Day One
6:22 a.m. — I always wake up at a weird time but enjoy the sounds of chirping birds from my Lumie (amazing investment — I got the cheap version but I am not sure what more you would want from an alarm clock). I pop my trainers on and head straight out for a run. I’m a very seasonal runner but it has been good weather recently and I am obsessed with the Miss Me? podcast. Bump into my boss as I am slogging and sweating up the hill. Classic Edinburgh.
8:15 a.m. — Make it to work after a shower and have some fried eggs on toast. Give my boss a knowing nod and crack on. Markets are behaving for once so I prepare for meetings this week and try to avoid the flashing screen.
12 p.m. — Lunch with my work pal, P. We head to the canteen to grab some food (tuna baguette and can of Fanta), £3.09. We take a walk around to find somewhere green to sit and natter about everything and nothing.
5:55 p.m. — Finish work and my eyes are sore. I had no meetings today so I was on the screen all day. I make a Cult Beauty order for myself and buy some other beauty goodies from Liberty for a close friend whose birthday is approaching, £145. Run to the gym to make a yoga class.
7:30 p.m. — Yoga was hard but I feel sufficiently stretched. Head home via the shops to grab some turkey mince, mozzarella, chocolate peanuts, frozen sweetcorn and yoghurt for dinner, £12.50. It could have been half this if I went to big Sainsbury’s — argh!
9 p.m. — Cook dinner and eat with my boyfriend, F. Don’t seem to get our meatballs on the table until 9 p.m. How does this keep happening? Fall asleep watching Below Deck.
6:22 a.m. — I always wake up at a weird time but enjoy the sounds of chirping birds from my Lumie (amazing investment — I got the cheap version but I am not sure what more you would want from an alarm clock). I pop my trainers on and head straight out for a run. I’m a very seasonal runner but it has been good weather recently and I am obsessed with the Miss Me? podcast. Bump into my boss as I am slogging and sweating up the hill. Classic Edinburgh.
8:15 a.m. — Make it to work after a shower and have some fried eggs on toast. Give my boss a knowing nod and crack on. Markets are behaving for once so I prepare for meetings this week and try to avoid the flashing screen.
12 p.m. — Lunch with my work pal, P. We head to the canteen to grab some food (tuna baguette and can of Fanta), £3.09. We take a walk around to find somewhere green to sit and natter about everything and nothing.
5:55 p.m. — Finish work and my eyes are sore. I had no meetings today so I was on the screen all day. I make a Cult Beauty order for myself and buy some other beauty goodies from Liberty for a close friend whose birthday is approaching, £145. Run to the gym to make a yoga class.
7:30 p.m. — Yoga was hard but I feel sufficiently stretched. Head home via the shops to grab some turkey mince, mozzarella, chocolate peanuts, frozen sweetcorn and yoghurt for dinner, £12.50. It could have been half this if I went to big Sainsbury’s — argh!
9 p.m. — Cook dinner and eat with my boyfriend, F. Don’t seem to get our meatballs on the table until 9 p.m. How does this keep happening? Fall asleep watching Below Deck.
11 p.m. — Actually go to bed.
Total: £160.59
