24th
July 2011
What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot
What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot
What
a day, what a day, I was shattered when we got home from London yesterday but
had a very interesting day. We started
with breakfast and I opted for eggs benedict which was delicious and 15pp
maximum, then we went to see the Tracey Emin exhibition “Love is what you want”
which didn’t do it for me, not my cup of tea at all. After there we moved onto the Tate Museum of
Modern Art and well all I can say is, “you can fool all the people some of the
time and some of the people all of the time!”
Some of the work was great but some, well we weren’t sure if we were in
B&Q or Ikea at one point and it’s quite amusing watching people because
they seem to think they have to like and appreciate it because it’s in a
gallery, well I’m sorry, Alfie could create better than some of that stuff and
the art I have on my walls in my house are much more my preference. Having said that the good stuff was really
good, there was an amazing Monet, and I didn’t like it just because it was a
Monet, because when I walked in the room and went ‘WOW’ I didn’t know it was.
Next
we tried to find somewhere nice for lunch, mmm that wasn’t happening, we were
too late for the 12-3 lunch sittings in the nicer places and all that’s left
are endless chains of tasteless tosh, so we ended up in on of those, Pizza
Express, not my favourite, I’d go for Pizza Hut any day of the week, but not
when I’m trying to lose weight! I opted
for the Leggera which is the pizza with the middle cut out and filled with
salad (which actually was just a pile of rocket leaves), 14-16pp of boring dry
floury pizza base and a bit of topping, not impressed washed down with a diet
coke – a mere bargain (NOT) at £12.50!
We
walked that off almost immediately after by climbing up 578 steps to the top of
St Pauls Cathedral for a look at the view, amazing, although a shame that it’s
such a rushed viewing. We really did
walk some miles, 12.5 in total, early 11 ProPoints on the pedometer – nice.
Finding
food when you’re trying to stick to the plan in somewhere like London is not easy,
we went for a coffee at the station, Belinda sat eating a cup cake and a
caramel shortcake and Sarah had a super thick hot chocolate, I finally caved
and had a large hot chocolate withOUT the whipped cream topping, I bet that
cost me 10pp going on the eating out guide.
I did buy strawberries from Sainsbury’s for on the train home, so the
final damage wasn’t too bad. But no, it’s
not easy to stay on plan when having a day trip to London, not unless you
preplan it, which I intend to do with all the other day trips we have planned
this summer. I don’t mind going over my
allowance if it’s worth it, but a Leggera pizza from the worst pizza chain on
the planet for 16pp isn’t worth it, not when I think about what I could have
had.
Comment
of the day yesterday though went to Belinda for;
Bev “Have
you noticed how foreign people always sound loud?”
Belinda
"yes I think it's their voices"
mmm
really B ;-)
or
her other one; “What do u think they do with the middles out of doughnuts?”
Great day and I was home and in bed for ten o’clock and I slept like a log till 6ish when Alfie insisted on his walk.
Great day and I was home and in bed for ten o’clock and I slept like a log till 6ish when Alfie insisted on his walk.
Today
I’m mostly sitting around doing not a lot, I’ve managed an hour walk with Alfie
and I’ll cook later but other than that it’s a hot bath and a good movie or
two.
Whatever you’re doing – enjoy. xx
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