Mini High School Reunion

A mini reunion was organised for last night at The Paddo (Paddington Alehouse in Mount Lawley).

I recieved the invite via Facebook which said "Reunion at The Paddo from 8 onwards".

I arrived at 9 went inside and proceeded to look for the private function signs (as you would assume they would have up for people to gather) but couldn't find any. So I wandered around the several bar areas they have there, looking for a familiar (if somewhat older) face but couldn't find anyone after half an hour.

I went back to my car, but didn't give up at this point.

I rang another high school friend who was going to drop in to the reunion on her way home from another function but only got her voicemail. I left her a message to call me so we could go in together - she never answered.

After about an hour, I tried again, this time I even resorted to planting myself outside the toilets and still no joy.

I got chatting with a group of people who were backpacking around Australia, but ended up leaving by about 11.30.

I checked out the photos on Facebook the next day. A guy I'd had a secret crush on was there and he looks exactly the same and still does it for me.

Hopefully for the next one it will be a bit more organised.

Movie Review: Mamma Mia

I quite enjoyed this, although there were many *cringe* worthy moments from the very beginning. I loved it when Colin Firth's character 'came out' at the wedding. Hillarious!!!

Plot: An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited daughter she’s raised alone. For Sophie’s wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends but Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own. On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna’s past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. New love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities.

Bingo!

A couple of the girls and I went to Bingo tonight after work. I haven't played bingo in 15+ years (Mum used to take us out every now and then to the big one in Bayswater which has since closed).

We each contributed some food, although I did forget a knife to cut the Camembert which made things interesting - crackers do not make a good knife!

I ended up winning $10 and was waiting for 1 number for ages on the jackpot which was $700! Spewing!

It was great fun and it looks like it will be a regular thing.