Tonight we had dinner to farewell one of my work colleagues. She’s moving with her family to the pointy end of this fair state and we went out to drink wine and eat pizza to celebrate this big change for her. Well. I drank wine, the others had a glass or two. I drank wine because did you hear I’ve given up my beloved diet coke? Well I have. Special occasions aside, I no longer consume soda like that because my teeth are going to fall out of my head if I don’t stop…
Or that’s the theory.
It was a fun night. We got a chat to chat and get to know each other better in a way that just doesn’t happen when you’re at work. Too busy. Ain’t nobody got time for that. I told them about our weekend and how as I wrapped up some work on Saturday night I looked over to say to Hubby that we should head out for a few hours only to find that he was snoring his head off.
I told them the story of not washing my hair this morning because it was too darn cold. It’s only day three but my hair really needs it. I promised myself last night that I would absolutely wash it in the morning. My fringe would look better not slept on anyway I reasoned. Lazy girl winter long hair problems. Then this morning, as Hubby predicted it was too cold to even consider a shower. And my house is air-conditioned. Did you know that it was -1 degrees here today. Sheesh. So much for winter being over. Maybe I taunted it too much.
Probably. We chatted and laughed and shared stories and it reminded me about the writing side of this blog and how much I enjoy that side of things. All over again. On the way home as we grabbed me a takeaway coffee and I ran to my colleague in the car ahead in the drive thru to show off my new EPIC t-shirt, I realised you have to have a life to write about life. You have to get out there, do stuff, see people and enjoy life. Otherwise it’s just too all in your head. So there you go, there’s my random blog tip of the month {year!?}.
You’re welcome. And good night!
Hi! I’m Suger; Chief Blogger at Suger Coat It. Blogging since 1901; love a casual ootd, taking photos + writing about things that irk or inspire me. I love wine and cheese, long days in the sun at the beach and spending time with my family. I make stuff for the internet. Which means I take photos, create content, write copy and devise social media plans for personal brands, small businesses and bloggers. You know, living the sweet life.
Serious props for giving up the diet coke. That is a huge deal and you will feel much better for it. 🙂
My best friend in the world lives in Wisconsin and he was drinking a lot of that stuff. I did some research into it and the bad things the sweeteners can do to you.. egads. I think for him they were causing quite a bit of depression which can be a side effect.
Me personally, I have always believed it would be better to drink the occasional full of sugar coke instead of regular diet cokes.
I gave up sodas for soda water a couple of years ago now. I am now so addicted to that, I have a soda stream, it is just filtered tap water with bubbles.. I fruit it up plenty especially in the summer or when I can get a decent punnet of strawberries. Slices of lime, lemon, or orange are awesome. I like to take a whole orange and cut it up all fancy, too.
I still have a full sugar cola once in a blue moon when I really feel like it – like with a pizza or something – it is usually too sweet for me if it comes out of a can, if it is post-mix it works out ok..
I predominately did it for my teeth. I know all the crap things about it, how horrible it is for me but it wasn’t until I started having problems with my teeth that {excuse the language} shit got real! It was pretty easy after that. I’ll have one on the rare occasion like you mentioned, but I’m even switching to beer instead of wine because it’s meant to be less abrasive on the enamel. And soda water and I go way back, LOVE. Good luck with your friend, I find people don’t do anything unless they want to for the most part. Lead the way, one day he might follow. 😉
“You have to have a life to rite about life” So true!
This past few weeks have been all work for me, ´cause I´m launching my business on September 2nd, and I struggle a lot trying to write about something else. I guess I´ll be back to live a life sometime in the future, right? Right???
I’m sure you will be! Good luck with your new venture. I’m sure it will be a HUGE success.
Thanks! I´m terrified and excited, all at the same time, ha
That so true about getting out there and doing stuff. Life is about living,
Thanks!
“Then this morning, as Hubby predicted it was too cold to even consider a shower. And my house is air-conditioned.”
Are you for real?!
LMAO going off THAT theory, no one in the North of England would EVER shower LOL We had NO central heating in England, NO heating upstairs at all actually and the hot water in the shower was SO weak in pressure and lukewarm at best! Your comment brought back teeth chattering memories of looong winters, a cold house and the longing for a high pressure HOT shower hahahahaha
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Haha. I’m a QUEENSLANDER. Anything below 15 degrees is freezing.
That story makes me feel freezing just thinking about it. I might have to go have a super hot shower. Minus one again in the morning. Hold me Rach. I’ll cold. 😉
Bahahahaha. Most West Aussies are the same as you Queenslanders – anything below 20 feels cold to them, I don’t even start to think about covering up my arms til it’s under 10! I take cold showers in summer and even in winter, I finish hot showers off with a shot of cold water when washing my hair 😉
That’s because it IS cooooold {insert sooky tone voice right there! Haha}. I like to do the cold water burst thing too, I heard once it’s really good for your hair follicles or something.