As the year draws to a close...

Holyboobyjebus it's nearly the end of 2008 and it's time to reflect and look forward.

This year has been a fairly hectic year for me as those who know me will vouch for but it's now Dec 28th and I'm still smiling so it's all come good in the end. I'm not going to go into all the details of what I've done and been through this year, in a couple of days it will be a new year and time to lift my chin up, put my best foot forward and start as I mean to go on.

I have three simple resolutions for the coming year. I will join and go to the gym at least once a week, I will sort out my finances and I will pass my driving test. That's it. Anything on top of that is gravy.

Speaking of gravy, we had three Christmas' this year and holy cow I've never eaten so much turkey in my puff. Never again I tell you. I need a break from meat! But it was nice to see everyone for the short time that we did. I didn't manage to get any pictures from back home, was far too tired to go out and about most of the time! I think a holiday is long overdue...

But, yuh, I've got things to do so I better scoot!

xx

Howdy!

Did ya miss me? Haha no, I know nobody but me reads this thing anyway...

Righty so, after reading the blog of a woman who has been such an inspiration to me I figured I better come on here and get my thoughts out.

I am not a human being. I am, however, a human doing. Y'know working with so much damned money day in, day out makes me feel just that little bit like a robot so I figure I should come back down to earth and connect with people. I hugged the guy giving out free hugs, I smile at my bus drivers, greet them and when I get off the bus thank them. I am greatful to get home before 7pm. I buy presents for people because I know it will bring happiness into their lives for a little bit. I make an effort with my appearance because I know others appreciate it. I don't give beggars money, but I do give them food. I don't leave the dishes in the sink for days on end and I take the rubbish out. And at the end of the day I'm just happy to be going to bed and have someone with me that loves me. All this stuff is selfish, I like making other people feel good, in making them feel good, I feel good...

It's nearly Christmas, I'm looking forward to going home to see my mum and sister, I get to see them fairly often, but I'm rarely home and it will be nice to see the sea again. I'll take my camera and see if I can get some good mood shots...I've not tried it out at night yet but fingers crossed, there's something very magical about the beach in the moonlight.

On that note, toodlepip!

xXx

To re-iterate on my last title...

This year is disappearing so damned fast! It's 41 days to Christmas by my reckoning...

So yuh, I've got a start date for my new job, 1 December, and considering I got offered the job in frigging October it's about damn time too! The good thing about my new job is that I can wear skirts and stockings and heels on a daily basis and this makes me a happy Nikki. Oh, also, since I discovered Mac Fluidline eyeliner gel, I am never touching another liquid eyeliner ever again. 5 seconds and it's done, no mess, no fuss and no need for re-touching. Fantastic! Perfect for finishing off my glamour kitten look.

Surprise, surprise I'm shattered. I wouldn't be if I had had a full nights sleep last night but somehow my finance's brothers' girlfriend thought that it was a great idea to text Dave at stupid o'clock this morning, thus waking me up and once I'm awake that's me up for the day. Ugh the girl does my head in. I don't like her and she knows it. Upon the second meeting of me she insulted me within 20 seconds. Apparently they don't teach rich kids manners.

Anyways, I've spent the past week cleaning and tidying and moving stuff and now I'm going to make a start on the kitchen, I've got to do something to keep me awake!

Toodles!

Where the hell is time going?!

Aha it's October now, eighty-something days to Christmas and all that jazz, this year has disappeared so damn fast! At the moment I feel like if I don't stop and grab it, my very life will pass me by. I'm so bogged down with work and flat hunting and waiting for a start date for my new job and money worries and wedding planning and eating and doing all the normal day to days stuff that by the time I get to bed at night to snuggle up with Dave my head is spinning and I can't switch off! ARGH! Nightmare people, it's a god-damned nightmare.
You know it was great whilst we were over in the US, I had my phone off all the time, our days were spent just enjoying each others complany, nobody knew us and we didn't have anyone else to answer to but ourselves and then when we came back it was back to the same old crap that we'd left here. I really didn't want to come back y'know, if it wasn't for our guinea pigs I think I would have quite happily upped-sticks and moved there, not to say that I wouldn't miss anything else about Scotland, my friends and family are all here but it would have been nice to have a different way of living, not to mention life, for a while.
Anyways, I mustn't complain too much, I have a place to live, food in my cupboards, clothes on my back and the love of a good man. That's all I need, right?

Procrastinating...and engagement!

So I have a job interview tomorrow and I really should be filling in the application form and searching for my previous three years of address history (I know!) but I'm not, I can't be arsed, I don't particularly want this job but it's better than my current job and well, it's the lesser of two evils.

As you can see we're back from New York and (as you can't see) I'm sporting a rather impressive white gold and diamond ring on my wedding finger. That's right, Dave proposed and I said yes!! I love him so much and it feels so right to be marrying him. He did the sweetest proposal too, we were out on Liberty Island looking over Manhattan and he got down on one knee, it was perfect, just the right moment. We're so happy! We had the greatest holiday and we did so much in such a short space of time, I can't wait to go back, I loved every single minute. For those that havn't been, go!

Oh for crying out loud!

Ugh I'm irked (what a good word!). My favourite WWE Diva, Cherry, was released from WWE a couple of weeks back and they've just released why. Apparently she wasn't thin or pretty enough and wasn't talented enough to ignore her "lack" of prettiness or thinness...

Argh! I LIKED the fact that she wasn't a stick and she IS pretty, not model stunning, but definately "girl next door" pretty. And she IS talented. Both me and Dave liked her in-ring work. I can't believe how obsessed America is with people's looks, the crowd loved her and it was refreshing to see someone that didn't look like they ate two sticks of celery a day with barbie sized breasts. Ugh. I'm displeased.

Quick Update

Well I was in hospital yesterday for my combined gastroscopy and endoscopy and today I'm in pain, the painkillers are wearing off now. There's not much to report, they took biopsies of my bowel so I'm waiting to see what they say. It's a bit crap really, I was expecting to know after yesterday what was wrong so they could treat it, but my bowel wasn't clear enough for them to see it all so I may have to go in for another endoscopy. This doesn't make me a happy bunny.



However, what does make me happy is I've just booked tickets for myself and Dave to go see Avenue Q on Broadway when we're in New York! (3 weeks on Friday) And I know some people who will be uber jealous hehe.

That's about it for the moment...

Toodles!

Stuff and Nonsense

So I've reached the last week of the tattoo relatively unscathed (I've only pulled my achilles tendon, my hamstring and worsened the condition of my, already buggered, knees) and I've not yet succumbed to the dreaded festival flu so I must be doing something right. I've decided that this will be my last tattoo though, I've done it for three years now and this year has just grated on me. I don't get enough time with Dave or my guinea pigs, I've not seen nearly as many shows as I would have liked to and I'm grumpy from lack of sleep. It's just not worth it.

So, in other matters, I'm paying a visit to the hospital next week and I'm starting to worry about it...The details are for another time, well once I've found out what's going on for myself...

So very tired

I realised tonight, as I sat rubbing ibruprofen gel into my knee joint, that I am, infact, exhasted. This years' festival is taking its toll on me. I'm in my flat and awake on average 3 hours a day. I get to spend next to no time with Dave (my other half) or our guinea pigs and when I'm at home I have endless lists of things to do. I am so bloody sick of cleaning up after my pigs of flatmates, I'm not their damn mother! But, anyway, I'm not sleeping, I'm surviving on sandwiches and in general it's not doing me any good. I'm looking forward to September when we're out of the country, allbeit for a short time, so that I can leave all this crap behind...

Sorry for the horribly depressive nature of this post guys.

Take care!

Some Pictures

Just wanted to share some picures that I've taken over the past couple of nights at work...

I'm currently working as a followspot operator for the world famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo and this is one of the views I get from my spotlight...beautiful huh?

And this is the cast of this years Tattoo, the odd looking thing at the left hand side of the picture is my light. It was a very wet night, and yes, I am that high up!

Quick rant before work...

So I was out and about today and I wandered into Topshop to find a t-shirt with the slogan "Love My Bones" on it. What the hell?! How can they get away with that?! I find that disgusting. Isn't that encouraging young girls to slim down to the point where their bones are sticking out? For goodness sake, I thought this country had gotten over the size zero thing!

Anyways, I've gotta run off to work to get very wet in the rain. I love Scottish weather...

Getting to know me...

I must admit that blogging isn't an entirely new concept to me. I used to use myspace as a place to share my thoughts and feelings with the world but then it began to annoy me and to be honest I couldn't be bothered with it anymore. So here's hoping this doesn't annoy me...

Yes, however, I shall introduce myself. I'm Nikki, I'm 21 and I only found out today that I actually graduated from uni in June. Some thing to not know huh?! I like vintage fashion. I do not like being told "it's not the fifties anymore". I don't care that it's not the fifties anymore, I like my own sense of style and I'm far more comfortable in high heels, a pencil skirt and seamed stockings (yes, stockings, I don't "do" tights) than I am in (god forbid) tracksuit bottoms and trainers. This doesn't mean, by any means, that I'm stuck up, I'm not, I can laugh at penis jokes as much as any lager-slugging boy, it just means that I wear my dress sense with pride and I do not wish to be judged on it. The rest of that rant is a post for another day. I like to take photographs and once I've figured out how to upload them onto this thing I'll share some of them with you all.

What else do you want to know? Oh I have backwards elbows, they freak people out. I have to turn my hand through 180degrees to turn my elbows. I like films, art, music, books and geeky comedy. I'm currently watching QI. I am a geek. I even have the glasses...and I'm honest. Ask me any question and you'll get an honest answer whether I think you want to hear it or not. At least that's one thing I can promise you throughout my posts, you wont get varying degrees of bull, what you read is what you get...

On that note, this is becoming an extremely long post so I shall electronically sign off...

Goodnight and sweet dreams to all

Nikki x

My first post

So I decided to start this thing 'cause it gives me a chance to splurge my, often incoherent, thoughts on the wonderful world wide web. Whether or not this was an informed decision, well, we'll just have to wait and see...
In all honesty I don't have anything to splurge tonight but rest assured that I will have in the near future.

Until then guys,

Toodlepip!