Manic Monday #53

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Today, I realised what an asset I actually am.

In a way, it's quite humbling. They'd bloody notice if I left, I'll tell you that much.

My Monday was quite a reflection of the above, but swap the coffee out for tea.

Coffee means 3 day migraines. Bad.

How was your weekend? I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day :)

Toodles

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Remembering

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Today is my Grandads birthday, it's been 6 years since he passed away but words that he said to me when I was younger, conversations that we had still ring true in my mind. I miss him and his presence, he was a jolly man and always liked to have a joke.

 

Remembrance is such a humbling experience to me, it brings me back down, reminding me to take life at face value and appreciate its ups and downs.

Toodles.

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Friends Quotes

"...this is just vintage Rachel. I mean, things just sort of happen around you. I mean, you're off in Rachel-land, doing your Rachel-thing, totally oblivious..."

I am a huge Friends fan, have been for years, it still makes me laugh, currently, I am sitting here in a Central Perk t-shirt and recently I have been re-watching the box-set. Classically started on my last horrific hangover day.

I generally can relate a Friends quote to most things that happen in every day life, it's a gift. I have been thinking more and more lately about the quote for myself from Friends that would best describe me. 

 After some consideration and a few too many disasters lately, I think the above quote about sums up my life. Obviously changing the name to my own, it has quite a ring to it.

"This is just vintage Adele...things just sort of happen around you. You're off in Adele-land, doing your Adele-thing, totally oblivious..."

Things do generally seem to happen around me, I break things regularly, fall over, drop things, hurt myself, walk in to things, melt lids in to Pyrex dishes while cooking, do silly things that I look back on and think "why did I just do that?"...I am impulsive, impatient and a do-er...basically the recipe for disaster.

I was once in a pottery shop with my parents and brother, (when I was much younger, can I add?) my parents were looking at something on the top shelf and obviously I needed to see it as well, I presumed to climb up the shelves to realise seconds later that the shelves were not fixed down...and I was then showered in pottery, surrounded by broken plates, mugs and cups. Yes, that did really happen, I broke around £500 worth of pottery stuffs...

What do you think your Friends quote would be? 

Please let me know, it'd be interesting to see what answers people give.

Toodles!

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Bourjois Instant-Drying Drops

 I haven't heard much of this release on the blogging grapevine, but I think I did a little jig when I first saw an advert featuring it.

An instant-drying nail drop?! Genius. 

I don't think I wasting much time between the ad and me buying it. I used the drops on my next nail painting session - New Years - the drops are a great asset to the impatient girls nail painting routine.

Insta-drying, however...they are not. It does state on the smaller-print that the drops aid express drying, this is not something a gal with a penchant for impulse buying pays attention too, though.

Using the drops does make the very top of the varnish dry a lot quicker than they would usually, but I still wouldn't recommend digging around in your bag for a good few minutes after using them.

The drops do feel quite oily and have a moisturising, nourishing effects on the cuticles when used. 

I won't deny that I have used these drops every single time I've painted my nails since purchasing, however the instant-drying name is misleading and there is still some waiting time.

...the dream continues, folks.

Toodles.

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Manic Monday #52

  I'm running out of ways to start these posts, but welcome to today's installment of me waffling about a subject of my choice on a Monday! Hooray.

I had a look back at my recent posts and have noted that the beauty and make-up posts have been a little on the 'not-happening' side of the scales. I have been putting products to the test and have snapped many a lipstick, mascaras, eyeshadow palette, nail varnish...you name it, I've probably taken a photo of it.

They will be back with vengeance soon, I was planning on a couple a few weeks ago but wanted to give them a thorough testing as I felt I was being disingenuous by not properly giving them a go. I tend to get excited by new products and say that everything is great and a few weeks down the line not using them again. 

Anyway, after that incredibly long introduction, on with the post.

Currently, in my place of work I think I am being taken for a ride, yes, I have been there the shortest time, yes, I am therefore on the lowest rate of pay and yes, I generally do most things that are asked of me by my directors.

To cut quite a long story short, several things today grated on me, as I was running around like a blue-bottomed fly getting everything done, tasks were shoved my way when the people doing the shoving are more than capable and have enough spare times themselves to do it.

I was in a "I need to rant to someone" kind of mood...so I did...but don't you just want to sometimes have a rant and not have the advice that follows?

I didn't want the advice today, I just wanted someone to say "Oh, that sucks..." I don't want to always be told "You should do...", "You should say...", "Why don't you just...". I will handle it, the way I will handle it. I did the things that were given to me by my directors and flat out ignored the person who was trying to push his work on to my when he has no place to do so.

Sometimes, rather than giving someone some advice that they may not necessarily want them to hear, just listen to them and be sympathetic. 

Just so you know...I got the sympathy on the third try! Woohoo! Third times a charm.

I hope your Monday was a good one. What is your stance on my post? Do you like to receive advice when you have a rant about something? Or are you like me and just sometimes want someone to listen?

Toodles.

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