03 January, 2012

My grown-up New Year!

You know how there is this perfect plan that sounds amazing in your head and on paper and then BAM! things change and your plans go outta the window? Well, that is what happened to my NYE plan. In my head I was going to 'club' the night away wearing my perfect sequined little skirt with the perfect heels ringing in the New Year with my hubs by my side and having a good time with his friends and their wives.

But then babies happened (well, they happened to two of his friends a while ago) , and the 'plan' was to hang out with the 'domesticated' friends and  leave around 11 to the club with the other couple friends and single friends. Sounds good? But, throw in a few indecisive men and women talking and a few running after the kids, you suddenly realise that it's 11:30 and you haven't changed into your NYE outfit!

The 2011 me would have dragged husby to a corner and made a big fuss and pouted and whined about how much I wanted to be out in a club at midnight..blah blah..But, guess what the new 2012 me did! I just smiled, poured myself another glass of wine ( I needed that!) , made small talk, ran around the kids and saw the ball drop on TV (yup, I did!) and rang in the New Year in a house. But as I looked around, I realized I was surrounded by people that were a part of my husband's life when he was a student and if that made him happy to be around them on NYE, so be it! And I rang in the New Year cuddling up to my husby!

We eventually did go out at 1:00AM.And we did have fun . So what if I didn't get to wear my cute skirt and heels, but it is all about the priorities. I decided not to complain about frivolous things and not sweat the small stuff :)
 Here's to the new grown-up me and hopefully I continue to be the non-whiny, non-complaining (non-bitchy) person that I was when the clock struck 12:00 and as we entered 2012!Thanks gayatri ! Your resolution post helped me get out of my writer's block :) 

HAPPY NEW YEAR you guys :) 
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15 comments:

  1. I did not behave like a grown up as during the NYE party, I did take my husband in the corner and sulked badly because my husband's friend's friend's wife looked at me from head to toe and then gave me an ugly look and turned away and was looking down at the floor when introductions were being made...such things happen when you move to an all new place, leaving your good friends behind :( :(

    will take inspiration from you and gayatri now to not let such negative people affect me :) :)

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  2. I know! There is no point sulking. I guess we get wiser every year :) Happy New Year btw

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  3. I concur! We are growing up! :P Slowly but surely!!!

    Happy New Year, girl!

    ♡ from © tanvii.com

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  4. Welcome to the world of grown ups. Wish you and your husband a happy new year. I must say, your husband is one lucky man.

    I was having difficulty commenting on your blog from mozilla. Atleast figured out, it works fine with IE. Could be all the security setting on my machine.

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  5. happy 2012!!

    sometimes we do surprise ourselves with our maturity......

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  6. I am Happy for Husby! Finally usee biwi milgayee.. I mean samjdar biwi :P Lol! Jokes apart babe ! nice post .. Happy new year! Have an awesome 2011 . Love you .. xxx

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  7. My plans went haywire too! I was planning to stay at home but then I got a last minute invite to a fabulous party. And I wanted to go so badly! But thanks to indecisiveness of some people (Grrr!) I ended up staying at home. I sulked a little but I was fine by midnight :P
    Growing up is finally happening!
    Happy new year!

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  8. awwwww I feel ya! Also applaud the way you wrote the post so tastefully.
    growing up is good, but keep that child awake in you! suits you:)

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  10. LOL It is funny how we change as years go by and we look back and laugh at the person we were in the past, reacting in different ways to similar situations. :)

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  11. Ohhhhh I have a long way to go before I can show that kind of maturity. I need to learn from you! And thanks for the shout out. I'm the one who has a writer's block now :'(

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  12. LOVE IT!

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  13. Awww..so honest and I loved reading it <3
    I know sometimes we really need to stop complaining and sulking and enjoy the priceless things in life.

    Love
    http://www.meghasarin.blogspot.com

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  14. A very nice and enjoyable read! I liked your write up on the Ladies book club as well but decided to comment here!:)Thanks for visiting my blog..Wishing you a lot of happiness in the New Year!

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  15. I would do the exact same thing next year and guess what the 2011 you was me in 2010!! :-P I indeed made a big fuss about not going out on the new year eve. I am growing up too. Cheers for that ;)

    Shruti

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