Not sticking to my promises...

So I said that I would post often, and also that I would review those Exercise DVDs. I am ashamed to say I haven't been able to do either this week, as I have done no exercise at all!!! Shame on me... However, I did go back to S/W for the first time in weeks on Thursday and have only gained half a lb, so I can live with that :)

I baked some brownies yesterday as my Dad is having an Easter party tonight so thought I would give everyone a little Easter treat! :) This is assuming my other half doesn't eat them all before we actually get there...

This week my little girl is off school so last week I paid a visit to the garden centre with my Auntie and bought her some seeds so she can have her very own plants to look after :) She is very excited and so am I!!

Completely off topic, I have taken the massive decision to dye my hair back to my natural colour. This was not a decision I made lightly and I am actually absolutely dreading it!! It is currently red with a black flash and it has been red for many years as I absolutely love it!! Needs must I guess...

Last week after stumbling across somebody's blog on bloglovin', I bought myself these lovely straighteners. They are due to arrive on Tuesday and I cannot wait!! T
his is actually the same day I am getting my hair done so I have had to divert the delivery to a relative's house. I choose my timing as always... My GHD's broke before Christmas and I've been going au naturale ever since which is really not a good look for me!!

I know this wasn't the most fascinating post and was completely random, but I will be back soon, hopefully having done something proactive!!

Oh, and if anyone can explain html coding to me, I would be very grateful :)

Jen xox

Hot chocolate on a cold day :)

I like to make my own hot chocolate - milk in a pan with cooking chocolate grated in it, and a little bit of sugar :)

Still going strong with the diet, this is just my little treat to myself! I have decided that I need a cream blusher in my life. Specifically a Topshop one, as I have heard they are very good :)

They are my random thoughts for the day anyway. Enjoy!

Jen xox

Back on the diet!!! Sort of...

So I went to the gym for the first time in about 4 weeks today and my word did I struggle! I only did half the amount I usually do and felt so sick!

Also I went to Asda today with the boyf and got loads of salad and veg to start up Slimming World again, then bought 8 double chocolate brioche rolls and ate the lot... Safe to say they were pretty nice!!

Anyway I weighed myself and I seem to have only put on 1lb so go me!!

I will not be beaten tho! Review of the DVDs I promised coming soon...

Jen xox

So after about 4 weeks of being very naughty food wise, I think it's high time I got back on the diet! So this morning, feeling quite confident and optimistic, I dug out all my Slimming World books and decided on what meals I was going to cook this week. I now have a very detailed and expensive looking shopping list and a very empty and sorry looking bank account. Oops.

So, at 12 stone 4 (last time I checked), and a height of just 5ft2, something drastic needs to be done. So back to the gym 5 days a week for me from tomorrow. (I'm in work today 12-6, but I will be doing an exercise DVD when I get home. That's the intention anyway).

I'm hoping, by June, I will have reached 11 stone, bringing my BMI to dead on 30. Watch this space...

P.S. I will get some before and after pics up too, and as I go I will be reviewing my DVDs and their effectiveness. If anyone has any recommendations, let me know :)

Jen xox

Stepping foot into the blogosphere...

I absolutely love reading blogs. About anything. I could quite happily sit around all day reading other people's posts. Which is kind of what inspired me to start my own. I've always enjoyed writing, and giving my opinion :/. I'm always making notes about mundane things, absolutely everywhere. I've actually been sat here, writing in a notebook, about things to write about in my blog! Makes no sense I know. So I basically thought, "why not put all my random thoughts into a blog?" So here it is!!

Why Lemonade Sundays?

What words spring to mind when you think of lemonade? Fresh, lemon, bright, juicy, bubbly? Personally I always think of wine when I think of lemonade - I like to drink my wine as a spritzer. Last year me and my partner went on a few days out down Manchester, where I live, doing a bit of a bar crawl when the weather was nice. My drink was always wine and lemonade. It soon occured to us that it seemed to be on Sundays that we were going out, which was the only day we seemed to have off work together. Then a few weeks later me and a good friend of mine went out during the week, and I had my usual. Suddenly I just piped up "this is like a lemonade Sunday!" Cue odd look...

Now however, me and my partner like to treat every Sunday like a "lemonade Sunday". No, I don't mean we drink every Sunday... Despite the weather, or how we feel, we try and treat Sunday as a happy day, a day to relax and feel good, and enjoy our time together. How we do it varies from week to week, but in cold, miserable, wet Manchester, it's nice to just pretend, just once a week, that the Sun does actually still exist (believe me, I've heard that rumour many times).

I think this Sunday I am going to do some baking. Lemon cupcakes sound quite nice, don't you think??

Jen xox