Of Absences and Employment

First of all I have to apologise for being away so long! I have been meaning to take outfit photos and write posts, but working 7 days a week (even if those work days are short) was far less manageable than I had hoped.

I started my new jobs on my 24th birthday (in April) and other than 1 week of annual leave (when I traveled to Yorkshire to visit my mum and go to a meeting with a fellow academic) I have been working every day since. It was tiring, never having any down time, always having to get up to an alarm, getting buses every day (sometimes 2 buses or a bus and a train in each direction). I have a confession to make, I started grabbing clothes pretty much at random from the clean washing pile (thank you so much Ash for keeping on top of the washing), thinking only of how weather appropriate they were and feeling pampered if I managed to find time to shave my legs once a fortnight!

I used a lot of my time in the evenings to fill in job applications and do research for the local history group and tried to stay on top of my PhD reading on quiet days at work. Luckily for me, the job applications have paid off and I've landed another part-time museum job! But 'Wait!' I hear you cry, 'How does having MORE jobs help? Wasn't 3 enough?!'. The new job is only two days a week but the museum has longer opening hours, so I do 15 hours over 2 days. This means I can cut down to 6 days a week, and eventually down to 5 days a week (I'm needed more during the summer holidays). Hallelujah! Also this job isn't seasonal so I won't be completely unemployed in November!! I also have an interview in September for a paid internship which would be a big step forward in my career =]

I celebrated my first real day off yesterday (Sundays are my new day off) by lounging around in bed for hours, watching bad TV and FINALLY putting my clean washing away. Such luxury. I even planned an outfit for today =]

Here's the outfit:

I was working with the local history group this morning, and they are completely used to my odd clothes, so I could dress how I liked.

I forgot my camera so please excuse the phone camera pics. The light in my room at dad's isn't great either. Do you like my glow in the dark skeleton friend? I have 3 on different mirrors around my room =]

What I'm Wearing:
Leggings: Carousel Ink on Etsy (reducing to $25 due to one leg being an inch shorter than the other)
Bloomers: Bodyline £11.65 (yen trick + free shipping sale)
Blouse: Miss Selfridge via charity shop £4.50
Waistcoat: Dorothy Perkins via charity shop - I've lost track of what I paid for each faintly identical black waistcoat but it was probably around £3
Boots: New Look £20
Pentagram Necklace: Alchemy Gothic, present from my brother
Poison Bottle Necklace: Claire's accessories, present from my friend Bethany

Feels so good to look and feel more like myself again. Also I tidied my room at dad's as well so I now have order and serenity wherever I stay! The photos were taken after I found the floor under the piles of paper but before I put my 'bedtime reading' stack of books back on the shelf! What do you like to do on your days off  to pamper yourself?

I hope you are glad to see me back, I've missed reading all your blogs! I promise it won't be as long before my next post!!

I got the job!

First of all I'm like to say a really big thank you to everyone who wished me good luck!

 I start on Monday, so this week has been a bit hectic with preparations; especially as I am going away for the weekend! Hence my lack of blogging.

 However from Monday I can promise daily goth in the office pictures =] except Wednesdays (my day off), so I'm going to think of a special feature for those!

 I've also been celebrating the fact that I will soon have money by spending some! I brought a lot of clothes, mostly from chairty shops and cheap clothing stores!

Here's my haul:

Some of it is work-wear, some not so much!

I'm hoping to create a lot of new outfits to show you all over the next week or so =]

In the meantime I am off out with friends to celebrate! My outfit probably won't be all that exciting though because they chose a club which doesn't exactly cater to alternative types... I won't be able to wear my top hat, it'll still be fun though I hope!

I have an interview!

I'm really very excited right now because I didn't expect to hear back from this company at all! They are a local wholesale company that sell all sorts of cool giftware! The position I'm applying for is a web assistant post which would be so amazing =]

I only found out today and the interview is tomorrow morning but I'm quite glad because that means less time to get nervous!

I had a hard time picking what to wear for the interview because none of my black trousers fit properly at the moment (I have some that fit when I'm at my lightest and some for when I put on weight but right now I'm between the two sets!) and the only white shirt I own is really unflatteringly baggy.

I chose this outfit because (hopefully) it looks professional and still shows a little of my personality. I wanted to wear this necklace because the design actually reminds me of some of the cool things they sell and it's a bit  quirky =]

Once again please ignore my wet hair; when they phoned I was in the middle of painting the kitchen door! I had to jump straight in the shower and wash all the paint off!

What I'm wearing:
Jacket: My trusty Miss Selfridge one, you've all seen it before!
Shirt: Warehouse, I think it was about £20 but I'm not sure because I brought it in 2007 to wear to my interview at Oxford uni!
Grey strap top: Not sure you can see it, it's under the blouse to prevent cleavage display! £2 New Look via charity shop
Skirt: Next. Present from mum
Tights: Present from my auntie. I think they were from TK Maxx
Necklace: Handmade by a Welsh Jeweller, my brother's mum brought it back for me =]

For my make-up I'm just going to wear a minimum of eye-liner and some light grey eye-shadow (plus concealer!) and I'll probably put my hair into a low bun.


The lady that phoned about the interview sounded really nice so hopefully the interview itself won't be too scary!
Wish me luck?