Fall is here

Or is it summer again? Today is gorgeous.

Nevermind today though, I'm here to talk to you about the changing of the seasons.
I was able to avoid the lure of the 'back-to-school' shopping extravaganza (acknowledging that it may no longer apply to me..)
And though this seems to suggest that I am a logical human being, I've found a slight loophole.
With the fall weather throwing itself in my face, my logic has thrown itself out the window.

Fall means warm clothes and pumpkin spice lattes.
It means my tank tops and Birkenstocks make me stick out like a sore thumb (though I will continue wearing the Birks till I'm frost bitten. At least on the non-rainy days.
The problem with this change is that I have not received a paycheque in 3 weeks.
The new job is lovely, only I have to wait till my banking information is processed in HR... and so I sit with negative dollars in my bankaccount.
This weekend got blustery though, and I cracked.
 I went fall-shopping manic.

What does one need in preparation for fall?
apparently I needed nail polish. Even though my life is overflowing with it

Excluding glitters/topcoats/treatments... 

Totally logical.
I also needed to find a pair of shoes I could wear in the office, other than my birks. I don't really have anything casual to wear, my options are Birks or big shnazzy heels, so I deemed shoe shopping acceptable.
I love shoes, but they don't love me back.
It's a bitter and resentful relationship I have with every perfect pair of shoes I pick up.
I hate shoe shopping.

Confused?

If you know me, you know my feet.
Aha, they look fairly normal, but they're broken for life, and it is very easy to tell once you get me in a shoe store.
I don't wear flats because.. well I flatten them.
Collapsed arches are not pretty in a pair of flats, promise.
But I was actually very pleased with the spoils of yesterday's shoe-shopping torture adventure

Cute right?

Anyways, that was the only big purchase.
Otherwise... I find that when the leaves change colour, it's like every scarf I pass is calling my name.
I knew my credit card was hurtin' though.
Solution? Ardene.
3 for $15 scarves people! and theyre actually cute and practical.
Circle Scarves galore!

At this point you probably hate me, I don't usually appreciate the 'shopping-haul' blogs either.
But I promise you don't hate me as much as my bank account.
First pay day this Friday though!!

To make up for the pointlessness of this post, I will leave you with some music therapy.

Decemberists - Don't Carry it All

Working Girl

Welcome friends, to my place of written word.
We last left off with my sleeping-pill-haze of a post, the night before I started at my new job.
A lot has changed since that night.

I now spend...
my mornings getting ready for my 7am train
my evenings getting ready for my 10pm bedtime
5 days a week in Toronto
15 hours a week commuting
my lunch hour with a quirky bunch of Quebecois/bilingual speakers
my every waking second living and breathing travel insurance

And to be honest, right now, I wouldn't have it any other way, though I never in my life wanted to know as much as I currently do about insurance =/
There are 2 more important issues that have arisen out of this situation however, that I feel I must address....

9-5ers, please tell me when it is that you are able to make your appointments? Or get errands done? Why does the world shut down by the time I get home?
Why do I need to keep wearing saftey pins in the hems of my work pants because I can't take them in to get hemmed?!

WHY?!

The other is concerning my current living situation.
Though my commute is fairly enjoyable and I don't mind waking up early in the morning (so long as I keep getting my paycheques) I feel stupid wasting 3 hours a day across from a wo/man in a business suit with their mouth open, earphones in, sunglasses on, snoring throughout the train ride.
I desperately want to move downtown.
So that is the plan. It will take some time, as I have a fair few bills to save myself from... but come 2012, I will be living downtown.
And I will feel swanky doing it.
Swanky Bubbles.
Just saying.

She gets it.

De retour!

Hello blogosphere!

After many an apology in the spring about how little I blogged, I took a summer-long hiatus with no real mention of leaving or returning or anything.

But I'm here.

With some life changes to share with you!

This post may get a little disorganized towards the end as I have just taken a sleeping pill.

Why a sleeping pill, you may ask?

Because for one, I'm a terrible sleeper.

More importantly however, for two, I have to get up bright and early tomorrow morning to start a new job.

Let's cover that part quickly shall we?

Diane's post-grad plan:
-Move home
-Find full time job over summer
-Save money
-Book plane tickets to europe
-Visit friends, see new places
-Get job in South America


Diane's post-grad reality:
-no job prospects for over a month
-finally land 2 part time jobs, the same week
-bail on one because it was literally physically damaging
-end up with less cash then started with 
-postpone travel aspirations for at least another year, by signing on for a 'big girl job'.

So here I sit, preparing for my new job.
The perks - I like the pay, I like that it's in the city, I like that it involves French.
The pitfalls - I'll be living at home for longer than planned, hour long commute, it's not in a foreign country.
I have come to accept all of the above however, in hopes that the benefits outweigh the travel delay.And again, at least I get to keep on top of my French.
Right, what will I be doing?
I am employed as a bilingual customer service rep at a large scale insurance company in Toronto.
For the next 3 weeks I go through training, learning the ins and outs of their policies, procedures and well.. insurance. Then I get to sit at a desk and answer phone calls.
WOOOT!
Aha but sarcasm aside, with the hour-long commute to and from work, I will definitely have some time to kill. That's where you come in!
I hope you don't resent me too much for leaving you.I knew I'd be back eventually, I just didn't care to fill you in on the fact, is all.
But here I am, bucking up and entering the workforce.
Bucking up and re-entering the blogosphere.
One day I will be on a plane again, but for now - I'm here with you =]
Oh, I've missed you so!

wish me luck on my first day!?
Or scold me for going AWOL. Your choice!
Talk soon fine blog-folk!
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