Written by Those of you know that James and I know that we are not fans of dressing up in fancy dress, but last night we attended my cousin’s 60th birthday bash which was a fancy dress do on the theme “Strictly Come Dancing through the ages”.
In the spirit of Pammy, we gave it a go! She would have been proud of us I think.
We spent most of yesterday scouring shops for the right look but we ended up at the fancy dress hire shop.
James went as a Disco Stu without the afro – which he was quite upset about, and I went in 50′s rock n roll garb.
James had the full outfit – white suit, frilly shirt and the all important platforms – not his favourite bit of the costume, it has to be said!
It was a really nice evening and I got to catch up with Jo, Clare’s friend from France, who I met when staying with Clare, and we got to meet her sister who was really nice as well!
Mum got up as soon as the dancing started and was on the dance floor throwing some moves…well less throwing, more, erm, Mum dancing! But she enjoyed herself so that was good! In fact there was a nice family contingent there!
Happy Birthday big cuz!
We met Charlie and her friend, Ben, at the Bar House in Chelmsford last night – possibly the coldest and most deserted bar in Chelmsford on a Saturday Night! Having gone on the train, we had to make sure we didn’t miss the last train home – at 12:30. And they wonder why people don’t want to use public transport! In keeping with my new vow, I took photos – although due to the lack of flash on my Hero (HTC take note please), I couldn’t take any photos in The Barhouse. So I only have photos of me and James on the train!
Anyway, miraculously I didn’t wake up with a hangover despite not having any dinner last night. Enjoyed the first half of the Reading v Aston Villa match and was ecstatic when Reading were 2-0 up at the half-time whistle. Then got rather pissed off when they were 2-3 down after 10 minutes of the second half. But the lads did well and it’s the furthest we’ve gone in the FA Cup since 1927 so the boys’ done good! I’m sure it was down to tiredness that Ingimarsson conceeded the penalty in the last few minutes and that made the final 2-4 scoreline sound a lot more one-sided than it was. Reading still played well after 20 odd minutes of the second half, but lady luck seemed to have deserted them.
Then we went out for a chilled out early dinner at the Anchor in Rowhedge. James knows the guys that run it, and it’s a lovely location – although parking there can be fun! We managed to choose the only evening of the month that they hold a quiz on, so we didn’t get much of a chance to chat to the landlords. What a shame – I guess we’ll just have to go back! 
However, I am trying to adopt a more ‘Pam’ style of living – we used to chat about a lot of things including my need to make some new friends and generally get out more. James and I spend far too much time on our computers and we should go out experience life a bit more. So, we have been arranging meeting up with as many friends as possible lately and we intend to make more of an effort full stop. Photos as well – we need to start taking photos of evenings out and places we visit – we hardly have any of our own of Pammy.