It was my friends birthday, so we had a buffet, then I had a small bowl of carrot and corriander soup when I got home

I was telling my husband last night about how, when i was younger, a big deal was made out of the New Years Day dinner. When Chrimbo was over, i used to look forward to New Years. My Mum always made a roast dinner with all the trimmings and a fab pudding and we would play games and laugh all evening. It was a great time.

Yesterday my husband was at work so I cleaned, did a pile of ironing and slammed a ready meal in the oven at 8:30pm. I felt somehow wronged.