The Most Fabulous Breakfast

You’ll know by now that I’m a massive breakfast enthusiast, but I think this morning’s ensemble was possibly the nicest yet! It was a variation on my usual overnight oats. Last night I mixed together in a bowl some blueberry muesli, milled flaxseed, a mashed banana, milk and natural yoghurt. I left it in the fridge until this morning and then just popped it in the microwave on defrost for 30 seconds just to take the chill off. I topped it with some chopped strawberries and a little agave.

It doesn’t look as good as it tasted. The mashed banana mixed in was a revelation (thanks Flo) and gave the most delicious texture and subtle taste. I also love using muesli instead of regular oats. This muesli mix has dried blueberries, cranberries, raisins and goji berries, which all plumped up and became really succulent overnight.

Today was payday – yay! Unfortunately Boots the Chemist ate a good proportion of my money. OK, OK I got carried away with skincare products and splurged on some Clinique stuff. Actually, I think it’s good value, but still expensive all in one go. Despite my healthy eating and fitness habits I feel that I’ve always neglected my skin. As a teenager I never had to really worry – I had the odd spot, but not often. It was when I hit my twenties that my skin started to go downhill. I always have a few spots to contend with (I’m not moaning too much because I know that I’m lucky never to have suffered from bad acne) and my checks and jawline are really dry and have a tendency to flake. I think outdoor walking and running and regularly swimming doesn’t do it any good. I’m hoping that sticking to a skincare regime will help, although it’ll take a lot of willpower as I’ve never managed to stick to one yet.

Do you look after your skin? I also need to pay attention to my body – my legs are super dry!

My foot injury has been playing up today. If you’re catching up I have sesamoidosis, which for none medic-types like me is inflammation around the bones at the base of the big toe. In my case it’s caused because my sesamoid bone is split in two (either fractured or I might have been born like that) and is under strain from the way I walk. I’ve been prescribed orthotics to relieve the pressure on the bone and sort out my general dodgy bio-mechanics.

I’m not sure what has caused the pain – I just woke up with it today. I did walk quite a long way in London over the weekend without orthotics, so maybe that’s it. Typical of my clumsiness, I managed to bang exactly where it hurts on the bath in the way into the shower this morning, which can’t have helped! I’m seeing the podiatrist on Monday, so I’ll see what he says. Last time I had some pain (also after quite a long walk), he said not to worry too much as he’d expect some recurrence of the pain in the short term.

So glad it’s Friday tomorrow, the weekend can’t come fast enough as usual. I’m out of work early tomorrow because we’re moving offices and my computer and all my stuff is being taken at 2.30pm Finding that out made my day!

Any exciting plans over the weekend?