Hifi bars and cashback

Morning all! I vanished again, but I'm determined to keep this going!

Today, I'm going to talk about my diet savers - the slimming world hi-fi bars.
Over the past two weeks I've really not been well, and while being bedridden my boyfriend has had full reign over the kitchen and what I've been eating, which means that my diet has suffered. Over the past two weeks I've put on 1lb (I know that's not much, but when I wanted to lose a stone by september it's certainly dented my confidence).
The only thing keeping me on track is my hi-fi bars. To make sure I still had my healthy extras, I've been using them as a snack with a glass of milk, and they have certainly kept me on the diet mood and left me with  little sugar to alleviate my cravings as well as not joining the syns in the rest of my meals.
I love these things, you can only get them from group (and I'm really glad I stocked up as I ended up missing a week) but they are delicious chocolatey sugary morsels that have been keeping me on track from the beginning. If you've never tried them, they come highly recommended from me!

In other news, I've just started using an app called 'checkoutsmart', it has a lot of cashback deals alongside some bonuses just for submitting your reciepts and try it free products. I've had it about 2 weeks and have already saved £10 off my groceries! The last try it free was the new birdseye chicken inspirations, and the chargrilld fish inspirations (neither of which are likely to be good on syn balance, but like I said, I haven't been cooking). The tomato and basil chicken is amazing, and I would definitely recommend it to those who haven't tried it!
This week you can get a free bottle of Volvic touch of fruit 750ml from Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asda and Waitrose! (Unhelpful for me, I don't have any of those stores nearby, but if you have one, go get it!) You get your money back quickly after submitting your reciept, so far it's never been longer than 24 hours for me!
There is a 5% charge to cash out your account if the amount it less that £20, but once you hit that mark you get every penny!

If you get the chance, I would definitely look into it. It's been fabulous for me!

Quick and easy Syn free noodles and broth

It's a recipe today!
My boyfriend and I felt lazy last night (and I'm currently ill so I definitely wasn't cooking) so we just threw together a quick broth with noodles, and it was amazing, so I thought I'd share the recipe we used.

Now, this was just thrown together in a haphazard kind of way, so the measurements aren't exact, and you could easily change this.

Serves 2
Syn Free on EE or Green!

1 beef stock cube made up with water
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
Mixed herbs
1 yellow pepper, chopped up
1/2 onion, chopped up
Spaghetti (we would have used noodles if we had them)

First, place a small saucepan on medium heat, and pour in the beef stock, chopped pepper and onion, and allow to cook for a few minutes. Add mixed herbs and light soy sauce and allow to boil.
Cook noodles according to instructions in a separate pan.
Once noodles are done, add dark soy sauce to the stock mix and stir through.
Serve noodles between two bowls, and add half of the stock mix on top.

This left us with just a little broth in the bottom of the bowl, enough to taste and flavour but nothing too soupy, and with all the veg easily accessible on the top of the spaghetti.

It's a simple recipe, but we really enjoyed it so I thought it would be worth sharing!

If you try this, do leave me a comment! I've seen I've got a few page views, so if you do see this, please leave me a comment to say hi, I'm generally curious about who reads my blog.

Have a good evening all!

August Freebies

For anyone interested, the freebies list monthly list has been updated for the women's monthlies that I buy each month for my dissertation (and Harpers Bazaar this month as I wanted it's cover freebie)

This month, the freebies added up to £12.43! So that's not bad. I've not got over £300 worth of freebies in my stash (I dread to think of how much I have to spend on all these magazines) but that's not a bad collection. This includes my subscription to the Discovery Club from thefragranceshop, so from now on I'm going to keep track of the spend alongside the freebies. I'll have to see if I can find a widget or something.

Seen any good freebies anywhere? Do let me know, I'm always after anything that can get me something I love for a smaller price :D

Holiday update!

My holiday is booked! Yeah, that happened quickly, but now I'm having a fantastic time preparing for it! 

I'm off to Zante via Thompson, and I simply cannot wait! And so, I thought I would make a list of the things that I want to buy for my holiday. 

First, I want a beach bag. A bright one. I want something that I can throw my towel into and everything else I'll need for the beach or pool. The hotel isn't far from the beach, so it's not a big issue, but this is definitely what I want! 

Second, a new swimming costume. This is simple, I don't really need to explain it xD

I also want a new beach cover up, I don't want to have to wander from the hotel to the beach just in my costume. I might be more confident now, but I'm not 'that' confident!

Flip flops and sandals! I want both, particularly gladiator/roman sandals (I don't really know what they're called) and I'm hoping I'm not too late to go shopping for them. 

A maxi dress or two, it's going to be too hot to wear anything longer than shorts or a nice loose dress, so I want a couple of maxi dresses!

Some new tops, again, self explanatory.

And a pair of shorts and/or khaki trousers. 

There will eventually be more on this list, but as this is what I'm aiming for to begin with, I think I'll leave it at this. 

I'll be putting up images when I've got them!  

Weigh in and freebie hunt!

First weigh in today, I was working last week, and...

I've lost 4lbs!

I am thrilled, and with my holiday coming up, this is great for my goal. At the pace I'm going, I'll have easily lost a stone by the time I go to Greece! I cannot wait!

Anyway, onto the freebie hunt!

If you collect magazines, let me just give you a hint. Elle currently has a £1 voucher of Cosmo! For me, that's fantastic, I am collecting magazines for my dissertation, so any money off is fantastic!

So yeah, on page 373 of the September issue of Elle, you can recieve £1 of Cosmopolitan.

Short one today, but hey, I'm tired xD

Byes ~