I have to go to a birthday party tonight. It's a themed party. The English love a good theme. They dress up in costumes a lot (they call it 'fancy dress') For eight years, I have been able to avoid the whole fancy dress thing, but tonight I can't avoid it! Tonight's theme is the 80's! Of all things I have to dress like I did as a teenager! Crap, I just aged myself! Anyway, I have a tiny denim skirt, some footless stockings, stilettos and a black lace accented shirt to wear. My hair will be bigger than it's been in years and so will my earrings. I'm not at all looking forward to it. What's really scary is that a few of the party guests were born in the 80s and seem to be mixing up 80's clothes with 70's clothes because they are too young to know better! This makes me feel old. What will make me feel older is seeing my self dressed like I would of a million years ago. I'll feel ridiculous and to add insult to injury, we don't have babysitter so I have to go by myself in a taxi, looking like a 80's throw back! I may have too much to drink - note to self: Disable email on your phone before you leave. You already wished him a happy birthday...
I quit smoking when I moved to the UK, mainly because I promised my husband I would. I did it for him, but not because I wanted to. I enjoyed smoking. I missed it, but quit successfully for many years until I went through a stressful time and started again. My relapse lasted over a year. The whole time, I was ashamed of myself. I hated the smell. I hated how I felt, I hated the health risks and I hated my lack of willpower. I've known a few people who have tried e-cigarettes. I was a skeptic. I thought it was going from one habit to another. The people I knew that tried it, always had it and were constantly sucking on it. It seemed to me they were more addicted to it then they were cigarettes. I don't know any smokers that constantly had a cigarette in their hand. Then in January, I saw a piece about it on the BBC News. I watched with interest thinking they were going to say that they have found it to be harmful. What they said was quite the o
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