Royal Wedding

Needless to say all the talk today has been about the Royal Wedding - and what a lovely wedding it was Kate looked gorgeous in her Alexander McQueen dress, which was not the usual frilly concoction but a rather understated Grace Kellyesque lace dress with short train and veil

I truly hope that Catherine and William will be very happy in their life together.

Diana would have been so proud of him today

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

The great make-up clear out of 2011

which was proceeded by the great college work clear out ( I left college in 1996 and have just got round to it ok so I'm a bit sentimental) and the great knicker clear out ( no pictures of that here, urgh too gross).

Anyway - make-up yes like clothes and shoes I love make-up - amazing as I don't wear much of it these days - well, my make-up drawer was so full of make-up you could have made up the entire cast of Cats for it's complete West End run and some of it is so old it was discontinued when Mary and Joseph got together - so today when I got home I decided to Clear Out The Drawer. As you can see from the picture below it was a bit excessive.

Anyway after delving through lipsticks that haven't seen the light of day since the 1980s the drawer is much emptier (at the moment) and although I seemed to throw out tons of lipsticks I still seem to have 40 or so - yet only one pair of lips -something is going on here that is slightly worrying.

Now I have sorted the make-up out I a) have to find something else to clear out and b) get an Avon catalogue so I can get more lipsticks - or nail polish I am lacking somewhat in the polish department - that's not good I hope I don't lose any sleep over it as I can't afford any until payday - and I've got a party on Saturday - what will I do????

Making an effort day 1 - Fail

Or was it

I didn't get up and put my 'face' on today, but after the horrific week I had last week I was just grateful I managed to get up and drive in to the office at all - I didn't think I would make it - OK I was only there 10 minutes before I got a unpaid early finish. Tomorrow I'm gonna try and take some calls - oh and make an effort obviously might be hard though if the bf stays over tonight xxx

Clothes, Shoes and Lazyness

OK I love clothes, as far as I'm concerned you - meaning I, can't have enough of them - in fact I have two wardrobes and countless drawers, bags and suitcases full - clothes I wear (wardrobe and drawers) clothes that are too small - yes once I was a size 12 (sigh) (in bin bag and suitcases) and clothes that are too big for me - once I was a size 20 - (in bin bags) - now I have settled into a 16/18 size and frankly I hate it yet I'm lucky in that the fat doesn't sit in once place but has evenly distributed itself all over my body - but still shopping at River Island is not going to happen to me again (saying that I don't need to shop in the bigger stores like Evans either) but tend to stick with George at Asda, New Look and Primark.

But for all the lovely clothes I have a very seldom wear them - why - because I am too lazy to get up early in the morning, style my hair, put on make up and wear nice clothes - to work at the moment it's flat shoes black trousers and a work polo shirt - Lazy you see. And when I'm at home or just wandering around the shops I wearing joggers and a T-shirt - comfy but not exactly sexy. I only really dress up for parties and dates with my fab boyfriend.

Something has to give especially now I have discovered Amber and the wonderful Shoeperwoman site - she has inspired me to start making an effort - I used to when I was in college I would always go in looking like I'd stepped out of a photo shoot - well for the first year at least

And of course if I started making an effort again I can wear some of the wonderful shoes I have bought over the last few years - I have lots of shoes - the photo below is only a small selection. And I am ashamed to say that two pairs in said photo I have never even worn (yes I have virgin shoes). But I intend to change by George at Asda I will change. With Amber to guide me I intend to go back to being the sexy, confident person I was before.

(Also with help from my friend Alex who is amazing with a pair of tweezers and eyebrows that appear to have a life of their own)

I am going to a party next weekend - my friends engagement party - I will be there having fun, taking official engagement pictures (This is gonna be bigger that William and Kate) and I will be looking damn sexy - all I need is a gorgeous bag to match my red dress and sparkly shoes - hmm ebay hereI come - or maybe I will just pop into town.

Gosh haven't I been quiet

This is because there is a lot going on in my world right, and OH MY GOD are these things huge - the first thing is that at the end of June begining og July I will be m,ade redundant, now I'm not going to say anything nasty about my company because I like working for them and they have been good to me - but the current economic climate has hit them hard. I'm thinking of investing in some studio equipment so I can do some portraiture, so I am having some ideas about what to do in the future. The other things that are going on aren't as huge but are taking up my time a lot, however I really hope to resume normal service shortly