Helcat's Birthday Fun

Went down to Thames on Saturday to help Helen celebrate turning 40. Colin had lots of cheeky things to say about her age, but Helen just laughed it off - he's a cheeky bugger! She looked amazing in her new Annah S dress (Colin, of course, had no idea she'd made such a purchase) and her pearls she had strung up in Auckland. Very cool. And that's their gorgeous daughter Maddy there - she's four months now and a really alert, bright little baby - so cute! Had a lot of fun at the local Thames Thai restaurant - just a shame I had to drive home afterwards and couldn't give in to the bucket of margarita Colin made! Although he was a bit too handy with the 500ml bottle of Tequila for my liking!

Then on Sunday I had to work which was really slow - not a lot happening. Worked from home and sewed my new dress in between - boy was it fun! I had no idea sewing could be so much fun! Just watching the little bits come together to actually form something - brilliant. My original dress ended up looking quite good but it didn't quite sit right so I went and bought some beautiful BRIGHT GREEN material and I'm starting again - it's a great shape for the 50s theme and should be a lot of fun to wear. I'm so domestic now it's almost scary - when did that happen? Tim met a 22-year-old who couldn't cook, didn't like cleaning or anything domestic and now he's got himself a domestic goddess. Okay! Maybe that's going too far. I can just see him shaking his head at that one.

Heard from the lovely Hannah who is in Italy at the moment - she fell in love with Florence but will be happy to be home after not seeing her husband for five weeks (he's trekking around Vietnam - hope you're okay James!) Oh and we had poker night at our house last night - I only just broke even and Tim lost everything! Lucky the buy-in's only $5. Meredith cleaned up and Dan & Hugh, Paul & Kat also did really well. Fun times.

Now I'm just really looking forward to M&M's engagement party on Saturday - it promises to be a great one - and having a day off on Friday :) Hurray.