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Day 365 - The Final Day

And it's hogmany! After 2 shopping trips, to buy a dress and a cardigan as pictured above, and sending Jennifer off home with the rents, I got picked up by Jonny who was decked out in his finest bakery attire and taken to Portlethen, where I was fed a wonderful meal of shepherds pie and apple crumble! Then, equipped with a bottle of wine (uh ohhhh) we went to Darrens house to commence celebrations, eventually getting a taxi in to town and to Characters, where we saw in the bells through drunken eyes and accompanied by the blasting horns of the boats in the harbour. It was an affa good night! Not so much the karaoke shown in this photo, but y'know, I'm pretty sure there was talk of a record deal? Maybe? Maybe not...

So, there you go folks. 365 days of my life, my entire 2011. Out of 10, how would I rate this year? I know everyone's going to go for the cliche of it being "the best year yet", and I don't want you to think I'm just being over enthusiastic, but I'd be willing to say it's been about a 9. Instead of drawling on and on and boring you senseless (lets face it, if you need something to send you to sleep there's 364 other posts tailor made for that exact purpose!), I shall instead succinctly list the things that have made 2011 so good:

- Getting a job. I may moan a lot about the ol' hut, but it's actually pretty good banter and I've met some ace people there.

- Passing first year. And passing it pretty well, if I say so myself.

- Turning 18. I sound like an alcoholic, but I ruddy love a night in the pub.

- Not turning back into a total heifer. This is my eternal fear.

- All the millions of times I got to legitimately dress up. Mime, architect, robber, Where's Wally, Panda, Panda again, and geek x2, a night is always better if you look intentionally stupid.

- Discovering Exo. I love that place.

- Fringe times with my Dad.

- Hiking with my dad.

- The flat parties at Linksfield (especially my 18th...) and the not so frequent get togethers at Rosemount.

- Successfully moving flat and not ballsing it all up.

- Getting my braces. Hello straight teeth for the first time in my life.

- Getting in to running, to the extent that I can now go for a wee 5k and not come back feeling like I won't move for a few years.

- Saw Frank Turner twice, Noah and the Whale twice, and Ben Howard. Not too shabby.

- Architect's study tour to London. Such good banter, so many jokes and stories, bring on Berlin!

- A new guitar, and with it an improved guitar playing ability. But that's not really saying much, I'm still super average.

Without a doubt though, the best thing about this year, hands down, is a certain Mr Elsmlie. He's kinda cool I guess, and it's been a cracking 7 months. I've had some ace nights (and days) with him, and some brilliant fun along the way. I don't really know what to say, I'm just awfully glad I met him.

As you contemplate how you're going to fill the void in your life which has been left by the conclusion of this blog, I'll leave you with a little treat: My favorite picture of the year. Thanks for reading, hope 2012 is good to you!

Over and out

Katie

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