Reality Bites...

Oh Lordy - got a meeting with my FUN pals at Hopkins Law offices, Cowbridge on Friday to put the finishing touches to our inaugural very exciting and Fabulously Useful Networking event and I've kind of let myself go in the school holidays ....got the festival vibe ( red bits in my hair, bought some turquoise DM's, nearly ran off with a gypsy, want to live in a yurt) and I've got to 3 days to work out how to get it together and come across as a serious player in the professional networking world - yikes! What's Sue from Positively Smart going to assess from my 'look'!??

BTW - we think we've got Fabulously Useful Networking ideas - but what are yours? Our aim is to put on networking events for women that are enjoyable, cost effective, value your time, and above all are extremely useful in life and in business. What would be on your wish list?

Debbie

Too slow? By Sarah

I don't really mean to rant ALL the time but....  Today we had a family outing to Westonbirt Arboretum for Treefest.  It was lovely - really lovely (see, I'm not ranting yet...)  I offered to get the four of us coffees, so I queued up at the best looking place.  There was a bit of a queue.  I wanted a black filter coffee, an Americano, a cappuccino and a hot chocolate.  And I waited.  And waited.  And waited.  I heard one of the staff say 'The hot chocolate takes a few minutes is that OK?' while I was waiting.  And I waited a bit more.  If it had just been me I'd have given up, but as I'd said I'd get all the coffees I waited.  By the time it was my turn my list of 'a black filter coffee, an Americano, a cappuccino and a hot chocolate' had shrunk to 'one black coffee, two white coffees and a bottle of water please'.  In the time I'd been waiting Guy had walked several hundred yards back to the car, collected the dogs, walked them round a bit and made his way back.  He thought his coffee would be stone cold and it wasn't even ready when he came back. It was lovely when we eventually got it (and my water was very nice thank you) but I reckon they did themselves out of at least £4 by being so slow....  Or am I just turning into a crabby old bat??

A bit of a rant... By Sarah

I’m going to have a bit of a rant...  Recently I and my better half were all set to go to a charity dog show - dogs, treats, leads, best collars and poop scoops in the car, sat nav at the ready.  And we got to the address, the right postcode - everything.  Could we find it?  Nope.  No sign, no bodies to help, zilch.  We drove around meeting other confused people for TWENTY MINUTES then gave up and took the dogs for a walk somewhere else.  How difficult would it have been to put a sign on the road???  I spoke to a friend who knew somebody involved later and asked how many people were there.  “Not as many as expected”.  I wonder why....