So how was it for you?

New Year passed as it always seems to - anticlimactically.  For this year's I seem to have gone into granny mode, sitting on a sofa next to a large, snoring cat and a large, snoring husband, glass of wine to hand, crocheting squares to make into a blanket for my new baby niece/nephew. Over the last few weeks I've taught myself to crochet so figured I ought to put it to good use:

 It was, however, 'Graham Linehan Night' on one of the telly channels so rather than bore my way through any amount of endless Reviews of the Year or Jools Holland's Hootenanny, I spent it in the company of Father Ted, Black Books and the IT Crowd (I'm sorry but I think the links only work if you're in the UK).  Then all the fireworks went off outside, we wished each other a Happy New Year and went to bed!

This morning opened bright and shiny - sun was beaming down and we'd had enough of a dusting of snow overnight to make everything look like confectionery!  I dropped a hint to TLH about wanting to go to the beach but, to be honest, I think we'd rather stay in the comfy warm (and there's the BIG Dr Who changeover to look forward to - I'll try not to cry....).  Plus, I have another christmas lunch to enjoy!  Because I had such a shite time over Christmas proper last week, I felt I missed out on the food, so we're going to do it all again this afternoon, except with a chicken (a turkey is too big for just the two of us) but with everything else - roasties, sprouts, mashed swede & carrot, parsnips, stuffing, sausages, gravy, Buck's Fizz to drink - yum, yum, yum!  We went shopping for everything on Tuesday evening but the only thing we couldn't find was Christmas pudding!  Very odd.  But we were given a huge traditional Christmas cake so we'll have that instead.  Although if I ever eat another raisin again it will be too soon...