Monday 27 September 2010

My lad and I went to a burlesque event this evening with his older sister and her husband. I 'liked' the company on Facebook after attending a burlesque event earlier in the year and they sent me an email advertising their event for tonight. I booked 4 tickets as my housemate was to come with his latest beau but he had a last minute call for work so had to pull out.

I had a look online and got some vouchers for a lovely chain restaurant named Zizzi, it is an Italian and we go there often as there are always money off vouchers online and it is nice food.

Last time we went to the burlesque people in the audience were dressed up so I picked out my pink gingham under bust corset and did it up at the front while my lad tightened the laces at the back. It was weird transferring as it is so rigid I can't move! It was weird wheeling too so I had my lad push me about (any excuse!). I also wore a pair on navy almost skin tight jeans, pink ankle socks to hide my still bandaged foot, pink ballet pumps and a white cardigan. Under the corset I wore a white tight vest with a frill detail on the bust which complimented the corset. I styled my hair and did my make up with false eyelashes and red glittery eyeliner.

The show was brilliant and I uploaded pictures of me in my outfit onto the wonderful Internet.

Wednesday 22 September 2010

I'm really feeling winter fashion this year and I've bought myself some super cute winter style mini skirts and tight jumpers to go with my many tights, vests and over knee socks. I even bought a grey knitted poncho after checking it wasn't going to catch in my wheels! I wore one of my outfits yesterday - a brown fitted vest with a cream mini skirt with blue, brown and pink lines crossed through it which I teamed up with brown tights and pink ballet pumps to match the pink in the skirt and my pink handbag.

I start my volunteer work on Friday at 10am! I've also applied for volunteer work with newly injured people so fingers crossed!

Wednesday 15 September 2010

Yesterday I picked my sister up and we made our way to my favourite photographers house. On arrival the photographer assembled my wheelchair and I gently rolled down the slight hill to his bungalow and he helped me up to his front door. Given that it is a bungalow it isn't the most wheelchair accessible and he had to help me up a step and then guide me down a large step into his main room. We made our way to the living room where he and my sister had to carry me in the wheelchair over some pipes. I had him lay a white sheet down and set some lights up while my sister and I discussed what to do. She then left the room and the rest can be seen here!

Sunday 12 September 2010

I took my sister to work last night, it was for someone in a wheelchair and as usual I was waiting in the car when I saw a man get out of a mini bus in a wheelchair. I opened my window and was talking to another man who then invited me in so I thought 'why not?' and he took my chair out of the boot and reassembled it and in we went. I went straight to the room where my sister was getting changed and when she went out to do her thing I sat by the door and watched. There were a few people in wheelchairs, some were definitely quads but not sure if some were paras or recovered quads. One of the men asked if I did any wheelchair sport and I swiftly informed him I do not do sport, I have never done sport and I am certainly not interested in wheelchair sport. It seemed like I was expected to all of a sudden change who I am and enter the Paralympics because I am in a wheelchair. One man even kept on and on about me joining their wheelchair rugby team. I got a bit pissed off and asked him if he wanted to do a sport because he can walk. As he kept on so did I saying 'why don't you do archery, you could compete in the Olympics? I need an archer'. You would've thought someone so involved with disabled people would know better than to assume ALL wheelchair people should do a sport. In that case I assume all people who can walk should do a sport.

On the way home I had cold legs so I turned the heating on in my car and set the blowers onto my feet and legs. They soon warmed up, little did I know maybe too warm and when I got home and took my shoes off my right foot was red! I cooled it down as much as I could but I could see a slight blister forming on my toe next to the big toe. Today it is less red but blotchy and I have a few small blisters and the blister that was forming is much bigger. I am always so careful, feel like a bit of an ass now!

I have a magazine coming over in an hour to take pictures for my skydive promotion exercise.

Wednesday 1 September 2010

Not an update but a reply to a comment - I didn't cut my hair, someone else did after I distinctly stated I did NOT want my hair cut more than an inch. They cut it so short I can barely get it in a bobble and I hate it with a passion.