So, this past year (2011) wasn’t such a bad year. I mean, I stuck to some by some random occurrence and not any real planning on my part but at least, something in my life went according to the New Year’s Resolutions of a previous year :/

Let’s revisit what got done and got ignored in 2011…

√ Get my money right.

MOH and I are still saving our money, haven’t wasted it on much except the big 3D plasma in the living room died so we went ahead and bought the LCD version instead. It is beautiful

Barely spent any money this year on clothes, mainly ‘cos I’m in uniform 5 days a week. Didn’t go nuts at any sales and only bought what I knew I would need/wear.

As for private health insurance, we finally signed up as a couple and got the corporate rate, thanks to MOH’s job. New glasses, new contacts, that trip to the dentist I’ve been dreading, MOH’s back op, all gonna happen this year ‘cos we got our shit together.

√ Bargain shopping and trend shopping will be cut out for good.

I barely shopped this year in comparison to previous years. I did buy more from eBay and Amazon but it was through painstaking hours of finding the right sellers. I didn’t even hit up the boxing day sales.

X Take better care of myself.

My skin condition has gotten better and I am being more vigilant in not scratching the crap out of my arms.

Unfortunately, while MOH has spent less than a month sick all year, thanks in great part to us moving and also, to my nagging, I spent probably a quarter of the year sick. Why? One of my team got sick, passed it onto me and due to my work schedule, I could not get to a doctor within the first month. Thought it would go away soon after but I began wheezing and only getting 4 or 5 hours of sleep per night, because I would wake myself up from wheezing so loudly. The verdict? The asthma I had as a child (up til I was probably 14 or 15) had reared its ugly head. And because I have been off the medication for over a decade, my first dose of it, at the medical centre, made me so f*cking woozy, I had to stumble to MOH’s work and get him to take me home. I think I will have to take this medication for life.

√ Continue to work smarter, not harder at work.

I’ve had a drama at work this year but most of it is sorted. As anyone who reads this would know, I spent 3 months on and off annual leave ‘cos I have too much built up. Gonna go again soon, hopefully. I need a break and some time to tan

√ Enjoy life and try to capture some of it on film.

Gotta say this has been our lowest year when it comes to going out- eating at restaurants, going to the cinema, shopping, travelling. Kinda all went south. but we enjoy the comforts of home, which is like our own restaurant and bar( I’ve been drinking homemade pina coladas for the past 3 days!), our own home cinema, shop from the computer, look at other blogger’s travel pics

X Eat, Drink & Be Merry.

What did we try this year? Nothing really. Oh, we went to this restaurant called Mundo Churrasco. Food was great, when you finally got any. Takes about an hour to get a full plate and by then, half your food would be cold. Beautiful place but I’d rather a meal in one go, not a taste here and there of random meats.

√ Cut down the book and CD collection.

Definitely cutting down. Last year, it was like ten sales in a week, then none for a month. That continues. Odd…

√ Devote more time to being with MOH.

MOH and I talk more. We have so many private jokes, we laugh a lot still, which I think is key to a lasting relationship. MOH opens up to me more than he used to. I appreciate having my best friend as my love.

√ Try to say “Yes” to all invitations.

We were invited one place so we went.

√ Storage: What For?

We are doing much better. Got rid of lots of our moving boxes and things we don’t use any longer. After the floods, there was no way we were keeping everything.

So, the general overview, I went with last year, worked better than specific resolutions. It was quite surprising as I was going through each of the points above and thinking, “wow, I actually accomplished more than I thought I would”.