If it's any consolation, tonight is the earliest sunset of the year (not quite the same thing as the shortest day, which is in about a week's time). From tomorrow onwards, the evenings start drawing out again - though it will be a while before you start to notice the difference, as it's a matter of a few seconds, to start with
Sunrise will continue to get later every morning until about 10th January but that never bothers me as much. All to do with the fact that the Earth isn't a perfect sphere, apparently.