The Life And Times Of Moi...atleast over the last few days

While some me see it as being tardy in regards to blogging, I'm quite proud of myself for regularly posting on the blog (to me its regular, ok?)

Anyway, muchos to tell:

• Got my package from E.L.F.! Yay for my postman who put it under my doormat rather than sending it back to the depot for me to arrange re-delivery (which would have meant I wouldn't have received my goodies til tommorow). I've tried everything and will be posting a full review tommorow lunch
• The bathroom is still not finished! Ha, is this really a surprise to anyone? Really it's just the shelves that need finishing but because we're using gloss paint it takes an age. A plus point is that Papa has been round and done the silicony bit around the tub so Friday evening will be the time for the first official proper standing up shower. Woop woop!
• Uniform came round again and I got 6 gorgrous things but I couldn't find everything on the website to show you pics so that will have to come at a later date.
• I just made smily face Smartie buns (this is not really relevant but they make me smile so I thought I'd put it out their)

But most importantly, and what this post is really about, is a little online magazine called Betty. If, like me you are a follower of Miss Susie Bubble's Style Bubble blog then you will probably already know about it but if not (and why not?) then here's the 411 -

"Betty magazine is a new bi-monthly e-publication created just for girls. Empowering, witty, intelligent - quite simply a jamboree of independent style. Betty is your new best friend. Betty's mission is to fill a void in women's magazines, no weight loss or diet tips here, we don't want to play on people's insecurities: our philosophy is for people to embrace who they are and celebrate it. Content is a whimsical mix of editorial, news bits and interviews ranging from 50 word snippets to feature length articles. Betty is produced by two final year BA (Hons) Fashion Promotion students, Hannah Burgess and Charlotte Jacklin from UCA Rochester, who are changing the way people consume their bi-monthly dose of fashion, music, culture and lifestyle."

Well after reading the magazine and enjoying it very much (for me it's kind of a mix between Nylon and Neet but more accessible and a little quirky) I decided to go out on a limb and contact Hannah and Charlotte about whether they would like some help from me as a copy editor (stylistics being a sick and perverse obsession of mine lol). And I waited...and waited...and then, despite the fact I made it very clear in my e-mail that I in no way meant my comments as patronising or condescending, felt a fool, sure that they where scorning my behaviour. Then I forgot all about it. Not until several days after did I check my e-mail (I check it even less frequently than I post if that's possible) to find an e-mail from Charlotte taking me up on my offer. Yippee! Not only will I be involved in a cool new online magazine but I didn't make a twerp out of myself




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Out of Vogue

For the last ten years I have been a devoted fan of British Vogue magazine, buying it without fail every month - even when this meant spending half of my weeks wages when I was paid a pittance for washing pots in a pub. But that love affair, over the last few months, has sadly ended. For a while I was buying it, reading the Miss V section (which has recently gotten smaller and smaller anyway), flicked through the rest and discarded it somewhere in my room. Unlike with Elle and Nylon it was no longer getting my full attention and I wasn't willing to pay nearly £4 for three pages of back and forth e-mail conversations!

However, on a recent three and a half hour train journey, and in need of something to take away the mind numbing solidarity of long solo journeys (alongside the fear that I would miss a connection leaving me stranded in the wrong city), I purchased this month's copy. I will admit that, this time around at least, there was more articled I could get my teeth into. And while the pieces featured are way out of my price range, I did see a lot I liked and will search for copies or vintage originals/make my own versions.

But then, towards the back of the magazine, I came across what I can only describe as an article which was the most ludicrous waste or paper and ink I have ever seen! What makes it even worse however is that Vogue's chronicling of a new trend being seen among celebrities is in fact already filtering down to the hip stylista's of our countries capital as seen in the style spy section of Grazia magazine (with one commentator labelling it 'so of the moment').

I am of course talking about HOW YOU HOLD YOUR HANDBAG! Apparently gone are the days where you could just sling something over your shoulder or into the crook of your arm. Oh no, that is so O-V-E-R. Apparently we must be more insouciant and devil-may-care - crunching an over sized clutch up in our hand or leaving handles dangling rather than draping from our bodies.

I think I'm gonna sit this one out - maybe I'm not cool enough; maybe I'm just not sure HOW you hold an item can be of any relevance or importance and how it's suddenly become a bonafide trend!!! One thing I know for definate is I won't be wasting that four quid again.