What a load of old twaddle...

...sometimes spoken by 'ologists. Perhaps it's the fault of the journalists who get them out of bed on a Sunday night by ringing them up and asking for a quick quote. The latest piece of stupid information you don't want to read on a cold, dark Monday morning is that this is called Happy Monday.

Yes, I mean Monday, January 30th. Outlook dreary, cold and a chance of snow. What was it David Cameron said about 2012 - it was going to be a harder year for us all even than last year.

So why is it meant to be Happy Monday today?

Supposedly because this is the first Monday of the year when we - at last - have received the first pay cheque of 2012, and have finally booked our summer holidays.

Well, yah, boo, sucks to that. Neither is true for me. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm meant to pay for last Christmas. Reminds me, I must take some of those decorations down. And I definitely haven't booked a summer holiday yet. Bet most of you haven't either.

Still - at least tomorrow is the last day of January! My apologies to anyone who was born in January, but I honestly cannot see a good thing about this month. Roll on Feb.