One step at a time

sunshineli

I had a really nice day yesterday as I was off work and finally feeling well enough to do a bit more. I started the day with a meditation followed by a gentle yoga stretch. I then went for a little walk into town. The sun was shining and it was so nice to walk around and admire the poppy displays for Remembrance Sunday. I bought some incense and herbal teas from the local health food shop, and a christening card for my best friend's son. When I got home I had a very relaxed afternoon reading my book. I then had an MSE dinner eating lots of leftover veggies from the weekend. I had a delicious pasta dish with courgettes, tomatoes, olives, garlic, chilli, feta and a side salad. It had at least 5 portions of veg in it!

This evening I have officially made my mortgage overpayment tracker! So I am all ready for making the first mortgage overpayment next week.

Sammie_1985

Yay for making an overpayment next week 😀 it becomes addictive when you see the numbers coming down! 

What book are you reading? I love reading so always up for recommendations! 

Have a great weekend. 

sunshineli

@Sammie_1985 I am reading a book called ‘The Witching Hour’ at the moment which is a collection of short spooky stories. The short stories are written by several different authors but one of them is my favourite author Stacey Halls (who wrote The Familiars). It’s been the perfect book to read around Halloween.

Thank you, I hope you had a great weekend too.

sunshineli

I had a long weekend with Friday and Monday off, but it ended up being a bit up and down. On Friday we were celebrating DH birthday and went out for lunch in our local town, then had a movie night. On Saturday I started to feel unwell again with similar symptoms to what I had when I was unwell on holiday. I am still no further as to knowing what’s wrong with me but waiting for some test results from the hospital. 

Unfortunately this meant I had to miss my best friend’s son’s christening on Sunday, which I was really upset and felt guilty about. 

Today I was also off work (my non working day) and it went better. Although I’m still not feeling great I managed to get a few things done around the house which made me feel better. I did the online food shop for this week which is only costing £38. This is because I had 5% cash back and also an £11 voucher from unavailable items being refunded last week. I’ve prioritised simple meals for this week to keep things easy. 

Last week I spent too much money on top up shops at the supermarket, and also ended up wasting food which is not usually like me. This week I am determined to stick to my meal plan and not do any top up shops until Friday when I have budgeted £6 for some more fresh veg. 

sunshineli

Had a NSD today! 

I was back at work after the long weekend which didn’t go great. I ended up having a bit of a wobble in the middle of the day feeling completely overwhelmed by everything. So I took my lunch break early, lit the ‘positive vibes’ incense and had a ‘positive energy’ cup of herbal tea 😂. I did feel a little better afterwards.

I do feel a bit nervous about the future of my job in today’s world we live in. I’m considering doing some training in another industry to build my skills should my job cease to exist in the future. That being said I have no idea where to start with it or what I would want to do. 

For tea we had a bonfire night themed veggie hotdogs (one day early) and now I am finally relaxing and going to play some video games. 

Tomorrow I am in the office so hopefully that will just be a £5 spend for the train and I will take a packed lunch.