"Something is not right with me"

Hello there! How are you?

Well I spent christmas day with the flu, which wasn't too pleasant, and today it's only worsened. So whilst my two brothers and the 'rents are hitting the boxing day sales and spreading good cheer to my relatives, I'm dwelling at home in my gangsta hoodie with a nose redder than rudolph's (ooh! seasonal reference!) feeling somewhat sorry for myself.

But at the risk of sounding like a self-centered, angst-ridden teen, I do wish to clarify that Christmas was brilliant! I mostly got books and cds; a vegetarian cookbook, Sophie's World, Paper Towns, The Yellow Wall-paper, a kitch-looking baked gifts cookbook, a gok wan book on how to dress, Kings of Leon, Girls Aloud, The Killers and Cold War Kids (my soundtrack at the moment, hence the title)

A couple days ago I blitzed my wardrobe; I am one of those people who has too many clothes to fit in their drawers/cupboard, and have an embarrassingly large amount of unworn/once worn clothes. If I'm serious about this then I shouldn't start the year with an abundance of clothes, because that would be far too easy and to some extent just defeat the point.

So I went through, brutally, and ended up with 3 plastic bags of clothes and a plastic bag of belts and bags. My shoes are still all there as I do actually wear my shoes on a healthy rotation, which I'm a little proud of myself for. I dropped 2 of the bags off at the Tynedale Community Hospice shop (2 was all I could carry) and I considered dropping the rest off at the RSPCA shop where I volunteer, but I'm not sure whether I'd be comfortable with people I know so well rifling through my things, and it might be quite mean as some of the items were from there originally so I couldn't just return them.

I've worked out a couple kinks in the plan; for example usually if I go to a gig I'll buy a t-shirt. I've never seen a band play twice and I doubt that will change within 2009, so essentially that means when I go to a gig, I have a one off opportunity to buy a band t-shirt from that gig. So I've decided if I go to a gig, then I'll buy a t-shirt but only wear it in 2010. Similarly, if someone doesn't know or doesn't remember my resolution and buys me some new item of clothing then I'll put it away and wear it in 2010. I swear I'm not just trying to justify cheating!

Hope everyone had a very merry christmas!
Much love,
-Sarah