This morning, I went for a job interview in Birmingham - a position described as a 'Data Analyst Technician'. It involves examining traffic flow information and looking for anomalies and transferring everything to a database. While I was still in Birmingham, I receive a phone call telling me that I'd got the job. I start on Thursday.

My girlfriend, Emma, joined me in Birmingham today when I went in for my job interview. While I was being interviewed, she went down New Street for the shops. I joined her afterwards, meeting her in Marks & Spencers.

It turned into quite a shopping trip. We had a look round some CD/DVD shops, went to Selfridges where we had our regular fix of their wonderful onion bhajis (and also this time bought some snacks from the Lebanese food counter which were expensive but tasty). Coming out of the Bullring, we found ourselves in the Chinatown area so we popped into one of the supermakarkets for me to stock up on tea. We also came away with a pack of 'Unusual Taste Bean'.

After finding out that I got the job (I received a phone call shortly after eating our Selfridges lunch), we went clothes shopping. The job requires smart attire, so I bought a few shirts and ties. Also, to celebrate, we bought a bottle of fizz (a New Zealand champagne style wine which tasted really good) and Emma and I also somehow ended up buying matching trainers (which she described as Celebration Shoes!).  

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