So apparently I didn’t post to say that I was going away just before I went, as I was completely sure I had done - ooops. I have been back since Saturday but was too busy over the weekend to blog, and then I have been sick since, I don’t know what’s been wrong with me but it has not been fun - but I am just happy that it happened after my holiday and not during it, that would have sucked and been ‘just my luck’.

So, hellloooooo…I am back from Wales, and I had a fully lovely time.

It was sunny and hot the first few days and Gav and I both got sunburnt, ooops - I don’t think either of us are used to being out in the sun like we were, we’re both pretty anti heat. We went on a boat trip and saw lots of seals, dolphins*, birds and caverns and the like, we had ice cream and fish and chips, we sat on the beach, got attacked by evil beastly seagulls, had a paddle in the sea, I got some lovely earrings and a bowl, the place we stayed was basic but nice and clean**, we were in a great location - 10 seconds straight forward to the town centre, 30 seconds left to the harbour and south beach and 30 seconds right to the north beach and promenade, we watched a Welsh male choir, we drank in a pub that was a boat and there was the most wonderful mirror in the flat that made me look about a foot taller and a stone thinner - I wanted to steal it so much. I partook in my very first alcoholic beverage for over a year and a half, a pint and a half of cider and black…I didn’t think it had made me drunk, I was expecting to feel plastered…yet when we got back to the flat I munched on some toast and then passed out fully clothed, so maybe I was a little drunk hehe. Can’t wait to go back.

I have uploaded 80+ pictures to my Facebook account so be sure to hit that up if we are friends over there, if not here’s a few to whet your whistle.

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I have spent the last few days going threw my wardrobe, in preparation for my upcoming holiday, I tried on every single item - including all of my underwear - and got rid of every thing that is now too big for me and here’s what I am left with:

I showed that picture to Gav, he said that it looked like a lot to him Men, huh? I am sure the females reading this post can sympathise more. That is my entire wardrobe, the only things not in it are my 2 coats and my dressing gown. Pants, skirts, tee shirts and fleeces/jackets - that’s the lot. Those on the left titled ‘no good’ either almost fit me so are being kept around in the hopes they soon will fit me, or are stuff that fits but isn’t suitable to actually wear in public for whatever reason.

I need more clothes.

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Well, I didn’t do a very good job at Twitter Thursday yesterday did I? What can I say, I ended up having things to do most of the day, didn’t get much sleep the night before and was therefore useless - it’s what happens to us old people, we tire easily heh.

As you may have seen me mention, I went shopping - I had been looking forward to going for ages because I seriously need some new clothes, trousers especially, having lost 3 and a half stone over the last year or so I am sure you can imagine…and we are going on holiday in 2 weeks so I wanted some stuff for that…comfy shoes, ‘crocs’, some nice going outty tops, some new gym clothes, some jeans, some combats and any thing else that took my fancy…went out with a big wad of cash and a plan to spend it.

I don’t know what happened, but I came back with an anniversary card for Gavin (5 years together on June 6th), a 30th birthday card for my brother and a fathers day card for my dad, one pair of crop joggers (in brown and pink, £3 in the sale) and 1 pair of bootcut jeans (light blue, £7 in sale). We were shopping for 4 hours and I feel like we only went in about 4 shops, in fact we did only go in about 4 shops…MK One, New Look, Jonathan James and Peacocks…MK One depressed me because the clothes I tried on in my new size didn’t fit - I started freaking out thinking how can that be and I almost went home there and then - then we went in New Look and thankfully their sizes are much more realistic, tried on about 6 pairs of jeans and several combats but none of them were working for me - I think I have lost a disproportionate amount of weight off my bum or something, because they would fit me in the waist but be hanging off my bum/thighs - it makes sense because my main exercise method is the elliptical, but it’s annoying - I am gonna have to look into switching it up. Then we went into Jonathan James (shoe shop) and they had some great black and pink sketchers trainers that would have been ideal for comfy walkingness, and only £10.99, but they only had 1 size 5 and the back of it was all bashed in and uncomfortable I also tried on some of the cheap crocs, but even the size 3s were ginormous on me - I tried on some kids ones instead and they fit much better, so I was going to buy those but realised that they were broken also - good shop, not. Thhheeeeen finally, we headed to Peacocks - this was the main shop I wanted to go in and I knew I’d be able to get some stuff there, so wasn’t happy to realise it was 5.10 (shops shut at 5.30) - had to literally dive in, pick up a load of jeans from the racks and dive into the changing rooms, rushed through trying them all on and thought the one pair of jeans was OK and decided to go for them…there’s nothing special about em, just bog standard jeans that make my bum look good, but I have not tried them on again or anything yet…bet I find something I don’t like about them…the crop joggers were something I just saw on the sale rack as walking to the checkout, but those were a great spot…I might even wear them for normal, not just gyming! I feel like if I had had more time in Peacocks I could have got plenty of stuff.

So, basically…after that long and I am sure uninteresting post….shopping trip was a bit of a disaster and I still don’t have any thing to wear. Gah.

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I am going to cheat this Wordless Wednesday and include words, gasp. The reason I am posting this as my picture today, is because I am considering buying some…I need comfy shoes for walking and would like to get some before I go on holiday, but my question is do they need to be actual brand name Crocs or will any version do? They sell identical looking ones in town for like £3 a pair, would those be wonderfully comfortable because it’s the design and style that makes them…or would they be worthless rubbish and I need to buy better quality more expensive ones?

Advise appreciated

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I was thrilled when I logged into Entrecard last night and noticed the word ‘Switch’ up by my account info:

They have finally added the feature that allows you to have more than one blog on one account, or better still link other existing accounts to one main account. I personally have 4 sites already on entrecard and I can’t even begin to explain to you how much of a pain it was having to log in and out all the time - now all I have to do is click on switch and I can select any of my accounts, hurrah. Kudos EntreCard.

In addition they have also just released an eBook, it offers advice on how to use the basics of entrecard as well as tips for more advanced users to get the best they possible can out of the system, you can download it here. I am going to have a read of it when I get the chance, because honestly - since they changed the way the site works I have not been using it as much, my old system used to be to buy as many 2ec ads as I could, now that the minimum is around 16ecs I have to actually put effort into finding ones I think might be worth the credits etc - so any help I can get to get fully back into using EntreCard is great stuff for me

ps. Deskcam is still running.

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