Hen night
Categories: places, food, wedding
Tags: hen night, Brockley, pedicure, manicure, presents, food
Date: 02 December 2007 20:15:00
I'm back - delighted to report I didn't fall into the Thames. I had a fab time - started with Friday night in Moonbow Jakes with my friend S who I've not seen for months, then a lie-in yesterday morning (bliss!), a quick shopping trip to Greenwich, and then the main fun began. First of all, my bridesmaid and I headed on over to Brockley's finest and classiest beauty emporium (who needs the Sanctuary?):
There are pictures of me inside having a pedicure (which was amazing, I'd never had one before - though watching my feet being grated like parmesan was a bit gross!). I will give you two choices as to why I'm not making these photos public. Is it:
a. because I looked so glamorous that anybody seeing them would feel totally inadequate? or
b. because they made me look like I was gestating a baby elephant?
Here is the end result of the pedicure:
After this a group of friends gathered at L's (bridesmaid's) house and we had wine and nibbles and a couple of presents (including the lovely Tim and Beverly LaHaye's "The Act of Marriage", which is being passed round not dissimilarly to the bottles of Blue Nun that get taken to parties, never opened and just taken to the next party so they can be got rid of. Needless to say, having briefly flicked through it, it is not exactly full of things I agree with, though thankfully that was why I was given it, and it wasn't actually a serious present!). After that we headed on up to Las Iguanas, a Latin American restaurant on the South Bank by the Royal Festival Hall. We started off rather sedately:
but soon I was being informed that I had to go to the toilet. Suspecting some plotting afoot, but needing a wee, I eventually did go, and on my return was confronted with proof that far too many of my friends are former or current primary school teachers - everybody was wearing home-made party hats with particularly lovely photos of me from my past. However, more presents started appearing, so that was good :) :
My tiara was particularly lovely - it even had flashing lights :D :
After this, even more classy presents arrived:
(thankfully there are no photos of the beautiful knickers on my camera. You can all be thankful for this too).
The food was great, as were the capirinhas, and the company just right. Thanks to all who came, I had a brilliant night, and really enjoyed myself. These, and more, photos will appear on facebook at some point - probably tomorrow evening.