Blue Monday

this is the formula :



where weather=W, debt=d, time since Christmas=T, time since failing our new year’s resolutions=Q, low motivational levels=M and the feeling of a need to take action=N_a. 'D' is not defined.

So, just to live to tell the tale is impressive enough I think.  I don't really want to spend too much time adding my own failings into the formula.  Suffice to say, roll on Tuesday.

I've read a book this afternoon, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.  It was a quick and easy read, but I wanted to see for myself why Teens seem to be so taken with it.  I get it, sort of, but I can see that you'd have to be Teen to take full advantage of the emotional roller coaster Green takes you on.  The feedback from the Teens on Green's website seem to agree that they loved the characters, plot and emotional roller coaster, but disagree about whether it's a love story or not.

The weather curtailed my grocery shopping adventure today and I headed towards Arbroath.  Disaster struck however, when my only Waitrose 'bag for life' was whipped savagely from my trolley by the wind before I had time to enter Lidl.

Oh nooo!

I'll never be able to afford another one, and now I don't even live remotely near a Waitrose ...sob.
I'll have to slum it with a Tesco, Sainsbury's or Asda bag from now on...the shame.

To cheer my self up, I went to Asda for the remaining  items on my grocery list and as I was feeling  very sorry for myself,  I bought books. A knee-jerk reaction, I know, but I'm weak.

Rant

When will publishers desist with this disgusting habit of 'printing' a sticker on the front cover?  It's bad enough that stickers are stuck on covers, very irritating and time consuming for me. I spend ages trying to peel it off in a oner and get a damp cloth to get rid of the sticky residue.
The printed on sticker is really a step too far. 

I feel a protest coming on..

Bleugh, Blue Monday Weather.

See!  Look at that offensive yellow sticker, It spoils the aesthetics of the front cover and feel of the book!