I seem to be having some reoccurring bad luck lately which is this: I run into our local (very, very small) convenience store in search of a maximum of three things at any given time, crisps, fish fingers or feta cheese. This specific shop has around three aisles, four if you include where the till is, and a frozen section the size of our washing machine. So, there I am, three things in hand, or maybe two or maybe one and I'm in the queue leaning on my heels as I suck in the air on the inside of my mask.
I take my time to do some careful mental gymnastics, calculating how long I have left of my lunch break vs how many minutes the fish fingers are going to take to cook. I'm going to be out of here in no time. Then, in a state of mild panic, I watch the customer in front of me slide an overflowing basket across the counter as the contents squeezes against the perspex divider. The supermarket employee then starts bagging the items as fast as she can as a significant line forms behind me. I turn to look at the queue and there's a girl struggling with a very large bottle of water, I didn't even know they sold them in here, do they? How Interesting. Sweat is beginning to accumulate on my forehead and I'm two Taylor Swift songs deep without having moved anywhere.
I blame myself, and poor timing, my bastard impatience, and shit luck.
1. Met up with Em today to get very soggy hot chocolates in the rain.
2. Our landlord stopped by last weekend and dropped off a few Christmas goodies for us, which included this mistletoe and eucalyptus candle and it apparently smells like a brisk winter morning walk. Not sure on that one.
3. Sky over London showing off.
4. Very Intense Christmas decorations that left me wondering how the occupiers enter their home.
5. Here is a picture of me xo
Closed tabs of the week:
Something about the Sims 4 update. Estrid razors. How to stop spiralling. Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas special. Uniqlo website. Mint tea. Mall Grab. Ordering tracking for three different things. Eytys Halo black leather trainers. Here's the right way to approach your gym crush (lol). Dubarry boots.
Skincare update:
Hormonal problems aside my skin is looking a lot, lot better and Emily even told me today that I looked like I was glowing! I stopped wearing foundation about a year ago so when I get a super bad pimple I find it really distracting BUT in the past week I have noticed such an improvement in my skin which is a huge relief for my confidence.
NEARLY CHRISTMAS, I am absolutely shattered, what a year.
Lauren xo
I had an unexpected double trip to the dentist in the week which was as expensive, as annoying and as painful as it sounds. I blame my longstanding sweet tooth that has guided me nowhere but to misery. Still, at 25, I will go to Tesco, do an armful of grocery shopping, and with my one spare finger, scoop up a bag of Strawbs on my way to the till. It's embarrassing and I've decided to go cold turkey on sugar...
As last week's weekly round-up was so shambolic, I tried to make a real effort this week to capture more content so here we go.
1. I had my haircut waaaaay back in August and now it's started to get rather long. It's actually caught in that weird 'it's not short, it's not long' phase, which means it'll tie back nicely but unfortunately still looks a bit like a mushroom when it's down. (I'm growing it out by the way).
2. I'm making leaps and bounds in the skincare department having now fully committed myself to an extensive morning and night routine. Salicylic acid every other day before bed, CeraVe every day, twice a day, morning and night, SPF every morning after moisturiser and a star face spot patch when there's a pesky little lump on my face.
3. Me to myself when I don't leave enough time in to have a morning walk.
4. The sunsets in London, when it's not pissing it down, have been amazing recently!
5. Urgh okay - I went to the gym last night and then came straight home to a half-prepared chicken pie which meant leftover pastry for me to make this incredible chocolate twist with. Long story short I left it in the oven for too long and fucked it.
6. An unsuccessful Christmas Tree shopping excursion.
Other bits:
So we're fully into December now, how's that happened?!
Closed tabs:
How many times a day should you floss? Will a two-week vacation ruin all your gym progress? Tracking a parcel with Hermes. Frizzy hair winter (but in my lack of time I typed frozzy haor winter in the hopes that Google would understand). Cheek biting: causes, symptoms and treatments (yes, yes I did get fitted for a nightguard). Mood changes before a migraine (bad headaches starting to creep in again). A picture of Shania Twain because my dentist said I looked like her. If I have fine hair, how many times a week should I wash it? All in one long johns (I'm cold okay?!) Sore after sitting? Try these three stretches.
UNTIL NEXT WEEK, stay safe,
Lauren xo
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