#31 Host a Party

You may be aware that I had an important birthday not long ago. I felt that turning 30 definitely warranted a proper celebration being organised. I'm an organiser. It's just something I do. I organise things. I organised a cleaning rota for me and my siblings to help Mum out when I was younger. I organised a Coast-to-Coast charity bike ride with 9 riders that raised over £4500. I organise the husband. Full stop. So, I certainly felt qualified to organise a party. I even managed to knock up some invites....



Not just any party though. A whole weekend long series of shenanigans.

I grew up in the West country, went to university in Cardiff (with people from all over the place) and am now living in Hampshire. The net result of this is that my friends are scattered to the 4 winds. I decided the best way round this would be to hire a large farmhouse in Somerset which was roughly equidistant for everyone on the guestlist. Here it is. Nice isn't it?



And it had a hot tub...



13 of us gathered on the Friday evening and played a board game I'd invented and the husband had brought to life with some natty artwork:



The board game is described in more detail in Thing to Do #45 Invent a New Game. So, I won't say any more about it here. Suffice to say it was a hoot.

But the main event was the H-Party on Saturday night. Yes, all the guests were asked to dress as something beginning with H....
We had (in no particular order) - Helen of Troy (that was me that was), Holly Golighty (from Breakfast at Tiffanys), Hoff (as in, The Hoff, as in David Hasselhoff, as in him with the hairy chest from Baywatch), Harold Shipman (yup, as in the mass murderer), several Hawaiian lovelies, a hooker, a hare, Henry hoover,a highwayman, a hangman, a hostess (as in air), a hippy, a hiker, not one but two horses (of the inflatable variety, that's right, inflatable), the list just goes on and on....



I made pots of chilli, people drank lots of boozes and a riotous time was had by all. The book asks what games we played. It's a kids book so....we didn't get round to playing any of the games they suggest...next time maybe.

People drifted to bed (or at least sleep, I'm sure at least 2 people passed out in inappropriate places) well into the wee hours. You don't need me to tell me how the Sun was passed do you? Well, just in case, rather a crowd of us went to the pub for Sunday lunch. Could have seen that one coming eh?!