Wednesday 23 July 2008

The Silly Things Bekah Does.

The title pretty much describes why I've spent the last 2 days and will be spending the next 4 days in Superdrug Maidenhead and then every free day until about kingdom come.

Bekah thought that a photoshoot and makeover day would be a good idea for Jo's birthday present... how wrong could I be?
It started out well, we got there on time, filled in our forms, had our hair done, our make up done, the photoshoot was done. We then went for lunch and came back to look at our photos... now that's where it all goes wrong. We manage to get ourselves conned out of £400 each!!!!!!! Now, myself having a job finds this not as much of a problem as poor Jo, who does not. Her parents also are very very angry, so Bekah has now offered to pay for Jo's, which again is possible, but it leaves her penniless for a long time :( and leaves mum's debt barely touched, therefore must find any other source of income she can, e.g paid gigs, piano pupils and the like!
So from now until I am more financially fluid (possibly about 10 years time) she will be socialising in the most free way she can! Therefore lots of open mics and movie nights at home it seems.

Am really starting to regret agreeing to go to New Wine now as it takes away time I could be earning money. However many lessons have been learnt through this whole thing:

1. Do not let oneself be conned out of £400!!!!
2. Don't give a £400 birthday present ever again
3. When enjoying a well earned day off, keep spending to a minimum

So if anyone has any get rich quick ideas that are legal obviously I'd love to hear about them.