Level 1: Laying the foundations

What am I doing here? Or possibly more to the point, what is this doing here?

Well, I think it's fair to say there's a lot going on in my life at the minute, and it's hit the point that I need an outlet, to release my thoughts and frustrations, to celebrate my successes, and to record the little things along the way that otherwise get forgotten about.

But back to the beginning, I suppose I should introduce myself.

Clearly a true likeness! (source)

Hi, I'm Mrs Pacman,  married for 19 months to Pacman, and still living in a houseshare. Yep, we're living with other people. Not what you expect for newlyweds, hey?
Thought we'd have a little maze all of our own to wander round all day, right? Unfortunately not the case.

We're on the cusp of getting our own place, we've picked out the pad, put down a retainer, hit the mortgage advisers, and we need to find £3,000 more to get the deal we need. In 8 weeks. So understandably, the need to be frugal has just kicked in to overdrive.

Irrelevant, but cool house decor option. Awesome huh? (source)

 We honestly believe we stand little chance of achieving it, but have you ever hit the point in your arcade game career where you just know you won't make it to the end of the level, but you're determined to go down all guns blazing? Well that's us, right now, determined to succeed or go out fighting.
I'm hoping to use this as a way to chronicle our daily savings, our progress on the house purchase, and vent my frustrations and challenges along the way. Something tells me it's not going to be easy.


I've also been veggie for 3 years since losing 5 stone after Pacman having a health scare, and trying to be vegan for 6 months or more now but with varying levels of success.
A very wise man once told me 'Live like Mrs Pacman, eats lots of cherries and go running every day so ghosts don't catch and kill you'.

Unfortunately, I like my cherries on cake (source)

Sound advice, I'm sure you'll agree. But advice I'm having trouble sticking to recently, I haven't been running in months and it's starting to show! I'll more than likely fill you in on my day to day eats as I try and keep track of my diet and health, as I don't want to put all the weight back on but I'm finding it very easy to comfort eat right now with all this stress.
Lets face it, Mrs Pacman doesn't just eat cherries, does she. There's also a lot of cake involved, and what's the nutritional content of a ghost these days too? Gotta be calorific!

And last but certainly not least,  there's one thing we want more than a maze of our own, or an unlimited supply of fresh fruit to gobble. We want a Pacbaby.

Colour may vary! (source)

 Yup, Pacman Jr is on our radar and we hope to be bringing him to a maze near you very soon.
Unfortunately, we've been trying to create this little miracle since December already, and either our programming isn't right or there's a glitch in the system, as we just don't seem to be able to do it right.
With all the added pressure and financial stress of homebuying right now, Pacman would be happier if we stop trying to create another life right now and concentrate on us, but if you've ever been a broody yellow ball, you'll understand thats difficult to do. I'd probably attempt to mother those pesky little ghosts right now if they gave me the option!
So I'll more than likely want to use this space to update our progress (or lack of) in that respect too, I'll try and remember to label those posts as TMI so you can avoid them if you prefer.


Hope you'll join me as we try and level up!

~ Mrs Pacman