A Very Vintage Day

I had such a nice day today.  Only a few hours of work and the rest play.

I had to do band assessments for all my Junior band students today and they did so well.  It's really nice to know that they are putting in such an effort.

After that I went to two op-shops and got things at both.  Lately I have been looking for some accurate 50s style skirts.  I love pictures of girls wearing shirts belted with a pencil-style skirt.  I just cannot find any skirts that sit at the right spot or that fit me.  Since I have become vegetarian, I have lost some weight - though not through anything else (I actually cancelled my gym membership) and now when I belt my skirts, the skirt slips form under then belt!  I do not understand how women's skirts stayed in the same place with slips and everything else.    The picture on the left is from Icons: 50s Fashion published by Taschen.

So, I got two skirts that are

Winter weight and hopefully will fit (at $3 each I could not be bothered trying them on).  I also got a little jacket top thing.  It's not a cardigan but not a proper jacket either.

After going to the op-shops I then went on a picnic lunch with some of my family and

 my favourite puppy dog, Lucy.  I haven't been to a BBQ in ages and the sun was out, so it was a nice chance to ctach up with everyone.

This afternoon, I have been meaning to do a whole lot of things and I have done some of them.  They included baking this pear and prune loaf (Symply Too Good to Be True 5).  

Menu Plan Monday

Here is the menu plan for this week.  It began yesterday but is only being posted now as Mondays are suer busy with work this term.  

I am now scheduling breakfast, lunch and dinner into my menu plan because the Beau is away studying and I have to budget very tightly (as he isn't paid while studying) and really want to cut down on the amount of food waste.  Hence the reason there are lots of repeat items.  

The whole menu is vegetarian (apart from one prawn dish).  Most recipes are from Anne Symple - Symply Too Good.  If you are interested in a recipe let me know and I'll post it - I'll also try to take pictures.

Monday

B - Gluten Free (GF) muesli (homemade) and soy yoghurt plus peaches in mango syrup.  Tea

L - Wrap with salad and tofu.  Kiwi fruit.

D - Vegetarian chilli with polenta.  Berry Dream for sweets

S - Snack Bar (eg. LEDA fruit bar) and cup of soy milk.

Tuesday

B - Gluten Free (GF) muesli (homemade) and soy yoghurt plus mandarin.  Tea

L - Warp with cheese and salad.  Peaches in mango.  Raw Almonds

D - Roast veggie pasts.  Berry Dream.

S - Pear and Prune Loaf, Soy Milk, 2 crisp-breads with peanut butter

Wednesday

B - Oats and toast.  Tea

L - Curry (leftover from last week and frozen) and Brown Rice.  Peaches in mango syrup.

D - Mum's

S - Soy yoghurt.  Milk.  Apple and Prune Loaf

Thursday

B - Gluten Free (GF) muesli (homemade) and soy yoghurt plus mandarin.  Tea

L - Roast vegetable pastry (bought from Farmer's Market and frozen).  Apple

D - Stir-fry with tofu and Asian greens.  Apple and Prune loaf

S - Soy milk.  2 crisp-bread with tomato and melted cheese

Friday 

B - Toast with baked beans, tomato and mushrooms.  Apple. Tea

L - 4 crisp-bread with melted cheese.  Salad with dressing.  Mandarin

D - Prawns in satay sauce with brown rice.  Salad.

S - Raw Almonds.  Soy yogurt.  Soy milk.

Saturday

B - Gluten Free (GF) muesli (homemade) and soy yoghurt plus peaches in mango syrup.  Tea

L - Cheese and salad wrap.  Mandarin.

D - Will be away from home (visiting Beau)

S - Soy milk.  Crisp-bread with vegemite and cheese.

Sunday - will be away breakfast and lunch but will try to have something similar too:

B - Bircher muesli.  Apple

L - Wrap with curried egg, avocado, parmesan and lettuce with dressing

D - Roast vegetable pastry (bought from Farmer's Market and frozen).  Salad and baked potato.

S - Soy milk.  Apple and Prune Loaf.  Mandarin.