Showing posts with label dinner party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dinner party. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 June 2011

Come Dine With Me

So I'm all set for tonight.  The living/dining room has been rearranged, the champagne (*ahem cava) and wine is chilling and I have finally decided what I am going to cook.  I'm looking forward to it now.

On the flip side of things I've had this feeling of dread since getting up, its definitely not dinner party related, but I can't quite put my finger on it all the same.  Its that gnarly feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when your mouth dries up and you feel the need to side quietly in the corner and take deep breaths.

I wish I knew why it was there or how to make it go away.  There is something sinister about a bad feeling that appears from nowhere for no particular reason, it puts you on edge and I'm sure the feeling alone is enough to modify my actions into causing a day of doom.

Right well I am going to keep it short and sweet today as I have a heap to do, however I shall leave you with a wicked tune to start your weekend and a sneaky peek at my menu :)


CANAPES
Champagne cocktails
Selection of cured meats & Olives

APPETISER
Bruschetta topped with white bean puree and fresh pesto salsa.

MAIN
Chargrilled chicken and Portobello Mushrooms
On a bed of creamy risotto
 With Baby Spinach

DESSERT
A duo of desserts
Chocolate Pot & Lemon Trio
With a shot of chocolate orange liqueur

CHEESE BOARD
A selection of cheese and crackers
 With fresh fruit
(Wensleydale & Cranberry, Edam, Cheddar and Brie)

COFFEE
Fresh ground coffee served with home-made chocolate mint truffles

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Santana Ft. Rob Thomas - Smooth

Friday, 24 June 2011

Sister to Sister

I hung out with Wonka today while cleaning my flat and getting bits and pieces ready for the dinner party tomorrow.  


It was just what I needed.  Lots of random chat about nothing and a productive day to boot.


To top it off Wonka forgot her security pass for work when she left so turned up an hour later to pick it up with 6 new champagne flutes and a large bunch of flowers for me.


Who needs a man!

Thursday, 23 June 2011

I Walk Away But He Lingers...

As I'm now in a flat where I can please myself and don't have to clean up after anyone else I decided to hold a few dinner parties over the next month or so.  Simple enough you would think... No.  Its really hard when you can only have six people over at a time and have a really eclectic group of friends and a mis-match of personalities could result in an evening of disaster.

As the first will pretty much be a trial run I've invited Pooch and Waves along with three others including Wonka, thinking it may be the perfect opportunity to put this whole jealous girlfriend nonsense to bed once and for all.  I'll let you know how I get on.

Anyway, dinner party take one is this Saturday and in true last minute planning Ser3ndipity form, I decided what to make and placed my online shop this morning to arrive tomorrow.  I've not cooked for the majority of the people I've invited before so I decided to play it safe and go with Italian.  Plenty of food, plenty of booze and a few dinner party games will keep us entertained I'm sure.

Everything else...
I know I shouldn't but I really miss Mr X, I feel like despite everything I've lost my best friend.  The one person who has seen all sides of me and yes I know things were mega crap for a long while, but he has never ever judged me and while we are trying to stay in touch its not the same when we can't just nip next door, collapse each others couch for 10mins and talk about what a crappy day/week we have had.  I miss my friend.
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The Weepies - Same Changes

Friday, 10 June 2011

Creeps & Nightmares

I had the worst nights sleep, I had a fever, was up and down to get water and use the bathroom 101 times and when I did eventually get to sleep I had nightmares! 

I dreamt that people were trying to force me into getting married and kept telling me I was old now and needed to grow up.  OOJ and his parents (in real life he doesn't have a father) were following me around and I kept running away as soon as he looked like he was going to get down on one knee.  I was on a farm at one point (maybe relevant as I spent a few years of my adolescence on one) and I was surrounded by heavy machinery and couldn't somehow seem to get out of the shed.  (make your own assumptions).

Needless to say I woke up this morning really unsettled.  

I had planned on heading out today and grabbing some nice bits and pieces to cook tonight before coming back to finish the final bits of unpacking and organising but its out as I don't feel well enough to move far from the couch.

So what have I done so far today other than sitting on the couch feeling sorry for myself I hear you ask.   Well, I've created two invites on Facebook for people round for a dinner party, one at the end of this month and the second in mid-July.  I've found someone to come with me to watch the Scrimbledon roller derby bout this weekend (if i'm feeling well enough), and I've downloaded some movies so I can mooch and be entertained later.

What else...
I haven't had a proper conversation with Mr X for a while now, he msgs me on and off as I do him, but whenever he is online its like he msgs me and then is distracted so I end up waiting for a reply.  He did a similar thing this morning (he now has the same weekend as me Fri-Sat), I replied to his question, waited a couple of mins and got no response and so msgd to say I was going and for him to call or msg me next time he had time to talk properly as I wasnt' going to stop what I was doing to participate in a disjointed conversation.  He said sorry and ok, I'll let you know how it goes.

What else can I tell you?  Hmmm well, do you remember Pooch & Waves?

Well Pooch asked me to hang out last Sunday, I said it sounded great and didn't think too much about it until I realised Waves wasn't going to be there at which point I sent a quick text saying I was looking forward to it but had he told his gf (Waves) that we were going to be hanging out.  

Long story short he said he hadn't.  I then made my position clear that I wasn't going to hang out with him if it meant that I would have to omit the truth or watch what I was saying around Waves in future and I certainly wasn't going to do anything that could be construed as suspicious.  His response highlighted the fact that she feels uncomfortable if we hang out without her as she thinks he wants to cheat on her with me and so how could he possibly tell her as it would make his life so difficult, and woe is him and he really needed me to be his friend right now etc. 
The conversation ended shortly after when I  told him to strap on a pair of ovaries (A phrase stolen from Six) and tell her we were going to hang out or to forget it and be clear about that fact that I wouldn't be inviting him to do anything without her in tow until such a point that he was going to be honest as I wouldn't want to be lied to if I was in her shoes.  

As it happens bloggers I also tend to agree with Waves and think if Pooch was given the opportunity he would dump Waves in a heartbeat to be with me;  aided by the fact that shortly after my assertive and clearly outlined text I received an email from Amazon stating that I had just been given a £25 voucher from Pooch, I mean WTF!   

No bloggers, treat your fellow girlie's how you yourself would want to be treated.  Personally if I was that uncertain about the intentions of my bf, I would kick him to the curb without a second thought.  Then again, that's me and if there is one thing I've learnt this past year or so, its that a lot of people put up with a lot of shit, just because they don't want to be alone.  I mean look at Six, she is back with her twat of an ex bf despite him making it perfectly clear that he doesn't and can never see himself falling in love with her.  Wonka is another example, she put up with a controlling and cheating boyfriend for three years only to be dumped out of the blue and then to find out two weeks later he had got another girl pregnant.

The real question is why does anyone put up with it?

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