TallGirl's 5 year plan to own a 2nd home in her homeland

TallGirl

Put on 300 grams this week OK its less than a lb but still too many sweets and wine. Will do better this week however pleased I did two sessions in the gym last week and we went for a walk into town and back about 3 miles. DH normally hates doing that but with the promise of a visit to Weatherspoons he relented.

Paid the balance of the holiday on the credit card. Yes it did cost 2% but DH feels safer that way and to be honest I did not have the cash in my accounts so now I have a month to get it. Going to be tough as I have spent a bit this month and last month.

Plan to go to the gym tonight for workout and eat sensibly with out any snacking on unhealthy stuff.

SmlSave

Thanks SMLSave I am sure I could make you a bag, its teal or pink at the moment. I seem to remember from the MFi3 you are quite local to the area I live in or do I remember incorrectly

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Ohhh, a teal bag would be lovely, how much would you like for it? I'm based in Swindon but have never been on the MFi3 thread

Were you good when you went to Weatherspoons this weekend? I always want the most unhealthy things

TallGirl

SmlSave Swindon is lovely well the Great Western Shopping is lovely (go there is I have an appointment in Swindon. I notice you are doing sewing classes so you should be able to whip up a bag in no time. There are the ones I have made so far.

This fabric is all Laura Ashley and I have almost run out now. I just love the flowers with the pink silk as lining.



The little bag is for my Ipod that gives you an idea of the size. Sorry I forgot to turn the picture around before I loaded it.

TallGirl

This is the larger bag I made for the car to hold my spare gym kit. Its a bit boring compared to the other pretty ones.



This is the spare fabric I have left I really like the teal colour was going to have the stripy fabric (Laura Ashley) as the front of the bag and then line it with the flowery one in teal but now I am not so sure love the flowers too they are just from Fabric land. The stripy pink one is again Laura Ashley and matches the pink silk fabric so will definitely make something nice out of that.

TallGirl

Sorry for a third post today but forgot to say that I did 30 min on the cross trainer at the gym last night and had soup with pita bread for dinner:T. I did blow out at that MS at the weekend had Bruchetta for starter which was huge but not too bad. Then a pizza and then some chocolate cheese cake. To be fair I did not eat it all but I had wine too. This week I am going to be an :A

TallGirl

Rigth this is turning into be quite a good week had lost two lb on Money, Tuesday a lady from work came and stayed with me which was really nice and she loved the cats.

Drove to HQ last night in the horrid pool car which lights were almost out. Rubbish. Had dinner together, just soup and had MS bean salad for lunch plus 2 cakes which was bad. No wine though.

Been good today and got my new car, a lovely Passat quite basic but should be really cheap taxwise so that is very good. Went and bought a cable so I can now listen to the ipod via the car radio. Went for a drink with the girls from work but had grapefruit juice and soda. Found out I have got my 10% bonus by hitting my 95% target. Not sure how much I will get after tax but it should be enough to pay for the Mauritious holiday or my share of it.

Eaten sensibily today still no wine (only had 1 glass on since Monday) and no cakes eventhough there was loads at the meeting today. Crave something sweet but in my hotel room watching crash diet thing.

That's the good news this is the bad stuff sorry for the moan.

Still even more fed up with work found out today they have given me a 6th extra county. I only had 5 extra last time we discussed it. My 3 collegues are also irritating me. 1 did not get her bonus so one of the other is given her a third of her share which I would never do. This girl is about 30 and I am certain she hates me. I try to speak to her everytime we meet up with just answers yes or no and then goes to great lengths to chat to one of the other. The 4th one got the biggest bonus but she is the one leaving and she is actually really nice. So after April I shall have 6 new counties plus to two collegues who are thinks as thieves and poss don't like me. Great think I might need a new job.

Anyway need to watch the programme and have a read of the other diaries.
PS there is a chap on a diet who drinks 9000 cals a week SCARY

abouttimetoo

Hi TG

Well done on your weight loss, great news!

Are you feeling any better today about work - I know you were a bit down about it a couple of days ago

TallGirl

abouttimetoo wrote: »

Hi TG

Well done on your weight loss, great news!

Are you feeling any better today about work - I know you were a bit down about it a couple of days ago

Thanks Aboutmetoo yes i was down about my job and things got a whole lot worse. I have 3 female colleagues and a female boss. Turns out I had really upset 2 of them and they more or less attacked me in the team meeting. All a misunderstanding and the other one was scared of me I think. All sorted now by me appologising (they were horrid too) but I felt best just to say sorry. Lost one of my counties so now only have 5 new ones. Still too much but hey ho good salery and the new Passat is nice even if it is the base model. At least it will be cheaper in tax too.

Off to a Spa for the day as one the of Groupon deals. Had to have the day off as they could not fit us in on a Saturday. Should be nice as I have not spoken properly to my friend next door for ages. Arche after pump on Tuesday so did not go last night.

Look forward to the weekend too.

Bonus almost spent but at least I can now pay for holiday without dipping into ISA.

No extra weightloss this week Hotel Chocolate box nearly empty too.

Finally a small update on the saga with the paintpod if you remember. I got a voucher for new compact one (paid £15 1/2 price for the one I had that broke). Been trying to find one for ages and ages without luck as they all seem to just sell the big ones which was £60. Went into a large B&Q last wekeend. They also only had the large ones but as the voucher expires next week I just took one to customer services and showed them the voucher. She looked at the voucher (it does say compact on it) and said just take it to the till if they have a problem get them to call me. I took it to the till she did not know how to put it on the till so called the other lady. All done and I now have a large paintpod. Was it bad? Should I have given up or would you have done the same.

SmlSave

Hi TG I've only just seen your pictures of your bags! They are gorgeous. I've had a go at making a sleeve for my Kindle which turne out a little tight fitting but at least my stitching was straight

Isn't terrible that all female working places can be horrid at times? Some are lovely but when 1&2 gang up on 3 it can be very hurtful. I hope it's all sorted for you.

I would feel a little naughty at taking the large paintpod but would get over it very quickly You did nothing wrong

TallGirl

Well done on making the cover hope you will get loads of use out of it. We have a ms today and it just happens to be at a large outlet shopping place so may have a look around. Need to be carefully as I have two trips to Exeter coming up and they have a long tall Sally. Really want get stuff sold on EBay such as our old B&O phone. Hope you all have a relaxing weekend the weather is pants here.