Week Forty Five

Week forty five was a great one, here are the highlights:

Walking in the park on my lunch break has been a real blast of colour!

I carved my first ever pumpkin!

We stuck with tradition and watched Hocus Pocus on Halloween :)

The weather has been cold enough for me to wear my lovely new coat :)

Zumba was a blast :)

I restarted my couch to 5K program and followed it up with a 4 mile walk :)

I woke up very early and decided to do another Couch to 5K run!

I spent a lot of time with my girl :)

I lost another 2lb and was my group's Miss Slinky :)

And I definitely enjoyed dirty pudding :)

I went out looking for a dress for my Christmas party and tried this one on, it's 6 sizes smaller than the clothes I was wearing when I first joined Slimming World!

I bought a new hat which I absolutely love :)

I spent time with my friends Clare and Allison. 

We haven't all been together for almost a year and really enjoyed catching up while stuffing our faces with Chinese :)

And a selection of desserts!

Another tradition is to watch V for Vendetta on bonfire night :)

I got in another early morning Couch to 5K run!

The weather was cold enough for my hat and bright enough for my sunglasses :)

I enjoyed my first (of many) Eggnog Latte with Christmas Blend :)

And then I packed!

I packed for a scrapbooking retreat that I'm going on this weekend, 3 nights in a hotel with lots of my scrapping buddies, I can't wait :)

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by
Jo xx

Week Forty Four

Time is racing along and I've only just got round to sharing what I got up to in week forty four!

It is so lovely walking in the park at the moment, the colours are amazing!

I managed another decent swim, I always feel fantastic afterwards :)

I really am becoming addicted to exercise, I love my weekly Zumba :)

Poor Alfie hurt his head, he probably did it charging in to a bush at full pelt!

Wednesday night was quiz night, it was a music quiz and so much fun.  We came 4th and won a few raffle prizes too :)

These two kicked me out of bed!

I wore a very fetching hat at Slimming World :)

Another loss, I'm so pleased with how well I'm doing :)

Maddie enjoyed her dirty pudding :)

Although she subscribes to Empire magazine the subscription doesn't include special editions.  This was a very special edition cover with a video on it, there were only 5000 copies made and they were only sold in Sainsburys!  After a bit of Beverly Goldberg action, I got one :)

On Friday I went to my lovely friend Lorraine's leaving party.  I worked with Lorraine over 6 years ago and I was honoured to be invited.  It was great to meet up with so many other old work colleagues and friends:)

I had a lovely weekend down with Paul :)

Where the weather was really warm again!

But the evenings were a bit chilly so I had an Irish coffee to warm me up :)

And then I was back home with my cheeky boy!

I hope your week is going well, mine has been a blast so far!

Thanks for stopping by
Jo xx

Week Forty Three

Week forty three was very chilled out, here are the highlights.

A great swim after work on Monday cleared my cluster headache :)

Instead of my usual walk around the park in my lunch break I went to the gym.

I had a great session of Zumba in the evening too, Maddie doesn't look as glowing as me in this photo because she's lazy :)

I had to drop the Smart car off early for its service.

I had a great 4.5 mile walk after work, it's a shame it's dark so early now though :(

Another lunch time session in the gym.

I lost a pound this week and that was enough to get me this shiny sticker and certificate :)

I took the trousers I wore at my very first Slimming World meeting to show the rest of the group!

Alice wanted to show me her new Barney, we all love Barney in this family :)

I really enjoyed my dirty pudding :)

While Alfie enjoyed watching For the Love of Dogs :)

And then he just wanted lots of cuddles :)

I went for a lovely long walk over the golf course on Saturday morning.

And then played with Alfie in the garden.

Until it was time for bingo with the girls where I had a little win :)

I was back over a very misty golf course on Sunday morning

But the sun soon shone through :)

I then spent the afternoon working on secret Christmas stuff :)

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by
Jo xx