The United States of Lobster (Posted 10years late!)

There wasn't quite this much snow....!

So it's a little late but earlier this month I did the annual pilgrimage to the Sales Kick Off in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on the North East coast of the USA. It is where the entire Sales team from across the globe get together and reflect on the year past and look forward to the year ahead. This is the second time that I am making this pilgrimage and I do enjoy it.......... I still think we need to mix it up though.... I used to go to Miami for the Sales Kick Off every year before that!

Sigh.........!

So because of the crazy costs of flights if you don't stay over a Saturday night a group of 12 of us decided that we were going to spend a weekend in Boston at the end of the trip... I think i am going to tell you about Boston in another post..... Well I have to increase my post count from last year!!! I will tell you that it will be about; Food, shopping, food and more food!

I went Outlet Mall Shopping in Kittery which is in Maine with the team from APAC and OMG can they shop! The GDP of Kittery was surely double in the two days that they made incursions over the bridge into Maine! We had to come back to the hotel to drop off a full lugguage trolley of shopping because the car was full and our kind driver couldn't see out the back! I did go a little crazy and bought some socks and trainers, oh and some shoes, oh yeah and some gloves!

The Piscataqua River, which has the third fastest current in the world!

Obviously we stopped for Lunch and the good folks at Bob's Clam Hut, Kittery hit the Jackpot when 9 of us descended on them and ordered about 30 lobster rolls! They were delicious!

The first of many....?

Well the first day of 2013 has come and gone and I survived!

Happy New Year everyone! Welcome to my blog! Last year I was totally rubbish at writing this but although I don't do resolutions my goal is to regularly update it this year because I plan to have an awesome 2013 and so I want record what happens.

I spent NYE with a small group of friends and it was really nice..... Apart from losing in Dai Dee (don't ask, that's your homework!). My friend cooked an excellent spread including Eggs Benedict and Rib Eye Steaks, DELICIOUS! We played Monopoly and I lost.... Apparently because I was too stubborn. Me stubborn? Do me a favour!  Like is said, we also played Dai Dee and I lost. Even though I didn't win the games, it was nice to chill out and just be. Do you know what I mean?

Anyway, I left there at 6am and waited for a bus that was due to arrive in 22 mins for nearly an hour! I didn't realise how quickly the time had passed as I was really enjoying listening to some tunes and thinking about the year ahead. I also met a dear friend David, whom I have not seen in a long time... He was out on an early morning jog so we caught up for a few mins. I must stay in contact with him! I ended up walking to the Tube Station and got home at 0820! I slept for most of the day and then when I did wake, I had some dinner and then fell asleep again only waking to watch MoTD. I guess this is why I am up now...... Sigh.

Well, that's the first day over, now on to the next one..... Over the coming days and weeks I will bore you with what happens in my world and I welcome you to add your comments or questions. No man is an island and as such I welcome you to share in my 2013 journey.

I want to say special thank yous and Happy New Year to Paul, Bobby, Jose, Amber, Claudia and last but so not least Pat! Thank you all for the NYE invites and I look forward to catching up in 2013!

Until next time. x