Happy 2010!!
As much as I love Christmas, my heart has always belonged to New Year's Eve. After all the stress and expense of Christmas, it's so nice to have a night with all my friends. Also, dressing up for a big event is one of my favourite things to do ever. If I didn't like sleeping so much, I'd be happy to spend every day in a pretty dress with perfectly coiffed locks, false eyelashes and killer heels.
(Sidenote: I appear to have finally learned to walk in heels this year! I'm not sure how it happens, but suddenly I can last all night in 4.5 inch heels. Amazing!)
This year, my NYE consisted of a civilised dinner party with a few of my closest friends. The food was amazing - I brought dessert, of course. Stay tuned for a post on that, hurrah. It all seemed very grown-up, except of course we all ended up drinking too much wine and dancing around my friend Sarah's living room.
I loved how perfect my ringlets turned out. :)
(Sidenote: I appear to have finally learned to walk in heels this year! I'm not sure how it happens, but suddenly I can last all night in 4.5 inch heels. Amazing!)
This year, my NYE consisted of a civilised dinner party with a few of my closest friends. The food was amazing - I brought dessert, of course. Stay tuned for a post on that, hurrah. It all seemed very grown-up, except of course we all ended up drinking too much wine and dancing around my friend Sarah's living room.
So, new year, new decade, and that means resolution time! I always have mixed success with my resolutions, but this year I am determined to get fit and live a healthier life. Although this means giving up on all the buttery cakes and desserts that I love sooo much (at least for a while), I got two great books on low-fat desserts for Christmas so all is not lost. This isn't going to turn into a diet blog, I promise.
Other resolutions include trying to be slightly more sensible with money... oh, and to learn to like red wine. A very important life skill, I think you'll agree.
I hope you all had a great Christmas break! What are your resolutions?
Lovely photo collage!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI have (on the spur of the moment) decided that my resolution is to try and end up cooking at least one meal a week from scratch. Don't know how it will go - and I certainly can't do it at the moment with the lack of heating - but I have a couple of beginners' recipe books that I can start off with.
I've never met a person who prefered NYE to Christmas, until now! But your New Year sounded lovely, you just can't beat a nice civilized dinner party with friends! xxx
ReplyDeleteThat's a great resolution, Mike! I recommend the BBC Good Food books - super cheap on Amazon, and really easy. I need to cook more... am far too reliant on pizza at the moment.
ReplyDeleteHee, Victoria, I do love Christmas, but I think for me it's all about the build-up. NYE never disappoints! Especially when you have the kind of friends who bring four different desserts...