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Here it is......Lorraine's 40th Fancy Dress Party.....

What a night....

It was my work Christmas Party last night - sorry no photo's yet -I will try and get hold of some and then post them on here. As usual it was at The Petwood Hotel and as usual it was a formal black tie job for the lads and ball gown/cocktail dresses for the girlies. This year we had over 220 people. Fantastic night - lots of awards! (some going to our office - well done Jamie and Pete!!) - lovely meal - free flowing booze - no expense spared and everyone had a great time! Although, I imagine there are a few 'very' sore heads today (Chris being one!)

40th Fancy dress...invite...

Ooo now I'm excited, I've ordered my costume!
Oh sorry, forget to say - Sissy-in-Law is 40 on the 29th December!
She is having a fancy dress party! (as you can see from the blog we've had a few this year!)
The theme is Disney and cartoon characters! So off we went yesterday to the hire place, which was an Aladdin's Cave of goodies.
Anyway to cut a long story short, Chris is Scooby Doo! and I'm one of the 101 Dalmatians! Fab or what - and oh yes we look very silly.
Watch this space shortly after the 29th for evidence!!

Agony......!!

Ouch! I've done my back in!
I thought I would share this info with you all - just to see if I get any more sympathy, than seems to be available at home.
It's alright for them when they get 'man-flu'!!
I twisted by back last week and it had started to get better, then me being me - was a bit bored at work on Sunday (as everyone else was obviously Christmas shopping!) decided to move a few boxes!
OH YEAH REALLY BAD IDEA.
I'm back to square one - only it's even more painful this time.

Christmas is coming....

Sorry for the lack of blogging! It's just been hectic!

Christmas is just around the corner, I started my shopping in October and have almost finished. I must admit, a lot has been done on-line this year. I have 1 more major shopping trip with sissy-in-law next Wed - we're off to Lincoln for the day!! Must be a serious shop as she is driving, because she said there is not enough room in the boot of my Mini!!

I went shopping with Laura from work last week, we spent all day shopping and eating, our feet were killing us - but we did manage to get quite a lot done. (thanks Laura - great day really enjoyed it!!)

Wedding front cover.

This is the front cover from my wedding album, we got married out in Cyprus in 2003.
The ceremony took place in a sunken stone courtyard, we were surrounded by all the flowers shown. (I'm sure everyone thought I was mad - wanting photo's of the flowers - but I knew what I had planned)
This was one of my very first layouts.

Eden Hall Day Spa

Ooooooo....lovely relaxing day at Eden Hall Day Spa. Yesterday, me and a couple of the girls from work, were treated to a day at Eden Hall by one of the Companies we deal with. In total there were 17 of us from various Companies and what a fantastic day.
We arrived at 9am and didn't leave until 6pm. We spent the day relaxing in the pool and using many of the lovely Spa facilities on offer, some ladies had pamper treatments. We had a wonderful 3 course lunch with wine (which just made me want to sleep!).
We finished our day with fresh fruit juice cocktails in the most gorgeous conservatory.
What a place!!

The Zombie and The Pumpkin!

Lorraine and Kuno - dressed to impress!

Good day, bad day, good day!

Started off really well, we had planned to take Sam golfing today. But I ordered a new lens for my Camera yesterday and great service - next day delivery! Of course, not wanting to miss my delivery - I said the boys could go golfing and I would wait for my precious delivery.
Oh no - strop king strikes again - Mum must come golfing! so I went around to my neighbour - to see if she would be able to take in my delivery - great no problem, left a note on the door to redirect the delivery to her. SORTED - off to golf we went had a lovely morning and a snack at lunchtime - home for 2pm.
And there it was - the dreaded SORRY WE MISSED YOU delivery card!! Now having PMT this week - I exploded like a rocket!! They had refused to deliver it to my neighbour, as it was not a confirmed address from the sender! (jobs worth) So I rang the number to speak to someone about re delivery. Oh no too easy - it was a lovely AUTOMATED service, with lots of options apart from what I wanted and no human in sight! I was soooo mad - that everyone evacuated the house and took the dog for a walk, while I calmed down! Anyway, I booked a callback from the Company, which never came. So I tried to call back - but then the message said that the parcel number had already activated a response so I could not make any further requests. As you can imagine - my mood was great by this point.
So eventually, to save everyones sanity, I found a direct number. I was told the driver had returned to the depot and I could collect my parcel. So my lovely hubby, drove me the 30 mile round trip to collect a parcel that I had paid £7.95 to have delivered!! GREAT!
Anyway, good finish - my lens in fantastic and worth waiting for. And to top it all everyone was full up from lunch so I didn't have to cook tea!!

Meet Dylan!

Meet Dylan, my sister-in-laws new 8 week old Lab!

Ian Taylors Retirement Party!!