A late card arrives from somebody that you forgot to send one to.

You buy new shoes in the sales and take them back because they are too tight or uncomfortable.

You have a huge row with your partner.

Your meals consist of turkey sandwiches, turkey risotto, turkey pie, turkey pasta and turkey soup.

All your hangovers merge into one.

Somebody confides in you when they have had one too many, and puts you in some kind of moral dilemma.

You have to change an item of clothing which is too small.

The outfit you planned to wear at the New Year party is too tight.

Newspapers regurgitate the diet plan they use every year, dressing it in a ‘new diet’ disguise.

You buy a paper or magazine purely on the strength of the exciting New Year horoscopes featured on the front cover.

You either get no invitations and feel like Billy No-mates; or two or three so you have the dilemma of which one to go to, (or which to go to last, should you go to them all) to see the New Year in.

You watch cheesy television films that you would normally never watch, and actually enjoy them.