Thanx Gran :-)

So I had bought a dress for my leavers ball but I started having second thoughts about it which is what I tend to do 99% of the time when I buy something like a dress! It was a really nice dress and Alicea and Babz helped me pick it out but you know what it's like when you're with friends and they boost your confidence but then when I got home and tried it on again I changed my mind. The dress was really revealing on the back and I just wouldn't have felt comfortable showing my back like that cos, well I don't like my back!

Anyway, I'm drifting from the point. I went to take the dress back and the woman in the shop actually makes the dresses herself (I think). When I got the dress she was really nice but this particular day she was really horrible. I was asking about a refund and she was just giving a blank look which just made me feel like a fool. Then eventually she managed to say, 'No.. I would give you an exchange' so I left it at that. Then my Grandma found out about it and said she would have a go. So today, I come home from school and my Grandma comes in and what happened... she got the refund! She said the lady was really nice to her. So a big thank you is in order to Grandma for getting my 70 squid back yay yay!

It's been one of those days where little things like that have sorted itself out. You might remember when I talked about this music festival in Ireland? Well I ended up paying for the ticket but then I changed my mind, lol no surprises there! I wanted to sell the ticket on ebay but my friend said that the ticket won't come through untill 2 days before the festival. Turns out she was wrong and they came through yesterday so today I finally put it on ebay and hopefully somebody will buy it :-s

Back to school = back to blogging?!

I've been on Easter hols which isn't an excuse not to blog but ah well.

Tonight I stayed in and it's all been a bit bizarre...

Firstly there's no Friends on TV on a friday night!!! Can you believe it!? What is all that about eh!!!?

Also I was very confused as Hustle wasn't on which I didn't understand because it's always on a Friday night but I watch it on Sundays instead on Teleport replay. Then my mum turned over to her boring Hallmark channel and there was Hustle! Hmmm, all very strange, what's Hustle doing on Hallmark???

And then, I discovered that my Aunty once posed for a life drawing class- well I never knew that!

Another interesting fact, or rather not so interesting is that I started reading a book, that's right people! And I've finished it too :) it's the one that Loz read I think, 'The curious incident of the dog in the night'. Lots of people found it funny but I found it quite sad although some bits I did have to smile at.

I have work tomorrow and the lady who works in cash office won't be there so you all know what that means... I get to listen to the radio woohoo! I may even have to run cash office by myself because I did a couple of days in the holidays to cover so technically I should know what I'm doing. I quite enjoy running cash office actually, sometimes I know more than the manager which makes me feel quite good :-)

Oh yeah, Babz mentioned some funny comments that were made when we went to Weston. They probably don't sound as funny now but I think the funniest for me was when we passed a Miss Millie's and Sam, bless her, was like, 'There's a Miss Millie's here!' thinking that there was only one Miss Millie's that existed which was in Staple Hill :-P

For whoever this may concern: I don't like litter bugs ;-)

Yeh I've copied Loz too

1. LOOK ABOVE YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN..WHAT DO YOU SEE?
A very boring wall and if I look up a bit more a very boring picture of a boat

2. PRESS A RANDOM LETTER ON YOUR KEYBOARD WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED?
g

3. ARE YOU ON MSN AT THE MOMENT?
Nope, I’m invisible mwuhaha..

4. STAND UP AND REACH UP...DO YOU TOUCH THE CEILING?
No

5. NOW REACH IN FRONT OF YOU (STILL STOOD UP) WHAT DO YOU TOUCH?
I could touch the wall if I stretched

6. WHATS THE LAST THING A PERSON SAID TO YOU ON MSN?
I can’t even remember, I havn’t chatted on it at all today, it was probably ‘night night’

7. WHAT CAN U HEAR RIGHT NOW?
The TV and my dog snoring

8. PICK UP THE NEAREST BOOK... TURN TO PAGE 27 LINE 18 WHAT IS IT?
I actually had to go onto page 28 to reach the 18th line but it says, ‘What would it be like to see each of the four horses and riders?’

9. WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL MESSAGE ON MSN RIGHT NOW?
I am boring and don’t have one, just Gem

10. WHATS ON TV RIGHT NOW?
The OC- amazing, well not amazing I suppose but it’s easy watching, I’ve already watched it but now my mum is watching it on E4 +1

11. LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT..WHAT DO YOU SEE?
A curtain

12. GO ON THE INTERNET, TYPE IN ON GOOGLE YOUR FULL NAME
The first one is about some girl called Gemma Norman, surprisingly, at North Cumbria Technology College… but the second one down more interstingly is from my old school’s website and is about me being player of the hockey match :)

13.WHATS ON YOUR MOUSEMAT?
I don’t have one :(

14. WHAT COLOUR IS YOUR KEYBOARD?
some creamy colour

15. WHAT MAKE IS YOUR COMPUTER?
Compaq Presario MV500

16. IF YOU WALK 5 STEPS TO YOUR RIGHT..AND REACH TO THE LEFT..WHAT DO YOU TOUCH?
Well if I could walk through walls I would be outside and maybe touch a bush…

17. IS THERE SOMEONE IN YOUR BATHROOM RIGHT NOW?
No

18. IS THERE A GUEST IN YOUR HOUSE RIGHT NOW?
Nah

19. ARE YOU EATING?
No, I have just had a choclate bar though which I dipped in my tea whilst watching The OC, mmm

20. ARE YOU DRINKING?
No

21. TYPE YOUR PHONE NUMBER....
No thanks

22. WHAT TIME IS IT?
10.54pm

23. IS YOUR CHAIR COMFY?
Well, it’s ok, not amazing

*warning* incredibly long post

Ok ok, so here is my 101st post!

Sooo… I’m just trying to remember what I’ve been up to…

Ummm, I really am struggling to remember what interesting things have happened! I’m on Easter hols now finally, Woohoo. I love having the first day where I just stay in bed till 1pm and just slob around basically cos I don’t get a chance to that normally.

So anyway, last Wednesday I went to visit Gloucestershire University with my mum. That was cool, not really much to report on that except the campus I'd be on is quite small but there are shuttle buses which go to the other main campuses so I guess it wouldn’t be that big a deal. We didn’t get any free food much to my mum’s disappointment, she keeps judging the uni’s on how much free food they give you! Tomorrow we’re going to Bath Spa and that will be the last uni, which I’ll need to visit so it better impress.

Thursday… dance was a good laugh, it was one of those nights where so many funny comments were made and I guess we were all in a giggly mood, Nami’s already told you one funny thing that was said. Another one was this:

Nami: (whilst spinning around with her arms out) look, look at my hands when I do this… you can see the blood rushing down!!!

Me & Babz: oh yeh, wow, my hands are all red

Nami: come on Alicea do it and look at your hands!

Alicea: I can’t I’m black; stop it with the racial games guys!

It was funny at the time trust me and it might sound racist but I suppose because we’ve known each other for years so we managed to laugh about it together.

Friday was last day at school and I met Alicea and Babz in town to do some shopping. I actually really hate shopping; well only when it’s the type of shopping where you wander round shops aimlessly. But this time I was looking for a dress for my prom/ball- whatever it’s called. And I found one too with the help of the others. They took me to a shop on Park Street and upstairs they have a big selection of dresses at really reasonable prices. The lady was really nice too and she said once I'd bought the shoes I could come back up and she’d adjust it for me! The dress is pink and it has a shimmer to it. I’m usually really cautious when shopping for something like this but I am easily persuaded. I was quite hesitant because the dress shows off the back and I'm a bit conscious about mine but they both insisted and Babz even bought me a shawl to match for my birthday pressie :)

On Saturday I was at work, nothing different there except about 45 minutes before I was meant to finish there was an evacuation! I’ve told most of you this anyway but I'll re-tell the story anyway… so I was in the office by myself and I hear the announcement and then the beeeeep beeeeep came on. I ‘m thinking oh dear… what the hell do I do!? Luckily as I came out of the office Emma who I work with was on her way back so we went out together although she didn’t really know what to do either. My nervous laughter started to kick in making me look really unprofessional and then to make things worse a woman asked me if it was just a test and I just half smiled with a nervous laugh!!! When me and Emma were outside it was literally just me and her and the customers, no other employees! It was so funny although not really cos it could have been really serious but it was actually ok in the end.

Sunday we all went to The Mix which was really good and even though the speak Phillip had told the story before it was still just as funny this time. I've been to The Mix a couple of times before but I think I enjoyed it much more this time because I was with my own crowd, people I felt comfortable with. Before I'd been with my friend and her church group and she basically ditched me through the whole thing so I felt a bit of a lemon!

Last night I went to the very classy Mangotsfield fair… first night = ½ price! I’m usually well up for rides but I had just had pizza and I started to feel really queasy. I still went on all the main rides but I felt sooooo ill after each one. Think it’s because at those types of fairs all the rides just take you round and round in circles- really not good for the stomach!

Also, for the past few days I’ve started watching the fourth series of 24. I have to say I have really enjoyed it. I am enjoying the whole terrorist action but I’m finding myself wanting to watch the next one because of the love affairs going on, guess that’s just a girly thing.

Well… this has been a veeeeeerrry long post, sorry bout that guys :)