Night with the girls

Today we've managed to plan something that happens once in a blue moon.

Girls night!!

Ever since we finished uni we've all be super busy, super tired and trying to keep up with our hectic lives.

We all took different paths. One graduated to be a teacher, surrounded bt kids and is now married with a loving husband and a beautiful baby boy whose only a few months old.
One is following the biochemistry route. Running around the hospital always on her feet but fully satisfied that her patients are being treated for cancer.
Then there's me graduating to be in the quick paced fashion industry starting from the bottom with the desk job spotting trends, analysis figures and smashing targets in the hopes of rising the ranks to rub my own department within the multi million company in the center of London West end.

We all work hard and struggle to find the work life balance so when we manage to have a day to ourselves when we can all make it. It's once in a blue moon.todays plan meet up,  go out for a nice meal. Catching up in all the gossip you can't share by text or over the phone. Then of course there will be desert. We're thinking milkshakes and waffles. Can't wait

To a night with friend...

Lots of love

MLP

Sticking to it

I've made the effort and here I am again.

Today's has been absolutely manic. Being the holiday season everyone is taking their time off. It might be a few days here and there. A long weekend or in this case a whole week.

The office is manic enough as it is without having the team a man down.

Today I've had to do my work and someone else's.  Which also means I'm working underfloor 2 managers who both on ocassion pulled rank over one another. It was like a kid being stuck between divorced parents both arguing that their task is more important than the others.

Hopefully tomorrow we can find a balance of sorts and get thins organised, and running smoothly. It looks like I'll need an early start to get on top of the emails stacking up in my inbox and maybe even get a few reports ran before the rest of the team turn up with demands.

Lots of love

MLP

Struggling with Blogging

This has been alot harder than expected.

Cannot seem to keep up with Blogging at all. It seemsnto be a lot harder now that I'm constantly out and about. The only time I seem to find the time is when I'm on the train - where this blog is being written right now.

It's strange how something as simple as taking 5 minutes to sit and write about your day has become such a task. An unachievable task it may seem. 

When you stop am think and about it. 5 minutes to stop and reflect shouldn't be so hard. So I guess I will pull my finger out and make sure I make the time.

Lots of love

MLP

Tube strike....

For those of you living in London I'm sure you're all feeling the same horrid pit in your stomachs.

Tube strike.

The first nation wide tube strike was only a few weeks ago and the wounds left behind from torment are still fresh and raw.  Its starting to feel like de ja vu.

Hopefully you can all make it home okay, for all of you out there stuck getting a bus, a taxi or walking.....





Lots of love
MLP

Back in Business

Yes I've been gone a while. And yes I've been crap at keeping this up.

But it's time to stick to something and follow through.

Surprising once again I start my blog with I've found a new job. This is my 3rd since I've started this blog. I guess I can't seem to commit. Maybe I'm just bored too easily and can't stay in one place for too long who knows. Either way I've found myself getting used to new people, a new team and a new train journey.

This new job is nice. Took me a while to get used to it. I felt like the odd one out for ages. I didn't talk to many people, didn't have the same humour as others, and I'm still struggling to find common interests.

I've always been out of place but here I felt like it was magnified. Like in had managed to smuggle myself into the cool kids circle undetected. Just waiting for the day I would be discovered for the dorky nerd I've always been.

So far I've gone a year undetected co-cohabiting within the pack.

In other news I've found someone I feel connected to and plan to spend the rest of my life with. Plans for the wedding have started and were both saving up for the house.

Its all been a bit of a whirlwind. All very unexpected but I'm happy to have found someone who understands me. Who has common interests. The same childhood and a strong family bond. We both want the same things. We work hard, support our families and one day want to start our own. We bring out the best in each other and have become better people.

So right now life is pretty hectic but in a good way. There are soon many things to plan so many things to save for, so many new people to meet and our day to day lives are fitting around it some how.

This weeks plan. To blog once a day.

Whether its the stresses of work. A song that's stuck in my head. A new restaurant I've gone to. Or just a funny pic from the days adventure I will blog it up for you to see.

Lots of love
MLP

New Years Resolution

Already having doubts about the new years resolution.

Feeling like I've taken on more that I can manage. This new years resolution is already making me anxious. Tomorrow is the big new years eve blow out!! 

Most people have a massive feast for Christmas, my family always do it for new years. I guess its become a bit of a tradition with lots of food, snack, drinks and games and fun.

If I'm planning to do a health kick this year as my resolution. I guess it makes sense to have a massive blow out and eat all I can manage, but it's pulling the reigns back in that I'm worried about. 

Everything is in place now, all the decorations are prepped, the food is in the fridge and we even managed to buy a bingo set. Lots of family fun just waiting to happen. 

Hopefully I can keep to my resolution.
Until then,



Lots of love 

MLP

Christmas Gifts

Gifting is the best bit of the Christmas holidays for me.

I've never been the kind of person who likes the superficial presents that cost alot, the kind that you quickly walk into a shop and buy.The thoughtful presents are always the ones at the top of my list. I don't if they are small, cheap or hand made, as long as I know someone clearly took took the time to pick something that means something to you and fits your personality.

Seeing that someone has listened to a fleeting conversation you had, took note of something you've always wanted, or getting you something that reminds them of you means the world more to me than an quick over the counter generic present. 

This year I've put some thought into the things I wanted to buy everyone and hope that everyone will like them.


I've newly discovered the shop Tiger and I can't believe its taken me this long to come across them and have the nerve to walk in,

I absolutely adore all the little trinkets they have to offer, their random selections of things, that somehow seem to fit perfectly together to make the store the incredible place it is. Being my first visit I was in absolute awe and the little cogs in my head were turning full blast and I was on the hunt for the perfect present for my mum. 


Me and my mum are complete opposites so I've always found it quite hard to shop for her. One example is our taste in jewelry. 

I like my jewelry to be old, slightly vintages and my mum loves them to be sparkly silver, Swarovski diamonds and all glitter. Walking round Tiger I found her the perfect set.

I found her a diamond studded Smart pen for her phone, a diamond studded calculator for the office at work and a matching picture frame she can fill and keep at her bedside table. Alongside that got her a cute slogan bar of chocolate.

Overall I think I think it did quite well.
I can't wait to see the look on her face.


 I'm still trying to put together dads gag gift, I've got a few bits and bobs an now I'm just looking for the perfect piece to bring them all together. 

Luckily this year were doing presents on new year instead so I still have a few days to go, and who knows I might even nab myself a bargain in the post Xmas sales.




Lots of love 

MLP