First Solo Mission

Today is 3rd June. I've almost been in my current position 3 months and today is the day I'm trusted with fitting and feeding back comments. Whilst I feel confident and able to do this to the best of my ability I have butterflies in my stomach and a pain in my gut that nervous.

Moved. AGAIN

So, this week has been intense.

Saturday 7th March - Moved to Wembley.

I got a permanent job offer in central London and spent Saturday moving in.
I'm in zone 4 so it's nice and easy to get to work - only 13 stops! Wooo.... ergh.

Intense change

*big sigh* This week has been intense. The relationship I had with my rhino dissolved. Which is very upsetting but after seeing the leaps and bounds of improvement he has made in the last few days, it was definitely the right decision.

Work is exciting, I've a desk full of packages from suppliers and new ones are being sent everyday. I've got to check every garment against a check list and it's crucial it's all correct. Apparently, I ask too many questions. Not repetitive questions but more to suggest I'm too inquisitive for my own good.

Waiting for my references to come back from the MK house. Terrible news about Virgin Media. They don't have coverage in MK so I can't bring it down. So going to hope someone else wants it or we have to split the disconnection fee between us. It's a joke that it's over £100. Wish there was another way. Got to hope the other utility bills aren't the same! Crikey.

(Almost) Two months at Argos

Doesn't time go really quick? It's insane. I think about my first week here in MK. And the parking passes, having to get a security pass from the main reception every week has made parts feel disorganised. If I could get an ID badge, I wouldn't need the yellow fob.
Highlights have been discussing the findings of some research I did with the buying manager for clothing who said if I could make the document more comprehensive; we can take it further! And being praised for my quick thinking in a difficult and new situation.
Down sides, my car has been slightly scraped on a wheel arch by someone who parked too close.

I really love it here!

The past week; graduation and first week somewhere new!

This week has been a whirlwind.

Last week, Wednesday 16th July 2014 I graduated with a BA (Hons) Fashion Entrepreneurship degree!
Mum, Nan, Martyn and Stephen were there to cheer me on and share in the celebrations!


The week before my graduation, I had been conscious of not receiving any graduate job offers despite applying for roles I should be qualified for.
I had an interview in Mansfield for Sports Direct as a Junior Designer. I believe it went well, but in hindsight I was unprepared and perhaps naive to the process - I had been employed during the whole 3 years of university in various roles and often interviews were just formalities and weren't necessary to the job, it was more the skills I had and the ambition I was able to protray.

However, this time around, I was not the only tenacious soon-to-be graduate looking for work. It was now very competitive and soon there would be an influx of students with high hopes and varying experience.

I had hopes that my experience (3 months Reed intern, 12 months in pharmaceutical recruitment and other roles) would set me well above the rest.

The roles I was applying for did warrant more creative and design experience, which I lacked. I had not been commissioned for work, or completed a sandwich year in a well known organisation to gain the much needed experience regardless of the 3 years using design programmes.

After realising the competition and the jobs at stake, I changed my tactics. Reed Specialist Recruitment are a national brand and have branches dotted around.

I spoke with my Aunty who lives in Bedfordshire about the possibility of me staying short term; I had considered unpaid London-based internships and would need cheaper accommodation rather than paying landlord prices. My Aunty has been amazing through this whole process.

Moving on, Aunty M said yes, so I rang a few Reed branches in the area, London first for obvious reasons, stated my degree and explained my previous internship in Reed Lancaster. I received a few no's but wasn't deterred. I finally rang through to Reed Milton Keynes. Explained the situation and was told my details would be passed to a colleague. The day after I received a call from said colleague, Alison, who asked about my experience, possible start dates and reason for looking in MK.

I was informed that the job she had in mind were ideally looking for someone to start on the 14th July which wasn't feasible, I had my graduation to go to and Nan Margaret was coming to visit for 3 days. It was sounding like another no, but within 24 hours, she called back to say an amended start date of 21st July was something which could be arranged.

And here I am.
Staying with Aunty M in a lovely little village not far from the centre of MK.

It has been a fabulous week.

It's has been the month end and celebrations for the new Argos catalogue launch! Which has been phenomenal to be a part of. I have loved every minute. And, the launch of the new Argos own brand, Heart of House.


I did leave Preferred Locums with a saddening feeling of the end of some good things, but this was only a job to better my skills, learn something new. I made a really good friend Seinam, and my boss towards the end seemed very separated but on my last day, he said some really lovely things! Seinam presented me with a box of chocolates and card, signed by everyone. I do miss my coordinators and contacts at other companies.

Old Me

Before I got with Stephen I had experience 18 months of Uni being a petite 9 stone. Moderately proportioned to a 10-12. This suited me fine. I felt healthy, I felt I looked good and my confidence sky rocketed.

Age Related Status

Since my first two posts I've gained a numerical indication of age and wisdom.

It was my birthday 14th November 2013.
My boyfriend bought me a large rectangular picture frame with the word "Family" etched in the centre and top and bottom have standard landscape 4x6, while the side frames are a tad bigger. He added a picture of me from when we were marshalling for his college, my favourite picture of him. He's working in a Fiester mark 2 chassis on a college module. Eye crossed and tongue out. He also included a picture of me and him from his graduation earlier in July.

Very thoughtful and expressive.

He also surprised me with a meal at an Indian Restaurant I've been eager to sample. I attended under the premise that it was for a close university friend who's birthday falls two days after mine. When I arrived there was a table for ten, of which all seats were not filled. I grew curious but there had been some cancellations and "Sorry. I can't make it"s. Stephen rang to say his taxi was running late and would be delayed. I'd got to collect Mary, her boyfriend and her friend from a neighbouring village. Leaving him without a car.

Stephen walks in after a short while, suddenly Joyce, Katie from Whitby, and Joey my current housemate. I cried!

It was so powerful that Stephen managed to pull this together!

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