Managing to go out for a few drinks on a Friday night, and not ending up going out out, is definitely going on my list of achievements for this week.
It started off with the customary “Let’s just go for one” which 9 times out of 10 is just the opening line, to either an epic adventure or a catastrophic memory bank of events the following morning. Thankfully last night resulted in 5 Proseccos, Roman Fries ( Chips with Parmesan, truffle and rosemary - which I actually got for free as they brought over haloumi fries instead), a good girlie chat with my work pal Sabs and tucked up in (albeit slightly tipsy) with an M&S chocolate bar by 11pm.
All in all, it was a successful attempt at not joining the hungover herd this morning. We also had quite the giggle. We talked about everything from our current endeavours to brexit. She encouraged me (with the help of one of our new colleagues, who should hopefully be bringing in a duck Shepard’s pie next week 😋) to join bumble. She reassured me to keep up with my blog, as not only had she seen a difference in me since I began writing it, she also enjoys reading it. Which made my jaw cramp up from smiling. I helped her to covertly “redistribute” 😆 some flowers from one location to another, as well as discussing her need to go on holiday. She wants to relax but more importantly, wants to get a tan. I told her I also needed to work on my tan, to which she gave me the look most people give me when I say that. Probably because I’ve been rocking a pretty decent tan since birth, but we can all use a top up. She was weighing up the options between actually getting away to somewhere sunny or fake tanning. I couldn't really weigh in on this as I have never fake tanned, which the look on my face probably conveyed as rather than expect an actual answer from me on the subject, she simply replied “White Girl Problems” to which we both almost fell off our chairs with laughter.
She is probably one of the most random people I have ever met, and I need a mute button for her when she's had her afternoon Starbucks (think toddler drinking a can of coke). However she really does have the biggest heart, is always up for a laugh, gives me the most jokes and is just an all-around cool cat.
Now as much as I wasn't hungover this morning, I didn't drink enough water before going to bed last night, so I did have to gulp down what felt like an entire river upon opening my eyes this morning. But I was up and out by 8 am getting this walk done. I did have to take a little nap not long after getting back, but if you can't nap on a Saturday, what is the world coming to? I also realised - when I saw it pop up on sky movies today, that I have never actually seen all of Wayne’s World. I know, I know, it's ridiculous behavior on my part. I should be rectifying that over the next 24 hours.
Have a great day, remember you are a unicorn and don't let anybody shit on your rainbow ❤️
So as the title would suggest, on Friday night I took a little tumble off, of the “being a good girl” wagon.
I went out with some work colleagues, for a couple of drinks. That turned into a couple more drinks and well you can see where I am going with this. In fact a couple of my colleagues, who have been keeping themselves teetotal also fell off the wagon. It was kind of like a team building activity. So there I was getting spontaneously reacquainted with Prosecco. Spontaneous nights out can either end up the best or the worst. As it happens this one ended up, pretty damn good.
Whilst I was in my second bar of the night The Forge, after watching one of my colleagues take an epic fall down the stairs (yes, he is okay and yes we almost died laughing) I came across a friend - for the sake of this blog we will call him by the nickname I have given him - The Heartbreak Gentleman. We ended up talking for ages, then went off to the casino for some drinks, where he managed to drink more of my pornstar martini than I did. Don’t worry, it didnt put a dent in his masculinity. The talking led to more drinking, the drinking led to more bantering and the bantering went on until 4am. To which we decided to make an adult decision and call it a night.
Now came the question of, do we each go to our respective homes or do we both go to one or the others home? If you have been reading this blog from the beginning, you will know how long it has been since I last had sex, so if you spent more than 15 seconds guessing what I did next, you have definitely not been reading this. We ended up back at his at around 5am and I got home at 5pm Saturday evening. Now I’m not giving you all of the details - all you need to know is, I’ve got aches in places I didnt know could ache, I’m willing to bet I have lost a couple of pounds, and apart from the fact that it took me 20 minutes to walk to a shop 7 minutes away this morning, my smile is large and my satisfaction levels are through the roof. So thanking you Mr HG😚
Now, especially as I am embarking on my pursuit of happiness, this unscheduled rendezvous with no potential to go past an amazing night (I mean there could be another night on the cards, we will just have to see what the universe has in store) would normally have made me feel quite bad about what I had done. I would have felt guilty about falling off the wagon and ending up somewhere other than my house for the night. However, I’m learning there is no straight path to happiness. There is apparently going to be some unexpected bumps in the road and thats okay. Am I saying I will be going out drinking and having naughty nights with friends all the time....thats a strong NO. But the truth is how Friday ended up made me happy. I had a good time with someone I enjoyed being around and there is no reason for me to beat myself up over it. In fact, I should actually be celebrating the fact that even though I didn’t plan for it, I took another step for the better me movement. I learnt not too be so hard on myself and that things rarely look the way we expect them too.
As you can imagine, I did not get around to doing Walk the Walk this weekend, so I will be back on that next weekend. I’m going to chill out for the rest of tonight, enjoy my week and get back to this pursuit of mine. I really hope my legs sort themselves out for tomorrow’s workout 😅
Have a great day, remember you are a unicorn and don’t let anyone shit on your rainbow❤
