so whats down with stacey?!: January 2008

Like Katie, the Murder Mystery night kinda 'kicked off' my celebrations. I then waited a hole week for the rest of the festivities to begin. I awoke on Friday 11th January feeling a mixture of excitement and trepidation- I was no longer twen-teen and therefore now an adult. How crap.

However, my little brother Ryan came into my room and sang Happy Birthday to me at 7:45am (want sure whether to say thanks or throttle the kid for waking me).. i then got given a few prezzies from my mum and dad. Next, i received a phone call at 9am telling me David was on his way over. When he arrived i opened a couple of bits- a book, A NEIGHBOURS DVD (very exciting) a scarfy etc. I then opened a lovely silver bracelet, i then got matching earrings from his parents. My last prezzie was a floppy bit of paper- A VOUCHER!

It reads:

This voucher entitles: Stacey Edwards

To a weekend in London. The weekend will include 2 nights at The Tower Hotel (English Breakfast inc), an evening meal at the 'Stock Pot' and another at an unspecified restaurant, a Saturday evening trip to the theatre, a ride upon the London Eye and a visit to the Tate Modern.

.....................VERY FUN!!

So i was told to pack my bags and within an hour i was whisked off to London. When we arrived we were greated by a rather amazing view:

And just to prove that this was indeed the view, we took a few pictures.... we are not super imposed- i would have chosen a better picture of me had that been the case!!

Sadly the London eye was having its annual maintenance service done over the weekend; which we found out after half a day of trying to get to Waterloo midst a shutdown of the circle, district and Hammersmith and city line (our hotel was at tower hill, so this wasn't great!) But all this aside, it was a LOVELY weekend, and as Katie mentioned, we bumped into her in Leicester Square. David must have photographic memory, as its him who spyed her after them only meeting once! I had been totally engulfed in the painstaking task to decide which show to see! We (clearly i mean I) opted for The Sound of Music. The only downfall was that David insisted i could not sing along. Instead, i mouthed the words just to prove to myself (and David) that i knew all the words just as well as Connie did.... we have all done it at some point so don't think any less of me!

On my return home, i hurriedly put streamers around the house, and waited for people to turn up! Sadly, lots of people had gone to uni but to everyone who made it, Thank You!
We played games- with Anna and Paul winning pass the parcel, and Katie and Claire winning 'the train game'. There was also a pick n mix section, chocolate fountain, and party bags. I am very pleased that people liked the playdough- its safe to say that i begrudgingly gave it away! I think we should also note the importance of this moment........also the fact that my mates boyfriend turned out the manically petrified of my cat helped make John look extra brave!!

I have begun the brain-taxing task of reading The Adventures of The Queen Mum by Harry Hill and painted a rather brilliant moo-cow money box. I made the mistake of writing 'Penny's' along the side, which now makes it look like it dosnt belong to me, but i can just turn him around if anybody named Penny attempts to claim ownership of him and his contents. I have also set up my sea monkeys... an awsome idea in my head, but since the eggs have hatched i am actually kinda freaked out by the little things...they look slightly unsavoury for my liking!! However they are in a very funky 'underwater castle' so they are staying!!

Do you think i look any older?!

Thats my birthday update over then. I am 21. If i am asked for ID when i next go and see a 15 film i think i'll scream.

Firstly, happy new year to you all! I saw the year in with a decidely average 'bang', in that a few of us were gathered around a tv and then played family fourtunes and trauma centre on the wii, which, may i add is a haunting experience! Anyway, this rather placid evening does seem slightly worrying when you are still only 20 years old!

Also, hope you had a lovely Christmas! It went rather too quick for my liking, but was, as ever, full of suprises. I.E. I got a sewing machine?!?! Very out of the blue to say the least, but i have rather come around to the idea now. My first obstacle is taking the hem up on some new black trousers. It did make me feel rather old though! Gone are the days of the mountain bike, pram and Mr Frosty; instead i find myself excited opening books on the origins of the English Language. This is partly the reason for my choice of 21st Birthday celebrations.

After much persuasion by my mum i agreed to having a few people over for a bit of food and stuff. However, the idea has grown on me an my imagination had now taken over- it has escalated to a full blown kids birthday party, clearly minus the balloons though. I did dabble in the idea of fancy dress, but figured some people may not like the idea of just turning up to my house dressed as a power ranger for no real reason- i am open for objections to this! Anyway, i should be posting pictures of that in a forthcoming blog.

Now, for the Murder Mystery night. Never before have i seen so many white scarfs in one room! The acting skills of the dvd's characters was much to be desired, but then again, the frequently changing and rather obscure accents used by some of the guests (namely richard and charlotte) were just as bad! Oh and the music CD supplied with the game was interesting to say the least- so much to say that Ryan can produce better chords on his early learning centre keyboard! However all this tack made the night all the more successful, ending with yoga attempts and some guests questioning Ben's true sexuality (well, he seemed to enjoy the character a hell of a lot!)

After posting the pictures on facebook John quickly reminded me that he cannot see them, and so i though id best share them on here. So pretty much this is directed at you JOHN- I spent about 2hours getting these on here!