Hi, I’m Amber, and I’m a self-employed writer working solely to support an expensive shoe habit. I also like holidays in Florida, dresses, big hair and ghost stories. Oh, and wine.
On December 15th, 2003, I got engaged on the banks of the Grand Canyon, while holidaying in Las Vegas. Eleven days later, on Boxing Day of that year, my new fiance, Terry, was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure, and began two years of dialysis while waiting for a kidney transplant. Shortly afterwards, I quit my job in PR, and returned to my roots as a journalist, this time working freelance so I could be at home with Terry. We launched our business, Hot Igloo Productions Ltd., later that year, offering web design (Terry) and copywriting services (me).
Terry finally had his transplant on December 15th, 2005 – two years to the day we got engaged – receiving a kidney from his brother, John, also known as “Our Hero”. (You can read my posts about Terry’s transplant here.) We got married on March 31st, 2007, and continue to run our business from home, although I’ve long since dropped the copywriting and freelance journalism in favour of full-time blogging. In addition to this site (which I write purely as a hobby), I also run TheFashionPolice.net and Shoeperwoman.com, which basically means I get paid to look at shoes and dresses on the Internet all day. My 12-year-old self would be so proud.
I live in central Scotland with Terry and a small white wolf called Rubin. Forever Amber is my personal blog, and is basically a catalogue of disasters journal/personal style blog. You can expect to find random acts of stupidity, stories about the many things I manage to lose on a daily basis (my mind being just one of them) and, well, a lot of photos of my dog. Sorry about that. If you’re new to the site, you’ll find some of my favourite posts here.
Because I sometimes have to be surgically removed from my computer, I spend way too much time on social networking sites, and you can read more of my ramblings on Twitter and Tumblr or join my Facebook page.
My other sites:
The Fashion Police
Shoeperwoman
Hey, Dollface!
All words and pictures are ©Amber McNaught and may not be reproduced without permission.
I have got to say… YOU HAVE MY DREAM JOB! I am completely fashion (especially SHOE) obsessed! I have been wondering for years what job I could get where fashion IS my job, and of course the entire reasoning for a job would be to support my insane shopping (but mainly shoe) obsession. It is sometimes better if I call it a hobby… sounds a bit more useful to the non-fashion obsessed.
Anyway, my A.D.D. self stumbled upon your Shoeperwoman blog today while attempting to research wedding stuff. I am now a subscriber! If there is ever a way to have a job like yours, I would probably jump up and down with joy and then of course go out and buy some new shoes!
I stumbled upon your website being bored in my web design class (im about to start my senior year of high school) and i instantly got hooked, you are hilarious! just wanted to thank you for making my computer classes bearable (you see computers hate me)