PROBABLY THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!

Oh yes... this is post numero 3 this month!

My day began as most Mondays do for me now... i stay at a family friend's house in Reading, get a lift to campus and commence classes at 9am- 1pm. As soon as i finished i ran to the bus stop, but had missed the bus and so opened my tupperware and began eating my carrot and celery assortment. How very mundane i hear you say?! Well, after getting into the town centre... hiking to hobbycraft (which excited me no end, and managed to take up 1.30hrs of my time as i gazed at the 'hobby' and 'craft' facilities in awe (i like hobby and craft things))... I then HIKED back to the train station and headed into London Paddington. All very boring i know, but i didnt take the usual route... i instead headed to leicester square after an anonymous tip off (from glyn) that a magical place called cybercandy existed where i could purchase PRETZEL FLIPZ (see my blog earlier this month!).
I knew this journey would add a hefty chunk to my journey, and was likely to consequent in me missing some/all of neighbours later on (Don't worry, i was breifed on the happenings of the 1.40pm programme so if i had missed it, i would still be on track for tomorrow.)
As i arrived at leicester square i realised i didnt have the slightest clue where i was going, and the 3 foreign people i stopped didnt seem to know either (although they didnt seem to know any words in my hurried/ excitable english, so dirrections were kind of lost on them i think.) I FINALLY found it and there, 3rd shelf up on the right side of the shop were the little bags of heaven. I hurriedly bought all the stock they had left (sadly only 4 bags... £6 in total!!) and a can of mountain dew...obviously!




I couldnt WAIT to get home to once again, sample the delights of the sweet/savoury partnership... but hold on... i should really work out what dammage these bad boys will be doing to the diet, best get the ol' points calculator out...




YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME

This news of 5 points per bag essentially means i will be eating a quater of my daily intake of food in one small bag of chocolate.




I ended up not caring...eating them and realising they are actually 100% better than i remembered- RESULT!
I am now off to the gym to try rid myself of the after- effects that are bound to haunt me at weigh in on Wednesday... Wish me luck.
However i think you will agree that this discovery has made October the 22nd a great, great day.

The laughable life of Stacey!

Firstly, it is with great pride that i congratulate myself on blogging AGAIN this month... The only problem is i am likely to be seen as 'over-doing it' and inadvertently bore you! Therefore, i plan to keep it short and sweet and update you on a few things!
As most of you know, i have made it my quest this year (well...April onwards) to loose some weight.. ive managed 3 stone, but want to loose 1 more which just wont budge at the moment- i am therefore doing my upmost to get back on track! ...(here's where the 'laughable' bit comes in)... ive bought an 'Ab Trainer'.

I dont know why this lady is smiling.

Now, said piece of equipment looks easy to use when i see people using it at the gym, but i hadnt dared go in it there as 1. Id do it wrong, 2. Look a fool 3. Feel a bit of a pillock when all the slender fit people began whispering amongst themselves "yeh she is the one who rolled around like a complete goon on the mats last week..."
I managed to put the thing together yesterday and have a couple of goes (blatently doing it wrong but i looked good according to mum), although i hadnt realised the size of it- it now takes up pretty much my entire bedroom. But hey-ho, i am being pro-active i suppose. Lets just hope i actually use it! Like i said, im also a member of a gym now. Im pretty proud/ suprised at myself for keeping it up actually (although it could be something to do with the fact that if i go at least 2 times a week i only pay £11.40 a month, compared the thier extortionate £42 pricing at LA Fitness.) I attend 'Legs, Bums and Tums' on a Monday evening and 'Yoga' on a Wednesday. The latter is pretty laid back, even though you are pretty much strecthing your body beyond recognition for 1.30hrs! But the Monday class.... Its something else! Lets just say the first week me and Claire went we were unsure we would move much, if at all the next day! But ive kept it up for a month now... suffered through the pain.. and what have a i gained... ZILCH! Infact i curse the girl in front of me whose rhythm, flexibility and pace would be enviable to an olympic gymnast- she is using up all the energy in the room and leaving none for me!

Ah well, the other big thing going on with me now is university. Living at home this year is very odd, but also very nice! The commute really isnt that bad (i say after week 2) and my modules seem OK. However i am already facing the biggest problem to all students- procrastination. Now, here is where i admit that as i write, i am in fact at Essex University library (i've travelled the over hour long journey to use thier facilities), and it has become clear that my second blog of the month is being published for no reason other than my dissertation summary, plan and bibliography are to be in by tonight via email.
With this, i feel i best actually do something...maybe break some more faux pas and eat an apple at the desk or something, who knows, i am an anarchist, living on the edge. I will also advise that i have a presentation and 2 essays due in, in 2 weeks time, so know doubt you will hear from me then! x

Im an awful person!

I have just realised how bad a sister/blogger i am!
Firstly, i have just looked on my blog to find that ive only made 3 posts this year (and 2 of them were on the same day!)... i am ashamed and appologise to anyone who has the decency to check my site regulary in hope that i have shared some hillarious anacdotes or insiteful thoughts. I am going to do my upmost to remember to blog, because lets face it- im pretty interesting and its only right i share this with you!
Now, here is the part i become a bad sister. In my sudden realisation at 11.30am this morning that i do infact have a blogspot, i sat reading other peoples (probably your) blogs. In particular, after reading and commenting on Johns blog about the end of special k youghurty, i decided to once again start up my quest to bring back Pretzel Flips, a cause that began back in 2003-2004.

These AMAZINGLY good treats got me through year 7 and 8 at school (and probably aided me to putting on weight at the time) but hey- they were grrrrrrreat!

Whilst at sixth form in 2003-04, i started a petition to bring back said chocarific sweets/snacks (i dont know how to class them!). I managed to get the whole of the sixth form, the heads of year and my teachers to sign, also a few younger school children i could hassle without fearing being told where to go! 165 signitures later i thought i had my case (that out of 170 people asked to sign, 165 did!) However, the long strived over list was then placed carefully into the boot of my car... and there it remained until last september (2006) when my car went off to be serviced... i now dont know where i put it! I will not only make it my mission today to look for it, but to find some contact details of nestle to persuade thier swift return to our shores (they are still sold in america apparently... along with lucky charms.... dont get me started on lucky charms.)
Anyway, i have totally missed the part where i become a bad sister. In my overwhelming sense of responsibility to get 'the flips' back into our shops, i failed to realise that i should have picked my little brother up from playschool over 15 minutes before. This was bad enough, however to add to this, i was still in my night attire.
There comes a time in any activists life when they have to ask themselves whether thier cause and quest are interferring with family life... maybe mine has already come to light, even if after only being alive for around half and hour.
BUT NO. I ran, got changed and picked him up (the lady in charge is scary at the best of times, so being late seemed to aggrevate her a great deal... i just grabbed the boy and ran!) Now, i feel bad because i literally sat him down in front of Power Rangers Mystic Force (not a patch on the originals- Billy, Jason, Trini, Zac and Kimberley... Tommy was a bit later) to tell you my story.
I have, however become a better blogger in negleting the child, therefore im not so awful after all!!
Hurrah!