lovely things,total price £340

and this lovely silk dress which I'd have nowhere to wear it to,but still..........

Blogger's block

I think I've got it.
I have nothing to write about at the moment,as all I'm doing is working,if its not overtime,its late arrests or shit operations!My toenails need repainting,my hair needs cutting and colouring and my flat is a mess,I haven't even got time to take my car to the garage as I need it for work,and I am aching all over after a dealing with a twat the other night who needed 6 burly officers to put into his police cab (btw,I wonder if one of those officers was another blogger fave of mine!???)and that and an overflowing locker of files is all my life consists of currently!


*keeps thinking of all the dosh*

where do I start?

not been able to blog for ages 'cos I have spent waaaaayyy too much time working of late,and only some of it was double bubble.Anyway I might have to resort to a list like I always do when I get bloggers block.....



*went shopping with the lovely L and bought........
Primark.
black puff sleeved jumper
black knit tank top
cream Chloe-esque blouse
black military jacket
grey stripe grandad top
white vest with tiny buttons


Topshop.
knee high boots with side zip
skinny silk scarf with tiny skulls

Coco Ribbon.
black Uggs

Ebay.
leather belt with coins on it-sounds awful but its lovely and will replace the one I have from when I was 20 that doesn't fit anymore!
a crystal skull
a rug for my living room

*flashed someone!*embarrassed!*

*rented out my house and didn't die of stress in the process.

*got blown a kiss by a granny who I stopped to let cross the road.

*had a smooch with Mr 'it'll all end in tears'

*hardly eaten anything cos I've been ill and too busy which is not like me at all.

*had someone tell me they were in love with me but I don't feel the same way,I wish I could,but I just don't.Never got any valentines though.

*nearly got punched at work.

FFS!

Some bastard has nicked the ariel off my car,I wondered why the radio wasn't tuning in the other day,just as well I didn't see them or I would have lost it 'cos I am very protective of my car even though its old as the hills!
Christ,last time someone took the 4 miss matched wheel trims off it,leave it alone for goodness sake,and to the man with a van across the road (not 'white van man')who I think knocked into my wing mirror and bent it inwards,I am watching you,if I see you go near my car again,you'd better hope you have tax/MOT/etc!!!!!


*pissed off now*

this week so far

I've been mad busy the last few days so I haven't had time to update properly!

Firstly I heard back from the job and I didn't get it,I came 3rd out of 5 candidates for 2 jobs,so a not too shabby result but I feel a bit gutted,mainly because it means I am stuck where I am for awhile and I don't want to be here and secondly because I think the girl I mentioned in my previous post probably got it which is annoying because she is one of those people who is so self assured and is also a bit of a brainbox when it comes to law and she's everything I'm not really,down to the fact she turns up wearing a casual shirt and trousers looking her usual slightly scruffy self and I wore a 'court smart' suit and heels (I know what DI's like!).
It was quite a hard interview,even though I had done my research I was so nervous I forgot some things,and I'm not great at being put on the spot with law I'm more a hands on person,funnily enough I got one of the hardest questions right though!


*gutted*

Yesterday went on the march for a FAIR POLICE PAY DEAL,here are some pics,see if you can spot me!!I was knackered when I got back to work,so I nicked someone so I could have a sit down in custody (ha ha)



I also lost a tenner yesterday which I am annoyed about as its not near enough to payday for my liking and I hate losing money!I *think* although its a cliche,the cleaner has found it dropped on the floor and has kept it as I'm pretty much sure of where I 'lost' it,he's a right weirdo and I swear one day he'll be in my cuffs for something-theres something not right there imo.*mmmmmmmm*

so tempted to be spiteful

I just got a text from a girl I know at work who says she has the same interview as me and she's asking what to wear.Now,do I tell her to wear the right thing or the wrong thing?????????????After all,she is competition!

Slam it to the left..............

if you're having a good time.........etc


I went to see the Spice Girls on Friday!How brilliant are they?I don't care what anyone else says I think they were,and still are great!We had seats way up in the clouds-we were so high it was quite scary cos it looks like a sheer drop when everyone's seated,I kept thinking 'if I fall then I will hit every person going down and fall over the balcony onto the audience below',now that would be embarrassing!I forgot to take my camera so I dont have any pics to bore anyone with,although I did tell one of the sergeants at work me and my friend had dressed up as Geri and Baby respectively which has got his imagination going,and now he keeps saying 'oh you have to show me the photos!' as if we were going to dress up!
It was a real nostalgia trip for me as I sang along to all the songs,David Beckham was in the audience with the Beckham boys,apparently they have been there every night,and I bumped into my friend there as well who had also been on Wednesday and seen Madonna in the audience.....MADONNA...can you believe it?I love her,why wasn't she there when I was?The audience was also full of little girls-how on earth do they know who the Spice Girls are?Anyway,this is my little review of the night.......

Scary-massive tits and a great figure,she sounded quite good and did a solo song which was good fun
Baby-sounded really good but was a bit boring,she didnt do anything special.
Posh-actually did sing but sounded crap-luckily everytime she sang,the audience drowned her out by cheering,I never saw the attraction with her,even back in the day-I can remember when they were big,my boyfriend of the time fancied her and I couldnt understand it at all!waved alot to the Beckham clan and didnt sing a solo (thankfully)
Geri-looked amazing and sounded really good considering she's no singer.
Sporty-my favourite back in the day-looked good,sounded fantastic,especially when she did her solo stuff and kicked her legs alot,participated alot more than she did back in the day.I once saw her in the gym I used to go to.

hug a granny day,kind of.........

today must have been a secret pensioners day out or something cos I have seen literally hundreds of them out and about,and they were so cute!!!All of them were cheeky little grannies with curly grey hair and twinkles in their eyes rather than the miserable old git kind,and they all love chatting to police,especially when you pretend to be looking for them,its an old joke but they love it!
I also like talking to the oldies cos they are so friendly and kind of grateful for the chatter,plus I always think of how things must be so different for them these days and I worry about some of them being out and about with some of the riff raff out there!Isnt it funny how they always tell you their age too?One old lady who was wearing a loud fuschia coat said 'I'm 85 you know,and I look after the old folk!' and another one told me how her dead daughter had been in the job,and how much she supported the police,bless 'em!

interview

oooooh,I've got an interview for the job I applied for,I knew last week 'cos my sergeant friend rang me and told me,but I didn't find the letter they had sent to me until Saturday 'cos I just threw it on the coffee table and didn't even look at it until Saturday!
Its a squad so it'll be a big career jump if I get it,not sure what to wear to the interview though,I don't think tunics cut it these days do they,or do I go in uniform?God,it'll be embarrassing having an interview with someone I already 'know' rather than someone I have never met before,I hope I can answer all the questions and not clam up,my performance in interviews always seem to be dependent on how the interviewer is with me,I know the DI thinks I'm good,so that's an advantage but I am getting my contacts to find out who the competition is so I know what I'm up against!

Don't push me 'cos I'm close to the edge...........

...........................................
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under

Broken glass everywhere
People pissin’ on the stairs, you know they just don’t care
I can’t take the smell, can’t take the noise
Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back
Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat
I tried to get away but I couldn't get far
’cuz a man with a tow truck repossessed my car

Don't push me ’cuz I’m close to the edge
I’m trying not to lose my head
Uh huh ha ha ha
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under

Standin’ on the front stoop hangin’ out the window
Watchin’ all the cars go by, roarin’ as the breezes blow
Crazy lady, livin’ in a bag
Eatin’ outta garbage pails, used to be a fag hag
Said she’ll dance the tango, skip the light fandango
A Zircon princess seemed to lost her senses
Down at the peep show watchin’ all the creeps
So she can tell her stories to the girls back home
She went to the city and got social security
She had to get a pimp, she couldn’t make it on her own

Don’t push me 'cuz I’m close to the edge
I’m trying not to lose my head
Uh huh ha ha ha
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under

My brother’s doin’ bad, stole my mother’s TV
Says she watches too much, it’s just not healthy
All My Children in the daytime, Dallas at night
Can’t even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight
The bill collectors, they ring my phone
and scare my wife when I’m not home
Got a bum education, double-digit inflation
Can’t take the train to the job, there’s a strike at the station
Neon King Kong standin’ on my back
Can’t stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac
A mid-range migraine, cancered membrane
Sometimes I think I'm goin’ insane
I swear I might hijack a plane!

Don’t push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge
I’m trying not to lose my head
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under

My son said, Daddy, I don’t wanna go to school
'cuz the teacher’s a jerk, he must think I’m a fool
And all the kids smoke reefer, I think it’d be cheaper
if I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper
Or dance to the beat, shuffle my feet
Wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps
'cuz it’s all about money, ain’t a damn thing funny
You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey
They pushed that girl in front of the train
Took her to the doctor, sewed her arm on again
Stabbed that man right in his heart
Gave him a transplant for a brand new start
I can’t walk through the park 'cuz it’s crazy after dark
Keep my hand on my gun 'cuz they got me on the run
I feel like a outlaw, broke my last glass jaw
Hear them say “You want some more?”
Livin’ on a see-saw

Don’t push me 'cuz I’m close to the edge
I’m trying not to lose my head
Say what?
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under

A child is born with no state of mind
Blind to the ways of mankind
God is smilin’ on you but he's frownin’ too
Because only God knows what you’ll go through
You’ll grow in the ghetto livin’ second-rate
And your eyes will sing a song called deep hate
The places you play and where you stay
Looks like one great big alleyway
You’ll admire all the number-book takers
Thugs, pimps and pushers and the big money-makers
Drivin’ big cars, spending twenties and tens
And you’ll wanna grow up to be just like them, huh
Smugglers, scramblers, burglars, gamblers
Pickpocket peddlers, even panhandlers
You say I’m cool, huh, I’m no fool
But then you wind up droppin’ outta high school
Now you’re unemployed, all non-void
Walkin’ round like you’re Pretty Boy Floyd
Turned stick-up kid, but look what you done did
Got sent up for a eight-year bid
Now your manhood is took and you’re a Maytag
Spend the next two years as a undercover fag
Bein’ used and abused to serve like hell
’til one day, you was found hung dead in the cell
It was plain to see that your life was lost
You was cold and your body swung back and forth
But now your eyes sing the sad, sad song
Of how you lived so fast and died so young so...

Don’t push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge
I’m trying not to lose my head
Uh huh huh huh huh
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under
Huh, uh huh huh huh huh
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under
Huh, uh huh huh huh huh…*

yesterday at work was spent singing 'The Message' by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five;singing it,reciting it as poetry-which was very apt whilst dealing with a furious crowd at 'a certain location',and then singing it again in stupid made up Burnley** accents.Then we went onto White Lines,also by Grandmaster and Melly Mel,full blast in the van.Brilliant!By the way,how camp are those last 2 in the pic?they were meant to be hard edge U.S rapppers,telling it like it really was!



*thanks to fab blog http://80sactual.blogspot.com/2005/05/dont-push-me-cos-im-close-to-edge.html,which is where I found the lyrics.

** you'd have to be there I think!

what I'm doing right now

well probably the opposite to most people,I was working 13 hours last night so while most people were out celebrating NYE I was sober and surrounded by drunken people,most of whom were nice and some quite sweet,a few morons but not too bad all in all.Anyway I slept as long as I could today,until 1pm which is not bad for me and mooched around all afternoon,now I suddenly have properly woken up and have cooked pizza and garlic bread and I am drinking Brown Brothers Pinot Grigio and have 'pump up the volume' on which is reminding me of my clubbing days,playlist here for 90's fans;
show me love-Robin S
Everybody's free-Rozalia
Ride on Time-Black Box
Dreamer*-Livin Joy
I'm Gonna Get you-Bizzare Inc feat Angie Brown
Pump up the Jam-Technotronic
Naked in the Rain-Blue Pearl
Its a fine Day-Opus II
The Power-Snap
Love cant turn around-Farley Jackmaster Funk


bloody LOVE this music,it brings back memories of going out with my mates,getting drunk on wine mixed with coke (cos I didnt like wine but it was free)and then terrorising the men in clubs and pubs around London!


I also have the new Killers cd which I cant get into at the moment,but keeping fingers crossed I can as I love them and want to like it as much as Sam's Town and Hot Fuss.



*one of my all time fave songs!

absent friends

over the course of 2007 I have lost 2 friends.I dont mean they are dead or anything,just gone!

Friend number 1 I blogged about in June,she knows she's done wrong though,cos for a girl who never backs down ,she has sent me a few texts and picture messages of her daughter and a Christmas card,I didn't send her one back,partly because I was a slacker on the card front this year,sending them out on the 22nd and partly cos I couldn't see the point?I did send her little girl a birthday card in October though cos that was different.But where do you draw the line with friends taking the piss,I like her but I cant be friends with her 'till she apologises-which will be when hell freezes over I suspect!

Friend number 2 is a girl I met whilst applying for the police way back when.We instantly hit it off,and had been such good friends,getting our offical training school pics done together,clubbing together,slagged off men together,got drunk together,stayed around each others flats.All until she met a nice bloke after tonnes of shit heads,now I havent seen her for 18 months,and that last time I saw her was only cos she wanted me to go to a concert with her.After all I have done for her,she does the classic of dumping me when things got serious with him (not that I've ever met him),she sent me a text before Christmas saying 'hello one and all.just wanted to wish you a merry Christmas and happy new year.I got an early xmas present and mr x has asked me to marry him and now we are officially engaged.there'll be a party in the new year and I'll be in touch with the date.hope everyone is well,love ex-friend'.I am pissed off with her,all the time I had a BF I hardly saw cos of his job and I never once let her down to see him,always went to expensive clubs with her cos thats what she wanted to do,even though I'm not much of a clubber myself,took her out for a brilliant birthday treat and generally was a good mate to her.Then she asks for my address to send a card to I guess,but whats the point?Send me an engagement card to make yourself look popular when you have your party,never mind the fact that I needed a friend over the last year!I cant even slag her off by saying she's not a nice person cos she is.

weekly round up

where does the time go?I haven't had a chance to post all week what with work and crimbo drinks and all that,so it'll have to be a round-up like I always do when I haven't bothered for awhile!

1.had a foot chase at work on Saturday,only to find myself on my own in a rough shopping centre having lost sight of my colleague attracting the attention of the local 'young people',this is about the point when I discovered my emergency button DOESNT BLOODY WORK!All I could hear because of a 'technicality' with my radio was the bloody operators chatting away not giving a shit that they had lost radio contact with us.Morons.

2.I have bought some really nice bits from Primark-I have to say I dont only shop here,but it gives me an instant rush cos I usually buy a fair few pieces which would cost £150 elsewhere!This trip I bought,a sheer black blouse with pussy bow.a waistcoat with tie neck,skinny jeans,wide leg jeans.I also got a black drapey jersey top from Oasis,then saw virtually the same one for about £3 in Primark,I decided to keep it though cos the Oasis one was nicer and I also got some black patent t-bar strap flat shoes from Topshop,which I think I might have to Ebay cos I think they are a bit too small on me!Gutted.I will post some pics but my photo thingy is playing up.

3.I am having a quiet crimbo this year on my own,which seems to be a big problem for other people-I havent got much time off so I want to chill out and relax,not drive up the M1 or have to be pleasant to aunts and uncles or have to do what someone else wants to,so its just me and my cats (yes I am Bridget Jones without the big saggy knickers!)and some nice food and wine and a warm house.

think Sarah Beeny here...........

this is the house I have bought to let,it needs some redecorating but I am trying to do only what is necessary a la The Beeny!


this is the dining room which is being repainted to get rid of the god awful wallpaper,the carpet might stay for the time being as its ok quality-the light fitting is being changed as well to lighten the room up cos its darker than it looks in the pic.

the kitchen-awful dirty room,I am tiling the walls,replacing the floor with vinyl tiles,might be replacing the worktops but apart from painting the walls I am leaving it the way it was-with a smaller fridge.Oh,I might push the boat out and buy a shade!

the main bedroom-stripping the cheap nasty wallpaper,repainting and putting up a curtain pole-again,might have to leave the carpet for the time as I am skint now!

the hallway-dark horrible carpet needs replacing and the walls could do with a coat of paint and new shades.


the second bedroom-needs a new carpet,but its ok other than that,I will probably just paint the walls and put up a blind or curtain pole.

the bathroom,its being repainted,re-tiled and all the naff fixtures have been taken down and new stainless steel ones put back up (straight!)-I am also going to put up a new blind and a mirror and replace the taps with bargain ones off Ebay.


Now all I have to do is rent it out,which is the scary part incase no-one wants to at the price I want to let it for,oh I forgot to take a pic of the garden which isnt too bad,it has a shed and a little patio which could be quite nice in the summer.

bored

its been raining hard all day so I havent been out the door even though I need to get food shopping done-I hate doing it online so it has to be in real life.I didnt get out of bed till 10 am this morning which is a massive lie in for me,I never used to be able to sleep after 8 am but I seem to be getting better at it.I had a row with someone at work yesterday which upset me,well it was more him taking the piss out of me then getting the arse when I said 'thanks for that X',he was swearing and shouting at me-I've never seen him like that before,how wrong can you get someone eh?Hopefully I can get out of that place as its going from bad to worse,is it so hard to get on with each other?I have applied for a specialist role which I have a decent chance of getting but I know loads of people who are also applying including my new partner in crime fighting who is not as good as me but is more popular and can talk about football (which seems to be a criterior* for getting on in this job).its so weird at work how some people can totally get you and like you and how others are automatically against you for no real reason,I've not had this before in a job,theres been bitchiness but considering I have always worked with other women and gay men,I had no idea straight boys were so spiteful and bitchy about everything!


All of this is giving me the major urge to do something naughty or wild,anything for a change ,work is important to me cos I spend so much time there and although there are colleagues I get on well with and have a laugh with (Burnley and whistling teeth anyone?)I really miss working with people who I really like and can have a stomach aching laugh with,and talk about things I'm interested in.


* not sure if this is actually a word or if I just made it up.

ooooooohhh!

how beautiful are these babies?Can I walk in them,can I afford them?No to both of those but I still want them.

Cribs

I love this programme,for 2 reasons-I love to nosey around other peoples homes and because I love the flashy 'dream come true-ness' of it it all.I have seen some truly awful things on there and some really 'wow,I want that' things!
My dream crib would be a converted barn or ancient house,with a modern interior whilst maintaining some original quirky features.The living room would be fitted with the state of the art tv,sound system (throughout all rooms) and open fireplace,it would have a massive crystal chandelier as a centre-piece,enormous modern (yet comfy) corner sofa and antique coffee table on a wildly expensive rug.The walls would be hung with my favourite art pieces and photographs.
The kitchen would be very modern with lots of stainless steel,a huge double oven,pizza oven (!) all appliances and space for a sofa and bookshelves full of cookery books.I'd have an antique wooden kitchen table with Starck Ghost chairs in clear around it,I would hang art on the walls and buy an American super-fridge stacked full of fresh food and a wine cellar.
The bedrooms would be a mix of modern and antique with luxurious curtains and beautiful rugs and I'd have my childhood ream of a dressing room with properly fitted hanging rails full of all my clothes,and shelves with everything neatly folded.
The bathroom would have an antique bath with a freestanding modern tap and a tv in the wall,and a mirror with lights all around like you see in theatres.
I might also have a study with my pc (one that doesnt keep breaking!)lots of books,posters and lots of mess as I dont think I could be neat and tidy overnight!

The garden of my fantasy house would be full of architectural plants and modern garden furniture and beautifully lit at night and I'd have a secret garden which is another childhood fantasy after reading the book of the same name!I'd have a little summerhouse too and a pond with fish and ducks and grow my own vegetables in a kitchen garden.

Oh and I'd have a pet monkey,some piglets and lots of cats and dogs.

boots

I really love these Topshop boots,but why are the boots I like always the most expensive ones?£95 and I cant really afford that atm,but they are just what I am looking for-knee length,not too much of a heel as I cant walk in high heels,except for 'car to bar' occasions,and they have a vintage look about them.

3 things............

1.I realised that my sergeant doesn't have a clue what he's talking about.
2.my cap on my tooth fell off after I had eaten a chewy sweet.
3.some bloke at work is GETTIN ON MY NERVES keeping sending me texts like I am his gf or something,if I was I'd dump him for it!

I went to the V&A yesterday to finally see this exhibition,it was very busy with lots of random people there-some of whom looked as thought they would have actually been there at the time,I'm no expert but I think the exhibition looks as though it was put together by academics rather than fashion experts.They had the dresses on modern mannequins which had broad shoulders and bigger waists than they would have had in the 40's and 50's,also some of the mannequins are ones that I used to dress back in the day so not only are they outdated,they are well near the 6 foot mark which was an odd choice for couture dresses that had actually been worn by real people rather than sample pieces,and some of the dresses weren't hanging correctly so didnt show off the amazing cut and drape that is exclusive to couture.Still it re-ignited my love of fashion history and bought back lots of memories of all the things I taught myself about fashion back in the days before we had the internet!I bought this fab door stop from the V&A shop just because it was so girly and camp-it even comes with its own fake vintage receipt!!

I also fell in love with lots of the prints that were on display,so I must try and track some of them down as I think they would look great in my flat.Whilst I was looking for images online I found this of Avedons apartment which I thought was interesting as I am nosy!
http://www.richardavedon.info/apartment/
(sorry,still don't know how to paste a link on blogger!).


After going out yesterday I feel crap-I have had a cold this week so I suppose I must have pushed it to one side in favour of fashion but felt terrible when I got home,but I have to go back to work tomorrow,I hate being off as I the longer I am away the more I dont want to go back.