Hello 2012! New shoes, mountains of mail and another diet plan to try!

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Well, I do apologise for going away for a bit there – got a bit caught up in all the festivities and due to a strict diet of mulled wine and toffees, have gained a fair bit of christmas weight.

So anyway, how was your New Year? Mine was surprisingly non-evil and involved few glass slippers and pumpkin carriages, but we did nearly burn the house down thanks to a few poorly-handled sparklers.

As we crash our way into 2012, what can we expect to see ahead of us? Well, first and foremost is the predicted apocalypse, but that’s not for a dozen months or so, so we can just ignore that for the time being. Then there’s the excitement of the Olympic Games to be held in the nearby (for me, anyway) city of London – I’m honestly not too bothered about it, seems like a lot of money and planning but I can see the relevance and importance.

So what things aren’t we going to see changing? Well, the first thing that springs to mind is the still ever-present annoyance of junk mail and spam – I thought I had been spared over the festive period, but I guess the postman was just waiting as I received a huuuge pile of take-away menus, vouchers that I’m never going to use (1/3 off hammers! It’s everything i could ask for!) and some mysterious envelopes called ‘Bills’ that I unsuccesfully tried to ignore.

And it’s not just my postbox that’s been affected, there’s also my poor e-mail inbox that has received a similar amount of useless mail from spammers. Thankfully, there were some genuinely good deals coming through to my main inbox, likely generated by genuine companies using email marketing software, and I ended up spending a good amount of my Christmas money.

Unfortunately, this has simply led to an expanding waist, heavier bin bag and sadly, a significantly lighter purse. Having said that, I did buy some of the best shoes I’ve ever seen, so I can’t complain too much!

Oh, I should probably have an idea here, because that’s why I’m here. Hmm…. Ooh, I know: maybe it’s time to clear your e-mail inbox, start anew, set up filters and…. nope, all I can think about is shoes. Buy shoes, that’s my idea.

For me, I mean. Buy them for me. Do it.

Please?

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