Continue the change and enjoy the journey!

fedupandskint

Thats what I started running again with and it worked a treat. When I started I couldn't run across the road, by the end of the 8 weeks I could run 3miles non stop. Then I carried on from there

Good luck with it!

fedupandskint

Back from a run in the gusty wind. Glad I went and did it even though it was quite hard work today.

Also walked into town this morning to go shopping and more or less stuck to the list for this week apart from some basics chocolate wafers, porcini mushrooms and cereal bars. Cereal bars on offer for £1, wafers for snacks and lunches and mushrooms to use in pasta dishes to start using up the never ending pasta supplies.

This afternoon will make some soup, put the stew on the cook and take the dog out for a nice walk. Also need to read a couple of papers for uni and make some notes for the assignment.

fedupandskint

Well as for me, I have run today, walked into town around and back, then long dog walk this afternoon so legs are a little tired now. Not much fabbiness going on here apart from usual skincare routine and nail oil application which is improving the ridges on my nails alongside the weekly buffing. Think I'll do a buff tonight and a nail oil massage while watching TV tonight.

Have a nice smelling stew in the oven and looking forward to this for tea tonight.

I've meal planned for next week, apart from 2 days - off to find a suitable recipe for tea for a couple of days. Trying to keep on track with the kcal allowance, gone over for most days but there will be a lot of exercise next week - a combo of running and walking to keep me burning it off and try and get to the final weight loss target, only 5lbs to go now and I'm there and the finishing line!

I sound chirpier than I feel - I will have to have the most frugal month in Dec I have ever had as I will have absolutely no spare cash at all. I have decided to buy nothing new for my work Christmas do apart from a £1 nail varnish today. I decided to try the greige colours out. Decided to go for this one instead of the free with magazine nails inc one as they keep chipping away merrily on my nails. Thought it was worth a try for £1!

Christmas work do outfit is
Grey dress I have slimmed into with exposed zip at back
Burgundy booties
Black pearl earrings and necklace
Greige nail varnish
Copious layers of make up stored in the cupboard
Black Betty Jackson jacket worn once
Jigsaw tiger sequin pattern clutch bag (not used for along time)
Either blue glitter tights or black floral control ones - will see which ones look best. I decided not to buy a new pair for this night out and wear the pairs I have in the drawer first

So, I am declaring a Freedom outfit - freeing up the clothes stored and not worn in my wardrobe - for my work night out! I'm sure it will look fine, no need to worry as I know everything fits and really its more about how you feel in what you wear and I know there is no need to buy a single thing for this night out. I just need to free up some cash to have a night out with. Might have to dip into my sealed pot savings for this and strictly budget for it.

I won't buy anything for it. Not at all. I have an expensive week ahead with car MOT and haircut but I really need both of these doing! Last haircut was July! Here's hoping the car passes ok

Need to plan how will pay for next haircut in March - save a bit towards it each month would help I think. Take advantage while I can use my student card for the discount

More happily I counted up my survey vouchers after a new one arrived today and they total up to £48 plus the savings stamps which are around £20 so should be ok for any Christmas food etc.

fedupandskint

Saturday plan
[STRIKE]Shopping - bare minimum for next week
Run[/STRIKE]
Clean garden furniture and move
Sweep up leaves ready for recycling
Tidy up garden
Wash pet bedding and towels
Clean kitchen and sweep and mop floor
Studying [STRIKE]and stew making
Long dog walk
Soup making[/STRIKE]

Sunday
Run
Study
Long dog walk in afternoon
[STRIKE]Washing[/STRIKE]
Ironing

Better get a move on then if I'm to fit all this in!

Bit too windy for a run I think, will see how it is later on

fedupandskint

Saturday plan
[STRIKE]Shopping - bare minimum for next week
Run
Clean garden furniture and move
Sweep up leaves ready for recycling
Tidy up garden
Wash pet bedding and towels[/STRIKE]
Clean kitchen and sweep and mop floor
Studying [STRIKE]and stew making
Long dog walk
Soup making[/STRIKE]

Sunday
Run
Study
Long dog walk in afternoon
[STRIKE]Washing[/STRIKE]
Ironing

Update time

Washing in and on the line, garden tidied up, the job I 've put off for years is done moving garden furniture and cleaning it pre winter.

Another job arrives as mr Dog traipsed in with mucky paw prints over the carpet - hmm thanks

Off to clean the kitchen and floors next then maybe tackle a paper to read for tomorrow

fedupandskint

Almost done for today - not running as its too windy out there - its ok I'll go another day - prob Tuesday

Long dog walk in about an hour or so

Jobs completed - cleaned kitchen, bathroom and swept and mopped floor, fed christmas cakes at long last and ate the soup I made yesterday out of manky carrots to turn it into carrot and coriander soup along with bit of the gone wrong loaf. Hoping I can get 2 slices out of it tomorrow for a sarnie.

NSD 11 today

About to tackle a paper to read for tomorrow with a hair pack on and then a face pack later on before I pop out for my tea at my friends

Have a lot of reading and uni work to tackle for this week at least the taught days finish this week and then its down to me to get on with the 2 humungous assignments due in Jan. A very busy 2 weeks. Hope I can get somewhere close to this plan

Mon 28th - uni, go early and read a paper
Tues 29th - work, run and read homework paper and post on blog comments
Wed 30th - work, run, read homework paper for Thurs
Thurs 1st - uni, homework assignment for Fri
Fri 2nd - uni - night off!
Sat 3rd - run, shopping, housework, soup, breadmaking, cake baking for sun, read 1 paper at least for assignment 1
Sun 4th - run, sort out house things and cook for friend
Mon 5th - work, sort out dissertation stuff for tomorrow
Tues 6th - dissertation meeting, read paper for assignment 1
Wed 7th - ethics application
Thurs 8th - read paper for assignment 1
Fri 9th - night out
Sat 10th - Day out read paper for assignment 1
Sun 11th - run, catch up housework etc and soup making and reading for assignment 1 - fit reading into essay plan and see what gaps are left

fedupandskint

Saturday plan
Studying

Sunday
Run - no chance way too windy today
Study

Hmmm, what do I keep putting off?

Better get a move on then and do 1 hour and make some notes to upload onto required blog.

fedupandskint

Just reminding myself of what's been bought and what is left to buy

Keep warm and active in the winter hamper - X2 DONE
Hat scarf and gloves
Wintertrax
Fleece and Jacket
Pedometer

Gardening Hamper - X2 DONE
Trug
Handwash and handcream
Seeds and seed kits
Pots and propagator
Pots with bulbs started in - amyrellis, crocus and narcissi
Patio apple tree

Thats 4 big hampers completed now

Pamper Hamper X2
Foot scrub
Bath salts soak x 2 - on the way
Skincare
New comfies or pj's - 2 to get
Soap - to get

Jam Hamper - X2 DONE
Plum, strawberry, greengage, marmalade and fruit jelly

Chutney Hamper - X2 DONE
Chilli Jam
Christmas Chutney
Apple Chutney
Courgette Chutney
Christmas Cake
Flavoured vodka or gin crab apple and sloe
Pickled pears
Recipe book

TO DO
HM Fudge
Lemon Squash
Turkish delight
Chocolate pinwheels
Biscuits for cheese and sweet biscuits

Lastly leaving the pamper hampers left to finish off

TO GET
New comfies or pj's - 2 to get
Soap

Leaving one more present to get if I can find it cheap enough -trying hard with this one

And this is what I'll be making over the next few weeks


Bath Salts, Bath Melts and Foot scrub recipes
Oils already have
3x lavender
menthol blend of pepermint, eucalyptus, red myrtle, black spice
tea tree
energising blend of mint, pine, rosemary

Bath Salts
950g of sea salts, choose fine or coarse, or a combination of the two
40g Sodium Bicarbonate
10ml of Essential Oil or 10g of Cosmetic Fragrance Oil of your choice
A tiny amount of pigment if you want the salts to be coloured
Dried petals or herbs - optional
Airtight glass jars

Foot scrub recipe
To make one jar of scrub
125g Fine Sea Salts
125g Dead Sea Salts
4g Apricot Kernel Oil
4g Avocado Oil
5 drops Vitamin E Oil
2.5ml blend of Lavender, Peppermint and Tea Tree Essential Oils
Small pinch of fine-cut dried Peppermint Leaves
Clip-top glass jar

Fizzing Bath Salts Recipe
Makes 2kg of Fizzing Bath Salts

500g Coarse or Fine Sea Salts
500g Dead Sea Salts
500g Sodium Bicarbonate
500g Citric Acid
20ml Essential Oil
Tiny amount of Cosmetic Pigment if colour is desired
10-20ml Essential Oil of your choice
Small Airtight Glass Jars

fedupandskint

Car passed MOT - phew!

Lots of walking today - 3hrs in total

5 chocolates eaten after a choccie craving

Present lists updated and checked what is left to buy. Ordered stuff for salt baths etc at last and decided to get food stuff for food gifts with survey vouchers to help reign in the spends a bit

Itsadogslife_2

Yay for the car passing the MOT :T

You are so organised, do you make the hampers to sell too or just to give as gifts?