Ohhhh Retail Therapy!

A very close friend gifted me this tee ages back to prove a point. Thanks Jungle Jane:)

Wow what wonders retail therapy can do to you. While Ro was out London Looping with his buddies, i crawled out of bed at 12pm, lazed around, watched a few episodes of Family Guy and then headed out to the mall nearby and shopped:)

Tried on so many clothes and shoes but only bought a nice lil summer dress (which i don know when I'll be able to wear, considering the crappy weather). Have noted a few things I'd like to come back and buy though. Then i picked up a whole lot of cereals so i can start this new diet. Remember i told you about the mixed feelings..yeah this is all part of that..cos i was initially following the 'low GI diet' recipe book (which is now neatly stashed away in a corner) and eating healthy, but now have decided to go completely opposite by doing the Kellogg's Special K 'Slimmer for Summer' Challenge. Yes i am not able to make up my mind about anything..Like on Sunday when Ro asked me what I wanted do.. and i just stared into space trying to actually think 'WHAT THE HELL I WANTED TO DO.' This is how the conversation went:

Me: I don't know. 

Ro: So shall i then decide what to do? I nodded. Lets go to Hyde Park and....' Didn't complete the sentence..

Me:...oh you don't want to do anything i like, you are so selfish. Pout! 

Ro: Nish i just asked you what you wanted to do and you didn't have anything on your mind..and that's why i said lets do this. BRAT!

Me: Whatever! Pout, pout. (I didn't get anything concrete to argue about and a smile accidentally escaped. And then i couldn't control the fact that i was being such a pain and how stupid i sounded). I agreed finally, not to take part in the rollerblading expedition, but to just watch.

We ultimately didn't go to Hyde Park cos Ro's friends couldn't make it. Dinner out and a movie was the next best thing, and so we did just that. 

The weekend was not as bad as i thought it would be. I start my new diet today and wonder how long that's gonna last. 

Healthy (hopefully), wealthy (nope) and wise (not at all!)

Breakfast

Dinner

I made a healthy breakfast for Ro and myself on Thursday morn. In case you are wondering how i woke up so early, its because there was some fire emergency and about three engines made their way through to our place with their sirens on. I could hear them from so far away and they stopped right below our window. Now, everyone loves a drama. So i forced myself out with the hope of catching some hunky fire men. Unfortunately they were all pretty old and they looked pissed off. The emergency was not really an emergency and they were off by the time i managed to get Ro out of his bath to take a look. They turned off all the hot water after after that. Don't know why though.

Anyways, I  made scrambled egg with cheese, chive and dill on a wheat bread and a slice of bacon (Ro begged for two..there goes the eating healthy bit). It was the first time i was experimenting with dill and chive and it might be a bit of a challenge to get used to the flavours. Its an acquired taste i guess. I liked it, Ro said he'd need to try it out a few more times to make a decision (yes, his life is always this complicated). The cheese was low fat and the bacon was back bacon with the fat trimmed. The milk used in the scrambled egg was supposed to be skimmed or semi-skimmed but I used whole milk. Very little goes in so it shouldn't be a problem. Ro prayed a fire engine would appear every morning so i would wake up and make him breakfast. He said he'd download a siren sound on the comp and play it every morn. High hopes on that one. 

Lunch was outside with a friend so i kinda screwed up on that. Didn't over eat though. I was majorly tempted to have waffles from the roadside waffle huts. But i bravely resisted. Did a lot of window shopping and decided what all to buy for summer. Ro ignored my discovery. Spoilt my friend who accompanied me (new to London) and she said she's definitely getting her husband to buy her some stuff. I'm bad influence when it comes to shopping. I remember going out once with my friend Jane and we were supposed to make sure we dont end up buying stuff. I tried on a pair of jeans which i couldnt afford. Jane was supposed to forbid me from buying it, but instead she said, 'Nishi if it fits you so well and if u really really like it, dont thinnk twice, pick it up.' Now that was all the convincing I needed, I picked it up. Its the most perfect slim fit jeans i ever owned. Thanks Jane. I, on the other hand, insist you try something out and then you would really find it difficult to not buy it cos it would look really nice (and im usually correct about most of the stuff i select for people). So yes, bad influence i am.

Dinner was not so healthy. Portobello mushrooms with spinach-cheese filling, prawns marinated in garlic butter and chive and jacket potatoes with sour cream. Had some perry to go with it:). Potatoes are probably the last thing you should have and staying off alcohol is important. But, what the hell, we went all out and had a yummy din din.

I am posting some pics. Its not the best, but I'm really proud of it. All said and done, Conti. cooking is way more easier than Indian cooking. I make less of a mess and its all oven and microwave cooking and so no back aches standing at the hob and stirring, making sure it doesn't burn etc.