Has it been so long?

This week has just flown past. I was still feeling a bit tired at the start but I think my energy levels may be returning.

Last weekend was good. Saturday I got to visit my favourite health food shop The Natural Way. I just love having a look at all the different products. I really wanted some Tempah as I'd cooked some following a Cooking with PETA recipe. It was so fabulous that I was determined to buy 2 packs so I could eat it all week!

Alas they didn't have any but they did have Better than sour cream, which I keep reading about on American blogs. It did indeed live up to it's name on some nachos later. They also had vegan cola bottles and pineapple chews.

I was even more thrilled when I went to pick up some more shopping at Waitrose and they had vegan sour gummi bears. In a NORMAL supermarket!

Sunday we watched the England game in a local bar. We sat just on the edge of the terrace and could see inside for the game but still enjoy our red wine in the sun.

I hope this weekend is nice. I'm already thinking about food to make. I'm going to have another go at Seitan.

Looks like another busy week ahead. My sister's wedding gets a little closer. Lots to do on my allotment. I'm so pleased that I feeling more zingy!

Tired

I'm currently feeling very tired and dearly beloved says he thinks I've been stressed at work of late. I have nasty aches in my shoulders (must get back to daily yoga practice) and an overwhelming urge to go to bed pretty much as soon as I get home from work.

However dearly beloved and I were discussing this over dinner the other night and have agreed in a concept we refer to as energy cycles. Essentially we have noted that sometimes we have boundless energy, rush around doing housework and other activities after our money earning work is over and don't want to go to bed. On other occasions heating a can of soup is a bother and slumping on the sofa with a book is too much effort.

Basically we agreed that like every thing else in life energy must come in cycles and that one should go with the rhythm of life rather than fight against it. Hence we shall be tucked up early in bed with a mug of tea and book every single night this week.

Oh I need to think pretty thoughts and count my blessings. Next thing you know I'll be feeling sorry for myself....

A change in the weather

Well if you want to blame anyone for today being a bit overcast you can probably blame me! Last night I could take the heat no longer so I closed the copy of Jilly Cooper's Wicked! which the lovely Mimi loaned me. I didn't even have to ask Mimi if I could borrow it - she just turned up with it because she knows that I adore the wit and glamour of Jilly.

Anyway I headed up to my bedroom where my wardrobe was bursting open with a surplus of both summer and winter clothes. Not trusting the weather to stay I have been slipping out bits of summer clothing from the suitcase on top of my wardrobe! HoweverI took the plunge and tucked all of my winter clothing away. I feel that I should write a list of items so I can judge if my wardrobe is expanding each season. There were a few pieces I dug out that this is the 'make or break' season for. If I haven't worn them by September they will have to go. Some of them are in excellent condition so maybe they can go on ebay!

What I'd really like to find is a blog where someone lists what they are wearing that day, where it came from and what it cost. Just like they used to in Just Seventeen. Can anyone out there direct me to one? If not I'll have to start my own!

Oh, and in case anyone wondering I went with fruit sherbets as this month's 'something delicious'. Their colours looked so pretty and who can resist sherbet on a hot day!

Cheese!

A huge breakthrough on my vegan quest. Dearly beloved has agreed that we don't have to buy cheese anymore. I pointed out I that I had pretty much stopped eating it. However, he hasn't been eating it with meals that we used to eat it with like pasta and hasn't really missed it. He said the turning point was my vegan sloppy Joe. Apparently it was so rich in taste (must have been the tomatoes) that it didn't require cheese.

What I think has also helped has been that I been using a lot less salt in cooking over the last year and preparing more things from scratch. Hence tastes have changed we no longer require such a salty taste!

I still haven't changed my wardrobe over althoug the weather today is stunning.

Feeling hot, hot, hot....

The hot weather has taken me somewhat by surprise. I don't really trust and feel certain that at any moment the sky will cloud over and we will be returned to a state of grey chilliness. This has made me extremely reluctant to life the heavy suitacase down from the top of the wordrobe which contains my summer clothes. I am sure that if I pack up my heavy trousers, skirts and boots I will regret it.

As a compromise I've lifted the suitcase onto the floor and rumage in it every morning. However piles of clothes are starting to build up! It's quite nice to rediscover old friends among the summer clothes and even nicer to find that it all still fits (in some cases better than last year). All that walking must be paying off.

The change in weather has also caught my business planning unaware. I've been happily plannning chocolates to go in my summer parcels, but am now worried that they will melt. Such a dilemma over the alternative though. Sometimes its easy and somehting delicious and non melting will suggest iteslf because it fits in with the theme of the parcel or the colours work. I rather like wrapped Roses or Quality Street because they sprinkle themselves among the tissue and the other goodies in their pretty colours.

So what shall it be? Fudge? Coconut ice? shortbread biscuits? I'll have tothink quickly I've orders to fill!

And I'm back

Clearly the Moonwalk was more taxing then I imagined to distract me from blogging just as I was getting into the swing of things. And there has been so much else going on in various spheres of my world. Additionally Dearly beloved has been enjoying a week off work and he's so lovely that's he's very distracting!

I has a very busy but delightful weekend. Saturday I took my sister shopping to buy her wedding underwear as a birthday present. The girl is so sweet. I offered designer bras and she said no. I fact I ended up spending far, far less than I expected. We also went to buy fabric for the flower girl dresses which I am making. We only needed four metres of fabric but alas there were only two left on the roll. I'll have to try again at the end of the week.

We then met my parents for drinks and dinner. I was very pleased to see that the menu offered a vegan option.

Sunday saw the latest round of brunch club with a delicious meal. The friend who was hosting was rather worried he might give us all food poisoning but in the event the food was all delicious and everyone is good health.

Also noteable this weekend - I got to wear my white linen trousers from Primark. And unusually for me managed to wear them for two days without spilling things all over them. It can't last!

What surprises will this week hold, dear reader? I will make my best efforts to keep you posted.