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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

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

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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

I have just had the most amazing offer to promote my bridal shop business & website with a company who e-mailed me out of the blue.

According to them I can have the once in a life-time opportunity to take up their brilliant promotional offer of advertising with them for a modest fee, which by its own admission will be going up in price very soon as it has been so popular.

If you type into Google Search the keyword ‘business finder’ they come up No:1 in Google Search – My G*d they must be fantastic.

So I rush to my computer to Google their website & ‘Hey-presto’ eventually I find it & eagerly type in ‘Wedding Suppliers’ only to find Zero results match my search. Ooh I must be thick, why didn’t I try ‘Bridal Shops’ – Bugger – Zero results match my search.

• Must be me, lets just search by county – Zero results match my search
• Bridal-wear ? – Zero results match my search
• Formal wear ? – Zero results match my search
• Bridesmaids ? – Zero results match my search
• Wedding Shoes ? – Zero results match my search
• Women’s Clothing ? – Zero results match my search
• Anything ? – Zero results match my search

By using the power of the Force my Jedi Knight instincts sense a kind of pattern emerging

Mmmmhhh… All of the categories appear to have nothing on them…

So I go back to reading their e-mail, they must be good they sent a screenshot with the blurb, & then I look again closely that the screenshot was from them typing their actual web address in the search box & then they only came in 2^nd place!!

Don't mess with a Jedi Knight

I don’t think it’s a disturbance in the Force – It’s a Jedi Mind Trick… It won’t work on Nigel – He’s a Jedi Master