Today I had the opportunity to go to a local market and display my business. It was held by the Cancer Council of SA - I had 'liked' their facebook page and just hi as you do to get your name out there, and they asked me to come and do a small demo. It was a great day from 11am - 4pm I got to meet some lovely other stall holders some who I have seen before and I'm really enjoying the networking.
After each song (I did approx 4 songs) I got loud cheers and many claps from everyone which was so lovely. Everyone said I had so much energy and they could see that I really loved it. I had a few children there trying to follow me so I engaged with them and the parents said that was great to see! I was grateful for their positive feedback.
I resisted the cupcakes that were on sale there even though they looked ever so yummy. I did buy lunch there as I wasn't organised enough to take something but I caught a lucky break with that. They were taking orders upstairs but I didn't have the correct money so I had to go downstairs. When I was there I found that half of the items on the upstairs menu were available downstairs for nearly 'half price' due to it being 'lunch time' So instead of $16.90 I only paid $9.90 so I was happy with that.
Home and did a quick food shop as we seem to hae no bread and milk - Hmmm obviously its the weekend the children are home, and the fairies have come in and had all the bread and milk LOL. I got fresh fruit and some vegies. I was a bit picky with things to go into the trolley as tomorrow I am starting as D day and starting the plan to loose some more weight and get fit and healthy.
A lot of my friends are doing the Michelle Bridges 12 week body transformation I'm not going to be a paid member this round but am going to commit to the 12 weeks too. I want to know that I can do this on my own!
That's it from me, nothing too exciting, hope you had a fab Sunday - school's back tomorrow XOXO
A nice quiet day at home today! Simple and without shopping LOL so that means savings.
We had some of the icecream cake today. It wasn't as nice as I expected and you only need a small piece as it's quite creamy, not as nice as regular icecream.
I picked up today a free bottle of Moscarto from the giveaway group I'm in. It's a great group.
I printed out some things for my Zumba business and did some other research online for things. I love the net it's so fast and easy to find out information about things.
Tomorrow I'm off to have a stall at a local market so that will be exciting!
Hope you had a great Saturday XOXO
First thing this morning I went to my Chiro to get fixed up! I go every 4 weeks now. Although she tells me 'I don't like this Zumba business' LOL she is seeing improvements with my body. I don't stretch as much as I should and so can be a bit tight in some areas when I go. I saw the dates on my Xrays and see that they have 2004 on them - which would be about right as DS9 was barely 1 and I was having some back pain. Gee 9 years with a Chiro - I haven't even stuck with a hairdresser that long or anyone else really for that matter! LOL
After that visit I went to Westfield for a walk around as she said it's good to loosen my hips. I know she means around the block before you sit down in the car etc so I did the usual walk up and down the street and then hit the shops. I checked out some more prices for DD12's birthday present but there still isn't any specials which I am not happy about which is getting frustrating! There might be an IOU in her card LOL.
I did buy some Cadbury Drinking Chocolate from Reject Shop for only $3 which I was impressed with as it's $4.22+ at Coles and I refuse to spend anymore than $4 on it, I know I'm a bit picky. I also got some cute little chocolate hearts which I am going to hand out to my Zumba students this week for Valentines week. They were only $2 each so I got 2 packets and am sure to have some red cardboard around here to cut out some hearts. I'm always being creative like this. I also probably saved some money by not buying the carboard at the shops today which I could have done. It would have only been a few dollars but still.
While at the shops I got DD12 a drink and a pkt of lollies to take to a birthday party she is going to tonight. It saved me some money being the fact that I had no children to take back to the shop with me so I didn't have to buy them anything. I also managed to get a packet of 16 crossants in a packet for $5 (they were marked down) so I grabbed those. They are a nice treat in the house and will be gone by tomorrow LOL. DS9 is always eating anything bread based, especially hot cross buns!
I checked out the prices for a replacement cartridge today for my printer as I am getting low and can't believe that eBay is still the cheapest around. Although I will have to wait a few days for delivery it's worth it if you order it in time. Ebay is $55 any other shop in Adelaide is ranging from $69 - $90.
Hubby downloaded 'Flight' so I watched that at home today, saved me a little money as I was going to see it in the cinema. He also downloaded Skyfall - James Bond - which I did see in the cinema - because that's always a must so at least I can rewatch it now.
Tonight I made an Icecream cake that I saw Nigella Lawson make. I had bought most of the things already but just needed to find the energy to put it all together! It will be a nice treat tomorrow once it's frozen.
Went for a walk to drop off another 100 postcards for my Zumba business I'm really trying to pick up the numbers.
That's it from here. Thank God it's Friday I probably hear some say. Hope you had a great day and have a great weekend!!! XOXO
Felt like a long day today I was quite sleepy all afternoon but stayed awake just had a quiet day. My ankle is still abit sore from yesterday but it's more stiff than anything so I did some stretching with it like my physio use to.
Took DS9 swimming straight after I drop of DD12 I really enjoy seeing him the progress he is making I'm also glad that it's a government based program now as I use to take him to private lessons being $18 a week also we were 'on call' so would get the call an hour or so before hand saying there is a spot available if we wanted it. So I left there and went to another government based program but it was a fair drive away from where we lived and I also had to pay for pool entry.
After swimming I buy DS9 a little treat for being so good as they are quite persistant with him and can really push him to the limits it's all safe but he does have a few meltdowns some weeks. I found at our local Foodland they had a massive bag of fruit balls for only $6 which would be better value that what I can buy from the local nut shop. However I left the bag in the car after we opened it for him to take a big pile to school for recess and so when he got in after school he just ate and ate LOL, he was very hungry!
Home again and did the usual check emails, nothing in the mail today so no bills at least tee hee. Got the local paper and read that in 5 mins flat nothing exciting in there.
Had a new lady come to Zumba tonight and she said she really enjoyed it so that was great! Also I've been asked to do a little demo at a local market on Sunday so that's exciting!!!
Hope you had a great Thursday - the weekend is nearly here! XOXO
Oh what a day. DD12 at school rolled her ankle first thing in the morning but they said she was alright until she appeared a few more times during the day in the first aid office so they called me about 2.30pm to come and get her. It must be in the DNA as I partly rolled my ankle in Zumba this morning being a student of all things. I was hope as quick as a I could to get an icepack and stap it. DD12 has her ankle strapped from school so if it doesn't settle after a day I'll take her to the docs but I'm sure she's just strained something and its quite sore.
I had subway for lunch I haven't had a take away for so long. It was so yummy! Tee hee. As I got a meal deal which was $10 (I know it's a lot for lunch compared to other places) I got to choose from a range of items to get something for $1 so I just got a set of cookies for the children to have after school - they are always happy with cookies LOL.
I went to coles to pick up a lasanga for dinner so hubby wasn't going to be too busy sorting it out as I didn't get time today to organise dinner before I left for Zumba. The lasanga wasn't on special so I wasn't happy to buy it so I got a pkt of Chicken Kievs with garlic butter - Mmmm it was only $8 so happy with that. Also picked a few other things we needed like 'milk and bread' LOL I also bought a cake packet mix for $2 as DS9 likes to make cakes so I'm happy as this helps him follow directions and I'm so proud of his effort!
Got petrol on the way home it seems that it will be Wednesday nights on the way home from Zumba as I like to go Coles Express and get the flybuys pts and use all the fuel vouchers that I have. Saved nearly $4 on a full tank so nothing to write home about but at least it was something. It was only an 8c voucher as it expires in two days and although I had an 18c voucher that doesn't expire until the 17th Feb and so I will use that next week to refill and save a bit more $$$.
That's it from here, nothing too exciting! Hope you had a great Wednesday and nothing WOBBLY happening in your area! XOXO
Wow 41 days - didn't it rain for 40 days and 40 nights while Noah was on the Arc? Well it hasn't rained here that long and also today was 34 degrees and tomorrow is meant to be 36 so a warm one indeed. Good thing I have aircon in my Zumba place.
Today was a good day, generally. I went and had a facial from a voucher I had I can't really say I enjoyed it all that much mostly as the woman kept talking to me part of the way through. I won't say much more but there was just more than a few things that were a dissapointment. Also I couldn't relax too much as I was half expending the phone to ring from the school to say go and collect your son LOL.
I had sushi for lunch today and I don't think it's enough for lunch as I was still hungry afterwards even after drinking all the water I was doing today. Hmmm will have to think about that for next time...
Tuesday afternoons might be a challenge for a few weeks. My DD12 is having music lessons with her grandma (we teamed that up well LOL) at her house after school and that's fine but it's the coming home with the traffic at the end and then having to make it back for my 5.30pm Zumba class. I made it just but was panicked the whole time. Next time I will set a deadline for leaving etc. Also there were a few car accidents on the road so slowed us down in some spaces.
Back to back Zumba classes tonight and there were two new people who came for part of the councils free get healthy program so that's great. They told me they really enjoyed it so that was lovely. I love it when people have a great time at Zumba.
That's it from me, not very eventful I know! Hope you had a great Tuesday! XOXO
Back to school hooray we say tee hee. Even though they have been back for a week already it means that I can get some other things done. Today I had my Zumba launch for day classes and although a bit quieter than I expected still I enjoyed it.
Sadly my day came to a short halt when I had to go and get my son from school as he had an incident at recess time and there was some violence involved. Oh well we are learning we will get through this like everything else.
Received in the mail today two free coffee latte sample packets so that was a nice little surprise. Not many emails and things to check today which is nice! I get a lot of 'sales' and stuff which takes a while to sort out. Although I know I should delete the sale emails as there's nothing in there I really 'need' it's still that 'what if' thinking and that i just like to look.
That's about it from here I guess really no news is good news. Haven't done anything to be news worthy! LOL
Hope you had a great Monday!!! XOXO
