Alcohol free January

Well done one and all, those who succeeded, those who almost succeeded and those who fell by the wayside - at least you tried.

And thank you for your humerous and practical support

Anyone ever had cornflakes with Merlot instead of milk? Delicious! (Not!) ?. Only joking! Well done everyone, whether you slipped a little long the way or not. This thread has been great fun!

Yes well done to all.

Now to tonight's VIRTUAL PARTY.

All you have to do is during the next 24 hours is answer the following questions.

1. What are you wearing ?
2. What will be your drink of choice after a month or less of abstaining?
3. Who will be your guest from present day or history
4. Finally what is your party piece.

Can I start the party off?

1. Purple dress with butterflies on it.
2. A Bacardi Mojito
3. Prof Brian Cox
4. Balloon modelling

Ok, here goes:

Jeans (couldn't find the dress!), a dark red silk shirt and heels . Look! No waders!
A very large Plymouth gin (or several) and Fever Tree tonic.
Derek Jacobi.
A passable rendition of Tom Lehrer's 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park' - with or without piano accompaniment!

Do we have a secret knock to gain entry to your establishment, ma'am?

Well at least there will be the two of us Greyduster at this party.

No you don't need a secret knock, as I will look through the spy hole and if I don't like the look of the visitor I won't open the door, so there.

That's me done for then!

Jeans and thick jumper
Spanish red plonk
Steven Tyler
Who needs a party piece with a guest like that

Done it, now a glass of wine for my birthday

Happy Birthday - enjoy

Thanks willow

Happy birthday glass!

Happy Birthday Glass!

Black track suit trousers (but they are Gap with side zips at ankles), pale purple top (very old, sorry) with dark purple gilet

a very cold white wine - to start.....

Rod Stewart

Same as Willow - my guest would do a "turn" for us (that doesn't sound right)

Will put my best smile on for when NanKate looks through her spy hole.

Just realised I should have said what I'll wear to the party - not what I'm actually wearing now! (too late to change anyway)

You're all welcome especially the birthday girl Glassortwo. I like the idea of a musical accompaniment.

Anyone fancy a dance ? I wonder if Anton du Beck is available ?

Well it looks like most have gone home so I'll say thanks for the party Nankate & to all for the fun of this thread, it's made me smile during the dryest January ever for me. Night night all.

Well I'm just clearing up after the Virtual Party. I think it went well and I only got two complaints from the neighbours for rowdy laughter

I will need to go down to the bottle bank today to get rid of the empties other than that we are all back to normal.

Thanks Greyduster for the book called *Flyfishing for Fun'. Oh I also had a lovely signed Album from Rod Sewart and my guest Prof Brian Cox gave me an quick identification of the stars in my back garden

Thanks for getting me through January and making the party such a success.

Do yourself a favour, NanKate, give it to a charity shop! There are days when the words 'flyfishing' and 'fun' are a contradiction in terms!! Thanks for your support, and for the party - it was a blast!

So sorry - I didn't make the Virtual Party - I had a g&t just to get me in the mood whilst getting ready - and nodded off Sounds like you all had a great time - maybe after our next dry month
It's blinkin' freezing up here in Cumbria - sun promised later though?
Belated happy birthday glass

Thank you

Oh no! I missed it too for very much the same reason as JG because I was doing worthy deeds

Belated Birthday wishes from me too Glass

Well I haven't started partying yet ... nor put pinot noir on my porridge ...as I was babysitting last night. I'm driving tonight, and tomorrow, perhaps Thursday may be the end of January (I was late starting anyway)?

Then today, of course, the news is that reaching for the glass of wine is going to raise my cancer risk.
I might have to stick to gin

Still loving getting back to my Redbush tea! Looking forward to lunch in a lovely restaurant tomorrow with a glass or two of wine! Maybe even a fizzy one ...

Wondering whether to give up all forms of chocolate for March. Even my tiny bars of very dark Aldi emergency chocolate. Now that WOULD be a challenge!

Hope you enjoy a lovely lunch tomorrow Elrel ?
I've done four days without chocolate- this could be a long haul

Well I am still off the alcohol, much to my surprise. Just weighed myself and I have lost another pound, which is very heartening news as I wasn't expecting this.

I realise now that I am sleeping much better too, which is a real bonus.

The challenge however is this coming week when we are looking after our 3 and 5 year old GSs for 8 days, with some help from their dad, whilst their mum goes away for a week on a course. HELP !!

This week I have had three glasses of wine, a glass of sloe gin (for medicinal purposes!) and we have just been out to lunch so I had half a pint of Guinness! I weighed myself on Monday, and I hadn't lost an ounce during all this abstention. In the run up to Christmas, I lost half a stone, put that back on again and now I'm back to square one. I have now cut the sugar out of my hot drinks, and will throttle back on the drinks and get back into the exercise regime in an effort to get some weight off. But tommorrow is GS's birthday so you've got a have a bit of cake haven't you?