WOW! What a week!.... Work was pretty uneventful last week... i didnt really have a whole lot to write about-- so I didnt! But this weekend, was very fun! Even though all of our friends were out of town (in Dublin and Barcelona, i couldnt go because i had to work--UGH!) my friend Ashley and I made the MOST out of the weekend... we went and saw the Saturday matinae (idk how to spell that!) of Mamma Mia! it was SOOOOOO good!... even better the 3rd time, haha! That was the main highlight of our week, other than the great food we ate! Then work started... Yesterday (Monday) FLEW by! I helped them put the new merchandise in to the computer systems so that it can be allocated in to the stores blahdy blahdy blahhh... here is where the fun part comes it.. TODAY! Today was a great day! I got to work and finished what I started yesterday, and then started helping the buyers (they are the ones that actually have hands on experiences with the clothing, they dont crunch the numbers)... anyways, I was helping them out with color samples, oh im sorry coloUr samples (they like to throw random Us in to words over here, but they just call us lazy for taking them out! haha), after I did that, I went and ate with 4 girls and 2 guys that I work with... we are AT THE PARK! I felt like a REAL Londoner today! That was the first time I have ever done that-- and I didnt complain ONCE about the bugs that were crawling on me!... I would have chosed today of ALL days to wear a dress... but i toughed it out, and sat uncomfortably the whole time so that I didnt flash anyone! After we got back from lunch, I helped this guy Ian work on the Autumn/Winter 08 floor plan. what he does, is he takes the CADS (the images of all of the merchandise that they are going to carry) and he places all of the clothing together that needs to go together, and decides where it is going to be placed in the store... I helped him come up with a brainstorm of ideas on how to visually merchandise the store, and while we were working on it his team leader came over to see how we were doing. She said I had some really great ideas on putting the clothing together and placing things, and by the end of the day-- she had asked me to do the ENTIRE floor plan for all 63 House of Frasers! That is the big project that I will be working on tomorrow! I CANT WAIT! They are going to take my work, and make it in to a guidebook, and they are going to send it out to EVERY store, and that is how they HAVE to merchandise their floors!! Too bad I'm not going to be here in time to see my masterpiece come to life!
I was SUPPOSED to go to Wimbledon today, but the group met at 4, and I didnt get off work until 5:45... therefore, I wasnt able to make it-- I contacted the guy to see if I could go late, but he said he doubted I would be able to get a ticket-- I am pretty bummed because all of my friends got to go (and they probably took a lot of cute pictures without me, HOW RUDE!!!), and I really wanted "strawberries and cream!" but oh well, you win some you lose some! It has been a relaxing night though, I have been taking it easy, and I ate a really good pasta that I got at the local grocery store! All in all, its been a good night... the only thing that could have made it better, would have been a TV! I may go insane without a TV for 8 more weeks!.... if you dont hear from me in a while... you know that i died of boredom!
This coming week is going to be a great one! My sorority sister Megan, and her cousin Neely are flying in on Thursday, and they are going to stay for 11 days! It is going to be SO fun! We have an extra room in my flat, so they will be staying there! We are going to Stonehenge and Bath on Sunday, Paris next Thursday, and Cotswalds on Sunday!... it is going to be an eventful next week-- so I should have LOTSSS to write about! I will keep all of you updated though!
(oh, and the image attached to this is the stage while we were waiting for Mamma Mia! to start!!!)
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