Good Manners Cost Nothing !

I know that men are from Mars and Women are from Venus, but there is no reason for some men to experience good manners dysfunctionality.

Take LL who last week went to a festival with a suitor. Her date brought her ticket, which she offered to pay for. When her date declined, to balance things out and show her appreciation,she proceeded to pay for all their drinks, cigarettes and snacks during the day.

She was rewarded, or so she thought with a t-shirt and a smooch, which she thanked him for. At the end of the festival, they stayed to hang out with some friends.

LL got on particularly well with a rather cheeky friend of a friend, but made it clear to him, in front of their friends that she was actually with somebody, and even pointed him out to the cheeky boy.

He accepted this and when she and her date, ended up missing the last train home, one their friends (not the cheeky boy!), offered them a bed for the night and said they would give them a lift to station the next morning.

In the morning, her date sulked. He sulked over breakfast, he sulked during their journey home, he even sulked, when she thanked him for taking her to the festival.

This morning, she got an email from him accusing her of humiliating him, being a 'wanton flirt' and itemised everything from the ticket price, including original booking fee, through to the t-shirt he 'gave' her as a 'gift'.

Best of all he actually included his bank details so she could the money in as cash.

The wonderful thing about LL is razor sharp wit. She responded thanking him for his email and itemising everything she has paid for over the two days of the festival.

Her grand total outstripped his by £9.00. She graciously told him, she was prepared to let him off and hoped he had a great life!

I am still trying to get my head around him giving her his bank account details !

Surprising Myself

In my bedroom just by the window, is my inspiration wall. Whenevre I have an idea, wish or intention, I write it on a post-it note and put it on my wall, where it stays as a daily reminder of what I want to achieve.

Yesterday I took down the following:

1) Be happy and leave HWMBO's negative vibes behind me
2) Find a job I am passionate about and like doing
3) Make more money, as believe it or not at work, I some how always manage to undersell myself.
4) Change gym's because my one's crap
5) Care more about me and try more new things like music, activities whatever I like the look of.
6) Turn my bathroom into a boutique hotel clone

The power of positive vibes shouldn't be sniffed at..after all it's only July !

All's that left is:

7) Find a new Mr Right Now

and

8) To win the lottery

Hope is a wonderful thing!

New Job! New Scenery!

There are few things I enjoy more than watching two smart, hot guys trying to out do each other with their various strategy updates. Yes cherubs, suddenly attending meetings as a member of management team, as opposed to the chick that makes sure there is coffe and sandwiches in the room; has made my life just that little bit more fun!

Thank goodness for distracting eye candy in my meetings (probably the only reason why for once I don't have to drink copious amounts of coffee to keep me awake - as you all know I have the attention span of an ant!).

Yes, the eye candy doesn't just end there is also eye candy in Facilities - tall rock star guy, who looks so good in his jeans and t-shirt, that conversations end when he walks through our floor.

There is canteen candy - our canteen has such a high quality, diverse menu, that even the gym boys, knowing that they can grab their protein fixes and check out the lovely ladies in our office.

There's nothing like the 'competitive' fashion displays that happen daily to make a woman, even yours truly seriously reconsider her wardrobe choices!

The One Where I Roll The Dice

My bad luck has the distinct habit of not just coming in threes, but
usually in the higher 6s and 7s.

For this reason I am currently overwhelmed by just how good things are going. Today has been a true red BB day.

I was offered the boring bank job and for once in my life I played hard to get with the other job that I wanted, who initially just offered me an extended contract. My demands were I thought just a little cheeky!

They 'courted' me over the weekend and met with me first thing this morning. By close of play today what was on the table was a permanent (non PA/EA -thank God!) Operations Manager role, for more money than the bank job and working in one of my favourite industries.

I'm still smiling ! Who would have thought that when I parted company with
HWMBO in January (who now has yet another me - now is that 3 or 4 new me's so far....I forget!), things would turn out so well for me.

I've always kidded myself when things have 'gone bad' that they happened for a reason.

I've held on to that even when I had no reason to believe it and now for the first time in a long time, its seems everything's going just great.

Good News !

Just twenty-four hours before I was about to accept that boring bank job, I've been saved!

Saved from making the same mistake that I've made in the past when its come to my not so fabulous career - choosing security over going after a job in the industry I really want to work in, doing a job that challenges me.

My lucky break came at the end of the day, when the Ops Director called me in for a catch up and asked me what my plans were, at the end of my current contract with them.

I played it cool "Well I have a second interview tomorrow, but what I do about that rather depends on you".

Half an hour later, I left with an extended contract, a list of targets and a massive grin on my face.