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Jan. 20th, 2026 11:05 pm wore my lucy and yak cord trousers today, have decided the reason i don't reach for them is i really don't like the colour. they are pale lilac and it just doesn't go with the rest of my wardrobe. they are incredibly comfy though! so i am going to try and dye them. i debated marbling them with darker purple and black but i think it will end up looking like a primary school project, so i am better off dying them just black. i found the joanie dress i needed on vinted and i didn't buy it. it's a size 16, i am a 10-12. so if i buy it i can get it tailored, instead of the one i have which is a size 8 and doesn't fit across the bust. it's my favourite fox pattern so i am hoping it is still there when i get paid in a weeks time.
systems training in work today. barry who supports everton (boo) has come from civil service directly, and says its absolutely shambolic. he has been there three months and still does not have a log in. he asked us about pay and i told him what i am paid and its 2.5k more than he is, even though he has been there three years. that made me feel very proud of my negotiating skills! especially as rich has come in as a senior and is only on 2.5k more than me. i am going to make senior this year, and then earn more. i am determined!
chris and i had words over his smoking as i had to go to the shop at 7.15am for more tobacco for him and he was like "so" but its costing £200 a month? and then that makes me spend more on myself because i begrudge spending the £200 a month on him smoking and me cutting things out of my budget left and right. he was ruminating on how he could earn £50 a week to cover it, but he doesn't do anything so i don't know why he's expecting money to fall into his lap.
i had a chat with ovo about the fact that they are reporting me as missing payments from march to october last year even though i was paying them. they applied the DMP flag to my account seven months late. they have escalated it to a specialist team and should correct it within 30 days apparently. i hope they do because its wrong and annoying. but also pleased that i said something.
had a shower and used curl jelly on my hair but i don't like the feeling of it. it feels greasy and crunchy. so i might get rid of the rest of the curl jelly that i have and just go back to using mousse. i had to buy makeup wipes because the micellar water and cotton pad combination was not getting rid of my eye make up. i was trying to be frugal by not adding wipes to my weekly shop and it backfired because i then had to spend more in the corner shop for the same product. argh.
i nearly finished my sewing but was running out of thread.... and after an hour of looking for it i found it in the kitchen bin surrounded by bits of moose's rope toy. i gave it a wash and wrapped it around the chair to try, and i am so annoyed by that entire escapade that i am now taking myself to bed.
currently reading: assassin's blade
systems training in work today. barry who supports everton (boo) has come from civil service directly, and says its absolutely shambolic. he has been there three months and still does not have a log in. he asked us about pay and i told him what i am paid and its 2.5k more than he is, even though he has been there three years. that made me feel very proud of my negotiating skills! especially as rich has come in as a senior and is only on 2.5k more than me. i am going to make senior this year, and then earn more. i am determined!
chris and i had words over his smoking as i had to go to the shop at 7.15am for more tobacco for him and he was like "so" but its costing £200 a month? and then that makes me spend more on myself because i begrudge spending the £200 a month on him smoking and me cutting things out of my budget left and right. he was ruminating on how he could earn £50 a week to cover it, but he doesn't do anything so i don't know why he's expecting money to fall into his lap.
i had a chat with ovo about the fact that they are reporting me as missing payments from march to october last year even though i was paying them. they applied the DMP flag to my account seven months late. they have escalated it to a specialist team and should correct it within 30 days apparently. i hope they do because its wrong and annoying. but also pleased that i said something.
had a shower and used curl jelly on my hair but i don't like the feeling of it. it feels greasy and crunchy. so i might get rid of the rest of the curl jelly that i have and just go back to using mousse. i had to buy makeup wipes because the micellar water and cotton pad combination was not getting rid of my eye make up. i was trying to be frugal by not adding wipes to my weekly shop and it backfired because i then had to spend more in the corner shop for the same product. argh.
i nearly finished my sewing but was running out of thread.... and after an hour of looking for it i found it in the kitchen bin surrounded by bits of moose's rope toy. i gave it a wash and wrapped it around the chair to try, and i am so annoyed by that entire escapade that i am now taking myself to bed.
currently reading: assassin's blade
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