Once again the turning point of the week is upon me. I've had my 4 evenings of merry internet mayhem, now I have to do 3 evenings of good plain food, washing up, housework and early bedtime. The cosmic balance. For it is written and ever must be shall.

I've not had an alcoholoic drink in ages.

I was going to crack open the Absinthé when Eurovision was on.

But I forgot.

I have undertaken the Bank Holiday Weekend Wine/Blue Nytol Challenge!

Essentially you consume a certain quantity of wine, then, once you've put the bottle in the recycling bin and the glasses next to the sink, you drop a blue Nytol and continue wandering round the internet.

If you wake up less than 2 yards from your bed then you have beaten the Bank Holiday Weekend Wine/Blue Nytol Challenge!

That sounds healthy.

It doesn't seem to be working.

We're all doing so well.

I can't explain this. BN used to hit me like a big pillow stuffed with lavender and librium.

I can only assume that the Great Narrative Spirit wishes to have me watch the horologe a double set / If drink rock not my cradle.

I slept quite well in the end. But I need to deal better with these bank alcoholiday weekends.

I'm drinking champagne

It was reduced from £16 to £13.25 :thriftyjar:

I've got a bottle of Retsina in.

Well, I like it

Crémant's where it's at.

Macon Villages for me tonight.

I had a Bombay Sapphire at a function at lunchtime. When I told my colleague what it was she said 'It isn't blue!'

I explained that I too had been similarly disappointed the first time I bought a bottle of it.

Contained within my Iceland food parcel is a 3 litre bottle of cider.

It was dirt cheap.

This gives me confidence that it is top quality.

Does it have the words Ice or white in the name?

It has the word "Blackthorn" in it.

I was going to suggest the words "diamond" or "lightning".

Any two-word combos of the four work.

I got a bottle of Angostura bitters in my Tesco consignment. I want to try putting it in my vodka instead of tonic.

Ooh don't. It won't be pleasant. I think you're meant to coat the glass with it and tip the remainder down the sink. At the very least, you'll need the tonic too.

I think I might join you in having a good old drink this evening.