Popular legend tells us that January is officially the shittest month of the year and most of us are looking forward to seeing the back of it in precisely 72 hours (but who's counting?). You’re broke, you practically have brandy butter oozing from your pores, and have exams that you’re definitely going to fail. But look at it more closely and you’ll see it’s not all bad. Here’s why January is actually (bear with us) the best (no really) time of year.
You can be a stranger to your razor
Bare leg season is a distant memory, and you could do with the insulation – so obviously it’s just sensible to spend the month growing out your leg hair, beard, armpit hair, and anywhere else your follicles choose to sprout. Get it thick and fuzzy enough and it’ll almost be like you’ve got that pet dog you always wanted. Who needs summer?
It's bargain season
Christmas had you rinsed after you shelled out for a Clinique gift set for Mum and a new Barbour jacket for Dad (who did you think you were in December, a duchess?), but the world of consumerism has your back. Think you can’t dabble in a bit of retail therapy during the gloomy weather? Think again – it’s 50% off basically everywhere and your loan’s just come in, so there’s no excuse not to drain the last of your bank account.
You still have so much food
Your mum had a little panic in Morrisons on Christmas Eve and decided to clear out the entire frozen party food range, so come January the freezer’s still bursting. Feeling peckish and depressed about your upcoming exams? Not to worry – there’s an abundance of mini pizzas or mozzarella sticks to take the pain away.
The telly is legit great
Say goodbye to repeats of Escape to the Country and Come Dine With Me, and hello to cosy period dramas, massive new Netflix releases, Christmas specials on catch-up and a random Harry Potter rerun just when you need it most. Watch us fly down the stairs when ‘#HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone’ starts trending and turn on ITV quicker than any Nimbus 2000 could carry us.
For a glorious month, you still have some remains of your ‘finite’ presents
Trying to make that Lush bath bomb your aunt gave you last until February just isn’t gonna happen. Nor is that jumbo box of Lindor. January is the one month where you can still make use of this stuff, so enjoy it while the luxury lasts.
