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Breakfast...
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I saw this being made on Nigel Slater last week and it look gorgeous! And it really was!

Nigel Slater's classic porridge
 
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I think it's more to do with the method rather than the ingredients. Either way it was nicer than it normally is! :)
 
Ooh now I have some oatmeal in the pantry. Might give that a go :)
 
Oh I've seen the before an thought it looked good. Good thinking on changing the naughty stuff for Sw alternatives too :)

No danger of vampires getting you tonight then ;-)
 
I know I am a bit stinky now lol. Luckily the OH ate the same so we can stink together!
Although I probably only used 1 large garlic - not quite 40 cloves.

Food Diary for the weekend. Not counting syns but I'll make a note anyway.

(Friday night involved a bottle of red as well as what I previously posted)

Saturday...

Breakfast - 2 ww sausages, baked beans, frylight egg, frylight tinned potatoes

Lunch - lf supernoodles w/ babybel light

Dinner - SW chipotle burger w/ wholemeal roll, SW chips, ketchup & el mayo

Snacks - wheat crunchies, yoomoo frozen yoghurt, 4 pieces mint aero

1 glass of red wine
Tea w/ skimmed milk
Sparkling water
sf ribena
Chamomile tea


Sunday...

Breakfast - porridge made w/ water with splash of skimmed milk & raspberry jam, banana

Lunch (out) - eat duck gyoza soup

Dinner - hairy bikers "chicken w/ 40 cloves of garlic" w/ colcannon & tarragon sauce

Snacks - m&s honey bbq wholgrain snacks, fruit scone w/ clotted cream & jam, 6 pieces milka daim (wow this is yummy!)

1.5 glasses white wine
4 tea w/ skimmed milk
Herbal tea
Sparkling water
 
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Oh and Kath I know you appreciate a nice wine ;). I bought Ara Pathway Sauvignon Blanc after seeing it on Saturday Kitchen (my favourite TV show - sad I know) and it is delicious! I was impressed with myself that I haven't finished the bottle!
 
Ooooh lovely. I tend to get whatever good wine is on offer lol. Totally gone off Chardonnay now and prefer a Pinot or sav blanc ;-)

I too like Saturday kitchen and Sunday brunch ;-)

Well done on not polishing off the bottle too!
 
Feeling so down today. Work stuff again. I woke up about 3am in a panic and basically cried my eyes out for an hour and had a big heart to heart with Jack regarding all my concerns about the rubbish roles I keep doing lately and that I have no idea what I'm qualified for anymore or what jobs I should be applying for. I just feel so wasted and completely alone in all of this and that no one can help. I can talk to people but no one can fix my situation but me and even than that's out of my control as I can't force people to give me a job. I've been close to bursting into tears all day and I fully expect to have a massive cry as soon as I get home and hope to feel better for it. I'm so glad Jack was home last night although he isn't tonight so hopefully I'll be ok. I can phone him or my mum but I don't like to talk to my mum in the moment of a meltdown as she just worries and it makes things worse. I'm the sort of person to have a couple of days feeling down then I'll pick myself back up and get on with it so I'm hoping this will pass in a couple of days.

I tend to get like this when starting a new job - full of doubts and worries. This isn't helped by the fact that this role is a secretary job which I always hate. I hate being the one to do all the crappy jobs given to me by someone else. I much prefer to have a self generated workload. I'm also in an office completely on my own and the only other admin person is really unhelpful and bitter about being given extra work so she keeps passing stuff back to me without explaining what the hell I should be doing with it!!! She's also really negative about the organization so she's making me doubt whether I want to work here even in another role. At the moment I just want to go home and not come back but without another job I'm stuck. I actually think I'd be better of not working as to me it looks like I'm damaging my CV by adding all of these crappy unrelated jobs to it! Frustrated doesn't even begin to cover how I feel right now!
 
Aw hun :( it's always good to vent your frustrations it always makes me feel better to offload my worries! I do feel for you as I've been in your position before, it's never nice being in an office where someone makes your feel like that. Do you have a line manager you can talk too? Are you on a temp contract? The perfect job will come along eventually! Just keep thinking positively :) xx
 
Rachel1903 said:
Aw hun :( it's always good to vent your frustrations it always makes me feel better to offload my worries! I do feel for you as I've been in your position before, it's never nice being in an office where someone makes your feel like that. Do you have a line manager you can talk too? Are you on a temp contract? The perfect job will come along eventually! Just keep thinking positively :) xx
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Thanks hun.

I do but the way I'm feeling at the moment I know I'll just end up bursting into tears which I really don't want to do as its not even really about the job it's more just how I'm feeling today. I think any other day and I could handle all this but I just want to be left alone but people keep bringing me work that I don't know how to do. Because it's all "easy" tasks they seem to think it doesn't need explaining but I have no idea how to use their systems or what their procedures are! I hate temping so much. I just want to go home. I wish I could just walk out but instead I'm hiding in the toilets! I just don't want them to see me upset and think it's because I don't know how to file expenses!
 
I have days like those too, sometimes the easiest things make me cry! Have a little time to yourself and then go back to the office like you don't have a care in the world! Don't feel silly to ask for advice or how to do something, if anything they're being ignorant by not explaining these things to you! They should know better and understand more. You'll get through today, not long to go! Then you can go home and have a nice cup of tea and chill out in front of the telly :) If I were you I would speak to someone tomorrow if you still feel the same, I always talk to my boss when i'm feeling down, even had the waterworks going a few times too! You'll get your head around it all in no time :) xx
 
Thanks hun. I did exactly that and went back and asked for help. Tbh it's not even the job that got me upset it's the wider picture. I just want a permanent job that I can make my own. I want to get settled into an organization and a job that excites me, where I feel confident in the role and have friends in the work place. But at the moment that feels like an impossible task and I have no idea what to do. I've run away from these kinds of situations before, hence the reason to leave London and then to go travelling. I feel like that again and wish I could bury my head in the sand and not have to deal with this. If I wasn't a sensible person I'd just be saying sod it and try to get pregnant but I know I don't want to be in this situation ever again and I want the maternity leave and a job I know I can go back to. I just wish I knew what that was and how I should go about trying to get it. There isn't much help out there for this kind of thing - if there is then someone please point me in that direction!
 
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Thanks hun. I did exactly that and went back and asked for help. Tbh it's not even the job that got me upset it's the wider picture. I just want a permanent job that I can make my own. I want to get settled into an organization and a job that excites me, where I feel confident in the role and have friends in the work place. But at the moment that feels like an impossible task and I have no idea what to do. I've run away from these kinds of situations before, hence the reason to leave London and then to go travelling. I feel like that again and wish I could bury my head in the sand and not have to deal with this. If I wasn't a sensible person I'd just be saying sod it and try to get pregnant but I know I don't want to be in this situation ever again and I want the maternity leave and a job I know I can go back to. I just wish I knew what that was and how I should go about trying to get it. There isn't much help out there for this kind of thing - if there is then someone please point me in that direction!
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aw I'm glad to hear! I hope it made you feel better. What kind of field of work do you want to work in? I'm sure the right job is out there for you somewhere, eventually you will find it! My ideal job is to work full time freelance design, from home and on my own terms, but its so hard to come by work! I've become too comfortable in my current role and I've gotten lazy, it's really demotivated me! But last weekend I registered as self employed and I'm going to find the work! I think as long as you know you are trying hard to find it you should feel proud of yourself. Don't settle for something you're not happy with, you know what you want and you deserve to have it! Are there any agencies (not temping ones) out there that you can join that specialise in the field of work you want? They can often help find full time positions. We will get there one day! We just have to keep on smiling in the meantime :) x
 
To be perfectly honest I don't know. I'm interested in applying for roles that encompass marketing, communications, events and hr. A broad spectrum but I'm not qualified for most roles and I don't know specifically what I'm looking for. I do know what I don't want to do lol! Thanks for your comments hun - it's nice to be able to vent to strangers as I'm quite a private person so it's not something I'd discuss on Facebook or with most of my friends tbh. I'm quite proud and also quite competitive so admitting to others that I'm in this situation is something I wouldn't want people to know. Strange I know!

Anyway I really really appreciate you replying. I really needed that morale support today and to know that someone was reading :) xxx
 
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Well I stuffed my face until full to bursting, mainly so I'd have some to concentrate on. I did have a yummy dinner though and I'm now sat in my pjs with a hot water bottle and feeling ok (for now). I really hope I get a good nights sleep and wake up feeling positive. I've found a couple of jobs I want to apply for I just need to make the time. When I get home the last thing I want to do is turn my laptop on. Any escape from thinking about jobs is a welcome one at the moment.

Sorry for all of the depressing ramblings it's just this is a good place for me to admit to feeling crap without putting the burden onto others and make them worried about me (especially my Mum!)

On a lighter note my new look order arrived and for once I like it all and won't be sending anything back. And everything is a comfortable size 10 - yey! Apologies for the crappy pics.

New dress...
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New jeans and tops...
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I'm thinking I could wear the denim shirt over dresses to dress them down?

I also made my favourite dinner to cheer myself up.

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So full after but still then ate half a mango with a danio yogurt and 8 squares of chocolate I didn't really want. I ate them way too quickly too. So. Full. Now.
 
Hi!

Lovely food diary :) I read the first few pages and then skipped to the end few pages but will delve in deeper another time! Really nice pics. Keep the recipe ideas coming...!

Are you still in Cheltenham? It's lovely but too many nice bars and restaurants to visit ;-)

Chin up about the job situation. Things will always work out.

H x
 
bellehelen said:
Hi!

Lovely food diary :) I read the first few pages and then skipped to the end few pages but will delve in deeper another time! Really nice pics. Keep the recipe ideas coming...!

Are you still in Cheltenham? It's

lovely but too many nice bars and restaurants to visit ;-)

Chin up about the job situation. Things will always work out.

H x
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Hi H and welcome. Thanks hun!

No we've relocated to Manchester due to OHs work and the need to get settled but I think we'll end up moving back to cheltenham in the future as both our families are there and I do love it still.

You're right about the restaurants! Problem is there's even more in Manchester and they're all brand new to me! :) I do love to eat out. It's actually one of favourite things to do!

Have you got a diary? Xx
 
vintagepockets said:
To be perfectly honest I don't know. I'm interested in applying for roles that encompass marketing, communications, events and hr. A broad spectrum but I'm not qualified for most roles and I don't know specifically what I'm looking for. I do know what I don't want to do lol! Thanks for your comments hun - it's nice to be able to vent to strangers as I'm quite a private person so it's not something I'd discuss on Facebook or with most of my friends tbh. I'm quite proud and also quite competitive so admitting to others that I'm in this situation is something I wouldn't want people to know. Strange I know!

Anyway I really really appreciate you replying. I really needed that morale support today and to know that someone was reading :) xxx
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You're welcome :) I also sometimes find it easier to talk to strangers rather than my friends, it's just easier to offload everything! I hope you feel better today!

I love that dress you have bought! You look great in it! x
 
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