First up, and most importantly, I finally got the fringe cut in that I have been changing my mind about for the last two months. I was still changing my mind about it right the way through the haircut but thankfully the end result was worth it. How does it look? I'm happy even if you think it looks crap! So that's number 73 crossed off.
Mr Fanny and I had a bit of a fun day out just before Christmas. We went to see A Christmas Carol in 3D at the cinema. We had some time to kill before the film started so went for a drink in Costa. Thought it would be rude not to brave a cup of coffee - my first ever! I went for a gentle introduction with a creme brulee latte. It was, well, just a bit 'meh' really. I'm not sure I get the point of coffee if I'm honest, it's not exactly a thirst quencher. Anyway, I drank it all although Mr Fanny claimed it was a cop out having latte and forced me to drink his Americano. Utterly grimmola. Here's a picture of my latte to prove I had it (number 88)!
We went for a meal after the film. Mr Fanny let me choose where we went. Having been to most of the restaurants in Esher already (and I'm not counting chain ones as once you've been to one Pizza Express, you've been to them all) I thought I'd take the opportunity for us to try a new one (number 23). So Good Earth it was. And yes, it was good. Very good in fact and I ended up eating far more than I needed to. Just for a change, like.
A pre-Christmas night out with a friend also saw a few cocktails being consumed (number 66). Damn things cost me a fortune but did they get me smashed? Did they arse. Anyway, the Lemongrass Wokka and Passion-Vanilla Martini were divine. All from Glo in Walton on Thames.
After Christmas Mr Fanny and I went down to Padstow for a week. Lovely place but like a bloody theme park with all the hoards of tourists in the streets. Not quite the quiet getaway I was hoping for but it did give me the chance to make a massive dent in the list. We picked the wrong day for a trip to Polperro (number 82) as it was lashing down. We got soaked walking from the car park down to the village so had to spend a while drying off in the pubs. Shame. Anyway, here it is, one of my most favourite places in the world...
We also went to the Eden Project as well (number 70) Which was....well, which was like wandering round a garden centre really. Not really of much interest to either Mr Fanny or myself. So we went back to our cottage and finished off series two of The Inbetweeners (number 55). Much more fun. Bus wankers!
Some other bits and pieces I've managed are....
- 30 days without fizzy drinks ended on 13 December 2009 (number 72). Easy peasy!
- Managed to visit two restaurants in Padstow that I'd obviously never been to before (obviously!) - Jack's for some delicious tapas style food and Rick Stein's St Petroc's Bistro for a pretty average New Year's Eve meal (number 23).
- I sent a package to a child from the Post Pal website for Christmas (number 24).
- I joined the library (number 94) and have so far read one book from the list (number 37), Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers.
- Another car loan payment (number 39).
- One trip to the village butchers to buy MASSIVE chicken breasts and some Cumberland sausages (number 40).
- One solitary gym session (number 61). Hey, it's a start!
- Still plugging away at Free Rice (number 21). Getting pretty tedious now though and haven't bothered for a while. Am I allowed to say that about a good cause
- I've joined Slimming World (number 49). Watch this space. Probably for a very long time as progress is always slow as far and Fanny Langers and weight loss is concerned. Accordingly, I am going to change number 60 from Weight Loss Resources to SW.
- I took Karen some flowers when I went to visit at the beginning of December (number 93).
