Tomorrow (Sunday), I will be 27 and 11/12ths. I am starting to feel old.
There are several factors that have led to this conclusion including my long hours at the office (very middle aged man), Friday nights at home alone on the couch with Sex and the City (very middle aged – single – woman) and my increasing desire to be in bed at a reasonable hour (just shoot me).
Nevertheless, in my quest to find a better work/life balance (ie. less time at the desk AND the couch), I am going to endeavor to stop looking at these things as negative and just start thinking positively – I mean, it can’t hurt right?
While the long hours suck (I don’t care how much you love what you do – no one wants to be at work for 15 hours a day, watching the sunset from their desk), I am changing my thinking to a more ‘look at what I am achieving’ point of view.
The Friday nights watching SATC are often preceeded by a drink with a friend, or in the case of last night, a swim (okay, we swam two laps, thought we might die and figured the water slide and wave pool were safer). We laughed at ourselves quite easily (very healthy) and then returned home for noodles (where we both ate the whole box) and bad free to air TV. And a GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP.
Which is why I am feeling so positive this morning. The sun is shining and I have had a productive – if long – week. I have no definite plans for the weekend and I can’t wait to just go for a walk, have a coffee, read the paper, watch some new Gossip Girl, have an impromtu catch up with a friend, or just be.
On a more fashion-y note, this week, I finally made it to some of the after Xmas sales. While I definitely should not be shopping (I confess I owe Civic Compliance a little of my salary at the moment), I managed to pick up a gorgeous Blair-esque Cue skirt (above) and an ASOS dress (below).
Shopping just makes life more positive, doesn’t it?
PS Mum, I didn’t paty $118 for the Cue skirt. I got an extra 20% off for being a Cue Card holder and I had a $50 gift voucher from my birthday eleven months ago. It was going to expire so it was totally justified. Skirt cost me $40. Awesome bargain huh!
