MY NAME IS BRIDGET
I usually conduct myself with the utmost of class and composure, however, occasionally, v. occasionally, I slip up, and nine times out of ten, it involves liquor. My favourite party trick is forgetting to eat properly before getting carried away with a bottle of wine.
Note to self: thou shall not drink too much at Friday night after work drinks, especially when one hasn’t consumed enough food during the day to hold one’s liquor. Drinks = 7. Olives= 8. Verbal indiscretions = too many to count. v.v. bad.
How I got myself into taxi and made it home without throwing up antipasto, I will never know. In between rolling around on the bed and calling out to my friend for water, neurofen and a cold flannel, I cringed as moments of the afternoon’s conversation returned. Remorse was seeping through the cracks of my hangover and I was all I’m never drinking again and I said what?
However, dignity may just be intact, as confidant I spilled my guts to post sharing a bottle of wine in the office and quickly consuming 3 wines in succession at the bar around the corner, is trusted work colleague who I know will remain tight lipped without me even having to ask her to. Because, she gets it and she’s cool like that.
She won’t judge me either. The only judging taking place, is me about myself. I have such high standards (especially about being professional in a work environment), that whenever I let myself go, I am hard on myself and beat myself up with the proverbial stick, as though I just killed Bambi’s mother.
We all have an inner Bridget inside of us, who is sometimes neurotic, who sometimes drinks too much, who sometimes eats too much, who sometimes spends too much, who sometimes embarrasses herself and sometimes loses control. We all occasionally embrace our inner Bridget, and we need to stop being so hard on ourselves for it. Part of being fabulously human, is not being perfect all the time.
So, I’m going to stop feeling bad. After all, at least I didn’t get up on the tables and sing. Hurrah!
When was the last time you embraced your inner Bridget?
Oh my…. I have way to many ‘Bridget’ moments to mention…. falling on my butt, while wearing high heel knee high boots at a bar would be up there. I was talking to a guy I was trying to impress..I only had ONE drink at that stage! Damn tiles!
Another time, I was in Sydney and had to get the taxi I was in to pull over, I then proceeded to vomit out the door… on a busy main road! Taxi driver not impressed… didn’t impress the guy I was with either… who I was totally in love with at the time (and who happened to be my best friend of 12 yrs- long story)!
So, so many more stories….. *sigh
Glad you’ve decided to not regret it – everyone needs to blow off steam now and again.
Regarding Bridget moments of my own, the other day I had some jobs to do down the street and decided to make a bit more effort with hair and face. So I blow dried and put on make-up, which then left me little time for actually dressing, so that was done in a rush with only a cursory glance at the mirror afterwards. While down the street I received what I thought were admiring looks. One guy stared so hard the man he was talking to also turned around for a look. I preened a bit and thought ‘this new eyeliner really is the business’.
And then I got home. And discovered my purple bra was showing right through my top.
As for alcohol, my last big night was about June last year. Friends and I started off at the swanky place, but by four in the morning we’d run into other friends, got stuck into caprioskas and hit a strip joint. While I didn’t get on any podiums to strip or sing or give any kind of performance, it was not my finest hour. But man it was fun
THankfully I have never been drinking with my workmates. If you met them you would know why!
Love your blog Kellie.
Peeps, here is the link to Kellie’s blog. Funny stuff!
http://magnetoboldtoo.com/
I am the same, I really do beat myself up a lot about things, and I hate getting drunk at work and feeling unprofessional, but sometimes you have to let it out.
Carla – love your work! it’s so funny what can go through our own minds, when no one has even batted an eye lash. In fact, I bet they think you’re fabulous, and oh so much fun!
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