As promised, here is how I spent my Sunday. Those of you who keep up to date with what I'm up to with Chroma may have seen that I recently sent some notebooks to the lovely people at CoppaFeel! These guys are all about spreading the boob love, getting people to 'cop a feel' (see what they did there?!) & generally raising breast cancer awareness. They primarily target younger women between the ages of 18-30 and do it in the least scary or intimidating way. I first watched a BBC3 documentary about CoppaFeel! & it's founder Kris a long while ago but was re-inspired after watching The C Word a couple weeks back. I decided to emboss some boob based notebooks and also applied to join the festival team and volunteer where I could.
Thankfully my application was successful and I was asked if I could help at Wireless 10 Festival in London. I was of course so up for this and headed to Finsbury Park to spread as much awareness as possible. Upon arrival I met the rest of the lovely team and was handed my boob for the day. Yes, I was to spend my Sunday dressed as a massive tit. I probably shouldn't have been as excited as I was, but I am not ashamed to say, I loved it.
The first few hours were filled with drizzly rain and a lot of fed up people but as the day progressed things became a lot more positive. We were strolling past an activity tent when one of my fellow boobs noticed a limbo set up. Now, I don't like to brag and this isn't something I bring up often, but I love to limbo. The ability to limbo (& play Twister) are probably the only upsides to having hyper-flexible joints. It was safe to say once I had spotted the limbo bar, there was no way I was going to leave without having a go. I ended up completing every bar apart from the very lowest one, finishing with it below my hip height. It was only after finishing that it dawned on me, I had done the whole thing dressed as a boob. I was a big, limbo-ing boob in front of a lot of people. The video was snap chatted (brilliant) but I think I gained a lot of respect for my skills.
Limbo-ing aside the day was actually really great. If you've read my previous post you'll know all about my injured foot, so I did spend a lot of the time trying to catch up with everyone, limping around but it was definitely worth it. Encouraging people to sign up to the CoppaFeel! free monthly reminder to check your boobs was great & I had many photos taken with the festival goers - who doesn't love a boob!
The day also marked the first time I went to a festival and used a portaloo with Margaret. I hadn't given it all that much thought until I noticed she needed emptying and realised this meant the dreaded festival toilets. I left it as long as possible before venturing in to one. Due to it being the first day of use, it wasn't actually that bad, although hardly pleasant. It was whilst locking myself in that I realised, I was wearing a playsuit. Not just that but a playsuit with a t-shirt, cardigan, waterproof and rucksack over the top... The effort involved in going to the loo was huge. You don't realise how small the space is inside those things until you're stripping layers off, thank god I didn't have my boob on. What felt like hours later, I managed to get out, wishing I could bath in antibacterial wash.
I decided to avoid eating whilst at the festival, to try and keep Margaret quiet, thank fully it all worked out okay in the end and the rest of the day went really well.
CoppaFeel! really is the most amazing cause, it is definitely worth signing up to their free text service - simply text BOOBS to 70300 for your monthly reminder, it is completely hassle free and could save your life. Spread the boob love and spread the CoppaFeel! word.
Lots of love
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