latest purchase, it’s a really pretty royal blue with little sequins (I’m a sucker for a sequin or 50).
• Sleek Storm Palette – This has been nestling in the bottom of one of my make-up boxes for too long. It’s had a revival of sorts over the last weekend.
• Windows Live Writer - Makes this blogging lark easy peasey lemon squeezy, and I’m all for making life simpler!
• Getting back in my kitchen groove – Baking, making soups, Sunday dinners, whatever. The thing I love most about winter is cooking up a storm (we’re very BBQ reliant in the summer!)
• Counting down to my holiday – I’ve already started ticking off the days to my mini snowboarding holiday in January. We usually go to Canada over Christmas to visit the rellies but this year they’re coming over here – they must be mad, why would anyone leave the snow for a wet, miserable Christmas in the UK?! I thought this had put paid to my snowboarding this year (aside from a few trips to Xscape), but the Mr surprised me with a 4 day break to Les Saisies on the 7 January - Yay!!

Slating

• The Rain – My hair doesn’t cope with humidity very well (think Monica from Friends), which is probably half of the reason I’m such a fan of hats!
• Being poor – Though I know paying my overdraft off is a good thing, I’m not loving the fact that it means I’m going to be living on a shoestring until February. This is NOT good for my make-up habit.
• Sky Plus being on the blink – Naturally, the Mr sees this as a blessing / a sign that we need Sky HD upstairs as well. I see it as a sign that I must spend the next weekend holed up in our bedroom watching the endless episodes of ANTM and NCIS I have recorded in case they’re wiped from my life forever.

Rating and Slating 13/10/2009

Here's a quick round up of things that I love and things that I loathe this week…….

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• Collection 2000 Fast Stroke liquid liner in blue The colour really makes my eyes ‘pop’ yet its just about subtle enough to get away with at work – winner!
• Lee Stafford Bleach Blondes Hot Shots My hairdresser used a slightly different toner on my hair last time I visited the salon which made me more white-blonde than the platinum I usually go for. After a couple of weeks I find I need to give my hair a bit of a boost, and this time I decided to try something different. I’m willing to turn a blind eye (or should that be nose) to the horrific smell of this, as it gave me an almost identical tone to the one I left the salon with.
• Bourjois Kabuki True to form, I managed to leave half of the things I took down to my brother’s there, and one of the casualties was my much loved MAC 182. I picked up a temporary replacement in Superdrug yesterday and I must say that I’m most impressed!
• The return of Gossip Girl to ITV 2 Now Chuck Bass is back on my TV screen the world makes sense again!

Slating

• Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse This was once my go to foundation in winter. I’m not sure if the formulation has changed or whether my skin has but for some reason the two just don’t seem to go together like they once did. The hunt for a replacement has started………..
• Work Just generally. I’m currently working in a very fast paced environment, and the amount of new files I’m opening per week is madness. Add to that pompous Respondents and clients who tend to do the opposite of what they’re told and its a recipe for disaster
• My car breaking…….AGAIN Believe me, you don’t want to be the person at Ford who is ringing me back tomorrow.

What are you loving/hating this week?

 

xxx