Last weekend, Friday to be exact, we threw ourselves a cocktail party to celebrate life in general, friends, and our happy news. Our party was a big hit amongst everyone so I was quite pleased. It's hard being the host, because it's making sure drinks are full, food is out, and lots of greeting and schmoozing. I was happy though and generally didn't have to do much. I was reminded of how truly blessed I am by having a special person come to visit: Shannon. Shannon was my first real friend that I made in New Zealand and she, including her awesome family, have helped me out a lot along the way. I was really happy for Shannon, Grant, Alina, and Tom all making the long trip down to Palmerston North. Having them all show up really humbled me and made me think about how good the little things make you feel. It was a lot of reminiscing.
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| Luke and I in the beginning of the night! |
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| The girls all in the kitchen. Parties are still much the same as a 5th grade dance; Girls inside, boys outside. |
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| Tamsin and I - One of my near and dear |
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| The originals: Shannon, Alina, and me! Thanks for coming ladies! |
Much to my surprise, truly, people brought us gifts. I made sure I called it a cocktail party so people wouldn't feel obligated, but that didn't stop people. Our gifts were awesome and very useful! I think we'll have to have another party to use some of our newest additions. I felt rather pampered by everyone.
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| Tina knows me well. Now I am truly a 1950s New Zealand housewife! |
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| Huge New Zealand tea towels and beautiful coasters - We'll save these for the US. |
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| I've never had "fancy" towels. I feel like I'm at a hotel using these! So soft! |
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| I love this! Aroha means love in Maori. |
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| We didn't have fancy serving dishes and with this book gives me a push to start making new things. |
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| Pretty serving dishes! |
The party ended at about 3, which is way past my bed time. I think everyone enjoyed themselves! Thank you Shannon for gathering up the troops to make the drive down! How we spent the rest of the weekend will have to be the next post...
3 comments:
Great blog Anna, I'm a follower! Congrats on the engagement =) And you are so right, the girls and boys always end up in separate rooms no matter what!
Lacey
Looking gret Anna, Congrats on the engagement!! How exciting, wedding bells everywhere!!
I'm a followin' too (you can follow back if you like??)
Mel
Anna, I was so happy we were able to drive down and visit finally!
Your place is awesome and Palmerston North is really cute.
I hope you might be able to visit one last time in Auckland but if not then we will have to wait and see you in CA or NJ!!!
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