Please stay, don’t go, I've got you now, are you curious?

Well the New Year has been interesting in relation to some decisions I have made. Interesting to me, anyway. But I shall get to that shortly.

My birthday was thoroughly enjoyable, had a good night out with friends on the Saturday, chilled out at home with the family on my birthday, then went to Kent to see Jims family and celebrate with his brother. Had a deliciously snowy journey to Devon on the Wednesday where I was supposed to be celebrating again but Jim was too hungover so we stayed in and watched naff TV after a quick drink with Rach.

Xmas was a good one, again very relaxing with the family, Pum came up to visit for a few days and my aunt, uncle and couins visited for a bit to take Barney out. Who I broke on Christmas Day :[ oops. The poor boy slipped on snow :[.

New Years Eve I went down to Plymouth to be with Jim, we went to a friends party which was not quite what I was expecting - I thought there was going to be a lot of people there but it was only 7 people including us. However, I had a good time and got rather sozzled. Jim and I ended up in the casino (as usual) and I smashed a full glass of wine everywhere.

Which leads me to this year...

I have decided to stop drinking for all of January at least, and possibly longer. I am sick of making a tit out of myself when I go out, doing things I regret, and feeling so damn dirty the next day. Plus the weight I've put on is seriously not attractive, and I am sick of my teeth hurting. I know, I paint such a pretty picture. But it's something I really need to work on, so I will. Also I'm thinking it will improve my sleep pattern so I will hopefully start going to bed earlier and therefore getting up earlier, which leaves more time for things like exercise and work rather than sitting around finishing off my bottle of wine. I shall also endeavour to go swimming every Monday evening and hopefully more if I can find better times to. However I have already fallen down on this one - going out in minus 4 degrees with wet hair and wet skin is not my idea of fun for an evening. I guess I'll have to figure something else out to do.

I have to say it's interesting how much money I already have from doing this. Not wasting money on drink has already left me with a lot of cash I wouldn't have had otherwise, which is going straight in my travelling pot. I am desperate for money to go away, and need to save every penny I get. So really this can not be a bad thing at all, no? :] Good times.

I think I've written enough for today! My poor fingers won't be able to cope with all the typing (despite the fact that it seems to be all they're good for).

Later
x

(I'm hungry. I want chocolate. Damn this money saving lark.)