Dalyan – 28th to 30th November

Jamie was due back later on Monday 28th November so we had a tidy up and packed our stuff ready to return home. I’d had a simit for breakfast and we had a roast chicken for dinner back at home. It was good to be home and have everything we needed to hand. Tomorrow it was weigh day and Fat Club again, I really needed to get back on it before the end of the year if I wanted to reach my target, as I’d definitely gone off plan a bit.

I felt like I was rich on Wednesday 29th November, as I’d been paid. Even a weight gain at Fat Club would not put me in a bad mood today! I got weighed at home and did my measurements. I had lost just 0.1kg (0.2lb) according to the home scales, 1cm off my bust, stayed the same on my waist but I’d put 1cm on my hips.
I had a green tea and popped a chicken casserole in to the slow cooker while I cracked on with some work. I had a linden tea then a rose tea and stopped work for lentil soup at lunch time and again to go to Fat Club.
To my surprise, I had lost 0.3kg (0.7lb) so I was pleased with that. I only needed to lose another 2.1kg (4.6lb) to reach my target. I called at the supermarket on my way home, to pick up some essentials, and here’s what I got, with prices in lira;

Migros Supermarket
2 Dido chocolate bars 15.00
2 tomato purée 21.04
Plain noodles 21.50
Chickpeas 22.42
Milk 22.50
Boiled beans 23.92
2 packs sanitary towels 28.50
2 tins chopped tomatoes 44.84
Chestnuts 95.95
White Cheddar 99.90
Red Cheddar 99.90
1 pack tampons 117.50
Total spent 612.77 lira (£16.79)

There were a few extravagant purchases and chocolate as a treat, with it being pay day. The exchange rate was now 36.5 lira to the pound too.
I went back home to finish off my work for the week, which was lucky as the internet went off at 6pm.
We decided to go to Tez bar just for one drink and spent 250 lira (£6.85) on 2 beers and a wine! Back at home, we had a chicken and leek bake for dinner and saved the chicken casserole for tomorrow.

Captain Caveman wasn’t Bumming on Thursday 30th November, due to bad weather. He brought me a cup of Yorkshire tea in bed and I didn’t bother with any breakfast as I had a cheeky lay in. Captain Caveman decided to go shopping as we needed some bulky items as well as the regular food stuff. Here’s what he bought with the prices in lira:

BIM supermarket
Wholemeal bread 14.50
15 eggs 55.00
Total spent 69.50 lira (£1.90)

Migros Supermarket
New Migros card 4.00
2 bags pasta 17.80
2 Quark 31.90
Peanut butter 62.00
Toilet roll 69.90
3 cartons cherry juice 114.00
Washing powder 219.73
Total spent 519.33 lira (£14.23)

We had leftover lentil soup for lunch and I accidentally ate some crisps. I looked through the Migros leaflet to find there were a couple of bargains to be had. Around 3pm Captain Caveman went back to the shop to pick up the extra items, here’s the info;

Migros Supermarket (2nd visit)
Soda water 17.45
Cheese 49.00
Coffee 133.52
Fairy Liquid 139.90
1.8kg whole chicken 96.53
Total spent 436.40 (£11.96)

Captain Caveman also called in to the barbers and to put the internet on until the end of September. Our next appointment was to meet Adele and Vanessa at the Kaunos tea gardens. It was raining quite hard and Adele didn’t make it. It was pretty cold and wet but the Sheffield lot carried on regardless; Vanessa and I had a cup of tea each, still only 10 lira (27p), Captain Caveman had 2 beers and a cheese & onion toastie. Vanessa and I finished off with a wine each. The total bill was only 425 lira (£11.64) between the 3 of us.
Back home, Captain Caveman and I had a rum to warm us up, chicken casserole for dinner and some roasted chestnuts. I did the chestnuts in the airfryer and followed mom’s instructions but ours weren’t cooked as well as her’s.
Tomorrow was the start of Captain Caveman’s last month in Dalyan, time was going too fast!