Wow, things are a bit different

Thanks Beanie, it never occurred to me there were options for individuals to get stuff shredded rather than companies but a quick google has already shown that might be a short term solution. Not that I have truckloads, just more than one person should be hoarding in a 2 bedroom flat! Oh and the garage, I can't even face the thought of that right now. I haven't even been in it since at least November last year - too many spiders.

Well I got 2 job applications in and will have to chase one by phone on Monday as their website doesn't have the job up to complete the application despite it being on another job search engine with a click through. And one of them for every job on your cv you had to enter compulsory fields for country & 'province' but there was a bug so for 2 roles I had to use US states as province it would not let me leave it blank like the others and the drop down had no UK counties! It will look very odd (no that role was not based in London, Alabama!) but didn't see what option I had. Talk about making applying for a job difficult, all the online application processes are painfully slow just some are worse than others. I am sure companies miss out on good candidates when they do this, the ones who are not desperate to move/less motivated to persist. Have also upgraded to premium on Linked in, free for first month trial so hoping I have a job by then and can cancel as after that it gets expensive.

Anyway on other MSE news, I have switched energy supplier and will get a £25 cashback in due course. plus have been sent an email for a £50 cashback each for me and any friend who joins using the personalised link in it. So if anyone is interested PM me! It's through Bulb.

IN my decluttering I also found £8 M&S reward vouchers that expire in August. Annoyingly I also had £6 that expired in Feb - what a waste of money. I had put them 'somewhere safe' and forgot.

I actually have over £100 of M&S vouchers on gift cards as well, from last birthday and work farewell present so at some stage I will use those for either a new work suit or sportswear. I don't want to buy new clothes until I know how 'formal' the next job is - not point in suits if they all wear designer jeans like one job I had years ago. Plus I need to I lose a few more kilos. I really need a new sports bra but M&S don't appear to do my combination of rather generous cup size in smaller than usual back size. I wish I was not so weirdly shaped as the ones I usually buy are at least £25 and never on sale and I like being firmly strapped down thanks.

Speaking of which I got to the gym as well. Legs are now complaining. Am considering going to watch the London Marathon on Sunday, it usually gives me at least a few days of motivation on the exercise front. Especially after seeing the Rhinos lumber past doing a better time than l think I could ever dream of even minus costume that weighs a ton.

HI Beat the Debt, I might try the papier mache approach tho I can see that potentially getting a bit messy knowing me! Paper piles are still spread out on lounge floor making me feel bad/lazy.



Got to the gym today and had a good workout. Though forgot my towel so had to come home to shower (have been showering there more - may as well use their hot water instead of mine). Not as bad as Friday when I forgot a change of knickers and had to 'go commando' under my jeans on the way home. Felt that EVERYONE i went past must KNOW! At last I was not on my way to work...


Avoided the gorgeous but expensive Sunday food market (amazing organic meat, veg straight out of the ground, you name-it-it's-vegan, tables groaning with cakes and lots of kids called Rupert & Xanthe ). Stayed out of the mini-supermarkets which are a large proportion of my grocery shopping habits, so as it was a social deadzone as well, I managed a no-spend weekend. All up not bad really.



Hope anyone reading has a good week coming up.

A bad day gradually turned into a better one,eventually. From the get go I just felt really flat, irritable and glum, not helped by my broadband dropping out constantly and driving me mad. (That's lasted all day and is still dodgy, hoping it will be better tomorrow or have to start investigating why).

Sat in my PJ's in front of TV till 11am, with another massive pile of paperwork spread out in a mess at my feet and slowly worked through it until I had three bags sorted, keep, chuck out & wait for the shredder, which did cheer me up a bit. I am such a procrastinator & just lazy. Managed to get dressed and decided to mop the kitchen and bathroom floors and by then bad mood started to lift. Finally got to the gym in the afternoon and blitzed some cardio so that helped chase the glums away too. Must try and go earlier in the day when this sort of thing happens as I do know the endorphins help a lot. Still feel a bit blah but much better than I did.

Popped into tinySMkt after the gym for a few bits & scored a bag of 25p YS carrots which I can use for a lamb casserole I have planned to do tomorrow, for freezing up. Going proper shopping tomorrow and for first time in years will take a list based on a meal plan and having checked cupboards.

Having homemade lasagne from the freezer tonight, feeling rather amazed that I made the effort a few weekends ago to cook a batch up and freeze the uneaten portions. Won't starve, there are at least 4 more left.