December 13, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Dear Diary

This Week I….

Hey there, howā€™s things?

Iā€™m slightly hungover today after an exciting afternoon drinking Mulled Wine yesterday, but thatā€™s ok, because although Iā€™m working this morning, I have nothing to do all afternoon except nap and watch Netflix. Weā€™re currently watching Schittā€™s Creek, which is very enjoyable, but Iā€™ve spotted thereā€™s a Christmas series of Nailed It so Iā€™m looking forward to that too!

The week just gone has actually been mostly uneventful, I say mostly, I did set fire to myself, but more on that later.

This week I…..

Had a Disappointing Lunch

On Sunday we went to Sainsburys. I know, exciting stuff.

There was a double points weekend on Nectar cards so we cashed all ours in to spend on wine.

While we were there we thought weā€™d have lunch in their cafe. We spent quite some time perusing the menu and I decided on Macaroni Cheese. Except when we got to the till apparently there was no Macaroni Cheese and none of a whole list of other things either.

Now I felt flustered and rushed to choose something else and ended up ordering a veggie sausage baguette, that I immediately knew I didnā€™t really want.

It literally couldnā€™t have been a more disappointing meal. Mr LLL had a huge steaming hot pie with mounds of mashed potato and peas.

I had 2 sausages stuffed in a roll so crusty it hurt my mouth.

But we did then get 12 basically free bottles of wine, so thatā€™s ok.

Signed up for Strava

Iā€™ve been running for 7 years and never bothered signing up for Strava. Apparently everyone else in the world is signed up for it, so I thought Iā€™d give it a go as it syncs with my Fitbit.

I am now obsessed with checking the stats for my runs and trying to beat my previous time on segments.

Obsessed.

Had an Anniversary

Not a wedding anniversary this time, a self employment anniversary.

This week marked 12 years since I walked out on my job and went self employed.

Iā€™ve talked about why I quit before if you havenā€™t read it.

In the last 12 years Iā€™ve been a vintage clothing seller, a writer, model, make-up artist and historian, costume designer, events manager, web designer, social media manager, virtual assistant, personal trainer and alleged “influencer”. Iā€™ve never had a plan and Iā€™m still getting by!

Who knows what Iā€™ll be doing in another 12 years?

Set Fire to Myself

In less fun news this week I nearly became a cautionary tale.

I lit a candle using a match in the bathroom. Shook the match to put it out and then looked at the sleeve of my dressing gown to see flames spreading up it. In a split second I had a vision of myself bursting into flame, smacked at my sleeve and just as quickly as theyā€™d arrived the flames all disappeared leaving just a smell of slightly singed dressing gown.

The dressing gown doesnā€™t even look burnt, it was very odd indeed, I have no idea how it happened, I can only assume that a flame from the match as I shook it caught a loose thread or something. I guess if you are going to set fire to yourself then standing next to a bath full of water is the best place to do it.

Had My First Christmas Coffee

It was a Starbucks gingerbread latte and I didnā€™t even take a photo of it.

What is wrong with me?

Drank a lot of Mulled Wine

We went to a craft fair, but there was a Prosecco van, and Mulled Wine on the market and then the pub sold Mulled Cider and today Iā€™m feeling a little delicate, but I did have a lovely evening sat by the fire in the Pub with the Pugs so it was totally worth it.

I might be starting to get a little tiny twinkling of festive spirit. Just a tiny one.

And that was another week in my life.

How was your week?

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Personal Trainer, blogger, red lipstick wearer and Cocktail drinker. Learning to enjoy the journey.