Day 144… possibly

This keeping up with what day I’m on is really difficult!

January was a bit of a crappy month to be honest but he ended well so hopefully that’s a sign for the year ahead.

I have a bit of a secret which might help with tasks No. 7 (sandcastle), No. 16 (jump into swimming pool), No. 17 (paddle in the sea), No. 22 (song lyric in the sand), No. 27 (fabulous spa), No. 31 (bikini wax), No. 36 (new cocktails), No. 44 (new foods), No. 60 (visit outside Europe), No. 71 (visit new beaches), No. 79 (travel on a boat) and No. 82 (travel on a plane). And maybe more (probably scuppering any chance of No. 101 in the process)

More to be revealed soon, hopefully!

Day 123 (easy as A, B, C…)

Hey kittens. Not much happening with me other than I’m a bit down with one thing and another but am still trying to keep this going

No. 29
This just isn’t going well so I officially started the “diet” last Monday. I have a new mini target – T10.5. My mission is to lose enough weight to be 10.5 stone which means losing more weigh than I’d have hoped actually. It wasn’t that long ago I weighed 10.5 stone. Anyhoo, first weigh in yesterday I lost 1 pound. Not great but then my weight lags a bit so I could have been facing a gain considering how much I had eaten up until last Monday!

No. 33
At the risk of this turning into a false eyelash blog I have been playing about with them again and having some fun with these 99p ones from B&M. They aren’t the best quality and are a bit fiddly but not bad in times of recession!

No. 54
I withdrew my application for this. Circumstances mean it wasn’t practical and I needed the money for bills and got the refund just in time. Maybe next year?

No. 99
The selling on eBay has went brilliantly.

I have sold:
4 – A blouse/2dresses/a pair of unworn shoes (already noted)
1 unworn Halloween wig
1 pair unworn jeans
4 pairs of tights
2 faulty phones
1 pair of unworn grey platform shoes
2 primark dresses (1 unworn)
2 men’s boots unworn
1 KG boots unworn
1 men’s shirt
1 DP dress unworn
1 pair men’s wedding socks unworn

Which has raised [drum rolllllllllllllllllll] over £500. Unfortunately bills have had to be paid with it and I haven’t been able to treat myself or anything but needs must and at least I’m a bit more free of the clutter!

Task done (and I will continue decluttering this way!)

Day 115

Goodness only knows what day number I’m on but roughly 115!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.

No. 33
I am a total false eyelash addict at the minute! I wore some on Boxing Night and New Years Eve. I love my NYE ones very, very much (Illamasqua rock my socks )

Eyelure lashes

Illamasqua lashes (green streaked ones mmmm)

No. 45
I tried a Chicken Tikka Chilli Masala – going from the usual 1 star on the hotness scale to 3. It was too much. Yummy but spicy. Too spicy.

No. 82
I forgot about this one – I went to Manchester with friends to see a friend in November so can mark this one off – well 2 bits anyway!

No. 83
We went to see Avatar in 3D on one of the preview nights. It was nowhere near as crap as expected and Sam Worthington is g.o.r.g.e.o.u.s.

Day 97 – Christmas is coming…

And JC is getting fat… This diet malarky is going terribly and doesn’t bode well for me feeling fabulous if/when I go out over the festive season. Today I am sitting at my desk starving with hunger. I’ve had a small innocent smoothie and a crunchie bar. I’m off to the cinema tonight where no doubt the temptation of more chocolatey goodness will be too much. I am doomed amn’t I?

No. 29 will have to wait until 2010

No. 36
I tried another new cocktail last week. A “blushing lady” I was myself considering how drunk it helped to get me.

The shame!

No. 42
I bought a woolly purple/blue hat in Asda (with matching scarf) which may be worn tonight for my cinema trip… TBC

No. 77
We took niece and nephew to the Zoo last weekend to see Santa. It all went well though was pretty tiring! Pizza Hut for tea which was yum (this may be why No. 29 is going so badly…)

No. 83
Hopefully will tick one of these off after tonight – Avatar [yawn]

Hopefully I will be back before Christmas but just in case… Merry Christmas xxxx

Day 83 – I think!

These days are going in so quickly I can hardly keep up! I’ve sent quite a few postcrossing cards now and am getting quite into it. I received a fantastic card the other day from a girl in Helsinki – she sent me a shoe themed card with a shoe stamp – how fab is that?!

No. 33
The false eyelashes were in force again this weekend! I’m getting my fringe trimmed tomorrow so I can make the most of them I think!

Top tips
1. Look down at the mirror when fixing them
2. Put them over make up – no mascara on afterwards though maybe a little eyeliner to blend them in
3. Use tweezers to bad them bown onto your eyelid

No. 34
I’m getting more used to my teeth and am definitely getting them out more as ’twere for photos. Hopefully I can avoid the cost of braces then!

No. 62
I spent the weekend in Manchester which was lovely! I had a cocktail during my trip but can’t remember the name so can’t mark it off my task list really…

No. 67
I uploaded a couple of holiday videos to YouTube a few weeks ago that I’d forgotten about so can mark 2 off here.

Day 73

No. 36
So in relation to No. 61 I tried four new cocktails on Friday night. I tried:

Basil Grande
A living classic – Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur and Grand Marnier shaken with fresh strawberries, cranberry juice, fresh basil and black pepper

Long Vodka
A double shot of Ketel One Vodka combines sublimely with fresh lime, sugar syrup and lemonade in an Angostura rinsed glass to create this true classic

Lemon Tart
A gloriously crisp and refreshing drink combining Ketel One Citroen Vodka, Old Fashioned Bitters, fresh lemon and sugar

Ciroc Sling
A refreshingly long drink with Ciroc Super Premium Vodka, Cointreau, fresh ginger, Seville orange marmalade, pressed apple, sugar and lime

All of them were gorgeous, I have a couple of photos somewhere I will upload soon!

No. 61
I met up with four internet weirdies on Friday, only one of whom I’d met very briefly a long time ago. We had a lovely meal and then went for drinks and I had a really great time and I might even be able to mark of part of No. 64

Day 60 – Trying to Keep Up!

I’m such a nobber, I forgot a few tasks I had done but not ticked off!

On Halloween I not only got dressed in fancy dress but also…

No. 33
Wore false eyelashes which I customised the edges of with red Illamasqua red glitter nail polish…

http://www.illamasqua.com/store/category/nails/nail_varnish/ UNTOLD

No. 40
I bought the House of Holland Mock Stocking tights and wore them as part of my fancy dress costume so maybe it doesn’t count. I loved them though and intended wearing them again but laddered them! Drunken piggy backs are NOT a good idea kids! They appear to be available again though thank goodness so will buy another pair (or 2 or 3 or 4 or…)

Day 59…

Hi All, I hope you are all well and any of you doing your own 101 task are getting on well. I’ve had a bit of a hard few days but things seem a bit better now so I’m going to try and look on the bright side!

No. 75
A few weeks ago we ate in a local Jury’s which wasn’t the height of excitement but we hadn’t eaten there before. Also we ate in GBK a week or so later which hopefully will be involved in No.61 and/or No. 64 in the next couple of weeks!

No. 101
If I get paid this week (recession bitten fingers crossed) I will hopefully pay off and cancel one credit card. It is fairly tiny and very much a small drop in a large ocean but I really need to get into the debt reducing way of thinking.

Day 55 – It’s all about meeeee

No. 8
Halloween or Halo-ween has been and gone and I got dressed up in fancy dress. So did my husband and his friends so they stole my thunder somewhat but I did it and will hopefully be doing the same next year!

No. 22
Here’s my green dyed dress/top. I’ve been wearing it lots and got a few compliments on it. Dylon rocks!

Day 48

No. 8
Tomorrow is the big day! My outfit is almost ready. My husband has also ordered a costume so fingers crossed it will be here in time…

No. 12
I’ve been wearing my dyed green dress most of this week to work, will upload some photos of it soon!

No. 88
My mum asked me to bake her a cake for her visitors later and here is the finished article

While I was at it I did some buns/cupcakes too…