And so it came to pass...the first (and most probably last) J-Day Birthday Event Extravaganza Thingy turned out exactly how we wanted it. The weather was fine, if a little cold, and we feasted away on the usual picnic favourites.
On Saturday night, Ti and I were feeling very silly. We thought up a plan to get Jamie and Dave to bring something random and completely unrelated to the adventure and finally decided that these objects should be the popular spice combination of Rosemary and Thyme.
Jamie didn't disappoint...in fact we sat and watched as he and Annamaria left the pub and headed to Co-Op to search for the holy goods. He proudly displayed the thyme and created far too many "Thyme/Time" puns, none of which are worth repeating here.
Dave and Marti would be arriving late so we left Jamie and Annamaria with the first set of instrcutions, to be opened when the Stuart-Marquez's arrived. A sudden dash to Ti's house (for some string and a balloon pump that we'd forgotten) later and we were on our merry way. We did get lost once along the way but it turns out that the others got lost in the same way later on so we had time (that's TIME) on our hands to get the picnic set up.
Balloons were tied to random bits of wood that I hunted out and a banner was put up before we made a start on preparing the buffet of sandwiches, dips, schnapppppps and pringles and we feasted away. The cold was getting to us so we wouldn't be able to stay for long, and so the cake was rushed out.
That's right, there was a cake! The cake that we spent half of last night working on thanks to my Mum's recipe and some much needed help from Ti, Mital and Roopa. It was very nice, believe me.
Next up was a game of pass the parcel where under every wrapping was a challenge to make a different animal noise. Yes, the pass the parcel game was bought from Asda and meant for children under the age of 6. Perfect for us. Jamie eventually won the star prize of an animal "snap" game.
So that was that. An exhausting couple of weeks of planning, secrets and cake making is over but it's all been so worth it. Actually having a moment to take it all in now is making me so thankful that I stayed in Southampton. It's days like today that shows me how good my life is at the moment and it's something that I hope will last for a lot longer yet.
There's never been a more appropriate time (yes, TIME) to say...Good Thymes...I mean...GOOD TIMES!
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