So it is his 50th soon and although we discussed lots of options (party, renting a cottage and inviting lots of friends, river lunch cruise) we vetoed them all in favour of us going away for a weekend as a family.
Anyway then I decided that a small surprise dinner would be nice. I have chosen one of DHs fave restaurants which has a private dining room. The problem is that I have invited 10 people (mix of family and friends) but have not been able to invite others due to size of the room. I'm now in a complete pickle about it that the others will be really pissed off.
The other point is that originally I was expecting guests to pay their own way, and have since been persuaded otherwise by SIL and we are going to split the bill between us. That is fine, but it does mean I now cannot change the venue to include others as the whole point was to not spend a lot but still have a celebration.
Feel like I'm going to upset people and still have spent loads which will cut into our weekend away budget. It's a lose lose situation and I don't know what to do :-(