Finally it’s February - on the one hand January feels like it has just flown by and on the other hand it feels like it has taken a bloody age!!! January is cold, dark, dreary and it will be ages before we notice it getting lighter in the mornings and the evenings and I am pretty sure the worst of the cold weather is yet to come. Maybe if we left the Christmas lights up for a little bit longer it wouldn’t be so bleak?
And as if all that weren’t bad enough - every January I feel the need to counter-balance December’s excesses (don’t we all over-indulge in December? And I did have reason because it was my birthday too!) by going dry for the entire month. This year I felt an additional punishment was in order and swore off chocolate too!!
So I spent the 31st December munching my way through an entire box of Lindor and finishing off a bottle of red - I mean I didn’t want anything to go off whilst I was abstaining and I felt it necessary to remove to all temptation - and to be honest I didn’t want the littles scoffing the Lindor!!!
I have to say I have been bloody awesome all month. I would love to be able to say some sanctimonius stuff about how much better I feel for not having had a drink all month - I mean there is something to be said for the smug feeling of waking up on a kid free Saturday morning with a totally clear head but the reality is that it is cold and dark out so it has been easy to live like a hermit and avoid all temptation by just not leaving the house.
Avoiding chocolate has been a whole lot harder - there have been some serious low points - the pre-teen sitting in front of me eating Curly Wurly was one of them . But I have been steadfast - not even a sneaky lick of the Nutella knife at breakfast!! I have, however, eaten my own body weight in biscuits this month - so if there is a shortage of custard creams in the supermarkets you know who to blame!
And now finally February is here and it has had the decency to arrive on a Friday. My over-thinking has gone into overdrive - should I have a drink, and if I have a drink what will I have - what do I most fancy after abstaining for a month - a glass of red, a nice cold Peroni or even a g&t?
Much more importantly - is it wrong to eat all the chocolate for breakfast? And what if by some incredible misfortune after a month I no longer actually like chocolate?? What if I have ruined it for myself forever? What then??
xx