Soooo fed up with my job. Trying to count my blessings, a good friend has just been made redundant from a job she loves and I feel guilty for hating mine so much. I wish I could crack on and get started with beauty and nails RIGHT NOW but other things get in the way (mostly cashflow ) and I must be patient for a while longer...
I've decided, then, that it's time for some major changes NOW that don't cost (much) money! I'm going to sort out my finances and restyle my house and MYSELF....

I'm SO fed up of being talked down to and treated like a general dogsbody at work. Fair enough, I am a junior member of staff here but I'm 31 years old and have done a lot of other things before I sat at this desk!
Eejits. What they don't know is that I'm actually miles away thinking about Other Things, so stuff 'em, one day I will be doing fun for a living and they'll all still be here doing tedious paperwork.
(Not that I won't have to do tedious paperwork still, but at least it won't...

Grrr. I still want to be a geek, but the fates don't want me to be one just yet! I will have to be content with acting as personal stylist to various friends, friends of friends, mum, etc, until such a time as I can actually afford to train in anything and have a cat in hell's chance of making a living from it! C'est la vie.
On a tangent, why does Leeds seem to have so few salons in the city centre? I wanted to get my nails done but the place I go to for other stuff only does tips and I want...

Salon Geek is indeed a magic website! Not only is it full of brilliant stuff about nails/beauty/hair, it stops me posting incredibly dull blog entries
What I was wittering on about was that I'm still no nearer doing any training but I still really want to do some! Slow and steady wins the race, I'm not downhearted about it and I'm still dead enthusiastic about a career change. One day! One day I will be a proper geek

I feel quite proud of myself today - I think I've actually managed to be a bit decisive!
Money and time aside, I've come to the conclusion that I will do beauty and natural nail training first, then train in enhancements. Seems sensible, as I think if I did things that way round I actually have a chance of paying clients in the next decade ! Also, surely it can't hurt to have some confidence with manis/pedis and A&P first, not to mention health and safety. I really do want to do enhancements,...