First week back. Done. I was dreading this week after having all of that time off, but I safely made it to the end of the week unscathed – hope you all did too! I’ve very much been getting back to my old routine of early starts and late finishes, but I have been making every effort to fit in my workouts around this in a more organised way than the end of last year.
I was even up at 5.30am on Friday morning for a run to the next village and back. Despite tripping, spraining my ankle and almost falling in a ditch, ironically recapturing my balance and spraining my ankle saved me from falling in said ditch, it was a really good run. I felt extremely virtuous for the rest of the day and thankfully didn’t fall asleep at my desk either…win! My ankle has been a little bit swollen and tender since, but this morning it seems fine.
There has been plenty of green smoothie action this week. I’ve had a smoothie nearly everyday this week.
This one was a banana, peanut butter, spinach, vanilla protein powder and almond green smoothie, drank on the way to work. My poor blender has been working over time this week and it’s still going strong. I want to unleash the Vitamix soon, but my current Kitchen Aid blender still has lots of life in it yet.
Another favourite smoothie of mine are hot oat smoothies, which I haven’t had in a while. For this one I blended frozen berries, banana, vanilla protein powder and plain hot oats. The smoothie goes all thick and creamy. I topped it with macadamia nuts, dried blueberries and coconut.
I’ve also been using the last of my figs…
…with organic natural yoghurt, peanut butter and honey, seriously delicious.
Yesterday I went shopping with Alfie in High Wycombe as he needed some more clothes for work. I decided to wear one of my new dresses for the trip and managed to take a sneaky pic in M&S whilst Alfie was on the Men’s department. The things I do for blogging…
OOTD: dress, Urban Outfitter’s//coat, Urban Outfitter’s//tights, Tu @ Sainsbury’s//boots, Zalando//bag, Ralph Lauren//owl earrings, Accessorize//watch, Michael Kors//bracelet, Lola Rose.
I love my dress and it’s so easy to wear. I have been wearing dresses everyday this week as my jeans still pinch a little bit after the excess at Christmas, but not to worry I’m sure I will be back in them soon enough.
We stopped off at Wagamama for lunch and had quite a feast. We shared the starters of chilli salt edamame and squid and then I had the yasai chilli men for my main. When it arrived I thought it looked like pasta with ratatouille, but it fact it was noodles with tofu and veggies.
It was a really nice day out and I managed to pick up some bargain jeans, cigarette pants and a gingham shirt for myself from GAP too. I‘m very lucky in the fact that Alfie actually enjoys shopping, We used to shop together a lot before we started dating and always gave great advice, he was like the non-gay best friend that I never had!
My favourite dinner this week was this salad, full of my favourite things:
Roast chicken, avocado, crispy sea weed, lettuce, grated carrot, beets and hummus. It really was tasty and very satisfying for an evening meal too.
Right now I’m very aware of my size after indulging over Christmas and I so feel very self conscious and a little heavy, hence all of the dress wearing. Buying the jeans from GAP assures me that I have every faith that I will get back in them again. It may take a couple of weeks, but I’m not going to stress myself over it. Now that I’m back eating more balanced and healthier foods to nourish my body those skinny jeans will be back out of the wardrobe again soon.
Do you enjoy shopping with your partner/boy friends? Have you ever tried hot oats in your smoothies?
What have you been up to this week?
I think me and Andy are on the same wavelength with shopping really- we both don’t really like it. If we go somewhere new it is not so bad, but if we go to our local shops then we have an hour max to shop before we both get fed up with it!
Well at least you are both in the same wave length with shopping. It makes life much easier.
I like your view of a photo! Such graceful and beautiful… I love dresses very strongly. Is much stronger, than trousers 😉 Though it becomes more difficult to carry them because of this cold in the winter. I will move to a warm place, only to wear dresses all the year round 😀
I always have to put thick tights or leggings on with dresses otherwise it’s far too cold.
I definitely need to try a hot oat smoothie soon, I’m just not fancying smoothies at the minute, which is weird for me.
They are great on a chilly morning 🙂
hahahaaa I also catch myself thinking “am I really doing this just for a blog picture” 😉
It’s crazy the things we do for blogging 🙂
I love hot oats topped with a cool smoothie its like a warm surprise at the bottom of the bowl!
Sounds like the best of both worlds in 1 bowl.
can i just say those cushions behind you look fab and also that food i have no doubt tasted devine thankyou for the read x
Ha! They are pretty cushions I must say.
Oh you’re so lucky Alfie enjoys shopping! Ben hates it. He doesn’t complain but he drags his feet. He hates me trying stuff on as wells he thinks I could just take it back if it doesn’t fit!
I am very lucky but he does get tired of it eventually. 🙂
i like going shopping with my male friends – means that I don’t spend any money! The Wagamamas food looks so good – I haven’t been for far too long! x
Haha! That’s a really good strategy for money saving.
I don’t mind shopping but James is more of an in and out guy – he’s not a huge browser! He has got better though, while I’ve become quicker so we’re at about the same level now. A hot oat smoothie sounds divine! Love the coat and dress on you!