I live fairly close to a pub and so I get a few drunk people walking past my house at random hours in the night.

Some of them are nice, happy drunks. The kind who just totter along, singing to themselves.
Then there are the others, who have obviously had an argument with someone recently and are muttering angrily away to themselves while they stagger home.

When I get the second type of drunks staggering past my house, I like to sneakily and quietly open my bedroom window and then SLAM it shut. I almost always get a “Oh, f*** off!” or a “F*** you too!”.

And then I giggle to myself and go back to sleep.

I hope everyone had a good New Year’s Eve and weren’t too hungover on New Year’s Day!

Now onto the resolutions!
It seems that I didn’t actually make any last year but I’ll go through the ones that are ALWAYS on my list anyway.

DO MORE FOR CHARITY
In 2010, I started giving money to Save The Children every month. I also took part in raising money via work for a local charity called Jeremiah’s Journey (helps children who have lost people who they were close to). ALSO, I took part in a Sponsored Slim for Jeremiah’s Journey.
Oh yeah and – I gave two laptops to a charity based in Kenya through one of Myke’s friends.

LOSE WEIGHT
I actually lost weight this year but I started off the first few months of the year by putting on a stone in weight (14lbs), due to some problems I was having in my personal life. However, through the Sponsored Slim I did with some of my colleagues, I lost 18lbs. I then lost a further 7lbs, bringing my total weight-loss of the year to 25lbs.

SPEND LESS, SAVE MORE
I sucked at this. Seriously; by the end of January, I had purchased a new mobile phone, Nintendo DS and Netbook (like a laptop but smaller). And I started going out for meals and “nights out” etc with work more so…I spent WAY more than I would have liked. And I purchased my beloved kitten, Chester.
And I didn’t save. I feel the shame.
On the plus side, however – I’ve stopped purchasing books and instead borrow them from friends, book clubs or libraries and they USED to be one of my biggest expenditures (I can walk into a book shop after spending £100+ EASILY).

MAKE MORE OF AN EFFORT WITH FRIENDS
This one is a bit 50/50; I haven’t SEEN much of my non-work friends but I HAVE gotten back in touch with a lot of people I knew in school or college and have spoken to many of them quite a few times. For someone who prefers to only have a couple of close friends and dislikes having to interact with people she doesn’t know, this was a big step.

EXERCISE MORE
I suck. I sucked at the beginning of the year, I did okay in the middle of the year (I went out for a few walks and jogs and bought a mini trainer which I still use) and then I sucked again.

My resolutions for 2011 are:-

• lose weight
• spend less, save more
• quit smoking and drinking alcohol
• pass both the theory and practical parts of driving tests
• be more active on my blog

Hopefully, this year will be full of “I DID IT!”.

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(Back story: I have dermal anchors (single point piercings – like piercings but with only one hole) in both of my middle fingers. The dermal anchor on the middle finger of my right hand is the one I had done about two weeks ago…)

Anyway.

I was tidying my bedroom up earlier and managed to jam the dermal anchor on the middle finger of my right hand in one of my drawers. There was pain, yelling, swearing and blood but I got over it. Kinda.

‘Cept now, my finger has swollen to TWICE its size and it’s very painful to bend, even though I’ve “had a few” (*wink wink*) drinks.
Anyway, the jewellery looks like it’s sinking into my finger (and YES I’ve cleaned it) and I’m not sure if I want to go to sleep ’cause I’ll probably end up waking up with a VERY swollen finger and no sign of my dermal anchor.

But I’m SO tired…I guess Killer will have to keep watch for me…

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