The Very Hungry Catterpillar Day

The Very Hungry Catterpillar Day

Well after I had watched Total Recall in bed last night our son came back from work and asked if I would mind dropping him and a couple of his friends into town, so me, my onesie and an anorak drove them down to the only place open late on a Saturday hoping not to break down :) Not quite the peaceful snuggle down after the movie I had in mind, but it must have been the final push to sleepy town as once I got home I was out like a light.

I woke up much more positive than yesterday, and felt fresher all round, a few days on plan has probably helped. So, I got to work on my magic pancakes with blueberries, strawberries and a very luxurious but not to be repeated 7.5 syn M&S honey and ginger yoghurt (it was reduced to 50p when I went to buy fresh pineapple and looked so lush....) It was yum but 7.5 syns on a yoghurt is a bit high for me:

After breakfast I had a second cup of tea. So my HEA and HEB were pretty much all gone by 9.30am.

A quick shower and change and I took the doggies out quickly before the bad weather got back to Chesham, it was due to start raining again lunchtime - shocker...

Anyway, in my wisdom I decided to do a path walk to avoid the 30-40 mins of dog washing that field walking requires when we get home. Mistake. They were both strangely and uncharacteristically when walking, unco-operative in the extreme and after returning home I felt like I'd been wrestling a tiger. Henry kept wanting to push forward relatively fast, and Harry will not be rushed and just stops and shows his stubborn face if you try to hurry him - so I did have another cup of tea once home as I was pretty dishevelled.

It was lunchtime by then, and I microwaved the left over pasta arrabiata from my fridge:

Did I say lunchtime, ah, well that was when the 3 teenage boys appeared from their slumber and started making bacon sandwiches, I resisted and watched them tuck in.
 
I spent the afternoon doing some pre-decorating cleaning at our daughters flat, and it definitely felt like body magic. After getting home I spent some time surfing the SW website recipes and choose a lamb shank casserole, having created that and popped it into the oven I sat down with a diet coke and some snacks (freddo 5 syns, so up to 12.5 syns)

The lamb shank casserole and SW roast veg with sprouts, green beans and swede was totally lush, and it finally filled the hole I seemed to have been carrying around all day whispering about hunger, finally I was satisfied and not hungry :)

A Come Dine with Me couple of hours followed, and then we went for yet another early night ahead of our first full week back at work, and watched Bad Teacher in bed whilst cuddling Henry (Harry had gone to his favourite place - a big padded basket at the corner of our bedroom by the radiator in the bay window - and he was asleep as fast as I was last night).

I did take an options to bed with me, at another 1.5 syns, total syns for the day a bit high at 14.

We also managed to put together our new log store down the side of the house, and move all the logs from various places into it, proud of that:

So, a relatively productive day - if not very exciting. I also importantly resisted the temptation to spend any money by going to look at things in the Sales, very tempting but an expensive Christmas has been enjoyed, and now I am trying to focus on keeping spending low in January - bet I'm not alone there.

Feeling good about staying on plan, but a bit worried about how much I have eaten - all on plan, but big in volume, I really hope I have a reasonable result at WI this week, which is back to normal and on Wednesday night. Toes and Fingers crossed.

I've rushed to blog tonight, before I move into a busy week - so please forgive all grammar and spelling errors, or send me the corrections!

Happy Sunday and good luck tomorrow xx