Feeling a bit better today

Happy Mothers day all you mothers out there!

Thank you to everyone who left me kind and supportive comments, i really appreciate it and am about to do a huge amount of replying to comments. I try my best to answer every comment i get, but they tend to pile up and if i'm busy i get a huge backlog, so if you leave a comment and are hoping for a reply please just keep checking back, i promise i WILL get back to you :) (Blogger really needs a reply feature to notify you when your comment is replied to)

I'm feeling a bit better today. I realised that even if i do have to pay the whole amount of fees in one go i still won't go over my limit (which means i won't get another fee for paying my fees!) and, after showing the info from my bank to my Mum and sister, they have both said it's unreasonable and my sister who is balshy and brave is going to ring up and shout at the bank and not give up until they at least agree to spread out the fees so i don't have to pay them in one go. And lovely Claire is letting me have her ipod nano until i can afford to buy a new one of my own :)

Also someone bought a painting of mine on Etsy, it was only $7 but it's the first painting i've sold since last year so i'm very pleased. I bought my first holographic polish a while back (GOSH 549 holographic) and it's beautiful, i love my space-age nails. And Snakes On A Plane is on :)

To top off my happy evening i've discovered i have reached 200 followers! Thank you so, so much. I started this blog just for fun and, i know i say this a lot,  i am absolutely honoured and amazed that so many people take the time to read and comment on my little ramblings. I really hope you're enjoying it and i can continue to entertain you.

Now i shall go back to my Illamasqua postings! xxx

Bits n Bobs

Hi everyone, i'm taking a break from my Illamasqua week for a couple of days as i have been/will be busy with family things because of Mothers day tomorrow. Reviews still to come include powder eyeshadows, sheer lipglosses, cream eyeshadows and medium pencils as well as more Illamasqua heavy FOTDs.

I've had a rather horrid last few days. On thursday i put my ipod on to charge and when i removed it it just had this big red X on it with a website for ipod support. I went on and the website told me to put it into 'disk mode' by pressing certain buttons in a certain order, this didn't work so i figured it was just being tricky and, as there is a new apple shop in wimbledon, thought i'd just ask claire to take it along and get the support techs to do it for me. I didn't think anything was seriously wrong as the website implied it was just a simple problem that would be fixed by 'resetting' it. But no, the support people told clare that the hard drive inside it is completely broken and, as there is a tiny tiny dent (so small i hadn't even noticed it) the warranty is void.

Now this would be enough to upset anyone, but to me it is particularly awful because, possibly due to my social problems, i actually cannot bare to leave my house without music (i have a super retro walkman i keep for emergencies, but it has gone missing :( ) and so this was a very horrible blow for me as it means i have to save £180 for a new one asap.

You may remember about a month ago i wrote a post detailing some financial problems i had (here if you're interested) and am just about to start paying back the loan i got from my Mum to bail me out. So i was already unhappy because it would take me a few months to save enough for my ipod and mean i would have literally no money to spare for fun and frivolity.

But then the story gets worse. I went to check my bank details, hoping my money from the government might have came through early. It hadn't, but i found that my bank has again put charges on my account. For a lot of money i don't have to spare. And while last time it was a mistake on my part but i was to blame, this time i have absolutely no idea what i could have done to deserve these charges. I have been so, so careful with my money since the last time and i know for certain i haven't gone over my overdraft again.

I am hoping that i will be able to get these funds overturned but am frightened i won't because my mum says everything will have to be done face-to-face at a bank. I can't go myself because of my phobia and i fear because bank details are so private they won't allow anyone to discuss the problem on my behalf.

As such i might not be able to post my giveaway prizes for a little while. I don't think it's fair to end the giveaway but make the winners wait for their prizes so i've decided to extend the end date to the 1st of april. To apologise for all this everyone who has entered/will enter will now get 2 chances to win (people who did blog posts about it will get 3). I hope this makes it up to you and i am so sorry for any inconvinience. If you still haven't entered and would like to please just enter here

In non-depressing news i'm about to finish my current book, Pride and Prejudice. I am very proud of myself as it is the first book i've read in years not written for children (i just prefer childrens books to adults, they're more fun and have more interesting plots for me) and i have been very much enjoying it. I actually did P&P for my english GCSE's but never bothered to read more than the first few chapters (just learn the themes, a few select quotes and watch the video - bish bash bosh A* for me! XD). Next i am going to read Twilight as a 'know your enemy' thing :P No offence to any twilight fans reading, one of my best friends adores it.

Love to you all
xxx

Poverty

Christmas is coming, it's sneaking up on me! I really want to take part in a secret santa thing that's going on, but as i just bought prizes for my giveaway (2 followers to go :P) and I don't have much disposable income, i don't know if i can afford to take part. Which is rather pathetic as the one i've seen is only a tenner.

I'm really rather poor at the moment, it's my own fault because i was stupid. Basically before i went shopping on thursday/yesterday i had checked my bank balance and i had plenty of money in my account, so i went off spending happily and then later discovered that actually my statement had just been really out of date, and i actually had a lot less money than it told me.

I have a lot of clothing to sell, so i was wondering if anyone following my blog would be interested in seeing anything before i put it on ebay? The clothes would be ranging from a size 10 - 18 UK and shoes a size 8 UK, eur 41, US 10) and would include some punk/gothy/weird stuff as well as some basics.
Lots of it has never been worn and as i just really need to make some money i will be selling it off very cheap.

So if anyone might be interested please tell me, or if not i shall be off to ebay!

Oh and, please have a look at my blog sale here

yes i am well aware that this is a sad and pathetic post :(

(Angie your items have been sent out and should be with you in about a week according to the post office :) )

I am going to attempt a super diet before christmas. If i manage it it will involve me eating plenty of fruit and veg and i balanced meal (dinner) a day, and just drinking water and one glass of juice with dinner, as well as exercise as much as possible (yuk). It's very irritating because while i have put on weight, and certainly do not have the perfect diet, i really don't think i have a terrible diet. Generally i have a lunch of maybe some toast, a balanced meal for dinner and occaisionally a little something sweet. So yeah, no great, but not terribly bad. I do need to exercise more though, but i just find it so boring!
I know i can lose weight if i try, years ago i went from being a size 16/18 to a 12/14 but then i went from having a terrible diet to the one i have now, so it just seems harder to me.

I've got more hauls to show, as well as lots of products i want to review, but it's difficult in this weather! That may sound really stupid, but by the time i've finished doing all the stuff i have to do and get to relax and photo my makeup he light is so terrible that swatches and things just look completely off. Grr!

If anyone wanted to see some more photos from my Halloween there are some here

So hopefully tomorrow i will actually be able to do some photos and maybe a video or two while it's still light!
x