#BlogLife877 - What's good for you, doesn't necessarily suit me..

My face has turned into a strawberry, as usual I bought some new things to try, shake things up a bit.

However I should have paid closer attention to the packaging. I thought nacho cheese pasta sounded interesting.

It is tasty, nicely seasoned, however I didn't realise they dumped a whole load of pepper in there, Oh my, my face is on fire.

Why did you do that to me Iceland? I thought we were friends? What would have gone perfectly now, is the milk lollies, but noooo, you were sold out of those :(

I also decided to try Regal puff pastry finger biscuits. I thought these looked more on the cakey side or at least a soft chewy biscuit.

It's so light, it's like eating air, not keen on those, sweet enough, not overly so but lil bit tasteless and dry.

Good job it's a cold day, I did need to warm up. Holy moly, I'm scared to eat more, it is really good though..

(The pasta, not the biscuits). I don't know if I've tried these before but I want a small snack so it was finally in stock.

Crown Farms chicken kebabs, I don't know if they are spicy or seasoned nicely.

They're not bad actually mild spice, bit dry, definitely needs a dip with it but plenty in the bag.

We used to get some from the local butcher and nothing has rivalled those, lil spicy, very tasty, extremely expensive but it was a huge size.

I think it was £5, ouchy. These were £4 plus I got TGI Friday's wings, I didn't realise it came with sauce that is frozen solid so I won't be trying that.

The wings are alright, nothing special, I wouldn't recommend those, takes ages to cook.

On to the Naked Thai style chilli chicken version, smells better than the rest.

And has the least amount of impression, it's fine, just no spice and very weak, I don't recommend as I put less water in and it still doesn't taste of much.

I still feel lousy. It's funny I was talking to Mama and she said she constantly feels like she has a headache and now that's how I am, my head is pounding constantly.

She was telling me about her trip to West London as she won an afternoon tea for 2 at some posh hotel, I forget the name.

She did ask me if I fancied it, but trekking all that way, is too much for me, buses, tubes, train, or maybe just train, I'm not sure.

Anyway, I was hoping they would be treated like royalty, completely made a fuss over and over fed.

Now comes the reality. I think it was one tiny sandwich, probably one drink, the waiter buggered off for an hour, didn't bother to check in on them, ask if they needed any top ups or extras.

Then it was maybe a scone or mini cakes and it was just so basic and extremely horrid service.

I'm sure she travelled an hour and probably trekked a bit, so I was disappointed for her and afterwards they joked, they should get McDonald's or something to tide them over as they were starving afterwards.

It should have been a lavish experience and if that was me, I would have gotten in touch with the Promoter and said....

Thanks for my competition win but as an elderly person without a car, it was a long taxing journey and although I was looking forward to it.

A glamorous hotel, a posh area, we were treated shoddily. Barely fed and the customer service ignored us.

We were so famished and exhausted after that, we picked up a cheap and cheerful takeaway that cost a couple quid, but was a vastly superior extravaganza of an experience.

What a waste of travel fare and our precious time! In reality, she came home and cooked herself a meal and was happy to at least have caught up with her bestie, who she hadn't seen in a while.

I don't think she will complain, normally we just accept bad service, confrontations are hard.

And half the time, maybe more than that, we as women, face offensive men, that happily talk down nastily, no matter what we say.

Instead of apologising and rectifying it, immediately. If a man confronts another man, however, it is a whole different attitude.

They can't fix it fast enough. I've had mixed altercations really. I pick my battles.

Somebody laughing in your face though, does tend to humiliate you.

I'm hoping this bug or whatever it is, from the weekend fades fast.

One more thing while I'm on this thread. As another tooth is wobbling and will come out soon I hope.

I realised years later why I have an aversion to dentists as well as doctors.

I know it was because he said I had no choice, I had to put up with the students observing all of my treatments.

Which is, as I've said wrong, they should get the patient's permission, each time.

It is because when I'm laying there in the chair, feeling my vulnerablist, in loads of pain, blood leaking out, drool dribbling, wincing from the procedure.

I feel like I'm on display, strapped down, being pointed and laughed at and there's nowhere to escape from.

This has never been the case but that's how it always felt to me, an intense atmosphere and that sense of being confined against my will and ridiculed.

I had too much of that at home, that's why I made so many excuses to myself to avoid the dentist.

There was no way I was willingly walking into another traumatising situation.

It probably sounds a bit exaggerated but the mind has a way of protecting us from perceived dangers and because I have faced so many, mine is overly cautious and always suspicious.