New Year and Champagne Rambles

Oh sweet New Year!

(Photo taken by and stollen from SGraveley. Is that okay, friend?)

I thought it would be a good idea to document how I ended and started the new year. I am well aware of the fact that, typically speaking, my last night of the year includes pajamas and a 11:55 alarm clock. I get it. I am old...er than a young person, and sometimes a superman onesie rubbing on my body is better than pumps and my next potential lawsuit. Oh, but how I love me some New Years Champagne! I sure do love me a bottle of that sexy golden, Frenchness with the right amount of tickle. Did you catch that? A bottle. From France. Not a half ass plastic flute of Chumps Paine (not a typo). Ever notice how you feel like a hungover, headache raging fool at the end of the night? That's cause you drank that Chumps Paine disguised as a "free glass of champagne at the new year." Sure those fireballs and licorice cough syrup mistakes gave you a great buzz, and who really cares if the Affliction Shore showed up with Gorilla Snot in their hair (that is a real product...look it up)... The point is, you will be too trashed to realize that quality is better than quantity and that mistake is so last year. That Chumps Paine did not make the situation any better, but who cares!!  Where there is champagne, there is a party. The quality is up to you....

Hello tangent talking. And hello Ellipsis. I use them...a lot...probably incorrectly...


So 2014...how did you end? On the couch with my best friend, husband, a couple bottles of champagne on ice, and a few rum and cokes.

Oh goodness. After that Champagne ramble, the best I could do is say people, and drinks. Nice.

Hm...maybe I should create a list of last and first? Let's...

In no particular order-

2014 ended with...
Food: Sushi and shrimp cocktail
Company: My husband and best friend
Location: A comfy couch
Attire: Pajamas
Words spoken: An "I love you" at 12:03:00
Drink: I drank a coke with various types of rum. Then opened some Champagne and drank that.
Activity: Firefly on Netflix


Sounds super high paced and eventful, right? That's the thing though. New Years Eve can be whatever you want it to be as long as you are okay with it. I know that some people have traditions of wanting to spend it at a bar, club or party. But really, I am okay ending the year with love and starting it with that same feelings. Gone are my desires to wake up hung over with unexplainable bruises. Those days were fun and I am glad that I have a crap load in my memory bank. However, the best quality of those nights had nothing to do with the drinks, but rather the people I was with and who held my hair back as I lovingly hugged the porcelain thrown. I am cool with that.

Do y'all remember Dick Clark? I hope so. Otherwise, go to the corner. Any who, one of my prized memories as a child was watching the ball drop and hearing Dick Clark do the count down. For some reason, I feel that it's not a new year without this little piece of cheese. Unfortunately, Dick Clark's New Years Rockin Eve has been replaced by the Seacrest douc...guy. Lame. But whatever. It's not the same and I could have done without seeing Fergies inner thigh muscles...wait, was she on that show or was that the other network? Who cares, really. It was disturbing.

As the minutes ticked and the new year approached, my tiny group and I tuned in. Little did we know...we were late. HA! So while most of the world celebrated at midnight, we celebrated at 12:03...and that was okay with us. Our champagne had already been popped and we were already celebrating...so really...everyone else was late.

Then 2015 came and I was able to wake up without feeling like I needed to throw up. Have you ever experienced that? It is mindblowingly normal. I suggest that everyone splurge and buy really nice champagne...especially once you hit your late 20s. It makes a difference....the taste is better, the bubbles tingle appropriately and you don't wake up feeling like (insert something that is dehydrated and gets hit in the head repeatedly) <- whatever that is, you don't wake up like that. Actually, the latter should be reason enough to step up your game and make the switch.

My 2015 started with..

Food: Breakfast - cinnamon rolls, sausage and eggs.
Company: My husband and best friend
Location: bed
Attire: same pajamas
Words spoken: An "Weird... I still love you" at 12:03:22
Drink: champagne...we added strawberries, then drank the rest with orange juice for breakfast.
Activity: Stayed up till 4:30 and had girl time with my bestie!

As for resolutions....I don't do them. I just feel that every day is a new day...why wait until January 1st to make plans for a change? That just seems like more days to fail or procrastinate. If you want it, make the changes...

Well, I guess I've hit my annual post. Until, 2016...(I really hope that I am just kidding)

Thank you, Facebook friends, for motivating me to write something.