Passing Me By!

I have once again been neglecting my little blog. I've been back to work (I know), and seem to have been doing nothing but sleeping and working!

I guess you could say this is progress as I made it through a whole week, must admit I'm enjoying my week off now though :)

So what have I been up to?

Working
Job hunting for Hague
Walking The Boo
Sleeping
Not sleeping
STILL taking photos
Enjoying the sun
Still loving my phone
Not blogging

So there you have it, life has continued as normal! ;) I shall be updating more often, I promise!

Sleep. The Final Frontier!

The time is almost upon us. On Monday I shall (once again) be heading back to work. This time I'm hoping it's for good, no more trip ups or bumps in the road, just a straight up back to work and back to normality!

My moods are pretty much there, no more wild swings and deep depressive days. My anxiety seems to be under control, I still feel anxious, but am more able to control those feelings. However, there is one stone in my return to work shoe.....my sleep. I'm still not sleeping well, I either sleep too much or not enough  - waking up shattered and wanting to nap again later. This is the last hurdle I have to overcome, and I'm sure that when I'm working the sleep will be easier, at least I hope so.

This last week was supposed to be a week of fun, of enjoying these last few days and making sure I was in a good place ready for Monday. We did manage to head out and enjoy the sunshine on Tuesday, but on Wednesday I was walloped by a migraine, that has only just retreated today, so that wiped out Thursday completely :(

That means the (free - yay) visit to the cinema to see Avengers Assemble as been held off until the weekend. So here we are again....returning to work, having normal weekends, and getting back to myself! This time it's for good!

Smart, or Not?

I don't know about you, but as money has got tighter those "cheapie" brands at the supermarket are looking more and more attractive. Over the last year or so, we've been trying out more and more of them, after all, if you don't try them, how do you know if they're any good?

So I thought I'd share some of the bargains I've found in the Asda Smart Price range, that are worth every penny, and a perfectly good replacement for named or own name brands :)

Ready Salted Crisps

These cost just 68p for 12 bags, so pretty damn cheap. The packs are small, 18g, but that's around the normal size for a multi-pack bag. The crisps themselves taste lovely. Really potatoe-y, and not too salty. I personally like the fact that the skin is still on them as it gives that little bit of extra flavour, and let's be honest, a lot of crisps are sold as premium because they have the skins on lol!
As you can see from the ingredients, they consist of just potatoes, oil and salt, and there are just 96 calories in a bag. These have become a staple in our household, and quite honestly, if you like your crisps plain, you might as well save yourself some cash and buy these!! Big thumbs up!

Cheese Singles

Cheese singles, hardly a gourmet food, and something we only buy to put on burgers, and as such as long as it tastes vaguely cheesy and melts, it does the job. Now, if you're going to use them in sandwiches you might want to pay a bit extra (or buy proper cheese!!!), but for burger toppings, these are just fine, especially if, like us, you also add a variety of sauces, onions or whatever to your burgers.  At a price of 54p for 10 rather than £1 for 10 for the standard Asda ones, you really might as well save your money :)

Any recommendations?

Coming Out The Other Side

It's been an age since I've blogged. I guess the urge to share my life disappears slightly when each day blends into the other, locked in a Groundhog Day existence of similar, anxious days and sleepless nights.

However, over the last couple of weeks, I've noticed a rather pleasant change. Slowly, but surely my anxious moments are lessening. My moods are quite even now. I am able to leave the house on my own and be just fine. Today I had a meeting at work, something that a few weeks ago would have thrown me into days of anxiety, passed by without incident. A HUGE step forward for me, and something I'm quite proud of. It looks like I'm finally getting there, finally getting back to normality, and am now just over a week away from a return to work - I'm feeling okay about that too.

I'm also still in love with my iPhone. I love the things it can do, I love the camera, I love the apps and I love the sheer fact that it streamlines everything into one phone. Just wonderful :)

I'm sure I'll be blogging more now that I'm starting to feel a lot better, here's hoping anyway!