#I fucking hate asda

[randommoth]

Christmas Adverts 2022

Yeah boy Right, let’s get it out the way – at the time of writing I haven’t seen the Coke trucks advert. Yet! Doesn’t really feel like Christmas until they show up, but John Lewis have released their annual offering, which is the commonly-accepted marker for “Christmas season has begun”. And what a dismal Christmas it will be for many, plunged into fuel poverty with the promise of blackouts and…

[sevendeadlyheadcanons]

I’ve seen this on tiktok with different fandoms so here is NNT if they worked in retail

(these will be british because i live in britain and so do they and saying big tescos is objectively funnier than walmart or whatever)

Meliodas: Still runs his pub, but it’s probably a Wetherspoons that he’s bought the franchising rights of. He plays the football on the TV and writes who’s playing on a chalkboard in front of the pub to draw more people in. Probably supports Millwall but lies to people about it because he doesn’t want to get beat up in his own pub

Diane: Claire’s. Never let this woman touch the piercing gun. Whenever she checks you out on the till she’s like “Ooh these earrings are stunning they’ll suit you so good” she always buys the blind bags and collects them all

Ban: Corner shop. Probably sells vapes to minors and gets them to call him bossman, but not intentionally he’s just drunk on the job (he drinks the 3 year old WKD that nobody has bought because it’s shit)

King: Marks and Spencer’s. He believes that M&S food is better than any other food. “Yeah sure Aldi might be cheaper, but are you gonna get Percy Pigs there?” “These oranges are of better quality and 10x better than the ones you can get at asda” bro will defend the prices at M&S with his life and constantly denies the tory allegations.

Gowther: Lush. Bro sells the fuck out of them bath bombs. He always smells like the shop. Does demos just for the fun of it, because he likes to see the ✨sparkle✨ the biggest snow fairy fiend, he stock piles snow fairy when it first comes into stock so nobody else can buy it for the first like week.

Merlin: Superdrug. She knows the shop like the back of her hand. Where’s the paracetamol? “Second isle” Where’s the pads? “At the end of isle 4” Where’s the makeup kept? “The back isle” She probably lets people shoplift to spice her day up.

Escanor: WHSmiths at daytime, Puregym at nighttime. Bro has bills to pay so he’s constantly on the grind. At smiths he constantly has to defend the prices and remind people that he personally is not the reason why the pencil cases are a tenner. At the gym he has no idea why people are working out at midnight but he’ll go and do it next to them just to flex.

Elizabeth: Probably still a waitress at the pub. Has to deal with rowdy footy fans all day with a smile on her face and she takes it like a champ. Doesn’t make the app orders late on purpose but they’ll still end up taking 2 hours to come somehow. She probably dropped the tray and had to remake it and then had to kick someone out. She needs her legally required 4 weeks paid holiday please 💔

Elaine: Primark. It’s the only job she could get and it makes her blood boil everyday. She hates the customers, she hates the cheaply made clothing. She is constantly applying to other jobs but she cannot get anywhere yet.

[sillygrossgirl]

This guy was groping his girlfriend/ possible wife cus their kids were THERE. AT ASDA. IN THE LINE. I mean like full ass grabbing kissing whispering and stuff and like whatever that's i mean a bit odd but fine right. He leaves ti bring the car around and when she's at the till waiting for her stuff to be scanned, she turns and stares at me and when i notice i look at her and smile and she just turns away with a scowl on her face. Like what🧍🏽‍♀️ why. You've just almost had sex, probably like orgasmed in asda infront of everyone and ur staring at ME?!

I have anxiety bro i probably would prefer it if ppl literally just came up to me and said hey ur ugly or hey ur outfits fucking hideous rather than wonder why ur staring at me😞

However it may have been cus my cameltoe was um very out there🧍🏽‍♀️listen i love those leggings and i have to wear them idc if the cameltoe is horrendous DONT LOOK AT MY CROTCH AREA THEN. Anyway yes this interaction which was barely an interaction deserved this essay of a post. Because why r ppl like that i dont understand. I make the conscious choice to make those around me feel comfortable, even if i think someones outfits not my taste or their hair's messy whatever i just dont express it cus.. why would i? What do i gain out of making someone self conscious

Anyway arghxhhfhffh i hope she doesn't hate me. I dont knkw her. She hates me she thinks im weird she thinks im a freak. Which is fine

[sebari-1004]

Uk supermarket tierlist because I saw a TikTok and their tierlist was simply wrong so here is mine

1. Lidl, cheap and not as crowded as Aldi. Very similar stuff but with a better overall vibe. Love Lidl <3 Get the app for shopping and get your partner in crime to get the app too but only use one of yours, every season or so they’ll hand out £5 off vouchers if you’re not a regular user of the app. The cat treats are good too. They’ve recently increased their cat food selection to have some more common brands now which is good too. Their own brand licki licks are the best bang for your buck on the market and highly worth trying for picky cats or cat meds.

2. Aldi, go there if you can’t go to Lidl. It’s too loud and crowded for me and the queues are annoying. I’m honestly not a fan. The queues remind me of primarks a Saturday. The stuff is cheap though

3. Sainsburys, go there when you’re feeling fancy ✨ genuinely though I go there once every so often for a special shopping experience. The blueberries are MASSIVE. Don’t get scammed by the garlic chives though, they’ll register as 2.25 but they’re actually £2.00. They have a decent cat food selection, a lot of fancier stuff too like Blink and scrumbles.

4. Asda, you go here when you need some specific and Aldi / Lidl don’t sell it. The vibes are fine, it’s not too crowded but it’s realll expensive for somewhere that used to be affordable, thanks for that one rishi (you don’t deserve my capital letters, you improper noun). The cat food selection here is okay but should be better. There’s not much range here but they have your classics like whiskas and felix.

5. Home bargains, SO MUCH FUN. Like fuck actually getting groceries, this is the trip of a lifetime. Don’t go there too often cause the novelty will wear off but god damn if the shit isn’t cheap and handy. Good for the occasional stroll, recommend going once every 6 months for funsies. You can go more often if you’re rich like that but we can’t afford that in this household. Limited cat food options, a lot of weirder unknown brands and paste texture cat food which hashbrown refuses to eat.

6. Morrisons is here next for sentimental value. Also breakfast was good here as a child and I like how much stuff they have. I like their cat food range but it’s not as good as Sainsburys.

7. Tesco, my fellow brits will hate me for this one but I don’t like the vibes of Tesco. The people there are just as poor as me but give off the vibe of feeling too proud to go to Lidl, like suck it up, the red bell peppers are 59p and the ones at my Lidl are huge. I weigh them sometimes for fun and they’re around 300grams, just go to Lidl. Decent selection of cat food too and they do seem to care about the price and affordability of it.

8. Green Co op, stuffs hella expensive for some reason and you can’t use the green co op card in the blue co op and vide versa which is really annoying but my sister likes going here so it’s eighth. The sweet selection is fine though.

9. Blue co op, we don’t need blue co op

10. Marks and Spencers, bomb cookies and gift stuff. Not much else, too expensive and we aren’t here living the lavish life.

Dishonourable mentions

11. Iceland, decent cakes but why go here when the range sells them too and the range is so much more fun to look through

12. Waitrose, who can afford this and why haven’t we eaten them for sustenance yet???

[celeste-i]

I hate this stupid country if I was in America and I went to Walmart looking for a multi pack of lollipops I could get a fucking bucket of them 100 count with a handle. but because I live in the limpdick nation of England I had to go to Asda and buy individual lollies 25p a piece

[rockingrobin69]

Office AU Snip 2

Draco leaned against the doorjamb, lips quirking before settling on a smile. “Harry? What are you doing here?”

He was wearing leg warmers. Thigh high, striped, yellow-green-pink. And a t-shirt, pink too. Harry blinked and blinked and blinked. “I—erm—” what was he… “The, uh, draw. The Strictly draw, we won. The last episode apparently aired last night, I don’t… never watched it.”

“Hmm.” Draco eyed the bottle in Harry’s hands, lower lip disappearing between his teeth. “And quite the prize it is. Come in, come in.”

Harry followed, still blinking so fast he could barely see.

“You’re not just coming from the office, are you?” Draco stopped to look back, shaking his head. “It’s after eight. Harry.”

“Yeah, I know, sorry, I… the Milton case, I was going over the paperwork. Everything needs to be perfect for tomorrow.”

He tsked. “Could have asked me to stay in and help.”

“No, there was no need.” His eyes were starting to water. He’s only ever seen Draco in office clothes for months, and this was—fuck, almost funny. Almost, in a nosebleed sort of way. Leg warmers? It was plenty warm in the flat. Also… a little scratchy down his throat.

“So, what kind of drink did the company splurge on?” Draco came closer, stealing what little air Harry had been able to gulp. “Asda’s own bubbly. Wow. Fancy.”

“Plastic cups, too,” Harry said mechanically, arms stretching forward. “Nothing but the best.”

Draco’s smile was so strange in here. “If you wouldn’t mind, I have some actual glasses in the kitchen. Unless you think it’d cheapen it.”

He left (and the shorts—did Harry mention the shorts, above the darned leg-warmers? Bright green and so… tight on his backside?), and Harry still wasn’t breathing properly. The lighting was soft, a little dim, making it harder to concentrate on the details. Small, blue sofa, a tiny red armchair, a bookcase. Soft-looking rug, a standing lamp in the shape of a—

“Here,” Draco was back, gentle touch on Harry’s arm. “Chin chin.”

Harry took an instinctive sip, and bravely didn’t spit it out. “Gah. I forgot I hate this stuff.”

“I have rum in the kitchen,” Draco said, trying to take the glass back. “Or a bottle of white, but it’s been open a while—how about ginger beer? Oh, I got the most marvellous gin last week, should have some lemonade left.”

“No, no, this is fine.” Harry took another valiant sip, nose scrunched. “It’s so… bubbly.”

“Give it,” Draco laughed, shaking his head. But he came nearer, and thinking was hard, because he was wearing fucking leg-warmers and—and this was all so baffling. “Harry. You’re being ridiculous.”

“Mm, so good. Tastes like victory.” Maybe if he kept it in his hands, Draco would come even closer. Try to wrestle it out of his grasp. Keep calling him ‘Harry’ like that, with the little smile. Maybe their shoulders would brush. Maybe he was losing his fucking mind.

“Fine, have it your way,” Draco rolled his eyes. “If you decide against hating yourself, there are plenty of other drinks in there.”

He made his way to the sitting area, one leg-warmed step at a time. Sat on the sofa, said leg hiking up, so he could rest his chin on a knee.

“Well? Are you going to keep standing?”

Harry could have taken the tiny armchair, but it was rather tiny, probably not the most comfortable. And Draco’s leg on the sofa, so brightly coloured. Everything was, around him. The walls were covered with photos and posters, and Harry looked and looked, not taking anything in.

“Go on then. Ask.”

A bit of a struggle, training his eyes back to Draco. “Ask what?”

“Ask about the penis lamp, Harry.”

He nearly lost his life on a sip. “What… so. That’s what that’s meant to be?”

“Blaise thought he was so funny,” he leaned back, wine sloshing in his glass, eyes wide with laughter, and Harry’s knees went a bit weak. “Got it off of gum tree, believe it or not. This guy in Aberdeen makes them out of old tyres? Naturally when he looked at it, he thought of me.”

“Naturally.” Harry’s voice came out raspy.

Draco leaned back, looking him up and down. “So, what’s the real reason you stayed at work so late?”

“Hmm?”

“Come on. We both know everything was ready for the Miltons all the way last week. What’s eating you up?”

 “Who…” Harry took a laboured breath, swallowed something sticky in his throat. “Who said there’s something—nothing’s wrong. I just needed a little time. To review some documents.”

“So you’ve said,” Draco mumbled, with a slight air of—not disappointment, but something just as bitter. Felt like being punched. “Very well, then. Drink up, Potter.”

[saturdaymournings]

Anon asked me this and I accidentally sent a private answer prematurely so I can’t answer properly I’m making a post because I feel like I owe it to them and this is a very fun question! I got asked what my favourite vegan alternatives are so I’m going to list them and what I think of them! sausages imo are literally the easiest thing to substitute and as a family (even tho I am the only vegan everyone else picks up a bit on different things I eat) we have a few different types of sausages depending on vibes. My personal faves are these:

The caramelised onion ones specifically because I’m a little weirdo. These are like the meatiest tasting fake sausage which I’ve always liked a quite meaty tasting alternative but I know a lot of people aren’t big fans. I think it might be because I went straight from eating meat to being vegan but also like duh because eating vegan is an ethics thing not a taste thing. These are best like with mash and gravy imo

These are like our all rounder. Have them with basically anything. I mostly have them with a roast dinner because I hate mushrooms and every single roast dinner specific alternative I see is like mushroom city it scares me. They have about as much meat in them as a regular Richmond sausage ie none and they’re a crowd pleaser in my family my former poultry farming grandparents eat these

These are amazing, they’re more of a lighter deal I think. We normally have these with carrots and broccoli and some fancy boiled spuds or regular ol fried spud. Crowd pleaser with my friends when they come over for tea lol my buddy still remembers these from when we were like 15 playing buzz on my ps2

I don’t eat these on their own we cut them up and put them in pasta and it’s delicious. Linda McCartney stuff is great because it feels a bit more like eating something healthy it’s all vegetable-y and shit but it still tastes amazing

for burgers I used to love the bean burgers in asda but they put the price up and I was so salty about it that now the only time I eat burgers is when I can get cheap beyond burgers

These fuckers taste like dreams to me they are my religion I live by them so long as I don’t have to pay any more than £2.50 for a pack and that’s a real stretch. Had them reduced in Sainsbury’s last week a pack for £1.19 felt pretty pleased with myself. The Asda bean burgers I still do recommend tho if you’re a beany type of person because they’re not like expensive at least last time I checked I don’t really go to Asda unless I’m buying cider lollies lol

Bacon alternatives I’m gonna get real with you. This shit does not taste like bacon. This shit will never taste like bacon. Luckily because it’s not a dead pig I don’t really give a shit what it tastes like so we’re balling. It’s just like something fancy to put in a sandwich as a treat when I’m having lunch at home

These are my two bacon alternatives that I’ll go for. I’d say they’re the same in terms of quality and taste and all that but I prefer la vie purely because their vegan ham packets can be cut up and turned into a 3d sunglasses wearing pig. I appreciate that way too much I will not lie I am easily deceived by packaging I bulk buy minor figures oat milk when it’s cheap just because I like the lady in the duck costume on the front lmaoooo

these ones the only thing they have in common is I put them in pitta breads. I put the other stuff in categories and now I feel obligated to lol

this also goes in pastas for us, in fact it does for the most part. It can be pricey here and difficult to find basically anywhere but it’s so worth it I love this stuff. It’s also used in that pans place in Spain and when I went there and had their vegan baguette it fucked so hard. I miss pans we need that shit here

I literally just got a Tesco order with four packets of this shit on it because I love putting it in a pitta bread with avocado. Such an insanely delicious and cheap meal to put this stuff in a wholemeal pitta bread with some avocado and vegan mayo. I could actually cry just thinking about it. I’m attaching a picture below

Freezer food is generally easy. I try not to live off of it now because it makes me feel like shit so I’ve swapped the potato stars (or whatever shape I’m eating that week because only basic bitches eat chips) for savoury rice which feels better lol. These are still so amazing though and next week when Lidl gets the vegan shit in I’m going to buy enough nuggets to last me until next veganuary

THESE ARE THW BEST NUGGETS. HANDS DOWN. I dont care about any of the fancy nuggets these own my heart. The only thing I have ever disliked about them is the weird sweet chilli dip that comes with them like nobody eats that and it looks so weird when you just have a frozen McDonald’s style pack of dip hanging about??? But oh my god my beloveds nothing else matters to me

These are just fun I would recommend anything from fry’s really they haven’t had any flops yet from what I’ve tried

and lastly I have a couple wild cards

Juicy marbles will always fuck so hard literally taste amazing unfortunately they will also always be £9 a box unless you get them on a fancy Valentine’s Day meal deal or something. To be fair tho the meat equivalent costs like the same

And these are my second roast dinner alternative they take ages to cook ask if you let your dad cook them he will give you it with a bottom that is still made of whole ass dough and you’ll eat it out of politeness what do you mean this isn’t hyper specific. They’re worth it though if you ask me they’re not for everyone but I love them

thanks for asking though anon this makes me so happy!!!! I hope this helped out. If you need any specifics in terms of recommendations or info I’ll be glad to give it!!!! :)))))))

[theauthor27]

McDonalds fucking sucks it's so bland and boring and gross I hate it it's terrible people have the gaul to shit on Burger King when McDonalds is a complete nothing burger literally their burgers taste of literally nothing it's so fucking shit and terrible I hate it so much "ohh but they want to to taste the same everywhere" fuck you I get better chicken nuggets in a microwavable box from ASDA you know fucking nothing eating your ShitDonalds and crapping on Burger King for having something you could never dream of eating.

Flavour.

Now get lost.

What?

[kyogos]

Top 5 UK cities

Difficult because I am nothing if not a hater. Also I am very not travelled so this sure is going to be a weird list

St Albans, 100% because I have spent more hours than I care to count loitering in their carparks and parks. Not along I should add, with friends

Southend-on-Sea, for giving me the greatest photo of my dad to ever exist

Manchester, if only because of sporting loyalties. Im sure its lovely but I also don't overly care for it.

Exeter, very pretty in places but its also its in south Devon so fuck that but I have been there and Im desperate for this list

Milton Keynes, because as soulless and shit as it is it has a banging Asda and an Ikea right next to it which might actually be classed as Bletchley but I don't care. It was this or Brighton and I hate that place.

Honourable mention to London where I once maybe possibly had the police called on me. And Leicester which sucks massive balls, my condolences to anyone who lives there

~ Ask me my Top 5 anything ~

[lynnbutlertron]

wanna go to an asda that has a mcdonalds in it on a cool bus with me or do u fucking hate me and want me to die

I want one of those things

[kierancampire]

Some positive changes

Mum and Paul took 2 bags of frozen food for their freezer, so I have those 2 bags. They also gave me these incredibly bright light things and 2 phone banks, so hopefully they should last all of a Sunday, so I have light and a way to charge my phone later tonight/tomorrow. I also got a ton of things downloaded onto my phone, so I can watch things without destroying my data. I think Paul can take me to McDonald's or something later, so it will save me paying delivery fees and service charge, so that's food for tonight

Asda do a hot food counter, it is limited and you gotta be quick, so I may go there tomorrow and hope I can get stuff, that'll be lunch and dinner, dinner will be cold but it's better than no dinner. I'm gonna take back a flask of hot water today, so least I can have an evening cup of tea, shame it won't last till the morning

This hurts me as I hate waste, but I am having to get rid of a ton of things from my freezer and some fridge items. I think tomorrow I'm just gonna use the excuse to clean, I can't hoover but I'll do what I can, might as well clean the fridge and freezer since it'll be empty and powered off. Able to cook lunch today at mums with food I brought over, so saved some money there

Honestly I woulda been truly fucked without mum and Paul, all my food would be gone, no way to charge my phone, no light, nothing, they have helped ease this process a lot. Still can't bathe, I'm missing gym days, hard to track/control my diet. Hopefully Axis can sort this as early as possible on Monday, they've said it is put through as an urgent repair for then, just hoping I don't gotta wait a few more days for parts or whatever. It still fucking sucks royally, but it isn't looking as bad as it was last night, being able to bathe finally will be heaven, I thought of using the gym showers but I just am not at that level yet

[lifenconcepts]

@sleepywasp Love this suggestion! Although I have no need to go elsewhere due to already doing this but I was very happy to brainstorm on all the stores.

Okay here goes: NOTEBOOKS!

TKmax: 6/10, it has some goodies but they are way too sporadic with what they sell in their special aisle and usually is quite pricey but they have some good designs!

My favourite store (won’t say the name~): 10/10 has incredible sizes (a4, my favourite) and for very cheap! Only £2/£3 for one.

WHSmith - 0/10. Fucking shit. I would destroy it if I could. Cheap materials, large spaces between lines, basic ass covers, and more expensive than snacks, if you can’t tell I have PERSONAL BEEF with this one.

That random store with the red name nexto it: 2/10. Not much better but I guess they have good quality so it’s worth it.

Poundland: 8/10. Quite good and usually my go-to if I’m a bit desperate as they don’t really have my preferance in size/style and at times they don’t even restock for ages! Still, very nice. Only a couple of pounds. Can also buy sketchbooks there for it.

Temporary markets/festivals: 5/10 lots of pretty and handmade things there but they rarely sell notebooks so that’s kinda a bummer.

Wilko: 7/10, bit iffy with this one but the price is very good for the amount of pages! But you wouldn’t freaking believe this but my local one SHUT DOWN and I’m heart broken over it cuz it was so lovely.

Thrift stores and/or card/birthday supply stores: 2/10. Would barely even go here if utterly desperate. Their prices are ludicrous and I get that it’s helping the business and what not and they’re custom made but what the fuckimg shit, it barely is the size of my palm and you want TEN BUCKS for it???? I only put it so high because the covers are so damn adorable and I couldn’t help but get a cute doggy one if you want I can post a picture of it.

School fairs and/or stealing/asking kindly from schools or academies: 5/10 bit risky but sometimes you can get one very nice and for free. Bit small I may add but if you don’t write a lot it’s a good option.

Asda: 9/10 Very nice I must add. Good, cheap, and I love looking there. hobby crafts: 2/10 absolute shit it’s meant to be for art supplies but AUGH it’s awful

staples: 4/10 pricey but I wanted that classical American high school book

Costco: 3/10 Basically the same pricing as anywhere else just in bulk???

museum/art gallery/zoo: 1/10 what the fuck man, but sometimes can be pretty🙃

FREEBIE WITH ANY JOB: 1000/10 I LOVE YOU OH I LOVE YOU I ADORE ANY MANAGMENT THAT GIVES ME FREE PENS AND NOTEBOOKS AAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

eBay: 4/10 eh won’t recommend

Amazon: 3/10 won’t recommend

aliexpress: 6/10 won’t recommend but it’s okay

Temu: -infinity/10 hope this business rots I hate their practices

McDonald’s: 0/10 not worth it

Target: 3/10 not that good tbf

Random corner storeTM: 5/10 only if I’m desperate AF

[megamangx]

Dennis the menace fights for britian values

this is base on uk what witch was the only good noone never not seen the united states one so astop asking,

DENNUS THE MENACE FIGHTS FOR BRITIAN VALUES

Dennis the menace and Gnaster where in the menace mobile driving down the britian streets when he saw walter the softy outside the the asda "I HATE SOFTYS THEY ARE DEGENERATE AND MAKE BRITIAN WEAK!" dennis got out of the menace mobile and hit walter the softy with a tire iron "you fucking weak sofety british is a nation of the strong A COUNTRY FOR BULLIES NOT YOUR KIND!" he said and smashed walters knee caps with the iron.

"please i just want to exist with peace " walten said and denis his him some more and he was in pain "you should not have come here why did you not be more manly be a bully like me then you could fit in with britians values" Denis kicked him.

Kier starmer was behind him "good job dennis we need to put there kind in there place now finish him off DO IT DO IT!" he ordered and Dennis killed Walter the softy and laughed.

dennis was gived a knighthood for his deeds of protec ting the england values and made head bully for the county but deep down he was hanuted by the dark deems he had did and wandered had britens ideals been that good or was it was broke country that enforce miserable pain and unhapopy on its people

he had a cigarete and looked at night sky "I'll always be menace i can not change what i am" dennis said and gotted in the menace mobile to find new victim.

the end

authors note this was the bad ending and we must fight for good and not let this be future

[runveganwankerrun]

Sun 13th Nov '22

I debated not running when I woke this morning. I'd the alarm and my mind set, yet I still waivered initially. I woke before the alarm though and as I sat on the loo, I just pulled on my big girl pants, literally and figuratively, and stopped thinking about the fact that I feel fat and hate being seen out on the roads at the minute. When I'm more svelt, I quite like people I know to see me, but not so right now.

No excuces though. It was before 9am, so the roads weren't busy. I only had to do a few k if I fancied it, no pressure. I picked a pair of shorts and a tee shirt that I didn't feel too fat in, stuck on

and went out the door. I'm pretty fucking chuffed that I made myself go. It meant that I was sitting down to a coffee and food, showered and smug, before 10am.

The run. The run was no fucking fun. I still hate nearly every fucking step when I'm alone. I still question my ability to run further and even more, my desire to get better. I've paid for Manchester, but I wonder how much of a waste of money it is. I have a few weeks left before I really need to tell TGG. A few weeks to build base fitness and stick to a basic programme before looking into flights and a hotel. I wonder what TGG will say. He's supportive of all I do. If I tell him I'm determined, he'll definitely be in my corner. He'll also be fully behind me playing it close to my chest. I don't think I'll say to anyone till a lot closer to the time, when I'll tell the other chaps from club who are entered. There are four blokes now. I will book us a hotel independent of them though, so we're not cramping their style. Till then, if anyone notices my mileage increase, I'll just let them think I'm considering the Belfast marathon, as loads of the club will do it. There's already talk of relay teams, as well as individual entries. It will be a believable story.

I had my instruction from earlier in the week to remind Coach today if I wanted a training plan, so I PMed him and told him briefly about my running this week. I apologised in advance for all the times I will complain in the future that I hate running and am shit at it and said I was grateful for any help he could give. He gave me the first week's plan, said it was twenty-three weeks to Manchester, so the first few weeks were to give me something to build from before "the fun starts." Doesn't that sound good? Not! :-) But it felt good to have something solid to aim for this week, despite the fear of failure. If I keep things in perspective, the fear fades. Bite size pieces, that's the way to think of marathon training. Take this week for instance. Five runs, all at easy, or "easy peasy" pace. No speed work yet, just km in the bank and time on my feet. My longest session is four miles easy, later in the week. I already plan to do that with Sonic on Friday morning.

I can't deny, I'm feeling positive. I had another good food day, another weekend day when I did not eat shit in front ot the telly. TGG and I had a light dander to ASDA, the long way,

did not buy sweets (grapes instead) and I made a savoury bulgar wheat risotto type thing for dinner. Breakfast had been leftover stew from the other day. Lovely and protieny after a run. I had some of yesterday's soup for lunch, then the bulgar wheat for tea. I am delighted with myself.

I do not know what my weight will be like in the morning for the Monday morning weigh in, but if it's not as good as I'd like, it won't be for want of trying and any possible unfavouable result will be because I'm surfing the crimson tide as of last night and not because I ate unhealthily.

150g bulgar wheat

200g chopped onion

100g broad beans

100g frozen sweetcorn

garlic salt

onion salt

garlic granuales

onion granuales

nutritional yeast

Put bulgar wheat and onions in a sauce pan with enough boiling water to cover them, bring to the boil, then bring down to simmer gently. The bulgar wheat will take approx fifteen minutes to cook, but will likely take longer in this case because we add the frozen veg immediately after. Add about half a teaspoon of the garlic and onion granuales and salts. Start with less of the salts, but I think once you add more water to keep the bulgar wheat moist, it will need the salt for flavour. Add enough water that the bulgar doesn't boil dry, but doesn't go too sloppy. Once tender and the broad beans and sweetcorn are cooked, add about three tablespoons of nutritional yeast. This makes it lovely and cheesy. This is two potions, at about 550 cals each. Delish! It's proper stodgey, stick to your ribs, Winter fare. Obviously I ate both portions.

[youcant-bemygirl]

Today has felt easier at work, but just because we were back to full reception staff, after holidays etc. On my way home I went and sorted my prescriptions out at the doctors, which I've been putting off for weeks meaning I ran out of preventor inhaler like 2 weeks ago and so I bit the bullet. I just hate having to go into the doctors because it makes me really anxious. It's like I think they're just gonna diagnose me from the reception and tell me I'm dying so I avoid it as much as possible. I'm gonna take a dress back to asda now and get some jacket potatoes for tea and some ingredients for pumpkin soup because I bought a big fuck off pumpkin from the nation trust place we went to this weekend!

[shugthedug]

if only people could find the same outrage for the dwp declaring literal dead people as fit to work as they can for the government telling Fatima the fictional ballerina that when she ages out of her chosen profession a rewarding career awaits her in the digital economy if she so chooses :(