I have to report a 1lb gain this week. It's a fair cop guv- I had a weekend back in the UK involving Chinese, pub pies and chips, beers and wines. I borrowed my M+D house (they were in Wales at my cousins) and met a mate I have known since we were very small to go round our old haunts. She lives in Chicago now with a 2 year old DD so we have minimal chances to meet up now. Wonderful fun. Also we learned a lesson- decided on a whim to head to Twycross zoo in the afternoon, thinking just for an hour before they closed. They wanted 60 quids entry fee! Not paying that, so we just sat in their mammon emporium and had a coffee. Close shave as both kids are too small to have really picked up on the "we're going to the zoo" promises- we might have been forced to pay up if they were a bit older.
stinky sorry to hear you're in the dumps. Also hoping your DH is making the right decision regarding the PhD. My FIL never got to PhD as he submitted but his reviewer told him it needed a couple more weeks of work and since he had a job offer and a holiday planned he didn't bother. On the positive side, it has certainly not impacted his career/ life/ future but two of his three sons are PhD now and I think he does sometimes feel a bit daft that, just for the sake of skipping a holiday and a tiny bit more graft, he would be too.
Alps Mini-wild strawbs You are not kidding about the swiffer-kid! When DD first started crawling I was quite horrified at how much fluff and dirt she picked up. Luckily the guilt passed and I haven't upped my housekeeping game (or started playing, morelike).
Bloofer I hope you will be wearing a hat or at least an Audrey Hepburn scarf for your day trip out. I'm imagining straw boaters and picnic baskets too. Do tell us where you go; vicarious living on others fun times is great for the soul.
Hedgepig Is fruit ryvita something new I didn't see before with fruits baked into it or do you add the fruit yourself?
I will try hard for a catch up week this week. The food/ canteen options here at work are very Austrian- it is big cooked hanks of meat with dumplings for main course and dumplings with fruit in for puddings. I will have to start doing my own lunches as 4 days of that will do much worse than +1lb a week to me.