Not long now!!

It's almost here.....my birthday that is! I am kind of looking forward to it on Sunday as there have been lots of events going on in preparation and I am getting used to it. Eek! To me, it seems such a big jump to another decade!

Today, I bought me a pink 3 piece Planet skirt suit!! I didn't pay the price of over £300 though....oh no. About 3 months ago, I went to a boot fair and there was a lady that had a stall with very nice clothes on rails and I first saw it then. As I didn't have the money to buy it, my sister said that she would buy it for my birthday. So, I took the lady's telephone number and thought no more of it....well, it was on my mind but I didn't pursue it. After losing half a stone on the Atkins way of eating plan, I decided to call the lady and hope that she still had the suit. Sure enough, she did and so I made arrangements to go to her house and try it on. It fits like a glove! *Ü* I was shocked when I checked the size....8!! I am not a size 8 - maybe 10 but not 8. However, the suit is now hanging proudly in my wardrobe ready for the big day. Whoohoo.

My sister didn't buy the suit in the end....she has bought me 2 pairs of Skechers shoes instead. They have been ordered but I am still awaiting them with hope they arrive before Saturday.

I booked myself a photographic workshop with the BIG cats - it will be November when I actually go. I can't wait. I am a tiger in the Chinese calendar and I can't believe I am going to get close up and personal with tigers. *Squeal*. By the way...it's the year of the tiger this year, so I reaaally wanted to do it.

My dear friends have all sent me some money collectively. I am hoping to buy my long awaited Ikea Expedit unit with it and at last get my scraproom started. It's going to be a HUGE task. There is so much that I have collected and stored in the room that I will need to do a lot of shifting before it will come to look anything like what I want but I have a mental picture and I know it will be FAB when it's finished.

So, it's going to be a long weekend - beginning tomorrow. My husband will be taking me out to lunch. Saturday, I have 2 daughters and their families coming over. We shall go to Prezzo for lunch and then I am doing a tea party here with sandwiches and homemade cakes. Sunday will actually be my birthday...oh...did I already mention that? LOL. Monday, a lady from church is treating me to dinner at Michael Caines's restaurant Abode - in Canterbury. Ooo...it's rather nice. I have been before and you get 7 courses and pay for 3! Then the week after, I shall be meeting up with the Kent Wives Association for another day of celebration jointly with Rita as she turns 60 on 21st! We shall be ladies that lunch - in TGI Fridays. Well, after all that eating and celebrating, I should think I will be back on the Atkins by the end of that week! LOL.

Have a Thuper Thursday evening yourselves.