Scored a stainless steel heavy bottom Lagostina skillet for $5 at the Salvation Army! I checked out prices on similar pans on the internet and they normally cost about $350! And it is in excellent condition.

When I came home I used my pan to make myself a buckwheat crepe with mozzarella, tomatoes, and fresh basil. I had purchased two basil plants at the farmer's market on the weekend.

I wish there were more costume parties to attend. If I throw a costume party, I wonder if people will actually wear costumes.

Bought a pretty dress at Plan B today. It is black with a red and white "Aztec" pattern. It was only $15.

Brunched at Little Europe. I had an egg white omelette with spinach, mushrooms, onions, artichokes, prosciutto, and mozzarella. It came with toast and jam and a salad. The salad was just vegetables but strangely good with its Greek vinaigrette. For dinner I had fruit and yogurt and granola. So I have had only breakfasts today.

Almost finished the chronic fatigue memoir. Slow going, though I like it. Then I am going to read this graphic novel Miko loaned me, then a book of Alyssa's, then I have two books from the library. Hoping one will help kickstart my writing, which has been laborious lately.

I am so tired. I am so so so tired. I think I walked at least fifteen kilometers today. I wish I could just go right to sleep. Also I wish I had a big brownie ice cream sundae. The good news is that I have lost much weight. In fact, I have reached the weight at which I had planned to reward myself with a haircut. But now I'm not sure I want one. Hmmm.

Just got home. Wonder if I will make it to spinning tomorrow morning. Going to try. Going to the market with some people. At night I have a date. I hope there is no rain or other hair frizzing weather. What to wear what to wear. Had sushi at Fujiyama tonight. The restaurant is this series of connecting underground rooms with low ceilings and textured walls and dim lighting. It seems like a place where one might drink mead and wear one's cloak of invisibility. Food was delicious. Salad and soup servings were huge. Barely had room for actual meal.

Have been feeling quite glum this week and thus sleeping too much. Am going to make the goal of writing a whole story in the next week, which will boost my mood immensely.

Booked my hostel in London. It's a boutique hostel and looks very pretty and English and has good reviews and a seemingly good location. It cost only $47 CDN per night.

When I woke up it was cloudy and depressing outside and then I checked the weather forecast and it said it would get sunny around eleven so I watched an episode of The Apprentice and then went back to sleep and when I woke up again it was sunny. I love summer.

Made the mistake of not eating before I went out and I had so much food at home that I didn't want to buy something so I waited but then I started feeling headachy and nauseated from hunger. When I came home I ate a big bowl of yogurt and granola and strawberries and all was well again.

Sushi for dinner tonight. It's the third time I'm having sushi this week. I will try to order something inexpensive.

Can't sleep can't sleep!

Walked to the Hydrostone. Picked up an ice coffee at Coburg, which is delightfully empty now that the students are gone. The breeziest of breezes followed me all the way to Almon Street, where I stopped at Great Things in Store, where as usual, there were great things in store. I purchased a bouquet of two dozen roses the exact colour of apricots, for only $5.

 

As I was walking around with the flowers, a strange man approached me with open arms and said, "FOR ME?!" and I was like hahahahaha no. As you can see, I have arranged them in my vase (a.k.a the glass part of my French press) and displayed them on my shelf. I removed the baby's breath and stuck it separately in a vodka bottle in the bathroom. Baby's breath with roses makes me think of early '90s proms.

I also bought a lovely pair of grey brogues for THREE DOLLARS. They are a half size too big, which is actually perfect because it makes them more comfortable for my stupid goddamned foot.

Had a croissant at Julien's instead of a brioche. Not sure why. Regretted it. Wished I had gotten the brioche. Then I walked home! 

I just weighed myself and have lost like five pounds! Yayyyy. I guess the spinning classes have been paying off. I want to get to the weight I was at last summer within the next month or so.

Today I am going to go on a long walk to the Hydrostone, as the weather looks MARVELOUS. Once I am there I will eat a brioche with jam. Looking forward to C's party tonight. Said I would bring a snack. Not sure what to take.

OMG I just blended up some mango pulp and milk and tofu in my magic bullet and it tastes AMAZING. It's not quite thick enough to call a mousse, so I guess I could say it's a pudding...or if I froze it I could call it mango ice cream. And it has protein and not too many calories. I am so glad I finally discovered tofu.

Had a doctor's appointment and was going to get the steroid injection in my foot but today when he examined it he said he doubts the injection will help because the pain is no longer in the joint but sort of on the side of my foot. He offered to inject it anyway but I said I'd just wait and see if it got better (I don't want to just be pointlessly injecting crap into myself). So I left sadly, with my vial of steroids in my purse. It expires in like a year and a half, so he said if I change my mind I can just go back.

Okay I really want to go on Dinner Party Wars. Now I just need somebody to co-host with me. BUT WHO? Perhaps I could train Wendy to pour wine and then I won't need a co-host. I wonder what my theme would be. Not Indian, too obvious. I think I'd prefer a more subtle theme, like using all local foods. I will save the martinis and paninis party for my real friends.

My spin class kicked my ass this morning. There was this one girl who was sweating a lot and working really hard so I was trying to keep up with her. I rewarded myself after by picking up sushi at Ko Doraku for lunch. I had an Alaskan combo, which is nine pieces of Alaskan roll and a salad. The sushi was sooooo soft and delicious and inexpensive compared to all the sushi dinners I've had in the past month.

I think I will take a nap this afternoon and then wake up and write many things. Might go to a cheap movie this evening, if there is something good playing.