A very girlie post

Now to get something off my chest. Or should I say something has left my chest.

About a year and a half ago, I was between a size 14 and 16. No one ever called me chubby, at least not to my face but I was never really happy. I joined the gym, cut out most of my bad eating habits and am now a size 10-12. I still eat (oh yes I love it), still indulge in booze and I do fall off the wagon every now and then, but I am human and not a machine, well, not in this life anyway.

I never thought I'd ever wear a bikini in public with the dreaded thighs and stomach, but now I thought I'd give it a go. There's one issue though. My rather generous bust has now gone to something like a couple of deflated balloons. Grr. 

Any women reading this will know exactly what I mean. The body is great at losing and putting on weight, but never where you want it. I'm very happy with the new me, but not so happy after trying on a swimsuit and bikini this afternoon. I think some extra padding is required, maybe some 'chicken fillets', though there would be nothing more embarrassing than them falling out when you are taking a dip. Maybe they'll help me float?

It's Friday night, I'm in my PJs, I've almost devoured a large bag of crisps and I'm eying up the bottle of wine in the fridge. Maybe the extra calories will go to my chest...we know it won't, but it's nice to dream!

Well hello there 2012!

Wow, it's been a very long time since I've even LOOKED at my Blog, let alone posted something! Today I remembered it existed, possibly because I've seen others blogging around me. Shh.

Today is about finding this blog again, bringing it out of it's winter sleep and giving it a bit of a shake up!

Tomorrow? Well, I'm going to give myself a kick up the backside and get blogging, no honestly I am.

Stay tuned!

Domestic bliss = Peanut butter cookies!

More baking this weekend. This time for a little house warming gift for a friend.

I found a very simple recipe via the BBC Food website. I doubled the recipe (to make sure we had enough to 'sample' of course) and drizzled dark chocolate over half  of them and just a sprinkling of icing sugar on the rest.

The end result...yummy buttery cookies! 

These have a shortbread like texture, so quite crumbly and dry. They are especially nice with the chocolate drizzle. For the next batch I make I'll be half covering the cookies with chocolate. Can't wait for that experiment!