Back in London, the week started off with a lie in. Travel, I find, is tiring, even if it's within the UK. I eventually surfaced, did some unpacking from the weekend, showered and headed out to do the weekly shop, albeit a bit later than usual. This week, I kept strictly to buying only what we needed for the week and it did keep the groceries well within budget for once. I did use £7.00 worth of vouchers and nectar points, which did help and I did drop a couple of Xmas food items into the trolley. I'm trying to buy at least one item each week now to spread the cost. For once, I didn't visit the charity shop, which was progress for me.
Our new greenhouse arrived first thing today. We just need to paint it with preservative before we can assemble it. I'll probably do a separate post on our progress on this front.
On Tuesday, I woke up late after a terrible, restless night. I had breakfast and quickly got ready for the gym, only to find that my class had been cancelled. Luckily, this time around, I hadn't left the house, which was an improvement on the last time this happened.
Instead of the gym, I decided to do a seasonal wardrobe change over, as it's starting to cool down. The weather seemed appropriate as it was drizzly outside, but by the time I'd finished it was sunny and dry. I tried most things on, to make sure they still fitted. Some things were a little snug, which was a bit depressing. The most depressing thing, however, was how little colour there was in my winter wardrobe. So much black and navy, very little else. I've got so many chunky jumpers for very cold weather, but I don't know if I'll need them this winter.
I did leave a few summer items in there to make sure I get more use out of them and to have a few lighter options for warm days. There's also a few things in the laundry, that aren't black or navy. Here's a picture of my new wardrobe offering:
Pretty unexciting, but it needed to be done. It will be good to be able to choose from things I haven't seen for a few months.
After lunch, I decided to once again try to get my pension documents certified at our main post office. My bank statement had arrived whilst we were away over the weekend and all I needed to do was to photocopy it on OH's printer before heading out. I walked into town and finally on my third attempt, I got the documents certified and sent off. It was a relief.
On the way back, I started getting a very nasty stinging pain in my groin which was very uncomfortable. I get it quite often when I walk any distance and it is quite debilitating. I decided it was time to see the doctor about it, as I'm concerned that it might be a hernia. I called the surgery, filled in an online form and then by the time I got home, the surgery was on the phone asking me to come in. I just about managed to get in on time, no thanks to the traffic and new road system in our area and the outcome is that I'm going for an ultrasound in the next few weeks, to see if it is indeed a hernia.
I have to say, that I got impecable service from our NHS today, which I was very grateful for. I've been ignoring this issue for a while now, but it's been getting steadily worse and at least needed some sort of medical opinion. The doctor did also give me some useful advice on how to manage things in the meantime, so I'll be taking that on board going forward and see if it helps, especially when walking any distance.
When I got home, I decided to make soup for supper, chopping up whatever vegetables were in the fridge and throwing them all in along with some left over stock from the freezer. It was very tasty and used up lots of veggies we had languishing in the fridge.
Wednesday was my day to go to the Green Gym. When I got there, I learned that we were working on clearing the pond which was leaking and needed a new liner. Myself and another lady got to work on cutting out some reeds, whose roots had all grown together to form large masses. It was hard physical work, but eventually we got all the plants removed and then removed the old liner, which was split in several places, ready to put in a new thicker liner at a later date.
I remembered to take a few photos this week whilst I was there:
We had a good day today, but I was shattered when I finally got home. I was perked up by finding that my new 60+ Oyster card had arrived, so at least next week I'll be able to catch a bus to and from the train station for free, which will cut down the travelling time and save me the 30 minute walk each way. I can't wait to start using it.
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