Much-needed update
So, I've been away from here since mid-March according to my last entry :O Due in part to that ilness I talked about in my last post, which only got worse. Throat infection turned into a mouth infection that eventually put me in bed around the clock. I could no longer eat solid food, well barely anything to be honest, so I got incredibly weak and have definitely lost a bit of weight from barely eating for a fortnight :( I didn't think I'd manage to go on holiday to Paris, but somehow did make it, and improved a little whilst out there - the first day I was able to eat actual food for the first time since being ill! It really took it out of me, but I'm almost fully recovered now thankfully :)
New Job
I did miss that job interview that I spoke about due t being so ill, but thankfully the manager re-arranged it for me once I was better as she still needed one more staff member - I had the interview on April 5th and started my first shift that night :) I'm only doing 16 hours a week, but a small income is better than no income, and it's just good to have a job again. So, now I work in a Spot On Cue Sports club and so far am enjoying it :)
Freebies
One big help while having barely any money to live on the last couple of months has been the freebies I'm so good at getting ;) lol. I've been getting free stuff from various places for a good couple of years now, and have saved hundreds of £'s from doing so, and it's a blessing to be able to get free bits right now that help towards the grocery shopping etc. I got feautured in an article just yesterday actually, speaking about how handy it is to receive these things, but also how nice it is to have little extras that David and I just wouldn't be able to afford otherwise (like a free movie, or meal out etc), or a holiday to Disneyland for example ;) Here's the article: An Army of Freebie-Finders is Born :)
A popular freebie site called Magic Freebies have featured me in their blog before too: Freebie Finder of the Week, and yesterday they asked me to write a guest blog for them regarding all the art and craft related freebies I've been finding for people just lately, so that's giving me something to work on when I'm off work :)
BtVS
I'm very aware that I never finished my rundown/review of the Top 20 Buffy Episodes thing on Syfy lol. When I was ill I didn't get a chance to finish watching the episodes as I ended up in bed everyday, and the tv/Sky box is of course downstairs ;) However, I have since finshed watching the Top 10, so my continuation post will follow in the next few days :) Even if no one is interested since it's been so long since I did the first half of it, I had already started writing it so I'm finishing it and posting it anyway :p
Disneyland! :D
As I mentioned above, thankfully I did make it to the airport for our holiday in the end (despite feeling like death, and having a few tears about it, I really pushed myself because this was the trip of a lifetime to me, and nothing was going to stop me going). I pushed on during the holiday, walking around A LOT, all day, every day, so I needed to rest and recover a bit more once coming back home, hence no holiday post on here. However, I plan on doing one of those too, so again, expect it on here in the next few days! :)
Haircut ^^
In other not-so-important news, I have new hair! My sister Lesley came round last weekend and cut it for me, giving me a whole new style, including a friiiiiiiinge :D and I love it! So thank you for that, Lesley :) I decided to curl it myself the following day, to get the look I was hoping for, and it came out quite nicely, so I'm very happy with it:
Well, I think that covers enough for now lol. Good to be back on LJ! :)