I hang my head in shame

[debih]

My reputation as a party animal is in tatters!

I spent all day yesterday feeling very hungover and was in bed ridiculously early. I couldn't understand why I felt so rough as I didn't think I had drunk that much.

Today I felt much better, though I have the remains of a headache just hanging there, in the background. But I have managed to get on and do some things.

This afternoon was the annual hog roast for the birthday boy (following his surprise party on Friday). Loads of people were there, including many that were there on Friday night. I felt fine when I got there, had a pork cob and a half of larger and felt decidedly off it and have had to retreat home.

However, I did find that my "I didn't drink that much" was rather off kilter. I was talking to two of the friends that I was sat with. I started with a gin and tonic at a friends house and then had a large red when I got to the pub. We then went up to the function room and there were jugs of Asti and Lime available (our girlie pamper day favoured tipple) and I had a number of them. When we sat down I bought one of the jugs to our table. I thought we just had the one jug. Apparently we had 3 jugs (between 4 of us). I know I had a glass of red - I didn't realise that Anna was constantly topping up my glass of red from the free wine on the table (I thought that one glass lasted me a long time!!!). All nicely washed down with a glass of port!

And there's me thinking I had had a gin and tonic, two glasses of red, one glass of asti and lime and a port. Rather underestimated myself there.

And now, I am off to soak in the bath to try to rehydrate my poor body.

[miasmum]

Lordy lordy, how on earth are you not sick? I wish everyone was like you, would make my life so much easier

[debih]

I really was completely unaware of how much I had drunk. I didn't feel too drunk on Friday night and someone this afternoon commented that I didn't appear particularly drunk. I knew I was rather tipsy as I have no idea what time I left.

I have to say though, I have amazed myself that I was not sick! I suppose I did stretch it out over a few hours - we started at 6.30pm and someone said I was still there when they left at 1.30am.

Never again. Never, ever again.

Until the next time............. (which incidentally is next week. Same place, same time, another birthday).

[Kaz]

You must have a cast-iron liver, I'd be comatose after that lot

BTW I saw a recipe for blackberry vodka the other day, do you want me to post it?

[Kaz]

I've posted it on the Kitchen board

[debih]

I've seen it. It looks very nice.

I have no blackberries. Fortunately!

[Cal]

Gosh I am amazed at that amount of booze in one evening - for one person! Even when I was younger I was always a strictly no more than 3 of the same type of drink girl - and that was only about once a month. Then we settled into sharing a bottle of wine between us - over Friday and Saturday nights. Now I can't drink at all as it upsets me. I think the reason I was so temperate was because I could not bear feeling the slightest bit drunk or not in control.

[debih]

I'm only really do a couple of glasses on a Friday now with the occasional small glass in the week.

I don't know what possessed me. Maybe it was the long blonde wig and hippy face paint (it was a 60s fancy dress).

Whatever it was I am still suffering. I have been in bed for the past 90 minutes!

[tonicha]

Constitution is the key.

I can't drink anything like I used to - well, being minus half an inside makes a difference

But I'd have no problems drinking that much - and more - sometimes, but not now.

And it does take me longer to get over having more than 4 beers and a bottle of wine which is a bugger

And as some-one who came from a "drinking" family, I see no problems with either drinking or not drinking. We're all different.

One of my step-mothers only had to sniff a glass of wine and keel over, which was a bit weird, as my dad was the drinker.

[Gal]

I think the reason I was so temperate was because I could not bear feeling the slightest bit drunk or not in control.

Oh Cal I am the same!! I even took the car to a 'do' last weekend so I had an excuse not to drink, how sad is that?? It was a work do, so I suppose sort of excusable, since any drunken behaviour would not have been a good thing, but even so