Shirley's Party Advice Part 7 - how did they all get so big...

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Part 7 - link to previous one to follow!

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You're not moving far, are you? I am sure they will let you get away with it.

[Tinkerisdead]

No im moving about 2 miles on the other side of school. Did you get your cakes frozen and stashed?

[Tinkerisdead]

Sorry i should have been clearer whilst im not moving far i will be in the town now rather than the village. I think i'll risk it. Or get my mate to book it for me.

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I'd book it. I'm sure no-one will be that bothered

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I knew you were moving outside the village bounds, as it were, but I still think they will let you get away with it - anyway, it's worth booking it, even if they then come back and say "oops - you're not a resident any more - we need more money" (they won't - most village halls barely remember to collect the money at all )

Cakes are stashed (probably a bit too warm - I am going to have to defrost them carefully to avoid sogginess) but haven't actually made it into freezer. Multi-coloured washing up made it into the dishwasher.

Tonight, green, blue and purple. Then I will decide if I do another batch.

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I love the 'slice of cake' cake, BTW - and no, clearly, you can't do the rainbow one (unless as a deliberate reference to her last cake, but then you would need raspberry sauce dripping off it )

[Blatherskite]

He he. This place needs a 'like' button for funny posts :)

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I've just been and bought silver foil platters ready for DD's party. I think that might be the first time ever that they have been exactly what I wanted and not just the cheapest option :)

I thought they were fairly pirate-y???

I've got them, a couple of pewter tankards, a very 'message in a bottle' type bottle and my beautiful blue swirly 'whirlpool' bowl that I bought while bored and on jury service. I've also got a couple of bits of driftwood I bought for something a while ago that I thought I could prop up to make a shelf at the back of the table.

I've also go card and huge cardboard tubes to make a boat and mast around the table and sheets to make sails. Just need a tablecloth to cover the tabletop now.

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You are way more organised than me and you have 2 months longer to go.

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[Tinkerisdead]

How far have you got stealth?

Blathers im hot on your trail once i'm unpacked its pizza party a go-go here.

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Tail.

Who wants to hear another of my freaky stories...?

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How far have I got?

Um.

Not very.

Need to:

• menu plan.
• Plan a couple of games just in case.
• Do the cake.
• Sort out which of the 1000001 decoration ideas I had are actually going to happen.
• Dye the aprons.
• Print notes to go in party bags.

I have party bags, labels for same, stuff to go in them (except sweets), need to check tableware stocks. We have these fab tablecloths like squared paper which you draw on (with special pens or with crayola ultra-washable ones) and it all washes out again - I need to work out if they will be big enough when combined or whether I need something else.

[Tinkerisdead]

What have you got for the party bags? What are these tablecloths?

And do u want to hear me story?

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Party bags - I have little blocks of air dry clay (I was planning to print wrappers saying that their creations needed to go back to the pottery to be fired and would be delivered to them in a few weeks, but here was something to keep them amused in the meantime), plus plastic tools for clay. They will get that, plus a freddo and maybe some haribo, and their aprons. That's enough, I think, given that they will get what they made too.

Tablecloths - these, although I didn't pay that much for them. I have one large and one medium, but I am not convinced that they will fit the size and shape that the table has to be to fit the DC in.

Yes, of course I want to hear your story....

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better website for the tablecloths

[Tinkerisdead]

I love the tablecloths ive been looking at the paper doodle ones on amazon.

Right, this house is on the market and i have a viewing tomorrow but the house is a TIP! Dd had just had a horrendous nappy changed and was grizzling in the highchair over lunch.

The door goes and i ignored it but they were frantically knocking. When i opened it, it's the agent with an older couple grinning and asking ready for the viewing? I said no cos its actually tomorrow cue them all looking at each other in horror. But i say come on in if you like but really ignore the mess (and the stink from the nappy). They wander off upstairs and the door goes again!

I open it really cursing all these unannounced people and its my father in law(now i should explain this is DH's real dad and his wife as opposed to lovely Mil) all our family live an hour away so i was really shocked to see them as they live in a different town. So i usher them in saying sorry, sorry ive got mess everywhere, dd is whining and ive got an unannounced couple upstairs viewing the house!

So we're all stood talking in the kitchen whilst the agent takes these folks around upstairs and they start to come down. Dh's stepmother looks horrified and i say "are you okay Grandma Stepmother?"

And she shrieks...thats my first husband!!! Coming down my stairs!!!

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OMG.

The poor agent - can you imagine what he is going to say about his day when he gets home?

[Tinkerisdead]

The agent came in last and there was this steely gaze between both parties when my FIL cleared his throat and said sternly "hello graham".

The agent says "errr is there a problem?" I said erm these are my inlaws and it would appear that this is my Mil's first husband?!!! He looked horrified. The guy span round and shrieked "how do you know them?!!" I said "i told you there my inlaws!!! I'm married to his son!!"

Whats funny is im in contact with their children/grandchildren as their dh's stepbrother/sister etc.

It was soo bizarre!!

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Did I mention that I won another cake competition?

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So, DW, did they like the house?

Poor you, and poor agent.

[Blatherskite]

It could only happy to you DW!

[Tinkerisdead]

I dont think they liked the house. Thank god cos its a bit of a turkey as houses go and i'd feel terrible.not that its my house!

What cake competition and which cake was it stealth?

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The fact that they were looking suggests that you might end up with strange half-relations living pretty close, though.

It was a mywaitrose competition and, frustratingly, I don't know which cake won - they allowed multiple entries and haven't told me which one I won with . Ironically, the prize is a cake decorating course

[Tinkerisdead]

Pmsl at cake decorating course. I hope its the one you just did!!! Ha ha ha

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It's an in person one - at Waitrose Cookery School:

"Perfect your batch of light and fluffy cupcakes with step-by-step guidance from our professional chefs. We’ll take you through the golden rules of baking classic cupcakes and achieving those tricky icing and piping skills to produce flawless results.
Whether you’re baking for a girls’ night in, a special birthday party or just fancy learning some new kitchen skills, on this entirely hands-on cookery course we’ll teach you how to dress your cupcake for each occasion with a recipe that you can adapt to endless flavours. On this course you will make a batch of lemon cupcakes with lemon butter cream and then with a little patience and creativity, you’ll decorate your freshly baked delights with shimmer sprays, edible icing decorations, glitter and cut-outs from the endless array of products in the Waitrose home-baking range."

Friend and I thought we might as well do it, for a laugh...