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I was so excited today! I had to go to the post office to collect 2 packets, and guess what they were!!!

Parcel one was my bloggie food swap, from Britt at Britt fit! How amazing! Maple peanut butter!!!! And some amazing looking (and giant) Clif bars!!! Which flavour to try first? Or which one to save ’til last? Β Thanks Britt- what a perfect package! (And also love the cute paper shapes- so pretty), and also thanks to Jemma for organising the US/UK swap partners. πŸ™‚

Parcel two was from the lovely Lucy at Porridge and Parsnips! I won her giveaway, and she added some chia seeds to the parcel too- I am really looking forward to trying them. πŸ™‚ The Nature seed mix looks like a bit packet of Graze snacks- I love nuts and dried fruit. Mmm. And don’t you just love the cupcake card?? So pretty.

Sadly by the time I went to get them, I had already had my post run snack bar, so will save these for another day. Buuuuuuut I had not had lunch, so guess what I went for…..

Yum. Mighty Maple pb in a pitta. It was sooooooo good. It tasted like maple syrup (no Sh** Sherlock), and went all melty in the warm pitta. Yum. πŸ™‚ Any bets on how long I can make it last??

Onto the run. I wanted to go a little further than my last 2 weeks, as I have been totally fine. But with all the rain I did not want to add the park loop on as it would be so muddy, so I did my 8.5 mile route, and then added a little on the end (another mile ish). It was so overcast and windy that I thought I would be cold, but it was actually so muggy out there. And, how annoying, after less than a mile my bra strap pinged again. I am going to have to sew it up I think. After about a mile and a half there are public toilets, so I went in there to sort it out. This was easier said than done. I was all sweaty, my glasses steamed up (it was warmer in the toilets for some reason), and so getting it off was alright, but getting it back on again was not easy at all. You can imagine I am sure! Anyway, I carried on and luckily all stayed in place for the remainder. It was fairly uneventful, just so muggy that I was dripping when I got home. Seriously my ponytail was soggy- I could have wrung it out (sorry!). I should have taken a drink with me I think. The run took me 1hr47, but this included the bra strap stop- I think it was about 9.5 miles, so not too bad a pace really.

Home for some refreshing coconut water- this stuff has pomegranate and acai (some kind of berry) in it. I thought it would be quite tart, as pomegranate juice normally is, but it was lovely, so refreshing. πŸ™‚ They are 500ml bottles so I have half for another day, although I think I could have drank it all!

Now, to my weekend free of work! After work yesterday I went to the waffle house- most of the people going actually dropped out (a lot of people being ill sadly) but there were still two of us that managed to go! Alongside my tea I had a delicious waffle with banana, toffee sauce and chocolate shavings, but I did forgo the ice cream. Trying to remember my goals! I was shattered after that (had an early start) so at home we chilled out, listened to the Adam and Joe podcast and watched a little TV.

Today after my run and the trip to the post office, I watched some of the grand prix (while looking for chia seed recipes- and in fact came across a non chia seed recipe which I will post later on!). I was going to go and sit in the garden but it has been overcast all day. Then, while I was watching Wimbledon (the Federer match) I noticed my Dad on TV! He does the line judging (he does it for a lot of tournaments, and has been chair umpire before too) and it is very exciting for me when I see him! Trouble is then I stop watching the tennis. Also he got hawk-eyed (but luckily was right- oh the stress!!). Anyway, then I was surfing the net looking for apartments for a city break with some friends. I have successfully avoided housework so far,but I do not think that will last much longer! Anyway, I have some falafels to make for my dinner, bread rolls for Andy’s dinner and cupcakes for tomorrow- projects to keep me busy!

Right, off to make some falafels in my food processor! The novelty of this has not worn off yet, as you can see! πŸ™‚

PS- Do not forget that the Bloom Tea giveaway ends tomorrow- click here to enter!

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12 thoughts on “Ilovepeanutbutter.com”

  1. Eeee that is so exciting about your dad! I’m not really sure how I feel about the players’ challenge to be honest, but I suppose it’s an inevitable progression. Whew to him being right!

    And whew to your waffle night not being cancelled — you’d been looking forward to that all week!

    Cool packages also. I’ve not taken part in any of the swaps that go around, and I don’t tend to both with giveaways either, but seeing the treat you got on a Saturday morning is making me reconsider.

    Enjoy your weekend off πŸ™‚

  2. When I first read this post title I thought you were going to say that PB&Co were going to start shipping to the UK. Dang. How long will you make that jar last? Well, at least ten times’ longer than I would, that’s for darn sure.

    xxx

  3. Yey, so glad the parcel arrived. That was really quick considering I only posted it yesterday!

    Your blog swap parcel looks great too, I want to try Mighty Maple too, mmm! My iHerb order arrived today as well, must be a lucky day with the postal service! I ordered PB&Co White Chocolate Wonderful and Cinnamon Raisin Swirl…but so far I’ve mainly eaten them by the spoonful! The pitta bread idea looks great and more of a ‘meal’ than my spoon option πŸ™‚

  4. I can’t believe that you do runs that long and don’t take a drink! I don’t drink loads of mine but I do like to have it with me in case!

    do you have any events booked at the moment>
    ?

    Rosexx

    1. I do normally, but it has been cool so I have not bothered. But I think I need to really!
      Just the Great South run at the moment πŸ™‚

  5. Wow – it’s so cool that your Dad does that πŸ™‚ The packages look really exciting – lots of good stuff!
    I tried that flavour of coconut water a while ago and really disliked it! I don’t think I’m a fan of acai berries!

  6. ThatΒ΄s so cool about your dad! I canΒ΄t imagine seeing my daddy on Tv πŸ™‚
    And congrats on winning the giveaway, you got some pretty tasty stuff!

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