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30 Signs You Are Getting Old | The Diary Of A Jewellery Lover

Please enjoy this guest post from a great friend of mine, Mel!

Hi, my name is Mel and I blog over at The Diary Of A Jewellery Lover blog. My blog is a lifestyle blog which covers fashion, travel, food and home amongst other things.

1.You get up early on the weekend because you want to enjoy the day.

2.You save all your money for one expensive top that will be an investment rather than a few cheaper ones from Peacocks or Primark.

3.You finally admit that you do like your relatives and pop into see them when you can.

4.You remember playing hop scotch and playing with a hula hoop.

5.You spend more than a fiver on a bottle of wine as it tastes so much better when you do.

6.If you go to a fast food place you have the healthy option.

7.You know what an amuse bouche is.

8.Candles make you happy.

9. You’ve made your own pizza, from scratch, base and all.

10.When Top Of The Pops finished you were heartbroken.

11.Instead of buying spot cream at the chemist you end up buying antacid, hair dye and Tena lady.

12. Your specialist knowledge on Mastermind is something educational and worthy and not The Simpsons.

13. You never hold hands in public any more and your partner only kisses you when he wants one thing – yes you guessed it, a cup of tea.

14.You watch X Factor for the freaks and weirdos not the music.

15.You buy a Nutribullet or a Spiralizer as it’s the healthy thing to do.

16.You remember John Travolta when he was young and cute.

17.You have a party and the neighbours don’t even realise it.

18.Getting asked for ID when buying alcohol makes your day.

19.All your favourite bands are doing reunion concerts.

20.You prefer a pub that isn’t noisy where you can talk.

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21.You had a ZX spectrum or a Commodore 64 when they first came out and remember having to load games on tape.

22.You enjoy a glass of sherry, brandy or port at the end of a meal out.

23.You remember a Snickers when it was called a Marathon and thought your head would blow off if you ate a packet of Space dust with a can of Coke.

24.You still prefer reading a newspaper than getting your news online.

25.You remember when DJS were known for their banter and music and not other reasons…

26.You can remember watching tv in black and white and when there was only 3 channels.

27.You like getting shortbread at Christmas.

28.You get obsessed with gardening and you can’t go away without mowing the lawn and leaving food for the birds.

29.You get annoyed when someone talks in the cinema, or worse still doesn’t turn their phone off.

30.You write a bucket list.

Can you identify with these? What are your signs you are getting old?

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