My family and friends will thank me for this Blog...

...mainly because it means I can vent my moanings here instead of at them!

Perhaps I'm old before my time (or perhaps, God forbid, I'm turning into my Granddad) but I do enjoy a good moan. I'd like to say "Don't we all?", but I do seem to rant more than others. In my defence, at least I know I'm doing it. I'm fully aware that I have a bit of a reputation as a grumpy young woman amongst those who know me and it's probably a bit of a private joke amongst my nearest and dearest. "Ah, she's off again. What is she raving about this time? I'll just smile and nod and perhaps she'll go away..."

So why is it that I get wound up more easily than others?! Some things drive me crazy, but the more annoying thing is that they don't seem to drive other people crazy! Am I abnormal? I'd like to think I'm generally a happy person, caring, fun to be around and good to know. So why do things bug me so much? Perhaps I care too much? Give it a few years and I'll be writing letters to the local paper complaining about Brook Street roundabout (don't get me started on THAT) and asking to speak to the manager in ASDA because the woman on the checkout is chatting to her mate rather than serving me. (OK, I sort of already did that a few weeks ago...)

There are a few main topics that crop up fairly often on my Moaning Radar. Apart from the aforementioned roundabout, these mainly include:

• People who drive at between 25-29mph in a 30 zone.
• People who stop dead in front of you on the high street or in a shopping centre. Applause for you clever people!
• Trains and buses never being on time or, more likely if I'm planning to travel, being cancelled completely. I swear I've been cursed by the Public Transport Fairy.
• Our cleaner rearranging our bathroom every week. (This is obviously a more personal complaint.)
• People leaving plugs switched on (sorry Mum!).
• People ignoring text messages when I've asked a question that I need to know the answer to. Rude.
• Spelling and punctuation mistakes in NATIONAL newspapers, magazines or online. I could do your job better than you could Mr Editor!!

I can safely say that there are a LOT more topics, but let's not give away all the goodies in the first installment ay!

Now you may be thinking that if I moan so much about other people, I must think that I'm perfect myself. Well I AM perfect!!

Of course I jest.

I know I'm not. I have many annoying habits (my moaning probably being one of them) but I can't moan about myself can I?! Perhaps some of you could start blogging about that so I know your thoughts. Let me know...