Wow I really am bad at remembering to write this! Well, a few things have happened since I last posted....not surprising as it has been over a year!!!
I have nearly finished uni! 5 weeks and counting. Did a presentation on Monday and now only have an exam to go. I have an essay too but I am halfway through that. 5 weeks...i cannot believe it. I only came to swansea to start studying 8 years ago HA HA.
I have pretty much nothing to do in work at the moment so have been using the time to do my uni work. Half an hour til hometime. Going to the gym straight from work, though I really fancy just going home and eating loads and loads of chocolate. But i haven't got any :( and i purposely left my purse at home so I couldn't buy any too :( unless I go home and get my purse and then go to the shop....but then that is bad as I have sacked off the gym AND eaten the chocolate....See why I have not written here for ages? Far too many pointless internal arguments going on.
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Pre-Work Stress!
Un disastro this morning. I was getting changed after the gym and while zipping up my top (it has a long zip down one side of my ribs) I caught the fabric in it and broke the zip...leaving me with a gaping hole in my side.
There is no way I could have worn the top to work like that...so I had to wait for the shops to open so I could buy a new one. And guess what...I couldnt find anything I liked or that was suitable...it didn't help that my bra today is bright pink so I couldn't even try some lighter clothes on!
Finally found something after 30mins but am still feeling resentful towards it as I did not want to buy it!
I waited 50 minutes until 9am, wasted 1 hr 15 minutes flexi time by being late for work should have been there at 8.30, and spent £12 I haven't really got. GAH. Not a good start.
It is lucky I had money in my account to buy a new top or I would have had to wear my coat in the office all day!
I am going to bring an emergency top to work and leave it in my desk to avoid future disasters. I always wonder what would happen if I forgot my trousers or something.....I'd have to get the bus all the way back home in my sweaty gym clothes and then all the way back into town...would be a nightmare!
Perhaps I shall leave emergency trousers in desk too............
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
5 days til sun, sea and....street parties!
Over a month since I last blogged...jeeeez....now my holiday is in 5days!!! Gran Canaria here we come!
Found out today that next week is CARNIVAL WEEK in Playa Del Ingles which is where we are staying woooooo! See this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr86TGcgv78
All day/night street parties, parades, drag queen competitions and at some point a paella to feed 2000 people!
My hair is now blonde! Thanks to the wondeful hairdressers at Boosh, Swansea. They have performed a total miracle on my hair since last summer. It was very dark brown, almost black, but over a few sessions they have managed to make it first brown, by cleansing it then dying it (this is a nice sounding way of saying they stripped it) then gradually blonder through highlights. It looks natural too because the highlights are so thin and carefully done....nothing like when I tried to bleach my own hair in the first year of uni...gaaah total disaster....and when I tried to give myself highlights and ended up with obviously stripey hair.
Oh I could sit here for days and tell you of all my hair dye emergencies and disasters. But....no more! I am staying with the professionals now!
It sounds like my poor hair should be ragged with all the stripping, dying and bleaching but it is actually in really good condition. Can't recommend Boosh highly enough! Each time I've left there I've been really pleased.
I have been really good going to the gym 5 days a week before work since January but now I am sitting in bed with the left over Christmas tub of Roses next to me :)
As always I have eaten too many and now feel sick! Put the tin AWAY girl.
5 days 5 days!!
Found out today that next week is CARNIVAL WEEK in Playa Del Ingles which is where we are staying woooooo! See this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr86TGcgv78
All day/night street parties, parades, drag queen competitions and at some point a paella to feed 2000 people!
My hair is now blonde! Thanks to the wondeful hairdressers at Boosh, Swansea. They have performed a total miracle on my hair since last summer. It was very dark brown, almost black, but over a few sessions they have managed to make it first brown, by cleansing it then dying it (this is a nice sounding way of saying they stripped it) then gradually blonder through highlights. It looks natural too because the highlights are so thin and carefully done....nothing like when I tried to bleach my own hair in the first year of uni...gaaah total disaster....and when I tried to give myself highlights and ended up with obviously stripey hair.
Oh I could sit here for days and tell you of all my hair dye emergencies and disasters. But....no more! I am staying with the professionals now!
It sounds like my poor hair should be ragged with all the stripping, dying and bleaching but it is actually in really good condition. Can't recommend Boosh highly enough! Each time I've left there I've been really pleased.
I have been really good going to the gym 5 days a week before work since January but now I am sitting in bed with the left over Christmas tub of Roses next to me :)
As always I have eaten too many and now feel sick! Put the tin AWAY girl.
5 days 5 days!!
Thursday, 3 February 2011
New Passport!
Today I have managed to sort out my passport (at long last), "Hooray!" I hear my mother cry! But GOD is it not expensive??
Mine hadn't expired in the sense that the date wasn't up until 2014, however it had pretty much physically expired.
It looks like it has been through the washing machine, been bitten by a dog, been swilled around in a swamp etc etc....
Like an idot I have been carrying my passport around in my bag for the last 3 or 4 years. Most people who sensibly keep their passports in a safe drawer or maybe even in a special passport cover or case will be wondering if I am mad.....
It turns out that yes, I probably am mad as it has resulted in me having to pay this extortionate amount of money 3 years before I would have needed to when my passport expired.
Not that I am not GLAD to be rid of the pasty faced picture of a hungover and overweight teenager...Ok so in my new photo I look like a scruffy tramp, as my casually windswept updo came across on the photo as more like I couldn't be arsed to brush my hair rather than the fashionable hairdo I thought I wore, but hey, at least the tramp is 3 stone lighter.
Anyway, you may be wondering why I chose to carry this expensive and valuable document around in my bag for all these years? Good question, I am wondering that myself. I use it for ID for when I buy wine or go to pub or whatever...you never know when these opportunities will present themselves, right?
Well why didn't I get a provisional licence? It is cheaper and easier to replace....well I did have one once, but I lost it when I lost my purse in Ayia Napa when I was 18.
Ok.....
So why didn't I have some sort of Proof of Age Card? Oh but I did! I lost that when I lost my purse in Glastonbury 2008.
Theme here?
So anyway I decided that "just for now" I would use my passport as ID. Yes I am 25 but I get ID'd a lot ok?? Not just for wine either, but for lottery, cigarettes and once for a packet of razors.
You see my need for constant ID?
It is amazing I have never lost my passport considering how my other forms of ID have met their demise. Oh but wait....I did lose my passport once! But fortunately got it returned to me although I did have to go out in the rain with a hangover to get it...shouldn't complain though.
Anyway, as it has been in my bag it has been rained on, scuffed over and over again as I rootle around in my bag for stuff, had beef stew spilt on it, had drinks spilt on it when I spill drinks in my bag.
Anyway it was time for a new one as I have had a few comments at the airport, nothing serious but as I am going away a few times this year I do not want to risk being told I cannot fly! The laminate had come away from the photo page in the corner and apparently that can mean refusal.
Mine hadn't expired in the sense that the date wasn't up until 2014, however it had pretty much physically expired.
It looks like it has been through the washing machine, been bitten by a dog, been swilled around in a swamp etc etc....
Like an idot I have been carrying my passport around in my bag for the last 3 or 4 years. Most people who sensibly keep their passports in a safe drawer or maybe even in a special passport cover or case will be wondering if I am mad.....
It turns out that yes, I probably am mad as it has resulted in me having to pay this extortionate amount of money 3 years before I would have needed to when my passport expired.
Not that I am not GLAD to be rid of the pasty faced picture of a hungover and overweight teenager...Ok so in my new photo I look like a scruffy tramp, as my casually windswept updo came across on the photo as more like I couldn't be arsed to brush my hair rather than the fashionable hairdo I thought I wore, but hey, at least the tramp is 3 stone lighter.
Anyway, you may be wondering why I chose to carry this expensive and valuable document around in my bag for all these years? Good question, I am wondering that myself. I use it for ID for when I buy wine or go to pub or whatever...you never know when these opportunities will present themselves, right?
Well why didn't I get a provisional licence? It is cheaper and easier to replace....well I did have one once, but I lost it when I lost my purse in Ayia Napa when I was 18.
Ok.....
So why didn't I have some sort of Proof of Age Card? Oh but I did! I lost that when I lost my purse in Glastonbury 2008.
Theme here?
So anyway I decided that "just for now" I would use my passport as ID. Yes I am 25 but I get ID'd a lot ok?? Not just for wine either, but for lottery, cigarettes and once for a packet of razors.
You see my need for constant ID?
It is amazing I have never lost my passport considering how my other forms of ID have met their demise. Oh but wait....I did lose my passport once! But fortunately got it returned to me although I did have to go out in the rain with a hangover to get it...shouldn't complain though.
Anyway, as it has been in my bag it has been rained on, scuffed over and over again as I rootle around in my bag for stuff, had beef stew spilt on it, had drinks spilt on it when I spill drinks in my bag.
Anyway it was time for a new one as I have had a few comments at the airport, nothing serious but as I am going away a few times this year I do not want to risk being told I cannot fly! The laminate had come away from the photo page in the corner and apparently that can mean refusal.So to make sure I can go on my girly holiday to Gran Canaria next month I have applied for a new one and paid for a 2 week service just to be sure. Bloody bloody expensive though.
Also, mine isn't quite as bad as the picture, it does not have any ripped pages...although was probably only a matter of time!
I do not want to be like this man: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7695225.stm
And my passport looked worse than his definitely. Looks like I have been lucky over the last few years being able to go anywhere, especially as I have been travelling on Ryan Air!
At least when they send me the old one back I can continue to use it for ID and spill beef stew and drinks on it and keep the new one in a safe drawer or maybe in a special holder like someone who really looks after their valuable and expensive documents.
At least when they send me the old one back I can continue to use it for ID and spill beef stew and drinks on it and keep the new one in a safe drawer or maybe in a special holder like someone who really looks after their valuable and expensive documents.
Monday, 24 January 2011
Marketer's dream
GAAH. Second (and thankfully last) exam today at 12pm.
Have been revising my head off, in between eating consoling chocolates and buying benefit make up as a "reward" for work I haven't yet done. What?!
I am now waiting not so patiently for my purchases to arrive which will give me flawless glowing skin.......yes I believe the gimmicks.
Being a marketing student this makes me even more of a sucker because I know exactly what tricks they are using to get us to BUY! BUY! BUY! and I fall for it hook, line and sinker all the time. And I love it!!
Have been revising my head off, in between eating consoling chocolates and buying benefit make up as a "reward" for work I haven't yet done. What?!
I am now waiting not so patiently for my purchases to arrive which will give me flawless glowing skin.......yes I believe the gimmicks.
Being a marketing student this makes me even more of a sucker because I know exactly what tricks they are using to get us to BUY! BUY! BUY! and I fall for it hook, line and sinker all the time. And I love it!!To quote from some cosmetics company or other that I have come across in my revision, "In the factory we make cosmetics. In the drugstore we sell hope." Too true!
I am waiting for Benefit Benetint - a liquid blusher which is "the sexiest flush you can get from a bottle" har har insert slutty remark here...and Dr Feel Good - "A creamy complexion enhancer" or something like that bla bla.
I am probably a marketers dream. Hopefully this will help me today and my battering of my bank balance will not have been in vain all these years!
I am probably a marketers dream. Hopefully this will help me today and my battering of my bank balance will not have been in vain all these years!
Anyway, should be going back over my notes.................
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Thank you Jebus
Revision. @|'fgg\|+mhgf"@kk!!!!!!
Spent all morning in work revising for my Marketing exam which is on Tuesday. So far I have revised about a quarter of what i need to know...for this subject. If the correct questions come up....we answer 3 questions out of 6.
Lecturer 1 said "Just revise 3 topics out of the 6 really well and write down a model answer to remember and then just adapt it to fit the question."
Lecturer 2 said "Only revising 3 is the worst mistake you could make. You are asking to fail"
Oh.
Well as it happens I agree with lecturer 2, cos if I only revise 3 and cannot answer one of the questions I will be stuck cos will not have revised anything else. So now I have do revise everything for all 6. GOD.
Also have accounting to revise this weekend. 100%. Not good. Dividend Policy anyone?? Soft and Hard Rationing?? Calculating the Internal Rate of Return?? This is how I will be spending my precious and treasured weekend.
But not as much to learn for Accounting as for Marketing due to half of the question being a calculation, which I think I know how to do. Better practice a couple of times though. Cannot wait for them to be over...
Now for the reward....
I nearly spent £200 on a pair of Ugg boots before Christmas, but am glad I didn't now as before lunch had an email from advert mail saying one of the lecturers is selling a pair of Uggs, unworn, £50!! Total bargain. I just had to.
My current comfy boolts that I wear have no grip so even walking in the rain I am sliding everywhere.
As I may have mentioned, I do not need any extra help in falling over!!
Brand new unworn Ugg boots on advert mail for £50. Waaaaahh!!!
Perhaps a reward from Jebus for starting revision??Spent all morning in work revising for my Marketing exam which is on Tuesday. So far I have revised about a quarter of what i need to know...for this subject. If the correct questions come up....we answer 3 questions out of 6.
Lecturer 1 said "Just revise 3 topics out of the 6 really well and write down a model answer to remember and then just adapt it to fit the question."
Oh.
Well as it happens I agree with lecturer 2, cos if I only revise 3 and cannot answer one of the questions I will be stuck cos will not have revised anything else. So now I have do revise everything for all 6. GOD.
Also have accounting to revise this weekend. 100%. Not good. Dividend Policy anyone?? Soft and Hard Rationing?? Calculating the Internal Rate of Return?? This is how I will be spending my precious and treasured weekend.But not as much to learn for Accounting as for Marketing due to half of the question being a calculation, which I think I know how to do. Better practice a couple of times though. Cannot wait for them to be over...
Now for the reward....
I nearly spent £200 on a pair of Ugg boots before Christmas, but am glad I didn't now as before lunch had an email from advert mail saying one of the lecturers is selling a pair of Uggs, unworn, £50!! Total bargain. I just had to.
My current comfy boolts that I wear have no grip so even walking in the rain I am sliding everywhere.
As I may have mentioned, I do not need any extra help in falling over!!
Thursday, 16 December 2010
The Boring Hour
14.35
Isn't that the worst time when you are at work? Long enough after lunch so that you think it should be later...but still 2 and a half hours away from hometime. Bang in the middle. Limbo. The Boring Hour - between 2.30 and 3.30 yaaaawn. At least when it gets to 3.30 I can start looking forward to going home at 5.
Mikes parents are away in Bath for the night so we have the house to ourselves, I am going to be putting fake tan on and giving mike a fashion parade of my dresses to decide which to wear tomorrow. Not in that order. Lucky boy no??
Isn't that the worst time when you are at work? Long enough after lunch so that you think it should be later...but still 2 and a half hours away from hometime. Bang in the middle. Limbo. The Boring Hour - between 2.30 and 3.30 yaaaawn. At least when it gets to 3.30 I can start looking forward to going home at 5.
Mikes parents are away in Bath for the night so we have the house to ourselves, I am going to be putting fake tan on and giving mike a fashion parade of my dresses to decide which to wear tomorrow. Not in that order. Lucky boy no??
Friday, 10 December 2010
Leopard Print and Other News
I have an unhealthy obsession with leopard print and animal print that has been growing steadily. I already own a leopard print top, a leopard print vest, a leopard print dressing gown, a pair of leopard print pajamas and slippers! However in the last 4 days I have bought: Fluffy animal print coat see pic, chiffon leopard print dress and a leopard print cape top!
Perhaps I will turn into a leopard?
Look at my looovely coat it is so fluffy and warm!!
Mike and I have moved into his parents house and this weekend we will have been there for 2 weeks. Its going well and they are making us feel very welcome :-) Last night they said they are going to put a full length mirror on the inside of my wardrobe as at the moment I just use the little mirror in the bathroom so that is very much appreciated and really nice of them.
Mike has the day off today for one of his Christmas parties (he gets TWO!) but he very kindly got up early and brought me into work even though I offered to get the bus. So now he has gone back to bed for a bit before his mum gives him and his dad a lift into town and they will go for a pint together before going to have their Christmas lunch. They work on the same floor in the DVLA in case you were wondering why Mike is taking his father to his party!
Later today Kim is picking me up at 5pm and I have a bag of presents to give to her for her and the twins and it will be really nice to see the twins as I haven't seen them since the summer. They're nearly 4 now so will have changed quite a bit since I last saw them as they are growing up really fast! Then after Kim has dropped the twins with their dad we are going out for a meal in Chiquitos. Can't wait to see her and catch up and drink some wine! If Mike is still out later I will meet up with him but if not Kim has offered to drive me home (She is not drinking the wine lol)
So I just need today in work to faaaack off so I can start enjoying the weekend! The only good thing about today is some clothes I have ordered from http://www.asos.com/ are arriving today so that is exciting. Here is a picture of my purchases...check out the sparkly party dress!!And of course the leopard print!
Monday, 22 November 2010
Rubbish
God I am rubbish at blogging. Fact. I have not updated this in over a month even though lots of things have happened....I will do a short summary:
1) I ran the half marathon! Except it wasnt a half marathon, it was measured wrong and was actually 0.1 miles too short or something ridiculous. Luckily I started in the slowest possible pen with all the old ladies dressed in pink cowboy hats so I had to run a good 0.5 miles to even cross the start line.
2) Remember that dickhead that I work with? You know, the fat loser one? (I am not "fattist" but this guy deserves every insult going) anyway he pushed my anger to new levels a couple of weeks ago by winding a lecturer up by telling her she was not going to get paid and telling them to phone me to ask WHY. In fact they were going to get paid and I had taken the spreadhseet with the payments into payroll the prevoius day. I managed to calm the irate lecturer down and explain that he (the idiot lazy arse) had made a mistake. When I confronted him he said he couldnt be bothered to check on the spreadsheet THAT WAS ON THE DESK NEXT TO HIM so just told her she was not getting paid and to speak to me. So he winds her up and send her my way for NO reason at all. Nice one you fucking tool. I could have written a post on this, see?
4) Other stuff has happened that I can't remember. In a month all I can think of is those 2 things?!?!
I have eaten a lot of mince pies and chocolate cake but that's not really newsworthy as it is a frequent occurence. Must blog better to avoid this seive brain when it comes to writing up all the weeks I have missed.
1) I ran the half marathon! Except it wasnt a half marathon, it was measured wrong and was actually 0.1 miles too short or something ridiculous. Luckily I started in the slowest possible pen with all the old ladies dressed in pink cowboy hats so I had to run a good 0.5 miles to even cross the start line.
2) Remember that dickhead that I work with? You know, the fat loser one? (I am not "fattist" but this guy deserves every insult going) anyway he pushed my anger to new levels a couple of weeks ago by winding a lecturer up by telling her she was not going to get paid and telling them to phone me to ask WHY. In fact they were going to get paid and I had taken the spreadhseet with the payments into payroll the prevoius day. I managed to calm the irate lecturer down and explain that he (the idiot lazy arse) had made a mistake. When I confronted him he said he couldnt be bothered to check on the spreadsheet THAT WAS ON THE DESK NEXT TO HIM so just told her she was not getting paid and to speak to me. So he winds her up and send her my way for NO reason at all. Nice one you fucking tool. I could have written a post on this, see?
4) Other stuff has happened that I can't remember. In a month all I can think of is those 2 things?!?!
I have eaten a lot of mince pies and chocolate cake but that's not really newsworthy as it is a frequent occurence. Must blog better to avoid this seive brain when it comes to writing up all the weeks I have missed.
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Baking Sunday
Anyway I have been making a carrot cake. I found a recipe for a cake on bbc good food website which I often use for recipes. I ended up substituting half the ingredients for stuff that I had in the cupboards to save going back to the shops but I should think it's ok.
It's the first cake I've made with oil instead of butter, I don't know why, but this seems to be common with carrot cakes. I will report back on the taste....it is cooling at the moment waiting for me to ice it with some icing made from satsuma juice and icing sugar...I would have used oranges but this was one of my substitutes! One of my favourite things about carrot cake is the cream cheese frosting but I would have definitely had to go back to the shops for that, so the icing will have to do!
I am going to make a sunday roast later with chicken thighs. I made this a couple of weeks ago and put the chicken on a grill over the roast potatoes so the fat dripped onto them. They were delicious but very unhealthy I am sure! I wish I didn't like cooking so much, I am going to make Mike and I ginormous at this rate! Usually I make fairly healthy stuff, but the unhealthy stuff is so much tastier!
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Old Lady
I have become an old lady...it's official.
No longer do I spend my saturdays waiting impatiently to be able to get ready to go clubbing...I am now waiting impatiently for Strictly Come Dancing and XFactor to start! What a loser. Although tonight is the first of the LIIIIVE SHOOOWS!!! Loser. I am excited though.
To be fair though I have got quite a lot planned over the next few weeks...and I did go out last Saturday...so perhaps I had better not start a pension just yet (Although perhaps I should as Mike has been paying into one for years!)
So, today all I have done is:
1) Cook Mike a fry up...I was good and had one sausage with 2 poached eggs on toast with a grilled tomato.
2) Got dressed (This is good going for me on the weekend when we don't do anything!)
3) Walked to the shop to pick up some squash (ESSENTIAL) and some nurofen (also essential) ready for a probably hangover tomorrow after I have enjoyed a couple of bottles of wine with my saturday night old ladyness. Not all to myself I am hoping Mike will help me out! Also 2 big peaches from the green grocers. This should probably be a separate post but the fruit and veg in the greengrocers is twice the size of the stuff available in supermarkets! The 2 peaches cost me 88p so if I had bought 4 they would have been much cheaper than the punnet in tescos. And bigger. This is another example of something a 24 year old should not care about.
4) Watch this space, I don't know what to do next. There's still 3 hours until my programmes. Hmm.
No longer do I spend my saturdays waiting impatiently to be able to get ready to go clubbing...I am now waiting impatiently for Strictly Come Dancing and XFactor to start! What a loser. Although tonight is the first of the LIIIIVE SHOOOWS!!! Loser. I am excited though.
To be fair though I have got quite a lot planned over the next few weeks...and I did go out last Saturday...so perhaps I had better not start a pension just yet (Although perhaps I should as Mike has been paying into one for years!)
So, today all I have done is:
1) Cook Mike a fry up...I was good and had one sausage with 2 poached eggs on toast with a grilled tomato.
2) Got dressed (This is good going for me on the weekend when we don't do anything!)
3) Walked to the shop to pick up some squash (ESSENTIAL) and some nurofen (also essential) ready for a probably hangover tomorrow after I have enjoyed a couple of bottles of wine with my saturday night old ladyness. Not all to myself I am hoping Mike will help me out! Also 2 big peaches from the green grocers. This should probably be a separate post but the fruit and veg in the greengrocers is twice the size of the stuff available in supermarkets! The 2 peaches cost me 88p so if I had bought 4 they would have been much cheaper than the punnet in tescos. And bigger. This is another example of something a 24 year old should not care about.
4) Watch this space, I don't know what to do next. There's still 3 hours until my programmes. Hmm.
Friday, 8 October 2010
Tomato and mustard
Granary bread + sliced tomatoes + dijon mustard = My new sandwich filling!
I was eating ham, tomato and mustard the other day but the ham was gristly and it makes me feel sick when I crunch a lump of gristle urgh it just puts me off.. So when I made sandwiches for lunch today I cut out the ham and am happy I did yumyum.
Although I don't count calories, I do keep an eye on them, and without the meat in my sandwich I can afford to have a packet of salt and vinegar squares which I am eating now with my tomato and mustard sandwich. A treat! Although think it would be better for to have the ham instead!
Also, IT'S FRIIIIIIIIDDDDAAAAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I might finish early as I have been coming in at 7.30am all week so have plenty of flexi time to spend....I shall see how my afternoon goes....lie in tomorrow!!
I don't know why I get excited about lie ins, I always wake up at 7.30ish and have to creep around so as not to wake Mike up but it's nice to have the choice whether to get out or bed or not!
I was eating ham, tomato and mustard the other day but the ham was gristly and it makes me feel sick when I crunch a lump of gristle urgh it just puts me off.. So when I made sandwiches for lunch today I cut out the ham and am happy I did yumyum.
Although I don't count calories, I do keep an eye on them, and without the meat in my sandwich I can afford to have a packet of salt and vinegar squares which I am eating now with my tomato and mustard sandwich. A treat! Although think it would be better for to have the ham instead!
Also, IT'S FRIIIIIIIIDDDDAAAAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I might finish early as I have been coming in at 7.30am all week so have plenty of flexi time to spend....I shall see how my afternoon goes....lie in tomorrow!!
I don't know why I get excited about lie ins, I always wake up at 7.30ish and have to creep around so as not to wake Mike up but it's nice to have the choice whether to get out or bed or not!
Thursday, 7 October 2010
3 Recent Things
God I am rubbish at remembering to write this! Anyway the following things have happened since I last posted:
1) We managed to get Glastonbury tickets!!! Mike's phone found a loop hole where he was able to go back and book tickets for everyone in our group! Otherwise NONE OF US would be going as nobody could get through using a computer. It would have been a disaster because it's our annual thing, the same group of us go every year and to have some or all of the group missing would be a disaster! Scary! But ok now woohoo can't wait for June! Booked my leave yesterday and now on the countdown :) :)
2) I have finally bought some proper running shoes! The shop made me run on a treadmill and filmed my feet as I ran to see how they landed. Turns out they land straight so I have a neutral foot so I tried on 4 pairs of trainers and went with the first ones as they felt just like slippers when I put them on. I have run in them twice and they are very comfy. The big test will be a long run this weekend (My last before the race!)
3) I have FINALLY sorted my hair out! The hairdresser stripped out the black and then dyed over it in a golden brown to match my (large) roots so now I have my natural colour back...I think...it has been a long time since I have seen it! Anyway that cost a small fortune and I got conned in to buying some special shampoo and conditioner because all normal shampoo and conditioner has the dreaded SULPHATES in them. Sulphates (du-du-duuur!!!) is a cleansing agent used in most shampoos/showergels etc which will apparently will make my colour fade very quickly and this is bad cos my hair is orange underneath the dye from the stripper so my brown will soon become brassy and I will have to go back and have it dyed again. Which you would think they would want cos they they get more money?? But perhaps they know I will have to go back soon anyway?! Hmmm I think I was conned, but at least the shampoo smells nice.Monday, 20 September 2010
Snap, Crackle ...Pop?
I think I only have 2 readers and you both probably know anyway, Mum you do for definite! But I ran my 10 miles on Saturday...with a slight hangover and after a fry up (not so healthy eh).
I took a route which goes down a cycle path in my village and comes out on the seafront, then went up to the tip of Mumbles and up a steep hill to the "Big Apple" (local landmark) which is where I turned around.
5 miles there and 5 miles back. I had a minutes breather at the top before setting off again, and stopped for a drink from the tap in some public toilets about half a mile later. Stupidly I hadn't taken any water when I should have done for that length run.
Anyway then I ran back and by mile 8.5 it had gotten very hard! I was back on the cycle path sloping gently up towards the village and walked/ran the last mile and a half. The last half a mile was 2 hills with a main road in between urgh.
As this was my first long run and I was slightly hungover surely it can only get easier?? With more training and no hangover next time it can only get better....surely?
Desperately need my proper running shoes now though, the ones I am using not only give me blisters but they are so uncushioned and unsupportive and I have only noticed that on the long run.
My ankles were aching afterwards and my achilles made a clicking noise when I stretched...yuk! Apparently that is when your tendon pops out of place/back into place or something, it doesn't hurt but I am still abit wary about doing a long run again without proper supportive shoes.
I took a route which goes down a cycle path in my village and comes out on the seafront, then went up to the tip of Mumbles and up a steep hill to the "Big Apple" (local landmark) which is where I turned around.
5 miles there and 5 miles back. I had a minutes breather at the top before setting off again, and stopped for a drink from the tap in some public toilets about half a mile later. Stupidly I hadn't taken any water when I should have done for that length run.
Anyway then I ran back and by mile 8.5 it had gotten very hard! I was back on the cycle path sloping gently up towards the village and walked/ran the last mile and a half. The last half a mile was 2 hills with a main road in between urgh.
As this was my first long run and I was slightly hungover surely it can only get easier?? With more training and no hangover next time it can only get better....surely?
Desperately need my proper running shoes now though, the ones I am using not only give me blisters but they are so uncushioned and unsupportive and I have only noticed that on the long run.
My ankles were aching afterwards and my achilles made a clicking noise when I stretched...yuk! Apparently that is when your tendon pops out of place/back into place or something, it doesn't hurt but I am still abit wary about doing a long run again without proper supportive shoes.
Friday, 17 September 2010
Rant over :)
God I was annoyed yesterday! Sorry for the rant! I decided the best thing to do today was to pretend it had never happened....which worked fine.
He is just a wind up merchant.
Today, talking about whether colleagues of ours were having an affair or just good friends, he said "Whats the point of being friends with a woman unless you want to get your leg over?" Apparently the only thing women are good for according to him. If he is serious he's a knob...and if he's trying to wind me up he's a knob...simples!!
I have a 10 mile run planned for sometime this weekend. My blisters are pretty bad at the moment though and I am still having to tape my feet up which start to loosen and rub after 6/7 miles.
So am wondering whether to just get it out of the way tonight and be in definite pain (slippers even hurt :-( ) or wait until sat/sun when I might have a hangover/no motivation/rain. Hmmmm.....really need to go at some point though!!
He is just a wind up merchant.
Today, talking about whether colleagues of ours were having an affair or just good friends, he said "Whats the point of being friends with a woman unless you want to get your leg over?" Apparently the only thing women are good for according to him. If he is serious he's a knob...and if he's trying to wind me up he's a knob...simples!!
I went to tesco before work earlier and picked up some ingredients for tonights tea - chicken, goats cheese and tomato bake with rocket salad and crusty bread. Going to wrap the chicken and goats cheese in parma ham too yumyum.
We have a friend coming tonight so it will be nice to cook for three of us intead of the usual two!
So am wondering whether to just get it out of the way tonight and be in definite pain (slippers even hurt :-( ) or wait until sat/sun when I might have a hangover/no motivation/rain. Hmmmm.....really need to go at some point though!!
Thursday, 16 September 2010
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
ArghhHhH I am so annoyed right now!!!!!! 
Why do unfit people feel like they can critise people who actually make an effort to do exercise??
This morning the fat bald man who I have the misfortune of working with asked me how far I went on my run last night.
So I told him 6.5 miles and he asked how long it had taken me. So I said "1 hour 18 minutes" to which he said "HAHAHA DEAR GOD" and I said "What?" and he said "PAH I could walk it faster than that!"
So then I asked him when he last did any running, or even walked half a mile for that matter.
And told him it is really rude for someone who does no exercise whatsoever to have a say on what others do.
Then he said the cheek to say "Don't worry, you'll get better" I wanted to punch him in his stupid fat face!!!!!!!
I'd like to see HIM running for an over an hour without stopping, with his belly and his 40 a day habit.
I know I am not a fast runner, this is not the problem. I know it is a slow time, though I was running into a gale/sandstorm on the seafront yesterday and had a number of hills to run up - the joys of Wales! But even on a flat course with no wind I am never going to win any prizes for speed!
But for me, running 1 hour 18 minutes without stopping or walking was an achievement and who is HE to make it feel like an embarrassment?
What the HELL gives these people the right to pass comment when they do absolutely sod all to look after their bodies/challenge themselves???
It has really ground my gears and ruined my morning even though I know it shouldn't cos what does he know anyway. GAH.
Edit - Am calmer now...he is just ignorant and doesn't know anything. Posted about this on Runners World forum and had some really nice responses that have made me see reason and feel much better :-)
Why do unfit people feel like they can critise people who actually make an effort to do exercise??
This morning the fat bald man who I have the misfortune of working with asked me how far I went on my run last night.
So I told him 6.5 miles and he asked how long it had taken me. So I said "1 hour 18 minutes" to which he said "HAHAHA DEAR GOD" and I said "What?" and he said "PAH I could walk it faster than that!"
So then I asked him when he last did any running, or even walked half a mile for that matter.
And told him it is really rude for someone who does no exercise whatsoever to have a say on what others do.
Then he said the cheek to say "Don't worry, you'll get better" I wanted to punch him in his stupid fat face!!!!!!!
I'd like to see HIM running for an over an hour without stopping, with his belly and his 40 a day habit.
I know I am not a fast runner, this is not the problem. I know it is a slow time, though I was running into a gale/sandstorm on the seafront yesterday and had a number of hills to run up - the joys of Wales! But even on a flat course with no wind I am never going to win any prizes for speed!
But for me, running 1 hour 18 minutes without stopping or walking was an achievement and who is HE to make it feel like an embarrassment?
What the HELL gives these people the right to pass comment when they do absolutely sod all to look after their bodies/challenge themselves???
It has really ground my gears and ruined my morning even though I know it shouldn't cos what does he know anyway. GAH.
Edit - Am calmer now...he is just ignorant and doesn't know anything. Posted about this on Runners World forum and had some really nice responses that have made me see reason and feel much better :-)
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Ouch
Accept no substitutes eh? Is that what I said hmmm?
Perhaps I should start accepting that no amount of electrical tape...or even SUPER STRONG WATERPROOF POWER BOND TAPE is no substitute for a well fitting pair of running shoes. After work I taped my feet with the SUPER POWER TAPE but I think I did not wrap it tight enough......
By mile 2 of my 5 mile run my blister was definitely feeling hot. By the time I got home my foot felt on fire. Must get new shoes at the end of the month and hope I have enough time to break them in before the half....
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Good Lord!
As the title says...GOOD LORD I was worried about not having enough time to train for the Cardiff Half 6 months ago??!! What about now I only have 6 WEEKS?
Where the hell has the summer gone?? I was hoping to be some sort of slim legged gazelle by now, gracefully running miles with ease.
But no, I am still the same donkey, stumbling along hating every minute. Hmm.
What with Glastonbury, graduation, holidays and the fact I kept saying "Still 3 months to go.....Still 2 months to go etc" mean neither me or Mike have done hardly any training. Bloody excuses!
Anyway, now the training really has started. I am running home from work 4 days a week making the journey gradually longer each time by detouring and getting in a long run every weekend. Ah the elusive weekend long run....if only I could avoid the wine the previous night I might actually make it. But now I must. And no excuses. Or wine prob :-(
As I have read many times on running websites/magazines etc "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail". How depressing and true.
Anyway I need to go into town on my lunch to get some duct tape...duck tape (?)...electrical tape ? Whatever it is called. To wrap around my feet to prevent blisters on my inside arches as I still have not got round to buying any proper trainers to fit my stupid narrow feet. (I know, I know...most people use plasters but I cant afford the price tag on those packs of blister plasters - £5 for 5 - as I need one every time I run because they always come unstuck)
I have to get changed into my kit in work to be able to run home and everybody in my office thinks I am completely mental when they see me taping my feet up. I dont care, let them feel the pain of these monster blisters and see who is laughing then.
Ps. In the event of forgetting to bring the electrical tape, brown parcel tape is not a good substitute. Having tried this yesterday has resulted in two blisters merging into one monster, one from the trainers as usual and one from the parcel tape which came unstuck within a mile and rubbed until I took it off half a mile from home.
Lesson learnt...accept no substitute!
Monday, 19 April 2010
Chasing the running bug
Why do the weekends go so quickly? Although, having said that it is Monday today and the day has flown so I hope this is a sign of a quick week in work.
I was in work today by 8.40 as I was slightly late because of my spin class but that is standard nowadays. The class finishes at 7.45 then I have to shower and dry my hair, do my make up and then walk for a mile (uphill too!) with my heavy gym bag to get to work.
I have to cross three major roads on the way which always take ages for the green man on the traffic lights cos by then it is rush hour in central Swansea. So it always feels like it takes ages for me to get to work! Thank God for flexi time!
Me and Mike have started running together after work as we are going to try and train for the Cardiff Half Marathon in October. Since I suggested it though I have had a crisis of confidence and don't know if we are giving ourselves long enough to train, 13 miles seems such a looong way having never done any real running before! But from what the people on the forums say, 6 months is possible so I guess we are just going to have to see how we get on.
We are going tonight too and I'm looking forward to it, we've mapped out 2 miles and are going to try that to start with and gradually build up. I want to get the running bug!!
I have managed to make myself have the spinning bug, I never miss a morning class on a week day. This time in a month I want to be saying the same thing about running..............
I was in work today by 8.40 as I was slightly late because of my spin class but that is standard nowadays. The class finishes at 7.45 then I have to shower and dry my hair, do my make up and then walk for a mile (uphill too!) with my heavy gym bag to get to work.
I have to cross three major roads on the way which always take ages for the green man on the traffic lights cos by then it is rush hour in central Swansea. So it always feels like it takes ages for me to get to work! Thank God for flexi time!
Me and Mike have started running together after work as we are going to try and train for the Cardiff Half Marathon in October. Since I suggested it though I have had a crisis of confidence and don't know if we are giving ourselves long enough to train, 13 miles seems such a looong way having never done any real running before! But from what the people on the forums say, 6 months is possible so I guess we are just going to have to see how we get on.
We are going tonight too and I'm looking forward to it, we've mapped out 2 miles and are going to try that to start with and gradually build up. I want to get the running bug!!
I have managed to make myself have the spinning bug, I never miss a morning class on a week day. This time in a month I want to be saying the same thing about running..............
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