I’ve been busy looking for jobs all over the place for the last few days and I must say, it’s a job to find a job. Just sorting through the job listings, different resume versions and skills and references and certificates and….sigh….I’m tired suddenly and I haven’t even moved away from my coach all day. My living room has become my permanent office for now. I eat, work, talk on the phone and fall sleep right here. Workopolis and monster.ca are my close friends. It’s sad, I know, but I have to do it.

I found so many websites to post my resume, applied for at least 20 jobs since yesterday and now the waiting game begins. I’m gonna continue on my search for the perfect job tomorrow!!

unemployed tdotgirl…

p.s.: if you guys know of any interesting job fairs, job listings or career websites let me know!

Day dreaming about my dream job

Like always I’m sitting by my computer in the middle of the night, early morning, and thinking about my dream job. I’ve looked into different places to find a new job that does not kill my creative side and so far I have found nothing. Maybe I’m not looking in the right places but I am looking. My friend told me not to be picky, but hell if I’m going to switch jobs, I want to make sure I’m upgrading and not going from a hole to a massive ditch. I haven’t given up on home though, I’m convinced one of these days I’m going to wake up and know exactly what I’m suppose to do.

I hate office jobs and want to be stuck in an office unless I’m working for a creative company that comes up with a lot of hands on built it yourself and put it together office. Working for a magazine would be fun, you get to decide what goes where on the pages, which pictures to choose and you get to meet interesting people and learn new things with every article or issue.

I wish I had a job that required me to travel and test out new things, like being even a travel journalist would be great! I would get to go to amazing places, stay at amazing hotels and take pictures of my  fantastic experience. Write reviews and be published in a magazine or news paper. Sigh….

I wish I had business of my own though, I would make rules, I would know exactly how to run it and wouldn’t  mind putting in the long hours since I would know I be the one who would benefit from it and not some big corporate dude who does not care about me and what I do everyday. Plus I think working with a smaller company is always better because you get to learn pretty much all the different areas of the business and you wouldn’t find your work so mindless and boring since you can always switch things up with working in different areas of the company.

Flipping houses would be another fantastic job. I watch a lot of HGTV lately and I’m so inspired by all I see. People do some interesting things to their houses when they have the budget, patience and talent. If I had the money to do anything major like that, I would be so good at it. I saw a show were a couple bought an abandoned gothic church and turned it into a beautiful home for their family. Imagine living in a church, so cool!

Owning a big farm land somewhere in Italy would be nice too. I went to school in Tuscany for a summer and I had the most amazing time in the little town I was in. Owning a piece of land there with a nice villa to convert into my own private piece of heaven would be amazing. To support myself, I would make furniture and art pieces to sell. I’m so hopeless, we all know that’s never gonna happen and I just sound dumb for believing that it would.

For awhile I wanted to have a commercial space to open an art gallery and rented out to up and coming artists and photographers. I even have a picture of the place and how it would b set up, but its all a dream. As far as I know, I’m stuck with my pointless job till I finish my school next year and even then the chances of me getting any of the jobs that I dream about is maybe %1.

But a girl can dream…..

I don’t know what it is about a nice pair of black boots that just makes my mouth water. Doesn’t matter if its leather or suede I love them all. This year I’m in search for a knee length pair of boots to replace my beloved, suede ones. I wear those babies everyday of the winter and I finally wore out the heels and had to replace them.

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My criteria:

- Knee length: I don’t like super long ones since they mess with my body proportions, and I already have a pair of fabulous ankle boots that can carry me over at least for another yr.

- Must be leather or suede: I don’t do fake stuff. I find it wont last as long. The better the fabric and maintenance the longer you can enjoy your boots!

- Details: I don’t mind shoes/boots with some detail or buckle, strap on them. But it has to be delicate looking, nothing worse than a chunky pair of boots, unless you are in the army or work in construction sights.

- Price: this is a bit tricky, I love a good brand name but the price tag sometimes hurts my already empty pockets. So lets say up to $300.

- Got to be flat or very tiny little heel so I walk with them for long periods of time and be comfortable at work.

- Full zipper: I have major problems with boots that don’t have a full zipper. I current boots don’t have them but they were the only pair of boots I ever tried that I could manage and I can fit my jeans in them.

- Versatile: I have to be able to wear them with my jeans tucked in, leggings, dresses and skirts (very important)

So I went high and low, different stores and I found a few nice options. Not all of the boots I found were in my price range but some are worth sharing.

All these boots are amazing, over priced and not exactly what I’m looking for. I want them ALL! lol

I love the brown Golden Goose boots, I never heard of this brand and I found out the hand make all their boots and that’s why they’re so expensive. Love it, even more exclusive and unique!

The DvF boots on the other hand is more realistic to my criteria list, except the price is a bit too high and it might not go with all my dresses and skirts. But as casual wear, its a winner.

But, I’m on a budget and I still have to look at few more places before I can open my wallet and spend my hard earned money. When I finally find my new boots Ill post a picture of them …..

Till I find my boots though I’m going to look through my new shoe inspiration book, “Shoe Gallery Calendar 2010“, lots of pretty shoes, sigh….

Thanks to Amazon.ca, TdotPoints has a working eShop now. Check out my eShop and search for your favorite music, book, electronics and more. Don’t forget to check out my picks as they grow on weekly basis!

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I’m not sure why people are still talking about the recession and using lines  like “in these tough times”, I work in a retail store and I see no tough times, i see lots of demanding people who want to get more for their buck but oh boy oh boy, they have no problem dropping a few bills for a pair of pants, t-shirts and a sweater given the perk of having their discount coupons!!!!

I for one love discounts and promotions and secret shopping events. There’s nothing better than knowing that I paid %40 less than other people for my cashmere sweater, or that I remembered that there was a %20 discount coupon in LouLou for a store that I want to shop at. One of the things I have learned by working in retail is, always make friends with the staff or the managers, it pays off!

I’m not saying like anything sketchy is going on, but lets say they might give you an extra coupon or let you know when new items are going on sale and offering to put a side your size for you, giving you an advantage over other shoppers. Another tip is to always have an email account dedicated to mailing lists to your favorite retailers, extra coupons people!! So next time you’re shopping at your favorite store, pay attention to the person who’s helping you, ask their name and ask if they have a mailing list.

Here are some of my favorite stores in Canada who happen to have good mailing lists:

BCBG.com : random discounts and $100 off of you purchase of $300 and more

Shoppersdrugmart.ca : 20 times the points, 15 times the point or %15 off

Bananarepublic.ca: Spend $125 get %25 off, random coupons for %25 to %30 off, secret events

Clubmonaco.com: Gift with purchase or student discounts

Bestbuy.ca: Sales, promotions and if you’re a reward member coupons!!!

Ill let you guys know if there are more good sites to sign up for….

Happy discount shopping!!!!!!