{"id":452,"date":"2011-01-01T12:52:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T12:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=452"},"modified":"2011-12-14T11:22:44","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T11:22:44","slug":"new-year-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=452","title":{"rendered":"New Years Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #d87093;\">01.01.11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pretty cool day to have a <strong>birthday<\/strong>! \u00a0<strong>MINE<\/strong>!! \u00a0<span style=\"color: #d87093;\">1.1.11<\/span> <em>has<\/em> to count as my <strong>champagne<\/strong> birthday . . . I don&#8217;t think my parents let me indulge back in 1980, so I&#8217;m bringing out the champagne this year! \u00a0We&#8217;re talking mimosa&#8217;s, champagne cupcakes, the works!<\/p>\n<p>New Years Day is always the time when people sit around and decide to make a resolution for the upcoming year. \u00a0I have never done one . . . I might have as a teenager but it was probably <em>&#8220;This year I will get skinny.&#8221;<\/em> Ya, so much for attainable resolution setting!<\/p>\n<p><strong>I hate resolutions. <\/strong> For the last number of years, I have stood firmly on the belief that why wait for the New Year to do something that you can today?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I have fallen off my high horse and \u00a0I think I finally get it. \u00a0It&#8217;s the formality. \u00a0Set a goal. \u00a0Reach for it. \u00a0Attain it. \u00a0Success!<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I posted 11 Goals for 2011, but my <strong>resolutions<\/strong> are different than my <strong>goals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0Learn how to <strong>budget<\/strong> . . . stick to in . . . and stop spending money on unnecessary things.<\/p>\n<p>2. I&#8217;m giving up <strong>magazines<\/strong>. \u00a0I find that they used to be an enjoyable event, to what is now a stressful occurrence. \u00a0When I look at the pile that just seems to grow and grow and grow, I get stressed out. \u00a0I guess I&#8217;m spending my time doing different activities these days . . . like blogging!!<\/p>\n<p>I think that two resolutions is enough for me to start with in <strong>2011<\/strong>, especially since I haven&#8217;t set a one since the 80&#8217;s. \u00a0Happy 2011 everyone \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0I&#8217;m off for my birthday brunch. \u00a0Cheers to champagne before lunch!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=452\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=452\" data-text=\"New Years Resolutions\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=452\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/pinterest?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcookiescupcakesandcardio.co%2F%3Fp%3D452&amp;linkname=New%20Years%20Resolutions\" title=\"Pinterest\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/pinterest.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Pinterest\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01.01.11. 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