Shopping Cold Turkey = Binge!

Chaps, 

Cold Turkey is never a good thing... Due to recent events, I am a now firm believer in the "everything in moderation" school of thought. 

Let's look at the cold hard facts: When one goes from this...

...to this! It is inevitable that some serious retail therapy is going to be required. Fact is: I am miserable being back, away from my friends and family (and the well priced tasty vino). My recent "none shall pass" approach to wine and shopping was a SERIOUS lapse in judgement, and as a result - this happended:

Oh, and this:

 

I obvs NEEDED every single one of the above items - AND their purchase cheered me up considerably. Going forward; I shall indeed endevour to limit my spending on frivolous trinkets and alcohol, but not entirely as that is just stupid and a recipe for disaster.