Absent without leave & we all know what that means :-)

So after a blogging gap of just about two weeks thought I'd give you the benefit of my musings on this very pleasant Friday evening.
On Monday we are off on our holidays so today was an opportunity to do some last minute shopping & to have my beautifications attended to - manicure, pedicure & waxing in other words (see results below).
Rather delightfully my toenails match my sun dress however I'm not certain that they'll match my other clothes but who cares I'll be so chilled out it just won't matter - and I like the colour!!

Last time I blogged we were mid-Olympics and now it's all over but we had such a great time and the events we saw will be adventures we will treasure forever especially as I can say 'I was there when Mo Farrah won the 5000m' - absolutely astonishing :-)

Suppose I should update you on the debacle that is my weight loss - suffice to say that I had lost 5lbs in four weeks & now I haven't :(
The week before last was truly a disaster & I weighed in feeling very bloated but didn't imagine such a huge gain. However a lot was fluid because by Tuesday I'd lost 2lbs. This week hasn't been bad because in the wait for Dom's A level results my appetite deserted me and despite a fear that I might ingest my body weight in chocolate (& that's quite a lot of chocolate) as you don't need an appetite to do that - I haven't.

Proud mummy moment coming.......
Dom passed his exams & is going to Nottingham uni in September.

So now I'm on the pre holiday cycle and really looking forward to it.
We are off to Venice for five days & then on a cruise for a week.
I need the break and am looking forward to escaping to somewhere warm and sunny.
I am still a bit concerned about being sea sick but like the good pharmacist I am I have plentiful supplies of travel sickness pills so should be fine!!

As I said earlier I did a bit of shopping this morning as I looked at my stretchy selection and decided that done of it might be a bit warm as average temp will be 32c. I went to a shop called Trendy Togs in Queensbury - not my usual haunt but I'd been recommended - & what a good recommendation it was :-)
They had a really good selection of colourful tops and I even bought a couple of cotton (or linen I'm not certain) sleeveless tunics. Definitely a good find and for those of us with tree-trunk arms and big bums there is choice - always a bonus in my book :-)

So I think that's all for now - I might try to blog a bit while I'm on holiday to keep you in touch with my attempts to eat sensibly in Venice and on the cruise.

Will be in touch.
Lxx