Apr 11, 2009
I've Started To Pack
My new address is www.confessionsofasecretkeeper.com I'm sorry it's so long but if you add me via RSS, Google Reader or on your Blogger dashboard you'll only have to type it once (or copy and paste from the address bar and you wont have to type it at all)...in fact I've got the Friends Connect widget up and running so you can just click to "follow" me and I'll be in your reader.
I've not posted properly there yet but will do that later on today! I have done some tweaking though and I think all my links / buttons work (please feel free to let me know if not).
BTW...check out my blogroll! I'm sorry if your picture comes up wrong but I have been told it should correct itself the next time you post on your site. Fingers crossed!! I know I've missed off some blogs but I will add more as time goes on - I decided 3am was about late enough to go to bed!
So....bye for now and I hope to see you over at my new home!
P.s Serena over here has posted a picture of her newly acquired clutch bag care of the AC so go check it out and if you want to join in just let me know on the new site / via email!
Apr 9, 2009
Excitement Over at Whisper Your Secrets
If you haven't already enrolled yourself all you need to do is check out the details by clicking the Accessory Circle label at the bottom of this post and email me your info!
Shortest post EVA! (hah) xx
Mar 25, 2009
To All You Crazy Bloggers
I feel like I’m permanently mislaying the blogs I love. I convince myself I’m “following” them (because I have a million and one bookmarks for my other blog so it makes more sense to me to “follow” them on Blogger – saves me getting confused, which is easily done!), but then 5 days down the line, when said blog hasn’t, apparently, been updated, I realise I was never following it! Gutted! Then there’s a lot of back-reading to be done! It breaks my heart!
I realised this morning that I wasn’t following one of my favourite blogs (Lilyspeak) and my goodness it was a shock! I have no idea how long it’s been since I read her blog but I’m feeling stressed as there’ll be a fair amount of catching up to do! The pressure!!! The even worse case scenario is a I fell in love with one of the first blogs I found via Blogger and I cannot, for the life of me, remember what it was called or how I found it. Talk about devastated! Just in case you know it...it's the blog of a teacher and she has an Autistic pupil who was about to become a main feature!! Please help!
Anyway…this is for you!
Yes you. You reading this I mean you!
Dear ______ (insert as applicable),
I’ve been meaning to write to you for a while now, but the time just never feels right. Somehow I just don’t seem to be able to find the words to say what I want you to know.We've been dating for almost a month now, it feels like an eternity (in a good way!). I know some of your biggest secrets and you will learn more of mine as the days go by. I can be shy. There are two massive secrets in my life (no, it's not that, I'm definitely a girl!) that I don't yet feel able to tell you. But I will get there.
You haven't yet taken me for dinner or to the cinema or even spoken to me on the phone, but I feel we have something special.
I love that you read the things I write for you and that you leave me little love notes in response (even if you were a little horrified at this post). I love that you keep on coming back and so I love to pop over to your (metaphorical) house and leave you little messages as well!
In short…I love you! It really is that simple and if I had said that I wouldn't had have to write this letter....yes...I am dumb but I'm not blond (sorry if you are blond!).
I love you Mr/s Blogger! I hope you love me too!
Yours faithfully,
Jen
Footnote: In particular there are 16 of you that I especially love....you know who you are! Those 16 boys and girls who openly admit to loving me and also openly admitting that I am in fact fantabulous!!
Further footnote: I have actually sent off the first item for the Accessory Circle today. If you're not already involved and would like to join in just send me an email. To find out more about it click the "Accessory Circle" label in the sidebar on the right!
Yet another footnote: Apologies, I am somewhat retarded when it comes to Blogger (being new and all) and so I couldn't figure out how to stop the indenting quote!!
Mar 23, 2009
First Selection - It's Exciting Stuff!
Just waiting for a few more participants and then I shall head out to the Post Office! Time to get excited!! If you want to join in read the posts linked below and then email your address (with or without full name - it's your decision! awolat25@gmail.com
BY THE WAY if you haven't seen my last couple of posts, check them out HERE and HERE, because it’s super and uber cool and the bestest thing ever and you need to join in. It’s my 100% excellent recession busting plan (that, like I’ve said before, I cannot believe the government have never thought of. They’ll catch on soon though – like they did with my idea to print more money!). JOIN IN (or I’ll tell you how much you suck. Well I wont, but I’ll say I did!).
Mar 20, 2009
Post it Forward - Accessory Circle! – Part Deux
Ok, the part one of this post is located over here...go check it out and then you'll understand what I'm jabbering on about!!
Ok, ready? Here goes nothing...
1 First item(s) purchased (I shall do this bit) and a picture posted on blog.
2 Above item used for a max of 2½ weeks – no hogging!
3 Post on to next address. (I would need all of your address but would only give out one at a time on a need-to-know basis i.e. I would only give it to the person sending you the item).
4 You have a max of 2.5 weeks for accessory usage – plan well!
a. Before posting it off to the next person you need to blog about the item (with photos). Once posted you need to let me know so I can do a quick post / update about where the item is (although I will not reveal the next destination!) and link through to your blog.
5 Once you have had the item (for 2½ weeks max) and sent it on you have a 4-week period of grace (you can do it earlier if you want) until it is your turn to purchase something – during times of hardship we’re not expecting Louis Vuitton or anything, just something that fits the ‘all-rounder’ category and would be appreciated by a friend! NB – it’s not compulsory to purchase something. You can send something you already own as long as it’s in relatively good condition and fits the bill – obviously it needs to be something you can live without for a while, buy off eBay etc. Just something else to add to the mix.
6 Ok, then it’s time to post it off. If you send me a msg / email / comment to let me know you’re set to go I will forward you another address – so no-one has to wait forever to have some fun. (I’ll be designing a database before I know it!).
The only rules are outlined above apart from NO BELTS. Belts are an awkward one because sizes can vary and we wouldn’t want to ruin anyone’s day by sending them the best belt in the world and it doesn’t fit! How gutted would you be!? Anything else goes though!!
To make it work we need quite a few people willing to participate. I have already purchased 3 items to start with so you wont have to wait for months and months for your first use. I’ll send them out at different intervals so you don’t end up with 3 things at once and I’ll try and track them so you don’t get the same thing too often (this should be easy once other people start adding accessories to the mix).
NB: It might be also be fun, so we know where the items have been, if you could cut out the postage mark / stamp from the packaging and pop it in the bag when you post it forward.
NB2: The items I’ve started with are relatively light and it’s probably best to keep it this way so that no-one feels postage prices are going to spoil their fun. If it’s a bag aim for a clutch, if it’s a scarf go for something light etc etc.
NB3: I'm sorry if I've over-complicated it (I confused myself somewhere in the middle (easily done!)) so if you have any questions leave me a comment and I shall try and answer them!! After the weekend I'll follow-up this post with a list of people (with their sites) joining in as well as some of the items that will be in the mix!
If you receive an item and don’t forward it to the next person it would be really sad and end the game! On the other hand if you receive it and forward it you will receive another accessory to hit the town with shortly afterwards – definitely an incentive not to keep the item for your own!!
Mar 18, 2009
The Accessory Circle – Part 1
My newest internet related obsession is with reading blogs, and this is going to be a long drawn-out obsession because there are so many of the damn things (I don’t mean that obviously because I L.O.V.E them!).
Just recently though I’ve have read so so so many posts from bloggers who are a bit, let’s say, down in the dumps (I’m not sure if that’s an internationally used saying, so for those countries that don’t use it – it means miserable / depressed / sad / not loving life!). Well, despair not, I have a plan!!
Whilst at uni and living in the depths of poverty (ok, I laugh as I say that) because I spent my first student loan in Topshop – this was over the course of the year not just in 1 massive blow-out. Yes. All £3,000 (approx $5,500 at the time) of it and then I got a job in Topman (Topshop’s men’s store) so I would get 50% off purchases from Topshop – and you thought I was an idiot!).
Back to the story….so whilst at uni, having spent my first loan in Topshop and then getting a job at Topman I was rather short of cash, as were a lot of my friends (pre-uni friends). So we made a deal. Oh yes. A deal with El Diablo himself! El Diablo of the accessory world that is.
Every month someone would buy a good ‘all-rounder’ accessory. For example a cute little handbag / purse or a scarf, gloves, just anything that would go with pretty much anything. They would keep the item for, generally, 2 weeks. It would need to be used wisely (no reckless cocktail accidents). The purchaser would then post the item to the next divine person on the list. The aim was to accessorise without the cost!
Can you imagine your excitement one day, when you’d totally forgotten about the whole thing, to receive a fantastic new item through the post? It would be especially great if you were in a bad mood or down-in-the-dumps (explanation as above!) and you received a shiny new bag! Oh the joy!
Would anyone be interested in joining in? I already have 2 real-life friends who blog and live abroad and want to try it. So if you fancy something shiny and new delivered to your door (which also gives you a blog post to do in case you have writers block!) this is the game for you.
Get in touch and I shall post the rules!

