It was our church's Spring Fair on Saturday. For me, this usually involves eating too much. This is due to the fact that my baking usually doesn't work, so I spend money to make up for the fact I have no marketable making-things-for-a-stall skills.
This year:
I baked. And it worked.
I worked on the cake stall. We sold out.
I was in the fashion parade. But that makes no money at all, it's simply entertainment value.
I made an apron. And got heaps of spare change as votes.
So I decided to be a bit more selective in my food choices:
I had a steak burger with salad and a soft drink for lunch. No pavlova and cream. No nachos. No baked potato. No Devonshire Tea.
I bought no cakes (although my Beloved did buy some lamingtons while my back was turned).
I went to the homemade sweet stall and I bought one (1) each of Caramel Fudge and Peanut Brittle because these are my absolute favourites and I only ever get them once a year. There's nothing wrong with little seasonal treats once a year.
Nearing the end of the day, they annouced that various stalls had reduced the prices of what they had left. Remaining containers of sweets were reduced to $1.00.
There was no Caramel Fudge left (there never is). There was heaps of Peanut Brittle. I bought two (2) containers.
Just on the very end of the day I noticed that they still had some Peanut Brittle left. The ladies gave me about five containers for $1.00.
How much weight am I going to lose this week?
... Approximately None
It's still messy, but I think I am growing
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6 comments:
I am very glad I didn't visit your church's fete!! Otherwise I'd be losing no weight also!
Sounds like it wasa fun time though!
Lol. I try to stay away from the fairs or festivals. Just smells tooo good. Hard enough to lose weigt in the Big Easy!
hee hee Jen .. I am such a fudge baby - th old fashioned fudge sort not the new soft type but the harder chalky sugarery type ... yum oh
I think you showed major restraint !! le xoxo
I thought I'd pop in and say hello now that I've recovered from my bout of unworthiness over at Givinya's poem post. And I'm glad I did. I love your "approximately none"! What are the chances that I could come up with a catchy signature phrase that I could tie into each and every post?
Oh Jen, great post! Wish I'd been there. I would have SAVED you from buying all that ... by buying it myself. I am in dire need of losing weight myself.
The poem wasn't all that great! I felt quite silly as I posted it, wondering if people would notice the way syllables and rhymes didn't quite work out.
Tracy is right - I would't be able to post so cleverly to end up with "Approximately None" each time! You're very clever!
I found you at WTBAY - heehee I loved the fudge at our church country fair too. Caramel and pistacio nuts.
great to find another Aussie blog.
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