Good morning FF’s.
I am not happy, really, really not happy, who can I complain to? You??? Well, thanks for listening. So, tomorrow will be Day 15 of Slimming World (still doing it online, as I told you previously, I really cannot face sitting in a room full of women, talking about SYNS, sorry SWYPS, or whatever they are called now), so, drum roll, big pause and weight loss is ….. 3lbs, 3 WHOLE pounds!! What the actual f***!!!.I have stuck to this ‘diet’ rigidly, hardly had any SWYPS or whatever, no alcohol, no treats, back at SPIN, and for what??? A pathetic 3 lbs, BUT, I will not let this get me down, well, I have and it will continue to get me down, however, I am even more determined that I will not be beaten, this menopausal GUT will shift, these legs will become toned and cellulite free, this backside will shift back up (from midway down my thighs) to it’s rightful place!!! A big ASK I know, but, it’s achievable, I have a full 4 months until my holiday and a further couple of months after that until I reach big 60, when I will be at my target weight and looking bloody FAB U LOUS!!! So, excess blubber, you have been warned…. I am taking you DOWN!!!!!
Ok, rant over.
So, fashion – stakes wise, not much happening, still SALES on but really just the Dregs left, which is good for me, so you would think…. no spending – WRONG!!! I could shop in a burnt out phone box, but I wont bore you with it all, instead, I will bore you with what else I have been doing……………………(yes, I do more than shop!!)
Read – I picked up OUR EVENINGS by Alan Hollinghurst. Wow, it was a long read, not in the amount of pages, it did have just under 500 mind you, which is more than enough, particularly when nothing really happens, but by the time I got to about page 300, I just wanted it to end. It’s very well written, all about the character(s), it just felt a bit wordy and self-indulgent, and I was really disappointed in it.
Next up, A TIDY ENDING BY Joanna Cannon. After the above disappointment, I just wanted some light reading. I really didn’t expect much from this, I hadn’t chosen it, one of my friends passed it on to me. On looking at the cover, (whoever marketed it could have done sooo much better) it just looked like a bog standard crime novel. How wrong was I, I literally couldn’t put this down, it is just so much more than that. The central character just makes this book, think Eleanor Oliphant, meets Stephanie Plum and it has plenty of wee twists and turns. Just loved it.
Reading – Current read is Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan. Now, this is a big book, over 600 pages, with loads of characters, but don’t let any of this put you off as it’s really easy to get into. It reminds me of BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES, even though it really is nothing like it, just something about main character. Anyway, I know I am going to enjoy this as I am 100 pages in already and cant wait to continue with it.
Listening to – lots of Teddy Swims as I was very kindly gifted tickets to his show in June this year, just love his voice (think GALAXY chocolate – soooo smooth).
Watched – well, it was The Traitors, but, sadly that’s over. Also just finished watching, on NETFLIX, Scandi drama, The Asset, very good and worth a watch, some of you may not fancy this as it has SUBTITLES, but, all I can say to that is……………..what is wrong with you????
Watching – His n Hers on NETFLIX. Only on Episode 2. Same old cliché American COP drama so far, but hopefully over next few episodes it will prove me wrong.
So, that’s really it from me just now. Having browsed the internet, looked in shops and reading my magazines, it does look like our new wardrobes will be with us very soon, so watch this space!!
A bientot mes amis AND enjoy being you xxx
ValApparel 