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Is it just me, or do I just imagine that I have strange things happen to me . . .

Surely they must pick me out on purpose . . .

Sit back relax & Picture the scene . . .  I’m working hard as per normal slaving away with the daily chores of playing Mine-Sweeper & drinking my coffee ( Ladies: Please note that I am doing 2 things at once, which in my book is called multi-tasking )

The phone rings & a man says to me:

• Hi I found you on Google & your website says you have a seamstress
• Yes that’s right –
• Great can I bring my Jersey in for her to have a look at ?
• No – We do alterations on Bridalwear that is normally bought from us
• It doesn’t say that on your website !
• OH Really – I put on there that we offer this service for our Brides & Bridesmaids, which I thought would lead people to the conclusion that we do Bridal-wear not jersey’s
• O.K – But can I bring it in anyway for her to look at
• NO . . .
• Why Not ??? ( Blank Silence ensues )
• Does it say on our website we mend Jersey’s ?
• No
• Well there you go – There’s your answer then
• But I want to wear it out tonight & it needs mending
• Sorry I can’t help you
• What do you suggest then
• Look on Google & find some-one that does Jersey repairs
• I did that & found your website, it says you have a seamstress !
• We’ve done this bit . . . NO
• What am I going to do now ? I want to wear it out tonight & it needs mending !
• I have got a few suggestions by this point
  1. – Buy another one
  2. – Wear something else
  3. – Find some-one that cares
  4. – P*ss Off

Holy Cow . . .

I am totally convinced that this was some sort of hoax call as I’m certain nobody could get that old being so stupid & manage to dress themselves to go out in the evening, let alone have any friends to go out with in the first place ! ! !

Perhaps he’s got mad cow stuff in his head or is just full of Bull . . .

Just recently I have been up to my butt in parcels to post out to Bridal Shops & also wedding shoes galore for all those lovely brides who have bought their bridal shoes from our wedding shoes sale page. So Sammie thought she would be helpful & bought me a packing tape dispenser gun, which was very thoughtful of her.

The only problem now is that I have to go to work wearing a poncho, cowboy boots & leather chaps.
Sam thought that it would help speed up the process of packing up the boxes, but in reality it has had the opposite effect as I now spend most of the day staring in the mirror & challenging myself to a gun-fight, whistling a fistful of dollars, chewing a small cigar & spitting on the carpet !!

A Fistful of Tape Dispenser

I have now decided that enough is enough & this has to stop, as last week I was looking at myself in the mirror & while walking past tripped over Nigel who was standing at the top of the stairs . . . I went base over apex & rolled down the stairs with the gun in my hand & wrapped myself up like a mummy.
I had covered my face & could not even speak I had to mime to Nigel to help me. Nigel said that I was like Parcel Marceau, after he had finished laughing at me he ripped off the packing tape – not very gently I may add . . . So I have now had a full body wax . . . I will get my own back !!

Parcel Marceau

That’s not funny Nigel – I want my mummy . . .

If anyone wants a Packing Tape Gun & Stetson – Call Me at the Shop on 01202 424477.
I will even throw in a naughty hamster for free . . .

After a long day in the shop the last thing in the world you really want to do is a wedding open evening at a local hotel to help them promote their wedding venue – but that’s the breaks . . .

On the website I’ve got a page about local wedding venues in Dorset that we recommend & we do wedding fairs with them & try to promote. I have done this venue a nice little bit of blurb, a picture of the venue & a link to their weddings page.

We have also got one of our Bride & Grooms to book the venue for their wedding day & have also told absolutely everyone to go to the event to support them.

So I’m all set up & ready to rock & roll, the wedding co-ordinator comes around to see if every-one is happy closely followed by the administration manager in tow, who proceeds to look me up & down then turns to the wedding co-ordinator & says …

Oh dear I think we have a problem. So I immediately ask what the matter is seeing that he couldn’t be bothered to actually talk to me directly & he says that if I need to be told that we have a problem then he didn’t see why he should have to tell me.

This pretty much pi**ed me off & I then had to pick at it like an irritating scab, eventually after 5 minutes of debating that he can’t just say that & walk off – he said that I should have worn a suit & tie for the special occasion. Why he didn’t go the whole hog & just say that I looked like a scruffy piece of sh*t that he had trodden in as he looked down his nose at me & walked away I don’t know.

This left the poor wedding co-ordinator just stood there who had gone bright red with embarrassment – she said I’m really sorry & scuttled away as quickly as her little legs could carry her . . .

I was quite hurt & wounded as I was wearing my new Levi 501’ s & a brand new shirt – the consolation for me was that I knew my watch was worth more than his cheap shiny suit & that he probably had a complex about his receding hair & shiny bald spot.

I did consider just packing up & going home to watch the football but I didn’t want to let Sam down as I am doing it for her & Prettymades Bridal Shop so I took it on the chin & smiled & chatted with the people at the event.

The wedding co-ordinator was showing couples around the venue.

G*d must have been watching as the first couple that Mr Up his own arse shows round is some-one that we know & rushes up to shake my hand saying ‘Hi its nice to see you’ – The look on his face was priceless & made staying worth that magic moment . . .

About 10-15 minutes later he appeared & offered to get me coffee if I would like – Hell yes I would like dumb-arse, sadly for him the damage had been done – When it was all over I packed up & rushed off home to strip my websites of all the images & links to their hotel & weddings pages & will never again encourage any of our brides-to-be to look at or even consider booking that place as their wedding venue

As they say Pi** me off at your peril – They wont get any revenue off of our recommendations which I thought things like this were all about. . .   I guess they don’t want poor people & riff-raff spending their hard earned money with them . . .

MEE on Google Earth …

What can I say yet more images of MEE on the internet. I was working at Prettymades giving the outside advertising frames in the alley a coat of paint when the people from Google Earth came by & asked if they could take my picture as they were making a full length feature film about the outside of our Bridal Shop & would I like a starring role.

Of course I was more than happy to oblige …

MEE on Google Earth

When Sam found it she said that the only reason they took my picture was because I am so fat that I have got my own Postcode … A little cutting Mee thinks – She’s only jealous of my new found celebrity status

Now I know how proud Mike from Monsters Inc. must have felt at being on the front cover of the monster magazine & also starring in the TV ad for Monsters Incorperated

Like MEE on Google

What  can  I  say  the  Camera  loves  MEE !!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I’M FAMOUS

Like MEE on Google Earth ...

Just Before Christmas we were invited up to Glasgow to the ACS Clothing Factory for a Tour round & a look at how our Formal-Hire suits are processed & sorted by Ultimate Formal Hire, ready to arrive with us for all those lovely Wedding Party’s & Evening events, Proms etc

We also had a talk & demonstration by ‘Xedo’ Software about their Bridal appointment system – Which is very impressive followed by a workshop with our Ultimate Formal Hire hosts, who’s hospitality was fantastic as the red wine flowed

It was at this point that I was catapulted to fame as the photographer took a picture of our group – which appeared in the Bridal Buyer magazine.

MEE at UFH & Xedo Event

We then had an amazing lunch which was all washed down with a small mouthful of more red wine … ( I had a small bucket to drink mine out of !! )

29 Supper Club Glagow

We were then taken to our hotel that we were staying in for the night.

Blythswood Hotel & Square

This was the Blythswood Hotel in Glasgow – Which is beautiful; our room was bigger than the whole of our house & our room overlooked the park in front of the hotel. After we had got ready for the evening as we were going back to The Supper Club for a Gala Dinner.

I had to dress up like a penguin …

Supper Club Dinner Glasgow

We sat on a table with the lovely Suzie who is a Goddess at Ultimate Formal Hire …

This combined with dressing like a penguin makes me very nervous & when I get like that it makes my tourettes worse.

So I must say a big ‘Thank You’ to the shop assistant from ‘Spank the Monkey’ Bridal in Hartlepool for pointing this out to me … So I never got as far as the first course when I retired to the smoking area never to return to my dinner … which I am told was very nice indeed … But on the plus side Andrew bought me a Pint of Guinness & calmed my disposition … After which I then sat with the lovely Cathy, Alison & Geoff & Enjoyed the remainder of the evening keeping clear of Mr ‘Spank the Monkey’ Bridal, who eventually disappeared up his own backside …

So a massive ‘Thank You’ to all at ACS Clothing & ‘Xedo’ Software for a wonderful event …

A Mark Twain quotation – after hearing that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal – Not the Bankruptcy bit

I know I haven’t written anything for a few weeks but I’m pretty sure I am still breathing – My car on the other hand has been poorly sick, I know she was ill when she let me put her on the back of a low-loader to go to the Jaguar garage without complaining. So I have been working from home with the phone on divert & delivering Brides orders in the evening that I’ve worked on during the day.   You know what it’s like I hate paperwork & accounts & stuff so that’s been on the agenda …  Yeh… Yeh… If I was at home I could have written something but as they say Laziness is next to Godliness & I haven’t got that far up the alphabet yet… Manyanah

Anyway back to the point some shop owner not too far away from us has been spreading the rumour that we have gone bust

Well let me tell you once again in a loud voice that ‘It ain’t gonna happen’ – When we moved one of our shops from Highcliffe to Wimborne some-one was saying it then as well & I think it’s the same person

I was very surprised & disappointed that they were stupid enough to phone one of our suppliers & ask if they could have our exclusive labels for the Dorset area ( They wouldn’t tell me who it was – but at least our suppliers had the courtesy to let me know )

Forrest Gump had more savvy than that – I will find out who it is eventually

If you carry on being a right T*T

Anyway back to the good news my baby is all better now thanks to the healing hands of Ben & Rich, I’m going to have a quick coffee & fag before the tearful re-union, but the bad news is that I’ve now got no excuse not to go to work … Back to the grindstone ho-hum

******* Please insert rude word of your choice