Mr. Darcy and Plans

I begun to watch the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice with some friends yesterday but it was decided 20 minutes in that it was time for coffee so off we went to retrieve some coffee (or a chai latte if you're me - they're rather lovely aren't they?!). Anyway, several hours later we returned and put on the Kirea knightly version so we could at least introduce the friend who did not know the story of P&P (how is she friends with me and hasn't seen Pride and Prejudice?!?!).  After getting over the fact that some people don't want to sit through the BBC P&P, I started thinking about Mr. Darcy and how is framed as one of literatures most beloved male love interests (I made that up, but hey, it's basically true!).  How could anyone be so attracted to someone so rude and prideful?!? Yes, he is kind to his sister and the Bennet girls once he realizes that he's in love with Lizzie, but still! How could Lizzie fall in love with someone who a) insults her at the ball, b) separates her sister from her true love and c) see her family as lowly and rude? Both Colin Firth and Matthew McFadden make quite good looking Mr. Darcy's, but still you can't just go on looks... well you could, but it might not turn out the best... ;P  Anyway!  I personally think, no matter how nice Mr. Darcy turns out in the end, he's still the same person from the beginning of the film/book, so wouldn't he still have the traits of 'pridefullness' and rudeness about him?  I LOVE the Darcy at the end of the story and would without a doubt date him (most likely), BUT I can't get over the fact that it's almost like he's two different characters in one story... I don't know... What do you think??

Oh and I have made a plan for my eating.  Before I moved to Auckland, I spent about two weeks planning every single meal a week in advanced to try and help my eating and I loved doing it.  I'm a planner and love to be organised, so doing something like this made my good eating as fun as it could be.  It was great as I was able to work in treats and desserts etc and gave me something to look forward to during the week. So, I'm going to try doing this for the last couple of months that I'm in Auckland for this year.  I've printed off my weekly schedules and have planned my first week, which starts tomorrow.  I've got everything sorted.  The one thing that I have found so hard this year is having Monday to Friday dinners and Tuesday and Wednesday lunches made for me.  This has made it quite difficult to do the points for, but for this plan, I have just allocated a certain amount of points of each dinner (12 and for dessert night 20).  Hopefully this works.  I'll let you know how it's going in a bit!

I think that is all for now...
Until next time!
Sophie

Oh! HAPPY FATHERS DAY DADDY!!!