ctrlaltdelboy
15-02-2009, 01:42 AM
hi folks
yep, I've been absent for a long long time - for those that have missed me I apologise; for those who haven't/don't know me/don't care, errr, I started this sentence without thinking of a suitable ending to it, so I'm sorry that I don't really have one for you.
anyway, happy 2009 to all my NSXer friends, and as I sit here a little worse the wear for alcohol and catching up on the NSXCB recent posts I thought I'd share this observation....
for the first time in over a decade I actually cooked a meal at home on Valentines day.
maybe not a big deal in itself, but still somewhat defining for me as it's been such a long time for me during a decade+ of excess that it was something of a moment of realisation of this recession that everyone keeps going on about that I've changed the long-standing habit of going out and spunking money for the sake of convention or whatever [expectation?] and in fact Claire and I had a great evening at home, just as much as any other Valentines day, if not more so whilst incurring a fraction of the expense compared to recent years.
I don't really have any greater point to make than the above, just felt like stating my observation on this change of behaviour in these changing times for your consideration/discussion.
again, apologies for my absence in the last year or so and also in advance should I continue to frequent these pages less often than I would like to/have done so in the past.
best regards
Darren
yep, I've been absent for a long long time - for those that have missed me I apologise; for those who haven't/don't know me/don't care, errr, I started this sentence without thinking of a suitable ending to it, so I'm sorry that I don't really have one for you.
anyway, happy 2009 to all my NSXer friends, and as I sit here a little worse the wear for alcohol and catching up on the NSXCB recent posts I thought I'd share this observation....
for the first time in over a decade I actually cooked a meal at home on Valentines day.
maybe not a big deal in itself, but still somewhat defining for me as it's been such a long time for me during a decade+ of excess that it was something of a moment of realisation of this recession that everyone keeps going on about that I've changed the long-standing habit of going out and spunking money for the sake of convention or whatever [expectation?] and in fact Claire and I had a great evening at home, just as much as any other Valentines day, if not more so whilst incurring a fraction of the expense compared to recent years.
I don't really have any greater point to make than the above, just felt like stating my observation on this change of behaviour in these changing times for your consideration/discussion.
again, apologies for my absence in the last year or so and also in advance should I continue to frequent these pages less often than I would like to/have done so in the past.
best regards
Darren