Party pris

[j4]

addedentry and I had a party, and it was great! It was lovely to see all the people who were there, & we were sad not to see the people who couldn't make it. I'm not going to try to list you all, or list all the lovely presents we got (though I hope I thanked everybody at the time!) but fivemack gets a special vote of thanks for bringing us lots of fab wedding photos and making fried breakfast for seven people (without the aid of forks) on Sunday morning. :-)

I would also like to apologise to khalinche and timeplease for failing to wake up in time to say goodbye (but I hope they slept well on our sofabed), and to juggzy for failing to be awake when she returned to fetch some things she'd left here (but I hope she found everything in the end without too much trauma). I am not very good at mornings, sorry.

I was pleased with the way this year's cake decoration turned out, though I'm afraid the actual cake was a bit on the 'meh' side -- too dry, not enough jam.

Late on Saturday night my ridiculous 15" boots got an impromptu airing, so that I could prove that they existed (that's the first time I've taken them out of the box since moving to Oxford -- I had to cut the packing-tape to get them out). If anybody took a decent photo of them I'd love to see it: a flickr link would allow me to prove the existence of the boots without risking breaking my legs. :-} On the other hand a flickr link would not have given me the rather fun experience of being nearly as tall as htfb.

I hope "a good time was had by all", but I can only really speak for myself; I spent most of last week feeling fairly fail-ish and not at all partyish but was much cheered by conversation and silliness and singing and cake and port, so thank you again to all our guests for making an old-ish woman very happy. :-)

[More posts to follow on Oxbridge limericks, singing, decluttering, and running... watch this space, tonight is LJ-catchup night!]

Comments

[j4.livejournal.com]

Ooh lordy, no, they're nothing like that (though those are quite sexy). They're just platforms, not heels - they're like these (http://www.kinkyangel.co.uk/images/373BN.jpg) but with three of those soles stacked on top of each other.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

You might find some pictures here (http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Bellinghman/Footwear).

[j4.livejournal.com]

Ace, thank you!

In this one (http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Bellinghman/Footwear#5334680943275072450) I look taller than htfb. :-)

If I'd planned to wear the boots I might've worn a more congruous dress, but actually the combination of flowery M&S and stompy gothboot is kinda cool...

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

It was a bugger getting you in shot - that lens is pretty good at tripod-free telephoto, but I do need to stand back a little.