Argos experience

Anyone who has lived in the UK or is familiar with moving to a new country will know that once you arrive somewhere new there is a never ending list of things you need to do, arrange and buy. One of the most obvious initially is your lack of homewares. Sheets, towels and all the basics of life.

We had all sorts of suggestions as to where to head to full our needs. From the supermarket to various outlet and department stores. The most interesting worth a note is Argos. Argos is a store you walk into and first think “there is nothing in here” but low and behold in reality there is more than your can imagine. Step one, head to a catalogue and leaf through pages and pages of homewares etc. Step two, locate your desired products, grab a pencil and sheet and write down the catalogue number or numbers. Step three, had to a cashier or pay station and pay. Step four, wait for your number to be called and collect from the assigned counter. It’s pretty cool really. There just get it from the warehouse right there. Generally cheap and crappy stuff, but it does the job J

It‘s kind of like university again, but there is no friends and family to get free house stuff from. Doh. We are back in a flat, sharing bills, bathrooms and kitchens. If I am being honest that is a pretty depressing part of this whole experience. Space sharing again. Along with the general lack of funds and no current income. And that fact we have to find a flat again in three weeks (we were lucky enough to score somewhere while a friends flatmate is away travelling with a couple of cool chicks).

I job hunt here involves finding a few agencies to get out there and find you interviews. To date I have three agencies on board and fingers crossed for some interviews soon. Recruiters are generally really nice and so far they seem to be putting a lot of jobs in front of me and being generally helpful with CV advice etc. No complaints there. It seems to be quite a good system.

Other than that I am truly enjoying the generally cheap food, hating the expensive transport (but loving how easy it is), liking the ‘summer’ (better than the weather was when we left NZ) and can’t wait to have an income again.