early bird does the worm

I've just booked my train tickets to spend New Year's Eve (or weekend, actually) in merry London. This is definitely the earliest I've ever made plans for New Year's. In fact it's generally a last minute decision for me, like last year's shindig at some Swedish embassy official's palatial appartment. But this time I had an opportunity to get a cheaper ticket. Even though those stingy people from SNCF did not let me use it, I called up a good friend from b-school and decided to get a ticket anyway.
Now we have almost three months to plan a most excellent night of partying. Yummy.