Hibernating Cat Is Hibernating

I'm totally antisocial at the moment. I might've turned into a hermit. I blame January.

That said, I seem to either be less stressed or just coping better, I didn't have as many braindeadness this week. But I'm still not very much in the mood for socialising or even leaving the house. It's gone cold again and until today it was grey & unpleasant outside. So I've basically just been coming home after work & hiding in my room where it's warm & cosy.

I've done yoga 3 times this week & I'm actually starting to want to do it in the evening. I'm quite impressed at myself. Unfortunately my right ankle is kinda borked, it's been all hurty & stiff last week and since then hasn't really recovered. I'm not sure if yoga is favourable or just making it worse, very much hope that I manage to get it sorted (by taking anti-inflammatories) in the next 2 weeks.

After doing my best bear-in-winter impression for most of the week I decided that I have to at least trek into town this weekend for a bit of pre-holiday shopping. I was totally out of white t-shirts (they always seem to die first) and also needed a t-shirt bra or two as my old ones don't fit (to be honest, they never really fitted that well). Cue a bit of a shopping disaster. I got sucked in by the sale at La Senza & ended up buying two bras that I really shouldn't have bought. This shop seems to only sell padded bras anyway & the ones I got my hands on were majorly bolstered. And, being a size 36DD in that shop (turns out I'm only a D at H&M), the last thing I need is any more padding. Trying out these bras under a tight t-shirt at home resulted in a massive giggling fit & some Pam Anderson impressions, but there was just no way I could sensibly wear them on holiday. I'd also found some cheaper & nicer bras at H&M, so those monsters had to be returned. I also got myself a quite cute bikini (blue with white polka dots, 50s style with a little skirt over the bottoms) & misjudged the size of my bottom somewhat & needed a bigger size. AND I got one bra in white that after a bit of thinking I'd rather have in black. All in all, total lingerie chaos.

I was entirely more successful with the t-shirts & even found a blouse or two. I also managed to emerge out of Whole Foods with only the stuff on my shopping list, although I was very tempted to buy the organic curly kale that was sitting in the fresh produce section looking all vibrant green & luscious (I need help). I sourced umeboshi vinegar in the Japan Centre, again without giving in to temptation to buy loads of other stuff as well.

In the evening I cooked a very delicious pumpkin (erm, butternut squash, couldn't find a pumpkin anywhere) noodle casserole, half of which is now in the freezer for days I can't be arsed to cook.

Due to the La Senza situation I bussed it to Westfield today & returned & exchanged stuff. I now have fitting bikini bottoms & a new black bra. The girl in the shop actually told me that I was lucky to find a bra in the sale "in your size" (thank you very much). I'm starting to reconsider shopping there again...

Once I was in the shopping centre it would've been rude not to have a little look around. I've got myself a travel guide for my upcoming trip to India and a new vegan cookbook, with pictures this time. Most of my cookbooks don't have photos of the food in them because I don't need them to know how a dish will taste - just reading the ingredients list does the trick. And my dishes rarely look like they glossy food in the picture, anyway (I'm a bit rubbish at presentation). But I've been so uninspired lately that I figured I need a bit of visual help. I'm looking forward to try some of the dishes & hope they do come out as tasty as they look.

After I got back I got busy doing the laundry & dyeing my hair, I even cooked a stir-fry for tomorrow.

Maybe I just needed a weekend of shopping & taking care of myself.