Right Here, Right Now

It's the biggest party night of the year and here's me with no make-up, flat shoes and bare fingernails. I'm too excited to worry, this is my travelling outfit for tonight, I'm all set for India.

I'm an unconventional bugger so there'll be no traditional 2012 blog retrospective from me. I'm not a fan of looking back or planning too far ahead, I'm a strictly living for the moment kind of girl.

That's not to say that 2012 hasn't been fantastic. I've celebrated 20 years of unwedded bliss, worn, acquired & sold lots of vintage clothes, met some wonderful women who I can now call dear friends, spent two months exploring India, lost entire weekends at festivals, drunk myself stupid, saw some amazing live music and lived every day as if it was my last.

(Of course there were a couple of crap bits but who cares about them?)

Especially for Freckleface: This is my luggage. My bag weighs in at 12kg and includes 8 tubes of sun cream and 20 paperback books.

Hopefully 2013 won't be much different although it'll be an uncharacteristically sober start. Have drink for me, will you?

(Not to worry, there'll be three weeks of bad behaviour to make up for it.)

The house-sitter's got the keys, my roots are done, I've shaved my legs and the bags are packed, locked and ready to go. Once we've checked in and have an early morning beer in hand we'll study the Rough Guide and decide where in Goa we'll head to first. We're two of a kind, Jon loathes forward planning, too.

My trusty denim waistcoat (Bought for £1 over twenty years ago) worn with a contemporary metal-trimmed jersey maxi (£2, Christian outreach charity shop) and a vintage cobweb shawl (20p, jumble sale).

Thanks for your virtual & real-life friendships. I'm linking to Patti's Visible Monday and joining her virtual party in the absence of a real one! 

 Wishing you all that's fabulous for 2013.

Love you!