STEP 1: NEW HAIR

I may have got a bit carried away!

Here it comes...

Oh gosh, now the pout.

and for the grand finale...the swish!

I hope you have enjoyed this awful display of cameritis and laugh merrily into your mug of tea :)

All the best, me...

Frances xxx

Out with the old, in with the new!

It is the Tenth of January and I am sitting here with dye in my hair. That's right guys I am changing my look.

It all started about 3 days a go where I spontaneously dyed my hair as it has been not quite blonde not quite ginger naturally for years and I'd got fed up! Here I am doing it again however, as unfortunately first time round my hair turned out an odd ginger colour which changed in different light. hmm.. not a good look I'm afraid!

The next thing I did was take a lot of photos down from my wall. There were some from 2006, ticket stubs that reminded me of nasty things and drawings from friends I no longer see. Doing this was nice and refreshing as i think its only healthy to realise every now and then that life is not what it was and its time to except this. In doing this however, it has made me realise how small my life has become and now I wonder what I should fill that wall with? Will I meet new people? Will I travel? When will I learn to drive so i can go and take new shots and have new experiences?

I promised myself that I'd get on top of things this year and this means combatting stupid things like...feelings ergh! Oh theres a lot to combat and one of those things is weight.
Im not humungous but i still manage to get nasty comments and looks. Im a size 14 (UK). At work on Monday (just before I managed to swing a metal stand into my leg and cutting myself oops) a work colleague..horrible little man with something large, wooden and sharp lodged up his behind decided it was ok to say 'Frances, you've got a belly'. Thank you.
At Pizza Hut the waitress seemed to insist I had diet pepsi and just to top it off she gave me the pizza me and the other half couldn't finish in a take away box. Lets rephrase that..the waitress gave ME the box. Grr.

In conclusion, there is only one thing for it. Change my identity and run away! Too much? OK Ill start with the basics.

Step 1: Dye hair to feel different and a little more sparkly and new.

Step 2: Learn to drive.

Step 3: Lose some weight. Lets face it, none of us want to be part of the statistics. "UK IS OBESE"

From now on I will blog about a variety of things such as, healthy recipes, easy exercises and how my weight is shifting. I'll also be updating you on my friendly fun endeavours so if you fancy, follow me for this nano-second of my life and maybe I can help you with yours.

Picture of hair coming soon...

Frances x

Sister Act!

Me and my sister, Louise are very handy to eachother. Louise has a degree in marketing and I have a degree in photography.
Louise has become increasingly interested in the crafts over the last couple of years (hands on not witchy poo craft). When Louise went to a tweet up and showcased some work the Brentwood Gazette people asked if she would feature in the newspaper and show how to make a christmas cracker. Unfortumately there wasn't a photographer at hand....in comes my role :)
So here are my pictures of my sister in the Brentwood Gazette. My first public work. Its very exciting!

Have a peek.

Lots of love :) xxx

Interesting/hilarious convo 1

On Monday 12th December 2011, after deep cleaning the spa again I felt well and truly shattered and fairly fed up.
However, Mondays = men only day at spa.
The men are much nicer than the women if not a little flirty but if they aren't chucking flannels at me or shouting at me bout temperature and boob exposure I'm a happy bunny! Anyway, onto the story.

Group of men discover I am doing a course in massage therapy and then produce, with team effort a career plan for me!

First man: You should join the Navy and massage the soldiers, that way you can see the world!

Second man: No, cruise ships! You can definitely see the world and its a bit safer.

First man: Okay, you should work on a cruise ship, get out of this place, see the world until you're 25, then come home and get married!

Third man: Theres just one problem to this plan...are you sea sick?

Me: Oh, I don't actually know.

First man: You'll have to hire a boat, just a paddle boat. Sit in it for a few hours and see how you feel, Then you'll know!

What a brilliant conversation!
How nice for these men to invest thought, imagination and life experiences into my massage therapy career conundrum!

Thank you gentlemen, you have made my week...possibly month.

Frances xxx

11.11.11

Last year as a photography project to celebrate remembrance day I visited the veterans at The Royal British Legion in Muswell Hill

Here were the results.

They were lovely people. Quite shy about having their photos taken but brilliant and patient. They are proud people who have helped carved out country into what it is today.

Frances x

Birdies :)

I have lived at my house for about 15 years now and pretty much every day swallows fly around near my window with their wonderful flight display. 

Today I had the energy to run around getting all the camera equipment together to photography the show :)

I love the formations they make. OK, OK, this is a small group compared to the swarm of swallows famed to cross the skies of Brighton, but these birds are majestic just the same. 

Isn't it great to find something in life that brings you to absolute attention and peace at the same time?

I hope you enjoy these photos.

On the theme, here are the musical stylings of Birdie, a 15 year old singer with the voice of a tweeter hehe!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNzCDt2eidg

Frances xxx

Pamper week!!!

So after a weekend of working and then scrubbing down the spa for 3 hours yesterday I decided to treat myself!

A thermal face mask! Sounds off but it literally heats up as it touches your skin which feels very strange and im not entirely sure what the point is! The heat sort of wares out after a while and it was fun, even if i looked like a gremlin for a while hehe!

Ok so my day got a bit naughtier after i invested in a....wait for it...wait for it...

Oh yes! It was wrong but yet soo right! hehe! Ive hidden it out of sight for now :)

Its ok because ive lost 5kg! erm..11 lbs wow yay!

What do you do as a treat or a pamper?

Lots of love xxxx