Catherine’s Blog

Last week and this week I am home alone.  Anthony is in South Africa, organising the house renovation.

I have been busy.  I have decided to try and sell my sewing online.  Mainly gothic and steampunk wear.  At the moment it is just waistcoats with some sporran type bags on the way as well. Vegan ones made up out of the left over scrapes from the waistcoats. I may expand into shirts although not the winged collar styles as they are very easy and cheap to get hold of.  Maybe some high collared ones.  I have been having fun being creative, having some fun pattern drafting and generally sewing for relaxation.  Now to hope they sell.
Work has been interesting.  I have been applying for jobs internally and getting no where, after a couple of attempts to get more money or a change and more skills this is disheartening.  I had earlier, expressed an interest in moving campuses.  I had said I was happy to go to Harrow.  Harrow is outside of central London quite a way but reasonable close to home.  There is also a possibility of driving as well. The fact that there will be no Zone one means the cost of public transport will be minimal.  Also there is not as much food on tap, this hopefully will help with my waistline, although things like the post office will be difficult.
Another plus is all the art and fashion subjects are out on the campus, my skills maybe finally be put to good use.  At least I will have very good access to an interesting collection.
Besides that very little has been happening besides cleaning and general house stuff.  I have been enjoying pottering around and leaving the dishes, opps.  The weather has been lovely, around the 25 degree mark, very pleasant.