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Good Morning

Good Morning my loves.


It's a lovely Thursday morning here in Manchester and I'm in a great mood. Had my last day at Viva yesterday (until the next issue in March) and saw all of my pieces in the mock up of the magazine and they look amazing. I had a little tear in my eye because I was so proud of my little old self. Just proves that if you want something bad enough, you'll find it. It was much more of a chilled out day, we watched a bit of BBC Iplayer whilst waiting for the mag to print, and I even managed to write a piece about a hairdressers to go on the Viva website. I've noticed since starting at the office how much quicker I can get pieces done. My first week, it took me all day (and night) to write a few bits then as the weeks progressed I'm bashing out mini articles in less than an hour. I really did learn a lot and have a great time working for a real magazine, I'm so grateful to Emma and Becs for letting me join the team. I'm really looking forward to going back in March and working on the next issue!


I'm having a leisurely morning, just having a cup of tea and watching This Morning. I used to hate watching it when I was in school (if I was ever ill and had to stay home I'd lie on the sofa and my Mum would watch it) but now I really like watching it!


Then it's off to work this afternoon and my Dad will be here tonight! Yahoooo. Then I'm off work for a whole 6 days so it's going to be so nice to have some time off after such a busy busy month!


Have a lovely day xo

Week Three

Well we're three weeks into the new year and it's going pretty well so far. I'm rather enjoying 2011. Lots of new things in the pipeline and lots of time with friends planned. The next few months are going to be hard work but hopefully fruitful! This week should be great, back for week three at the Viva office on Wednesday then my Dad's coming to stay on Thursday, so lots of fun activities planned there. Then on Saturday I'm off back to my beloved Herry for five days. Yay!


Have a great day - today is meant to be 'Blue Monday' but I'm not in the least bit blue!

TGIF

This week, I am grateful for my mind. I am grateful to myself for thinking fast and knowing when to get out of a situation and when enough's enough. I am also grateful for my sense of drive, without which I would not be writing everyday and following my dream.


:)

Week Two

A day late, but week two at Viva was most interesting! I got to write a half page editorial about FitFlop shoes (check them out, they're super cool. )http://www.fitflop.com/ And then my second task was to search for 10 pairs of men and women's boots and write a few words about them. I got all this finished by half past two so I also did a few write ups about great grooming gifts for your man for Valentine's day. There's some bloomin' expensive stuff out there I tell's ya! But there were a few more people in the office so it was a bit livelier and I was a bit more aware of how I was getting stuff done so a bit more relaxed I guess. Looking forward to next week when I'll be helping to proof the whole magazine before it gets sent off to print. Then the week after that I'll have my very own copy of published work to start building my portfolio. Woohoo! Applied for a couple more magazine places also, so I can get as much experience as possible before deciding which medium I want to settle in.
Anyway more from me sometime soon! xo

Busy week!

Well it's been a busy 7 days since my last post! Worked lots last week then went back to Hereford on Friday night for fun and festivities. We had a curry night on Saturday night with friends and family, then Sunday was just a lazy day (or more to a hangover-recovery day.) And now it's back to the regular old working week. I'm keeping up with my resolutions and have got lots of books ready to read as soon as I've finished Lady Chatterley's Lover. I've also tested a couple of new L'ancome foundations so will be putting reviews up of those too! I'm working so much I've not got a spare day now until next weekend put will try and squeeze a few posts in here and there in between work. I'm back in the Viva office tomorrow so will no doubt have lots of interesting news to report!


Time to scoot, my ham and pineapple pizza is calling! A reward for working so hard all day!
Hope everyone's weekend was fab-u-lous! xo