Failure or Triumph?

Well on Saturday I had my first big test: Grad Ball.

I'd paid for my grad ball ticket a while ago and included in the price was a three course meal. When I started this challenge I knew that grad ball day would mean inevitable failure. My starter was tomato soup and my main course was covered in the sweetest gravy I have ever had: thus added sugar will have been consumed. However, the real challenge was the pudding...

I candy buffet completed with a huge chocolate fountain.

For a sweet tooth like me, a dream come true.

So I got through my starter and main course, slightly annoyed that this meant I couldn't complete my challenge to perfection, and then it was time for pudding.

I walked over to the table, greeted with a massive selection of pick&mix classics, as well as mini donuts, profiterolls, fudge and turkish delight.

I was positively salivating. 

And so I picked up a plate, and helped myself to a large serving of....

Fruit.

Yes, I managed to do what I thought was impossible, and completely sideline all the sugary goodness in front of me in favour of a plate of strawberries, grapes, melon, banana and pineapple.

And it was delicious.

I was and still am very proud of myself. Especially as the next day while all my friends were nursing their hangovers with biscuits I was sticking to my punnet of grapes. I made it past the pudding with success, grace and dignity and I feel absofrigglinglutely fantastic for it.

So whilst I have slipped up a little, I think my success on the pudding resisting front is enough for me to say I am still doing pretty damn well on this challenge.

Congratulations to me.

On another note - the juggling is coming along nicely. Some days are better than others, and of course as soon as no one is watching me I become some kind of juggling champion, and then when someone looks over I immediately drop the balls. But practice makes perfect as they say, so let's hope I keep improving!

Twenty One days to go.