Well, it’s been a long and crazy weekend with one common theme….EATING! It began Friday evening, whilst taking advantage of the sunshine, Rich and I decided to have dinner at The Stags, followed by him going off to unveil the long and eagerly-awaited ‘Canopy’ with the boys and me hanging out with my mummy (mostly because she needed a bag and cardie to go with her shoes and dress for a family wedding on Saturday….but I’m sure she wanted to see me too – haha!). Y luego, we ended up @ the Kennaughs for a quick drink, and I bonded with Eddie which was lovely – he is sooooooooooooooo gorgeous! (he’s a cat, btw, not a baby!)
Saturday dawned bright and sunny and Rich and I got ready and legged it up the motorway in the manner of Scarlett and Charles in the opening scenes of the classic movie FWAAF! (yes, including expletives!) Made it though, despite going wrong twice and not setting off until 10:45 (the wedding was at 12), with half an hour to spare! We walked into the church and were greeted by the beautiful sight of the Wenham family! From then on it was one long reunion of sorts for me, and countless introductions of Rich to the Manchetser contingent. REALLY REALLY good though, and of course my amazing hubby was his usual amazing and charming self. Great day all in all and Ulrike looked amazing and had a wonderful day, whch is of course all that matters really! Rich and I went home via Abdul’s (because clearly a 3 course sit down meal during the day AND a bbq at the evening do had not been enough! Haha – GOOD GRIEF! *rolls eyes at the ridiculous amount of food eaten*
And so to Sunday, which was mostly spent lazing around trying NOT to eat, and also uploading copious amounts of photos onto facebook. By 6pm Rich and I were in our glad rags once more and headed over to Liverpool in the drizzle (Where HAS the summer gone?!). We got to the Sapporo Teppanyaki restaurant in time to spare and so had time for a ‘Sake Sangria’ before beginning the most hilarious and entertaining meal we’ve had together for a while! We were celebrating Rich’s birthday (May 7th) and our 2nd wedding anniversary (April 30th) and have been dying to visit the Teppanyaki for ages….and boy was it worth the wait. Amazing food but also total entertainment from the crazy chefs in the form of knife throwing, big fire, and trying to catch sautéed potatoes in one’s mouth (guess you had to be there, but seriously, try it!). After (yet another) massive but gorgeous meal we headed to our local where some of our nearest and dearest were waiting to toast the birthday boy!
After a hasty midnight decision and a few quick texts, Rich and I awoke on Monday to open presents (the Birthday Fairies HAD been and he was SUPER-IMPRESSED with his camcorder) and then I began cooking – yes my new career is short-order cook – as yesterday I got through a crazy amount of eggs, bacon, sausages, beans, mushrooms, tortilla, bread, hash browns, tea, coffee, etc etc as I fed what felt like the 5 thousand, but was really just a group of our lovely and amazing friends who were round at ours to celebrate with Rich. It was a really amazing time, fab to see Rich feeling so loved by everyone and just great to have everyone round for food and laughs – and laugh we did, particularly when Spider Man Mr Potato head arrived!
So, more eating there then (have you spotted the theme yet??) and THEN my mum rang and asked did we feel like going round for a roast dinner? We ahd to draw the line somewhere I’m afraid, and instead of more food, opted for a quick slice of bday cake with the ‘rents.
Fabulous long weekend filled with great friends, great times and enough food to feed a small country for approximately 3 years. Weight Watchers is NOT going to be fun tonight!!
Today I rolled to work as I am now clinically obese!
Bring on the week of no eating!
