The 2005 Round-Up

Five weddings - church, Bangladeshi, countryhouse, hotel then restaurant, eating-dancing-speeches-drinking in Dulwich

Went abroad twice: to Venice in March and Madrid in July

Did not smoke

Ran 10km in 1 hour and 6 minutes in the Nike Run in October

Had minor cosmetic surgery

Went fishing in the sea for the first time with my family and almost-in-laws

Bought four pairs of shoes

Rediscovered non-wired bras

Learned and cooked several lentil recipes "improving my pulse rate"

Also learned and cooked more Morroccan and Chinese recipes

Wrote 48 posts for Londonist plus 3 posts co-written since joining the team in June

Was part of the effort that won the -ist challenge in November

Cheered and jumped about in Trafalgar Square with thousands of other people when the Olympics bid was announced

Used a bidet for the first time

There are probably more things I should include on this list but I'll add them as I think of them.

"Thorn in my side..."

...that's all the Eurythmics Ultimate Collection ever was.

I ordered my body weight in Post-It notes at work a few weeks ago and was given an Amazon voucher as a reward. It wasn't a very big Amazon voucher and it didn't seem very useful at first. But then I developed a strange and compelling urge to own the Eurythmics Ultimate Collection which had been touted endlessly on TV, taking me back to be being 12 years old every time I heard Here Comes the Rain Again.

So I ordered the CD and it came through my door two days later.

I am not ashamed.