Tea and Krumpets--Day 25

I had another successful grocery trip this morning. Not only did I come in under 20 pounds again, but I bought a few things I really didn't need and was still within my budget. I thought it might be nice to buy myself some treats, so I purchased a tin of quadruple chocolate cookies (I don't do things halfway), raspberry jam, and Nutella. Now, I am of the opinion that Nutella is one of the most delicious things on the planet, and I have been craving it lately because all of my friends seem to have a jar. I also bought a package of krumpets, just to see what they taste like. My roommate thinks they are disgusting, but I think with a little bit of raspberry jam, they are actually pretty good. I love the spongy texture. Curiously enough, "krumpet" is also a slang term for an attractive member of the opposite gender. For example, a man would say, "That's a nice piece of krumpet" if he saw a pretty woman, and a woman would say, "He's krumpet" if she saw a handsome man. I just think that's kind of silly. Anyway, I suppose I was able to afford these little luxuries because overall I bought less groceries this week because we are leaving for Scotland on Thursday morning (as far as I know). This means that any food I buy now basically has to be used up by early Thursday because I probably won't be back until Monday evening. I'm assuming we are staying in a hotel while we are there, so I don't think I'll be able to do my own cooking. I'm not very pleased about this because going out for lunch and dinner (I'm sure I could manage breakfast in my room, or maybe the hotel has a continental breakfast?) gets to be really expensive after three or four days. However, I think I have managed my finances extremely well on this trip so far, so I will be able to afford this trip to Scotland at least a little better than most of my friends. I'll keep you posted as far as details for the Scotland trip once I know them, though.

My friend with the injured ankle is doing well. She is still in pain, but she is able to move her ankle around quite a bit and can flatten her foot and put a small amount of weight on it with the help of her crutches. It looks as though she will not need to return to the doctor on Tuesday, which is really good. She needs to take a cab to class tomorrow, but she should be okay. Everyone here (the Augie students, our program leaders, the residence hall staff, other students staying in the residence hall) is very concerned about her welfare and are doing everything they can to make sure she is comfortable (which she doesn't necessarily like; she says, "I can take care of myself!"). Gotta love spirit like that.

Being Sunday, I did my fair share of homework and also of Skyping my parents. Again, I really enjoyed talking to them and making them laugh. It is good to know that for the most part, everyone is doing well. Tomorrow will probably be another slow day. I don't have class, so I'll probably just do some laundry before things get really busy on Tuesday and Wednesday so that I have clean clothes to pack for Scotland. I'm also probably going to study for my history test and prepare for my history presentation on Wednesday.

And since today was pretty dry on the photography front, I thought I'd share a picture of me and my friends in front of St. Paul's Cathedral from the very first Saturday we were here (aren't we so cute and inexperienced?).

From left: me, Haley, Amanda, and Lauren (my roommate).