Puff sleeves
The look of the moment and they make your arms appear slimmer, so double score

Networking websites
500,000 Irish users signed up to Bebo can't be wrong, can they?

Pay-day euphoria
That lovely, erroneous beginning-of-themonth belief that you're absolutely minted

Decent-sized wine glasses
The kind you can fit half your face in and 'accidentally' pour half a bottle into

Long evenings
Enjoy every single one of them because before you know it they'll be getting short again

LOATHINGIT

Identikit starlets
Blame LA stylist Rachel Zoe for the current look of big shades, big bags and matchstick limbs

Euromillions syndicate pressure
When you can't bear the thought of your work mates buying holiday homes in France but you'd rather spend the 2 on a latte

Other people's holiday photos
Yes, it's obvious you had a blast but please don't make us look at 10 albums of your good times

Aspirational evening classes
Twenty minutes into your first 'Russian for Beginners' lecture and you'll wish you were down the pub

Pin number amnesia
It doesn't help either if you can't remember where the secret place you wrote it down is