The Friday Feelgood Five had a day off last week as I was celebrating my birthday, but it’s back! Just some of the little things that have made me happy this week.
New Shoes
New shoe alert! My OH treated me to some new trail shoes for my birthday last week. I’ve never been really happy with any of the trail shoes I’ve had, so we went to Accelerate in Sheffield where they have loads of different brand that you can try. After some expert advice I settled on these Inov8 ones, and I’m really looking forward to trying them out after the York Marathon this weekend.
Carb Loading
The best thing about preparing for a marathon is obviously the carb loading. I’ll be starting today, and have bought a great big bag of pretzels to munch on. I like these because they’re carby without being fatty, and also have a bit of salt which can be handy if the weather forecast is quite warm – which it is! Carb loading is also a good excuse to have fish and chips for Friday tea!
Giant Reese’s
I haven’t featured any chocolate on here for a while, so let’s put that right now with this beast of a bar my step daughter bought me for my birthday. I love peanut butter and Nutella on toast, and this is like that without the toast – naughty but nice! And of course it will also help with the carb loading.
Flowers
I wouldn’t say my Old Man is unromantic, but he hardly ever buys me flowers. He is a Yorkshireman after all, and probably can’t see the sense in buying something that costs a fortune but only lasts a few days! So it was nice to get some free flowers at Morrison’s, where your points card knows when it’s your birthday and gives you a present! Just a tiny thing, but a nice surprise at the checkout.
The Little Prince
I’m a massive fan of The Little Prince; it’s one of my favourite ever books, and I have it in both the original French and English. I found out this week that a Little Prince shop is opening in Paris, so I definitely need to visit again as soon as possible. A good excuse to do the Paris Marathon again maybe?!
That’s it! Because living well is sometimes just about enjoying the simple things around us. Feel free to tell me your favourite things this week, I’d love to hear about them. Have a great weekend!