Sooo I've barely lost anything this month.
In fact I'd go as far as saying I've marginally gained - I was 148.8 this morning but I've bounced between 148 and 150 all throughout this month. I think it's because I've probably eaten slightly over my calories for the most part, I haven't gorged too much but I have definitely eaten over. I've found it too difficult to go down, so I've sort of resolved to accept that I'm going to maintain this much and then hopefully will be able to get back into the swing of things in October. As long as I'm not gaining, it's a win.
I've done a fair few things this month - we went to Durham last weekend for the first time in around 2 years! It was honestly lovely to go back, I've really missed that little city. We met up with my lovely friend Jess, her partner and her adorable little one who I hadn't seen since 2019 so I brought her a little stuffed penguin toy that she kept with her for the whole evening. She's such a sweet little one, I hope my future children are as sweet as her lmao.
Here's a quick photo dump in no particular order:
The beautiful innards of Durham Cathedral
Pretty umbrellas!
Saddler Street
Photogenic Rich waxing lyrically over the Harry Potter filming location....
Busy as heck.
This is where Harry Potter was filmed!
Beautiful Vanilla Chai.
Peaceful prayer spot.
Incredible eggs!
The boy.
More of Durham Cathedral's innards
Artsy photo.
Framwellgate Bridge (my old Starbucks was just to the right of this!)
Beautiful nighttime.
Ain't we cute.
And here's a late night shot of the outfit I painstakingly picked out for the Saturday. I was actually a big fan - I didn't have to wear a bra!
We had the most INCREDIBLE eggs benedict (or florentine if you're me because no meat, see picture of the glorious eggy goodness above). They were at a little cafe called Flat White that I used to go to when I lived there, they're a three storey high little terraced coffee shop on Saddler Street in Durham centre and they do the most glorious food. And their vanilla chai lattes are to die for! We actually went back on Sunday morning for brunch and the queue (yeah, we had to queue on Saturday too) was even worse but oh my god was it worth the wait. This weekend we're going to Manchester, but just for the day, because Rich is going to get a tattoo on his arm and his tattooist works in Manchester. We're obviously going to get the glorious grilled cheese and strawberry lemonade again. I really wish Sheffield had nice coffee/food-y places, but obviously I live in a rubbish place now don't I so fuck me, right.
Meh. Things have gone even more mental here politically so I've been trying to keep myself educated by watching a shitton of youtube videos/reading a load of stuff about it on Reddit so that I can stay informed since we want to buy a house in the near future. They've announced a tax cut so that those who earn over 150,000 will no longer have to pay 45% income tax and will now pay 40%. Isn't that disgusting? This means that even if they get paid a bajillionty gazillion pounds annunally they will now pay 40% instead of 45%, so they get to take EVEN MORE money home, but those who earn 50,200something still have to pay 40%. Obviously I am nowhere NEAR that but it's the principle, man. This sucks. Mortgages have also gone up, inflation is going up and they're basically pissing all over the poor. Fun times! Allegedly, Liz Truss has been receiving votes of no confidence within the party sooooo let's see if she gets turfed out. If she does I have absolutely zero clue what that will mean, but everything has been fucking bonkers these past few years, so why not make it even more bonkers?!
Anyway. Even though I haven't been sticking to my diet plan too much this month, I've been trying to at least make a bit of effort with myself. I've been watching a lot of youtube videos for alternative clothing hauls (I know, I know, consumerism, but bleh) and am SLOWLY slowly trying to coax myself into making a bit more effort with my appearance. Today doesn't count though, because I had a bath this morning and obviously all my time was lost in the bath and I had to rush around like a twat before sitting down to work so I didn't even get chance to straighten my fringe. Fat chance of that happening now, because why bother? It's almost 3pm, it will be pyjama time soon yo. I've been playing a fair bit of Animal Crossing lately and omg that game is adorable. I can't even remember if I've mentioned this before but we got a Switch and I've been absolutely hammering Animal Crossing in my spare time. They have this thing where you buy turnips and sell them at (hopefully) a better price than you bought them, but the prices fluctuate daily over the week and you can't sell turnips on Sundays only buy them, so if you forget to sell them one week you'll end up with a whole load of worthless mush. Anyway. I'm in the turnip trade now, and today's prices have been wank so hopefully they'll go up tomorrow.
Here's my favourite Animal Crossing character, Rex:
He's LITERALLY the cutest character and no one can tell me otherwise. Look at his face. Look at it!
Oh, also, Lush have released their Christmas collection (even though it's not even October yet, come on guys) and obviously that meant I had to go to Lush on the exact day it dropped to stock up on Snow Fairy. I LOVE Snow Fairy so much, and I got a little mini haul:
I'm so happy it's back because I'm such a sucker for it. I also got a bubble bar (not pictured) that I've been using in my bath lately and it's just gorgeous. Beautiful vanilla-y marshmallow-y candy floss dreams. I'll absolutely have to stock up on more before the season is over so that it will get me through the next year before it comes out again next Christmas. The idea of next Christmas makes my little bones shake just a little but it's okay, we'll ignore that. I think I'll have to raid Lush Manchester this weekend and pick up a few more things. Thank GOD for Rich's first paypacket arriving in a couple of days! Although I've been selling a few things on Depop, I sold my old black coat for £79 (after fees were deducted from the original list price of £90) and I'm thinking of putting some more things up for sale. Every little extra bit of money will help me get through and probably go towards funding my insatiable Snow Fairy addiction.
Anyway, back to today. We have Mac and cheese burgers for dinner tonight with a boatload of chips and I'm hoping it won't do me in before I weigh myself tomorrow morning I allowed for it in my calories but then I ate too many of these delicious chocolate marshmallow bombs Aldi are doing. Why is everything so delicious?! Self control, Belle. Self control.....
Current Music: My infamous relax playlist/a youtube video about NicokadoAvocado....
