They cope in Switzerland!

First thing first...

...the weather...

...we have two inches of snow and everything grinds to a halt (the trains were running very slowly here in Essex), but elsewhere the trains werent running at all!

There was even talk of some councils running out of grit for the roads!

Kelly, your originally from Minnesota arent you? Im sure Minnesotans (is that the correct terminology?) dont go into mass hysteria at two inches of snow!

Now that I have that off my chest back to what I wanted to say...

I know what you are all asking yourself, what happened Monday morning with the bloke who jumps in your seat when you get off at Shenfield? I was quite upset that he didnt batt an eyelid. Im not sure what I was expecting...

...I guess it was somewhere between a load audible sigh (that I could hear despite having earphones in) and a two year old style temper tantrum.

I was supposed to meet my friends for lunch on Tuesday but because of the weather (one friend took the day off because the roads were treacherous where she lives) lunch has been postponed. I didnt mind too much as it meant I could have a nice lunch elsewhere.

I have been making the most of the nice lunches that I can get in London that you cant get in Romford!

Ive had two soups from Pret a Manger the first one Sausage Hotpot Soup (a tomato soup with vegetables in and pieces of sausages) I had on Monday (because it was cold), and the second one was Thai Corn (on the hob) (a spicy sweetcorn soup with sweetcorn and potato), I knew that one would be nice as James had it when we were in Oxford Street just before Christmas.

I think that while its cold Im going to have soups as part of my lunch repertoire ;o).

I also had a half a lamb sandwich (or rather half a sandwich with lamb in it) from Birleys.

I tell you, you can buy some right poncey food in London...

...I was in Pret a Manger getting my soup and I was looking at their fruitbowls and saw mango with a squeeze of lime it was mango pieces with a wedge of lime that you squeeze over the mango! It actually added to the mango ;o).

I really think that eating this posh food is doing something to me...

...you know what, I may invite Clarissa and Hugo around for a spot of supper.

Im sure your thinking to yourselves "well Im sure that Hugo and Clarissa are a lovely couple", but there are two things wrong with that last statement...

...one I dont EVEN know a Hugo and Clarissa and two Ive never had a "spot of supper" in my Life!

Now for something unusual but nice...

We regularly have Insurance Brokers coming into our office...

...Thursday i got a phone call asking what coffee my boss would like, so I told him he likes lattes, then he asked what the rest of us would like (while he was on a coffee run), so I had a skinny latte and my colleagues had cappucinos, that was relly nice of him, I know he got them on expenses but it was still a nice gesture ;o).

I treated myself to a Krispy Kreme donut from Tesco on Friday, the donut of the month is Strawberry Kiss a heart shaped donut filled with strawberry sauce and covered with strawberry curls. and very nice it was too.

Im now working on the third floor, so as I walk up the stairs Im getting more excercise, and the ladies toilets are on the second floor and the fourth floor so I have to walk up and down stairs when I need a "visit" too, oh as well as having a longer walk to the train station too. Im going to be super fit soon ;o).

Yesterday we went to Matalan just to have a look around, I saw some
Wellington Boots, I bought some really nice navy blue boots with white stars on, to replace the boots I wore on Monday that I found out WERENT waterproof. I am now ready for the next lot of snow which probably wont come now until next year!

I weighed myself this morning and was well pleased that I lost another pound.