why didnt I think of this 2 years ago?

When we go into town Evies choice of drink is always hot chocolate with whipped cream on top, she always eats the whipped cream and sometimes drinks the drink.

Yesterday we were in town and Evie wanted her usual drink so I got her a mocha babyccino with whipped cream (that way I only have to pay for the cream).

So Evie ate the cream and had her lunch, I went for an iced skinny latte (as it was such a warm day).

So after we had finished I asked Evie if she wanted anymore of her drink (and she said "no thank you") so I poured it into my cup and she immediately started drinking it :)

So on our way home we kept on stopping so she could have another sip :)

drinking her drink her way

So next time we are in town (tomorrow) I will make sure (depending on what Im having) that I also ask for a plastic cup with a lid :)

its getting close

I was just looking on my smartphone and saw on my calendar widget that the teachers home visit is only in a couple of weeks!

buying the weather

Quite a few weeks ago on the Film Review podcast Simon Mayo was saying about  a podcast that he listened to.

So I added it to my memory bank and looked to download the episodes the next day.

The podcast is a show on a community radio station in a city in the desert where every conspiracy theory is true :)

A segment in the show is the weather and a song is played.

The song I heard last night was Evelyn by Kim Tillman & Silent Films (I actually found it cheaper on I Tunes).

I really liked the song and not just because of the name (but it did help to clinch the deal) :)

target set

Following my shock (ok truth be known not so much of a shock) weight gain I have set myself a target of 4 stone that I would like to lose (I will make do with 3 and a half stone) and would still be chuffed to lose a stone and a half to be at less than I was when I had my hernia operation.

Yesterday while doing our food shop I made sure that I got myself some lowish calorie desserts and something to satisfy my chocolate fix.

I have now set up my food diary (and I can get to it on my smartphone too) and it shows on there my starting weight, the goal that I want to lose and my % towards it :).

With Evie now its not so easy to go out for long walks especially when James is at work or out doing his Ingress stuff.

Couldve been

Better or worse.

I weighed myself this morning (I was hoping to do it before I ate my breakfast) but couldn't get to the weighing machine.

When we do our food shopping I will make sure that I don't buy any yummy bits that I usually snack on.

back to the food diary

For the past few days I have been looking for a gillet...

I looked in Primark and found one but didnt like the zip, then yesterday I had an e-mail from Sainsburys saying that they have 25% off clothing so as we were going in there for our midweek top up I had a look in there.

I found this one...

...I tried on the size that I thought I was and I couldnt get it on, so I tried the next size up and it fitted and did up but was very tight, so I ended up getting the next size up (and the largest size they do in store) :(

So to make myself feel better I bought a huge bread and butter pudding (which I had a quarter of last night - and didnt even bother heating it up) and a four pack of mars bars and snickers bars (which I havent opened yet).

I am going to weigh myself on Saturday just to see what I am looking at...

good vs bad

Yesterday me & Evie went into town and we got both good and bad customer service...

the bad was in Tesco of all places.

I had to take back a pair of trainers that we had bought for Evie 6 weeks ago as the top of the trainer was starting to wear away...

...the woman at customer services asked me if I had a receipt (I didnt) and she said that without proof of purchase Evie could have worn the shoes for the past 2 years and that is why they are worn out!

Apart from not being dishonest like that, surely when she put the code into the it would say that the product hadnt been available for 18 months, and Evies feet grow every 6 months so she wouldnt be wearing the same pair for 2 years.

I bought her some nice frozen ones and some frozen slippers too that she wanted :).

And the good was from Gems when we bought her tap dancing shoes.

The nice lady fitted Evies shoes and even recommended going up half a size (which it says on the website now as they come up small) and we even got a 10% discount because of the dance school she goes to :).