Girls Night Out!

I have never had so much fun ever with a wonderful group of ladies!

The day started out with a hard slog at the gym in order to prepare for my night out so that I didn't abuse my saved points too much. I walked a whopping 6.9Km on the treadmill before heading home to eat lunch and get ready for a very long overdue haircut at the hairdresser. I had to take Sophia with me as she needed a haircut also but had been begging me for 12 months for streaks. I discussed it with Tony and we agreed it would be okay for her to get a couple of streaks put in.

After arriving at the hairdresser I discussed the issue of funds as I wasn't prepared to spend a huge amount of money on getting my hair done. I was also paying for 2 of us and the streaks Sophia wanted. Ended up getting a fabulous deal and Don did the most amazing job with my hair giving me blonde highlights in my very dark hair on top, leaving the bottom the original colour I dyed it the night before. Sophia's streaks were in reverse, they were all underneath allowing for regrowth which made her hair look totally sophisticated and grown up.

I then flew home to find I had 10 minutes to get ready and I managed to get everything done (hair, makeup and clothes) in time but forgot two items in the process because I was flustered (more on that later). Sharon arrived to pick me up and we headed off to the city. I knew I was in for an interesting night when Sharon and I were getting on the tram at the casino to have some guy say that two of the seats were really hard to sit on (which bewildered us to say the least).

We arrived at the restaurant to find Derry, Joanne, Jo, Karyn, Tanya and Tina waiting for us outside. We greeted one another and went in to have dinner. I was a very good girl and stuck to the rule of one cup of steamed rice only along with a serve of cold rolls and beef with Thai black bean sauce. The food was delicious but the icebreaking conversation was good too!


After dinner we were met up with Dee who had been to a Fringe show who then came along with the rest of the group. We decided to stop at Cibo for a coffee which we enjoyed as I realised whilst eating dinner that I had forgotten to take a cardigan of some description and was freezing!!! I braved the cold because it made me happy to know that I could finally feel the temperature the way it should be felt! Once we left Cibo the group split up into two apart from Tanya and Karyn who left from Cibo's to go home. Those of us wanting to see the hotel where Joanne and Jo were staying went in one direction whilst Dee, Derry, Sharon and I took the tram back to the casino.

At the casino we waited for the others arrive and almost lost each other! I was nervous though as I had chosen to walk through the dance floor to go to the toilet and wasn't sure how other people would react towards me trying to get past. It was a nerve wracking experience but I managed to get through and got to the toilet with no trouble. I was shaking however which just showed how much I still thought of myself as overweight. It is definitely something that needs working on!

Once everyone arrived (except Tina as she needed to catch a train), we decided what to do next and unfortunately everyone started leaving! Sharon decided to go home at 11:30pm and took Dee and Derry home. That left Jo, Joanne and myself to have fun as I did not feel like I was turning into a pumpkin and I had only danced to one song.

Jo, Joanne and I hit the dance floor after acquiring Smirnoff Ice Black bottles to drink from and started to show off our dance moves. We were having a lot of fun drinking and dancing but we were finding a number of guys were creeping us out. The majority of these guys hailed from one particular ethnicity which we all knew was a recipe for disaster when discussing it together. We decided we did not want to be assaulted in any way and fought very hard to protect ourselves from them. We did have a few laughs regarding the old man who wore an outfit that reminded us of a horse racing jockey to whom we asked where he had left his horse!

The other laugh of the night was the white haired old man who tried to get jiggy on the dance floor with any lady who would pay him attention. We wanted nothing to do with them either and formed a tight circle of our own, saving each other from getting swarmed on. We saw a friend of Joanne's and also a mum of a child who plays soccer with Sophia in our travels and she joined us on the dance floor with her friend to really get into the spirit and the laughs became frequent as we watched each male try to make a pass at one of us. My funniest moment was at around 1am when a man decided he would target me and flexed his muscles. Seeing as I was taller than him by a good foot I decided I would show him who was boss and flexed my own bicep, to which I changed into an upper cut punch and then proudly held up the wedding rings around my neck. It was priceless and very funny but the laughs didn't stop there.

I must say that Jo is hilarious when drunk as a skunk and Joanne is funny too. The larger than life personalities of all 3 of us coupled with alcohol made for some very funny moments (such as Jo falling over onto my bag!), particularly at the water cooler in the Junction cafe when we tried to get water. I don't think Joanne quite knew that she had overfilled the glass and hence why it kept spilling as she remarked on how badly made it was!!

At 3am however we started to wind down a little, we hit the dance floor for the last time and I really let loose. Unfortunately I ended up with two guys, both 6 foot 6, trying to keep up with me on the dance floor and making utter fools of themselves as I exercised enough to keep my points tally going.

After departing town with hugs and a kiss in tow via a taxi I managed to get home in one piece (no thanks to the bad taxi driver) only to find I had forgotten to take a key and Tony in bed snoring!! I tried phoning both his mobile and the house phone, yelling at the upstairs window and knocking on the door. At 4:15am Nicola answered the door rather bleary eyed and tired of which I was grateful due to being very cold, soaked with sweat around the area where I wore my belt and walking around with blistered feet from my new shoes. I went in quietly and got organised for bed before turning out the light.

It was the best night with a lot of good memories and I look forward to the next one!!

Having woken up 4 hours later for church, I can honestly say that at 1:41am on Monday morning I am honestly tired but getting rid of visitors is harder than it seems when you don't want to be rude.

Hopefully I have broken the 700g monkey on my back this week, fingers crossed for that and also the job interview I have on Wednesday!!

Until next time,