iRandom

Some more random things about me:

1. I cannot cut straight - tried it again today - even with lines, I manage to mess it up
2. I am not a huge ice cream fan - unless it is Cornetto with strawberries
3. I love a good piece of chocolate cake, but my favourite is vanilla with butter icing
4. I am obsessed with hot gorgeous men - yes I am a pervert. Ian Somerhalder - please marry me?? I am willing to have babies if they look like you!!
5. Speaking of babies - my nephew has to come early due to his heart rate being too high - I will be an Aunty on Tuesday.... perhaps some baby instinct buried deep inside me will come out.
6. I am still not sure if I really like Twitter - the only reason I am on it is to stalk follow my future husband Ian Somerhalder                                            
7. I  like walking around in various states of undress - something I can look forward to continue doing now that I am going to be living on my own again
8. I love my Blackberry

Eehhh... What's up Doc?

There has been so much happening lately that I feel like a chicken without it's head most of the time.

I come home at night and I am so exhausted I just want to fall into bed (and I have done just that - clothes & all - at least twice) and sleep!

But I am nicely settled today and I am taking some Me Time

I warn you though - this is going to be a super long post. Fill up on coffee, I can't have you falling asleep at your computer running out of time to read everything.

Here is a round up of what's been happening in my life. The Good. The Bad. The Ugly.

Health:

I have finally gone to see a chiropractor about my back. She has left bruises the size of fists all over my hips and lower back - but as much as I want to hit her - I know it is for my benefit.

I have a few more sessions and I then should be on the mend.

Apparently with the blood flow being blocked in my legs - it has caused a huge build up of toxins - which explains the Kidney Stone and Ear infection.

How did I hurt my back you ask?

About 2 years ago I was iceskating and I fell on my bum and passed out on the ice.

I awoke on the side on a bench with the sound of children crying.

Massive pain in my lower back resulted in a visit to the chiropractor - damaged the bottom 3 vertabrae. They get inflammed and need to to be stretched out every now and then - something I haven't done.

Career:

As of today the new PA starts work.

I will spend about a month handing over to her and sitting with her going through things. I am so excited about not being the "Personal Asswiper" anymore.

When you are a PA, the entire company thinks you are at their disposal. My theme song was "You want a piece of me" by Britney Spears

I hope that new girl settles in nicely and gets on well with us. My favourite candidate was a lady who I think was alot like me, I think we had similar personalities and she was a cat person too.

She was the leader of all the interviews until this girl came along and my boss just clicked with her - so I hope for all our sakes that it works out, otherwise I am left firing her and getting a new PA!

I am very disappointed by the way my whole promotion has been handled.

The announcement was only made last week - and even then it said nothing about me being a Marketing Manager. It merely said I will be taking over the Marketing functions.

My colleague made me a sign saying "Marketing Functioner" as a joke! :-)

My Boss said not to worry - I must still ask for a manager's salary. Apparently the company politics are running rife!

I think the MD is still feeling loyalty to the past Marketing manager - as she will still work for us, but in an entirely different capacity.

I dont think they understand that I want the Title. I want the respect that comes with it. I have earned it by working really hard.

I will also get to travel to Dundee, Scotland and Cologne, Germany next year - very exciting!

The MD has been calling me and telling me how much I will have on my plate, how I wont be seeing much of QT ect etc, I am feeling a bit intimidated, but then I spoek it out with my boss and we determined that I have been doing much more work than the Marketing manager ever did.

I felt a bit better - but we will see how it goes.

I begin my design course on 25 October and I start learning all the new products.

I am doing the fun stuff though - like shopping for corporate gifts.

I also have to decide what prizes to give away at our "Night at the Oscars" year end function.

I also have enough budget to buy everybody a small gift - I am struggling to come up with the perfect gift - I am torn between a hamper of sweets and biscuits for Christmas time or because it is a Christmas gift - make a more decadent hamper of luxuries - on my budget perhaps I should say Luxury ha ha

I want to negotiate my salary. I need to get out of debt.

Especially after having to repair the heater valve on my car which broke, blowing a constant blast of hot air. The springtime temperatures have been around 26C and I have been roasting in my car because no matter what - you can't stop the hot air from blowing!

The repairs cost a pretty penny and gobbled up even more than the money I made as a result of all the things I sold off.

Christmas time:

Speaking of gifts - I got an email from Claudz about a Santa Shoebox for kids who don't get presents over Christmas time.

This is a wonderful initiative to make Christmas special for the kids and I aim to make up at least 1 box.

Lovelife:

QT and I have been a bit rocky lately.

We had a huge fight 2 weeks ago - the biggest one we have ever had. Neither one of us could move past it and it took us about a week to get back to normal. QT and I have an agreement to never go to bed, or go home until we have made up - so this tell syou how bad it was.

I think it has a lot to do with me and my self confidence as well as my stress levels being so high with the job uncertainty and deadlines for our brochures being printed for the congress at the end of the month.

My sex drive has diminished and is almost non existent. This is so unlike me - I am , was, a Nymphomaniac!

I feel fat and really unattractive and I am so concious about my fat wobbling and jiggling that it is all I think about.

If we do have sex, I refuse to be on top because then he gets a great view of my spare time on my tummy and my double chin and even my boobs  -which used to be pretty & perky - are now just big lumps of jelly.

With my confidence being so low I am also hesitant to go out with his friends. As it is they are all so much younger than me. I feel like they will look at me and wonder why QT picked me.

I even cut off contact with some of my school friends - I used to be curvy and attractive, now I am just fat. I am 13kgs heavier than I was 10 years ago. And I just can't sem to find the motivation to lose the weight.

I eat bread most nights for dinner, because it is by far the cheapest meal.

Eating salad and fruit is an expensive exercise (excuse the pun!)

QT is just such an amazing guy and I am crazy about him.

I loev cuddling with him on the couch, I love being with him.

I love him to death.

I can't imagine my life without him, yet I wonder why I sometimes find myself pushing him away...

Randomly Me

Random Facts about Me:

• I can only sleep on my tummy - otherwise I can't fall asleep. (What on earth am I going to do when I fall pregnant?)
• I only type with 2 fingers - but I type quite fast
• I never seem to hold the Shift key in long enough for an 'i' to become 'I'. I always have to go back and change it, sometimes I am too lazy to change it - you will see that often!
• I hate waste. So much so that I squeeze every last bit of toothpaste out of the tube and use every last bit of creams, shampoos etc. It is frustrating, but I cant throw anything away until it is totally empty
• I am so used to my Blackberry inserting apostrophes for me, that I forget to do it when I am typing!
• I am pedantic about the toilet paper rolling underneath - not from the top.
• I am hoping that one day the Marilyn Monroe figure comes into fashion again - then I am going to be so "happening"
• I can change a tyre faster than any F1 Pit crew member
• The problem with putting on so much weight on my stomach is that now my boobs no longer hold my top off my stomach! I have a whole new set of problems when I buy clothes now (good thing I have stopped buying clothes until I am debt free) 
• I often forget what I am thinking about
• I often forget what I am thinking about
• I love blogging so much that I am slightly neglecting my reading.

Random Thoughts

QT's birthday was at the end of August - we eventually decided on the perfect gift for him - a pair of Oakley Oil Rigs. A few of us pitched in and I get great discounts from my former boss and I could also put it on account so that I am not bankrupted.
After having worked in an optometry pracice for 9 years we got to see which glasses were great quality and which weren't.
We underwent training on Oakley, Nike, Ray Ban, Serengheti, Adidas to name a few.

It was our 7 month anniversary yesterday - and I forgot... again! that is 3 times in a row - yet he still loves me. How lucky am I?

Couples massage was my Sunday surprise from QT. We have both been under pressure and in need of some pampering - so he booked us a neck and back massgae as well as a foot and leg massage. He kept it a secret right up until Sunday morning when I made him tell me. Good thing too - I had to de-fuzz my underarms and legs, or else the poor therapist would have gotten her hands cut on my dangerous stubble!
It was heavenly and made me wish I had more time to lie there!

I resisted temptation on a shopping spree with my Tee. We had breakfast at Primi Piatti (hashbrown, bacon and cheese with cherry tomatoe stack - YUM) and then we went into every single Home store you can think of: Mr Price Home, @ Home, Boardmans, Woolworths, Coricraft.
Tee bought a gorgous butterfly duvet cover - I kept joking that it was tacky because I loved it so much. ;-)
She also bought lovely new bath towels and matching mat (the exact mat I had my eye on the previous week) as well as a stunning vase.
I didnt buy a single things - I am serious about trying to get out of debt. I have even explored the option of selling some of my things to try get extra money.
Kalahari.net have a second hand goods section. I am going to try it out and see if I can get better value on my items than I would at Cash Converters for instance.
So far my list includes 1 long suede leather jacket, black biking leather jacket, variety of CDS, 1 or 2 pairs of shoes that I bought and wore once but they hurt me. I even have unused balls of wool and a hair iron that has also never been used.

My Ear is very slowly clearing up - I have to be very careful with it. Got a recurrent infection, but this time I used my infamous Tea Tree oil and blasted it out in 2 days. (Me and my Tee Tree oil are another story all together)

My Marketing position is taking forever to be announced. I flew to Cape Town yesterday for a marketing meeting and thought it would be announced there.
I am in the process of interviewing more ladies for the PA position - even thought I want the lady I originally interviewed - my boss loved her but wants to see other options - the problem is that there are no other options out there. everybody thinks they can be a PA - but it isnt a job for you unless you are 1 tough bitch quite strong.
So I can't officially celebrate with yummy cocktails until I have been officially appointed - you never can tell what could happen.

Both my orchid plants are showing signs of new life. QT bought me 1 when I was sick with my kidneys and it has 5 new buds.
My other orchid is a year old and is starting a brand new shoot.
I am so excited! I adore orchids.
I want a white one next, although I saw the most beautiful yellow orchid too. decisions decisions (for when I win the Lotto one day)

Remember my post HERE about my friend Tee who bought a house and moved in with her new loser boyfriend?
Well, she admitted that she was wrong - after he kicked her door in, held her down and pinched her and broke every single glass thing she owns.
And she is still living with him - albeit now as housemates, they each have their own room.
But she is now shopping for a steel reinforced door to protect herself. WTF? W. T. F???
We have all spoken to her about leaving him, being in the same house is so dangerous, but she insists that the house is a great investment. (More important than your safety? I dont think so)
She says she is helping him get help from a professional. i reckon a frying pan to the side of the head should do the trick.
Wondering what the next challenge is? I am working on a slightly different type of challenge that I hope you will like.
More details to follow soon.....

I'm Tagged

Congratulations to my fellow Blogger - Swisstwist - the recent recipient of a Beautiful Blogger Award!

I am 1 of the people she has tagged to give 7 Random facts about myself - so here goes:

1. I have way too many cat ornaments
2. I obsess about my weight way too much
3. I love candyfloss
4. I really need to dye my hair - the greys are very noticable
5. I wish I was more fashionable - I just dont know how!
6. I wish I could paint or sing
7. I hate my freckles

Some random catch up

Taking a break from my photo challenges - it has been a while since I wrote on here & I am feeling the need for a bit of blog-therapy.

Let me fill you in on what has been happening:

• I have finally taken my head out of the sand and realised that I need to get myself out of my ever increasing debt. Whatever happened to the financially responsible Flirty I once knew? I have now drawn up a budget but finding it very hard to stick to with so many unforseen expenses, and having a boyfriend who spoils me is not easy as I do feel the need to reciprocate every now and then.
• In the interest (excuse the pun) of lowering my debt I have downgraded my cellphone account - I gave up the chance to own a beautiful Blackberry Storm 2 opting instead for a cheaper package and received a stunning Pearly White 8520. I am loving my little phone and all I compromised on was the quality of the camera - my Samsung G800 had a 5mp camera, BB has a 2mp and no flash, but considering I carry my Sony with me everywhere anyway I should be fine.
• I have been having a blast withthe photo challenge and I absolutely love everyones take on the challenges - we need more of these types of challenges; photos, quizzes etc, for example: Random Fun fact days: Day 1: A memory from when you were 5. Day 2: If you could be a Disney Princess who would you be? etc etc etc Does anyone have more of these challenges out there?
• I watched Eclipse - oh man I loved it!! I love that Edward smiles more and Bella is not as jerky and stilted as she was in the past. I love that Jacob runs around with no shirt on - one of my favourite lines: "Don't you on a shirt?" Edward to Jacob. The tent scene was awesome, I loved the softer side of Edward and a glimpse into his love for Bella
• On a funny note, an email went around (I am sure you have seen it) where you take different aspects of your name and get silly things like your Gangsta name, your Soap Opera name and your Stripper name. Here are a few really funny results from my friends:
• Troy van der Merwe (she wont make it)
• Troy Muir
• Mickey Boshoff
• Tiger Easton - Mine!
• my all time favourite.... Droopy Swanepoel (she will never make it!!!)
• Kidney stones are so not fun - I was very sick not so long ago, but have kept a fragmant of the stone as a reminder to drink more water - it isnt helping though - I HATE water!
• Tee and her asshole boyfriend are moving in together soon - he has already moved into the house and has now decided she shouldn't move in until the end of August - so they had a fight about it and now they are "taking a break"
• I am not sure if I am cut out to be a PA any longer - my boss takes advantage of me and I have way too much work and I am scared that I am actually going to have a mental breakdown

And my absolute best piece of news:
QT told me he loved me! (It still gives me thrills when he says it)

I cannot believe that he and I are still together. He makes me so happy and I still cant believe that I am so comfortable with him.
I love that I can be myself with him.

I love him

Total Randomness

1. I have put on alot of weight and very quickly - it is actually a bit worrying - need to see a doctor just in case there is an underlying problem.
2. Have resorted to calling myself Gloria (hippo from Madagascar) - it is a much nicer way than calling myself FAT
3. I am loving my Kelly Clarkson CD - Long Shot and Already Gone are absolute winners.
4. I wish I had people to make me look glamourous
5. I wonder what the weird red mark - looks like a bite- on my leg is
6. I like my sparkly nails - just had them done
7. I wish the hair all over my body would all join forces and stay on my HEAD
8. Nothing beats a good night out than an EDEN concert
9. I miss being an EDEN groupie
10. I looking forward to my Easter hoiday in Ballito - but not the part where I have to wear a bikini
11. I long for the day where I could fit into a size 36 dress
12. I absolutely love my 2 cats and love that they love me unconditionally even after putting them through hell with the move
13. My parents are awesome
14. I wish my hair was longer
15. I wish I had more money to spend on pretty dresses and nice shoes and handbags
16. I love spending time with QT - he is amazing
17. I like the latest fashions that hide the Gloria rolls
18. Not looking forward to winter where I have to cover up mp sparkly toenails, but am looking forward to covering up the other bits
19. Loving topless Jacob in New Moon
20. Still need a massage