Hump Day

Hump Day. It just doesn’t sound right, does it?

I’ve decided to embrace pants. The only reason being that I have no need to shave my legs, as its not like I have anybody to share the bed with and slice their legs open if my hairy buggers touch them.

If you have read this blog before, you probably know that I prefer dresses and skirts, but these Zara pants aren’t too bad. Once you get over the shame of wearing pants that were intended to be worn as cropped pants on normal size people, that is.

I’ve paired them with a Target top and Tony Bianco wedges. For some reason all of those shoes that I bought on super bargain status are feeling quite snug, even though I tried them on and walked around the store without pain. Must break them in and suffer in silence.

Edited to add: You can buy the top HERE on the Target website. Who knew they had online shopping??

Chicken drumsticks, anyone?

I am slowly getting through the Essie polishes and then I will move on to my new China Glaze polishes that arrived on Monday. Luckily I have nothing better to do with my time.

I’ve had to keep my nails relatively short (for me) as they break at boxing. Not pretty.

Essie - Escapades. 

I feel like it is more of a coral/red rather than a traditional red. It also does not have as much coverage as I normally like. I’ll live though.

After boxing on Monday I wandered into Big W, aimlessly killing time before going home and stumbled across this storage/tackle box in the mechanics section, for the whopping, debt inducing price of $9.

That’s right. $9. Bargain! It has successfully fit 67 of my nail polishes into it, and the older crappier ones can stay in their shoe box.

I’m going to need another tub as The Husband has strict instructions on not to return to Australia without a haul.

I had some new business cards made up as people have been asking if I have any when the fact that I have a blog comes up. I am way too embarrassed to offer this information up to anybody as it feels really lame, but if somebody asks if I have a hobby I guess I can say blogging. Does anybody else with a blog feel like it is lame to say it?

People just assume that everyone with a blog is a narcissistic weirdo. The weirdo part may be true of me, but I’m undecided on whether or not I am a narcissist.

I didn’t want to put my last name on the card, as I already have enough people googling “What is Domestic Divinity’s last name” “Where does Domestic Divinity live” “How much does Domestic Divinity earn” “What does Domestic Divinity’s husband earn” etc etc.  If you want to find this stuff out I might as well make you work for it, no need to just hand it over and put it on a business card.

My Lite n Easy arrived at 7:10am on Tuesday morning, a welcome change to when it was delivered at 5am the previous times, and I stumbled down, bleary eyed in my pajamas ready to scare the delivery driver only to discover that he had just left it on the letterboxes. Lucky nobody else was hungry.

Is anyone interested in a day by day run down on the food and what I thought of it? 

If so, here is day 1:

Breakfast: I eat my own porridge in the morning as I hate the LNE breakfasts, unless it is just a muffin with jam.

Morning Tea: Cinnamon & Nut bar – pretty good, I was craving something sweet so this hit the spot. 

Lunch: Beef Nachos with melted cheese and fresh salsa – Delicious!!! Smelt so good when the beef was cooking in the microwave that my tummy was going insane. Not enough corn chips though.

There was a slight ‘tang’ to the salsa but I cant work out what it was. I’m not really that full after eating it unfortunately.

Afternoon Snack: Diced peaches in juice – standard. Still starving though. 

Non-LNE Snacks (woops): Strawberry dipped in chocolate and a slice of cheesecake. What can I say, I was bloody hungry.

Dinner: Macaroni & Cheese – I don’t know what I continue to order this as I don’t even like it that much. Quite heavy and gluggy. The 3 tomatoes on top taste terrible. Too cheesy, but I suppose the title should have warned me. 

Night time snack: Banana & Apple Bread – This was from Day 3’s lunch option but I was still hungry so had to nosh on something.

Last time it took me a few days to get used to the food amounts during the day, but dinner is usually pretty filling. 

I’ll keep you updated. As I am doing LNE purely for convenience, I am not too fussed about eating foods that aren’t included. If I was doing it for weight loss I would definitely be more strict.

For reference, I am on the 1200 calories meal plan.

I'm going to have to get some normal food anyway as my niece is staying with me for the weekend.  Can hardly put her on LNE now, can I. 

In other more exciting news, I have an amazing give away coming up shortly from The Make Up Box Shop!! Stay tuned and get excited. 

Tuesday

Headed out to dinner with Cristina (more commonly know as XXX-Tina) last night, and went back to our old haunt Café Greco on Chapel St. We didn’t do chapz lapz though because we have grown out of that…

I decided that if I was going to break the Lite n Easy diet, I might as well break it properly.

 I had this gigantor chicken parma and we shared the Gourmet Tomato pizza. I managed to polish of the parma (leaving the chips) and ate half the pizza. The waiter felt it necessary to tell us that “you did really well” when he cleared our plates.

This pizza is so amazing. I love cheese so much.

Afterwards I was on the train, rubbing my bloated belly and thinking that it was totally worth it and that the cheese coma would end eventually.

I've been wearing my hair with a side part more often these days, definetly softer.

I finally booked our fiji accom today, and used some of the hotels that were suggested in the comments.

20 Days To Go. Cannot freaking come soon enough. Am waiting for the results of my blood test to come back, but I have a feeling that a relaxing holiday is just what the doc is going to order.

Frocktober Day 5 & Food Stuff

Tonight it is Jo’s hens night/evening tea thingomagum! Very exciting.

My MIL made these delicious cakes and pastries for me to take along, and they are sitting under my desk in a box and every now and then the delicious aroma wafts over to me and I rip open the lid and eat some. Their nutella goodness wins every time.

 Did I mention that I am on Lite n Easy again? I love Lite n Easy. I don’t know why. I just love it.

I suppose because I am a lazy human being. The Husband is away in Sydney/Bendigo/Ballarat and other places a fair bit this month so thought I might as well do it, and I haven’t been eating very well lately. Nah, its because I am lazy.

 L n E Chicken Pizza

 L n E Chicken Schnitzel. I can't believe how yum this is!!

Frocktober Day 5

It’s Day 5 of Frocktober today. Are you wearing a Frock?

I had to return a shirt from Marcs at Myer last night, so I swapped it for this Review Wrap dress which is the same as my black and polka dot one, but in fuchsia/raspberry. The colour is a lot more awesome in real life than in this photo.

Zara heels.

I have my 5 year high school reunion in November. It feels pointless considering I can keep in contact with everyone via facebook, but I’ll go.

There is a reunion book being made and you are meant to fill in your accomplishments for the past 5 years. Mine is going to look like this “Got more awesome!”. I need to watch Romy & Michelles High School Reunion.

Jiggle

This needs to be me. I need to sweat it out, and lose the jiggle in 53 days.

The gym rang me to check that I was okay as I haven’t been in so long. May-jah guilt trip.

Before Thailand in Dec 2009, I was body pumping/stepping/spinning my way to a bangin’ bod with the image of a swimsuit in Thailand to motivate me.

Then I had my surgery, couldn’t work out for 8 weeks, then went on Roaccutane, couldn’t go in the sun anyway and got a little soft around the edges. After that, I was just making excuses. Booty camp did nada for me. Nada. Lite n Easy was good though. I want to go on it again just because I like the food!


The time has come to get this body back!! I’m putting it out there so I can let you judge me if I’m not bikini ready for Fiji haha.

Whats the point of paying a whopping $53 a fortnight if I am not going. I could use that for a fortnightly Shellac instead! I'll go tomorrow! Yes I will.

Lite n' Easy

My Lite n' Easy delivery arrived this morning, at exactly 5:20AM. AM people, AM.

When the lady on the phone said that it would be delivered between 5AM - 8AM I just assumed it would be 8AM. When the buzzer went off at 5:20AM I was not happy.

I'm sick at the moment and getting out of bed that early was extra painful.

I weighed my self on Sunday morning, straight out of bed and I think the scales must be wrong. I will have to go back to the gym and weigh my self there as that was where I got the last horrible result. If these scales are right I am indeed happy.

Sorry about the hairy gross toes.

I am only doing the lunch and breakfast plan with Lite n Easy and this is what I ate today:-

- Cereal

- Roast Chicken Tender with Salad and Mayonnaise on a round roll

- Orange

- Greek Style Passionfruit Yoghurt

I am yet to have dinner, as I am waiting to eat with S. Whilst marinating his prawns for his dinner it was killing me knowing that I would not be eating them.

Lots of water. Gulp Gulp gulp.

I am more fond of tap water, but S only drinks bottled water. We always have a large supply.



Dinners and Frozen Lunches

How sad is our fridge. The top shelf is mine. joy.

I also took my measurements today for reference;

Waist 26"

Hips 34.5"

Bust 35"

I will let you know how I am going in 3 weeks!!

Zara Basics

Popped into Zara last night after Boot Camp, for a touch of retail therapy.

There is still not many XS left, which pisses me off.

I did however find this cute basic work dress, in a nice blush colour.

I am also looking for a silk pleated skirt in blush.

Does anyone else watch 6 Feet Under? I am watching the first series at the moment, and really love it. I appear to share the same sense of humour with the writer and I have always loved everything morbid.

I was going to start Lite n' Easy this week with a bunch of people at work, but I have to fast from 15 - 27 August, so that was not going to work for me. I will start it on 27 August though, which will be so convenient for not cooking around the time of the wedding. I have heard that Lite n' Easy is hit or miss, some love it, some dread it. I have also heard that it is quite carb heavy - time will tell.

Have you done Lite n' Easy? Did you like it? What was the best/worse dish?? Any results?