Semi-Dry-July
So me and the boy are attempting Semi-Dry-July. It’s the watered down version of Dry-July which was never going to happen. Not because I am a raving alcoholic but I just really enjoy a nice glass of wine.
Dry-July is a challenge where you stop drinking for a month and are sponsored for your efforts with the money going to charity. Our version includes five nights where we can have a drink and a total of eight drinks for the month. Obviously no one will sponsor us for this and the money we save goes to our favourite charity – the mortgage. It got off to a shaky start as by the 5th we had both racked up two nights of drinking (largely due to the opened bottle of wine which we didn’t want to go off!).
So last night we went to see ‘MyLife in Ruins’ at The Como. Nia Vardalos (last seen in My Big Fat Greek Wedding) was there to introduce the movie and she looked stunning. She had all the charisma that she has on the screen. Waiting for the movie to start I normally would have had a glass of wine with the girls but thanks to Semi-Dry July I couldn’t, and I missed the social element of it. Walking past the bottle-O later I found myself looking longingly at a bottle of cheap plonk.
Substituting a delicious glass of juice (200% RDI of Vitamin C) in place of wine for dinner hasn’t quite cut it but I am hopeful that I can make it through the month. Even if it means avoiding walking past pubs and bottle shops. On the bright side it is a really good excuse should you become pregnant and don’t want to tell people for a while. But they may catch on as Semi-Dry-July leads into Stone-Cold-Sober-August and then TeeTotal-September……….