New Years Redux

How was your New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day? I usually have a good time on both days, but this year, my New Year’s Day was considerably better than my New Year’s Eve. To use some of our cufflinks as convenient visual aids, my New Year’s Eve was more akin to these Aspirin Cufflinks:

…than these Champagne Bottle Cufflinks:

Since we were both still suffering from head-colds, the hubby and I stayed in for New Year’s Eve, and just barely managed to keep awake long enough to watch the ball drop on TV. (The aspirin was, alas, not to cure the results of overindulging in champagne, but rather to contend with a cold related headache.)

After sleeping in, however, we were in far better spirits the next day, and managed to have a nice New Year’s Day with two great meals. Our household is a “multi-culti” one, if you will, so we had bagels and lox for brunch, and a soulfood dinner of rice, black-eyed peas, and greens for dinner. Both meals were a great start to 2009, and reminded us that we usually have more to be thankful about than to be worried or concerned. (Perhaps this is why Cufflinks Depot has so many fun and whimsical cufflinks?)

How did you celebrate the beginning of 2009?