I am well practised in the art of saying goodbye at work, having now worked in seven different stores in nine years.

When I left the first place that I work - my first job - I admit to having a tear in my eye the last time I left the building for work: to leave the people who I had sortof grown up with was a massive wrench. However, you move on...

Now, I am about to embark on my life changing step in to the unknown, and I have been looking back on times gone by with affection: mainly to the laughs that I had when I was a trainee, especially now that I work with one of the girls I worked with in Newcastle, and we have three grad trainees, so it is all coming back to me. Overall, I am looking forward to the future with excitement and optimism - the memories will always be there, and the people who you worked with and were friends with will still be around :)