PREPARATIONS FOR MY MUMS 86TH BIRTHDAY!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??

WELL!! AS I SAID IN MY LAST POST..MY MUM TURNS 86 THIS SUNDAY...2ND NOV...

I GAVE HER A LOVELY SHABBY AFTERNOON TEA PARTY FOR HER 80TH BIRTHDAY...I DONT THINK I HAVE EVER COOKED SOO MANY LAMINGTONS..PETIT FOURS....CUPCAKES..SPONGES...AND THE INEVITABLE SAUSAGE ROLL (FOR THE MAN!!)...IN MY LIFE...
I WAS COOKING FOR 4 DAYS NON STOP!!

BUT MUM HAD A GREAT TIME..WITH HER FRIENDS...
IN BETWEEN TIMES SHE HAD A LITTLE HICCUP RE A MINI STROKE..THANK GOODNESS DAD FOUND HER KIND OF JUST SITTING THERE STARING AT THE PAPER..RUSHED HER TO HOSPITAL..
I ARRIVED AND HER BLOOD PRESSURE WAS SOMETHING RIDICULOUS LIKE 220/200!!

BUT WITH THE RIGHT MEDICATION..SHE IS NOW TURNING 86!! AND HONESTLY LOOKS FITTER/YOUNGER AND THINNER THAN ME!!

I JUST HAD TO BUY HER THE MOST GORGEOUS BUNCH OF (6)!! PEONY ROSES YESTERDAY ...FROM..OF ALL PLACES "COLES" IN WILLIAMSTOWN....BUT THEY WERE JUST SUPERB..

SOOO I WENT OUT THE OTHER DAY AND BOUGHT HER SOME NICE LITTLE GOODIES...(HONESTLY THERE IS NOTHING MY MUM DOESNT HAVE..SHE IS THE HARDEST PERSON TO BUY FOR)..but THESE ARE FROM A SHOP..."PROVINCIAL HOME LIVING"...THIS IS THE MOST GORGEOUS FRENCH CHIC HOME AROUND..
UNFORTUNATELY I THINK THEY ARE ONLY JUST IN VICTORIA...THEY HAVE ABOUT 13 SHOPS VIC WIDE..AND I DONT WANT TO GIVE THEM A PLUG..BUT THE OWNERS ARE FRIENDS OF MINE...WE BOTH HAD BOYS THE EXACT SAME AGE...AT THE SAME LEVEL AT THE SAME SCHOOL..FOR 15 ODD YEARS...(I HAVENT SEEN THEM FOR 3 ODD YEARS...SINCE OUR ELDEST BOYS LEFT SCHOOL..SO PLEASE DONT THINK THIS IS SOME KIND OF AD FOR THEM...I JUST ADORE THEIR SHOP!!!)..

ANYWAY..I BOUGHT MUM GOODIES IN A COFFEE TYPED THEME....PLATE/SIDE PLATE/CUP/SAUCER/TEA TOWELS/SOME BATH GOODIES...SOAPS..

I INTEND TO WRAP IN RECYLED PAPER...GOLD RIBBON...AND MAKE SOME CUPCAKES IN THE GORGEOUS ROBERT GORDON CUPCAKES FEATURED...

I SHALL THEN PLACE THEM IN A WIRE STAND..INTERMINGLED WITH PINK ROSES...(PER THE PHOTO TAKEN FROM A MAGAZINE LONG AGO....HOW GORGEOUS IS THIS IDEA...ROSES IN A JAR...IN THE WIRE STAND)??
I DID THIS FOR MUMS 80TH BIRTHDAY AND IT WAS A REAL TALKING POINT..

ANYWAY ENOUGH OF ME GOING ON ...

LOVE TO READ ALL YOU LOVELY LADIES BLOGS..IT INSPIRES ME TO KEEP GOING..

XXX andrea pink poodle...