Laura's Little Bakery: Cupcakes for the win!

So I met a lovely lady named Laura (how is that for alliteration, high school english teachers) a few days ago. She has just (as in yesterday) opened a new cupcakery shop in town and it's super awesome. There's something really nice about a city that truly embraces and supports a local business owner and really, you have to be a villain to not appreciate a cupcake.

So... I met her through Saif who knows through her through the weird connectedness of twitter. He asked her if she was hiring and she asked if I could drop off my CV the next day. Yes Please! I can't actually describe how perfect this sort of job is for me, my waist line notwithstanding. I told my Mum and my friend Hillary and they were both like, "Wow, that's perfect for you". Here's hoping. The espresso machine is different to the one I'm used to but I should be able to handle it.

The place is called Laura's Little Bakery, and Laura herself is really lovely. It was one of those weird times where you meet someone for the first time but it's kind of deja vu-like, like you've met them before. I don't feel so dorky saying that, cos she commented on it too. I felt pretty comfortable fairly fast around her which is unusual for me, as everyone knows.

She offered to give me a trial at first and I was all butterflies in my tummy about it, but she had to get back to her baking as it was the evening before she opened shop. Saif and I went for groceries next door at Tesco and I kept feeling guilty because she looked like she might have needed a hand and she was there by herself, trying to pull it all together. Pretty impressive, but I just had this niggling feeling and I told Saif, who told me to just go ask her. I went back and asked if I could help with anything and she let me. : ) I felt like a weirdo and I was worried she'd feel I was trying to force her hand in hiring me, but she told me she appreciated it and that it showed initiative. Well, I'll be.

I hope I was helpful in the end, I washed up the dishes, mopped the cafe floor, washed down the counter tops... trying to also keep out of the way cos she seemed to have about 8 hands doing 8 different things at once.

She dropped me off at home with some cupcakes and I settled down with a cup of tea to see that she had tweeted about me. "A very lovely girl offered some help this afternoon which was truly amazing and one way to get yourself hired on the spot! :)" Sounds promising. Did I pass the trial? : D

I guess I'll have to wait to find out.

All in all, I'm pretty excited to start on Thursday. 

This is Laura. If you're in Liverpool please stop by and support this super worthy little cupcake cafe.