Separated at birth

Here at Gul, we buy our Assistant Managers from the same Retail Accessory Wholesaler.
Fairly reasonably priced, fairly reliable - sure, they're not the top spec model but with careful guidance they seem to be able to do the job. C

Weymouth

Bude

Gul Bude's Staff

It's quiet today . . . We decided to keep busy!
E x

Hips don't lie

I'm not a fan of Shakira.
Don't get me wrong - I appreciate she's loved by millions. It's just that I, personally, would rather hum and tap my feet to the gentle background gurgle of a sewage pipe than to a Shakira CD.
I accept my taste in music may not be everyone's cup of tea (quite why is unclear) so I allow the whole shop access to our instore music player. We have a limit - 10 tracks a day can be added, amongst the staff who are working. These tracks need to be generally upbeat, not anti-social, and in good taste.
So when a particularly galling Shakira track came on the player - forcing back the gag reflex - I stared into Emma's pop-loving soul and solemnly asked her if she'd mind me deleting this track. Wrongly, it turned out, assuming she was the culprit who'd soiled our beloved playlist.
But it wasn't. And she snitched: The culprit, bizarrely, was Tom.
Yes it turns out that Tom, whom I'm already aware is a big Dolly Parton fan (he has tickets for her upcoming Liverpool show) is also a zealous Shakira fan. Obsessed, apparently. He'd let Emma know. But he'd neglected to tell me.
See you Monday, Tom.... C

Matchsticks and Chocolate Cheese

It was the carnival last night here in Bude, people were partying hard till well into the early hours of this morning... I would like to use this as an excuse as to why I'm feeling so dog-tired, but alas I can't - I was frolicking elsewhere and am relying heavily on a couple of matchsticks to see me through the day!





This, coupled with Casey nursing a sore leg after dancing in heels all night, Abi being kept awake till the early hours by PlayStation antics at home and Tom narrowly escaping certain death after purchasing a chocolate milkshake that more resembled Chocolate Cheese, has resulted in us marvelling at how productive today has turned out.

Someone 'upstairs' remembered to turn on the big round yellow thing in the sky, they cranked the heater up and the smiles have returned to peoples faces as a result. I'm sure this is why the Autumn/Winter range has been going down a storm today, as has the on-going Gul 50% Sale.

I KNOW - imagine my surprise when I saw this actually exists!

Rach x

Nana's been feedin'

Emmas' Nan has been a bit over-generous throughout Spring.
Loading Emmas lunchbox up with delightful but artery-offending treats as she does, which eagerly get passed on to myself and Tom, well, as you can probably see, it's done us no good at all...

Hold the soft cheese, we're hitting the treadmill.

Down-Time

Babies, surfing, serving lots of customers...

Poor Tom's had a long morning... so he's having a well-earned snooze through lunch.

Has anyone seen Tom?

MISSING:

One staff member, last seen heading for the beach. Will respond to the name Tom although you'll need to shout as he'll no doubt have Taio Cruz pumping through his bright red BREO headphones. Is wearing nothing more than a GUL SHORT JOHN and a smile.

LAST KNOWN WHEREABOUTS:

Belle Vue, Bude, outside the GUL STORE. The shot below was taken by a tourist who was taking a photo of his wife and mother-in-law. The visitor maintains that all he saw in the frame at the time was a blur of red, black and slightly pastey white. So please note that Tom is moving at quite a rate towards the beach.

IF SPOTTED:

Tempt him into a big net with an ice-cream and call his mum.

Bye Tom. Hello Surf.

Tom has just left, off for a week on a little break up North.
So, as he regularly reads this blog when he's off, it'd be really unfair of me to remind him that the surf is forecast to be 4ft and clean in the middle of this week.

That'd just be nasty.

So I won't.

(In the above picture, our model Tom is wearing this top, and these trousers.... all available in store right now!)

Last Chances

It's a day of last chances today. But in a good way, not a bad way. Today is the last day you can make the most of the 3 for 2 offer we have running in store, where buying 3 pieces of clothing means we'll generously allow you to walk out of the store without having paid for the cheapest item in the bunch!

It's also the last day of our Gul photo competition, in which you can win a free t-shirt. We've had some great submissions, and it's not too late to enter - any shot of yourself in Gul gear, new or old, will be considered by our panel of judges. Send your picture(s) to: gul.bude@btconnect.com

Here's a shot submitted by our very own Assistant Manager Tom, wearing Gul gear out at a local break. This is a classic example of the sort of picture that won't make the cut... Not because he works here and therefore knows full well that he is unable to enter the comp, but because we can't even see a Gul logo unless we squint and risk getting a headache from having our faces to close to the screen.

But all the same, nice try Tom.

Meet Tom

We've got a new recruit to the Bude Chapter. His name is Tom, and he is the new Assistant Manager. He knows a lot about food, makes a good cup of joe, and in his spare time he shapes very odd looking surfboards.

He also wears skinny jeans and carries it off.

Sadly though, Action Man found it necessary to steal Toms thunder in this picture.