So many horoscopes... and not one spot on!

Today has not been a good day at all.

I woke up in a foul mood and have been short with everyone who speaks to me. I snapped at my best friend for the most ridiculous reason and thus she has been annoyed at me all day. I have felt so out of my body all day that it's ridiculous.

In my previous posts, I talked about my attempt at quitting smoking. Well... today I caved. So pissed off at being in a bad mood, I went out and bought some tobacco. And smoked. It's stupid. I immediately regretted it afterwards but I've got no willpower at all.

Tonight I rang my doctors and booked an appointment with a Fresh Start specialist. It consists of weekly appointments at my GP surgery with support and free nicotine patches. I will quit smoking one day! If you have any tips, please comment and let me know!

I wanted to find a way to make this day better, so instead of reading one horoscope today, I read six. Yes, that's right, six. I thought maybe I could whittle it down and make my favourite one the horoscope for today.

Alas, most of them are shit and didn't make sense for me today. Here are a few to whet your appetite...

The Sun (My "favourite", Mystic Meg)

Better ways to deal with money, and take the first step to making your life what you know it could be, makes this a turning-point day. The moon visits the psychic sector of your chart, so you just have to think of a name to draw a special someone closer. Luck texts at 8pm.

Today has not been a turning point with regards to money. Nor did I get a text at 8pm.

Horoscopes.co.uk

The diligent way in which you approach issues may have already got you noticed. However, it's possible that there is now some confusion about the hours you have worked and the value to be placed on them. It may be that you are expecting greater reward than will actually be the case. Someone born under Cancer and who is relatively new to the scene may not yet understand the role you have played.

My boyfriend is a Cancer. We've been together two years, so he isn't "new to the scene" as it were. However, he has just moved back to Derby from Plymouth. I just asked him if he understood the roles I have played (girlfriend, housemate, sub-editor at the newspaper where we both work) - he says yes. Damn.

Yahoo

Your best friend, lover, or business partner could come into some extra money and share the wealth with you. This is a wonderful opportunity to launch a home improvement project. Renovating a kitchen or bathroom will take time, but you'll be very pleased with the results. You could save money by shopping for salvaged materials. A resourceful person like you enjoys finding practical uses for cast off tiles, sinks, and light fixtures. Are you in the market for buying a place? Fill out a loan application.

I WISH my best friend or my boyfriend had come into extra money today. Oh, how I wish. To be fair, my best friend did offer to lend me some money earlier. I'm definitely not looking to launch home improvement plans at the moment - mainly because we live in a rented house and the landlord would go barmy if I renovated. I did, however, tidy up the living room earlier and took down some Christmas decorations... does that count? Oh and, no, Yahoo, I am most certainly not in the market for buying a place. As with most 20-somethings in the UK at the moment, I probably won't be able to afford that luxury for, um... 15 years.

As you can see, the above horoscopes are ridiculous. The only one I could sort of relate to would be this one...

iVillage

Something is slipping away from you -- but that's no reason to give up! You may be able to snag it or at least get a clue so you can follow up on it at a later date. Things should make more sense pretty soon.

Do you know what was slipping away from me today? My willpower to quit smoking. I really do hope things make sense pretty soon.

Mystic Meg tells me how to get rich in 2013

As I was sitting down eating my toast this morning, I was flicking through The Sun's website (don't judge me) on my iPhone. Usually I will read about the goings-on in the lives of reality TV stars - that's easy reading in the morning - but then my eyes came across Mystic Meg's financial predictions for 2013...

I am by no means rich, though I would very much like to be. So I clicked on the page, scrolled down to Scorpio, and - voila! My guide to getting rich in 2013 (please excuse my bad paint job - I just wanted to highlight it to you!):

Okay, so let's try and analyse this.

What I like about Mystic Meg is the way she, shall we say, is rather specific. There's no vagueness when it comes to our Meg.

According to Meg, this year (or next year, shall we say. There are nine hours left of 2012) I have to do the following if I want to win big cash:

1) Pay attention to present and past relationships, for they can lead me to family legacies. (I don't get this. Really, I don't.)
2) Start writing down memories... (But then what? Enter them into some literature festive? The Pulitzer Prize?)
3) Try and finish tricky puzzles. (I give up after five minutes. Must change that.)
4) Buy a Lottery ticket while on holiday. (With any luck, I should be going on holiday in April.)

Now of course, winning isn't the only way I can get richer in 2013. There is also the opportunity to earn more:

1) Make or design something at home. (This blog? That's a start. Though I don't see how I will earn money from it.)
2) Set my own goals in my existing job. (Already done. I aim to have a good career.)

And now saving up:

1) Research antiques. Look out for antiques. Get rich from antiques. (It's a good job my friend and I have applied to go on Bargain Hunt.)

So there we go, that's what I have to do in 2013 to get more money. I'm a bit disappointed Meg hasn't given me any lucky Lottery numbers though.

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