Must try harder!

WinterWarrior

A good idea, but they flag the freezable items and this isn’t one of them. I do have a terribly sweet tooth and eat something sweet every day, so it’s not really a hardship, more of a re juggling of the calories. It says eat within 2 days but I’m sure they’ll last through 5 days without issue. 

I managed just £20 in L*dl and MrWW will pay me that back, so it’s a good money saving day today! 

KeepOnKnitting

Ooh, cakes from Betty's, what a treat. Nothing quite like a fat rascal. Haven't had Betty's for ages! 

redofromstart

What a lovely thing to be sent. I'd probably fall face first into the box and eat them all in one day. 

WinterWarrior

redofromstart said:

What a lovely thing to be sent. I'd probably fall face first into the box and eat them all in one day. 

It’s been tricky 🤣

@KeepOnKnitting sadly fat rascals are considered ‘too fresh’ and we are on a postcode no-send list 😒

we used to love a trip into the Bettys cafe. On weekdays they sometimes had a lady plinking away at a piano and it felt like being transported back to the roaring 20’s. I wonder if they still have that? 

WinterWarrior

Good morning and happy Monday ☀️🌷 I have been at my desk for half an hour and I’m over it! 🤣 At least it’s a couple of 4 day weeks, so that’s nice, although MrWW and I only have Good Friday off together, so we are planning a lunch out on that day. I plan to eat a lot! 

I have managed a pound and a half loss over 3 weeks, seriously slow, but at least it’s in the right direction. The higher exercise does seem to have got it moving a little bit. I ended yesterday on 8000 steps.
I am counting down to pay day so I can do the money shuffle, but did manage to move £25 into pb’s and £50 back to the car mot pot at the weekend, so that was pretty good for this point in the month. My spending has been very good for the last 2 weeks, long may it continue. I have been ogling a really beautiful boiler suit on line this weekend, I just love it, but fear I would just look like a rather blobby ghostbuster, or middle aged plumber, rather than the gorgeous quirky look I’d like to pull off. The question is dare I risk it? 😬😅 Hopefully it will get sold out between now and pocket money day 😁
I hope you all have a marvellous magical Monday ✨

jwil

I can't compute 'beautiful' and 'boiler suit' 😆😆  Even googling isn't helping, but I'm not blessed with a sense of style anyway.

Well done on the weight loss and shuffling money into PBs and car pots.

redofromstart

I'm also not a fan - are you old enough to remember jump suits, looked awful unless you had a good leg to body proportion (I've got a long body and short legs so they mostly didn't fit) and you had to virtually strip off every time you needed the loo. 

Funnily enough I have a men's boiler suit (with cut off legs) for helping with really messy tasks - I do indeed look like a chubby middle aged plumber, even when I was a size 10. Going forward I will tell myself it's fashionable, or at least shout Ghostbusters occasionally. 

WinterWarrior

I had a burgundy flying suit which I wore to a middle school disco with pride. Mum got me it from the catalogue and I loved it so much. I was going through my Biggles phase, so just that it was called a flying suit gave it a million extra points in the style scale 🤣 I think it was maybe a year or 2 after ra-ra skirts and peddle pushers 😁
I am laughing at the chubby middle aged plumber description….this is just what I fear 😅 I do have long legs in proportion to my body, but I’m only average height and would probably have no chance of disguising the extra stone of chocolate around my middle 😖 I really do love it though. It’s from p& co and is called the wild ones boiler suit…so you can either join me in the boiler suit admiration, or collectively roll your eyes at me 😅 It’s expensive and I have never bought from there, so no idea on the sizing…not that I will, but I wish I was the type of woman who could carry it off with confidence and style! 

redofromstart

Oh I wish I had the confidence and style but in my head I would always be the chubby middle aged plumber. I used to love various things on Hush, worn by the elegant models with effortless style. I inevitably looked like a sack of potatoes. I have since worked out what does suit me my shape and am much better at buying the right things that I do like on me rather than just on paper. 

KeepOnKnitting

Well I shall join you in boiler suit admiration, while knowing that I do not have the proportions to pull off anything like that. I'm rather more pear than hourglass shaped, so I doubt it would do much for me. I'll stick to separates or a nice fit and flare dress.