Sunday, July 28, 2013

Got my sequins on....

I think I hurt my shoulder from all the dancing I did last night - yes!  Lots of hands in the air like you just don't care!!!!!!!!!!! dancing at a friend's 40th. So so so so fun.

Same DJ played last night who played at this wedding in February - he's actually Mr D's cousin and he has a great collection of 80's vinyl, and loads of tunes on his digital collection as well. He played for 3 hours straight and we danced, danced, danced! Boy did we dance. My creaky old body was really feeling the pain by the time midnight hit but still I couldn't stop the dancing...

I'd said to Mr D earlier in the week how totally amazing, how totes amazeballs it is that in the lead up to this party I wasn't in the slightest bit worried that I wouldn't be drinking alcohol. It's incredible to me that because I couldn't control my alcohol and had to take it away I've actually discovered that it's not a necessary part of having a good time.

Last night the venue was spectacular (first floor room right on the waterfront), decorations fantastic (big crepe paper flower-bursty things hanging from all over the ceiling - pink, black and white), food delicious (birthday girls husband is a brilliant chef and kept the delicious nibbles coming all night), drinks yummy (had one red bull then lemonade), crowd super-fun (some of my bestest old friends and some new ones too) and the music! The music!!

The invitation said "feel free to wear something sparkly" and I found this silky number at the Recycled Boutique that had sequined stars on the shoulders ....


And once again happy, happy me driving people home at 1am. Clever sober me. Couldn't see that I was missing out on anything not imbibing booze, nothing at all. Great party.

It's been a busy social weekend actually because Friday night we hosted a pizza night here for some new local friends and some old mates as well - 8 adults and 9 kids in total. We did some disco dancing competitions for the youngsters and had parents in the kitchen all chipping in to keep the home-made pizzas rolling out. Some of the adults were boozing (Mr D bought his dusty bottle of whiskey down from the top shelf) but not everyone and certainly not me.

I know I'm getting repetitive here but forgive me if I am because honestly.... how great it is to have realised that I can live the full, social, fun life I have always wanted to live without needing to pour copious amounts of vino down my throat. Yippee!

Love, Mrs D xxx

13 comments:

  1. Please do not worry about sounding repetitive, because I for one am loving to read how sober life is treating you. The positive and not-so-positive parts give me hope. THANK YOU!

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  2. Not repetitive at all! Just a great testimonial for how fun the sober life can be. I love reading your blog, and it's helped me a great deal (I'm on day 22 sober!) So keep dancing (and everything else you do) and keep telling us about it, please.

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  3. I do adore you Mrs D. You are such an inspiration to me. I am learning this myself slowly but the social aspect is still something I struggle with, so reading posts like this - and slowly gaining positive experience of my own - gives me hope that one day I won't care either that I "can't" drink when faced with a party/wedding/whatnot. Carry on being fabulous. As you were. xx

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  4. I like hearing about your sober fun. And how does one make sober fun even better???? Add some sparkles!!! *:]

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  5. You make me laugh Mrs D. I feel like we've got parallel opposite lives. I'm quite introverted, so going to a party never revs me up, and I used to drink just to survive social events. I never expected to have fun! My fun is being at home, gardening, cooking, writing, making things. And being sober has put so much more fun into that for me. This weekend I reupholstered a chair, and it looks totally amazing and I absolutely love it. First of all I had the confidence to try something new and challenging. I stayed up way late to work on it. I got up early and fresh Sunday morning to finish it. And I leaped around with my hands in the air when it was done. My own brand of party, I guess, just forgot the sequins! Party on! Sue

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  6. I LOVE this! I love you! But I especially love that blue sequined top!

    Party on dude....

    Sherry

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  7. I never, ever tired of sober dance night stories, Mrs. D! It is the one thing I thought I'd lost when I stopped drinking. I thought, "I'll never dance again!" I couldn't imagine it. When I finally did, I was soooo happy. One drawback: I can't dance like a deranged sexpot anymore (Thank God!) I really did think I was sexy. No, really.

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  8. Oh Mrs. D. I get so excited when you have a new post!! I'm on day 44and still think drinking would make things more fun sometimes, but absolutely love being the designated driver, remembering everything that I said, heard, and felt. Thanks for this encouragement.

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  9. Every time you do something new like this is a nail in the coffin of the hold booze had on you. I went to a family wedding only a few weeks out of rehab, I was so conscious of myself and that I wasn't drinking... now I go to these things and it is no issue and I don't worry about drinking at all.

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  10. I wish I could dance as freely as you do...you make it sound as fun as I know it can be, so that is something I will work on. Mostly I worry I dance like Elaine from Seinfeld.

    It never gets old to me to read how you're enjoying all the celebrations sober that used to be boozefests. You're sharing what most of us had to find out the hard way - that life was not only still fun but actually better sober. I enjoy seeing life through your sober sparkly-sequined eyes!

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  11. A friend recommended I read this, so so very cool!!! I wonder sometimes if people turn to wine if they suffer anxiety, it makes you feel calmer temporarily, I have never commented or read a blog before.... Up with the play yeh! X

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  12. This is great to hear Mrs D, as you have struggled so hard with the whole social thing, it is great to hear how good things are for you now.

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  13. i'm so jealous! i've been struggling with sober socializing lately, but i remember your posts and they inspire me to hang in there. Thanks!

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