The highlight of the month is a surprise visit from my BFF Yellow Fever last week. He had a business trip to a nearby country and in cahoots with P, planned a secret visit to surprise me! We had a great time with lots of alcohol, day trips and as we say back home, 'talking c*ck'!
One of the things that P and YF did was drive around and pick up a few pieces of shabby chic furniture that I had bought online for my ongoing interior decorating of the house. We had a massive flat screen on the master bedroom dressing table which we haven't watched in the 1.5 years that we have lived here. All it did was collect dust. I decided to get shot of it, 'girlify' the space and it now looks like this:
The boys went to pick up the Italian mirror and re-furbished chair from a lovely lady who lives about 100 miles from us out in the countryside. I think P's white-knuckle driving down the narrow country lanes caused YF some concern but he lived to tell the tale (just!).
YF flew back to the Small Island on Friday and barely able to catch our breath, we had our annual Chrismast dinner for four sets of close friends last night. It gave all of us a chance to get together before the mad festive rush. Here is the kitchen diner all set for the gathering:
I cooked teriyaki chicken, pork loin in soy sauce, cabbage with dried shrimp and bok choy in oyster sauce, all served with steamed rice. For dessert, one of our friends made a dark chocolate tart with ice cream. Afterwards, everyone played cards. The sessions get very competitive with husbands destroying wives' games (and vice versa), lots of raucous laughter and much 'big talk' around the table. It was a loud and fun night with great friends.
P and I now have another week of work before we have a two-week break yahoo! We will be chilling out, going for long walks and seeing friends. Can't wait!
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