Day Two - no alcohol (and I am proud of this fact......)

The fact I am quite proud to have got through 48 hours without any alcohol sadly says a lot about my recent partying lifestyle!

So I think as I have only just got this blog up and running I need to talk a bit more about why I am writing one - pouring my heart out to cyber space!

I also now officially have my first follower - welcome Suz! so I feel a bit more like I have to introduce myself rather than just ramble on.

I want to keep this blog relatively anonymous, for two reasons. The first is the obvious one - if I have had a bad day in the office I can rant about it here without fear of losing my job! The same goes for my feelings on men, family, money etc.

The second reason is that I am, right now, nobody special. I am of course special to some people - my parents, my best friends, but as a general rule my life is no better, no worse, no more privileged than the average 28 year old girl (hmm probably a woman by now) trying to make a living and more importantly a life in London.

So here is where I am:

Job - tick, love my job, I am good at it and it is good fun and for now that's all I want to say

Home - tick, I live with my flatmates in Central London. We like each other, we socialise and we can all cook. Even more importantly we have a cleaner so we never fall out about cleaning the bathroom.

Family & friends -biggggg tick, I am very close to my family and am fortunate to have a lot of good friends - some party friends, some chat-to-once-a-week-on-the-phone-friends and some best friends

Relationship - big fat uh-uh. My love life is currently tumbleweed and has been for some time (August, who's counting?) but I have tried all the cheesy singles things, speed dating, blind dates, even internet dating and none felt right, although I know they have been a great success for others. I think I am prepared to hold out for Prince Charming to walk through that bar door (clearly I will be drinking again by then!)

Money - I don't have any, who does at the moment?

So, having said all that -- I guess I am just like everyone else. What makes me different?????? and that my friends is the reason I have started this blog, because I want to try to work it out by the time I hit 30........ so that gives me just under 2 years (1 year, 10 months and 10 days to be exact) And whilst I am sorting my life out I intend to capture all the good bits right here. Starting today... well tomorrow, as think I have done enough jabbering for one night (!)

S x

Hope it is still funny sober!

DAY ONE - Off to The Comedy Store with the girls tonight for our weekly Sunday night outing. Usually I like to watch comedy with white wine in hand and even some sort of snack. Given I am on DAY ONE of my no alcohol, not very many carbs crusade, will be interesting to see if my resolve holds out! If I falter on the first day then I am officially rubbish!

Also slightly concerned I have not given myself a deadline of when I will start boozing again. Hmmm lets say next Saturday for now and see how that pans out (what I never said I was doing it for 365 days!!!)

Shirley Temple

Someone once told me if you wanted to challenge yourself to a task you never thought you would complete then you need to tell everyone what it is so your pride is at stake.

So here I am telling the world that I am giving up booze.

My beautiful cosmopolitans, lovely bubbly champers, the 'oh my god had the day from hell' glass of cheap white plonk in the dodgy bar near work. It is coming to an end and this....is day one