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How many people are lucky enough to actually get a job which is remotely similar to the degree they studied in University?

I AM!

I have been graduated from University for about 5 months and I've been working as an order processor for a window company. I was so worried I would become a lifer and end up selling window frames forever. I have already started dreaming about processing the orders!!

But on Wednesday I had an interview for an amazing apprenticeship position with the council to be a Media Assistant for a fixed term of two years. I will be using everything I learned in University like writing press releases, writing articles, making promotional films, etc. I can't wait to use this as the starting point of my whole career.

I really had a feeling on the Monday before the interview, that this week was going to be a bad one. Then I slipped on some ice on my way to work that morning and felt like it was an omen for the upcoming interview. Especially since a man and his Alsatian came rushing over to see if I was okay. When the man slipped too and nearly landed on top of me his Alsatian started sniffing around me like he was ready to cock his leg against my spread-eagled form. Luckily that fall and the nearly getting weed on was the only bit of bad luck God decided to throw my way this week. He took pity on this clumsy oaf and decided to let me get the job I so desperately wanted.

Hopefully, this new job will mean that I can be more interesting and will be able to write things worth reading!

Fingers crossed I won't be boring anymore=]

Debenhams Free Christmas... Or Not!

I cannot believe that since I last posted on here I have graduated from University (with a 2:1 wooop), I left Swansea to move back in with my Dad in Caerphilly, and am now working full time in a job which does not involve working on a Sunday!!! I am now cherishing my weekends because for five full years the only time I could work was an evening or a weekend shift.

So, you would logically think that I would steer clear of the dreaded Debenhams, especially at this time of year. I would literally pull my hair out working in the retail industry during the weeks up to Christmas, and now I am free from the horrors of scarily serious shoppers and brainless bargain hunters it would make sense for me to do all of my Christmas shopping online.

I am ashamed to say that the lure of the Debenhams 30% "Gift Extravaganza" was too much for this shopper. Add to that the 10% extra off that the evil company was offering if I used my store card, and I had no hope of avoiding the place! Save three presents, come Christmas Day all of my friends and family will be the proud owners of a gift from Debenhams. And come the 28th December, I will be the horrified owner of an extortionate bill from the company that I just can't seem to leave, even after I have quit!