I love egg and bacon so much. I really should make an effort to stock some in my fridge.

Off to the dentist soon for my biannual clean. I should probably look for a closer dentist than Bacchus Marsh but I do enjoy a drive so c’est la vie.

Meanwhile, blending meal replacement shakes with a bit of ice is a revelation. I’ve ordered some recommended ones online but to fill the gap until they get here I got some vanilla manshake and a tin of milo from the shops last night because it’s a great mix.

I had just over half a strawberry manshake before I had to give up because it was not good. I’ve since scootered over to the District and bought some frozen pork & cabbage dumplings from the asian supermarket which are currently steaming.

Where are these ones from? Also damn you for this.

The only requirement is “nothing too spicy”, which isn’t to say zero spice, just nothing hot.

Budget isn’t an issue. The two things I have are money and time. I don’t need to go overboard on cost though just for the sake of being fancy, she is very down to earth. It’ll just be the two of us.

I scoured every shelf of the Altona North Aldi, no dice there. I’ll be in Melton from Monday for a week so maybe I’ll check them out while I’m around.

Hmm more fancy you say… so toasted cheese sandwiches with bows and ribbons on them. Got it.

Thanks, that makes me feel better about them not having any. I’ll keep researching. Canstar has manshake pretty far down the list which I found surprising because it seems fine. Keen to find out what better ones there are though.

I googled to find out what the best meal replacement shakes are and canstar strongly recommended Aldi’s one. The trouble with Aldi is that you can never be sure you can get what you want there. I just got back from Aldi and sure enough… nope no sign of them. If I did manage to get some and wanted to use them regularly there’d be a chance they just wouldn’t have them the next time I needed some. I’m really really underwhelmed by Aldi in general so this didn’t help. I did grab a bag of coffee beans though.

Meanwhile… I’ve invited someone over for dinner next week. Any suggestions on what I should cook? As far as I know there aren’t any special dietary requirements but I might actually double check on that.

Manshake with milo… I got one of those portable blenders. A bit of ice along with the ice water and the powder in that makes for an ok shake.

Got home not long ago from my weekend adventure. I’m tired. Here’s a photo from Woolshed Falls from this morning for your viewing pleasure.

Might have a meal replacement shake. Or chicken katsu curry.

Chicken Kiev in the dining room of a pub which is still a classic pub and hasn’t been modernised.

As wrecked as I’ve been this week thanks to starting on Wegovy, I’ve booked myself a room up in Beechworth for tomorrow and it’s non-refundable so that will force me out of my apartment. I’ll pop into the Billson’s brewery tomorrow afternoon and then chill tf out on the room balcony which overlooks some pretty countryside.

Sunday I’ll get up early, go and spend some time looking at Woolshed Falls then drive to Yackandandah and finally see it. I’ve lined up a place to grab a coffee and breakfast there.

That’s as far as I’ve gotten. As always plans are subject to change (besides the accommodation) because I’m free to do what I want any old time.

I had leftover crap pasta coz I made lots yesterday

It tasted like the sauce from tinned spaghetti which is not amazing… but I kinda salvaged it with some ground cloves, cinnamon sugar and a wee bit of hot sauce

I got curious about your canned bolognese/spaghetti sauce so I went to buy some, but they were sold out of the brand you use so I got the Leggo’s one. I’m going to make that with some big spiral pasta and see how it goes. I’ve always done mince + dolmio jars. Pray for me.

Just spotted the reddit daily thread for today and it has a whopping 32 comments. How far it has fallen!

Sounds like my love life in the summer after my divorce

All I’ve had today is a handful of m&m’s. Maybe I’ll go for a drive for a burrito.

I checked Metacritic for that one to see what people are saying. I’ve never played the game so I wouldn’t be offended by any butchering the IP but apparently it’s just bad. I think I’ll wait for it to be on Netflix or Prime or whatever.