Saturday 25th Feb - Leaving party

Ive had a great day! We woke up to the pouring rain at 9am and headed over to the botanical gardens for regardts 'surprise' birthday party...only it wasn't much of a surprise as i had ruined it a few days earlier...but still, all the same, SURPRISE! It was good fun and other work colleagues turned up as well as a few other people they know from their kids kindergarten class. Lynette (regards wife) had had a cake made especially...it was laid on a bbq area with a nice table cloth and table decorations as well as some healthy water melon on a plate. We sang happy birthday and the cake was cut....half hour later we smelt burning. One of the kids had pressed the button to turn on the bbq so the water melon was now cooked and the plastic table cloth and plates were all melting on to the bbq. Oops. Luckily the cake was to the right of the bbq hot plate.

We were only planning to spend an hour at the morning picnic but we were there until 12.30! time sure did fly. We got back to the house and went upstairs where we relaxed on the bed and watched tv. It wasn't long before i had to get ready for party number 2 at jacquis house. the theme was 'cutesy' so i had my cinderella costume at the ready!

The party was so much fun. Gaz stayed for the first hour and sampled some of jacquis husbands cooking...he laid on quite a spread, all cooked from scratch...it tasted amazing! There were about 10 of us there...some people from work couldn't make it so i will be seeing them tomorrow for a bbq by the beach. The party was awesome but really sad to be saying goodbye to people who have become a family out here.   They even bought me a little gift...a very nice necklace and a kangaroo teddy and joey. they said the teddy was a joke to do with the kangaroo massacre i had been part of...just something to remember hervey bay by! I didn't want the evening to end but sadly it came and went so quickly :( Tomorrow we have the cleaners coming and the car will be all packed up.

I have also spent the day tamping over thinking mum had given my mirror away! Turns out the photo she sent was of the NEWLY WALLPAPERED bedroom in the house which happens to be in adams old bedroom. I thought she had given it away to adam! So i rung her up to give her a piece of my mind to be told i had the wrong end of the stick and then i felt stupid. sorry mum.

Anyway, here is a picture of my outfit for the evening...