Saturday, December 19, 2009
Unemployed Pottering
http://www.lovisaburfitt.com/
cutest& most adorable & quirky illustrations....Lovisa Burfitt- you rock!
Love A.xx
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Unemployed Wonderland.....
Cannot WAIT to feast my beedy little eyes on Tim Burtons new film.....Alice in Wonderland!
Oh- goodie, goodie, goodie!
Love A. xxx
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Unemployed Day- Unexpected.
Everything about today was unexpected and well, unbelievable! So my sleeping habits are getting some what better (I still went to bed at 3) BUT hey, I woke up at 10.30 and tomorrow I'm going to be up early....as Ill explain further down.
Today....IT SNOWED! YES IT PROPERLY SNOWED! If you can understand how exciting this is for a little Aussie from sweaty sunshine town-believe me, its so VERY VERY EXCITING!
This year I wont be able to see my loved ones and I decided instead of sending awkward and expensive bundles of joy home that I would endeavour to make some heart-warming Christmas cards and send some precious photos back, tailored to each loved individual. After four days in the making & organising, I finally finished and I was ready to post these goodies off- and do you know what that meant? Encountering the soft, wet and white wonderful snow playground of my street outside! I made and threw my first snowball and it was indeed, a very joyous moment!
The later part of the afternoon was spent organising a new mood board for Autumn Winter 09- "Girls who like Boys:Brogue Trend" along with finishing off my designs and sending them to the awesome recruitment agency I've hooked up with, Fashion Decisions.
Following trying to make a difference in my all night owl-ism, I made my way back to the beloved gym (no sarcasm there, I really do like the gym!) to help me sleep tonight. I got offered a free session after my card declined the £9 casual fee and I looked rather disappointed I had missed my spin class. On the way home, feeling chirpy & happy to be walking the streets of a different country with such ease (although wearing 4 shirts, one jacket, 2 pairs of tights, 2 socks, one beanie and having my hood on)- I stopped to get a bottle of wine to aid in the help of sleep tonight.
I thought I'd go for a £4 bottle of red and went to pay and figured I really only had about 2.70, after another disappointing moment and forgetting my card declined before for some stupid reason, I asked if I could pay by card and the shop keeper let me. Once again, card declined. HMPH. "It's ok, don't worry about it...thanks anyway, sorry to bother you!"
"How much do you have there love?"
"Uhhh....I dunno, about 2.70 I think...?"
"Hmm alright"
"Well I can't let you go home empty handed then can I? Its the festive season! Here let me help you and just give me the change you got"
And that was that! I emptied out my shrapnel onto the counter, got a discounted bottle of wine and pretty much skipped home with glee!
Snow, a free gym session & a kind deed involving a bottle of wine.
After getting home and getting into a tasty minestrone soup- I checked my email. There were 2 emails from Fashion Decisions. I finally landed an interview with a major footwear and accessories supplier & they want to see me tomorrow at 3pm. Seriously shocked- I started to laugh! Someone was finally considering me! After the last 2 months of getting nowhere....I think my new portfolio was starting to prove itself.
SO.
A 10.30 wakeup + Christmas goodies finished + SNOW+free gym+ discounted bottle of wine + A JOB INTERVIEW.
Lets see what tomorrow brings for my unemployed life?
Love A.xxx
Unemployed Adventure to East London- Innit Geezer?
East London is an artists heaven. It's a cultural melting pot of fashion, art and inspiration sprouting from the dark cracks in the cobblestone ally ways.
I love to explore, its one of my favourite past times and I headed East London way the other day to take some happy snaps, soak up the vibe and let my senses feast.
Unemployed location:
+Old Street+
+Brick lane+
+spittafields+
+various unknown ally ways+
Inspiration Notebook:
+Street art for the heart+
+TEA FACTORY+glorious tea+
+vibrant POPS of colour amongst the dark & glum+
+fluro bikes in the mist of grey+
+various artists studios+
+cosy coffee shops & coats+
+the most amazing Christmas decoration shop I have ever been in+
.the perks of my unemployed life.
Love A.xxx
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Another day in Tooting, Another late sleep In.
The problem about being unemployed is that I'm on some sort of sleep-a-thon, and by gosh am I in first place. My sleeping patterns are all messed up because face it, I don't really have anywhere to be- I can do whatever I like and that means ignoring my phone alarm for 5 extra hours is ok. Well it's not O.K and I'm trying to change that- I have a new alarm clock and I have to get motivated enough to actually turn it on and be willing to jump out of bed to turn it off when I wake up. The problem is that I always go back to the land of NOD, into a very deep sleep, dreaming epic movie dreams, unable to return until lunchtime in which I proceed to have a large bowl of crunchy nut and a beautiful tea. MMMM TEA.
So, why am I telling you this? I'm telling you this because now I'm wide awake like a bloody owl because I can't sleep, because I slept in- and the vicious cycle continues. But tomorrow is a new day and I'm trying to make friends with my alarm clock and break the cycle.
Following this- Im actually very productive, organising my portfolio, emailing, job hunting, drinking more tea and pondering and going for the occasional walk to pick up supplies and post stuff. It's coming up to Christmas, so work is a bit slow and I think most people are probably more worried about what they're going to be eating at Christmas (turkey or ham? mouth drool- both), then whether I'm going to be able to feed myself at Christmas with my non-existant job and non-existant desk. STILL- I live in hope and that awesome possie is going to crop up in the New Year and then I'm going to be rocking the U.K with all my awesome footwear designs and everybody's going to be dancing in the street because of how great they feel in my shoes- yep, they will.
Would you like to see some pictures from today? Sure you do. Welcome to my Neighbourhood in Tooting Bec, London. Yep, the little Aussie that could. Toot toot ♥♥♥
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