As Bridget Writes To Her Son, In

With Most Of The Events In The Books [ Bridget Jones Diaries ] I Draw A Little Bit From My Own Life And Some From What I See Happening Around Me.

It Seems Wrong And Unfair That Christmas, With Its Stressful And Unmanageable Financial And Emotional Challenges, Should First Be Forced Upon One Wholly Against One's Will, Then Rudely Snatched Away Just When One Is Starting To Get Into It. Was Really Beginning To Enjoy The Feeling That Normal Service Was Suspended And It Was Ok To Lie In Bed As Long As You Want, Put Anything You Fancy Into Your Mouth, And Drink Alcohol Whenever It Should Chance To Pass Your Way, Even In The Mornings. Now Suddenly We Are All Supposed To Snap Into Self-discipline Like Lean Teenage Greyhounds.

It's Amazing How Much Time And Money Can Be Saved In The World Of Dating By Close Attention To Detail. A White Sock Here, A Pair Of Red Braces There, A Gray Slip-on Shoe, A Swastika, Are As Often As Not All One Needs To Tell You There's No Point In Writing Down Phone Numbers And Forking Out For Expensive Lunches Because It's Never Going To Be A Runner.

For Me, Writing Bridget's [jones] Stories Is An Instinctive, Organic Thing, Which Tends To Happen More By Accident Than Design.

In Terms Of Myself, My Next Big Plan Is To Loose 7llb (as I've Been Planning To Do Since I Was Seventeen) Also To Go To The Gym Three Times A Week, Not Merely To Buy A Sandwich. And Also De-clutter The Garage.