New Year’s Eve used to be an excuse to get my hair done, drink way too much champagne. and squeeze my size 8 ass into the skimpiest dress I can find. But now that I’m 25 and my hangovers have officially hit an all time high, I’ve decided to stay in this New Year’s Eve. Here’s why:
- I’ll save a ton of money. From a fancy outfit to the ridiculous drink prices to the pricey cover, going out for New Year’s Eve ain’t cheap! I have other things I want to save for rather than a night out that I’ll probably spend crying and with a stain on my dress.
- It’s ridiculously over-hyped.  New Year’s Eve is so over-hyped. “The most magical night of the year,” my ass. It’s a chance for bars and clubs to overcharge you and for you to be squished in a bar that ran out of the complementary champagne you were promised.
- Chinese food > everything. My ideal night in is renting a few movies, ordering Chinese food, sitting on my couch with a glass of Andre champagne in my hand. Does it get better than that? The answer is NO, it doesn’t.
- I’d rather wear sweatpants. Smell ya later, tight dress. Hello, yoga pants.
- Netflix. There are so many good things on Netflix right now, I can’t even stand it. I can picture myself watching three seasons of the X Files in one night.
- I can watch the ball drop on TV. Every year I’ve missed the countdown and the ball drop. I want to watch! Maybe that makes me lame, but I like tradition.
- No crazy lines to get in places. Last year I was out in the freezing cold for an hour! It was awful. If I know one thing for sure, there will be no line to get on my couch.
- No waiting forever for a beer. You think the line outside is bad? Wait until you get inside and see the line at the bar. BANANAS.
- No losing your friends. They wander off, you wander off, everyone wanders off. You then spend the next 45 minutes searching for a familiar face, which is annoying and stupid.
- Someone always gets too drunk. It’s inevitable. Someone will get kicked out of the bar, throw up in the cab, or black out and become a loser…
- There’s always a fight. Usually when someone gets too drunk and another person looks at them the wrong way, a fight results. Two New Year’s Eves ago, my guy friend got into a fight with some random person. Police were involved. It was the worst ever.
- Cabs are impossible/expensive. No matter what city you’re in, the cab prices are going to be through the roof! That is, if you manage to even grab one in the first place. Do yourself a favor and grab some friends instead and stay home. It may not be all glitz and glam, but it’s a well spent New Year’s Eve.
