what's in my bag?

Reblogged from yoonanimous:

I love the "What's in My Bag?" page in Us Weekly, because it's always such a shameless, manufactured attempt at product placement, and a totally homogenized version of what purse contents actually look like. According to Us Weekly, the only thing starlets carry in their bags are whole bottles of perfume and LV planners.

A couple months ago, I caught a glimpse of the inside of my friend Michelle's bag, and was immediately inspired to write a post about what a real woman's bag looks like.

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This made me chuckle, I keep no end of rubbish in my bag and only empty it when it refuses to close in a satisfactory way. Those days are pretty fun.

Today My Website Goes Live

At 12pm today Unicorn Wardrobe goes live. I am so very very excited for it and I’m half tempted to hand deliver my first order so I can give the person a HUGE hug! If you are reading this after 12, please go take a look, I would love to hear any comments on the website and the stock there as I’m not too hot on the coding thing but I will be teaching little bits to myself to improve it constantly.

So, I’m off to load up as many products as possible in preparation. Byee xo

So, I have an online shop…

Yep, the title pretty much says it all. I’ve had rather a lot of difficulty finding a graduate job for when I finish university this summer. Scratch that, I’ve found loads of jobs, just none of them want to extend me an invite to one of their interviews, even after I spend near five hours on most of the applications. A major bank denied me thirty minutes after I sent off my application. This was at midnight, so no-one must have read my application. I was turned down by a machine. Boo.

Anyway, instead of being a stereotypical whiny graduate I am actually going to do something. I have used some of my last instalment of student loan to set this up. I have a website and as of Thursday I will have stock on the website. I have worked hard on this, it has been in my head for nearly a year now. I don’t want to always be working in entry level jobs and I actually want some responsibility in my career, I crave it.

I will be selling accessories for the time being, until I make enough to rent out a proper storage space. Once this joyous day arrives I will be branching out into clothes and larger textile items. My goal is to have a business I can live off and enjoy running, and feel good about. It’s my brain child and I have spent many an hour staring at html code trying to make sense of it.

So, my dear reader(s) this is the website Unicorn Wardrobe

I also have a Facebook Page and Twitter

Why, Unicorn Wardrobe I hear you mutter in a bemused tone? Well it is a whimsical name and much less  self absorbed than my original idea, which was my name. It also has a retro-y feel to it, which is where I would like to eventually lead my ranges.

My aim is to offer a good range of items that appeal to all styles and tastes, and while I may not be there with my first box of stock, I certainly hope that within a year I can achieve this. I will be offering the best possible prices to give customers the best value for money and hopefully encourage some to return.

So, here’s to my latest venture and let’s hope it goes well

P.S. I would really like to hear from anyone running their business, online or in reality, any tips or criticism is brilliant

Apparently The Children Act 2004 causes riots (says The Daily Mail)

Apparently Mail reported that the alleged “ban on smacking” caused the riots in England last summer. Apart from the ridiculous claim, they actually have their facts wrong on the legislation. The Children Act doesn’t stop parents from disciplining their children. It stops those who go that step too far and beat their children. Smacking a child because they have been naughty is acceptable under the law. Beating or hurting a child for no reason is not. Such a shame this article is so rubbish, I usually love the brilliant reporting of the Mail.

Find the original piece here from 29th January 2012 - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093223/Labour-MP-David-Lammy-Smacking-ban-led-riots.html

Holidayys!

Just got back off my holidays to see I have reached the wonderful 100 views. I appreciate everyone who takes a second out of their day to look at my writings.

I’ve been away for a whole delightful week, spending time with my wonderful Mum and generally just chilling out. I had my actual Christmas day on Wednesday which may seem weird to all those lucky people who don’t have to work all the overtime a certain large supermarket sends my way. I also got paid on Friday, just in time for a lovely email from Brantano saying they have some online offers on. I will be visiting them post haste. I hope everyone’s having a lovely day

Sex Is not just for grown ups…really?!

I just read an article by Miranda Sawyer on the Guardian news website (http://gu.com/p/xkxxb) about how she believes the legal age for consent should be 12. That’s right, 12. In her opinion this will encourage children to wait until they are ready to have sex. This is ridiculous and I hope it never becomes law. You can imagine the scenes now, barely out of primary school, barely touching the harsh hand of puberty and suddenly a slightly older boy with raging hormones “seduces” you with the excuse that it’s not illegal, you’re 12.
This is a very emotive subject and brings out some serious issues. the UK has the worst teenage pregnancy rates and this surely would not improve if all 12 year old girls felt that urgent need to get between the sheets just because it’s legal and all their friends are doing it. No one wants to be the last apple in the box and this certainly shouldn’t be an issue at 12 years old.
This whole whole issue deepens when thinking about safe sex, GP’s would be under pressure to provide contraception to the active 12 years olds and parents would have to give “the talk” at younger and younger ages in order to make sure that their sweet innocent child doesn’t accidentally catch a dreaded STI or become a parent themselves. Being 12 should be about hanging out with your friends having fun, not feeling pressured to step up and find a boyfriend before anyone else does. If girls as young as 12 are having relations when the age of consent now is 16 then what would happen if the consent age was lowered. It doesn’t bear thinking about. At the age of 16 you have matured just about enough to understand your own body and decide the manner in which you use it.
If the age of consent is lowered then those males or females who enjoy the company of children in the perverse and disgusting way will suddenly be able to act on their desires. Men love the idea of having an older, more experienced woman, so how long would it be until this view is passed down to young teenagers.
Although the law can be confusing it does not mean that the age of consent should be lowered. Sex ed should be discussed more seriously at school and at home, working to dispel the myths conjured in cloakroom and at the back of the bus, focussing on the importance of a persons own autonomy and the fact that no one should encourage them to get busy until they are ready for it. Nobody likes the stories of 12 year old children having babies, which thankfully isn’t the norm at the moment, but imagine if it was. it would be a huge backwards step for society.

Thor Review

Just watched Thor, I have to say, it is pretty good. The casting director picked a good set of hot guys for the lead roles, even the chap with the huuuge ginger beard. Having done a little research I’ve discovered the marvellous Kenneth Branagh is not only a brilliant actor but director of the aforementioned Thor. This film was brilliant, Natalie P’s baby bump was cleverly hidden *almost* all the way through the film. There was one camera angle that was most unflattering and looked a little horrendous.

The film was a masterpiece in my humble opinion. I haven’t seen any other reviews for it but I found the film to be engaging and genuinely felt some joy at the inevitable happy ending. The cliffhanger of a possible reunion between Jane and Thor means I will be queuing up for the sequel come November 15, 2013. Let’s hope the world doesn’t end next year or I shall be mega disappointed.

Brilliant film, though maybe I should do my reviews closer to the time of release perhaps…

Anyway 10/10 from me