OK so the night before I was up late. With not being able to come home in the day and so very very much to do, I had to be up late - there was no choice in the matter. Liam of course was ill, juts my luck. So he went to bed early but promised to get up early and finish tidying if I wanted him to.
So I got him up when I went to bed - at 6:30 am in the morning. You know, you can tell you're up late when the kids cartoons start! I got about 3 hours in bed; slept for 2 and a half of that because the children got noisy. When I got up the downstairs was clean and tidy - I had left a list for Liam and apologised for making more mess before I went up, but I was just too tied to do party preps and tidy. I think he felt more sorry for me than annoyed.
So not more party preps start. I needed to eat first and foremost, then get showered, I woke up covered in sweat somehow. Liam took Scarlett to ballet, then was off to his allotment appointment, much to my dismay - even though I had been expecting it! I was in the shower while he was gone and panicked like crazy when the door bell rang and I had to get out soaking wet - had i put 12 and on 2pm on the invitations!??!?!
It turned out that it was a knock down ginger scrote, probably encouraged by the castle poster I had put on our front door (lovingly drawn and coloured in by me - took ages!). So I went and got dressed and set about getting the kiddies dressed, I was shaking and feeling sick all the while. It must be because Liam was out - I always get a bit nervy, but never normally that bad.
Liam was not back too much later and set about doing food - moaning about being ill all the while. I tried to get the balloons inflated now, some with air, most with helium - very pretty! I had asked Laura to bring a foil balloon as I just needed Liam home ASAP rather than waiting for a minor decoration.
I covered the two tables with a pink table cloth and put a purple crepe runner down the middle. The balloons were pink and purple to match - I left most floating about the ceiling with their ribbons trailing apart from those that I tied to Scarlett's chair with a tiara and big silver ribbons to make it look special. We had cute little pink napkins with a cupcake design and plastic wine glasses, all frosted with sugar at the top (always wanted to do that!). Scarlett helped me to lay the table (I told Frazer to go on the computer to keep him busy!) and it looked like a beautiful little banquet when we were done.
Liam sorted out the pink drinks fountain that lights up - it looked beautiful! We had hi-juice for that and pink lemonade for at the table.
Now our guests began to arrive - giving Frazer and I only just enough time to put out silver arrows and balloons directing people to our door, as so often they get lost and then I'm left with a panic on the phone trying to better the instructions that I had previously written. Aya first, whose mother was not staying, then Anusha (mum stayed), Daisy, Honor, Tiffany (all staying without parents) and Eva - her mum stayed. I was surprised at how few mums came compared to last year! I have a suspicion it could have been a conspiracy with the girls at school to ask their mums to go, because a few mums told me that their daughters were adamant to be left, lol!
We started off on our princess hats, with me being most annoyed at the lack of glue - where had it gone? We managed with stickers, sellotape and the glue we had though. We then ate - I think people were too hungry to go straight in to games first. The little girls were desperate to use the drinks fountain but I had told them only after they were done eating! Eva's mum had some wine with me, and I frosted our glasses as a treat too. I'm so glad I named some of the food! Ariel's seaweed salad went down better than I thought it would, and I'm sure apple slices are never as popular as when they are picked by Snow White!
We played stick the kiss on the frog prince (lots of fun), hunt for the poison apple (most popular!) and musical statues (except with a twist - Maleficent from sleeping beauty as freezing people when the music stopped - we played it again and they had to pretend to sleep), we did our pass the parcel and drawing and 'Queen Says' - I added on a dancing competition as I had plenty of prizes to give out. We did loads in the end because I had apparently written that the party was 2-5pm and not 2-4! I'm so glad we were at home and had no issue with it being an hour longer - I was already worried that 2 hours wasn't seeming to be enough.
They all trouped lovely in to the kitchen and sat again for the cake and singing, the cake did look lovely in the end; a pink castle with purple towers, door and windows;
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2203625306&size=m and when we turned off the lights for the candles to be lit, everyone noticed that the drinks fountain was lit up! There was a collective 'Ooooohhhh!' in the room at this point, lol! Scarlett had to stand on her chair to blow out her candles as they were so high up! I hope she made a good wish.
I must say that when the mums arrived for picking up, it really didn't seem like 3 hours at all. We had used up plenty of time making the hats for starters, and the girls kept dashing off upstairs for an unknown reason - maybe they wanted to play in Scarlett's room, or maybe it was the fairy lights on the stairs.
The guests were simply lovely, all of them well behaved and charming. Scarlett really did pick a good bunch! Where normally with a school group you end up with one really cocky child, we simply had a girl that was noticeably more confident, but still not really outspoken or anything, yet despite some being shy in bigger parties, they all played well yesterday. Frazer and Rowan were on their best behaviour, and even Tonks was good - I had to shut her in to the utility room to stop her going loopy, but not a peep was heard from her - I think she slept! Roz was about as I can't let her out at the moment. She has one of those protective hoods on after over washing her belly until it got sore and lost fur.
Scarlett was lovely, she was a good little hostess and very happy to have all her friends over. Laura came about halfway through the party and had on the best medieval dress - outshone mine, which was also borrowed from her! I was glad to have Laura, although I didn't ask as much from her as she often does at parties (I was coping fine, plus she had just come from work with parties!) but she helped out a bit still, and the children were delighted to see her. I did have to pester Liam a bit - he had promised to keep taking photos - I wanted a picture of everything! But he insisted that he either needed the loo, had to sit down for a bit, felt ill or simply couldn't. i kept grabbing the camera when he wasn't about, but it was awkward to get the shots I wanted as I was entertaining. We have plenty though, and Liam dutifully got plenty of the beautiful kitchen before it was wrecked!
I also suggested that the girls all sit down together under our 'princess canopy' (lilac decorative mosquito net) for a photo together in their pretty hats, and then they all posed one at a time for an individual poster under it, which I am going to try to print to give to them with their thank you note.
We didn't get a photo of our door though, which is a shame as I had done a great picture of Sleeping Beauty's castle and stuck it up with the words 'Happily Ever After' around it. The slightly annoying thing is that the castle encouraged the local brats to wage a campaign of Knock Down Ginger on us, which isn't convenient when you have better things to do! The very annoying thing is that this morning I found out that the picture has been stolen. I'm quite gutted about this as I was planning to use yesterdays decs for today's mini party with our family friends. Plus I was going to let Scarlett keep the poster - it was too good to throw away. But ah well. There was an imperfection that bugged me - maybe this can prompt me to make a new picture and make it better. It's just a shame that I threw away the sketch design and don't have a photo to go by. I hope it's not wrong to wish painful ingrown toenails on the little scrotes that nicked it.
Back to yesterday - I was shattered! We got the children up to bed and then I passed out downstairs, only woke up to go to bed and I had to rely on Liam to do anything that needed to be done with the dog etc.
A good day in all, and now I need to get off and arrange stuff for today! At least it's only Sally and Maria with their children coming over, so I don't need to go OTT. Libby is expecting a tea party though so I had better deliver!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
the night before the Princesses arrive
I should NOT be online now - I'm only here while mixing the icing... urrhh - honest!
I asked DH to tidy up, but the problem is that without specific instructions for every detail he does have trouble, bless him! He's gone to bed now and I'm lonely (the real reason I'm online) but working on the castle cake. I realised this evening that I haven't even drawn a basic pic of how I want it, which doesn't bode well.
I have so much to do!
Food to make, food to bake, food to cut for dippers and blumin' heck I just realised I have no dips.
I have tried out the rather wonderfully pink drinks fountain the rather wonderfully great Alison gave to my DD - can't thank you enough hon! - It's all tried out and works like a dream. Though I'm soooo tempted to put fizzy lemonade in it and see what kind of mess it makes.
Downside is that I burst DD's foil princess balloon trying to inflate it properly with the mini helium canister. Liam keeps saying things to me like 'I'll run to the shops and get her another in the morning' but I know that he has to take her to ballet at 10 and he has an appointment about an allotment at 12, the party is at 2 - where's he going to fit it in?!
Ah well I'd best be off, I need some good luck wishes for the cake I think! Scarlett has been wonderfull about it, telling me that she's sure it will be lovely, even if I do mess it up, awh.
I asked DH to tidy up, but the problem is that without specific instructions for every detail he does have trouble, bless him! He's gone to bed now and I'm lonely (the real reason I'm online) but working on the castle cake. I realised this evening that I haven't even drawn a basic pic of how I want it, which doesn't bode well.
I have so much to do!
Food to make, food to bake, food to cut for dippers and blumin' heck I just realised I have no dips.
I have tried out the rather wonderfully pink drinks fountain the rather wonderfully great Alison gave to my DD - can't thank you enough hon! - It's all tried out and works like a dream. Though I'm soooo tempted to put fizzy lemonade in it and see what kind of mess it makes.
Downside is that I burst DD's foil princess balloon trying to inflate it properly with the mini helium canister. Liam keeps saying things to me like 'I'll run to the shops and get her another in the morning' but I know that he has to take her to ballet at 10 and he has an appointment about an allotment at 12, the party is at 2 - where's he going to fit it in?!
Ah well I'd best be off, I need some good luck wishes for the cake I think! Scarlett has been wonderfull about it, telling me that she's sure it will be lovely, even if I do mess it up, awh.
more party preps
Oh man, I'm really really tired. It's 12:41am by the way and I'm not finished what I'm doing...
Tonight Liam assembled the two last dining table chairs and wrapped a pass the parcel while I did the other. Of course I had to take both apart later when I realised that the party bag gifts didn't fit, so I had to swap them for the parceled ones.
I've made list upon list upon list. Lists for what food we should have, shopping lists to buy the food, lists of decs, lists of party prizes and what game to assign them to, loot bag stuff, things I still need to do, people coming, more shopping, etc, etc.
I think I need a list of my lists
I've made the party bags, they're a patch of tissue paper (various colours) inside a bright pink circle of netting material, tied with pink ribbon left over from my wedding invitations. Inside I have a bead bracelet, two rings, 3 chocolate coins and 2 hair clips. That doesn't sound much and they are only small, but each child will be getting a prize for one game or another - that's another list I've had to make; which games can be played when so that I can 'fix' the later ones to ensure they all win something! Still need to sort the boys bags - I might just get some regular party bags from the shop if I don't have any here.
I've arranged all the toys and bits - separated Saturday's prizes from Sunday's and put them in different bags.
I've made a list of the party games and the ideas behind it, like finding Snow White's poisonous apple before she does, Maleficent freezing people in to statues by turning off the music, wrote a couple of details just to try to keep the theme going easier on the day.
But I was really really supposed to do the cake and it's just not happened. I'm going to be panicking about that one, I really am, come tomorrow. It's such a difficulty being out all day because of the school runs - there's so much I could do with a few hours at home! Scarlett is being a dear about the cake, she says if it comes out wrong not to worry because she believes it will still be delicious. At least I realise that I'm not too proud to buy her a princess cake from Asda if mine buggers up!
I need to make little signs for the princess food, or no one will know why I have it. I'm going to do little 'flags' on cocktail sticks, but I need to get the sticks first! I could actually do this while out tomorrow as it wont take up much space. I also want to make signs directing peopel to our house! And make a magic mirror, and a throne.
I need to colour in the castle - the Sleeping Beauty castle to go on the front door. Got loads of shopping to do and I want to stick up the decorations tomorrow night so I wont have to fuss over it on party day. I had better call/text Laura early tomorrow to get her to take her medieval costume to work so I can pick it up from her. It' not really a princess costume; it's a vampire queen thing for Halloween, but since it's just red and gold it should do! Darn, I just thought - I need to check the drinks fountain that arrived this morning.
Need to make the hats tomorrow night too, and half the party food; cakes, biscuits, cut up the dipping sticks etc.
Not least of all I need to do - I really really need to get cleared up here. Not just tidying, but cleaning too. The annoying thing is that Tonks will need to be shut away as she'll go nuts with all the kiddies, sot hat means people will need use of the upstairs toilet. Which means that I need to clean and tidy upstairs as well as downstairs! Liam has reassured me that I can shove most of it in to our room as no one will go in there, but I think he' forgetting the cleaning aspect, plus the curious children, plus the new people not knowing which one the bathroom is - and mainly that I just have to get more area sorted!
That's the other thing - the cakes and food bits! The kitchen is a tip - the fly lady sink has been long forgotten in all the party work, rushing to school, being out all day and reading hurriedly in prep for my uni course. I can't make food in there as it is.
On this subject I should go - it's really late now, I can tell as I just heard that mysterious alarm go off. I have no idea what makes the alarm but it comes from a box of bits behind a chair in the living room and goes off at 1am every night - lol!
So off I go now to battle the kitchen just enough to make Scarlett and Rowan some packed lunch tomorrow. Not me, I don't even have enough time and energy to find clothes for everyone (though I guess it has to be done) let alone make myself food! I may buy some if I get the chance or inclination to eat tomorrow.
ElaineXX
Tonight Liam assembled the two last dining table chairs and wrapped a pass the parcel while I did the other. Of course I had to take both apart later when I realised that the party bag gifts didn't fit, so I had to swap them for the parceled ones.
I've made list upon list upon list. Lists for what food we should have, shopping lists to buy the food, lists of decs, lists of party prizes and what game to assign them to, loot bag stuff, things I still need to do, people coming, more shopping, etc, etc.
I think I need a list of my lists
I've made the party bags, they're a patch of tissue paper (various colours) inside a bright pink circle of netting material, tied with pink ribbon left over from my wedding invitations. Inside I have a bead bracelet, two rings, 3 chocolate coins and 2 hair clips. That doesn't sound much and they are only small, but each child will be getting a prize for one game or another - that's another list I've had to make; which games can be played when so that I can 'fix' the later ones to ensure they all win something! Still need to sort the boys bags - I might just get some regular party bags from the shop if I don't have any here.
I've arranged all the toys and bits - separated Saturday's prizes from Sunday's and put them in different bags.
I've made a list of the party games and the ideas behind it, like finding Snow White's poisonous apple before she does, Maleficent freezing people in to statues by turning off the music, wrote a couple of details just to try to keep the theme going easier on the day.
But I was really really supposed to do the cake and it's just not happened. I'm going to be panicking about that one, I really am, come tomorrow. It's such a difficulty being out all day because of the school runs - there's so much I could do with a few hours at home! Scarlett is being a dear about the cake, she says if it comes out wrong not to worry because she believes it will still be delicious. At least I realise that I'm not too proud to buy her a princess cake from Asda if mine buggers up!
I need to make little signs for the princess food, or no one will know why I have it. I'm going to do little 'flags' on cocktail sticks, but I need to get the sticks first! I could actually do this while out tomorrow as it wont take up much space. I also want to make signs directing peopel to our house! And make a magic mirror, and a throne.
I need to colour in the castle - the Sleeping Beauty castle to go on the front door. Got loads of shopping to do and I want to stick up the decorations tomorrow night so I wont have to fuss over it on party day. I had better call/text Laura early tomorrow to get her to take her medieval costume to work so I can pick it up from her. It' not really a princess costume; it's a vampire queen thing for Halloween, but since it's just red and gold it should do! Darn, I just thought - I need to check the drinks fountain that arrived this morning.
Need to make the hats tomorrow night too, and half the party food; cakes, biscuits, cut up the dipping sticks etc.
Not least of all I need to do - I really really need to get cleared up here. Not just tidying, but cleaning too. The annoying thing is that Tonks will need to be shut away as she'll go nuts with all the kiddies, sot hat means people will need use of the upstairs toilet. Which means that I need to clean and tidy upstairs as well as downstairs! Liam has reassured me that I can shove most of it in to our room as no one will go in there, but I think he' forgetting the cleaning aspect, plus the curious children, plus the new people not knowing which one the bathroom is - and mainly that I just have to get more area sorted!
That's the other thing - the cakes and food bits! The kitchen is a tip - the fly lady sink has been long forgotten in all the party work, rushing to school, being out all day and reading hurriedly in prep for my uni course. I can't make food in there as it is.
On this subject I should go - it's really late now, I can tell as I just heard that mysterious alarm go off. I have no idea what makes the alarm but it comes from a box of bits behind a chair in the living room and goes off at 1am every night - lol!
So off I go now to battle the kitchen just enough to make Scarlett and Rowan some packed lunch tomorrow. Not me, I don't even have enough time and energy to find clothes for everyone (though I guess it has to be done) let alone make myself food! I may buy some if I get the chance or inclination to eat tomorrow.
ElaineXX
Thursday, January 17, 2008
When I'm feeling naughty, really naughty
When I'm feeling naughty, really naughty, I let myself go in to shops to browse around clothes. Not just any clothes though- baby clothes.
I did it today. I was feeling quite satisfied this afternoon; I had successfully re-covered some kitchen chairs, got to nursery on time and Rowan went in without moaning and with a smile on his face. I was about to find a quiet spot and a cuppa to do my reading (finished Pride and Prejudice now, on to The Color Purple) but I got sidetracked along the way, in to Mothercare...
I'm looking mostly at white, cream, unisex clothes. I've decided that we wont find out the sex of the next baby, so I plan to get a load of white sleepsuits but save aside some money to go and buy pink or blue bits. I may of course buy a little hat or pair of socks in both colours!
Today I was very naughty. I looked at baby clothes in two different shops, Mothercare and BHS. Neither were wonderful for unisex stuff beyond plain white babygros, but I've been seeing pretty boys and girls bits all over the place. I'm very very tempted to go to the Disney store tomorrow as I know they have lovely bits and I have vouchers to burn... Agh, what's up with me?
Not yet Elaine, not yet....
I did it today. I was feeling quite satisfied this afternoon; I had successfully re-covered some kitchen chairs, got to nursery on time and Rowan went in without moaning and with a smile on his face. I was about to find a quiet spot and a cuppa to do my reading (finished Pride and Prejudice now, on to The Color Purple) but I got sidetracked along the way, in to Mothercare...
I'm looking mostly at white, cream, unisex clothes. I've decided that we wont find out the sex of the next baby, so I plan to get a load of white sleepsuits but save aside some money to go and buy pink or blue bits. I may of course buy a little hat or pair of socks in both colours!
Today I was very naughty. I looked at baby clothes in two different shops, Mothercare and BHS. Neither were wonderful for unisex stuff beyond plain white babygros, but I've been seeing pretty boys and girls bits all over the place. I'm very very tempted to go to the Disney store tomorrow as I know they have lovely bits and I have vouchers to burn... Agh, what's up with me?
Not yet Elaine, not yet....
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Princess Party Planning
Well I didn't know whether to go for this subject or that of Rowan. The latter is a bit upsetting so I thought I'd give you party stuff.
Well, Scarlett's getting two 'dos' - Saturday is the tea party for 6 school friends (all invited are coming - I was surprised!) and Sunday is time for some out of school friends; Sally and her boys, Maria and her daughter. Sarah was invited with her daughters but unfortunately can't make it.
I've been planning planning planning!
You should have seen the invitations, actually, you can here;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12810462@N05/2198331450/ (hope that works)
although the picture isn't too good. I addressed them all 'To her Royal Highness Princess .............' and followed the rest in the same theme, fancy font. Then I used a rounded off piece of card a bit smaller than the invite paper, to spray bronze paint over as a border. I made a note to parents (Kings and Queens, lol!) with directions to give to your carriage driver and telling people that we have princess dresses available here if girls don't want to come in their own. They got scrolled up and tied with pretty pink ribbon, but as you then couldn't see who it was addressed to, I made little tags to go on the ribbons - pale yellow card with a pink shape stuck on; an apple, a glass slipper, castle, diamond, a crown.....
Well, they've gone down well anyway - I've had a few people compliment me on them, which I admit to being quite pleased about as I stayed up until about 3am two nights running finishing them off! i only wish I had one to keep now, to put in to a memory box.
Next thing i did was start shopping - ebay has been a friend of mine! Pink and purple balloons, plus a foil Disney Princess one - I'm going to get some helium from Asda. i have the Christmas icicle fairy lights trailing down the stairs and I hope to be able to do a chair up as a 'throne' for S. which reminds me - I need to re-cover the other chairs or it will look pretty pants in the kitchen. I have one of those mosquito net things, a lilac one - that's going to go over a 'throne' (decorated chair) for photo posing at some point. Pink table cloth hopefully with purple crepe paper over it. I've drawn a big Sleeping Beauty's castle to stick on the front door as a welcome. I also want to make some signs to stick along the little road to our door as people get lost finding us!
I Loved an idea I read of a real tea party style, where a mum found lots of old china tea set bits for the girls to use and they served themselves milkshakes from teapots. I can't find a boot sale I can get to to look for these things though, so I'm settling for plastic wine glasses and pink lemonade - I might put sugar frosting around the tops of the glasses too! A fab idea for fancy ice is to put a rose petal in each ice cube, looks lovely. A strawberry might be better for little girls though! Fantastic news is that a friend - Ali, thank you so much honey! - has tracked down and bought Scarlett a drinks fountain (pink no less!) after my failed attempt with Tesco (they sold me and empty bloody box!) so of course Scarlett is very pleased and I'm sure it will be a perfect attraction for her little friends.
i thought flowers would be nice - real ones, am I going OTT yet?
i have it planned that they are going to sit around the table like dignified little ladies! Whether they act up to it or not I don't know... I have food planned, thinking mainly pink bits (candyfloss is my favourite so far!) and am trying to theme some bits around Scarlett's favourite princesses;
Cinderella - chocolate mice and lumps of cheese
Belle - Magic Roses (thinking those tiny sugar roses placed on sweets or fairy cakes)
Ariel - Watermelon? (bit vague I know!), sea-salad? (regular salad, new name ) Frazer suggested seaweed which he and I think is yum but I'm not sure the little girlies would agree! Liam suggested crabsticks but I told him that would be cannibalism for Ariel.
Snowwhite - sliced apples, of course!
Mulan - some little chinese snack food.
Jasmine - fruit kebabs (had no idea and this seemed sweet)
Aurora - Sleeping Beauty's kisses (those little red lip sweets)
Frog prince - frog sweets!
I bought reduced in tesco gold princess wrapping paper that's actually Christmas paper but doesn't look like it - this is being used for pass the parcel - I plan to alternate it with another colour paper so people can see what to rip!
Not definite on what other games I'm playing apart from this yet, but I have plenty of prizes I've been picking up bit by bit! Where I'm only having 6 girls I can give better gifts, like a pink feather boa, or princess powder puff wands (both bought in sales)
Oh and I'm making a castle cake! Wish me luck! Baked the middle bit and bunged it in the freezer with the swiss roll 'towers' I need to work on the icing though as I've not tried it yet. I've bought a heart shaped cookie cutter to make pretty sandwiches and Scarlett wants to make some cakes and cookies for it. another idea i liked was to dip marshmallows in melted white chocolate and then roll them in hundreds and thousands mmmmmmmm.....
I'd better leave it there as I have loads to do, like a 'pin the kiss on the frog' and a 'magic mirror', the signs I mentioned etc.
Well, Scarlett's getting two 'dos' - Saturday is the tea party for 6 school friends (all invited are coming - I was surprised!) and Sunday is time for some out of school friends; Sally and her boys, Maria and her daughter. Sarah was invited with her daughters but unfortunately can't make it.
I've been planning planning planning!
You should have seen the invitations, actually, you can here;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12810462@N05/2198331450/ (hope that works)
although the picture isn't too good. I addressed them all 'To her Royal Highness Princess .............' and followed the rest in the same theme, fancy font. Then I used a rounded off piece of card a bit smaller than the invite paper, to spray bronze paint over as a border. I made a note to parents (Kings and Queens, lol!) with directions to give to your carriage driver and telling people that we have princess dresses available here if girls don't want to come in their own. They got scrolled up and tied with pretty pink ribbon, but as you then couldn't see who it was addressed to, I made little tags to go on the ribbons - pale yellow card with a pink shape stuck on; an apple, a glass slipper, castle, diamond, a crown.....
Well, they've gone down well anyway - I've had a few people compliment me on them, which I admit to being quite pleased about as I stayed up until about 3am two nights running finishing them off! i only wish I had one to keep now, to put in to a memory box.
Next thing i did was start shopping - ebay has been a friend of mine! Pink and purple balloons, plus a foil Disney Princess one - I'm going to get some helium from Asda. i have the Christmas icicle fairy lights trailing down the stairs and I hope to be able to do a chair up as a 'throne' for S. which reminds me - I need to re-cover the other chairs or it will look pretty pants in the kitchen. I have one of those mosquito net things, a lilac one - that's going to go over a 'throne' (decorated chair) for photo posing at some point. Pink table cloth hopefully with purple crepe paper over it. I've drawn a big Sleeping Beauty's castle to stick on the front door as a welcome. I also want to make some signs to stick along the little road to our door as people get lost finding us!
I Loved an idea I read of a real tea party style, where a mum found lots of old china tea set bits for the girls to use and they served themselves milkshakes from teapots. I can't find a boot sale I can get to to look for these things though, so I'm settling for plastic wine glasses and pink lemonade - I might put sugar frosting around the tops of the glasses too! A fab idea for fancy ice is to put a rose petal in each ice cube, looks lovely. A strawberry might be better for little girls though! Fantastic news is that a friend - Ali, thank you so much honey! - has tracked down and bought Scarlett a drinks fountain (pink no less!) after my failed attempt with Tesco (they sold me and empty bloody box!) so of course Scarlett is very pleased and I'm sure it will be a perfect attraction for her little friends.
i thought flowers would be nice - real ones, am I going OTT yet?
i have it planned that they are going to sit around the table like dignified little ladies! Whether they act up to it or not I don't know... I have food planned, thinking mainly pink bits (candyfloss is my favourite so far!) and am trying to theme some bits around Scarlett's favourite princesses;
Cinderella - chocolate mice and lumps of cheese
Belle - Magic Roses (thinking those tiny sugar roses placed on sweets or fairy cakes)
Ariel - Watermelon? (bit vague I know!), sea-salad? (regular salad, new name ) Frazer suggested seaweed which he and I think is yum but I'm not sure the little girlies would agree! Liam suggested crabsticks but I told him that would be cannibalism for Ariel.
Snowwhite - sliced apples, of course!
Mulan - some little chinese snack food.
Jasmine - fruit kebabs (had no idea and this seemed sweet)
Aurora - Sleeping Beauty's kisses (those little red lip sweets)
Frog prince - frog sweets!
I bought reduced in tesco gold princess wrapping paper that's actually Christmas paper but doesn't look like it - this is being used for pass the parcel - I plan to alternate it with another colour paper so people can see what to rip!
Not definite on what other games I'm playing apart from this yet, but I have plenty of prizes I've been picking up bit by bit! Where I'm only having 6 girls I can give better gifts, like a pink feather boa, or princess powder puff wands (both bought in sales)
Oh and I'm making a castle cake! Wish me luck! Baked the middle bit and bunged it in the freezer with the swiss roll 'towers' I need to work on the icing though as I've not tried it yet. I've bought a heart shaped cookie cutter to make pretty sandwiches and Scarlett wants to make some cakes and cookies for it. another idea i liked was to dip marshmallows in melted white chocolate and then roll them in hundreds and thousands mmmmmmmm.....
I'd better leave it there as I have loads to do, like a 'pin the kiss on the frog' and a 'magic mirror', the signs I mentioned etc.
Monday, January 14, 2008
In the words of Victor Meldrew...
I don't ruddy belieeeve it!
Today I bought a bargain little treat for DD's birthday. Or so I thought.
At Christmas time Tesco had various novelties stocked and one that caught the eye of DD and myself was a drinks fountain. It's a bit like a chocolate fountain but on closer inspection it really didn't look all that so I didn't bother for the price it was. However now it is reduced to £4.98, and that I thought was ok and would be great for DD's little party.
So I bought one, the last one I could find in fact. The box was big, and it was heavy enough to be quite a burden as I was out all day and bought it this morning. I checked to see how it fits together this evening - and IT'S NOT IN THE BLOODY BOX!!!
So how do I explain that without seeming a complete crim when I take it back tomorrow? I didn't think I needed to check inside before I bought it, and neither did the cashier. I'm so bloody annoyed because this means;
1) me returning something - which I hate doing (still got a broken iron needs returning) 2) me lugging the horrible thing around all day again
3) the sheer embarrassment of me saying 'no I did NOT take it out of the box at home, it was never in the box'
4) the quite likely possibility that they don't have any others in store, so we'll have to go without - but DD is looking forward to this centrepiece now
I feel like a right pillock, but when there's a certain amount of weight to a shelved box you pretty much assume it's got contents beyond a thick stack of carboard!
I'm really worried about this actually. Hate doing this kinda thing but can't afford not to.
Today I bought a bargain little treat for DD's birthday. Or so I thought.
At Christmas time Tesco had various novelties stocked and one that caught the eye of DD and myself was a drinks fountain. It's a bit like a chocolate fountain but on closer inspection it really didn't look all that so I didn't bother for the price it was. However now it is reduced to £4.98, and that I thought was ok and would be great for DD's little party.
So I bought one, the last one I could find in fact. The box was big, and it was heavy enough to be quite a burden as I was out all day and bought it this morning. I checked to see how it fits together this evening - and IT'S NOT IN THE BLOODY BOX!!!
So how do I explain that without seeming a complete crim when I take it back tomorrow? I didn't think I needed to check inside before I bought it, and neither did the cashier. I'm so bloody annoyed because this means;
1) me returning something - which I hate doing (still got a broken iron needs returning) 2) me lugging the horrible thing around all day again
3) the sheer embarrassment of me saying 'no I did NOT take it out of the box at home, it was never in the box'
4) the quite likely possibility that they don't have any others in store, so we'll have to go without - but DD is looking forward to this centrepiece now
I feel like a right pillock, but when there's a certain amount of weight to a shelved box you pretty much assume it's got contents beyond a thick stack of carboard!
I'm really worried about this actually. Hate doing this kinda thing but can't afford not to.
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